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Herbalism & Nutrition,
Magick & Occult,
Witchcraft and Wicca
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The Viridis Genii Symposium and Viridis Press is proud to announce the preorder launch of our 1st publication!!
VIRIDIS GENII: Explorations of the Green Arte~ SERIES 6 ~ Vol 1
Edited by Catamara Rosarium, Marcus McCoy & Kim Schwenk MLIS
Within this volume you will find a rich selection of articles written by International Adepts and their voices sharing wisdom on plant magic, medicine and mysticism.
With contributions by leading authorities Paul Beyerl, Brandon Weston, Professor Charles Porterfield, Richard Spelker, Giulia Turolla, Brita Wynn Dinsmore, Robert Allen Bartlett, and Jesse Hathaway Diaz. Featuring articles on the subjects of Ethnobotanical research, Ozark Medicine, Hoodoo Dusts and Powders, Magical Grimoire Inks, Italian Folk Magic, Shamanism, Plant Alchemy and Herbal lore of la Santisima Muerte.
All preorders will be shipped on Monday, July 19th. Please note: If you purchased a deluxe ticket to the 6rh Annual Viridis Genii Symposium, this volume is included in your deluxe ticket offering.
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Limited Hardcover edition
The Witching-Other: Explorations and Meditations on the Existential Witch by Peter Hamilton-Giles, instigator and co-founder of the Dragon's Column being the body of initiates that went on to contribute material that would eventually be featured albeit in edited form in Andrew Chumbleys' Dragon Book of Essex. Also Peter Hamilton-Giles has authored The Afflicted Mirror: The Study of Ordeals and Making of Compacts and The Baron Citadel: The Book of the Four Ways both of which were published by Three Hands Press.
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In the beginning was the word, and for as long as there has been language, there has been power within the use of words. Incantations and spoken charms apply nuance, narrative, rhyme, and cadence to achieve magical effects, commonly divided into healing, hexing, and procuring. Modern academic scholarship, focusing on their historical relevance, refers to magical narrative charms as historiolae, which are explored here within numerous cultures of antiquity including Sumerian, Egyptian, Greek, and Indian through to Norse and Christian examples.
The author’s native Scandinavian tradition of troll formulae uses short narratives with a powerful protagonist (such as Jesus, saints, Mary, three maidens, mythical figures) performing the required action to heal, or hex. The narrative recounts a series of events, which the speaker through sympathetic magic manifests into action through the power of the protagonist and their actions. The story-telling aspect of the charms also provides a visual component to the charm, activating the power of imagination in both speaker and (if appropriate) recipient.
Through his exploration of the components of historiolae and associated ritual components, Carl Nordblom lucidly and concisely demonstrates the practice of narrative charms, equipping the reader with everything needed to incorporate or enhance their use in personal practice. And the word was with magic, and the word was magic.