Inside each of us an animal lies in wait, ready to be revealed and explored. We share the earth with many magnificent creatures, and through Pagan music we can connect with the animal kingdom and to our individual animal spirits, or totems. Learn how to uncover the animal spirits that guide and guard you in your life's journey. Drawing on Pagan shamanism, the author offers guidelines, spellwork, meditations, rituals and recipes to help you connect with your totems for strength, protection and empowerment.

First published in 1925, Mystery Cities of the Maya is a classic in Central American archaeology-adventure. Gann was close friends with Mike Mitchell-Hedges, the British adventurer who discovered the famous crystal skull with his adopted daughter Sammy and Lady Richmond Brown, their benefactress. Gann battles pirates along Belize's coast and goes upriver with Mitchell-Hedges to the site of Lubaantun where they excavate a strange lost city where the crystal skull was discovered. Lubaantun is a unique city in the Mayan world as it is built out of precisely carved blocks of stone without the usual plaster-cement facing

The Meaning of Witchcraft remains, after almost 50 years, a classic work on the subject of witchcraft. Just reprinted, it will introduce you to the ancient practices and beliefs of the Old Religion, with fascinating details of history, myth and legend. The book was an important part of the development of Wicca as it is today and is essential reading for any modern Wiccan.

The classic book on home birth is now available in its latest fourth edition, with updated information on the safety of natural childbirth, new birthing stories, and the most recent statistics on births managed by The Farm Midwives. Included are stories of working with Amish women, showing a different culture with a similar appreciation for natural childbirth. Photographs and illustrations.

Dilys Gater writes in the introduction to this book: `In my work as a psychic I find that most of the difficulties people bring to me, their problems and pain, arise from the fact that either they never seem to get anywhere or else they seem to have arrived at somewhere where they do not want to be'. With wisdom and compassion spiced by humour, Dilys explores the ways in which life can take us along paths we do not recognise, giving illustrations from cases she has dealt with as well as her own personal experience.

Alicen, a leading Faerie expert, describes her powerful encounters with the Faeries who have stepped forward to teach and guide her. Using practical techniques such as meditation, ceremony and visualization, this is a brilliant guide for anyone interested in Faeries or Wiccan topics.

Is alchemy the quest for transforming base metals into gold? Or is it a metaphor for spiritual transformation, or else the pursuit of the elixir of eternal life? Or is it, as some people think, merely an early attempt at chemistry? Cherry Gilchrist shows how alchemy has been at the heart of human wisdom from Taoist sages, through medieval Arabic magi, to heretical monks, twentieth century psychologists and modern day practitioners of the tradition.

A must for anyone into Sweat Lodge, Sun Dance, Church of Peyote & other romanticized Native American notions. Vic Glover, a 21st Century Lakota, writes sharp witty essays from "a tarpaper drinkers' hut" on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation - "probably the worst place on Earth a dog could be born" - where unemployment is 85%, and half the population over 45 has diet-related diabetes.

Numerology, the simplest of the occult sciences to master, offers deep insights into the personality. You can use numerology to understand yourself, friends, associates and lovers. You can see the dynamics of relationships and you can determine the best time to marry, change jobs, move, invest and travel. Here is the definitive work on numerology.

A comprehensive study of the fairy nature, and its manifestations in the Irish Tradition. Fully illustrated. Included are Fairy Nature - fallen angels, elementals and ghosts, Fairies in The Landscape, Banshees, History of The Sidhe, Tir na nOg and the Pooka.

The Ogham draws on the imagery and magic of trees native to Britain together with the inspiration of native British spirituality and myth. It offers reliable guides to the inner traveller in the form of the archetypal energies of our native trees and reliable tools in the form of a tree oracle which shows us how to communicate with the Otherworld.

A classic of modern paganism, and a huge influence on the development of Druidry. Starting from Celtic texts, Graves' whirled mythology makes for a difficult but exhilirating journey.

This preventative healthcare guide offers remedies for specific male problems, information on choosing the right herbs, and preparation of herbal medicines. "There's a wealth of information here on topics most herbal books don't touch - men's sexual and emotional health - as well as _ stress and hypertension." Library Journal.

Most available sources tell the reader about the how to but for the first time this book explores the why of magic, and the what happens when_ of modern magical techniques. The author guides the reader safely to the heart of the magical maze and then out again.

This book has been written in answer to the increased demand for traditional Rune lore. It incorporates the essentials that are common to those cultures where Runes were used and remains true to their Heathen origins.

Collection of essays on prehistory, shamanism, rock art & sacred sites by Gyrus, acclaimed writer and publisher of "Towards 2012" and "Dreamflesh".