Year of the Witch (Paperback)

Connecting With Nature's Seasons Through Intuitive Magic

When we think of the wheel of the year, the Wiccan wheel with its celebrations of the Yule, Beltane, Mabon, and Samhain come to mind. But what about a wheel of the year for the rest of us pagans and witches? As a witch living in sunny South Florida, longtime hereditary witch Temperance Alden has often felt at odds gearing up to celebrate Yule, for example, when it is 76 degrees and sunny outside.

Readers will learn to create their own intuitive practices in harmony with the climate, culture, and local spirits where they live. Year of the Witch covers all aspects of this new, seasonal practice:

• The origins of the neo-pagan wheel of the year and why it is still so relevant today
• Culture, historical facts, and traditions associated with the major ceremonies
• Basic principles of land-based magick
• How to intuitively connect to nature and local gods
• Being a custodian to the land and its impact on spirituality

Why We Carry It
Temperance Alden practices in South Florida, where Yule lands at seventy-six degrees and sunny. Her answer is to build the wheel from the climate and the land you actually live on. If the standard eight sabbats have never quite fit, this is why.

Who It Is For
Witches outside northern Europe, which is most of us, and anyone in Texas who has wondered what Lammas means in August heat.

Try It With

• The Hearth Witch's Year
• The Witches' Almanac
• Backyard Garden Witchery
• Wheel of the Year