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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

Delve with us into the ultimate guide to reading faster and smarter, and maximise your success in business and study through the power of speed reading!

With practical exercises, articles and quizzes, Speed Reading Faster makes it easy to be successful with less effort – to become a smarter, faster and more productive reader.

Perfect for students, professionals and avid readers, Jan Cisek and Susan Norman introduce their easy-to-follow guide, that will not only improve your reading speed, but also aid your retention, concentration and comprehension. Pick up proven techniques and shortcuts to make speed reading simple, effective and effortless, such as how to:

• identify key information

• read in meaningful chunks

• open your peripheral vision

• move your eyes in patterns

and much more!

Join our meet and greet with author Mara Branscombe and awaken feminine power through ritual with her stunning 56 card deck + guidebook, a sacred journey through feminine archetypes.

Divine Matrix Oracle is a heart and soul project created by published author Mara Branscombe and artist Laura Mowbray. Over three years, they poured their hearts and resources into the Divine Matrix Oracle, allowing the process to unfold through intuition, artistic flow, and trust in something greater moving through them.

Each card crafted and written with intention, infused with prayers, and held in the powerful embrace of the divine feminine matrix**,** work that emerged from Mara's previous work writing Sage, Huntress, Lover, Queen: Access Your Power and Creativity through Sacred Female Archetypes, after which Mara was guided to go deeper.

The 120 page Guidebook written by Mara, invites you to explore the eight primary archetypes—the Maiden, Mother, Sage, Huntress, Lover, Mystic, Queen, and Weaver. Each archetype is presented in its full capacity, offering you not only insight and wisdom but also practical tools for transformation: enchanted spells, evocative affirmations, ritual inquiries, journal prompts, and transformative, actionable calls to integrate sacred feminine power into your life.

The Divine Matrix Oracle artwork is original, created by Laura, in a unique process of layering photography, light and colour filters, and hand drawings—each card created as a living visual portal. The imagery draws from Mara’s writing of the sacred feminine archetypes, the natural landscape of rural Canada, and the unseen realms that guide us.

Each of the 56 card artworks serves as a visual gateway, inviting you to step into living oracle. Created through intuitive art-making and sacred storytelling, each artwork layers original photographs taken in the forests and along the coastlines of the Pacific Northwest in Canada.

Soul Work Offered in the Divine Matrix Deck

-Empowering mind-body sovereignty, amplify your purpose, and honor your soul’s path through sacred female archetypes.
-Activating devotional creativity, reclaim your intuitive wisdom, and awaken your sensuality and relationships through right action with the sovereign feminine leader within.
-Clearing limiting beliefs around lack, unworthiness, and toxic mind-body loops.
-Awakening your sensuality, empower self-worth, and approach your relationships through the lens of feminine energy.
-Honouring your soul’s path, trust your process, and shift from struggle to self-love and radical feminine empowerment

Divine Matrix Oracle is designed to illuminate the power of shadow work, revealing it as a potent gateway to personal sovereignty and evolution.

The shadow aspects of each archetype provide invaluable material, medicine, and inspiration to help you clear, heal, and transmute energies that no longer serve your highest good. Through this process, you will experience a profound shift in perspective, empowering you to step into a more vibrant and aligned version of yourself.