Magic, Occult & Spirituality

Connect with the wisdom, power, and mystery of the ocean through Yemaya: Orisha, Goddess, and Queen of the Sea by Raven Morgaine. Published by Red Wheel/Weiser, this book is a devotional and practical guide to Yemaya, the beloved Orisha of the sea, motherhood, healing, protection, fertility, and divine feminine power. Red Wheel/Weiser describes Raven Morgaine as a priest of Yemaya for over three decades, sharing knowledge of her history, mythology, paths, aspects, and many forms.

This book explores Yemaya as mother, lover, witch, warrior, mermaid, and ocean queen, offering readers a deeper understanding of her role across African diasporic traditions and modern spiritual practice. It includes mythology, spiritual insight, devotional themes, and practical ways to honour and work with Yemaya. Google Books also notes that the book discusses Yemaya’s special role in the LGBTQ community and presents the title as both a celebration of Yemaya and a hands-on guide to working with her.

Deepen your understanding of authentic rootwork with Traditional Hoodoo & Conjure: A Handbook of Spirits, Spells, & Rootwork by Miss Aida. This practical and respectful guide explores the history, spirits, tools, rituals, prayers, recipes, and spellwork connected to Hoodoo and conjure traditions. Published by Crossed Crow Books, this book is designed to help readers better understand the roots, purpose, and spiritual mechanics behind traditional Hoodoo practice.

In this illuminating handbook, Miss Aida works to correct common misconceptions about Hoodoo, explaining its connections to African diaspora spirituality while also clarifying how it differs from related traditions such as Santería and Haitian Vodou. The book includes teachings on honoring ancestors, petitioning spirits, spiritual baths, rituals, spells, recipes, and prayers for developing a deeper relationship with conjure practice.

Explore ancestral power, resistance, and spiritual liberation with Hoodoo Saints and Root Warriors: Stories and Magick for Liberation by Mawiyah Kai EL-Jamah Bomani. Published by Llewellyn, this powerful book blends Hoodoo, rootwork, ancestral veneration, historical storytelling, spellwork, and social justice into a guide for spiritual empowerment and protection.

In this book, Bomani introduces readers to 12 Hoodoo saints—cultural heroes, sheroes, ancestors, and revolutionary spiritual figures—showing how their stories can be honored and worked with in daily spiritual practice. The book includes inspiring stories, rituals, dice divination, altar work, exercises, and ways to incorporate these elevated figures into spellwork for courage, protection, dignity, healing, and liberation.

Hoodoo Saints and Root Warriors is ideal for readers interested in Hoodoo, conjure, rootwork, ancestor work, African diasporic spirituality, folk magic, spiritual activism, liberation magic, and protective ritual practice. It is especially meaningful for those seeking a spiritually grounded way to honor cultural memory, resist oppression, and connect with ancestral strength.

Shamanic Journeying - A Beginners Guide

Embark on a transformative spiritual adventure with Shamanic Journeying: A Beginner’s Guide—your gateway to the ancient practice of connecting with spirit realms and inner wisdom. Perfect for curious beginners, this engaging guide breaks down the art of shamanic journeying into simple, accessible steps you can start using right away.

Discover how to enter altered states of consciousness, meet spirit guides, and unlock powerful insights for healing, clarity, and personal growth. Blending timeless shamanic traditions with practical modern techniques, this book empowers you to explore your intuition, expand your awareness, and deepen your spiritual connection.

About the Author

• Unique Insights: Marvel at his ability to breathe magical life into unique topics, including the divine history of sneezing, tattooing, dressing with power, Greek oracles, and Hawaiian magic.
• Practical Application: Benefit from his "hands-on" approach; he perfected all his spells and rituals through experimentation before publishing them for others to use.
• Path to an Enchanted Life: Whether you are a new Seeker or a longtime practitioner, these writings are sure to inspire you to infuse your daily life with the simple, accessible power of the natural world.

This book has approximately 240 to 266 pages depending on the specific printing and is published by Llewellyn Publications.

The Gray Witch's Grimoire is a unique book. The world of the gray witch has been largely avoided, misrepresented, or glossed over with various books geared gingerly towards ‘protection magic’. These books, though informative and well written as they may be, have totally missed the spirit of the gray witch – who she really is, how she relates to the world of shadow and light, and exactly what she’s willing to do to stand her ground.

In our society ‘dark’ is automatically viewed as ‘evil’; and ‘light’ is automatically viewed as ‘good’. We’re expected to live completely within one realm and to totally avoid the other. This creates imbalance and is a great injustice to the true spirit of the ancient wise woman.

This book puts matters to right and gives the public a view of just what the gray witch is – and what she isn’t. The gray witch does not live in a world of chaos or unbridled black magic. She has a code of honour, a sense of propriety, and a relevance in today’s society.

 The book has plenty of great details about the months of the year, touches on the use of hoodoo, and yet also touches on Hermetic magick and application. These subjects are very broad and would require their own book, but the author gives enough for the starting witch to get on with, and breaks it down in straight-forward language. This is indeed a path which is for people who are not of the fluffy-witch variety, or of the hard-core Chaosite/vampiric types, but it does carefully bridge the gap between the two.

186 page, paperback

A magical mystery tour of the extraordinary historical characters that have defined the unique spiritual landscape of New Orleans.

New Orleans has long been America’s most magical city, inhabited by a fascinating visible and invisible world, full of mysteries, known for its decadence and haunted by its spirits. If Salem, Massachusetts, is famous for its persecution of witches, New Orleans is celebrated for its embrace of the magical, mystical, and paranormal. New Orleans is acclaimed for its witches, ghosts, and vampires. Because of its unique history, New Orleans is the historical stronghold of traditional African religions and spirituality in the US. No other city worldwide is as associated with Vodou as New Orleans.

In her new book, author and scholar Denise Alvarado takes us on a magical tour of New Orleans. There is a mysterious spiritual underbelly hiding in plain sight in New Orleans, and in this book Alvarado shows us where it is and who the characters are. She tells where they come from and how they persist and manifest today. Witch Queens, Voodoo Spirits, and Hoodoo Saints shines a light on notable spirits and folk saints such as Papa Legba, Annie Christmas, Black Hawk, African-American culture hero Jean St. Malo, St. Expedite, plague saint Roch, and, of course, the mother and father of New Orleans Voudou, Marie Laveau and Doctor John Montenée. Witch Queens, Voodoo Spirits, and Hoodoo Saints serves as a secret history of New Orleans, revealing details even locals may not know.

An inspired herbal guide to natural living with ancient techniques, remedies, and rituals from around the world centered on the rhythms of the seasons.

The changing of the seasons is magickal-green leaves transforming into browns and golds, snow melting to show fresh buds. We all recognize these telltale signs, butfew of us are aware of the powerful impact each season has on our spiritual lives. Whether sunny, snowy, windy, rainy, cold, or humid, the weather has a dramatic effect on our being wherever we may live.

The author,Stephanie Rose Bird, is deeply committed to keeping alive the spiritual wisdom of her indigenous African ancestors. In African American Magick, she examines the magickal ability of the seasons to enhance our lives by unearthingancient techniques, rituals, and methods from around the world that reflect each season's inherent energies to supplement body, mind, and soul.

Drawing upon her own ancestral heritage, as well as other cultures and those that have influenced her, Bird offers a lifetime of wisdom and expert botanical knowledge while sharing her path to a holistic and magickal life. Guidance from all over the world, and from classical and modern traditions alike, are offered:- Spiritual insights from Caribbean African American culture
- Wisdom from indigenous Native American traditions
- Buddhist and Hindu meditation practices and rites
- Practices of classical European spiritual traditions
- Lessons from Aboriginal Australian "dreaming" practices

African American Magick was previously published in 2006 under the title Four Seasons of Mojo . This new edition includes a new preface by the author.

272 pages, soft cover

About the Author

Step into the extraordinary world of Aleister Crowley with The Book of Thoth, the ultimate companion to the legendary Thoth Tarot. This iconic occult text reveals the deep symbolism, mystical teachings, and hidden layers behind one of the most powerful tarot systems ever created. Rich with magic, mythology, astrology, and ancient wisdom, this book turns tarot study into a full-blown cosmic adventure.

Perfect for tarot lovers, students of the occult, and anyone who loves diving into esoteric knowledge, The Book of Thoth helps you understand each card’s spiritual meaning, magical purpose, and role in personal transformation. Whether you’re decoding symbolism, expanding your intuition, or leveling up your tarot practice, this guide offers endless insight and inspiration.

About this book:
• The official guide to Crowley’s Thoth Tarot
• Packed with mystical symbolism, magical philosophy & deep card meanings
• A must-have for occultists, tarot readers & esoteric enthusiasts
• Inspires intuitive growth, shadow work & spiritual exploration
• A powerful addition to any tarot or magical library

Silver RavenWolf's follow-up to To Ride a Silver Broomstick goes deeper — this is where the real craft work begins. Less introduction, more practice. To Stir a Magick Cauldron is a hands-on guide to casting, conjuring, and building a living magical practice that is entirely your own.

RavenWolf's voice is direct and encouraging without being prescriptive — she gives you the tools and techniques, then trusts you to work with them in your own way. The result is a book that feels like a working manual rather than a textbook.

Inside you'll find:

• How to build sacred space, cast circles, and raise energy — for solitary practitioners and coven members alike
• Step-by-step rituals and formulas covering protection, banishing, trance, land blessings, and elemental magic
• Working with herbs, crystals, and talismans
• Meditations, devotions, and timing — weaving magic into daily life
• A non-dogmatic approach that encourages personal freedom over rigid tradition

A solid next step for anyone who has outgrown the basics and wants to go further into their practice.

By: Silver RavenWolf  |  Published by: Llewellyn  |  384 pages, paperback

Step into the living current of American folk magic with The Secret Keys of Conjure by Chas Bogan. Blending Hoodoo, rootwork, and other traditional practices, this book serves as a hands-on guide to practical, results-focused conjure for modern practitioners. 

Written by a professional conjure doctor and teacher, this book offers more than 35 tricks and over 50 recipes for spiritual work, including oils, baths, powders, mojo bags, and more. 

Inside you’ll find guidance for working conjure in areas such as:

• Divination & rituals to open roads and tune into spirit

• Cleansing, healing, and spiritual purification for yourself and your home

• Sweetening and attraction work for love, influence, and good fortune

• Setting lights, curios, and graveyard work rooted in long-standing folk practice

• Protection and justified hexes, taught within an ethical, traditional framework 

Bogan weaves together history, cultural context, and practical spellcraft, honoring the communities and traditions from which these practices arise while keeping the instructions clear, accessible, and deeply usable. 

Perfect for:

• Practitioners of Hoodoo, rootwork, and Southern folk magic

• Witches and magical workers wanting authentic, recipe-rich conjure guidance

• Readers ready to move beyond basics into applied folk magic and spiritual empowerment

Whether you’re crafting your first mojo bag or refining a long-term practice, The Secret Keys of Conjure offers a powerful toolkit for working with spirits, ancestors, and the natural world to create real change in your life.

Author: Chas Bogan 

Pages: 312 pages 

Weave the profound practices of witchcraft into your daily life and experience the power of transcendental magic with The Witch's Book of Mysteries. Devin Hunter explores the core elements of spell and ritual work and outlines techniques to help you deepen your Witch Power and further develop your relationships with familiars, guides, spirits, and gods.

Sharing meditations, exercises, spells, and rituals from the author's personal Book of Shadows, this book includes teachings on Energetic Self-Orientation, the Witch's Eye, the Witch's Tree, and Quintessence — helping witches take their magic to the next level.

Author: Devin Hunter
Publisher: Llewellyn

This is really "the big little book of love magic." Magical maven Lilith Dorsey has packed into this fun, informative, and practical book over 250 spells, potions, rituals, and recipes devoted to all facets of love and sex.

Based on years of magical experience and prodigious research, this book includes sections on such topics as self-love, marriage, fertility, erotic adventures, the ethics of love magic, and more. The spells are drawn from a wide diversity of magical traditions and focus on an equally diverse situations. There are spells for finding love, keeping love, and healing yourself so that you are ready for love. The book also includes rituals for invoking goddesses of love. Dorsey considers and discusses all facets of the romantic experience.

Let's face it we are obsessed, inspired, delighted, and in love with love. And here is the go-to book for every spell you will ever need for finding and keeping romance, passion, sex, marriage, fertility, and love in your life. Rooted in serious scholarship while still exploring the weird, wild, and wonderful side of love magic, this book provides expert advice and genuine spells that work to bring you your heart's desire.

About the Author

A Woman’s Book of Shadows: A Celebration of Witchcraft brings together rituals, spells, seasonal celebrations, and magical lore in an exploration of women’s witchcraft. First published in 1993, it moves from a brief history of witchcraft into the beliefs, tools, and practices that shape a personal or shared magical practice.

From setting up an altar to exploring tarot, dreamwork, and herbal lore, the book offers a wide-ranging reference to return to as your interests develop. It considers both solitary practice and working with others, alongside the cycles of the moon and the changing seasons.

Topics include:

• Goddesses, priestesses, witches, and women’s mysteries
• Covens, initiations, collectives, and solitary witchcraft
• Circles, altars, wands, chalices, robes, incense, oils, and candles
• Moon and planetary lore, sabbats, esbats, solstices, and equinoxes
• Seasonal festivals, including Samhain, Candlemas, Beltane, and Lammas
• Tarot, scrying, astrology, and herbal lore
• Psychic awareness, astral travel, pathworking, and dreamwork
• Reincarnation, karma, auras, and chakras

A broad collection for readers interested in women’s spirituality, European witchcraft, and the relationship between magical practice and everyday life.

Magickal Rituals for Everyday Use and Beyond!

Amplify your wishes and manifest positive changes all year long with Deborah Blake's inspiring collection of simple rituals. Whether practicing alone or with a group, these empowering ceremonies?designed for new moons, full moons, sabbats, and other special occasions?will help you find love, build courage, boost creativity, achieve balance, and deepen your faith.

No matter what your skill level, Everyday Witch Book of Rituals shows you how to fill the year with meaningful magickal practice. Through lighthearted, down-to-earth methods, this guide provides basic ritual elements and ingredients, timing for success, and the importance of each ritual step. Using the perfect blend of reverence and mirth, practicality and spirituality, and a sprinkling of wisdom from Magic the Cat, this guide provides nearly every ritual you need for a magickal year.

Praise:
"With her wonderful new book...Deborah Blake escorts us around the Wheel of the Year, providing inspiration and guidance for novice and adept alike."?Judika Illes, author of The Element Encyclopedia of 5000 Spells

"I highly recommend Everyday Witch Book of Rituals for anyone who wants to enrich their Craft through more dynamic, satisfying, and effective rituals."?Melanie Marquis, author of The Witch's Bag of Tricks

"Bored with formal ritual? Deborah Blake's fresh approach in Everyday Witch Book of Rituals will forever change your mind."?Dorothy Morrison, author of The Craft and Utterly Wicked

An inspiring exploration of the goddesses of the West African spiritual traditions and their role in shaping Yoruba (Ifa), Santeria, Haitian Vodoun, and New Orleans Voodoo.

Throughout Africa and beyond in the diaspora caused by the slave trade, the divine feminine was revered in the forms of goddesses like the ancient Nana Buluku, water spirits like Yemaya, Oshun, and Mami Wata, and the warrior Oya. The power of these goddesses and spirit beings has taken root in the West. New Orleans, for example, is the home of Marie Laveau, who used her magical powers to become the "Voodoo Queen" of New Orleans.

Orishas, Goddesses, and Voodoo Queens shows you how to celebrate and cultivate the traits of these goddesses, drawing upon their strengths to empower your own life. In addition to offering a guided tour of the key goddesses of the African religious traditions, the book offers magical spells, rituals, potions, astrological correspondences, sacred offerings, and much more to help guide you on your own transformational journey.

About the Author:

Lilith Dorsey, MA, hails from many magickal traditions, including Celtic, Afro-Caribbean, and Native American spirituality. Her traditional education focused on plant science, anthropology, and film at the University of Rhode Island, New York University, and the University of London, and her magickal training includes numerous initiations in Santeria, also known as Lucumi, Haitian Vodoun, and New Orleans Voodoo. She has been a professional psychic for over three decades. Lilith is a frequent presenter at festivals and gatherings, including the Sirius Rising Festival, Sankofa Fest, New York City's Pagan Pride Day, and the Earth Warriors Festival. She is a regular guest on several Pagan blogtalk radio shows.