The Goodly Spellbook: Olde Spells for Modern Problems is being reissued on September 2 in a new, expanded 2nd edition under the Sterling Ethos imprint. It will have a new cover and lots of very useful new spells and other magical information we've added to meet the needs of folks worldwide.Pre-order The Goodly Spellbook's new 500+-page paperback edition now for $11.91 (= 20% off the $14.95 cover price), and get free delivery from BarnesandNoble.com hot off the presses this fall!
A decade after the debut of The Goodly Spellbook, magic is more needful than ever as pollution and technology alienate us from nature, robots render our jobs obsolete, and relentless corruption, inequality, intolerance, and violence make us feel like vulnerable prey. Spellcraft is the remedy for our hardscrabble lives. ... Read more + info on new inclusions at: oldenwilde.org/TheGoodlySpellbook.
Canadian folklorist Dale Jarvis's upcoming book Any Mummers Allowed In? Christmas Mummering Traditions in Newfoundland and Labrador will feature a beauty shot of our "mast beast" who haunts Asheville's Samhains in his chapter on the old Hobby Horse tradition.
You can see one of Ol' Charmer's Newfoundlander half-brothers sporting a nail-toothed grin on Dale's blog, www.dalejarvis.ca (which also recounts some fascinating ghost stories), at: http://dalejarvis.blogspot.com/2013/12/a-delightful-terror-would-you-let-this.html.
Can you believe the national news we made 20 years ago has borne such sweet, long-lasting fruit? (See our decades of Samhains at: oldenwilde.org/samhain)
With a new book & new courses upcoming, Coven Oldenwilde’s 20th Annual Free Public Witch Ritual this October 31 stands to be the best ever! Families, groups, and folk who’ve already been will mingle with those who always wanted to at our mass Homecoming.
Costumed ritual, traditional Witch dancing, laying down a Pagani beat using your chosen instrument, and relishing reveling with others of like mind in nature on a weekend Friday Halloween will be the order of the night!
Get a valuable prize for: Wearing the most jewelry; being the fastest runner in a Pagan race; being the most graceful dancer; being the oldest or youngest Witch; being the best musician or most helpful; having attended the most years; having the funniest Craft name; and many, many more cool categories! None will leave without a freebie!
Location TBA (likely Riverside Park in W. Asheville), and site map and details will be posted on: oldenwilde.org.
Volunteers are encouraged to help enable our mega-event. E-mail Lady Passion at: oldenwilde@oldenwilde.org.
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