Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by A.C. Fisher Aldag, author of the new Common Magick. A liminal period is a brief time between two different eras. For example, the solstices and equinoxes are the days between one season and another. Winter ends, and springtime begins, on the Spring Equinox. Magickal acts are especially powerful during liminal periods, because these times are "betwixt and between" occasions, and so they have the power of both conditions. Dawn has the magick of both day and night, ending and beginning. Dawn also carries its own unique energies. In my book, Common Magick, there is a whole chapter about using liminal times for magick—but what about

Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Kris Franken, author of the new Call of Intuition. As humanity awakens to a new way of living on earth, we are rediscovering the healing power of local communities. Those who have been disconnected from in-person relationships may find it difficult to step into a community of people. Relationships are inherently challenging; however, they also create opportunities for us to learn, heal, and ultimately, grow into a higher expression of who we came here to be. Relationships remind us of what matters. They are a mirror to our light and shadow, pointing to our luminous aspects and guiding us into deeper healing of all that is hidden.

Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Danu Forest, author of Celtic Tree Magic the new Wild Magic. Celtic magic and spirituality has, for me, always been essentially an animist path, seeing the divine in nature, and all of existence infused with spirit. It's about our relationship with our gods and the spirits in all their forms, especially the faery folk, and our relationship with the rhythms of life in the natural world. The land where we are, the life that surrounds us, the spirits of trees and rivers, fire and storm, animals and ancestors—these are the sources of our magic and our wisdom. Celtic magic is a path that has its bones in the wild hills and deep forests, but

The Dark Wood Tarot We usually feature stand alone books here. However, our decks' companion books are all excellent in their own right. Here is an example from the Sasha Graham's Dark Wood Tarot. Strength Strength is the archetype of Warrior. All power lay within you. The Shadow Witch returns to the earth and finds herself inside a stone walled garden. She hears the hissing of a snake and the slow beating of a heartbeat drum. The garden protects a woman who hypnotizes a snake as a rose blossoms above her head in a stone wall. Strength simmers with constant power to illuminate everything. It is causality itself. Strength is the inner reserves of power wielded in