Lupa - Llewellyns 2013 Witches Companion: An Almanac for Contemporary Living

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Contents

Provocative Opinions on Contemporary Topics

Eileen Holland

The weather is one of those things that affects everyones daily life, Witch or not. So is it okay to do magick to change the weather for your own purposes?

Calantirniel

Alternative healing has gained a following in recent years, especially among Pagans and Witches. Yet there can be great controversy between traditional medicine and New Age methods, especially in serious health circumstances. Calantirniel discusses her views and thoughts on the issue.

Lupa

Where is the line between honoring a cultures unique heritage and stealing their customs for your own use? Can we respectfully incorporate another cultures practices, or should we always keep our hands to ourselves?

Susan Pesznecker
The Word as Gospel or
the Road Less Traveled By?

Susan Pesznecker outlines the differences between reading a text for the meaning the author intended and reading a text for your own reactions and interpretations. In the end, she contends that you need not choose between author intent and reader response.

Tess Whitehurst

In this piece about labels and terms, Tess Whitehurst explores the connotations of calling something your religion or your spirituality.

Lupa

Many covens wish to protect themselves from lawsuits and other troubles in todays litigious society, but Lupa argues that this doesnt have to mean excluding those with diagnosed mental illnesses or issues.

Paniteowl

Paniteowl shares her one-of-a-kind experience from late 2000, when she and hundreds of Pagans gathered in Americas capital to perform a moving drumming ceremony.

Day-by-Day Witchcraft

Blake Octavian Blair

Karma is a mainstream idea that Neopagans have adapted from ancient Eastern cultures. Blake Octavian Blair discusses the past and future of the concept of karma.

James Kambos

Coming together with family during the holiday season can be a wonderful and loving time of year, but it can also be fraught with tension and misunderstandings. Here are a few tips to help you through gatherings with non-Pagan family members.

Courtney Weber

Take your spellwork to the next level and work magick not just for yourself, but for your entire community.

Chandra Alexandre

Chandra Alexandre shares her experience of home birth and offers advice on making home birthing a spiritual act as well as a physical one.

Melanie Marquis

Skyscrapers, asphalt, concrete, crowdson the surface, the city landscape presents a challenging setting for magickal workings. Dig a little deeper, though, and youll find the city is actually just right for certain types
of spellwork.

Gede Parma

Some places buzz with spiritual energy, but any place can be made into a sacred space if you choose to do so. Every space has its own energy and spirit that must be honored.

Marye-Ann Azzarello
Integrating the Energies
of North and South

The Wheel of the Year outlines our holidays and sabbats, but holidays dont fall on the same day everywhere. Marye-Ann Azzarello offers some insight on reconciling the seasonal differences between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

Practices, Rituals & Spells

Denise Dumars

The dark of the moon is the perfect time to take a step back from life and give yourself a break!

Barbara Ardinger, Ph.D.

Its upsetting when you cant meet with your regular group for an important holiday. Barbara Ardinger offers advice for celebrating a sabbat by yourself when you are used to group workings.

Boudica

The old-fashioned Book of Shadows is a wonderful magical tool and keepsake, but new electonic systems offer a wealth of options for keeping an electronic Book of Shadows that is searchable, portable, and tidy.

Blake Octavian Blair

When is the witching hour and how can we use it for our magickal work?

Deborah Blake

Add a magickal kick to your day with Deborah Blakes easy recipe spells.

Jenett Silver

Moving can be a daunting task at the best of times, but it is particularly challenging for those of us whose spiritual and magical lives are tied to a particular geography, community, or climate. At the same time, a move can be a wonderful time of renewal, inspiration, and new opportunity.

Everything Old Is New Again

Sybil Fogg

Sybil Fogg reviews the story of Persephones journey into darkness and return to light as it relates to her daily life and struggles with a rebellious daughter.

Marion Sipe

A discussion of Hekates history and myths, as well as her particular influence on the art of transformation as it applies to the modern Pagan.

Linda Raedisch

Linda Raedisch takes us on a tour of ancient Norse magic ( seid ) and the role gender played in its practice. Did engaging in seid make a Norse man less of a man?

Susan Pesznecker
Look Up!
Discovering the Heavens

A few tips on incorporating the heavens into your magickal practice, just as our ancient ancestors did.

Melanie Marquis

Melanie Marquis offers practical advice for gender-bending rituals and other gender identity workings.

Kala Ambrose
Experiencing the
Aura Evolution

According to Kala Ambrose, our auras are undergoing significant and magnificent changes. Excerpted from The Awakened Aura (Llewellyn, 2011).

September 2012 to December 2013

September 2012 to December 2013 Calendar

Featuring Magenta Griffiths Thirteen Classic Witch Movies and relevant discussion questions.

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