Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Aaron Leitch, author of several books, including Secrets of the Magickal Grimoires, The Angelical Language Volume I and Volume II, and Essential Enochian Grimoire. Greetings fellow witches! Herbal washes and waters are among the most popular tools used in traditional forms of shamanism and folk magick around the world. They have existed for as long as humans have known how to make herbal teas, but their uses go far beyond medicinal beverages. In fact, they are exceptionally powerful tools in any witch's arsenal—it might just be easier to list the ways in which herbal waters cannot be used than to list all of their diverse

The Marseille Tarot Revealed Marseille Tarots have a rich history, a unique artistic style, and layered symbolism. Yoav, (who sadly passed away last year) was a modern master of this tradition. In this book we have a record of his knowledge of not only the cards themselves but also about reading the cards. Whatever style of deck you use, you can probably pick up some surprising insights from Yoav’s work. Here he talks about the questions asked during a reading: What is the Question? Many Tarot books attach much importance to the explicit formulation of the question. It is as if the cards were somehow obliged to answer the exact wording of the query. But as I see it, even if

Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Cyndi Dale, author of a number of books, including the new Llewellyn's Little Book of Chakras and the new Subtle Energy Techniques. We're constantly looking for a better "quick fix." Just the other day, my dogs were yapping at a squirrel that had run into the house just when the dishwasher started leaking soapy water and the doctor's office I'd been trying to reach for a week (finally) called back. I needed a fix—quickly. Based on the title of this piece, you can guess that I managed my way out of this predicament via my chakras. Chakras are subtle energy organs that transform subtle energy into physical energy and vice versa, energy

Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Aaron Leitch, author of several books, including Secrets of the Magickal Grimoires, The Angelical Language Volume I and Volume II, and Essential Enochian Grimoire. I do love it when life serves up something truly novel! You are likely aware of the modern debate over spiritual entities (be they chthonic, celestial, ancestors, angels, deities, etc.) and their relationship to magick. Some (such as myself) insist they are vital to magick, and are in fact even central to it. On the other hand, we have those who believe spirits are entirely optional to magick, and one can perform all the miracles with the psionic power of one's own brain.