Llewellyn's 2024 Witches' Companion: A Guide to Contemporary Living

Llewellyn's 2024 Witches' Companion: A Guide to Contemporary Living

Llewellyn's 2024 Witches' Companion: A Guide to Contemporary Living

Llewellyn's 2024 Witches' Companion: A Guide to Contemporary Living

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Overview

Enhance Your Craft, Community & Quality of Life

Keep up to date on the latest witchy trends, unique insights from your favorite authors, and hands-on practices that help contemporary Witches like you stay magically inspired and strong. Providing more than two dozen articles, Llewellyn's 2024 Witches' Companion showcases exciting Pagan topics and amplifies the voices of some of today's most powerful practitioners.

• Post-Pandemic Witchcraft
• Clear Inner Clutter
• Practicing Magick as a Neurodivergent
• Magical Self-Care for Breakups
• Balancing Your Throat Chakra
• Practical Divination Journaling
• Channeling with Cannabis
• Untangling Magical Misfires
• Animism in the Elements
• Witchcraft While on Vacation

This year's edition includes spells, rituals, projects, and advice from some of the best Witch and Pagan writers: Autumn Damiana • Lupa • Ari & Jason Mankey • Susan Pesznecker • Melanie Marquis • Elizabeth Barrette • Deborah Castellano • Monica Crosson • Awyn Dawn • Blake Octavian Blair • Durgadas Allon Duriel& • Alise Marie • Tudorbeth • Diana Rajchel • Melissa Tipton • Madame Pamita

Includes a sixteen-month calendar and lunar information for spellwork and rituals


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780738769035
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide, LTD.
Publication date: 07/08/2023
Series: Llewellyn's 2024 Calendars, Almanacs & Datebooks , #16
Pages: 288
Sales rank: 66,104
Product dimensions: 7.90(w) x 5.30(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

As the world's oldest and largest independent publisher of books for body, mind, and spirit, Llewellyn is dedicated to bringing our readers the very best in metaphysical books and resources. Since 1901, we've been at the forefront of holistic and metaphysical publishing and thought. We've been a source of illumination, instruction, and new perspectives on a wealth of topics, including astrology, tarot, wellness, earth-based spirituality, magic, and the paranormal. From e-books to tarot-themed iPhone apps, Llewellyn has embraced the Digital Age to continue our mission.

Llewellyn also partners with Italian publisher Lo Scarabeo, as the exclusive US and Canadian distributor of their beautiful tarot and oracle decks. They also partner with Blue Angel, an Australian publisher of oracles, books, CDs, and other sidelines.


Lupa (Portland, OR) is a neoshaman, artist and sustainability geek. She has been working with animal magic in various forms since the 1990s and has developed a self-created and spirit-directed neoshamanic path. She possesses a Master's degree in counseling psychology with an emphasis on ecopsychology. Visit her online at TheGreenWolf.com.


Melissa Tipton is a Jungian Witch, Structural Integrator, and founder of the Real Magic Mystery School, where they teach online courses in Jungian Magic, a potent blend of ancient magical techniques and modern psychological insights. They're the author of Living Reiki: Heal Yourself and Transform Your Life and Llewellyn's Complete Book of Reiki. Learn more and take a free class at RealMagic.School.


Melanie Marquis is an award-winning author of many books including Llewellyn's Little Book of Moon Spells, Carl Llewellyn Weschcke: Pioneer and Publisher of Body, Mind, and Spirit (IPPY Gold Medal winner for Best Biography), Beltane, Lughnasadh, and A Witch's World of Magick. She is also the creator of the Modern Spellcaster's Tarot (illustrated by Scott Murphy) and the Stuffed Animal Tarot (with Aidan Harris and Mia Harris). Melanie is the producer of Mystical Minds Convention and other local, regional, and national events. She is also the creator of @StuffedAnimalMagickShop channel on Tiktok and YouTube. Book a tarot reading or purchase magickal housewares, spice blends, and folk art at www.MelanieMarquis.com.


Ari Mankey has been practicing Witchcraft and creating spells for over twenty years. With her husband, Jason, she runs two covens in the San Francisco Bay Area.  


Jason Mankey is a third-degree Gardnerian High Priest and helps run two Witchcraft covens in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife, Ari. He is a popular speaker at Pagan and Witchcraft events across North America and Great Britain and has been recognized by his peers as an authority on the Horned God, Wiccan history, and occult influences in rock and roll. You can follow him on Instagram and Twitter @panmankey. Jason is the author of several books, including The Witch’s Book of Spellcraft, The Horned God of the Witches, and Transformative Witchcraft.


Kate Freuler is the author of Magic at the Crossroads: The Devil in Modern Witchcraft and Of Blood and Bones: Working with Shadow Magick and the Dark Moon. She has written articles for Llewellyn's Magical Almanac, Llewellyn's Spell-a-Day Almanac, and Llewellyn's Sabbats Almanac. She lives in Ontario, Canada, and can be found making art, wandering around in libraries, and writing. Visit her at www.katefreuler.com.


Monica Crosson (Concrete, Washington) is a Master Gardener who has taught gardening through her local Washington State University’s extension office for more than twenty-five years. She has been a practicing Witch and educator for over thirty years and is a member of Evergreen Coven. Monica is the author of The Magickal Family and is a regular contributor to magazines such as Enchanted Living and Witchology. Visit her at AuthorMonicaCrosson.com.


Deborah Castellano (Bridgewater, New Jersey) is author of Glamour Magic: The Witchcraft Revolution to Get What You Want (Llewellyn, 2017) and Magic for Troubled Times: Rituals, Recipes and Real Talk for Witches (Llewellyn, 2022). She is an independent maker of ritual perfume and other fineries and active in her local chosen communities. She enjoys old typewriters and record players, St. Germain, and reality television. Learn more about Deb on Instagram (@debcastellano), TikTok (@auntieglamour), and her online shop: mermaidandcrow.etsy.com


Susan “Moonwriter” Pesznecker is a writer, college English teacher, nurse, and hearth Pagan/Druid living in northwestern Oregon. Sue holds a Masters degree in professional writing and loves to read, watch the stars, camp with her wonder poodle, and work in her own biodynamic garden. She is co-founder of the Druid Grove of Two Coasts and the online Ars Viarum Magicarum—A Magical Conservatory and Community. Sue has authored Yule: Rituals, Recipes, & Lore for the Winter Solstice (Llewellyn, 2015); The Magickal Retreat (Llewellyn, 2012); and Crafting Magick with Pen and Ink (Llewellyn, 2009); and is a regular contributor to Llewellyn's almanacs and calendars. Visit her online at http://www.susanpesznecker.com/.


Awyn Dawn (London, UK) is a Pagan High Priestess who has been working with spiritual seekers for nearly ten years. After being incarcerated and overcoming her own life challenges, Awyn dedicated herself to the Pagan path and now teaches others. She is Reiki II attuned and has a BS in Integrative Health Care from MSU Denver. The author of Paganism for Prisoners and Paganism on Parole, Awyn is also a member of the Society of Authors and the International Women's Writing Guild. Visit her at AwynDawn.com.


Madame Pamita is a teacher, candle maker, spellcaster, tarot reader, and a Ukrainian diaspora witch. She is the owner of an online spiritual apothecary called Madame Pamita's Parlour of Wonders. She is the host of a YouTube video series, Candle Magic Class and the weekly Magic Q&A Tea Party. Madame Pamita is also the host of the Magic and the Law of Attraction podcast and author of The Book of Candle Magic and Baba Yaga's Book of Witchcraft. Visit her at ParlourOfWonders.com.


Alise Marie is an actress, writer, and certified holistic nutritionist. She has been creating health and beauty potions for over 30 years, recently launching a line of eco-luxe products. Alise has been featured internationally in magazines, websites, and live events. She is also a contributor to Enchanted Living magazine, which presents her monthly online column The Beauty Witch.

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Sapphire Moonbeam is a rainbow energy artist, metaphysical jewelry maker, card reader, author, and nature photographer, and has a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Missouri–Kansas City. Sapphire is the artist and author of the Moonbeam Magick oracle card deck. She is a self-taught artist who teaches intuitive abstract art classes in the Kansas City area as well as locations around the world. Sapphire loves to visit ancient sites and temples in far-off lands to connect with the mystical energies there. She is a social media influencer and sends out good vibes to her worldwide following on her Sapphire's Moonbeams page on Facebook. Find her on Instagram, Threads, and X (Twitter) @ssmoonbeam and visit her website at SapphireMoonbeam.com.


Tudorbeth is the principal of the British College of Witchcraft and Wizardry and teaches courses on witchcraft. She is the author of numerous books, including The Hedgewitch's Little Book of Spells, Charms & Brews and A Spellbook for the Seasons (Eddison Books, 2019). Tudorbeth is a hereditary practitioner; her great grandmother was a well-known tea reader in Ireland, while her Welsh great grandmother was a healer and wise woman. Learn more at HouseOfBeith.com.


Kerri Connor is the leader of The Gathering Grove (a family-friendly, earth-based spiritual group) and has been practicing her craft for over thirty-five years. She is the author of several books, including Spells for Tough Times, and her writing has appeared in several Pagan magazines. Kerri is a cancer survivor and holds a Medical Marijuana Card in Illinois where she lives with her husband, son, and a plethora of critters. A graduate from the University of Wisconsin, Kerri earned a BA in Communications. She is working to convert a portion of their land into a spiritual sanctuary.


A.C. Fisher Aldag is a long-time Pagan clergyperson and serves on the organizing committees for local Pagan Pride events in Michigan. She regularly teaches classes and workshops on folk magick and has contributed to Llewellyn's Magical Almanac and several other Pagan publications. A. C. lives near Lake Michigan.


Michelle Skye (Massachusetts) is a Pagan Priestess with over ten years' experience following the Path of the Wise. An active member of the Wiccan and Pagan communities, she teaches classes, leads workshops, and has founded Massachusetts Pagan Teens and Sisterhood of the Crescent Moon. Her articles have appeared in Circle Magazine and SageWoman, and she's a regular contributor to Llewellyn annuals and Renaissance Magazine.


Diana Rajchel began her career planning to serve as clergy and write about all subjects spiritual. It did not occur to her or anyone else to say with what agency she might assume priesthood. The result of this oversight in intention setting is that she is now an itinerant city priestess, well-practiced witch, and somewhat unintentional subversive. Her background includes Wicca, folk witchcraft, conjure, and a whole lot of experience organizing people that don’t like knowing that they’re organized. Diana splits her time between San Francisco, California, where she co-owns Golden Apple Metaphysical, and southwestern Michigan, where she runs Earth and Sun spiritual coaching with her partner. In between her wanderings she teaches as part of the Magick 101 series for Wicked Grounds Annex in San Francisco, and teaches and reads tarot at Elements Kalamazoo in Michigan. Diana has 25 years’ experience as a professional tarot reader and western herbalist and has 29 years’ experience as a professional writer. She is also the pet DragonCat to a very ladylike boxer named Nora.


Durgadas Allon Duriel (San Francisco, CA) is a licensed clinical social worker and a certified holistic health practitioner working in private practice. He is a formal practitioner of magic with more than twenty years of experience and has practiced Yoga and meditation for over fifteen years. He holds a master's degree in social welfare from UCLA.

Table of Contents

Contents

Community Forum: Provocative Opinions on Contemporary Topics
Autumn Damiana: Post-Pandemic Witchcraft • 10
Lupa: Cash in the Cauldron: Making Money with Spiritual Services & Goods • 19
Ari & Jason Mankey: Practicing Witchcraft on Vacation • 31
Emily Carlin: Right Work: Using Magick to Enhance Social Justice and Charity Work • 40
James Kambos: Magic and Nature: The Connection • 49
Susan Pesznecker: The Controversial Pagan: Issues of Ethics, Power, and Insensitivity, Part 2 • 56

Magical Self-Care: Nurture Your Body, Mind & Spirit
Melanie Marquis: Skeletons in the Cobwebs: Clear Away Your Inner Clutter • 72
Elizabeth Barrette: Grief Work for Witches • 81
Deborah Castellano: Magical Self-Care for Breakups • 95
Dallas Jennifer Cobb: Touchstones: Magic for When You Are on the Rocks • 103
Monica Crosson: Confessions of an ADHD Witch: Practicing Magick as a Neurodivergent • 112
Awyn Dawn: The Sober Pagan • 121

Witchy Living: Day-by-Day Witchcraft
Michelle Skye: Finding Your Voice: Exercises to Activate and Balance Your Throat Chakra • 128
Alise Marie: Beauty and the Beat: Take a Daily Beauty Break • 140
A.C. Fisher Aldag: Putting the Nature Back in Nature Spirituality • 148
Blake Octavian Blair: Practical Divination Journaling • 160
Durgadas Allon Duriel: Relating with Your Home & Plants for a Greater Sense of Spiritual Connection • 169
Kerri Connor: Channeling with Cannabis • 178

Witchcraft Essentials: Practices, Rituals & Spells
Melissa Tipton: Boundary Setting for Witches • 188
Cerridwen Iris Shea: Untangling Magical Misfires • 197
Madame Pamita: Timing Your Spells for Maximum Magic • 210
Diana Rajchel: Disposal and Cleansing of Magickal Items • 217
Kate Freuler: Animism in the Elements • 229
Sapphire Moonbeam: Water Wellness Magick • 239
Tudorbeth: The Sustainable Witch • 247

The Lunar Calendar: September 2023 to December 2024
Calendar with Holidays, New & Full Moons, and Lunar Phases & Ingresses • 255

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