I’d been eagerly anticipating the new book Sacred Gender since I first heard about it earlier this year. When I finally got a review copy, I sat down to read it, and by page 17 I had to briefly set it aside and pick up my phone to text a bunch of my friends thatContinue reading ““Sacred Gender” is fierce, wise, and an absolute must-read”
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“Falling Through the Tree of Life” is a deeply personal and experiential journey through Kabbalah
A gushing love letter to Kabbalah (I will use the author’s spelling for the purposes of this review), full of wonder and joy, Jane Meredith‘s Falling Through the Tree of Life: Embodied Kabbalah invites the reader into a full-body, full-sensory, ecstatic experience of living in, around, and through the Tree. I was lucky enough to get anContinue reading ““Falling Through the Tree of Life” is a deeply personal and experiential journey through Kabbalah”
“Queer Qabala” is out TODAY!
Happy book birthday to Queer Qabala: Nonbinary, Genderfluid, Omnisexual Mysticism & Magick! As of today, the book is out, and you can find it all sorts of places online and IRL. If you can’t wait to get your hands on it but are short on funds or don’t like buying books, you can request itContinue reading ““Queer Qabala” is out TODAY!”
“Queer Magic: LGBT+ Spirituality and Culture From Around the World” (review)
In 2018, I was perusing shelves at my local pagan bookstore when I was delighted to find not one, but two books titled Queer Magic, each with bright rainbow designs on dark-colored covers. They’d even been released within slightly more than a month of each other, albeit by different publishers. At the time, I boughtContinue reading ““Queer Magic: LGBT+ Spirituality and Culture From Around the World” (review)”
“Blackfeather Mystery School: Magpie Training” (review)
There are a lot of introductory magickal training books out there, but few that I would highly recommend to just about any magickal practitioner. Each has their strengths and weaknesses. Some are highly accessible, but lack depth. Others are too deep and intimidating. But Blackfeather Mystery School: Magpie Training is accessible, comprehensive, and life-changing, andContinue reading ““Blackfeather Mystery School: Magpie Training” (review)”
“The Four Elements of the Wise” is deeply useful for all levels of magickal practitioners
Ivo Dominguez, Jr.‘s latest book, The Four Elements of the Wise: Working with the Magickal Powers of Earth, Air, Water, Fire, achieves an extremely tricky thing: It’s a book with useful information and practical ideas for all magickal skill levels, on a widely-studied subject, without making newbies feel overwhelmed and lost, or advanced practitioners boredContinue reading ““The Four Elements of the Wise” is deeply useful for all levels of magickal practitioners”
Four reasons I’m squeeing about “Qabalah for Wiccans” (review)
I was lucky enough to get an advance copy of Qabalah for Wiccans by Jack Chanek (it comes out December 8, 2021), and it straight-up made me shriek with joy and shout “YES!” on multiple occasions while reading it. This book was so good, it made me giddy. Chanek elegantly weaves Qabalah basics with WiccanContinue reading “Four reasons I’m squeeing about “Qabalah for Wiccans” (review)”
Queer Qabala: Soon to be a book!
You may have noticed this blog has been a bit quiet since the end of last year. I have a good excuse: I’ve been working on a book! I’m pleased to say that Queer Qabala: Nonbinary, Genderfluid, Omnisexual Mysticism & Magick is coming to bookstores July 8, 2022, published by Llewellyn. I expect it’ll beContinue reading “Queer Qabala: Soon to be a book!”
“Sexuality: A Graphic Guide” (review)
Meg-John Barker and Jules Scheele knock it out of the park again with their latest book, Sexuality: A Graphic Guide. Like Gender: A Graphic Guide and Queer: A Graphic History, the newest in their collection teaches a fully-illustrated, condensed 101 course in its subject matter. Barker and Scheele tell the story of of how humanityContinue reading ““Sexuality: A Graphic Guide” (review)”
“Queering Your Craft” is a perfectly queer intro to witchcraft (review)
Lately I’ve been reading a lot of “witchcraft 101” books, to update the reading list for my coven’s new members. I’m thankful to see so many of the new books in this category are less problematic than “the classics,” and many go beyond the basics and include brief overviews of a lot of the differentContinue reading ““Queering Your Craft” is a perfectly queer intro to witchcraft (review)”