An ENORMOUS thank you to our LlewellynCon presenters today: Emily Carding, Rachel Patterson, Diego de Oxóssi, and Thorn Mooney! Unable to watch their presentations live? Click on their images below to watch the recording! And, be sure to follow our YouTube channel, where we'll be sharing the recordings of each presentation! Watch Emily Carding: The Truth within Faery Myths and Folklore Watch Rachel Patterson: Curative Magic: Magical Self Care for Anxiety   Watch Diego de Oxóssi: Sacred Leaves: Orishas Herbal Witchcraft   Watch Thorn Mooney: Making the Most of the Magical Internet: Building Better Habits and Contributing to Healthier Online

Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Thorn Mooney, author of Traditional Wicca and the new Witch's Path. One of the questions I receive the most in my travels and hanging out on the witchy internet is, "Where are the advanced books? What should I read to take the next steps?" It's worth asking first, though, "What does it mean for a book to be advanced?" Is it just a question of containing difficult magical techniques? Secrets? Tons of exercises? Over-the-top requirements that you sacrifice your personal or professional life in order to be a sincere practitioner? Does it have to be exclusive—available only to a chosen few? Or serve as a key to the Mysteries of the

An ENORMOUS thank you to our LlewellynCon presenters today: Thorn Mooney, JD Walker, Brandon Alvis & Mustafa Gatollari, and Jason Mankey! Unable to watch their presentations live? Click on their images below to watch the recording! And, be sure to follow our YouTube channel, where we'll be sharing the recordings of each presentation! Watch Thorn Mooney: Spiritual Burnout: Falling Back in Love with Your Magic Watch JD Walker: The Dark Side of Herbal Magick: When Does White Magick Fade to Black?     Watch Brandon Alvis & Mustafa Gatollari: Ghosts or Energy: The Science of the Paranormal     Watch Jason Mankey: The Horned They:

Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Thorn Mooney, author of the new Traditional Wicca. I can remember my very first ritual. It was a simple celebration of Samhain, more than a year after I'd picked up my very first book about Wicca. I was sitting on the porch, handing out candy to trick-or-treaters, the sun was going down, and suddenly I could just feel this inexplicable, magical push. It was Halloween! I wanted to be a witch! I had to do something about it! I don't really know what took me so long. I guess I was nervous, and I wanted to make sure that I didn't mess things up. I felt like I needed to read a lot, study, and figure out what I was doing before I wandered into