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. When I began my occult path—so many years ago now—there were two things I lamented above all else: 1) that Western culture had abandoned its official belief in magick, and 2) that what little remained of Western occultism had abandoned the Old Magick in favor of post-GD psychological models. I would have to say, in some sense, my entire career as an author/teacher and all-around very public occultist has been dedicated to setting those two things right again. I wanted to live

Tame Your Inner Critic, by Della Temple, is the winner of both a 2016 Silver IPPY Award for Self-Help and the 2015 Silver Nautilus Award! The Independent Publisher Awards or IPPYs, are designed to bring increased recognition to the deserving but often unsung titles published by independent authors and publishers. The 2016 Independent Publisher Awards (IPPYs) were revealed via an announcement on their website. The Nautilus Book Awards is an annual accolade of books in the genre of social and environmental justice. The full list of 2015 winners will be posted on their website by the end of the month. Congratulations to Della Temple and Tame Your Inner Critic!

The lovely and very wise Sasha Graham has a new book in her 365 series: 365 Tarot Spells: Creating the Magic in Each Day. You can find out more HERE. May 15 is Mercury's birthday (according to the Romans), so Sasha's spell for that day is the Mercury Retrograde Protection Bag. Since the next retrograde is April 28 - May 22, 2016, I thought this would be a great time to share this spell. It will give you a taster of her book and help you prepare for the upcoming retrograde. Here is it: Ingredients The World 10 dimes Feather (preferably found outside) Loose sandalwood incense Method, Visualization and Meditation Mercury retrograde is an astrological term used

Monday marked my 5 year anniversary at Llewellyn. Hoorah! Anniversaries often become moments of pause where we reflect on the past, commemorating a significant date and events that have unfolded over time, but it’s been a very mindful week around here! Instead of looking to the past, we’ve been all about finding ourselves in the present moment. [caption id="attachment_15494" align="alignright" width="224"] .[/caption] Yesterday Kate Sciandra, author of The Mindfulness Habit: Six Weeks to Creating the Habit of Being Present, came to talk about her book and share simple practices we can make use of throughout our everyday lives. “This doesn’t have to be difficult or painful,”