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A ''traveler's guide'' to managing thoughts and emotions on Earth.
Spiritual and scientific - a manual for believers and non-believers alike, ''My Earth School'' takes readers on a transformative journey to greater clarity and comprehension, unfolding esoteric knowledge that has been veiled in cryptic language for millennia.

It does not matter what your beliefs are; you may want to discover the truth that threads through all the great spiritual traditions. This truth is accessible inside or outside any tradition once clear knowledge is attained. Exploring big questions like ''Why am I here?'' and ''Is there purpose to this life?'' Leon Deith guides us through an incredible variety of inner paths and leads us to the realization of the great Truth that awaits within.

Through captivating stories, engaging activities, and insightful reflections, My Earth School is a practical guide for opening the heart and clearing the mind and managing our thoughts and emotions. Deith encourages us to discover who we are and realize the truth within, understand life's essence and appreciate our place within this vast cosmic drama.

Join our meet and greet with Daven Lee, and discover her Power of the Yin Oracle -a deck that wants to be lived.

This deck invites you on a healing and embodied journey through the Power of the Yin: the elemental, natural, transformative potency that we carry inside of us.

With each card you pull, you are offered a transmission of an archetypal yin power: qualities, states of being, and realms that your soul remembers and longs to integrate into your life.

The text of the cards is intended to be spacious with room for your own interpretation. The illustrations transmit energy to inspire you. You can take the cards literally, or you can connect with their metaphorical and spiritual meaning. You may wonder about the meaning of an image. There may be words and concepts that are new to you. You can learn more about these words, or let them be mysterious and work on you below the level of your thinking mind.

It is Daven's intention that as you get to know the deck, these cards—and the Yin herself—will come to have very personal and felt-sense meaning for you, and that the journey of the Power of the Yin will lead to your healing, wholeness and empowerment.

The 58 cards in the deck are organized into sets that lead you on your unique and sacred journey.

This journey is not linear, but cyclical, spiraling and even chaotic.
And while they are grouped in sets, there is no true order to the cards.
There is, however, the inherent natural rhythm between yang and yin, expansion and contraction, light and dark, expressive and intrinsic.

As you follow the path weaving between polarities, each return takes you deeper, asks for continual refinement and presence, and ultimately brings you home to your Essence—and the Power of Your Yin.

Through its five attributes of Love, Law, Wisdom, Liberty, and Knowledge, the Pearl Pentacle shows you how to engage intimately with your community. This book helps you develop a deep and dynamic connection with yourself and others through numerous hands-on activities.

Featuring contributions by ten authors and teachers, including Starhawk, Irisanya Moon, and Dawn Isidora, Magic of the Pearl Pentacle is written from the Reclaiming Witchcraft perspective. This passionate collaboration between diverse voices explores each point of the pentacle in depth, delving into philosophical, magical, political, personal, and social ideas. These words invite us to take up this work; to kiss the moon, the sea, and the stars in our blood.

"An in-depth examination of the somewhat lesser known of two magical tools, offering its transformative potency to practitioners everywhere. Learn how the Pearl Pentacle can help to heal psychic and emotional wounds, transforming them into something beautiful. The authors share their personal experiences working with and teaching this tool, as well as the perspectives of several others teachers and practitioners, providing a more rounded view of this nuanced subject...Magic of the Pearl Pentacle offers the world a powerful tool of healing, harmony, grace, and community."--Storm Faerywolf, author of The Satyr's Kiss

"A beautiful exploration of the human experience that calls us to walk a path of magic that fosters personal growth, community harmony, and divine relationship...An invaluable resource for anyone seeking to deepen both their understanding of self and their connection to the world. Drawing from the rich traditions of Reclaiming and Feri, this book challenges us to engage with our own stories, to confront the complexities of our relationships, and to embrace the beauty that emerges from vulnerability and connection."--Jhenah Telyndru, author of The Ninefold Way of Avalon

A Complete Guide to Over 50 Ingredients and 60 Tried-and-True Recipes with Advice on How to Create Your Own Magical Formulas.

Pittsburgh's leading Witch for Hire, Sara Mastros, joins us at Watkins yet again for a deep dive into her Big Book of Magical Incense , an invaluable hands-on guide to the vast world of magical incense. It provides tried-and-true recipes, advice on how to create your own formulas, and instructions on how to use incense in all sorts of magical practice.

While the book requires no prerequisite knowledge, it is also appropriate for experienced magicians and learned pagans. The chapters are scaffolded, teaching about basic ingredients and skills, both practical and magical, in early chapters, and gently leading the reader to develop their own recipes, spells, and ritual practices as they move through the book.

Presented in a paradigm-agnostic way, the book should appeal to people on numerous paths.

Ceremonial magicians and sorcerers will appreciate the planetary incense recipes and translations from the Greek magical papyri and other classical magic texts.

Folk magicians will appreciate the many magical incense formulas, such as Go Away! and Money Magnet.

Animists will love the focus on ingredients native to the United States, and the instructions for working with the dead and the spirits of the land.

Devotional pagans will find recipes for a variety of gods, particularly those of the Eastern Mediterranean traditions, some of whose chapters include original translations of the Orphic hymns and other devotional poetry.

Chaos magicians will be excited about the flexibility to mix and match practices and recipes throughout the book.

“A masterwork of botanical lore. --Amy Blackthorn, author of Blackthorn’s Botanical Magic