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Scarlet Imprint

Devoted, contributor copy

Scarlet Imprint, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover.

Condition: Mint condition.

£99.00

159 pages. Limited edition with 814 copies printed, including a contributor copy. Tightly bound with secure hinges, the book features Devoted, a collection of fifteen essays by fourteen authors, exploring their devotional practices and direct experiences with the spirit world. Bound in the publisher’s vibrant yellow cloth, decorated with black titles.

Devoted is a compelling anthology of fifteen essays by fourteen writers. The essays delve into their devotional practices and lived experiences with the spirit world. Blending primal gnosis with poetic expression, these essays offer potent, actionable insights into magical practice.

This volume explores themes such as possession, bloodletting, fetishes, and sabbatic dance, providing a rich tapestry of spiritual experience. With in-depth essays on working with deities and spirits such as Babalon, Ishtar, Hecate, Lilith, Loki, Tiamat, Dionysos, the Yoginis, the Lwa, and the Spirits of Goetia, Devoted is a valuable resource for witches, magicians, heathens, thelemites, and sorcerers alike.

Edited by Alkistis Dimech and with an introduction by Peter Grey, the book features contributions from a diverse chorus of emerging and established practitioners, including Stephen Grasso, Peter Grey, Mogg Morgan, Jake Stratton-Kent, Richard Ward, Levannah Morgan, Ruby Sara, David Blank, Mark Smith, Charlotte Rodgers, Mordant Carnival, and Tony Elliott.

 

Shape-Shifters & Their Stories

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The Golem; Lilith; Werewolf; The Dybbuk; Silkie; and more
Michael Berman

Shape-Shifters & Their Stories
Michael Berman
Format: Softcover/192 pp, 24 fascinating Illustrations.
ISBN: 978-1-906958-66-4
£15.00 / US$24.00
Subjects: Folklore//Myths & Magic/Fairy Tales/Shamanism/Spirituality.

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“Long ago the trees thought they were really people
Long ago the mountains thought they were really people
Long ago the animals thought they were really people
Someday, they will say
Long ago the humans thought they were really people”
Constance O’Day-Flannery, Shifting Love


Shape-shifting is a common theme in mythology, folklore, and fairy tales. In its broadest sense, shape-shifting occurs when a being (usually human) either (1) can change its shape into that of another person, creature, or other entity or (2) finds its shape involuntarily changed by someone else. If the shape change is voluntary, its cause may be an act of will, a magic word or magic words, a potion, or a magic object. If the change is involuntary, its cause may be a curse or spell, a wizard’s or magician’s or fairy’s help, a deity’s will, a temporal change such as a full Moon or nightfall, love, or death. The transformation may or may not be purposeful.

The desire to be different in some way to match some ideal promoted through advertising has become an obsession, especially for vulnerable younger members of society. Perhaps the pressure to conform to some unrealistic ideal has always been with us, but surely not to the extent that now is the case. And it is this desire that helps to account for the current interest in shape-shifting as it would seem to provide a means of achieving the goal to bring about change. However, as many of the tales in this collection show, it is only by coming to terms with who we are that peace of mind can truly be ours again.