Llewellyn''s 2024 Magical Almanac: Practical Magic for Everyday Living

About Llewellyn WorldwideLtdMelissa Tipton

As the world's oldest and largest independent publisher of books for body mind and spirit Llewellyn is dedicated to bringing our readers the very best in metaphysical books and resources. Since 1901 we've been at the forefront of holistic and metaphysical publishing and thought. We've been a source of illumination instruction and new perspectives on a wealth of topics including astrology tarot wellness earth-based spirituality magic and the paranormal. From e-books to tarot-themed iPhone apps Llewellyn has embraced the Digital Age to continue our mission. Llewellyn also partners with Italian publisher Lo Scarabeo as the exclusive US and Canadian distributor of their beautiful tarot and oracle decks. They also partner with Blue Angel an Australian publisher of oracles books CDs and other sidelines. Stephanie Woodfield (Orlando FL) has been a practicing Pagan for the past twenty years. A devotional polytheist teacher and Priestess of the Morrigan she is one of the founding members of Morrigu's Daughters and is an organizer for several Pagan gatherings. Stephanie teaches classes on devotional work and magical practice in the US and internationally. A long time New Englander she now resides in the Orlando area with her husband a very pampered cat and various reptiles. In her spare time she enjoys creating art out of skulls and other dead things. She is called to helping others forge meaningful experiences with the Morrigan as well as the Gods and land of Ireland. Tisha Morris (Los Angeles CA) is a feng shui expert attorney book coach publishing consultant and self-help author who has been featured on ABC's Live with Kelly and Ryan Hay House Radio podcast Today.com Elle Decor magazine ABC News and Well + Good publication and is a contributor to Spirituality & Health magazine. Susan 'Moonwriter' Pesznecker is a writer college English teacher nurse and hearth Pagan/Druid living in northwestern Oregon. Sue holds a Masters degree in professional writing and loves to read watch the stars camp with her wonder poodle and work in her own biodynamic garden. She is co-founder of the Druid Grove of Two Coasts and the online Ars Viarum Magicarum-A Magical Conservatory and Community. Sue has authored Yule: Rituals Recipes & Lore for the Winter Solstice (Llewellyn 2015); The Magickal Retreat (Llewellyn 2012); and Crafting Magick with Pen and Ink (Llewellyn 2009); and is a regular contributor to Llewellyn's almanacs and calendars. Visit her online at http://www.susanpesznecker.com/. H. Byron Ballard BA MFA (Asheville NC) is a western NC native teacher folklorist and writer. She has served as a featured speaker and teacher at several festivals and conferences including the Sacred Space Conference Pagan Spirit Gathering Starwood Hexfest and many others. She serves as senior priestess and co-founder of Mother Grove Goddess Temple and the Coalition of Earth Religions/CERES both in Asheville NC. She podcasts about Appalachian folkways on 'Wyrd Mountain Gals.' Her essays are featured in several anthologies and she writes a regular column for SageWoman Magazine. Find her online at www.myvillagewitch.com. John Opsopaus PhD (Tennessee) has practiced magic since the 1960s and his writing has been published in various magical and Neopagan magazines. He frequently presents workshops on Hellenic magic Neopaganism Pythagorean theurgy and spiritual practices. John is a retired university professor with more than forty-five years of experience reading ancient Greek and Latin. He is also the author of Oracles of Apollo. Brandon Weston (Fayetteville AR) is a healer writer and folklorist who owns and operates Ozark Healing Traditions an online collective of articles lectures and workshops focusing on the Ozark Mountain region. As a practicing folk healer his work with clients includes everything from spiritual cleanses to house blessings. He comes from a long line of Ozark hillfolk and is also a folk herbalist yarb doctor and power doctor. Tudorbeth is the principal of the British College of Witchcraft and Wizardry and teaches courses on witchcraft. She is the author of numerous books including The Hedgewitch's Little Book of Spells Charms & Brews and A Spellbook for the Seasons (Eddison Books 2019). Tudorbeth is a hereditary practitioner; her great grandmother was a well-known tea reader in Ireland while her Welsh great grandmother was a healer and wise woman. Learn more at HouseOfFlora.org. Raechel Henderson is a Pagan and witch following an eclectic and independent path. She currently works with Hestia and Turtle in her magical practice. She contributes articles to Llewellyn's almanacs and calendars and she blogs about magic creativity and living by your own patterns. Raechel is a dual class seamstress/shieldmaiden and has been sewing professionally since 2008. She is also the author of Sew Witchy (Llewellyn 2018). Raechel lives in Chicago. Melissa Tipton (Columbus MO) is a Structural Integrator Reiki Master and founder of Jungian Magic which utilizes potent psychological insights to radically increase the success of your magic. She's the author of Llewellyn's Complete Book of Reiki and Living Reiki: Heal Yourself and Transform Your Life. Visit Melissa online at http://realmagic.school/. Natalie Zaman is the author of Color and Conjure and Magical Destinations of the Northeast (Llewellyn); the co-author of Sirenz (Flux) Sirenz Back In Fashion (Flux) and Blonde Ops (Thomas Dunne Books); and is a contributor to various Llewellyn annual publications. Both Chic and Tabatha are Chief Adepts of the Golden Dawn as re-established by Israel Regardie. The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn of which Chic is the G.H. Imperator and Tabatha is the G.H. Cancellaria is an international Order with Temples in several countries. The Ciceros have written numerous books on the Golden Dawn Tarot and Magic including Self-Initiation into the Golden Dawn Tradition The Essential Golden Dawn Tarot Talismans and updates annotations and introductions to classic Israel Regardie texts such as The Philosopher's Stone The Middle Pillar and A Garden of Pomegranates. Sasha Graham is the bestselling author of over ten books and tarot kits including 365 Tarot Spreads Llewellyn's Complete Book of the Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot and Dark Wood Tarot. She teaches tarot classes and produces tarot events at New York City's premier cultural institutions including the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Sasha has appeared on film television radio and in the New York Times. JD Walker is the vice chancellor of the House of Akasha a North Carolina pagan group. She is an award-winning author journalist and magazine editor as well as a frequent contributor to the Llewellyn annuals. Walker has written a regular garden column for over thirty years and she is the author of A Witch's Guide to Wildcraft and Under the Sacred Canopy. She resides in Greensboro North Carolina. Kate Freuler has practiced witchcraft for over twenty-five years. She has written for Llewellyn's Magical Almanac Sabbats Almanac and Spell-A-Day Almanac. Kate owns and operates an online store called White Moon Witchcraft. She lives in Ontario. Lupa (Portland OR) is a neoshaman artist and sustainability geek. She has been working with animal magic in various forms since the 1990s and has developed a self-created and spirit-directed neoshamanic path. She possesses a Master's degree in counseling psychology with an emphasis on ecopsychology. Visit her online at TheGreenWolf.com. Danielle Blackwood (Salt Spring Island British Columbia) is a professional astrologer with more than 30 years experience as well as a Registered Counseling Therapist (RTC) in private practice. Her therapeutic approach is transpersonal archetypal and person centered and she holds a certificate in Jungian and Post Jungian Clinical Concepts through the Center of Applied Jungian Studies. She is the author of the bestselling book The Twelve Faces of The Goddess (Llewellyn 2018). Danielle is a passionate lifelong student of folklore mythology and depth psychology and helping others reframe their stories through an archetypal lens is at the heart of her work. Monica Crosson has been a practicing witch and educator for over thirty years and is a member of Evergreen Coven. Monica is the author of The Magickal Family and is a regular contributor to Llewellyn's almanacs and datebooks as well as magazines such as Enchanted Living and Witchology. Monica lives in the woods near Concrete Washington. Diana Rajchel began her career planning to serve as clergy and write about all subjects spiritual. It did not occur to her or anyone else to say with what agency she might assume priesthood. The result of this oversight in intention setting is that she is now an itinerant city priestess well-practiced witch and somewhat unintentional subversive. Her background includes Wicca folk witchcraft conjure and a whole lot of experience organizing people that don't like knowing that they're organized. Diana splits her time between San Francisco California where she co-owns Golden Apple Metaphysical and southwestern Michigan where she runs Earth and Sun spiritual coaching with her partner. In between her wanderings she teaches as part of the Magick 101 series for Wicked Grounds Annex in San Francisco and teaches and reads tarot at Elements Kalamazoo in Michigan. Diana has 25 years' experience as a professional tarot reader and western herbalist and has 29 years' experience as a professional writer. She is also the pet DragonCat to a very ladylike boxer named Nora. Emma Kathryn (Nottinghamshire UK) is a staff writer at Witch Way Magazine The House of Twigs blog Stone Root and Bone blog the Spiral Nature blog and Gods & Radicals. She hosts Wild Witch Podcast and has spoken at several UK Pagan events including Magickal Women Conference in London. Visit her online at www.EmmaKathrynWildWitchcraft.com.