I'm pleased to say that my leg has healed nicely - thanks to everyone who sent healing energy and good wishes. It healed just in time, really, because things are starting to get busy!
This weekend is choc full of goodness, and there are some fun events I'll be attending further away in time and space...
First, this weekend's fun and frippery, which includes a Craft Fair tomorrow at Winnetka Tower in the San Fernando Valley, where I'll be selling books and doing Tarot readings. Then on Sunday, I'm teaching a class on Talismans at The Cauldron in Silverlake, CA, owned by the lovely Lorna and her cat, Mandrake. Then on Monday its back to Winnetka Tower to teach a class about initiation.
By the way, I'm teaching many classes at both locations.
Then in September, I'm off to the Pagan Podkin Super Moot, in Salem MA. This is a gathering of Pagan podcasters and those who enjoy listening to their podcasts, and it takes place over the weekend of September 17th.
Lastly, in November I will once again be attending ShadowHarvest in North Carolina. I had so much fun there last year, and they've beenmad enough to invite me back again this year.
Add to that the usual collection of Pagan Pride events (I'll be presenting at the Los Angeles one as well as Kern County and Antelope Valley this year), and the Wendy Rule concert I'll be hosting at the end of July in Los Angeles, and it is starting to look like a busy year.
... and don't forget to watch out for my latest book, "Visceral Magick", which should be coming out very soon now.
Friday, April 1, 2011
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
February and Mortality
So February turned out to be an interesting month for me. First of all, I've gotten back into archery. I last indulged in that sport at high school - aside from owning an English longbow that was used in the movie "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" that I only rarely made use of - and now I appear to have the bug... I have a recurve and a longbow (the one used in that Cadillac ad), and I recently qualified to compete in SCA archery events.
In fact, the same day I qualified, I managed to encounter the second half of this entry's title - my own mortality. No, I didn't have a William Rufus-esque adventure with the arrows, but I did receive a wound. At some point in the days prior to this I walked barefoot wher I shouldn't have, and an opportunistic infection found its way into my system, taking up residence in my right leg. As a result, on that sunday evening I found myself being admitted to hospital with my leg twice its normal size, blistered, angry and oozing. I'm told a few more hours and I might have been looking at a career as a pirate...
Luckily, the saws were not brought out, but I ended up spending three days in hospital with IV antibiotics. This is the best thing that has happened to me in years, though, because it brought to light a few things that needed to be taken care of, that could easily have killed me at any time.
The high blood pressure I sort of knew about... well, okay, I knew about it and deliberately avoided medical facilities for fear they'd put me on blood-pressure medication. Well, now I am on the stuff, but not having any side-effects, and my BP is more or less normal for what may be the first time in my life.
The diabetes, well, I was afraid they might find something like that, but my blood sugar isn't horribly high, and I'm told that if I lose the weight, I should be able to say goodbye to the DB and BP meds altogether. And I am losing the weight, too - six pounds in hospital, and another 14 since I came home, and I look and feel better than I have for several years.
So, just like initiation and immersion into the Mysteries, I have faced my fears and come away from the experience renewed and re-invigorated. I am firmly on a path to becoming healthy, which should ensure I'll be around to write, podcast and generally annoy the Pagan community for many years to come. I guess I wasn't paying attention to the messages from my Ancestors and Gods, as usual, so they literally knocked my feet out from under me to make me pay attention.
Now I just need to get Visceral Magick finished and on the bookshelves, before they whack me again...
In fact, the same day I qualified, I managed to encounter the second half of this entry's title - my own mortality. No, I didn't have a William Rufus-esque adventure with the arrows, but I did receive a wound. At some point in the days prior to this I walked barefoot wher I shouldn't have, and an opportunistic infection found its way into my system, taking up residence in my right leg. As a result, on that sunday evening I found myself being admitted to hospital with my leg twice its normal size, blistered, angry and oozing. I'm told a few more hours and I might have been looking at a career as a pirate...
Luckily, the saws were not brought out, but I ended up spending three days in hospital with IV antibiotics. This is the best thing that has happened to me in years, though, because it brought to light a few things that needed to be taken care of, that could easily have killed me at any time.
The high blood pressure I sort of knew about... well, okay, I knew about it and deliberately avoided medical facilities for fear they'd put me on blood-pressure medication. Well, now I am on the stuff, but not having any side-effects, and my BP is more or less normal for what may be the first time in my life.
The diabetes, well, I was afraid they might find something like that, but my blood sugar isn't horribly high, and I'm told that if I lose the weight, I should be able to say goodbye to the DB and BP meds altogether. And I am losing the weight, too - six pounds in hospital, and another 14 since I came home, and I look and feel better than I have for several years.
So, just like initiation and immersion into the Mysteries, I have faced my fears and come away from the experience renewed and re-invigorated. I am firmly on a path to becoming healthy, which should ensure I'll be around to write, podcast and generally annoy the Pagan community for many years to come. I guess I wasn't paying attention to the messages from my Ancestors and Gods, as usual, so they literally knocked my feet out from under me to make me pay attention.
Now I just need to get Visceral Magick finished and on the bookshelves, before they whack me again...
Monday, January 10, 2011
A New Year, a New Journal, a New Podcast...
The holiday period has been busy, and not just for the usual reasons...
Pendraig Publishing has just released a new edition of Ray Buckland's classic Practical Color Magick, and is about to release issue 7 of the Crooked Path Journal. It has been over a year since issue 6, but it was worth the wait, as the Journal has a new format, layout, more pages, and a new, lower price of just $7.
If that isn't enough to get you interested, it includes articles by Orion Foxwood, Ann Finnin, and yours truly, and its release coincides with the return of another relic from my past, the Crooked Path Podcast.
My new book, Visceral Magick, will be coming out shortly, and I will have copies of that and my Grimoire to sell at PantheaCon on President's Day Weekend, where I will be presenting a workshop called Invocation and the Ancient Art of Ritual Possession.
Pendraig Publishing has just released a new edition of Ray Buckland's classic Practical Color Magick, and is about to release issue 7 of the Crooked Path Journal. It has been over a year since issue 6, but it was worth the wait, as the Journal has a new format, layout, more pages, and a new, lower price of just $7.
If that isn't enough to get you interested, it includes articles by Orion Foxwood, Ann Finnin, and yours truly, and its release coincides with the return of another relic from my past, the Crooked Path Podcast.
My new book, Visceral Magick, will be coming out shortly, and I will have copies of that and my Grimoire to sell at PantheaCon on President's Day Weekend, where I will be presenting a workshop called Invocation and the Ancient Art of Ritual Possession.
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Interview on Witchtalk
I'm being interviewed on Witchtalk in about half an hour (1PM PST). Listen to it live or listen to the archived recording here:
Witchtalk
Witchtalk
Monday, October 25, 2010
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.
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.
Monday, October 4, 2010
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:
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:
Hardcover edition
Limited to 100 signed and numbered copies
Often includes extra material not in the standard edition
Monday, September 27, 2010
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
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
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