Pagan Portals Breath Of Spring

Author : Melusine Draco
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1803411899
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pagan Portals - Breath of Spring written by Melusine Draco and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2023-01-27 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Candlemas/Imbolc is the re-awakening of the Old Lass within Old Craft belief and also coincides with the Roman Candelaria and Fornicalia - a spring corn festival celebrated in honour of Fornax, goddess of ovens, and observed by each ward of the city. All this merging of primitive origins and rites, belonging to the European pre-urban agricultural culture, meant that it also commemorated the search for Persephone by her mother and the festival of candles symbolizing the return of the Light. So it continued to be performed until the Christian era, when it was transformed into Candalmas in AD494. In pre-Christian times, Imbolc observance began the night before 1st February, and celebrants prepared for a visit from Brigid into their homes by crafting an effigy of the goddess from bundles of oats and rushes. The clothed effigy was placed in a basket overnight, and the day was celebrated by burning lamps and lighting bonfires in tribute to her. Traditions from both the pagan celebration and the Christian observance of St. Brigid's Day can be found in the modern Imbolc festivities - while celebrants sometimes make a Brigid's Cross out of reeds, as well as a Brigid corn doll or effigy.

Author : Fiona Tinker
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1789044715
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pagan Portals - Stories for the Songs of the Year written by Fiona Tinker and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2020-10-30 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories for the Songs of the Year is a collection of new children's stories which celebrate the festivals and seasons. The tales follow the adventures of Attila and Meg, a know-it-all rabbit and a cat with half a tail, who generally cause chaos and mischief for Angus Óg and which introduce Celtic Gods and some of the ideas central to Celtic beliefs in an age-appropriate way. The stories will also appeal to pre-teens who are able to read for themselves and who may be ready to begin to explore their own spiritual paths. Tinker’s book also includes a short, factual essay written for parents, covering many practical matters, which is both helpful and informative for parents wishing to explore their own Pagan paths with their children.

Author : Vivienne Moss
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1785351621
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pagan Portals - Hekate written by Vivienne Moss and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2015-12-11 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Goddess of Witches, Queen of Shades and Shadows, and the ever-eternal Dark Muse – Hekate, Fair Queen of the Shadow-Lands, haunts the pages of this poetic devotional, enchanting those who love Her with the charm only this Dark Goddess can bring. Join in the journey as we meet Hekate, Queen of Sorcery, in the realms of Dream and Enchantment, weaving magic through the Worlds – Seen and Unseen. We take flight to the Lands Eternal in this part devotional, part grimoire and learn how to venerate this Great Goddess of antiquity and connect with the Spirits of the Shadow-Lands…

Author : Fiona Tinker
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780992866
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pagan Portals - Pathworking through Poetry written by Fiona Tinker and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2012-12-07 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poetry talks to the heart as well as the head. It can move us, make us think and guide us. This book explores how poetry can help develop a Pathworking through exploring wisdom hidden in plain view. It is a look at creative processes, inspirations, how nature and the Divine move us – and how to apply this on a personal level to Pagan Pathworking. ,

Author : Rachel Patterson
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780998422
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pagan Portals - Kitchen Witchcraft written by Rachel Patterson and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2013-02-08 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pull up a chair, have a cup of tea, sit back and take a glimpse into the world of Kitchen Witchcraft. This little book will give you an insight into what a Kitchen Witch is, what they do and how they do it. It gives an overview of the Sabbats, working with the Moon, the elements and candle magic. Packed full of ideas for crafting such as washes and smudges for your home and your body, witch bottles, incense, medicine bags, magic powders and offerings. Take a stroll through a Kitchen Witch's garden and discover what you will find there and finish up with some lovely meditations. Follow the heart of a Kitchen Witch... ,

Author : Lucya Starza
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1789045681
Total Pages : 87 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pagan Portals - Guided Visualisations written by Lucya Starza and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2020-12-11 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The journeys in this book are all ones using the mind. Guided visualisations use an interactive story to help people know themselves better, find solutions to problems and get ideas for creative projects. They can also be used as a wellbeing tool using relaxation techniques. Many guided visualisations also have spiritual aspects. Within this book are visualisations created for those on the paths of paganism, witchcraft and earth-based spirituality. They were written to follow the Wheel of the Year, embrace the power of the moon and the elements, and develop magical wisdom. Through the pages of this book you will be guided to amazing places. It will be an adventure...

Author : Melusine Draco
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1785358596
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pagan Portals - Divination written by Melusine Draco and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2018-08-31 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Divination is only a small part of a witch’s stock in trade, and although a basic introduction to the subject can be learned from books, proficiency will only come through vigorous practice. This proficiency comes through the discovery of certain secret matters by a great variety of means, correspondences, signs and occult techniques. Before a witch can perform any of these operations with any degree of success, we need to develop the ‘art of seeing’ and the ability to divine with rod, fingers and birds. Divination is what could be referred to as the practical element of Craft magic, and we don’t even have to be witches to be able to read the portents. But it helps! A companion volume to Pagan Portals: By Spellbook & Candle and Pagan Portals: By Wolfsbane & Mandrake Root, from popular Moon Books author Melusine Draco.

Author : Lucya Starza
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1785359347
Total Pages : 115 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pagan Portals - Rounding the Wheel of the Year written by Lucya Starza and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2023-10-27 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every month is full of magic, each day has its own energy, and the seasons rotate as part of the cycles of nature. Pagan Portals - Rounding the Wheel of the Year looks at ways to honour each month with folkloric customs, herb and plant lore, traditional crafts, spells, visualisations, and pagan rites that go beyond the eight festivals of Imbolc, Spring Equinox, Beltane, Summer Solstice, Lammas, Autumn Equinox, Samhain, and Winter Solstice. The wheel of the year turns smoothly, it doesn't bump over eight cogs, and that's the meaning of the title of this book. Inside these pages you will find the history behind some much-loved folklore and modern pagan customs, as well as practical suggestions for ways to celebrate the turning of the year.

Author : Scott Irvine
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1789043220
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pagan Portals - Ishtar and Ereshkigal written by Scott Irvine and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2020-03-27 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ishtar and Ereshkigal are the daughters of the Moon God Sin and sisters of the Sun God Shamash and members of a family of deities called the Anunnaki who arrived from the heavens to the earth many thousands of years ago. Ishtar, as Inanna, was the original goddess of love and the forerunner to all of the fertility goddesses that followed. Ereshkigal was the original ruler of the underworld and the goddess of death. As the queens of heaven and the underworld, Ishtar and Ereshkigal represent the opposing forces that allow life, death and rebirth to occur in the world.

Author : Melusine Draco
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1789041244
Total Pages : 87 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pagan Portals - Western Animism written by Melusine Draco and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2019-07-26 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Zen approach to the World, the Universe and Everything. Many of today’s disenfranchised pagans in the West appear to be seeking a spiritual connection to life without feeling the need to become a witch, a Wiccan, a shaman, Heathen, or a Druid. Here the Shinto approach fulfils the basic need for a belief system based on what we would define as simple animism and ancestor worship in accord with the world’s other, authentic, animistic traditions such as the Australian Aboriginal and Native American way of life; while Zen provides the intellectual stimulation rising from the simplicity of basic folk-belief to elevate the soul to a higher level of mysticism.