The Complete Idiot's Guide to Celtic Wisdom

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Celtic Wisdom
Author: Carl McColman
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 402
Release: 2003
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 9780028644172

Provides an introduction to the different syles of Celtic spirituality, covering such topics as the three paths, mythology, the role of ancestors, and incorporating the Celtic life into today's lifestyles.

Imagining the Celtic Past in Modern Fantasy

Imagining the Celtic Past in Modern Fantasy
Author: Dimitra Fimi
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 303
Release: 2023-02-23
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 135035001X

Focusing on representations of Celtic motifs and traditions in post-1980s adult fantasy literature, this book illuminates how the historical, the mythological and the folkloric have served as inspiration for the fantastic in modern and popular culture of the western world. Bringing together both highly-acclaimed works with those that have received less critical attention, including French and Gaelic fantasy literature, Imagining the Celtic Past in Modern Fantasy explores such texts as Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Alan Garner's Weirdstone trilogy, the Irish fantasies of Jodi McIsaac, David Gemmell's Rigante novels, Patricia Kennealy-Morrison Keltiad books, as well as An Sgoil Dhubh by Iain F. MacLeòid and the Vertigen and Frontier series by Léa Silhol. Lively and covering new ground, the collection examines topics such as fairy magic, Celtic-inspired worldbuilding, heroic patterns, classical ethnography and genre tropes alongside analyses of the Celtic Tarot in speculative fiction and Celtic appropriation in fan culture. Introducing a nuanced understanding of the Celtic past, as it has been informed by recent debates in Celtic studies, this wide-ranging and provocative book shows how modern fantasy is indebted to medieval Celtic-language texts, folkloric traditions, as well as classical sources.

Tarot and Other Meditation Decks

Tarot and Other Meditation Decks
Author: Emily E. Auger
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 277
Release: 2023-03-20
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1476647208

Arthur E. Waite and artist Pamela Colman Smith's Rider-Waite Tarot (1909) is the most popular Tarot in the world. Today, it is affectionately referred to as the Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot in recognition of the high quality of Smith's contributions. Waite and Smith's deck has become the gold standard for identifying and analyzing contemporary Tarot and other meditation decks based on archetypes. Developments in both visual and literary history and theory have influenced Tarot since its fifteenth-century invention as a game and subsequent adaptations for esotericism, cartomancy, and meditation. This analysis consider Tarot in relation to established modern and postmodern art movements, such as Symbolism, Surrealism, and Pattern and Decoration Art, as well as the concepts and theories informing both the dominance and the dissolution of the modernist "grid" and hierarchical priorities. This work also explores the close connection between Tarot and the invention of the literary novel and includes new material on the representation of Tarot in film and fiction. A new chapter addresses the growing influence of the archetypal "shadow" and "shadow work" on Tarot as an artistic form, narrative genre, and practice in the new millennium.

The Instant Tarot Reader

The Instant Tarot Reader
Author: Monte Farber
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 352
Release: 1997-09-15
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 9780312166816

The greatest innovation to the tarot in centuries propels the ancient art of tarot reading into the 21st century. Here, for the first time ever, is the ability for users to read their own cards instantly. This kit includes a specially-designed manual that interprets the meaning of all 78 Tarot cards.

The Back in Time Tarot Book

The Back in Time Tarot Book
Author: Janet Boyer
Publisher: Hampton Roads Publishing
Total Pages: 414
Release: 2008-01-01
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1571745874

"A new method for reading the tarot. Using almost any tarot deck and a memory from their past, readers can gain understanding of their present and insight into their future"--Provided by publisher.

Witch in the Kitchen

Witch in the Kitchen
Author: Cait Johnson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2001-09-01
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1594776539

A book of recipes, spells, and rituals for celebrating our connection to the Earth and her seasons. • Redesigned to focus on all eight pagan holidays. • Includes new spells, rituals, and meditations, as well as 80 vegetarian recipes. • Written by practicing witch Cait Johnson, coauthor of Celebrating the Great Mother (12,000 copies sold). The beliefs of Wicca are rooted firmly in the earth--in the gradual circling of her seasons and the bounty and blessings she provides. In Witch in the Kitchen: Magical Cooking for All Seasons, practicing witch Cait Johnson celebrates the sacred in each season with more than 80 soul-satisfying and appetizing recipes. In engaging and inviting prose, the author provides rituals, spells, and meditations for the eight pagan holidays, inspirations for creating a kitchen altar, and ways to prepare for each season. She offers ideas for decorating your kitchen with objects of power and magic--eggs symbolizing fertility in spring, dried orange slices as reminders of the sun in mid-winter--to align our bodies, spirits, and senses to the pace and mood of the Earth's changes. Above all are the recipes for delicious, sensuous salads, soups, main dishes, and desserts made from ingredients in tune with the Earth's seasonal gifts. Serve Stuffed Acorn Squash and Fig-Apple Crumble at a Samhain gathering; celebrate Winter Solstice with Pomander Salad and Savory Yuletide Pie; welcome Imbolc with Sprouted Spring Salad and Magic Isle Pasties; or share the harvest at Lughnasad with Spicy Stir-Fried Greens and Sunny Peach Pie. With its recipes, rituals, and reminders of our ancient connections to the seasons, Witch in the Kitchen invites you to honor yourself and the Earth and delight in the magic that comes from sharing good food with good company.

Bringers of the Dawn

Bringers of the Dawn
Author: Barbara Marciniak
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 215
Release: 1992-12-01
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 159143906X

Compiled from more than four hundred hours of channeling by Barbara Marciniak, Bringers of the Dawn imparts to us the wisdom of the Pleiadians, a group of enlightened beings who have come to Earth to help us discover how to reach a new stage of evolution. Master storytellers and humorists, they advise us to become media free, to work in teams, and to eliminate the words "should" and "try" from our vocabularies. We learn how to go beyond fear, how the original human was a magnificent being with twelve strands of DNA and twelve chakra centers, and who our "gods" are. Startling, intense, intelligent, and controversial, these teachings offer essential reading for anyone questioning their existence on this planet and the direction of our collective conscious--and unconscious. By remembering that we are Family of Light, that we share an ancient ancestry with the universe around us, we become "bringers of the dawn," consciously creating a new reality, a new Earth.

The Modern Witchcraft Introductory Boxed Set

The Modern Witchcraft Introductory Boxed Set
Author: Skye Alexander
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 640
Release: 2023-10-10
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 150722155X

Start casting spells and holding rituals today with this enchanting boxed set featuring three titles in the Modern Witchcraft series introducing witchcraft for beginners, a full spell book, and your very own grimoire to chronicle your practice. The Modern Witchcraft Introductory Boxed Set is the perfect collection of books for new and novice witches. With an introductory guide, a spell book, and a grimoire, novice witches will have all the guidance and direction needed to get started. The boxed set includes: The Modern Guide to Witchcraft: This book carefully guides you through each step needed to start your witchcraft practice along with ways of personalizing them to your specific situation so you can make your practice your own. The Modern Witchcraft Spell Book: This book teaches you how to harness your inner magic through incantations, potions, and charms perfect for the modern-day witch to find love, build wealth, and shape your destiny. The Modern Witchcraft Grimoire: This book teaches you the importance and history of the witch’s grimoire. Then it goes step-by-step through the process of putting together your very own grimoire. These three titles come together to create a magickal guide as you start your witchcraft journey.