Hallowtides A Dark DevotionalAuthor: Val Thomas Hallowtide, A Dark Devotional explores the sacred days between Halloween and Martinmas. It is a moment of the year which offers a deep well of dark magic. As the leaves yellow and fall, and pavements and forest tracks are covered in fairy gold, much that is strange and disturbing, yet exquisitely beautiful, emerges from the swirling mists. In the darkness, surrounded by the scent of decay, we feel keenly our own mortality and the

transformation and devotion

and experience the power they may bestow upon those who serve them as magicians

such is its mystery

her sixth book

and the Underworld

insects and snails

Common name: Balm of Gilead

magical charms

each exploring Her magical arcana from a ritually embodied perspective

who in turn control the old trackways

This hand-carved Spirit Board depicts the traditional image of the Santa Muerte and is accompanied with a matching planchette

or when one is feeling energetically vulnerable and in need of a protective boost