Category Archives: Books

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”

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!”

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)”

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)”