Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Joann van der Hoeven, author of The Book of Hedge Druidry and the new Path of the Hedge Witch. Hedge Witchcraft is gaining in popularity, as more people are learning about the practice, and how it differs from other traditions of the Craft. Hedge Witches are mostly defined by the practice of hedge riding, a trance technique that enables the practitioner to walk between the worlds. But what are some of the signs that you might wish to explore the tradition of the hedge witch? Here are six, just to get you started: You have a strong connection to the Otherworld or a fey nature Often people who have had experience with faery, the Fair

The Llewellyn Virtual Author Forum is our bi-monthly series of free online roundtable events will feature your favorite Llewellyn authors discussing topics important to you and answering your questions. Our latest in the series, on Why Psychic Skills Are Important to Witchcraft, featured Psychic Witch and Mastering Magick author Mat Auryn, Intuitive Witchcraft author Astrea Taylor, Psychic Skills for Magic and Witchcraft author Cat Gina Cole, and Magickal Mediumship author Danielle Dionne. Did you miss the live event? Watch it on-demand now!

The third annual Witchies Award Nominations have been announced, and voting is now open (ends 10/31/22).  Several Llewellyn authors have been honored for their work: Outstanding Book of the Year: The Witch's Path, by Thorn Mooney Outstanding Book of the Year: Welsh Witchcraft, by Mhara Starling Outstanding Author of the Year: Madame Pamita, Baba Yaga's Book of Witchcraft Outstanding Author of the Year: Jason Mankey, Matt Cavalli, Amanda Lynn, Ari Mankey, The Witch's Book of Spellcraft Outstanding New Author of the Year: Enfys J. Book, Queer Qabala Outstanding New Author of the Year: Emma Kathryn, Witch Life Outstanding Tarot Deck: Tarot V, by Alejandro Colucci

Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Mat Auryn, author of the bestselling Psychic Witch and the new Mastering Magick. In my book Mastering Magick: A Course in Spellcasting for the Psychic Witch, one of my main motives was to share aspects of spellcasting that are often overlooked that I wish I knew when I first started engaging in magick. A lot of these insights are incredibly simple and cost nothing; the price of admission is simply your attention, energy, sincerity, and time. Here are four simple examples of ways you can enhance your spells when you're casting them to ensure that you're properly connecting with the energy of the spell and thereby enhancing the potency of its