Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Sandra Kynes, author of several books, including The Herb Gardener's Essential Guide, Plant Magic, and the new Witches' Encyclopedia of Magical Plants, among many others. Although a few old books note that faeries have an aversion to yellow flowers, the same texts also contradict this information. This is also true for some flowers used for protection against faery mischief that have been said to be used by them. When it comes to flower color, the fae seem to delight in the full spectrum, but the cheery color of sunshine is hard to resist. Following are some yellow flowers that can aid in contacting and working with the faery realm. As

April 19, 2024—2pmCDT Join us for our next Llewellyn Virtual Author Forum! This bi-monthly series of free online roundtable events feature your favorite Llewellyn authors discussing topics important to you and answering your questions. Our next in the series, on Tarot & Divination Meet Magic & Witchcraft, will feature Tarot Every Witch Way author Lilith Dorsey; Ethony Dawn, author of Tarot Grimoire; Sasha Graham, author of a number of tarot decks and books, including The Magic of Tarot; and Alaric Albertsson, author of Fortune in Your Hands. Whether you are looking for methods to integrate divination into your daily spellwork or the perfect way to get started with the cards,

Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Rick de Yampert, author of the new Crows and Ravens. I was gobsmacked the time I looked out my living room window at the woods behind my Palm Coast, Florida, home and saw a crow hanging upside-down in a loblolly bay tree! What the freak! I scrambled to get my camera (the real one I use to photograph crows, not my smart phone), but by the time I nervously flicked the on switch and returned to the window, the trickster crow was gone. Damn, I just missed the crow photo of a lifetime! Given my Pagan spiritual path and my concordant affinity for reading tarot (I own more than 50 decks) I immediately thought of the upside-down Hanged

Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Deborah Blake, author of several books, including The Eclectic Witch's Book of Shadows and the new The Eclectic Witch's Book of Shadows Companion . A funny thing happened on the way to my current book… Back in 2021, I put out The Eclectic Witch's Book of Shadows. It was a great book, if I do say so myself, made even more appealing by the brilliant Mickie Mueller's gorgeous cover and fabulous full-color illustrations inside. (Really, if you haven’t seen it, you should check it out.) This was my prettiest book ever, and my first hardcover, so I was really excited. I had a great time writing the book, because I wanted to give people a