The Temple of Sheelaghnagig

didn't even make it to 60 last year....

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:23:20 GMT

October 7: Heaven, Ross: "The Sin Eater's Last Confession"
October 24: Mehl-Madrona, Lewis, M.D. "Coyote Medicine"
October 25: Goodman, Felicitas D: "My Last Forty Days"
October 25: SARK: "Eat Mangoes Naked"
November 9: Paxson, Diane L. "Trance-Portation"
November 26: Grace, Catherine O'Neill and Margaret M Bruchac: "1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving"
December 18: Skye, Michelle: "Goddess Afoot!"

i forgot to record some of the books i finished, and i started a lot that i haven't finished yet...but there it is, my worst year for reading yet.

july, august and september books

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 01:49:32 GMT

july 2: flack, audrey: "art and soul"
july 4: perlmutter, dawn and debra koppman eds: "reclaiming the spiritual in art"
july 6: mcniff, shaun: "art as medicine"
july 11: choucha, nadia: "surrealism and the occult"
july 19: allen, pat b: "art is a way of knowing"
july 20: freeman-zachery, rice: "living the creative life"
july 30: gablik, suzi: "has modernism failed?"
august 5: gold, aviva: "painting from the source"
august 18: nesbett, peter, shelly bancfroft, sarah andreas eds: "letters to a young artist"
august ?: malchiodi, cathy a: "the soul's palette"
september 5: haynes, deborah j: "art lessons"
september 20: lubell, winifred milius: "the metamorphosis of baubo"
september ?: wallace, linda kay marie: "the spiral path"
september 29: moss, robert: "the dreamer's book of the dead"

book list (what i have read from april through june 2008)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:02:08 GMT

april 4: moss, nan: "weather shamanism"
april 6: chopra, shambhavi lorain: "yogini"
april 9: allione, tsultrim: "feeding your demons"
april 10: roderick, timothy: "once unknown familiar"
april 11: grimassi, raven: "the witch's familiar"
april 12: mac morgan-douglas, kaatryn: "the ethical eclectic"
april 18: nicdhana, kathrin price and erynn rowan laurie, c.lee vermeers, lyn lambert ni ehoirean et all: "the cr faq"
april 19: mac morgan-douglas, kaatryn: "wicca 444"
april 20: cruden, loren: "walking the maze"
april 29: stewart, r.j.: "the living world of faery"
may 3: jones, evan: "witchcraft: a tradition renewed"
may 5: raeburn, jane: "celtic wicca"
may 9: williams, lisa: "life among the dead"
june 21: stroud, betsy dillard: "the artist's muse"
june 28: allen, pat b. "art is a spiritual path"

books i have read in 2008, so far...

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:32:02 GMT

1. January 10: Goodman, Felicitas D. "Where Spirits Ride the Wind"
2. January 11: Cunningham, Scott: "Dreaming the Divine"
3. January 12: Roth, Geneen. "The Craggy Hole in My Heart and the Cat Who Filled It"
4. January 20: Keeney, Bradford. "Shaking Medicine"
5. January 21: SARK. "Transformation Soup"
6. January 27: Bonewits, Isaac. "Neo-Pagan Rites"
7. January 28: Cruden, Loren. "Coyote's Council Fire"
8. January 30: LeBerge, Stephen, PhD. "Lucid Dreaming"
9. January 31: Monaghan, Patricia and Eleanor Viereck. "Meditation: The Complete Guide"
10. February ?: Chopra, Deepak. "Life After Death: The Burden of Truth"
11. February ?: Levy, Mark. "Technicians of Ecstasy: Shamanism and The Modern Artist"
12. February 16: McCoy, Ann. "Ann McCoy"
13. February 18: Tolle, Eckhart. "A New Earth"
14. February 21: "One Source Sacred Journeys: A Celebration of Spirit and Art"
15. February 27: Grey, Alex. "The Mission of Art"
16. March 11: Nelson, Mary Carroll. "Artists of the Spirit"
17. March 27: Lynse, Robin Heerens. "Dancing Up the Moon"
18. March 30: Ingerman, Sandra. "How to Heal Toxic Thoughts"

76 books in 2007

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:57:07 GMT

here is a list of the books i have read in the last three months of 2007:

free, esra: "wicca 404"
penczak, christopher: "the inner temple of witchcraft"
lipp, deborah: "the study of witchcraft"
d'este, sorita and david rankine: "circle of fire"
matthews, caitlin: "the celtic book of the dead"
grof, stanislov md and christine grof: eds.: "spiritual emergency"
barrette, elizabeth: "composing magic"
penczak, christopher: "the outer temple of witchcraft"
smith, constance: "internet 101 for artists"
poore, henry rankin: "pictorial composition"
skyke, michelle: "goddess alive!"
bonewits, pheadra and isaac: "real energy"
evslin, bernard: "medusa"
penczak, christopher: "the temple of shamanic witchcraft"
monaghan, patricia: "o mother sun"

the last three months of books

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 16:40:33 GMT

july 3: haftmann, werner: "chagall"
july 3: glimcher, mildred: "dekooning/dubuffet: the women"
july 4: desai, vishakhan: "converstations with tradion: nilima sheikir and shahzia sikander"
july 6: rexen, lyle: "how to look at outsider art"
july 11: grove, nancy: "magical mixtures: marisol portrait sculpture"
july 20: nemser, cindy: "art talke: conversations with 15 women artists"
july 21: gruagach, ben: "the wiccan mystic"
august 5: albert, greg: "the simple secret to better painting"
august 11: petterson, melvyn and colin gale: "the isntant printmaker"
august 15: elkens, james: "on the strange place of religion in contemporary art"
august 18: grimassi, raven: "the wiccan mysteries"
august 22: talboys, graeme: "way of the druid"
september 6: blamires, steve: "celtic tree mysteries"
september 8: bonewits, isaac: "bonewits's essential guide to witchcraft and wicca"
september 10: roth, geneen: "feeding the hungry heart"
september 15: bonewits, isaac: "bonewits's essential guide to druidism"
september 22: roth, geneen: "when food is love"
september 25: roth, geneen: "appetites"
september 28: freeman, mara: "kindling the celtic spirit"

books i finished reading from april to june...

Tue, 03 Jul 2007 20:53:51 GMT

i started a lot of books in june but didn't finish any. i have been having "reader's block". but i finished a book on marc chagall today so maybe i am back on track.

april 1: MacEowen, Frank: "The Celtic Way of Seeing"
april 1: SARK: "Inspiration Sandwich"
april 6: Campbell, Joseph, Riane Eisler, Marija Gimbutas and Charles Muses: "In All Her Names"
april 13: Paper, Jordan: "Through the Earth Darkly"
april 27: Campbell, Joseph: "Masks of God: Primative Mytholgy"
april 27: Falk, Marica (trans): "The Song of Songs"
april 28: Kinsella, Thomas (trans): "The Tain"
may 3: Penczak, Christopher: "Instant Magick"
may 7: Boucher, Sandy: "Opening the Lotus"
may 9: Ruiz, Don Miguel: "The Four Agreements"
may 10: SARK: "A Creative Companion"
may 13: Dubois, Allison: "Don't Kiss them Goodbye"
may 27: Penczak, Christopher: "Mystic Foundation"

what i've read so far this year

Sun, 01 Apr 2007 20:24:38 GMT

1. January 4: D'Este, Sorita and David Rankine: "The Guises of the Morrigan"
2. January 4: Neal, Carl F.: "Incense: Crafting and Use of Magickal Scents"
3. January 7: Penczak, Christopher: "City Magick"
4. January 8: Taylor, Paula: "Gemini: Sun Signs for Young People"
5. January 8: Farber, Monte and Amy Zerner: "Astrology Gems: Gemini"
6. January 8: Starr, Amanda: "My Sign is Gemini"
7. January 9: Mars, Julie: "Secrets of the Sun Signs: Gemini"
8. January 9: Holloway, Lee: "Gemini: The Artful Astrolger"
9. January 23: Orgel, Doris: "We Goddesses"
10. February 5: Stewart Anna: "Mother Blessings"
11. February 7: Penczak, Christopher: "Spirit Allies"
12. February 12: K, Amber and Azrael Arynn: "Ritual Craft"
13. February 19: Gramassi, Raven: "Witchcraft: A Mystery Tradition"
14. February 23: Maser, Shari: "Blessingways"
15. February 25: Cortlund, Yara, Barb Lucke, Donna Miller Watelet and Pam England: "Mother Rising"
16. February 28: Sullivan, Tammy: "Elemental Witch"
17. March 2: Condren, Mary: "The Serpent and the Goddess"
18. March 6: Palin, Poppy: "Seasons of Sorcery"
19. March 11: Orgel, Doris: "My Mother's Daughter"
20. March 18: Palin, Poppy: "Wildwitch"
21. March 20: SARK: "Succulent Wild Woman"
22. March 22: Byrne, Rhonda: "The Secret"
23. March 23: SARK: "The Bodacious Book of Succulence"
24. March 30: O'Donohue, John: "Anam Cara"
25. March 30: Rowan, Arthur: "The Lore of the Bard"

last book list update of the year

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 19:09:05 GMT

61. september 21: bennett, robin rose: "healing magic"
62. september 23: redman, layne: "chakra meditations"
63. october 5: wennstrom, jenny: "the inspired heart"
64: october 15: berry, ian and jessica hough: "nemesis: shazia sikander"
65: october ?: penczack, christopher: "the inner temple of witchcraft" (reread)
66. october 31: madden, kristin: "the shamanic book of death and dying"
67. novemeber 7: goldhor lerner, harriet, phd. "the dance of intimacy"
68. november 9: clement, jennifer: "widow basquiat"
69. november 18: penczack, christopher: "the outer temple of witchcraft" (reread)
70. november 20: madden, kristin: "the book of shamanic healing"
71. december 17: monaghan, patricia: "o mother sun" (reread)
72. december 19: mccrickard, janet: "eclipse of the sun" (reread)
73. decmeber 27: mcgrath, sheena: "the sun goddess" (reread)
74. december 30: myers, brenden cathbad: "the mysteries of druidry"

not only did i not make it to 100 i didn't even make it to 75--unless i spend the rest of the day reading the book i started this morning.

an update on the books i've read this year--4/24 to today:

Tue, 29 Aug 2006 22:08:29 GMT

24 April: Jamal, Michelle: "Shapeshifters: Shaman Women in Contemporary Society"
25 April: Kolkmeyer, A.V.: "The Clear Red Stone"
26 April: Conway, D.J. and Sirona Knight: "Shapeshifter Tarot"
27 April: Matthews, John: "The Green Man"
3 May: Sergiev, Gilly: "How to Catch Faires"
12 May: MacEowen, Frank: "The Spiral of Memory and Belonging"
17 May: Galernorn, Yasmine: "Totem Magic"
22 May: White, Kirk: "Adept Circle Magic"
22 May: Arlenea, Willow and Jasmine Cori: "The Tarot of Transformation"
22 May: Andrews, Lynn: "Walk in Spirit"
31 May: Noble, Vicki: "The Double Goddess"
7 June: Matthews, Caitlin: "Singing the Soul Back Home"
9 June: Andrews, Lynn V.: "Medicine Woman"
16 June: Andrews, Lynn V.: "Spirit Woman"
30 June: Higginbotham, Joyce and River: "Pagan Spirituality"
1 July: Carbonetti, Jeanne: "Making Pearls"
3 July: Greer, John Michael: "The Druidry Handbook"
4 July: Ellison, Robert Lee: "The Solitary Druid"
12 July: Gallagher, Anne-Marie: "Inner Magic"
12 July: Feldman, Ronald and Carrie Ricky, Lucy R. Lippard, Linda F McGreevy, Carter Ratcliff: "Ida Applebroog"
16 July: Romani, Rosa: "Green Spirituality"
19 July: McColman, Carl: "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Celtic Wisdom"
21 July: Dumars, Denise: "Be Blessed"
23 July: Higginbotham, Joyce and River: "Paganism"
27 July: MacEowen, Frank: "The Mist-Filled Path"
28 July: Knight, Sirona: "Faery Magick"
30 July: Johnson, Kenneth: "North Star Road"
31 July: Azara, Nancy: "Spirit Taking Form"
8 August: Silverwind, Selene: "The Everything Paganism Book"
10 August: Andrews, Lynn: "Teachings Around the Sacred Wheel"
11 August: Orr, Emma Restall: "Living Druidry"
18 August: Myss, Caroline: "Anatomy of the Spirit"
22 August: LaCour, Suzanne and Dean Montalbano: "The Ogham and the Universal Truth of the Trees"
24 August: Judith, Anodea, Ph.D.: "Wheels of Life"
25 August: McCoy, Edain: "Past-Life and Karmic Tarot"
29 August: Orr, Emma Restall: "Principles of Druidry"
29 August: Ward, Edna M. ed.: "Celebrating Ourselves: A Crone Ritual Book"

i need to read 10 books a month for the rest of the year to reach 100--can i do it? yes? will i? maybe...

Read'em and Weep

Wed, 12 Apr 2006 16:52:30 GMT

these are the books i've read so far this year....i am falling way behind...at this rate i won't reach 100 by the end of the year....better start cracking:

1. January 6: Quinn, Daniel. "Ishmael"
2. January 10: Jones, Kathy. "The Ancient British Goddess"
3. January 10: Talbot, Michael. "The Holographic Universe"
4. January 15: Bentov, Itzhak. "Stalking the Wild Pendulum"
5. January 21: Sinclair-Wood, Lynne. "Creating Form From the Mist"
6. January 23: Crowley, Vivianne. "Principle's of Wicca"
7. January 29: Cabot, Laurie. "Power of the Witch" (reread)
8. February 12: Pollack, Rachel. "Seeker: The Tarot Unveiled"
9. February 15: Greer, Mary K. "The Complete Book of Tarot Reversals"
10. February 17: O Duinn, Sean. "Rites of Brighid: Goddess and Saint"
11. February 17: Penczak, Christopher. "The Witch's Shield"
12. February 22: Sylan, Dianne. "The Body Sacred"
13. February 23: Gavin, Jamila. "Three Indian Goddesses"
14. February 24: Bonewitz, Isaac. "Real Magic"
15. February 26: Kenner, Corrine. "Tarot Journaling"
16. March 3: Buxton, Simon. "The Shamanic Way of the Bee"
17. March 4: Leclere, Alexadra. "Seeing the Dead, Talking with Spirits"
18. March 11: Sjoo, Monica. "Return of the Dark/Light Mother or New Age Armageddon?
19: March 23: Amberstone, Ruth Ann and Wald.
"Tarot Tips"
20: Roth, Gabrielle. "Connections"
21: Gardner, Ruth. "Celebrating the Crone"
22: Scott, Gini Graham, Ph.D. "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Shamanism"
23. Buxton, Simon and Ross Heaven, "Darkness Visable"