Witch Bottles: History, Culture & Magic
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Witch Bottles: History, Culture & Magic

WITCH BOTTLES by Daniel Harms is the first in-depth exploration of the history, culture and magic of this little-known practice used to protect against and remedy the believed effects of misfortunes attributed to witches.

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What is a Witch
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What is a Witch

Conjure an image of a witch in your mind’s eye, and you’ll find s/he can take many different shapes. Evil, beautiful, hideous, holy, a sinner who just might save us all – this multifaceted archetype is a dark layer-cake of legends and associations.

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Waking the Witch
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Waking the Witch

A whip-smart and illuminating exploration of the world’s fascination with witches from podcast host and practicing witch Pam Grossman (The Witch Wave), who delves deeply into why witches have intrigued us for centuries and why they’re more relevant now than ever.

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The Devil’s Ointment (Forthcoming)
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The Devil’s Ointment (Forthcoming)

In the historical records of European Witchcraft, one of the most notorious allegations against the accused was the use of a magical salve to gain the power of nocturnal flight.

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And the Whale
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And the Whale

This poetry chapbook was the winner of Paper Nautilus' 2019 Vella Chapbook contest. It is available for purchase from Paper Nautilus.

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Library of Esoterica - Witchcraft
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Library of Esoterica - Witchcraft

A spellbinding journey through the global history of witchcraft, the third volume in The Library of Esoterica follows this magickal tradition from its ancient roots to its modern incarnations.

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The Art of Darkness
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The Art of Darkness

The Art of Darkness is a visually rich sourcebook featuring eclectic artworks that have been inspired and informed by the morbid, melancholic and macabre.

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The Age of the Succubus
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The Age of the Succubus

This book is a tribute to the old beliefs, to female empowerment and the collective unconscious. The inspiration behind the title and theme? Lilith.

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Under the Dragon Root
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Under the Dragon Root

This long-awaited book brings twenty plants from the Witches’ Garden into the light, along with their accumulated folklore, folk medicine and historical magical uses, particularly from the past three hundred years out of North Western Europe, though some information is much older.

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Saints of Magic (Forthcoming)
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Saints of Magic (Forthcoming)

Throughout history, certain individuals held renown for their power over the spirits, the forces of Nature, and their supernatural powers, through the practice of the arts of magic.

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Hellebore: Yuletide Hauntings
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Hellebore: Yuletide Hauntings

Spectral Roman armies wading across newly built motorways, grey ladies roaming the corridors of stately homes, phantom coaches driven by headless squires. Britain is a haunted land, with layers of history crawling between the shadows.

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Hellebore: Issue 10 - The Darkness Issue
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Hellebore: Issue 10 - The Darkness Issue

As Samhain heralds the darker half of the year, we descend into the domain of darkness to explore its associations with folklore, myth, and legend. In this issue we delve into the night as the domain of shadows—the time when demonic creatures prey on the living and people could easily become the Devil’s own.

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Hellebore: Issue 7 - The Ritual Issue
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Hellebore: Issue 7 - The Ritual Issue

Mummers with ill intentions, sacrificial May Queens, ecstatic trances. Folk horror is consistently fascinated by the power of ritual. In this issue we question the subgenre’s distrust of communal expression while we celebrate communities and their power to re-enchant.

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Hellebore: Issue 6 - The Summoning Issue
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Hellebore: Issue 6 - The Summoning Issue

From the Witch of Endor to Aleister Crowley, from the Satanic feminism of the suffragette era through to the current occult revival, The Summoning Issue delves into the history of witchcraft, magic, and the occult to analyse the impulses behind acts of conjuration

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