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The Art of Faery David Riché (Compiler), Brian Froud

The huge popularity of fairies in art is celebrated in this title which features the creations of the best artists working in the US, Europe and Japan. There are a huge variety of styles to appeal to a wide range of tastes, from the gothic fantasies of Amy Brown to Myrea Pettit's gentle, playful creatures. Some of the newer artists have rebelled against the old traditions or turned them on their heads. Others celebrate the inheritance left them by masters of the craft, such as Arthur Rackham and Cicely Mary Baker. All media are represented: watercolour, pen and ink, oil, pastel. Each artist presents his or her favourite pieces, showing what best represents their work, revealing their inspirations and techniques, their working methods and what drives them to create.

The Art of Faery

The Faeries Oracle Brian Froud (Painter), Jessica Macbeth


In response to the tremendous success of Good Faeries/Bad Faeries, Brian Froud has created an exciting divination kit that allows readers to draw on the power of faeries to understand their lives and predict their futures. Good Faeries/Bad Faeries, one of the most successful illustrated books in Simon & Schuster's history, established faeries as the favourite fantasy figures in America today. Now, Froud brings the appeal of his beautifully illustrated and evocative faeries, trolls, goblins, and green men to the popular practice of divination. A refreshing new approach to tapping into the connections between the natural world and the course of human events, this kit draws directly on the art and wisdom of Good Faeries/Bad Faeries and includes: An elegant, full-colour deck of sixty-six divination cards. An engaging two-colour book that introduces the most powerful an dimportant members of the faery kingdom; Easy to follow instructions on how to read the cards, with a special emphasis on gleaning answers to issues of spiritual enlightenment and personal direction; The Faerie's Oracle is sure to delight fans of tarot and other divination systems. Even those who spend their time speeding along the information highway are bound to be intrigued by the enchanted path the faeries unveil, a path that reveals the secrets of our souls and magically sheds light on things to come.

The Faeries Oracle

Good faeries/ bad faeries: froud


Since he illustrated the "Faeries" in 1978, Brian Froud has been fascinated by faery lore. Now, 20 years later, this book describes and illustrates the faery folk who still crowd his imagination.

Good Faeries/bad Faeries

Witch Child: Celia Rees


She was locked in the keep for more than a week. First they walked her up and down, up and down between them, for a day and a night until she could no longer hobble, her feet all bloody and swollen. She would not confess. So they set about to prove she was a witch...

Mary's grandmother is executed for witchcraft, and Mary is forced to leave her home to avoid the same fate. At first she flees to the English countryside, but when the atmosphere of superstition and suspicion becomes all consuming she leaves on a boat for America in the hope that she can start over and forget her past. But during the journey, she realises that the past is not so easy to escape. Witch Child is a complex, absorbing novel, told in the form of pages from a journal found loosely sewn into an old quilt many years later. From the moment the story begins, the tension is tangible, and the reader is drawn into a world of mistrust and uncertainty that shakes to the core. All this is cleverly conveyed through the eyes of Mary, whose first sense of wide-eyed wonder gradually develops a mature understanding of her situation, drawing the reader in to a dark and dangerous world where the tiniest slip could mean death.


Witch Child
Sorceress: Celia Rees


Celia Rees's Sorceress is the bewitching sequel to Witch Child, which was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2001. In the first novel, a young English girl called Mary flees 17th-century England when her grandmother is hung, accused of being a witch. She sails across the seas to America where she begins a new life with a community of Puritans. But as the history books show, this was no safe place for a young witch, good or bad, and when Mary's past is exposed she is cast out into the wilderness. Her diary is abandoned and the reader is left not knowing how Mary's story ends but wanting more.

Sorceress

Sisters of the Dark Moon: 13 Rituals of the Dark Goddess


Everyone is familiar with the image of pagans performing rituals during the Full Moon. The Dark Moon - the night before the New Moon - is lesser known but equally as powerful. This book presents the 13 Dark Moons of the year by zodiac sign and includes instructions for all rituals.

Sisters of the Dark Moon: 13 Rituals of...

We'Moon '03 (Lay Flat Binding): Gaia Rhythms for Womyn Great Mother Various Co


Women orientated poetry, prose, rituals and fabulous artwork.

We'Moon '03 (Lay Flat Binding): Gaia...





The Celtic Saints Courtney Davies, Courtney Davis (Illustrator)

'Courtney Davis has done a remarkable thing in presenting Celtic art to us in this manner. It is just what is needed at this time, a beautiful contribution to our understanding. I thank him for his vision, artistic skill, painstaking craftsmanship and love of this great and ancient tradition. His work is an inspiration to us all.' Sir George Trevelyan

The Celtic Saints






The Crystal Bible: The Definitive Guide to Crystals Judy Hall

This text offers a comprehensive guide to all the crystals known to man, their shapes, colours and applications. It aims to be useful to the beginner and expert alike, using a directory format which makes the crystals easily identifiable. The descriptions accompanying each of the crystals provide information on their appearance, worldwide distribution, attributes, actions and healing properties required to unleash their unlimited potential. All the major and lesser-known stones currently available are featured, including those only recently discovered.

The Crystal Bible: The Definitive Guide...





Dancing in the flames: The dark Goddess

Describes the expression of the Goddess in the mythic images of diverse cultures, her role in world history, and the influence of ancient wisdom in the modern world


Dancing in the Flames: The Dark Goddess...





Leechcraft: Early English Charms, Plant-lore, and Healing
Stephen Pollington (Editor)


A wonderful and unique witchy and informative book

Leechcraft: Early English Charms,...



Goddess Initiation: A Practical Celtic Program for Soul-Healing, Self-Fulfillment & Wild Wisdom
Francesca de Grandis


Goddess Initiation : A Practical Celtic Program for Soul-Healing, Self-Fulfillment & Wild Wisdom
Francesca De Grandis provides a brilliant, profound well thought out expereintial guide through wicca and shamanism, which is accesible to the beginner and advanced practitioner. Her earthy, playful style communicates the ecstatic path and joy of goddess magic and shamanism. She is a poet, her crafted creativity invites you to join in exploring and discovering the Goddess. The rituals outlined in the book are beautiful.
Her first book Be a Goddess was an important work, a truly insightful guide to spiritual development and divine wisdom. This book is no less. Enjoy!


Goddess Initiation: A Practical Celtic...




Hedgewitch: Rae beth

A modern guide to the ancient path of the village wisewoman, providing a wealth of information on natural magic and rural paganism.


Hedge Witch: A Guide to Solitary...



Love is in the Earth: MELODY

The finest book on crystals ever written !

Melody describes a vast range of crystals and minerals in this book,she covers their structure, some geological data, history, healing properties and how to work with them. A superb reference book which is essential if your are working with crystals

Love is in the Earth : A Kaleidoscope of...



Love is in the Earth : Laying on of Stones - The Journey Continues
Melody

Love is in the Earth : Laying on of...






Morgan Le Fay's Book of Spells and Wiccan Rites
Jennifer Reif


Morgan Le Fay was the half sister of King Arthur, and was the sorceress-witch who learned her craft from Merlin the Magician. This book includes a scholarly history of the Wiccan religion from Paleolithic times to the present day and complete instructions for casting spells inspired by Morgan Le Fay herself. There are poetic spells for Strength and Power, Healing and Protection, Prosperity and Love, Endings and Farewells, and more, with preparations and complete liturgy, so that any reader may use them immediately, even without prior Wiccan experience.


Morgan Le Fay's Book of Spells and...




Osho Zen Tarot: The Transcendental Game of Zen

One of the most beautiful and unique systems of divination ever created !

Osho Zen Tarot: The Transcendental Game...




Ouija: The Most Dangerous Game







Ouija Oracle Card Game

Ouija Oracle Card Game






Philosophy of Natural Magic Agrippa

Philosophy of Natural Magic







The Sacred Circle Tarot: A Celtic Pagan Journey
Anna Franklin, Paul Mason (Photographer)

Drawing on the pagan heritage of Britain, this set of Tarot cards and accompanying book include an assemblage of traditional drawing and symbology, computer graphics and photographs




Silver Wheel: Women's Myths and Mysteries in the Celtic Tradition
Marguerite Elsbeth, Kenneth Johnson


An exploration of women's mythic past, with exercises aimed at awakening and integrating the archetypes within the female personality. The book examines the Celtic heroines and the stories that embody truths about nature, power, self-identity, relationships, love, creativity and death.

Silver Wheel: Women's Myths and...