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  • Varla Ventura’s Paranormal Parlor

    Varla Ventura’s Paranormal Parlor

    Ghosts, Seanes, and Tales of True HauntingsFrom shimmering specters to mysterious tricks, Varla Ventura’s Paranormal Parlor includes original supernatural tales, classic ghost stories, legends, hauntings, séances, superstitions, and death customs. This book showcases a chilling collection of startling ghost stories as told to the author as well as legendary ghosts and haunted locations and an […]

  • The Book of Joy

    Currently listening to The Book of Joy by the Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu. In the past, I haven’t done well with audiobooks. I tend to wander off (usually to the refrigerator) or fall asleep. I guess, due in some part to the passing of Desmond Tutu, I wanted to hear some of Tutu’s teachings […]

  • Currently reading: NOS4A2 by Joe Hill

    I am reading Joe Hill’s NOS4A2. I’m about a quarter of the way through it and it’s a pretty good read. It took me a while to get hooked but I’m glad that I stuck with it. I didn’t really care for the finishing a sentence with the title of the next chapter — come on […]

  • Books I’m reading in November and December

    Currently, I am reading On the Trail of Bigfoot: Tracking the Enigmatic Giants of the Forest by Mike Dupler. I had planned to read Joe Hill’s NOS4A2 but I decided to move it back to January. Some of the new books are from Weiser Books ( I love those guys & gals), I have The […]

  • Currently Reading —

    The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix Fried Green Tomatoes and Steel Magnolias meet Dracula in this Southern-flavored supernatural thriller set in the ’90s about a women’s book club that must protect its suburban community from a mysterious and handsome stranger who turns out to be a blood-sucking fiend. Patricia Campbell had always planned for a big […]

  • How to Make Bad Things Happen to Awful People

    How to Make Bad Things Happen to Awful PeopleSpells for Revenge, Power & Protection (Stop a Gossip, Repel a Creep, Turn the Tables . . . and More)Deborah GrayISBN: 9781571748485Book (Paperback)Hampton Roads Publishing Company$14.955 1/2 x 6 1/4128 pagesSeptember 1, 2019 Coauthor of the bestselling How to Turn Your Ex-Boyfriend into a Toad, Deborah Gray shares […]

  • In my mailbox: Lost Teachings of the Runes

    An earth-honoring approach to rune divination using the northern Spirit Wheel as a guide and rune-casting sheet. Lost Teachings of the Runes invites the reader to journey to the realms of past and future that exist hidden beyond the horizon and beneath our feet. Using an engaging blend of stories, meditations, and ancestral knowing, author Ingrid […]

  • Herbal Magick by Gerina Dunwich

  • Wild Witch by Marian Green, available October 1

  • Sacred Smoke

  • Erich von Däniken’s Eyewitness to the Gods: What I Kept Secret for Decades

    Available in October 2019…

  • In my mailbox: Living Runes

    Look at what landed in my mailbox today! I love those people at Weiser Books! You should see this book in your favorite bookstore June 1st. Living Runes http://redwheelweiser.com/detail.html?id=9781578636662 Living Runes provides a thorough examination of the Norse runes that will challenge the experienced rune worker to deepen his or her understanding of these mysteries. […]

  • RIP Raven Grimassi

    I have just learned that Raven Grimassi, has passed away. His wife, Stephanie Ann Zarrabi (pen-name Stephanie Taylor), announced that Grimassi died on March 10, 2019, following a battle with pancreatic cancer. “The soul is drawn into a lineage that anchors it in a specific current within the Material Plane. There are many lessons to […]

  • Reading Water Witchcraft: Magic and Lore from the Celtic Tradition

    I think that I may be a merfolk. An accessible in-depth guide to Celtic water lore, including spells, rituals, water spirits, and merfolk Let Annwyn Avalon, a practicing water witch herself, take you into the world of water magic. The water magic and lore in this book focuses on the Celtic tradition, but draws on […]

  • In my mailbox: Conjuring Harriet “Mama Moses” Tubman

    I want to thank Weiser Books for the free review copy of Conjuring Harriet “Mama Moses” Tubman and the Spirits of the Underground Railroad by Witchdoctor Utu. The spirits of Harriet Tubman, John Brown, and other heroes of the Underground Railroad guide readers on a magical path to healing, empowerment, and liberation. The historical role […]