H Byron Ballard

Journey into the wilderness within yourself using this book's series of guided meditations. H. Byron Ballard guides you through the uncharted and feral lands of your imagination, where you will connect to the primal mother the Goddess. Ballard shows you how to leave your domesticated world and enter a place of wild worship and joy, a feral church that is not bound by dogma or liturgy. Your search for the ancient and wild connection to the Goddess will take you to places familiar and unknown, both internal and external. Each chapter features a guided pathworking and a reflection to help you evaluate what you discovered on your journey. This book empowers you to step into the darkness, reconnect with your ancestors and various spirits, and emerge ready to live your fullest life.

Watch your own magic grow and thrive as you work through the practical and down-to-earth spells, charms, recipes, and formulas given in Bud, Blossom, & Leaf. From creating gardens for a wide variety of magical purposes to appeasing the fairies so your garden can thrive, this unique grimoire will delight any Witch looking to incorporate gardening into their magical practice. Within these pages, you'll find: Ideas for the creation of themed magical gardens Tips for predicting the weather Recipes for magical, culinary, cosmetic, and first-aid uses Suggestions for honoring the spirits of your garden Dorothy Morrison's Bud, Blossom, & Leaf: The Magical Herb Gardener's Handbook is the perfect guidebook for those looking to create their very own enchanted garden.

Exploring history, folklore, mythology, and science, this book gives you a unique look at two of the most popular magical creatures of all time. The crow and his cousin, the raven, are sacred to many cultures throughout the world, including Norse, Celtic, Jewish, and Indigenous traditions. This guide teaches you how to welcome these highly intelligent birds into your own spiritual practice, whether you follow Wicca, Heathenry, Druidry, or any other path. Crows & Ravens presents rituals, meditations, and exercises that help you discover the magic and mystery of corvids. Learn about crow and raven divination, create your own crow-raven talisman, uncover the shadowy side of corvids, and more. Found in nearly all urban and wild environments, these birds present you with magical opportunities and life lessons wherever you go.

Your Hands-on, Back-to-Basics Guide to Building a Magical Practice As if you're having face-to-face lessons on her porch, H. Byron Ballard introduces you to the ways of magic, answering vital questions about what it is, why it matters, and how to do it. She teaches the mechanics and foundational skills of practice, offering no-nonsense techniques that practitioners of any skill level or tradition can use. Drawing from her many years as a practicing witch, Ballard demonstrates how to engage daily with the energy around you. She encourages you to experience magic with fresh eyes—whether you're a beginner or need to regain a beginner's mind. This book provides grounding exercises, shielding methods, healing magic, insight on witchcraft tools, and more. Ballard offers everything you need to live a full, enchanted life in our deliciously magical world.

An invitation to return to a simpler time of earth-based spirituality and ritual living, through writings from a small forest-farm in the Appalachian Highlands. This book looks at the agricultural year as a starting space for a deepening of earth-centered spirituality. It gives a set of backstories to ease the reader into a time between the pre-industrial era and the modern one, into a place where the fast-moving stress of American life can be affected by a better connection not only to the natural world but to the elegant expression of the year as expressed through seasonal festivals and celebrations. The chapters are broken into four seasons, with the quarter days a highlight within each, and feature simple skills that accompany each marker in the year. Author H. Byron Ballard offers advice on spiritual and physical immersion into the seasons that applies to readers from all areas: rural, urban, and suburban. This is also a deeply practical book, including insights into the following: Farming & gardening: composting, manure, soil preparation, pests, seed-savingFood: cooking, preserving, foraging, the summer kitchen, mushrooms and myceliumFiber arts: knitting, crocheting, spinning, weaving, decorative cut-work, and embroiderySewing: treadle machines, electric machines, hand sewingHousehold crafts: candle-making, soap-making, broom-making, sharpening toolsHealth: medicines, tending the dying, death and death rituals A glossary is included for any unfamiliar terms.