Llewellyn's 2019 Magical Almanac: Practical Magic for Everyday Living
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Llewellyn's 2019 Magical Almanac: Practical Magic for Everyday Living
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Overview
This year’s edition features nearly three dozen compelling articles, grouped by element, on working with ancestors, processing grief, using scissors as a magical tool, making magic accessible to those with disabilities, creating an urban elemental garden, improving home security, sigil witchery, healing circles, the archangel of magic, and much more.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780738746098 |
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| Publisher: | Llewellyn Worldwide, LTD. |
| Publication date: | 07/08/2018 |
| Pages: | 288 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.20(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.80(d) |
About the Author
Llewellyn also partners with Italian publisher Lo Scarabeo, as the exclusive US and Canadian distributor of their beautiful tarot and oracle decks. They also partner with Blue Angel, an Australian publisher of oracles, books, CDs, and other sidelines.
Deborah Blake is the author of over a dozen books on modern Witchcraft, including The Eclectic Witch’s Book of Shadows, The Little Book of Cat Magic and The Everyday Witch's Coven, as well as the acclaimed Everyday Witch Tarot and Oracle decks. She has also written three paranormal romance and urban fantasy series for Berkley, and as well as a cozy mystery series about a run-down pet rescue. Deborah lives in a 130 year old farmhouse in upstate New York with numerous cats who supervise all her activities, both magical and mundane. She can be found at DeborahBlakeAuthor.com.
Diana Rajchel began her career planning to serve as clergy and write about all subjects spiritual. It did not occur to her or anyone else to say with what agency she might assume priesthood. The result of this oversight in intention setting is that she is now an itinerant city priestess, well-practiced witch, and somewhat unintentional subversive. Her background includes Wicca, folk witchcraft, conjure, and a whole lot of experience organizing people that don’t like knowing that they’re organized. Diana splits her time between San Francisco, California, where she co-owns Golden Apple Metaphysical, and southwestern Michigan, where she runs Earth and Sun spiritual coaching with her partner. In between her wanderings she teaches as part of the Magick 101 series for Wicked Grounds Annex in San Francisco, and teaches and reads tarot at Elements Kalamazoo in Michigan. Diana has 25 years’ experience as a professional tarot reader and western herbalist and has 29 years’ experience as a professional writer. She is also the pet DragonCat to a very ladylike boxer named Nora.
Kate Freuler is the author of Magic at the Crossroads: The Devil in Modern Witchcraft and Of Blood and Bones: Working with Shadow Magick and the Dark Moon. She has written articles for Llewellyn's Magical Almanac, Llewellyn's Spell-a-Day Almanac, and Llewellyn's Sabbats Almanac. She lives in Ontario, Canada, and can be found making art, wandering around in libraries, and writing. Visit her at www.katefreuler.com.
Stephanie Woodfield (Orlando, FL) has been a practicing Pagan for the past twenty years. A devotional polytheist, teacher, and Priestess of the Morrigan, she is one of the founding members of Morrigu's Daughters and is an organizer for several Pagan gatherings. Stephanie teaches classes on devotional work and magical practice in the US and internationally. A long time New Englander, she now resides in the Orlando area with her husband, a very pampered cat, and various reptiles. In her spare time she enjoys creating art out of skulls and other dead things. She is called to helping others forge meaningful experiences with the Morrigan, as well as the Gods and land of Ireland. Visit her at StephanieWoodfield.com.
Tiffany Lazic (Toronto, ON) is a spiritual psychotherapist with nearly twenty years of experience in transpersonal psychology. She trained at the Transformational Arts College of Spiritual and Holistic Training, where she also teaches. Tiffany is an international presenter and keynote speaker and the owner of the Hive and Grove Centre for Holistic Wellness, with a private therapy practice offering individual, couples, and group therapy. She has also developed two highly regarded self-development programs.
Natalie Zaman is the author of Color and Conjure and Magical Destinations of the Northeast (Llewellyn); the co-author of Sirenz (Flux), Sirenz Back In Fashion (Flux), and Blonde Ops (Thomas Dunne Books); and is a contributor to various Llewellyn annual publications.
Both Chic and Tabatha are Chief Adepts of the Golden Dawn as re-established by Israel Regardie. The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, of which Chic is the G.H. Imperator, and Tabatha is the G.H. Cancellaria, is an international Order with Temples in several countries. The Ciceros have written numerous books on the Golden Dawn, Tarot, and Magic, including Self-Initiation into the Golden Dawn Tradition, The Essential Golden Dawn, Tarot Talismans, and updates, annotations and introductions to classic Israel Regardie texts such as The Philosopher's Stone, The Middle Pillar and A Garden of Pomegranates.
Both Chic and Tabatha are Chief Adepts of the Golden Dawn as re-established by Israel Regardie. The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, of which Chic is the G.H. Imperator, and Tabatha is the G.H. Cancellaria, is an international Order with Temples in several countries. The Ciceros have written numerous books on the Golden Dawn, Tarot, and Magic, including Self-Initiation into the Golden Dawn Tradition, The Essential Golden Dawn, Tarot Talismans, and updates, annotations and introductions to classic Israel Regardie texts such as The Philosopher's Stone, The Middle Pillar and A Garden of Pomegranates.
Monica Crosson (Concrete, Washington) is a Master Gardener who has taught gardening through her local Washington State University’s extension office for more than twenty-five years. She has been a practicing Witch and educator for over thirty years and is a member of Evergreen Coven. Monica is the author of The Magickal Family and is a regular contributor to magazines such as Enchanted Living and Witchology. Visit her at AuthorMonicaCrosson.com.
Laura Tempest Zakroff (she/they) is a professional artist, author, performer, and Modern Traditional Witch based in New England. She holds a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design, and her artwork has received awards and honors worldwide. Her work embodies myth and the esoteric through her drawings and paintings, jewelry, talismans, and other designs. Laura is the author of several bestselling Llewellyn books including Weave the Liminal, Sigil Witchery, Visual Alchemy, and Anatomy of a Witch, as well as the artist and author of the Anatomy of a Witch Oracle and The Liminal Spirits Oracle. Laura edited The New Aradia: A Witch's Handbook to Magical Resistance and the Gorgon's Guide to Magical Resistance from Revelore Press. Laura is the creative force behind several community events and teaches workshops online and worldwide. Visit her at LauraTempestZakroff.com.
Raven Digitalis (Hawaii/Montana) is the author of The Empath's Oracle, The Everyday Empath, Esoteric Empathy, Shadow Magick Compendium, Planetary Spells & Rituals and Goth Craft. Originally trained in Georgian Witchcraft, Raven has been an earth-based practitioner since 1999, a Priest since 2003, a Freemason since 2012, and an empath all of his life. He holds a degree in cultural anthropology from the University of Montana, co-operated a nonprofit Pagan Temple for sixteen years, and is also a professional Tarot reader, DJ, card-carrying magician, small-scale farmer, and animal rights advocate.
Mickie Mueller (Missouri) explores magic and spirituality through art and the written word. She includes magical herbal washes in her art that correspond with the subject, making every piece enchanted. She is the author/illustrator of The Voice of the Trees; the illustrator of The Mystical Cats Tarot; and author of The Witch's Mirror and Llewellyn's Little Book of Halloween. Since 2007, Mickie has been a regular article and illustration contributor to Llewellyn's annual almanacs and datebooks, as well as many other Llewellyn books. Her art has been seen as set dressing on SyFy's The Magicians and Bravo's Girlfriend's Guide to Divorce. Her home studio is right next to the cottage workshop where her husband, author and craftsman Daniel Mueller, creates products with her art and sends them to people all over the world. Visit her online at www.mickiemueller.com.
Jason Mankey is a third-degree Gardnerian High Priest and helps run two Witchcraft covens in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife, Ari. He is a popular speaker at Pagan and Witchcraft events across North America and Great Britain and has been recognized by his peers as an authority on the Horned God, Wiccan history, and occult influences in rock and roll. You can follow him on Instagram and Twitter @panmankey. Jason is the author of several books, including The Witch’s Book of Spellcraft, The Horned God of the Witches, and Transformative Witchcraft.
Dr. Alexandra Chauran, of Port Moody, Canada, received a master's degree in teaching from Seattle University and a doctorate from Valdosta State University. She is the author of dozens of books, including Crystal Ball Reading for Beginners, Have You Been Hexed?, and Getting Through It. In her spare time she enjoys streaming on Twitch as QueenOfDiamonds and chatting with readers.
Storm Faerywolf is a published author, experienced teacher, visionary poet, and professional warlock. He is a regular contributor to Modern Witch and is a founding teacher of Black Rose, an online school of modern folkloric witchcraft. He has written several books, including Betwixt and Between, Forbidden Mysteries of Faery Witchcraft, and The Stars Within the Earth (Mystic Dream Press, 2003). For more, visit his website at faerywolf.com.
Melissa Cynova (she/her) has been slinging tarot cards for thirty years. Her first book, Kitchen Table Tarot, won the Independent Publishing Award for Best First Book and COVR Visionary awards. Her second book, Tarot Elements: Five Readings to Reset Your Life, was released in 2019.
Deborah Castellano (Bridgewater, New Jersey) is author of Glamour Magic: The Witchcraft Revolution to Get What You Want (Llewellyn, 2017) and Magic for Troubled Times: Rituals, Recipes and Real Talk for Witches (Llewellyn, 2022). She is an independent maker of ritual perfume and other fineries and active in her local chosen communities. She enjoys old typewriters and record players, St. Germain, and reality television. Learn more about Deb on Instagram (@debcastellano), TikTok (@auntieglamour), and her online shop: mermaidandcrow.etsy.com
Najah Lightfoot is a multi-award-winning author. She is the author of the bestselling Good Juju: Mojos, Rites & Practices for the Magical Soul. She is a regular contributor to the Llewellyn annuals and a contributor to The Library of Esoterica -Volume III - Witchcraft. Her magickal staff is on display and part of the permanent collection of the Buckland Museum of Witchcraft, located in Cleveland, Ohio. Najah is also a fellow of the Sojourner Truth Leadership Circle, sponsored by Auburn Seminary. She lives in Denver, Colorado, where the blue skies and the power of the Rocky Mountains uplift and fill her soul. She can found online at www.facebook.com/NajahLightfoot and www.instagram.com/NajahLightfoot.
Table of Contents
Table of ContentsEarth Magic 7 Written in Stone: Thirteen Essential Crystals and Their Many Meanings by Charlie Rainbow Wolf 8 Magic and Cats by Deborah Blake (and Magic the Cat) 17 House Wards and House Guardians by Diana Rajchel 22 Disabilities and Witchcraft by Elizabeth Barrette 29 Urban Elemental Gardens: Crafting Magic in Small Outdoor Spaces by Tiffany Lazic 38 Witchy Business: Navigating the Online Magickal Marketplace by Kate Freuler 46 Rethinking the Wheel of the Year by Stephanie Woodfield 55
Air Magic 61 The Milagro Magic by Natalie Zaman 62 Psychic Housecleaning by James Kambos 71 Raziel: The Archangel of Magic by Chic and S. Tabatha Cicero 76 The Magic Hat by Suzanne Ress 85 After the Ritual: The Remnants by Autumn Damiana 93 Magic Apple: The Fruit from the Tree of Life by Justine Holubets 101
Almanac Section 109 Date, Day, Festivals and Holidays, Moon Sign, Lunar Phase, Color and Incense of the Day 2019 Sabbats and Full Moons 114
Fire Magic 175 Finding Light by Monica Crosson 176 The Witch’s Sigil: Crafting Magick Symbols for Spellcraft, Ritual, and More by Laura Tempest Zakroff 185 Enlighten Up: A New Approach to Cursing by Raven Digitalis 193 The Origins and Alchemy of Éliphas Lévi’s Baphomet by Estha K. V. McNevin 202 Scissors as a Magical Tool by Mickie Mueller 212 The Inverse Cone of Power by Jason Mankey 221 Hamsa by Dallas Jennifer Cobb 228
Water Magic 235 Ethical Considerations for Healing Circles by Blake Octavian Blair 236 So You Want to Start a Coven? by Alexandra Chauran 245 Conjuring the Silver Thread: Cultivating a Spiritual Bond with the Ancestors of Our Craft by Storm Faerywolf 250 Processing Grief by Charlynn Walls 258 Back to the Basics: Self-Care with the Elements and Your Tarot Deck by Melissa Cynova 265 A Glamour Dinner Party Rite by Deborah Castellano 270 Bad Magickal Breakups by Najah Lightfoot 277
About the Contributors 282