Embracing the Dark Goddess during Difficult Times

It is hard to believe that a year has passed since I received pre-release copies of my first book that was to be published by Moon Books, Encountering the Dark Goddess: A Journey into the Shadow Realms.  These pre-release copies arrived some nine months prior to the book's actual release in March 2021.

One of the people who generously agreed to review my book was Nimue Brown.  What I found of interest was her comments that my book assisted her during the initial COVID pandemic in 2020.  This was something that I had not even thought of - considering when I had submitted the manuscript to Moon Books, what became COVID was a mere whisper.

What follows is part of Nimue's review.  Her full review can be found here,

"Dark journeys happen. Dark nights of the soul happen. Sometimes we have no choice but to crawl on bloody hands and knees through some kind of personal Hellscape for a while. Working with Dark Goddesses, or The Dark Goddess as an aspect of the Goddess, is about having the tools for those journeys. Find yourself in the thick of one and you may reach for a book like this for guidance and wisdom. Being prepared won’t save you, but it will help you make sense of things."

Dancing with Kali Ma

I am delighted to be taking part in what is my second USA festival for the year. Thanks to the wonders of modern technology I will be taking part in WITCHFEST USA - A PAGAN FAIRE that will be running from 9 July to 11 July 2021 both in the physical sense in New York city as well as online.

My second workshop will be taking place on the Sunday at 10am (New York time - or 11.30pm ACST) and is entitled Dancing with Kali.

Kali is one of the more mysterious and enigmatic goddesses found within the Hindu pantheon. Her dark and wild appearance conjures up feelings of awesomeness in anyone brave enough to gaze upon her face. Kali symbolizes death and her dancing can cause ultimate destruction; however she also brings about renewal of life. 

As this will be more of a practical workshop, grab yourself a set of mala beads as we will be surrendering our egos to the "Terrible Mother".

You can register to attend the weekend where there will be only 90 events, occult workshops, online performances, presentations, as well as online shopping. Tickets cost $95 (US) however your online tickets enable you to watch all presentations.

Details about how to obtain your ticket can be found here.

If you are not able to get to Witchfest USA this year, then you might like to get yourself a signed copy of Encountering the Dark Goddess: A  Journey into the Shadow Realms from LunaNoire Creations, my online etsy store.

Reclaiming the Dark Gods at Witchfest USA

I am delighted to be taking part in what is my second USA festival for the year. Thanks to the wonders of modern technology I will be taking part in WITCHFEST USA - A PAGAN FAIRE that will be running from 9 July to 11 July 2021 both in the physical sense in New York city as well as online.

My first workshop will be taking place at 10am (New York time - or 11.30pm ACST) and will be on Reclaiming the Dark Gods.

The Gods of the witches has always been a rather shadowy character, somewhat of an enigma who appears to be both human and animal, divine and demonic. He can be found lurking amongst the shadows, ready to appear in our nightmare, or he rises up from the Underworld, hell bent on causing death and destruction. He is the hard hitting image of masculinity at its most brutal, yet the ever devoted consort of the Goddess.

From Anubis to Zeus, it is time to reclaim the power of the Dark Gods found not only within witchcraft but paganism in general.

You can register to attend the weekend where there will be only 90 events, occult workshops, online performances, presentations, as well as online shopping. Tickets cost $95 (US) however your online tickets enable you to watch all presentations.

Details about how to obtain your ticket can be found here.

If you are not able to get to Witchfest USA this year, then you might like to get yourself a signed copy of Call of the God: An Anthology Exploring the Divine Masculine within Modern Pagan from LunaNoire Creations, my online etsy store.

Working Magic in the Southern Hemisphere

Last week, I took part in Moon Con 21, a two day online event organised by my publisher, Moon Books, where a number of authors shared insight into their personal spiritual practices, thoughts and yes, their books.  

On the Sunday, I was joined by two other Australian based authors, Julie Brett (author of Australian Druidry) and Jane Meredith (author of Journey to the Dark Goddess, Aspecting the Goddess and Aphrodite's Magic).

A recording of our discussion can be found here:

Recordings of all the other interviews and panels can be found on Moon Book's YouTube channel or Facebook page.