When the world around you turns dark, tap into the light. If you’re having a hard time finding that light, facing trauma and division, or want to send healing vibes to a friend, the inspired, easy-to-do spells of Light Magic for Dark Times can assist. Luna Luna magazine’s Lisa Marie Basile shares inspired spells, rituals, and practices, including: A new moon ritual for attracting a lover A spell to banish recurring nightmares A graveyard meditation for engaging with death A mermaid ritual for going with the flow A zodiac practice for tapping into celestial mojo A rose-quartz elixir for finding self-love A spell to recharge after a protest or social justice work These 100 spells are ideal for those inexperienced with self-care rituals, as well as experienced witches. They can be cast during a crisis or to help prevent one, to protect loved ones, to welcome new beginnings, to heal from grief, or to find strength. Whether you’re working with the earth, performing a cleanse with water or smoke, healing with tinctures or crystals, meditating through grief, brewing, enchanting, or communing with your coven, Light Magic for Dark Times will help you tap into your inner witch in times of need.

What will become of us in these trying times? How will we pass the time that we have on earth? In gorgeously rendered graphic form, Light in Dark Times invites readers to consider these questions by exploring the political catastrophes and moral disasters of the past and present, revealing issues that beg to be studied, understood, confronted, and resisted. A profound work of anthropology and art, this book is for anyone yearning to understand the darkness and hoping to hold onto the light. It is a powerful story of encounters with writers, philosophers, activists, and anthropologists whose words are as meaningful today as they were during the times in which they were written. This book is at once a lament over the darkness of our times, an affirmation of the value of knowledge and introspection, and a consideration of truth, lies, and the dangers of the trivial. In a time when many of us struggle with the feeling that we cannot do enough to change the course of the future, this book is a call to action, asking us to envision and create an alternative world from the one in which we now live. Light in Dark Times is beautiful to look at and to hold – an exquisite work of art that is lively, informative, enlightening, deeply moving, and inspiring.

Build Confidence and Find Love with Brittany Nightshades White Magic Love Spells. Simple, well structured Magic Love Spell Rituals from acclaimed author Brittany Nightshade. The perfect Love Spell book for beginners from any Wiccan path. This spell book has rituals ranging from building confidence in yourself to shaping your fate to put you on a path of long lasting love. The key to doing love spells in a white magic way is in how you cast your intentions, you want to ensure that you are not forcing your will on another person. Instead you ask the gods, goddesses and spirits to put you on a path that will lead to true love. This Wiccan White Magic Spell Book includes but is not limited to following: Poppet Spells for attraction Love Spell Reversal Rituals Aphrodisiac potions Relationship Blessing Rituals Broken Heart Healing Spell Love Charms Massage Oil Rituals Attraction Rituals Futhark Runes for Crafting Spells Start your magical journey to finding true love with Brittany Nightshade's White Magic Love Spells for beginners. -Example Ritual- Crystal Love Spell This spell will imbue a crystal with a strong aura of passion. Carrying this Crystal on your person will make anyone in your vicinity contemplate a potential relationship with you. You will need: Clear or Rose Quartz Crystal String Red or Pink Cloth Sea Saltwater Sprinkle some sea saltwater onto the crystal to cleanse it of any negative energies as it will need to be clear of any residual energies as you're about to charge it with your own. Hold the Crystal in your dominate hand and energetically say the following: "Magnetism, energies bright! Power unmatched, love! Delight! Freya's blessings! Strong and Right! I charge this crystal with blinding light!" Place the crystal in the middle of cloth and bring the corners together. Tie the corners together with the string and keep it on you whenever you want the attention of those around you.

A compilation of articles from the blog, Unholy Charade, all aimed at helping victims of domestic abuse and exposing their abusers.

Catherine Daly's ability to awaken the dead for a final goodbye goes awry when she and Guy Nolan, the watchmaker's son, seek a watch but find, instead, a boy whose return from the dead draws danger to the three.

Young Savannah Dubrinsky was a mistress of illusion, a world-famous magician capable of mesmerizing millions. But there was one-Gregori, the Dark One-who held her in terrifying thrall. Whose cold silver eyes and heated sensuality sent shivers of danger, of desire, down her slender spine. With a dark magic all his own, Gregori-the implacable hunter, the legendary healer, the most powerful of Carpathian males-whispered in Savannah's mind that he was her destiny. That she had been born to save his immortal soul. And now, here in New Orleans, the hour had finally come to claim her. To make her completely his. In a ritual as old as time . . . and as inescapable as eternity.

The way that special effects are designed and then created in films is explained in this lavishly illustrated book that traces the development of the ILM company of George Lucas.