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The Witch’s Eight Paths of Power

A Complete Course in Magick and Witchcraft

by Lady Sable Aradia

Summary:

In his Book of Shadows, Gerald Gardner writes about the witch’s Eightfold Way as a means of developing one’s magickal abilities. In this contemporary take on the Eightfold Way, author, Witch, and High Priestess Lady Sable Aradia invites readers to explore the eight different components of evolution in witchcraft.

Using exercises, meditations, and practical magick, any serious student of witchcraft will be able to master these eight paths and improve the effectiveness of their magickal work. From spells to sex rites to trance to flying ointments, Lady Sable has created a step-by-step guide to mastering the advanced arts of witchcraft.

Anthologies

The Pagan Leadership Anthology

An Exploration of Leadership and Community in Paganism

Taylor Ellwood, Shauna Aura Knight (editors)

Summary:

The words “Pagan Leadership” are often met with scorn and tales of failed groups and so-called Witch Wars. And yet, as our communities grow and mature, we find ourselves in dire need of healthy, ethical leaders. Most Pagans have seen what doesn’t work. But what does? This anthology features over thirty authors, thirty essays, and decades of leadership experience sharing their failures and successes as leaders as wel¬l as showing you how you can become a better Pagan leader.

• Why personal work will help you become a better leader

• How to become a better communicator

• When to deal with predators in the community

• How to resolve conflicts peacefully

• Why you need bylaws when you build a group

• And much, much more!

Pagan communities are evolving. To be an effective leader you need to know how to take care of your group and yourself. In this anthology you will get tools and techniques that work and help you become a better leader as well as enrich the overlapping Pagan communities.

Pagan Consent Culture

Building Communities of Empathy & Autonomy

Christine Hoff Kraemer and Yvonne Aburrow (editors)

Summary:

For many Pagans, sexuality and the body are sacred. Unfortunately, this conviction is not enough to prevent sexual harassment, assault, and abuse. Like the mainstream communities they are immersed in, Pagan communities struggle with consent issues, especially around sexual touch.

Increasingly, Pagans realize that good consent practices must be embraced by communities, not just by individuals—and that consent is about more than sexuality. Consent culture begins with the idea of autonomy, with recognizing our right to control our bodies and selves in all areas of life; and it is sustained by empathy, the ability to understand and share the emotional states of others.

This collection grounds consent culture in contemporary Pagan values, stories, and practices:

a Druid explores the concept of sovereignty
Wiccans analyze “The Charge of the Goddess”
a Heathen explicates medieval Icelandic lore
a modern Polytheist draws on philosophies of difference

…and much more

Additionally, contributors provide nuts-and-bolts guides to building consent culture:

responding to the needs of survivors of sexual abuse and assault
setting consent-based policies for rituals and events
training children and adults in consent practices
sacralizing pleasurable touch on an everyday basis
ethically teaching sacred sexuality and sex magick

For Pagan leaders, teachers, and organizers, Pagan Consent Culture is an essential resource.

As Diane Morrison:

“Survivor” (Separate Worlds E-Zine, 2015)
Showdown (Wyrd West Chronicles Book 1) (March 20, 2017)
Food on Their Table (May 18, 2017)
Vice & Virtue (Wyrd West Chronicles Book 2) (May 20, 2017)
“Excerpt from Showdown (Wyrd West Chronicles #1)” (SciFan Magazine Issue 7, July 1, 2017)
“Eye of the Storm” (Chasing Fireflies: A Summer Romance Anthology, Fiction-Atlas Press LLC, July 3, 2017)
The Vigil (Wyrd West Chronicles Book 3) (July 20, 2017)
“Survivor” (SciFan Magazine Issue 8, August 1, 2017)
Way of the Gun (Wyrd West Chronicles Book 4) (October 26, 2017)
The Reaping (Wyrd West Chronicles Book 5) (December 21, 2017)
The Widow’s Gambit (Wyrd West Chronicles Book 6) (February 2, 2018)
“Homefront” (On the Horizon: Simple Worlds of Speculative Adventure, May 1, 2018)
“Survivor” (Limited Horizon: Stories of Fantasy and Science Fiction) (August 21, 2018)
Once Upon a Time in the Wyrd West (September 1, 2018)
“The Android Graveyard” (Terra! Tara! Terror!, Third Flatiron, September 30, 2018)
“The World’s More Full of Weeping” (Cities of Dust, Planes of Light, Air and Nothingness Press, January 31, 2019)
Coming soon! “The Teeth of Winter (Wyrd West Chronicles #7)” Gunsmoke & Dragonfire: A Fantasy Western Anthology (Editor/Author) (release scheduled March 15, 2019) Kickstarter on now!

Publications

The Witch’s Eight Paths of Power

Anthologies

The Pagan Leadership Anthology

Pagan Consent Culture

As Diane Morrison:

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