Crooked Path Podcast MP3s Now Available

I've bowed to the inevitable, and put the complete set of podcasts for The Crooked Path onto a data DVD, and those of you who have been looking for the old episodes can now purchase them on one handy disc...

This data DVD contains all the original episodes - 112 of them - plus the pilot and one or two supplimental ones, along with an insert sheet listing the episodes and their contents.

The Crooked Path was a popular and controversial podcast thast focussed on Traditional Witchcraft. Filled with Lore, practical techniques, interviews with Crafters and music from the likes of Wendy Rule, it was one of the few podcasts to focus on non-Wiccan Witchcraft. Of course, there are more catering to thatgenre now.

I closed the original Crooked Path website, but new episodes go up on an infrequent schedule at the new site, Peter's Crooked Path. I hope to be back to regular weekly podcasts by the end of this year.

A Very Special offer for Pendraig Special Editions

We need to raise funds for a special project, and so we have decided to offer a very special deal. If you like the Special Editions we put out, this is a once in a lifetime opportunity.
For a one-time investment, you will receive - automatically - one copy of every Special Edition we publish, for the rest of your life. You will be mailed a certificate, which is your guarantee on this offer, and will then automatically receive each special edition as it becomes available, starting with my Visceral Magick SE - or for a small additional sum, we'll include the already-released A Grimoire for Modern Cunningfolk.

Each of our Special Editions is a collector's item:

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  Hardcover edition
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  Limited to 100 signed and numbered copies
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  Often includes extra material not in the standard edition

Obviously this offer can only be extended to a limited number of people, so check out the offer now, before they are all gone.

Update on Sybil Leek: Out of the Shadows

Some of you have noticed that Christine Jones' book Sybil Leek: Out of the Shadows was released prior to being fully proofed. The reason for this is that Christine is unwell, and was afraid that she would not survive to hold the book in her hands. So we elected to rush the book through, and she has been very effusive about how much it meant to her to see and hold the published book.

Now Christine is still unwell, though she is doing better, and we will be updating the book this week with a revised interior, proofed and corrected. This isn't the way we normally do things, but I am sure you will all understand the exception we made for this dear lady.

Bendith,

Peter

Pendraig Publishing at Pagan Pride

Yesterday we loaded up the car and drove north to Bakersfield, CA, to the Kern County Pagan Pride Day. Aside from giving me an oportunity to teach my Visceral Magick workshop and sign some books, it was a chance to hang out with friends and make some new ones.

As you can see from the photo, in addition to myself, on the left, we had Jo-Ann Mierzwicki, our layout artist (center) and author S. P. Hendrick (right), and lurking under the tree in the background is my camera-shy wife, Linda. The photo was taken by Jo-Ann's husband, author Tony Mierzwicki (Graeco-Egyptian Magick, Immanion Press). We had a great time, and were made very welcome by organizer and children's author Katie Olivares (ABC Book of Shadows and Orion on the Goddess, DVD).

Next Saturday we'll be doing the whole thing again, only this time we will be heading out to the Antelpe Valley Pagan Pride Day, in Palmdale, CA. If you are in the area, why not come and say hello!

Book Trailer 2 - Son of Air and Darkness

Here's the second trailer for "Son of Air and Darkness".

Book Trailer - Son of Air and Darkness

This trailer for Son of Air and Darkness, by S. P. Hendrick, stars Stephen White as Dubhghall Mac Cu, and S. P. Hendrick as the Morrigan.

I Was Right!

Yes, I was right - Saturday was a LOT of fun - in fact the whole weekend was fun! First of all, I got to play with my toys - hi-def camera, green screen, costumes, actors and lights - and then I got to spend Sunday playing wit hthe software toys. I used After Effects, working in HD, to apply the backgrounds to the footage I shot on Saturday, and I have to say it is a big improvement from using standard def (DV). So I've got all the footage for the first trailer processed, and I'll be editing the clips together tonight for the first Son of Air and Darkness trailer, which I will post here, of course.

On Sunday evening Ann Finnin gave us a sneak peek at her presentation for her trip to London next month (She and Dave are attending A Day For Gerald).

On an unrelated note, I heard that on some forum or other about Traditional Witchcraft, people are sounding off about the fact that we just published the book about Sybil Leek, and we are publishing three books by Ray Buckland. You'd think that people would be happy to have the material available, but certain folks seem very unhappy that it is me putting them out. I guess I should be flattered that  I loom so large in their lives, but seriously... I wish they would grow up! Apparently the thought that Pendraig or I personally might be doing well really bothers them, so I guess I'm going to have to just keep bothering them :o)