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This is not solely about the death of Brian Jones nor is the focus entirely on his alcohol and substance abuse. Brian Jones The Original Rolling Stone captures the spirit of the teenager and man who dreamt of, created and performed with The Rollin' Stones who eventually became The Rolling Stones and the greatest Rock and Roll band of all time. Here, the essence of Jones's motivating force and principles are illustrated through an accessible astrological narrative, coupled with insight and research into his beliefs as well as his psychic sensitivity and ill-health. He, like all of us, was complexed, a flawed human being who was perfectly imperfect. Jones's untimely death led him to become one of the first members of what is known in pop mythology today as the 27 Club.

The story of the ancient Welsh poet Taliesin and his transformation from the lowly pot-stirrer Gwion Bach to the radiant-browed, omniscient Chief Poet of the West by the power of Ceridwen's cauldron of awen plays a central role in the spiritual lives of many thousands of modern Pagans and Druids. Individual poems from the corpus such as Preideu Annwfyn ("The Spoils of Annwfn") and Kat Godeu ("The Battle of the Trees") have assumed an almost totemic siginificance in the discussion of the origins of the bards and their craft and feed into many people's sense of belonging in the Pagan tradition. It is a pity then that so much of this discussion depends on out-dated and woefully inaccurate translations of the original Welsh texts. The main aim of this book, therefore, is to present modern, reliable translations of all the medieval poems assigned to or concerning Taliesin together with all three variant versions of the Early Modern prose tales known variously as Ystoria Taliesin ("The Story of Taliesin") or Hanes Taliesin ("The History of Taliesin"). Translations of medieval court poems with a bearing on the development of the Taliesin persona are also included in the appendices. An attempt has been made to return to the poems their unity as works of art, rather than regarding them as texts to be deciphered and dissected.

Sigils, seals and pentacles are occult devices used in ceremonial magic as part of the invocation and evocation of angels, demons and other spirits.They were developed out of ritual magic, a mixture of Greco-Egyptian Hermeticism, Arabic Astrology and Jewish Cabala in the 10th century Medieval Europe. These forms of magic practise were raised to the level of a science and studied as such during the Renaissance. Magicians recorded their designs in magical training books called grimoires, such as The Key of Solomon and many others, Four centuries later, modern interpretations of such designs continue to feature in post-modern grimoires such as the Necronomicon. This collection of occult designs is a fascinating insight into the inner world of the magician and the entities he may call on, for better or worst.

An in-depth look at man's relationship with animals over many thousand years. The shamanic and totem aspects are closely studied and the dream elements are shown to be important. From man's earliest need for food and shelter flow the complex and at times unknown deals and pacts that have been made.Everyone loves animals. They are fascinating, often magnificent, frightening or stunningly beautiful "other" beings who exhibit strangely human traits and can seem to understand us better than we do ourselves. Stories abound of their wisdom, compassion and understanding. Enter the world of pagan spirituality, magic, shamanism and dreams, and animals take on a whole new significance. What does it mean when you dream of mice? When a snake crosses your path, when an owl flits past at dusk and turns to look at you in a meaningful way? Learn about the powers of these creatures and their images, for magic, for divination, for spiritual power, how the mere presence of an animal can reinforce your own magical work and spiritual life.

Welcome to the lives of Pamela Colman Smith ('Pixie') and Madge Gill. Two very different women from contrasting backgrounds who were born during the reign of Queen Victoria. Both are remembered now for the interesting and unique individuals they were. Celebrated and finding fame posthumously, Colman Smith is known principally for her illustrations of the Rider-Waite Tarot deck and Gill for her art, spiritual beliefs and second-sight. What binds them together, aside from their being artists and unconventional for their time, is how their lives were touched by the areas of astrology, magic, psychic abilities and spiritualism. This book looks at their lives and uses an astrological narrative to help better understand what drove them and how they managed their challenges and successes.

An exhilarating journey exploring the relationships between myth, magic, man and nature, through the symbol of the dragon and guided by the oracle of the runes. Here is an immersion into the revival of the rich living tradition from Scandinavia. The stories, folk-magic, sagas and world-literature offer us insight into the resilience that can be discovered in our lives, ecology and community today. The lesser-known branches of the great World Tree of Yggdrasil are explored as we hear about reconciliation as a road to wisdom. Much of this material has never before been translated into English.

Here is a manual for exploring your connections with the animal world. Here you will find out how to appreciate the courage of mice and the excitement of bumblebees, the elegance of beetles and the subtlety of foxes. From finding your own stillness to writing your own invocations or simply sitting to watch the world unfold its life around you, this is an invitation for you to enter a world of wonder and delight. As the climate crisis worsens and our understanding of the need for change deepens, Sacred Animals will help you build a profound sense of relationship with and commitment to the world around us. This is a book to help you welcome the animal world into your heart and soul.

Fully illustrated guide to magic symbols, Sigils from down through the millenia fully explained. The majority of westernised people live in material ignorance of the spiritual truths of our occult heritage but, when asked about the origins of magic symbols, the uninitiated will reply that they are probably derived from drawings of the stars, as in the signs of the Zodiac. This answer, although not technically correct, is a reminder of the archaic resonance of such signs. Having psychologically embedded themselves within mankind's prehistoric subconscious, enabling modern humans to retain such distant memories of their origins.With two hundred high resolution images and detailed text this is a superb resouce for magicians, designers and tattooists.

This is not a book on folklore; its purpose is not to explain why individuals once thought such surprising and curious things. Welsh people in the past encountered beings that they knew to be the tylwyth teg; this book shows those individuals the respect they deserve and takes their accounts seriously. They knew that the faeries existed and they adapted their lives to cope with this fact.

This book is concerned with the boundaries of faery. We will investigate the very limits of our understanding- and our definitions- of the faery folk. As we shall see, repeatedly- there are aspects of faery existence that still baffle our attempts to interpret and comprehend them, because they fail to adhere to ideas of a fixed nature and predictable behaviours that are encouraged by strict traditional scientific rationalism. Of course, there are aspects of modern physics which accept mutability and subjectivity, so perhaps faery nature isn't so strange after all.What's more, time and again we shall see the problems of providing permanent labels and classifications. Certain faery types are hard to pin down, and can shift from category to category- sometimes seeming like faeries, but at other times like ghosts, or demons or monsters. This may feel frustrating, but it is part of the wonder of our rich folklore that should be embraced. In this book, we will encounter a range of unfamiliar faeries. We shall discover those that act as witches' familiars and that bring dreams and nightmares; we shall explore the strange forms they can adopt, the surprising ways they move from place to place and- even- the odd games they play. British faerylore will prove to be even more surprising and mysterious than we may ever have supposed.

Mention blood and many people squirm with discomfort and yet we all have around 8 pints of it fuelling our systems. It is our literal essence and the blueprint for our ancestry. Blood mysteries open the door to taboos of all sorts and some might be disturbing. We will travel from lunar links with women's mysteries to tribal tattooing and hunting rituals to the practices of live sacrifices. The nocturnal world of vampires and true origins of this legend will be explored as will the less supernatural medical blood rites. We will also look into esoteric and sexual blood rites and rituals.

Gematria is the first book in modern times to investigate the mysterious Qabalistic interpretation of the Hebrew Scriptures. By understanding the numerical value of letters and words in the Old Testament, extraordinary truths are revealed. These truths explain nothing less than a startling knowledge of the physical Universe, a knowledge greater than that possessed by modern physicists. This is an in depth study.

This is a magical journal, or diary.A book in which to record your own magical path in your own hand.Your journey is your own, this book is but a tool to help you along that path.By sunlight, by moonlightBlessed Be.