Book Review – Ancestral Airs

Ancestral Airs Verda Smedley Dim Light Books; 1st edition (2008) ISBN: 978-1934703304 700 pages Reviewer: Lupa   As I was reading this book, I was trying to figure out where to fit it into the categories on my blog. On the one hand, it’s purportedly a reconstruction of a culture 6,000 years old; this includes extensive research into botany, mythology, history and [...]

Book/Tarot Deck Review – The Tyson Necronomicon Series

       Donald Tyson’s Necronomicon Series, including Necronomicon: The Wanderings of Alhazred Llewellyn Publications (December 1, 2004) ISBN: 978-0738706276 288 pages Alhazred: Author of the Necronomicon Llewellyn Publications (July 1, 2006) ISBN: 978-0738708928 672 pages Necronomicon Tarot Illustrated by Anne Stokes Llewellyn Publications (September 1, 2007) ISBN: 978-0738710860 240 pages plus 78 cards Grimoire of the Necronomicon Llewellyn Publications (August 1, 2008) ISBN: 978-0738713380 216 pages Reviewer: Lon Sarver Stars [...]

Poetic Journeys: Rainbow Wisdom

From the rock beside the wall of water he stood and blew the white stag horn. The dolphins leaped with joy. The sea giants answered note for note the calling of the wise. From the hills they came, from the cities, from the near meadows and the fields. Songs paused in mid-measure. Flowers remained unpicked. Thoughts stopped unspoken. The gathering had begun. The [...]

Beyond the Veil: Lilith and Eve

As told by one Misha McFatter: In the beginning Sophia created Lilith and Eve in her image, and set them in an Edenic world of bliss where, in the passion of their love play, new ways of being were brought into existence, incarnating as various animals, plants, rocks, storms, rivers, stars, moods, ideas, flavors, and every [...]

Beyond the Veil: Red Engine

Folks passing through on the naked rock under the high sun would joke that Stonehenge had somehow gotten moved to Arizona. But if they walked closer to the double circle of what they thought were stones, they would see that each marker was actually compacted metal, the crushed carcasses of motorcycles and cars. [...]

The Fairy Godmother

A recurring fixture in the folklore of northern Europe is the fairy godmother. This mysterious woman appears by magic to attend the birth or Christening of an infant, often a child who is seemingly of no special importance. She may be alone, or accompanied by other women. She comes uninvited either to bless or curse [...]