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Musical artist Celia, best known for her anthemic “Symbol” which was used for the Pentacle Quest, has released a new album for downloading called “For the Asking”.  The physical CD will be available in mid-March.  We’ve already enjoyed her lovely song for Imbolc, “Brighid’s Fire”, here on Magickal Media, as well as the stunning video for “The Lady of White Sands”. 

Celia’s title song of the album “For the Asking” is currently available for listening and a free download.

“For the Asking” has much more of a Pagan flavor than some of Celia’s previous material, invoking the God and Goddess with her rich voice and facile guitar.  The title track has an orchestraic quality, calling forth “love not fear” and “all the joy of a heart song”.  “Ground, Center and Sheild” is perfect for doing just that.  The “Metta Prayer” is reminiscent of First Nations chants, with a melodic vocal and a percussive guitar.  The funky rhythms of “Ho’oponopono” is based on the Huna practice of forgiveness and loving reconciliation. “The Caregivers’ Song” would be a perfect gift for Mother’s Day or for anyone in your life who has facilitated healing.  Its quiet piano and soft vocals feels like a lullaby for those in need of gentle energy.   Each individual track is available for $1.60, with the entire album of thirteen lovely songs for $20.

For more information, please visit Celia’s website www.celiaonline.com  
To pre-order the album, go to http://celiaonline.bandcamp.com/album/for-the-asking-pre-order  Downloads and listening are also available here.
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/zaracon/2012/02/20/the-zaracon-show-with-celia-premiere-of-her-new-cd Celia appears on the Zaracon Show on “Blog Talk Radio”.
Celia’s upcoming show schedule can be found here:
http://www.celiaonline.com/calend ar/

Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio - January 19, 2012

Ask any Pagan what bothers them most about pop culture, and they'll tell you that it's the inaccurate portrayl of Wiccans, Pagans, and other Earth-Spiritual people within it. Far too often, they're portrayed as Satanists, devil-worshippers, crazed cultists, or flaky new-agers. All of that changes this year with the release of "Dark of Moon", a romantic comedy set in the modern Pagan world.

Written and directed by Taliesin Govannon (himself a Pagan for nearly a quarter-century), Dark of Moon centers around the Coven of the Mystick Light...a group that formed in college, lost some members to graduation and careers, and has settled down into a comfortable practice for the past few years. The coven consists of two women (Beth and Sammi) and three men (Zeke, Miller, and Drew). They have no connection to any Tradition, and consider themselves leaderless, deciding everything on consensus.

But one of their members isn't happy. He feels like his spirituality, and his life, are stagnant. He wants to get more out of both, and a chance encounter with a Gardnerian Coven leads him to leave his old group to join a Traditional teaching coven.

This act shakes up the small circle. They all look at their lives, and decide that some things just aren't turning out the way they wanted. While some of it's members dedicate themselves towards finding a better job, the film focuses on Beth, who longs for a relationship that will both warm her heart and nurture her spirit. She drags her acid-tongued friend Sammi along for the ride, and their journey takes them from a Pagan activist group meeting, to a psychic development circle, an ADF Druid rite, all the way to the Gardnerian Covenstead where their friend defected to. Along the way Beth and Sammi have their eyes opened to many possibilities...and the audience gets to enjoy the ride.

"I was very fortunate," writer/director Taliesin Govannon says, "that the Northeast Ohio Pagan community came together to help the production look and feel as authentic as possible." Indeed, not only did a Pagan/magickal shop (Any Witch Way in Akron, Ohio) open their doors for several scenes, but a pivotal sequence, set at a Druid gathering, was shot in the personal Nemeton of veteran Pagans Ian Corrigan and Lia Fal (who also have cameos in the film), and their home ADF Grove (Stonecreed) provided extras for the Druid ritual scene. "Another scene," the writer/director says, "set at a Pagan activist group meeting, is both very funny and oh, so real... anyone who has ever had to deal with the "colourful characters" that inhabit modern Paganism will find it very memorable... almost eerily so!"

"This is no documentary, however." adds Govannon. "This is, at it's heart, a film about choices, and the ties that bind friends and lovers together for the long haul." At times profanely funny, and other times sweet and touching, Dark of Moon aims to please a wide selection of Pagans (or anyone who likes their films personal and adventurous).

"This is a film you can show your friends" Taliesin says, "because they can get a sense of who Pagans are without being preached at. It captures both our sense of fun as well as our dedication to our path."

The DVD features plenty of extras, including deleted and expanded scenes, the original trailer, and a hilarious blooper reel. Those who want to learn more about the film, see clips, or order their copy can do all of that at the film's web site, http://www.darkofmoon.com

Any bloggers who write up a story about the film should drop Taliesin a line at the e-mail address below, and he'll publicize the story on both the film's Facebook page (with over 1,800 "likes" and counting) as well as his personal page (which has 4,000 plus people on it).

For more questions, interview requests, or general media-inquiries, contact:

Taliesin Govannon
taliesin@neo.rr.com

Planning a trip to the Egyptian spirit world? Like any responsible traveller, you want to know something about the history, geography, and politics of your destination. You want to know what documents you need to have in order for customs and immigration, what precautions to take, how to book a boat tour, where to stay, what to eat, and when you'll get the most interesting sightseeing opportunities. “The Traveller's Guide to the Duat” is your guidebook to the spirit world of ancient Egypt, inspired by “The Egyptian Book of the Dead”. Laced through its humorous presentation you will find extensive information about ancient Egyptian religion and magical practice - from the etheric anatomy of the human soul to what colour to make your protection amulets, and from the history of creation to the rites of judgment held in the Hall of Two Truths. Renditions of ancient spells in modern poetry mark each section, showing the ancient magical texts in a new light. The Beautiful West awaits! Book your tour today! Kiya Nicoll: MB0153, ISBN 978-1-905713-73-8 Released: January 2012, Pages: 160 pages Price:£10.99, $19.99, $17.40 (Aus), $17.15 (Can), E12.85 Editor/Layout: Taylor Ellwood & Artist: Michaele Harrington Available for Purchase: February 13th, 2012* *(please note purchase dates are approximate, books may be available before or after the date mentioned, to check if a book is available to purchase please check the publicity blog: http://ipmbblog.wordpress.com/ New release from Immanion Press

Don’t talk to strangers, Don’t even look at them.

The life of Roy Phipps can be summed up in a paragraph: He’s fifty, leads an uneventful, well-organized existence in the house inherited from his parents, earns a modest income writing formulaic detective novels, and remembers, sometimes, his encounters with women.

Roy’s only aberration is the other novel he has been secretively also writing for years, the sprawling and florid story of the mad poet Vilmos, a study of murder, angst and alchemic magic. Then one evening Roy meets Vilmos, face to face.

Of course, handsome Vilmos’s double, Joseph Traskul, is only a coincidental look-alike. But in those fatal minutes a terrible bond is formed. For Traskul is, at the very least, insane - charismatic, predatory, lawless - a sort of human demon - whose almost supernatural powers, once provoked, will prove unstoppable.

As the fiery shadows close in on him, Roy soon understands that he is now fighting for his own sanity. And probably for his life.

ISBN: 9781907737213
Pages: 320
Price: £11.99 $20.99

New release from Immanion Press

The fourth in Immanion Press’s series of Storm Constantine’s short story collections, Mythanimus includes the most recent of her stories, as well as a variety of rarities.

Several of the stories appeared in small press magazines, such as An Elemental Tale and Dancer for the World’s Death, so will have been read by few, while one of them – The Silver Paladin - is in print for the first time.

“Some of the pieces in this collection were first written way back when I was a teenager – since rewritten, naturally – and all of them to me speak of the ‘myth inside’. We create our own mythologies constantly; we are drawn to archetypes and live out archetypal dramas. In the depths of our dreams and our most soaring imaginations, we are creatures of myth, capable of anything.” Storm Constantine

ISBN: 9781904853602
Pages: 356
Price: £12.99 $21.99

New release from Immanion Press

Rorn, Waste-Ranger of Nightwake, looks across a wreckage of utter unending night, unsullied by moons or stars, prowled by things suited to blindness and ruin. A realm where man clings to survival in impregnable noctilucent mansions, where only a few can and do step outside to take messages of possibility and comfort

"Waste-Ranger! The vat!"

Rorn turns. There's a stirring of light in the magma of the prophecy vat behind him. Not glowing but flickering. Not swirling but growing. Something on fire, or perhaps of fire, is swimming up through the blackness, about to burst out.

With four others, all of different realms, Rorn is transported to a new world.The last magician of a race of magicians; another possessing and possessed by a vampiric labrys; a towering swordsman whose blade sucks out the evil of those it slays; an assassin shape-shedder.

All five are plunged into a strangely black sea which ships sail across like dreams across obsidian – a sea of shadow. They find themselves in the midst of an uncanny war fought over generations but approaching a final apocalyptic battle where victory is to be won not by strength or strategy but by something far stranger.

ISBN: 978-1-907737-10-7
Pages: 256
Price: £12.99 $21.99
$21.99

New release from Immanion Press

Balthazar, book thief and bon vivant, arrives in Alexandria to steal from the famous library. But from the moment he steps off the boat, a veiled figure shadows him. Zeinab, literary prostitute and avenging ghost, will be his chaperone through the city of books. With her help, he succeeds in penetrating the underground library. But once inside, instead of ransacking it, he becomes obsessed with the youngest librarian, Shireen, who was born in the library and is herself more than half book. Their love story forms the heart of the novel. Balthazar schemes to get Shireen out of the library. But Zeinab has plans of her own . . .

In sumptuous, evocative prose, ‘The Book on Fire’ explores the relationships between creation and destruction, between belief and imagination, between desire and fulfillment.

This new edition contains the bonus story, City of Bones, and a brand new cover

Ursula K. Le Guin said of Keith Miller’s first novel, ‘The Book of Flying’, that it was “original in concept and elegant in language”, and Booklist called it “a beautiful and haunting modern fable that reads like exquisite poetry”. This second novel amply fulfills the promise of the first.

ISBN: 978-1-907737-20-6
Pages: 260
Price: £11.99 $20.99

New release from Immanion Press

Spirit and Dream Animals

Many years ago, while doing some research in Hong Kong, I accidentally overheard two women talking about dream animals. I went into a café and sat down at a table next to an attractive Asian lady and her American friend. I wasn’t paying any attention to their conversation, until I suddenly heard the Asian lady explaining the concept of animal dreaming to her friend. According to her, if a woman dreamt of an animal about the time she became pregnant, her baby would possess the qualities of the animal she had dreamt about. I was fascinated, and after apologizing for overhearing the conversation, asked if I could join in.

The two ladies were very kind and gracious, and allowed me to join them. I learned that, in Asia, dreams are believed to be created by a lack of energy. However, dreaming of an animal does the opposite. These dreams create energy, in addition to providing valuable clues about the personality of the unborn child. I also learned that not all pregnant women dream of animals. These dreams occur only if the unborn child has significant potential.

The Asian woman leaned towards me. "Did you know that Buddha's mother dreamed of a gorgeous white elephant with six tusks that ran around her bed three times?" she asked. "That's a classic example of a prophetic animal dream."

I chatted with the two ladies for about an hour. Just before leaving them, I learned that it was important that the mother-to-be told no one about her animal dreams. "My mother had several dreams involving me before I was born," the Asian lady told me. "She told me they were good, but that’s all she’s told me about them."

When I returned to my hotel, I wrote down everything I could remember about the conversation. As I’m interested in both dreams and animal symbolism, I tried to learn more about the dreams pregnant women have about animals. Unfortunately, the people I spoke to weren’t able to tell me anything that the two women hadn’t already covered.

About ten years later, while in Singapore, I was fortunate enough to meet a lady who made her living interpreting t’aimeng, which are predictive dreams about unborn children. Once I got to know her, she was happy to answer my questions, and encouraged me to write Spirit & Dream Animals.

A month or two after that, I had a predictive dream. In the dream I was driving into the city on the freeway. The car in front of me had a personalized plate that read "animal." One week later, I was driving along the same stretch of road that had been in my dream, and saw a car with the personalized plate "anamal." The spelling was slightly different, but it was obviously an omen. Over the years, I’ve learned to act on these, and a week or two later I began working on the book.

Although I first heard about predictive dreams involving animals while traveling in the Far East, they can be found all around the world. Here’s an example. Olympias, the mother of Alexander the Great, dreamt that she was sleeping with Ammon, the horned god. In the dream, Ammon told her that she had conceived a male child who would be her avenger.

Men can also experience predictive dreams about their unborn children. In the Bible, Joseph experienced a predictive dream after discovering that Mary, his wife, was pregnant. An angel appeared to him in the dream and told him the unborn child, Jesus, was the Son of God (Matthew 1:20-21).

Animals are often overlooked in our dreams. However, they fulfill an important purpose. Carl Jung, the Swiss psychiatrist, noticed that people frequently dream of helpful animals, or animal-headed people, when they are ill. In some way, these animals symbolize the healing process. One of the central beliefs of shamanism is the intrinsic connection between animals and humans. Shamans perform their tasks by using their power animals, or guardian spirits, to connect with the animal world. This connection frequently occurs in dreams.

Animals sometimes appear in dreams as human beings. The Jívaro people of South America find that a guardian spirit usually appears first as an animal, before appearing as a human being in a dream. The Jívaro believe that if an animal speaks to you, it is undoubtedly your power animal. It’s not surprising that animals can appear in human form in our dreams, as we are both living on this planet together, and are related in many different ways.

Australian Aborigines frequently refer to "Dreamtime," when the world was fresh and new, and ancestor spirits created form and shape to the land. Some of these mythic beings were people, while others were totem animals. The ancestor spirits had the ability to change from person to animal to help them decide what they wanted to be. According to Aborigine belief, animals still remember making their choice. The great fertility mothers and male genitors created the first people; these mythic figures are eternal, and even though some are killed, disappear, or change shape in the Aboriginal mythic stories, their integral qualities remain. They are spiritually just as alive today as they ever were, and the places where they metamorphosed became, and remain, sacred grounds. In the Dreamtime, man is just one part of nature, and is not considered especially different to the mythic people and animals that live there. The land still retains its memories of the Dreamtime, as do the Aboriginal people. Everyone is given an animal spirit at birth, and this provides the person with guidance, wisdom, and protection.

Dreaming of animals can be highly beneficial. They provide comfort, advice, and protection; they even provide advance warning of upcoming danger, when necessary. Their task is to help you progress through life. Because of this, you should pay attention to your animal dreams.

You should also be aware of your guardian animals while you are awake. If you are not aware of your guardian animals, ask them to make themselves known to you in your dreams. Once you have discovered who they are, communicate with them regularly, and call on them whenever you need advice, help, or comfort.

By paying attention to your guardian animals, and the animals that appear in your dreams, you’ll gain confidence and a sense of direction and purpose. Every aspect of your life will improve as a result.

An Interview with Author Richard Webster
by Llewellyn

1. You’ve written over forty books, ranging in topic from feng shui to angels to creative visualization. What inspired your new book,Spirit & Dream Animals , which addresses the symbolism of animals in our dreams?

I’ve always been fascinated with both dreams and animal symbolism. Despite all the books I’d read about shamans and other people communicating with animals in dreams, it never occurred to me to combine both interests until I accidentally overheard a conversation about animal dreaming. As soon as I heard this, I wanted to know everything I could about the subject, and spent a great deal of time seeking out people who could help me, or point me in the right direction. I had no intention of writing a book on the subject at that stage. The research was purely to satisfy my own curiosity. However, many of the people I spoke to encouraged me to write a book, and Spirit & Dream Animals is the result.

2. Why do you feel dreams are so important to us? Do sleep state dreams hold more power than waking daydreams?

Click here to read the full interview

A new release from Llewellyn

A new book by Wiccan Author Kerr Cuhulain is now available: “How To Be Glorious: Step By Step Empowerment”.  Kerr just released this title as an e-book on Smashwords.com: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/94453  It is due to be released as a print-on-demand book at Amazon CreateSpace by October 31.

How To Be Glorious is a book of empowerment. It is designed to help the reader master themselves, which will allow them to create their own reality and master their world. Use your intention to bring your dreams into reality out of that potentiality within you. The chaotic currents of fate are navigable: You just have to learn how to steer. It is about fearlessly exploring who you are and using all of your characteristics as tools to steer your course through life. To empower yourself, you must know yourself. There is a divine presence within, there to inspire you to use your own power.

If you’re powerless, you just haven’t learned how to use your strength. It is about removing obstacles to your empowerment by correcting a flawed self image. It is about unleashing the mind power which is your birthright and using it as you were meant to. You can no longer be a victim once you claim your power. If you don’t control your life, it will control you. This is about taking back control for your life. It is about making a decision to be a warrior, not a victim. If someone has power over you, this book will show you how to take it back. Stop letting life just happen to you and start directing the path of your life.

This new book by Kerr Cuhulain is a natural progression from his earlier books on warrior philosophy.



Order of Scáthach web site: http://www.dunscathach.com/

Order of Scathách training blog: http://dunscathach.wordpress.com/

Kerr Cuhulain’s blog: http://kerrcuhulain.blogspot.com/

Kerr’s latest Smashwords book: How To Be Glorious- Step by Step Empowerment: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/94453

Modern Knighthood: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/34975

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Pagan Religions: A Manual for Diversity Training:

is an anthology that encompasses the voices and experiences of minorities within the Pagan community and addresses some of the challenges, stereotyping, frustrations, talents, history and beauties of being different within the racial constructs of typical Pagan or Wiccan groups. Often the associations of the roots of Paganism have pushed assumptions that worshippers of Paganism are strictly Caucasian. The mainstreaming of Wicca has elevated images of worship and deity that connect with Celtic, Greek or Roman cultures. There are a lot of minority races that are practicing Pagans and are often having a myriad of experiences that are fashioned by the reality of walking between the worlds of their birth ancestry or culture and that of their spiritual culture. This anthology is an opportunity to share their stories and experiences with others around being the minorities within a minority spiritual community.

Some of the practitioners in this anthology practice paths that include (but are not limited to) Wicca, Voodoo, Umbanda, Shaman, Native and other Pagan paths. Join us in celebrating the incredible diversity and beauty that encompass the harmony that has created the song of the Pagan community. The previously unheard voices of our community are now sharing the power of experience through the written word and through their voices.

Author Information – Shades of Faith, Crystal Blanton: Crystal Blanton is a trained and experienced Registered Addictions Specialist in the field of drug and alcohol counseling, the mother of a large family and a married wife of fifteen years. Blanton has specialized in addiction studies and has experience in counseling, addiction, mental illness, developmental disabilities and criminal justice. “Bridging the Gap; Working Within the Dynamics of Pagan Groups and Society” addresses ways that techniques can be used to support the growing dynamics within the Pagan community. Blanton's second book "Shades of Faith; Minority Voices in Paganism" is an anthology that she worked on with other contributors, to give voice to those of minority decent who are also practicing Pagans. Blanton is an ordained minister with Covenant of the Goddess and a High Priestess with the Rising Phoenix Tradition (Family of the Rising Phoenix) and Dance of the Spirit Moon Tradition. Blanton is also a student mentor. She has worked in the field of counseling for the last 15years, over 11 of those have been within the drug and alcohol treatment field. She currently works with adolescent treatment of drugs and alcohol. Blanton has been published in Circle Magazine, The Belefire Magazine, Timeless Spirit Online Magazine, Witchvox and Pagan Pages. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and children. She is an avid reader, tarot reader, High Priestess, coven leader, mentor and enjoys having fun with the people in her life.

Throughout history, the ancient Northern people claimed themselves devoted to their gods. In many of the sagas and folklore, the ancients even trace back lineage directly to the divine. Today, in modern heathenry close personal relationships with deities have returned with full force. FULLTRÚI examines this phenomenon by showing real life examples of people living with patron gods. Granting readers an inside look into the joy and hardships of these relationships through personal firsthand accounts of those living and working with gods, FULLTRÚI answers many questions about working with gods including how to find and develop relationships with the gods by using practical and down to earth material that virtually everyone can relate to. This book breaks the standard academic nature of most heathen books, by allowing readers into the life of those that live with the gods. FULLTRÚI includes: Exercises to develop personal relationships with gods; Guided meditation to discover your personal patron and the worlds they live in; Devotional poetry to bring you closer to your gods; Compelling articles that show deep connections with gods; Historical examples of patron relationships. And much more. Let Mist take you on a personal exploration of patron relationships through which anyone can learn and develop bonds of their own. Come and heed the voice of the gods and submit yourself to fulltrúi.

Author Information -- Fulltrui, Patrons in Ásatrú , Mist: Mist, Gyðja of Kenaz Kindred, has been practicing Ásatrú for over nine years. After dedicating herself to the path, she created a kindred of her own: incorporating both spiritual experiences and historical practices into her teaching programs. Her rituals created a unique form of heathenry that allows for deep and meaningful connection with the gods. Mist lectures at many heathen and pagan festivals in Canada. She has also written for several other books. Most of her day is spent writing and caring for her toddler and running Kenaz Kindred. In her own words: "I came into heathenry by accident, through a direct meeting with Odin. It was not what I expected would happen to a person that was not aware of this path, but such is life. I learned quickly that I would have to change my whole way of thinking about everything, and delved into reading everything I could about heathenry. Out of all of the paths, Ásatrú spoke to me the loudest; I loved its stories, mythology and rituals. "I found myself very confused in the beginning, not knowing what I was supposed to do, and not finding much information out there to help me. I eventually decided to open a kindred of my own, and within a few months we grew from two to four members, people seemed to be drawn to us for a number of reasons, which only later we found out was because they were experiencing the same thing as we were, the gods seemed alive and well, and more real than just a bunch of stories. As our kindred grew, it became more relevant to start learning more advanced techniques and I studied runes to facilitate not only my own knowledge but to become a competent rune wrister. I started lecturing at various festivals in the hopes of finding others who shared in our experiences, it did not take long to find others who did, and our kindred grew to a fifteen members, some even joining from other parts of Canada. "I don’t think my expectation was to remain a priestess, but our kindred felt this was a path well suited for me, and so I took up the job, and professed to Ásatrú. I took oaths of adoption to my patron Odin, and then later to Frigga. The gods have given me a great deal of things that I am grateful for, including my daughter. I have come to find the path of Ásatrú one that continues to change, and I have changed along with it. Over the years, the fight to remain independent and different has had its unique challenges, including the lack of support and acceptance from traditional groups, but we continue to stand for what I can only think is because the gods want us to. I am grateful to have found my way here. It is has been like coming home for me, connecting to something that I feel I knew from a young age, but without a name to put to it. "I have a variety of interests from cooking to yarn crafts. I enjoy reading; writing and you can find me often sitting around listening to music from Odin’s Gift when I have a moment of free time. Most of my day is spent occupied by a toddler, a kindred, a family and my gods, and I find that it is next to impossible to talk to me at an event, but I am always here for my kindred no matter what."

This book is a primer for spiritual seekers and an introduction for those interested in Reiki, Buddhism, the Medicine Buddha and energy healing techniques. No previous knowledge is required, as the book includes the Medicine Buddha Healing Hands Technique, which will allow you to use the methods in the book for your own and others’ benefit, whether you’ve had formal training before or not. The author also examines the history and development of Reiki in depth, penetrating the myths and fantasies that have grown up around it. He explores aspects of Buddhism, and in particular the Medicine Buddha, that are pertinent to any practitioner, whatever their spiritual path. Filled with new, creative and interesting ways to work with healing energy, this book is an encyclopaedia of techniques. It covers diverse aspects and practices, including the use of mantras and meditation, and there is also a section for people with disabilities, giving a host of useful techniques for them to use healing energy effectively, whatever their physical limitations. The author has drawn upon his own experiences and experiments, as well as those of other practitioners, to create one of the most comprehensive collections of techniques ever produced.

What a delightful and thought provoking book!

Ah-Ah… When you see this wonderfully colorful book, you may be tempted to share it with your minor children. But, this book is for adults only!

Okay, what does that mean? Well, you’re not going to see much of anything that’s sordid or XXX, but you will find an intuitive creation that speaks to your inner child. This book touches the face of Deity, whichever one or ones that are important to you. There is a strong encouragement by the author to NOT to share this book with children and the reasons are stated within. Of course, as parents, the decision is yours.

I’m not sure you can ever get all the information, meanings, concepts, dreams, or ideas out of this e-book. Each time I look at the pages, new thoughts occur to me and I’m not even sure that Diana meant to bring these things to my mind, but there they are!

They say the word “inspired” means God-Breathed and I think that’s what happened with Diana. She simply opened herself up to the universe and then drew the messages as they came to her.

This book is simply so worth the money it costs to download it. And, the cost is so little.

By the way… I found a graphic within the book that depicts one of my favorite spells. How sweet to see such community in spell-casting.

Enjoy!

Susannkae

From Immanion Press

Storm Constantine's Wraeththu Mythos
Para Imminence -
Future Histories of Wraeththu

Call for Submissions

Following on from Paragenesis, a collection of Wraeththu Mythos stories exploring the origins of hara and their civilisation, this new collection focuses upon the far future of this androgynous race.

We are calling for submissions to this anthology, of stories between 3,000 and 10,000 words. As with Paragenesis, we are mainly looking for pieces that do not involve characters from the original Wraeththu books, although such characters may have 'cameo appearances' if it suits the story. Writers who were included in the first collection may also expand upon characters (or their descendants) who they created for their Paragenesis stories, if they so wish.

The scope is wide for this collection. Contributors can investigate the consequences of Wraeththu travelling the Otherlanes and visiting other realms. Some stories may have a science fiction tone to them if that's the way writers' inspirations take them. Stories set 'off world' can involve settlers on other realms, which gives contributors more freedom in respect of sticking to 'canon', as long as ideas don't depart too drastically from the original concept.

Alternatively, stories can be set on Earth, exploring how Wraeththu might have developed there. Future can mean 100 years from the original books, or 1000s of years.

Please let us know if you are interested in contributing and provide a short synopsis of your idea, by mailing Storm at the above email address. The deadline for completed submissions is 30th August 2012. As before, there will be a one off payment of $25 per story. Contributors are welcome to submit more than one.