Is it too early to order holiday gifts? Given the state of shipping these days, probably not. Here are some ideas for people new to tarot. Next month, we’ll look at gifts for those of us who are not new to tarot. Gifts that introduce tarot in easy, non-overwhelming bites: Llewellyn’s Little Book of Tarot Llewellyn’s 2022 Tarot Calendar The Ultimate Guide to the Rider Waite Smith Tarot Beginner books: If the recipient wants to learn core meanings and the skill to extrapolate to other RWS style decks, Tarot for Beginners. If they want to learn basic traditional correspondences and develop their own interpretations for and connection to the cards, Your Tarot Your

Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Opal Luna, author of the new Fiber Magick. Labeling a person as a yarn snob may seem derogatory, but most of the yarn snobs I know actually wear the label with pride. A Yarn Snob is someone who will not waste their time, talent, and effort on a lesser made, usually man-made, material. There seems to be more knitters in this group than crocheters and I completely understand. If I were to spend $15 on a pattern for a gossamer bat winged shawl that calls for 100% mohair and size 3 knitting needles I would not be using the yarn I found at the thrift store in a bag marked "3 bucks." But I would save that thrift store yarn for when I pulled out my

The Llewellyn Virtual Author Forum is a bi-monthly series of free online roundtable events that feature your favorite Llewellyn authors discussing topics important to you and answering your questions. Our sixth in the series, on Ghost Hunting and the Paranormal, featured The Dictionary of Demons author Michelle Belanger and Elements of a Haunting co-authors Mustafa Gatollari and Brandon Alvis. Did you miss the live event? No worries! Stream it here.

Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Alexandra Chauran, author of numerous books, including Getting Through It: Reclaiming Your Life After Adversity, Change, or Trauma and the new Modern Guide to Mudras. A labyrinth is like a maze, but one in which you cannot get lost. As a meditative tool, a labyrinth can be large enough to move through in a walking meditation, or small enough to trace with a pencil on a piece of paper. The purpose of the labyrinth is to go deep into meditation through tracing one's movements through the labyrinth. Some labyrinths are designed to spiral inward, symbolizing the process of going deep into one's mind. After reaching the centre of the labyrinth,