Category Archives: Books

If you’re looking for ideas for how to celebrate Yule, particularly as a solitary practitioner, you may be interested to know that I wrote a ritual and an essay on the holiday in Llewellyn’s 2024 Sabbats Almanac, which you can buy now. The ritual focuses on reconnecting your body to the rhythms of the earthContinue reading “Approaching Yule, a time for radical rest”

Every year, Llewellyn Books publishes a Sabbats Almanac, which is basically a guidebook for solo practitioners and people leading rituals for various groups. Each of the holidays features some historical information, a craft project, a recipe, some thoughts about the holiday, and a ritual. I’m not ashamed to say that I have definitely made useContinue reading “Look, Ma, I’m in the Sabbats Almanac!”

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”

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)”

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)”

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”