A Bad Witch’s Blog and the Christian site Ginae Reviews had some very nice things to say about Divining with Animal Guides. How’s that for covering a broad range of territory?
Year: 2018
Radio Interview with Susun Weed
March 2, 2018
It’s Here!
February 23, 2018Buy at your local bookstore, or order online at Amazon US, Amazon UK, or Barnes & Noble. Available in print and on Kindle.
Here is the Goodreads description.
Winner of the website book giveaway has been notified. Congratulations to H.H. of Ohio.
Happy Chinese New Year!
February 16, 2018
It’s the Year of the Dog.
I decided a few years ago that I would observe this holiday every year, after learning that it’s ill advised to clean your house during the first three days of the Chinese New Year. You’re sweeping good luck out the door if you do. I can’t say I would necessarily be cleaning on these three days if I didn’t know better, but now for three days out of the year I don’t feel like I should be cleaning.
And that’s something to celebrate.
God of the Woodpeckers
February 9, 2018
In my forthcoming book, Divining with Animal Guides, I have a chapter on woodpeckers. I mention that woodpeckers are associated with rain, thunder, and the god Thor. The red cap on some woodpeckers is how Thor gets his red hair. I was looking at pendants representing Thor’s hammer, Mjolnir, and noticed that the bottom part of the hammer has a beak-like point. The pointy Mjolnir is not the only depiction, but it has been found in many graves. This replica from Sweden (Kurck collection, date and site unknown) has a particularly strong bird resemblance.
Happy Imbolc!
February 2, 2018
Book Giveaway!
January 26, 2018
In one month, my long awaited second book on animal magic, Divining with Animal Guides, will be available. I am giving away one free copy to USA residents before the publication date. If you would like to become eligible for the drawing of a free, signed copy, sign up for my mailing list! Click here. Even if you’ve signed up for my mailing list in the past, you may need to sign up again because some names got lost when I switched mail companies (long story). I average less than one email a month, so you won’t be inundated. The winner will be notified by email. Here is an excerpt from the book:
Isis was the deity Egyptians invoked most for scorpion protection, particularly as her cult gained prominence. Although many have categorized her as wife/sister to Osiris and mother to Horus, her popular veneration, then and now, relates more to her powers as Divine Physician. She was originally a raptor goddess, probably a Black Kite, a bird that prefers to hunt in marshy areas. The aggressive kite preys on fish, small animals, and arthropods, including scorpions and Water Scorpions.
Isis was especially valued for her ability to protect and heal children. This geographic region suffered from a high degree of child mortality that exceeded even what other urbanized societies of the time experienced. Children were in danger far beyond their first year and were usually not named until their fourth or fifth year of life. Isis was venerated as the deity that not only gave children but also helped ensure their survival.
A New Moon
January 19, 2018
A new moon teaches gradualness
and deliberation and how one gives birth
to oneself slowly. Patience with small details
makes perfect a large work, like the universe.
–Rumi
The moon has recently turned to its waxing phase. Both the full and the new moon exert a strong gravitation pull on the earth’s waters, but the energies are different. I find that things seem to slow down at the new moon, so that progress being made is difficult to discern. We tend to be detail oriented and to research things at this time, rather than expressing ourselves spontaneously. Next month, at the solar eclipse, this energy will be even more pronounced.
Every time I see that girl . . .
January 12, 2018The New Year Post
January 5, 2018
This marks the sixth anniversary of this blog.
Ahead this year, my second book, Divining with Animal Guides: Answers from the world at hand is due out February 27th. The ebook will also be available on that date.
I have articles that will be published in upcoming anthologies and shamanic magazines. I will keep everyone posted.
I had my nose to the grindstone in 2017, which will be evident in the coming year!