Pagan Life

In this charming and heartwarming retelling of the classic It’s a Wonderful Life, Camille Pagán introduces us to Bailey, a dutiful yet sharp-witted 30-something who finds herself on the verge of a nervous breakdown as Christmas Eve approaches. As if it wasn’t enough that Bailey’s husband just cheated on her, the family business she’s been running since her parents died, which employs most of her small town, is about to go under. But even as she’s questioning whether her life has any meaning, Bailey bumps into a handsome stranger who claims to know her.

Libby Miller has always been an unwavering optimist - but when her husband drops a bomb on their marriage the same day a doctor delivers devastating news, she realizes her rose-colored glasses have actually been blinding her. With nothing left to lose, she abandons her life in Chicago for the clear waters and bright beaches of the Caribbean for what might be her last hurrah.

It’s been thirteen years since doctors declared Libby Ross-Velasquez a goner. Yet here she is - cancer-free. So why doesn’t she feel more alive? Sure, Libby’s husband, Shiloh, has been distant. One of their daughters has a serious health condition. And her father’s death hovers over Libby like a rain cloud. Still, this eternal optimist knows she’s the winner of the existential lottery. But when her forced cheer isn’t enough to keep her family from catching her blahs, she decides to fly them all to Vieques. The Puerto Rican island is where she and Shiloh fell in love.

The Wheel of the Year Explained: The Eight Sacred Sabbats of Pagan and Wiccan Tradition BOOK FOUR: Beltane Explained: Fire Festivals, Sacred Union, Fertility Magic, and the Pagan Celebration of Life at Summer’s Threshold is a deep, immersive guide to one of the most vibrant and powerful festivals in the Wheel of the Year. Celebrated at the turning point between spring and summer, Beltane honors fire, desire, growth, and the living pulse of the natural world. This book explores Beltane as both an ancient Celtic fire festival and a living spiritual practice for modern pagans and witches. ...

No new people: that's Annie Mercer's vow. It's bad enough that her boss sabotaged her chemistry career and her best friend tried to cure her with crystals. But after her fiancé, Jon, asks for space while he's gallivanting around Paris, Annie decides she needs space too - from everyone. Yet when Harper moves in next door, Annie can't help but train a watchful eye on the glamorous but fragile young woman. And if keeping Harper safe requires teaming up with Mo, a maddeningly optimistic amateur detective, who is she to mind her own business?

“For covens who prefer meeting outdoors, perhaps in a garden or a deep forest clearing, The Green Witch is a delightful guide to nature magic. It’s filled with practical recipes for herbal blends and potions, the properties of essential oils, and lots of ideas for healing and relaxation.”...

Discover the ancient lore, household techniques, and spiritual wisdom that will help turn every day into a time of magic, respect for all, and love of the goddess. Wheel of the Year takes you on a month-by-month journey of discovery through seasonal aspects of Paganism practiced both in recent and ancient times. 

Wicca Starter Kit For Beginners - A Box Set Masterclass Everything you need to know about the Peaceful Wicca Religion in one Starter Kit This Wicca Box Set is a comprehensive guide to the Wiccan Lifestyle. It contains knowledge and practical advice for anyone wanting to incorporate this peaceful religion into their daily life. Here is a preview of what you will learn in Book 1 of the Wicca Starter Kit There is a lot of confusion and misunderstanding about Wicca, and it's often associated with negative religions and cults. However, if you are willing to uncover the truth and are more than ...

As emperor, Julian set about reforming the administration, conquering new territories, and reviving ancient religions. He was scorned in his time for repudiating Christianity and demonized as an apostate for willfully rejecting Christ. Through the centuries, Julian has been viewed by many as a tragic figure who sought to save Rome from its enemies and the corrupting influence of Christianity. Christian writers and historians have seen Julian much differently: as a traitor to God and violent oppressor of Christians.

★★If you want to know more about Wicca than keep reading★★ Witchcraft, Wicca, Magick and Green Witches sound like a combination of everything dark and mysterious at least that is often the way witchcraft and Wiccans viewed. This book will change the way you think about these taboo topics. The many misconceptions that revolve around witchcraft can be dated back hundreds of years. It was considered a practice that lured those down a path of evil and sin. These misconceptions are laughable once you begin to research into the practice or religion that incorporates witchcraft into their...

Wife. Mother. Breadwinner. Penelope Ruiz-Kar is doing it all - and barely keeping it together. Meanwhile, her best friend, Jenny Sweet, appears to be sailing through life. As close as the two women are, Jenny’s passionate marriage, pristine house, and ultra-polite child stand in stark contrast to Penelope’s underemployed husband, Sanjay, their unruly brood, and the daily grind she calls a career.

This audiobook looks at the agricultural year as a starting space for a deepening of earth-centered spirituality. It gives a set of backstories to ease listeners into a time between the pre-industrial era and the modern one, into a place where the fast-moving stress of American life can be affected by a better connection not only to the natural world, but also to the elegant expression of the year as expressed through seasonal festivals and celebrations.

If you want to study Paganism in more detail, this book is the place to start. Based on a course in Paganism that the authors have taught for more than a decade, it is full of exercises, meditations, and discussion questions for group or individual study. This book presents the basic fundamentals of Paganism. It explores what Pagans are like; how the Pagan sacred year is arranged; what Pagans do in ritual; what magick is; and what Pagans believe about God, worship, human nature, and ethics.

When struggling novelist James Hernandez meets poet Louisa "Lou" Bell, he's sure he's just found the love of his life. There's just one problem: she's engaged to his oldest friend, Rob. So James toasts their union and swallows his desire. As the years pass, James's dreams always seem just out of reach - he can't finish that novel, can't mend his relationship with his father, can't fully commit to a romantic relationship. He just can't move on.

Enclosed is a biography of my life, growing up in central Illinois, a walk if you will of my life's journey, Involving my life's interest including, the Occult, as well as my relationships throughout my life. my many loves, as well as losses, Trials, struggles, as well as my loves, lusts, & sins, along the way. I end my book with my love of nature and my fascination in Witchcraft, and changing paths along the way, from my involvement in Christian Ministry, having now returned to my Pagan path, where I reside now in the Philippines with my Native Island Bride, as I continue my love of ...

'A surprising page-turner, full of humour and startling details' THE TIMES 'If I read a better history this year, I will be lucky' TOM HOLLAND 'An astonishing tour de force’ SPECTATOR Shortlisted for the HWA Nonfiction Crown Award Longlisted for the Highland Book Prize From Peter Marshall...

At fifty-three, Maggie Harris has a good marriage and two mostly happy children. Perpetually anxious, she’s also accumulated a list of semi-reasonable fears: falling air conditioners, the IRS, identity theft, skydiving, and airbag recalls. But never once did Maggie worry that her husband of nearly thirty years would leave her.

Laine Francis believes there’s a place for everything—and New York, where her family lives, isn’t her place. But no sooner does the professional organizer’s marriage begin to unravel than her sisters drop another bomb on her: their mother, Sally, may have dementia, and they need Laine to come home.

A transformative guide on crafting personalized rituals, spells, and practices that will bring you into a deeper relationship to your own magik and the wisdom of the earth. Mia Magik, author of IntuWitchin, is back with a call to reconnect with the ancient wisdom of ritual. Grounded in the power...

In Hypatia of Alexandria: The Enduring Light of Reason, Harold Wilson brings to life one of antiquity’s most remarkable figures—a philosopher, mathematician, and teacher whose brilliance illuminated a world in transition. Set against the vibrant yet volatile backdrop of late antique Alexandria, this book traces Hypatia’s journey from the scholarly household of her father Theon to her emergence as the city’s most respected public intellectual. Through elegant prose and meticulous research, it reveals the intellectual traditions she inherited, the scientific tools she refined, and the...