Llewellyn S 2014 Magical Almanac

Llewellyn's Magical Almanac has been inspiring all levels of magical practitioners for over twenty years. Filled with practical spells, rituals, and fresh ideas, you'll find new ways to deepen your craft and enhance everyday life. This edition features compelling articles, grouped by element, on solar power and the home, carnival magic, recycling and refurbishing, enlightened eats, emergency healing, faery offerings and shrines, folk clothing, alcohol and the gods, soap magic, animism, transforming negativity, and other magical topics. Also included is a handy calendar section-- shaded for easy "flip to" reference--featuring world festivals, holidays, and 2014 Sabbats. You'll also find astrological info, plus incense and color correspondences, to empower your magical work.

Offers simple spells for various occasions that require minimal supplies, and cross-references the 365 spells by purpose: love, health, money, protection, home and garden, travel, and communication.

Gain insight on issues relevant to you and find some great tips and ideas for living your craft every day in Llewellyn's indispensable Witches' Companion. Stay one step ahead of the latest witchy trends and craft practices with the provocative and practical articles, how-tos, and lunar information inside this guide. This year's almanac features twenty-one thought-provoking essays on a variety of timely topics--the magical benefits of a vegetarian lifestyle, inviting house spirits to participate in rituals, finding magic on the Internet, and much, much more. Must Pagans Do Everything Pagan? by Barbara Ardinger Conferring Celebrity Status on "Big Name Pagans" by Boudica Chakra Balancing and Tarot by Calantirniel Green Witch Initiation by Susun S. Weed Personal Myths by Lupa Written for busy modern witches, Llewellyn's Witches' Companion is the perfect complement to our Witches' Calendar and Witches' Datebook. Includes a sixteen-month calendar featuring lunar information to fuel your spellwork and rituals.

Step into the fantastically fragrant world of magical oils and discover a new, invigorating way to delight your senses, uplift your spirits, improve your health, and enjoy total relaxation. Whether your intention is magical or medicinal, specially blended essential oils can enrich your life with their mystical, energizing, and transformative power. Within this one-of-a-kind portable apothecary, learn to select and mix 67 essential oils for a myriad of magical, medicinal, and spiritual applications. Spanning every purpose from inner calm and romance to healing and energy work to prayer and spellcraft, all 1,200 recipes are arranged alphabetically to make it easy to find precisely what you need. Step by step, Celeste Rayne Heldstab also shows how to create your own blends for spells, rituals, and remedies. Amp up their potency with correspondences for the elements, day of the week, time of day, Moon phase, astrological sign, herbs, and gemstones. Protection for house & home Love & passion Career & finances Dreamwork & meditation Beauty & skin care Fatigue, headaches, & other common ailments Praise: "Celeste skillfully demystifies the process of using and blending oils by providing lucid, detailed, and easy-to-read instructions while emphasizing the magical power inherent in plants."—Judika Illes, author of The Encyclopedia of 5,000 Spells

Make the most of each season of the Witches’ year with Llewellyn’s Sabbats Almanac. Packed with rituals, rites, recipes, and crafts, this essential guide offers fun and fresh ways to celebrate the eight sacred Wiccan holidays—and enrich your spiritual life throughout the year. Get a unique perspective on honoring the Wheel of the Year from your favorite Wiccan and Pagan authors. Plan spiritually uplifting celebrations and family activities. Perform Sabbat-specific rituals and world folk rites. Whip up tasty treats and crafts as reminders of the season’s gifts and lessons. Also featured are astrological influences to help you plan rituals according to cosmic energies.

Find the knowledge and inspiration you desire with this collection of Scott Cunningham's spells, essays, and rituals—collected for the first time from his best contributions to Llewellyn's Magical Almanacs. Delight in Cunningham's timeless wisdom on popular topics such as the Sabbats, protection magic, moon spells, and herbal remedies. New and longtime fans will marvel at Cunningham's ability to breathe magical life into such unique topics as tattooing, the divine history of sneezing, dressing with power, Greek oracles, birds of the deities, and more. Well known for perfecting his spells and rituals through experimentation before publishing them, Cunningham wrote with unmatched simplicity and grace. His words in this collection are sure to inspire you on your path to an enchanted life.

Celebrate the Seasons and the Wheel of the Year Rituals • Recipes • Crafts • Pagan Lore • Planetary Guidance Enrich your spiritual life with the lessons and gifts of the eight sacred holidays of the witches’ year. Offering a variety of ways to work with seasonal energies, Llewellyn’s 2016 Sabbats Almanac features ideas and insights from a wealth of favorite contributors: Dallas Jennifer Cobb • Natalie Zaman • Suzanne Ress • Elizabeth Barrette • Diana Rajchel • Susan Pesznecker • Eilidh Grove • Magenta Griffith • Linda Raedisch • Blake Octavian Blair • April Elliott Kent • Doreen Shababy • Tess Whitehurst Includes more than fifty articles written for newcomers and experienced witches: Creative, low-cost arts and crafts projects Ideas for celebrating the sabbats as a family Simple recipes for delicious appetizers, entrees, beverages, and desserts Astrological influences with full and new moon rituals Extended rituals for groups and individuals Journal pages for keeping track of your festival plans and memories Fascinating Pagan folklore and customs Samhain 2015 to Mabon 2016

Increase your power, improve your spellcasting, and reclaim the spark of excitement you felt when you took those very first steps down your magickal path. The first book of its kind to offer solitary eclectics a solution to the problem of dull or ineffective magick, The Witch's Bag of Tricks will help practicing Witches boost creativity, improve abilities, and cast powerful spells that work. Whether your rituals have become rote or your spells just aren't working, you don't have to settle for magickal mediocrity! Designed for the experienced eclectic practitioner, this guidebook offers advanced spellcasting techniques and practical hands-on exercises for personalized magickal development. You'll gain the skills and knowledge you need to custom-design your own spells and advance your mystical development. Breathe fresh life into your practice and take your magickal skills further than ever with The Witch's Bag of Tricks. Praise: "Full of useful information, thoughtful questions to ponder, and clever suggestions for how to put the zip back in your magickal life. Belongs on the shelf of every practicing Witch.—Deborah Blake, author of Everyday Witch A to Z Spellbook