Reviews
The Eco-Foods Guide: What’s Good for the Earth is Good for You!
The Eco-Foods Guide:
What’s Good for the Earth is Good for You!
by Cynthia Barstow
New Society, Gabriola Island, 2002
A generation ago, grocery shopping was easy. You went to the meat counter at your local market and watched the butcher grind your beef. You picked up iceberg lettuce and Red Delicious apples in the produce department, a loaf of Wonder Bread, and a jar of spaghetti sauce completed your list. You didn’t buy milk and eggs; the milkman delivered those to your front door. Mango? Radicchio? What were those?
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Self-Hypnosis: Easy Ways to Hypnotize Your Problems Away
Self-Hypnosis:
Easy Ways to Hypnotize Your Problems Away
by Dr. Bruce Goldberg
New Page Books
I was skeptical at best when I picked up this book. Self-hypnosis has always seemed to be too good to be true. Most of what I had previously read on the subject was a combination of pseudo-New Age meditation, hype, and recto-fumigation. However, Dr. Goldberg’s book presents hypnosis in a serious and scientific way.
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Goddess Gift
Goddess Gift
by Sharon Turnbull, Ph.D
Quiet Time Press, 2007
Maybe there’s a reason why for thousands of years individual people have been drawn to particular gods and goddesses. In Dr. Sharon Turnbull’s book Goddess Gift, she helps readers discover their own “personal goddess type,” the female deity who most resembles their own personality and who can help them better themselves.
Good Karma: How to Find It and Keep it
Good Karma:
How to Find It and Keep it
by Joan Duncan Oliver
Duncan Baird, 2006
Good Karma: How to Find and Keep It is such a cute little book that it may mislead the reader into thinking it can’t possibly be serious. Such a judgment would be mistaken.
The Amulet Manual: A Guide to Understanding and Making Your Own Amulets
The Amulet Manual:
A Guide to Understanding and Making Your Own Amulets
by Kim Farnell
O Books, 2007
Most Pagans, once they have some experience, prefer to create their own magical objects. The Amulet Manual is a guidebook to making amulets, magical objects aimed at drawing a particular sort of energy, influence, or entity.
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The Crafty Witch
The Crafty Witch:
101 Ideas for Every Occasion
by Willow Polson
Kensington, 2007
If you enjoyed Ms. Polson’s Witch Crafts (Kensington, 2002) you are absolutely going to enjoy The Crafty Witch! This is a richly-illustrated book filled with crafts just about any one of us can make. From cross-stitch “Never Thirst” sippie cups to embellished altar shelves to handmade soaps, Ms. Polson has put together a charming collection of things we can make.
