Category: Reviews

Aidan’s First Full Moon Circle by W. Lyon Martin © 2008 Magical Child Books ISBN 978-0979683442 32 pages Hardbound $16.95 (U.S.) Reviewed by: Mike Gleason This is going to be a short review, simply because the book itself is very short. Ms. Martin has created a book which fulfills multiple purposes in spite of the…

The Pagan Anthology of Short Fiction © 2008 Llewellyn ISBN 978-0-7387-1269-7 228 pages Paperback $18.95 (U.S.) $21.95 (Canada) Reviewed by: Mike Gleason For years I bemoaned the lack of Pagan-friendly fiction written by authors who had, at the very least, an understanding of out ways. I discovered that I have been looking in the wrong…

The Magician by Michael Scott © 2008 Knopf ISBN: 978-0385733585 256 pages Hardcover $16.99 (U.S.) Reviewed by: Mike Gleason Once again we enter the world of Josh and Sophie Newman (fraternal twins) and the immortal Nicholas and Perenelle (Nick and Perry) Flamel. If all you want is a good fantasy read for the teen in…

The Witch School Third Degree by Rev. Donald Lewis-Highcorrell © 20008 Llewellyn EAN 978-0-7387-1303-8 333 pages Paperback $29.95 (U.S.) $34.95 (Canada) Reviewed by: Mike Gleason This is the third, and final, “degree” book in this series. There remains one more book to come (devoted to “Ritual, Theory and Practice”) and, as such it makes certain…

Watchers by W. Lyon Martin © 2008 Magical Child Books ISBN 978-0979683459 32 pages Hardbound $16.95 (U.S.) Reviewed by: Mike Gleason Lyon Martin met a lady who shared a poem she learned from her grandmother. That poem inspired this book. Thomas is being stalked by monsters at night. He can’t see them, but he can…

Witch Heart by Jonathan Sousa © 2007 Lulu.com 121 pages Paperback $13.66 (U.S.) Reviewed by: Mike Gleason This book is a collection of articles designed to expand on some of the concepts contained in a typical “Wicca 101” book. As such it does not so much introduce concepts and ideas as encourage discussion and examination…