Henge Happenings #55
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From the Mailbox
by Tony
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Jon Hughes wrote that he is planning a series of tours
in Europe and the United States to promote the beliefs of the Druidic
Tratition and facilitating lectures and rituals based in the Druidic
Lore. Jon is the author of Celtic
Sex Magic: For Couple, Groups, & Solitary Practitioners
due to be released in the Summer of 2002. Celtic
Sex Magic is advertized to be "the first ever account
of this ancient path, from a practising Welsh Druid now living in
Ireland..." I'll be looking for it when It comes out. ISBN 0-89281-908-1.
Inner Traditions reports it is releasing Ogham:
The Celtic Oracle of the Trees: Understanding, Casting, and
Intrepreting the Ancient Druidic Alphabet by Paul Rhys Montfort
in September. It will be $14.95. ISBN 0-89281-919-7. Also, another
book by Jon G. Hughes will released in October. Celtic Plant
Magic: A Workbook for Alchemical Sex Rituals. $19.95, ISBN
0-89281-924-3. Interesting....
Very exciting, Caitlín Matthews will release
two new books this fall. In September, Mabon
and the Guardians of Celtic Britain: Hero Myths in the Mabinogion
and in October, King
Arthur and the Goddess of the Land: The Divine Feminine in
the Mabinogion. $14.95 and $16.95 respectively. ISBNs are 0-89281-920-0
and -89281-921-9.
Check out PagaNet News (advertisement
elsewhere in this issue). Interesting articles, including one on "The
Astrology of Beltane". I enjoyed it and found a lot of good contact
information focused in the Virginia, North Carolina area but including
happenings from Washington to Florida.
Circle Magazine, continues to be the premier
Neopagan magazine. It's Spring 2002 issue focused upon Goddesses.
Articles on Quan-Yin, Epona, Pele, Gaia, and Flora and Maia accentuate
this latest issue. Well worth a read.
Frank MacEowen's new book The
Mist-Filled Path: Celtic Wisdom for Exiles, Wanderers, &
Seekers has just come out on New World Library. The book has received
five star reviews from such Celtic writers as R.J. Stewart, John and
Caitlin Matthews, as well as from shamans in other traditions, such
as Malidoma Some’ and don Oscar Miro-Quesada. The book is available
through Barnesandnoble.com, Amazon.com, and other major booksellers.
Deepening Witchcraft: Advancing Skills and Knowledge
by Grey Cat
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Deepening
Witchcraft: Advancing Skills and Knowledge focuses
on the needs of Pagan leaders. Grey Cat brings her extensive
leadership experience to one of the first books to offer guidance
to students of Witchcraft looking for something beyond the
basics. Beginning with an in-depth introduction to analytical
thinking,
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Deepening
Witchcraft addresses essential skills for the advanced
Student. It explores connections between historical Paganism and its
modern inception, digging for the sources of modern Wicca. (Grey Cat
has been a board member for Ar n'Draiocht Feîn/ ECW Press ISBN
1-55022-495-6, $19.95.
