Mysticism, Alchemy and Magic

Fairies have long been a part of witchcraft traditions, especially Celtic and Norse witchcraft, paganism, and other traditions deeply tied to the earth. But these fairies aren't the harmless creatures you've read about in children's tales: they are magical creatures with their own culture and rules that you need to know before venturing into their territory.

Crystals are a natural resource created by Mother Earth and harness their magic from the soil itself. Now you can channel their energy and supercharge your spellcraft. Learn all of the practical ways that you can foster a meaningful connection to the earth and each crystal's spirit with this journal.

Kiley Mann, one of a long line of folk witches, brings a fresh poetic voice to the ancient practices of wortcunning, divination, spellcrafting and folklore. Her traditions lie deep in the swamp lands, forests and hills that surround her in her north American homeland.

Andy Sharp delivers a visionary field report based on fifteen years of deep-vein creative research expeditions to England's strangest landscapes with a host of tragic players.

The Cloud of Unknowing consists of a series of letters written by a monk to his student or disciple, instructing him (or her) in the way of Divine union.

Give your love life a spiritual boost with Cosmo's potent introduction to spells designed to enhance romance.

Give your love life a spiritual boost with Cosmo's potent introduction to potion-making!

Salvia divinorum has been used since ancient times by the Mazatec shamans of Mexico for divination, vision quests and healing. Known by many names - nearly all associated with the Virgin Mary, who has come to symboliSe the spirit of salvia - this plant ally is now regarded as the most powerful natural hallucinogen.

· Details how to combine the 6 major types of S & M stimulation with sexual stimulation for magical and transformative purposes · Explores sado-magical workings from both submissive and dominant perspectives · Traces the roots of the BDSM tradition from ancient pagan and shamanic rituals to historical figures such as the Marquis de Sade, Aleister Crowley and Anton ...

Explains how surrealist paintings and poems employed mythology, gnostic principles, tarot, voodoo, alchemy and other hermetic sciences to seek out unexplored regions of the mind and recover lost “psychic” and magical powers Provides many examples of esoteric influence in surrealism, such as how Picasso's Demoiselles d'Avignon was originally titled The Bath of the Philosophers.

· Includes spells, talisman formulations and secret magical alphabets reproduced from the author's private collection of grimoires, with instructions for their use · Explains the basic principles of mediaeval magic, including the doctrine of names and the laws of sympathy and contagion · Offers an overview of magic in the Western Mystery tradition Grimoires began ...

· Examines each line of the Book of the Law in the light of modern psychology, Egyptology, Gurdjieff's teachings and contemporary Left-Hand Path thought · Explores Crowley's identification with the First Beast of Revelations as well as his adoption of the Loki archetype for becoming a vessel of love for all humanity · Recasts the Cairo Working as a text of personal ...

In this practical guide to Druidic plant magic, Jon G. Hughes reveals the gentle alchemy of converting plant essences into potent compounds for working sex magic rituals. Examining the identification, harvesting and magical properties of more than 70 flowers and trees, he details the careful and meticulous spagyric preparation of plant extracts and complexes as well as the process of obtaining or ...

Widely recognised by anthropologists as the most powerful and widespread shamanic hallucinogen, ayahuasca has been used by native Indian and mestizo shamans in Peru, Colombia and Ecuador for healing and divination for thousands of years.

The use of talismans and amulets stretches back nearly to the dawn of man, from everyday items magically prepared, such as horns or coins, to intricate and beautiful jewelry imbued with protective powers.