Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Melanie Marquis, author of a number of books, including The Witch's Bag of Tricks, the award-winning Carl Llewellyn Weschcke, Beltane, Lughnasadh, Llewellyn's Little Book of Moon Spells, and the new Cookbook of Shadows. With spring on the way, romance is in the air, and many people are looking for love spells to invite new possibilities or to strengthen an existing relationship. Cooking magick is a great medium for love spells of all types, offering variety and versatility. From how you stir to the dishes you use, each step in the process can be infused with magick. Check out Cookbook of Shadows: Simple Recipes for Powerful Magick if you want

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 third in the series, on Love Spells, featured The Book of Candle Magic author Madame Pamita, Good Juju author Najah Lightfoot, 365 Tarot Spells author Sasha Graham, and Psychic Witch author Mat Auryn. Did you miss the live event? No worries! Stream it here.

Today is Valentine's Day. It's a wonderful day now dedicated to love and romance. Some people, though, are still alone. And some are thinking about performing a love spell. I made a four-part series of posts on the subject, so before you bring out your candles and spellbooks, take a look: The Secrets of Real Love Spells: Part One The Secrets of Real Love Spells: Part Two The Secrets of Real Love Spells: Part Three The Secrets of Real Love Spells: Part Four On to San Jose, California, for PantheaCon! That's it for me this week. I'm off to San Jose where I'll be giving workshops at PantheaCon. Llewellyn will have a booth there and I'll frequently be at the booth, as well as being

In the first part of this series I discussed why the common, non-magickal concept of a love spell was a bad idea, but that real love spells were a practical option for magickal folks. In the second part of this series I described how it’s a myth that “opposites attract” but an occult truism that “like attracts like.” I also described how to attract the type of person you want: you need to be the type of person he or she wants. This involves doing an honest assessment of yourself and changing those things you don’t like about yourself. Then make a list of the characteristics you want in your new love. In the third part of this series I looked at why making a talisman is ideal