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What to Burn for Mabon, Samhain and Yule
The three dark-half sabbats, the botanicals traditionally burned at each, the 2026 dates and their real windows, how to work with charcoal, and the one plant on the...
Family Tree Research When the Records Stop
The six walls American family research actually hits, which sources go around each one, what DNA will and will not do, and what to do when the record...
Best Time for a Spell: Moon, Day and Hour
Moon phase, planetary weekday and planetary hour, in the order worth learning them, what to do when they disagree, and the cases where timing is beside the point.
How to Make Moon Water Safely
The four-minute method, the safety line most guides skip, why the crystal goes outside the jar, and an honest account of what moonlight does and does not do...
How to Read Runes: Casting, Spreads and History
The draw and the scatter, the three-rune spread, why reversals cannot apply to nine of the tiles, and an honest account of what is ancient and what is...
Winter Solstice Rituals for the Longest Night
What the solstice actually is, which Yule customs are old and which are Victorian, and a ritual you can run in a studio apartment with one candle.
How Much Does a Spell Cost? What Honest Pricing Looks Like
Almost nobody in this field publishes a price. Here is how ritual work is actually priced - the hours, the materials, why a fixed price beats a success...
Dream Symbols: How to Read Your Own Dreams
Why dream dictionaries fail, a five-step method that works, the typical dreams with better questions, and the evidence on lucid dreaming and nightmares.
How to Read Coffee Grounds: A Tasseography Guide
The brew that actually leaves a readable sediment, the swirl and invert, how to place a symbol by handle and height, and an honest account of the mechanism.
Palm Reading: What the Four Main Lines Mean
The four main lines, the elemental hand shapes, the mounts, and which hand to read, with a straight answer about the life line myth.
Dowsing Rods: How to Hold Them and What Works
Which rod to start with, how to hold it, how to build a personal yes and no, why the rod moves, and what double-blind testing has and has...
Ancestor Work: How to Start, Honestly
The three levels of ancestor work, what the trauma research does and does not support, where American records break, and a first practice small enough to keep.
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