New Releases by Caitlin Matthews

By the renowned Celtic and shamanic expert Caitl n Matthews, this is the only oracle that uses the archetypes of the Celtic world to connect us to our ancestors, allowing us to consult them for guidance and insight, and to respond to their questions to clarify our thinking. With an 88pp guidebook and 40 cards (beautifully illustrated by Wil Kinghan) embodying archetypes of the Celtic world, this fantastic interactive oracle offers a way of consulting and communicating with our ancestors, whatever our race or culture. Two sets of cards make up the Oracle: 1. Divine Ancestor Cards: these eight cards represent the ancestors from whom everyone alive is descended - the matriarch (goddess) and patriarch (god) archetypes whom we all recognise. 2. Clan Cards: these 32 cards represent the circle of Common Ancestors, who stand behind our more recent forebears and hold a huge collective of wisdom. There are four clans: Truth, Honour, Sovereignty and Wisdom, each one based on a category of Celtic society (farmers, warriors, nobles and artists/craftspeople). You can draw cards in different ways: a single card for immediate guidance, or spreads of between three and eight cards for a more in-depth reading (these are covered in detail in the guidebook). The oracle given by each of the Clan Cards enables you to make decisions, navigate challenging situations and follow your highest path, while the questions posed by the Divine Ancestors question your attitude to the issue you''re asking about and help you to understand your own deeper motives. These ancestor cards are also perfect for approaching problems within a family or social group, including those passed down from our recent ancestors as well as those generated in the current era. Celtic tradition is an enduring source of cultural and spiritual inspiration for many, making a bridge to the wisdom of our ancestral heritage, whatever our origins. Throughout, Caitl n has been inspired by rich stories of Celtic mythology and legend, which help express the meaning of each card.

Discover a system of magical work based on the stories of Arthur and his legendary realm. With meditations, rituals, visualizations, and pioneering shamanic techniques, Arthurian Magic leads you on a profound soul journey designed to raise consciousness and unleash deep levels of wisdom. Discover dozens of exercises and a complete twelve-month course of study that will bring the mysteries alive and open your inner awareness to the mystical power of these profound legends. Dozens of magical groups and countless individuals have turned to the Arthurian tales for inspiration, instruction, and initiation. This book is a guide for beginners and experienced practitioners to cultivate the spiritual power of these influential myths. Explore the sacred sites, songs, blessings, invocations, and festivals. Create incense and oils for magical workings. Meet the most important and influential archetypal figures as you discover how to awaken the knight within.

"Overall, this is an interesting tarot, offering some insights that are both traditional and novel in their take on how we may find wisdom in the technology we surround ourselves with. --Taroflexions"

Dans l''univers alternatif Steampunk, les machines à vapeur font tourner les submersibles, les fusées et les bateaux à travers le monde, tandis que les dirigeables gonflés à l''hélium font office de moyens de transport... Toutefois, la soif d''aventure et d''exploration est bien là et les voyageurs découvrent des lieux dont la réalité dépasse parfois la fiction... Dans cette nouvelle ère spirituelle, se livre un combat pour trouver l''équilibre et l''harmonie entre l''essor technologique et la préservation de l''environnement. La sagesse et le bon sens peuvent naître de l''interaction entre ces deux pôles d''énergie - une orientation qui trouve sa résonance dans notre monde actuel.

Celebrate the seasons with Thunder Bay’s Celtic Wisdom Box! Based on the best-selling Book-in-a-Box kits, his beautiful book will transport you into the world of the Celts, where celebration and ritual will keep you in touch with the rhythm of the natural world, and help you to keep your life balanced and in harmony with your environment. The Celts revered the seasons and their four main festivals mark the turning points of the year. Caitlin Matthews shows how you can now access ancient Celtic wisdom and beliefs, and through simple ceremony and celebration, feel more in touch with the world, and yourself.

Through prayers, chants, and practical exercises, Celtic Visions teaches readers how to tap into their inner spiritual power, enabling them to experience heightened perception and open portals to other realms of existence. Drawn from ancient Gaelic and Welsh sources, this visionary guide reveals the truth behind the prophetic visions of the druids and seers. It explains their methods for communicating with the Otherworld through omens and fairy lore and explores the Celtic gift of "second sight"—the ability to perceive both the visible and the invisible aspects of reality.

Tell your own festive stories with this create-a-story pack from StoryWorld. Create holiday stories with Christmas Tales. This box contains twenty-eight cards that suggest all kinds of characters, places, and objects that you can use to make up your own stories. Pick a handful of cards and use their pictures, descriptions, and questions as inspiration. Discover more ways to use the cards and read sample stories in The Storytelling Book that accompanies this set.

Tell your own scary stories with a create-a-story pack from StoryWorld. Create ghostly adventures with Tales from the Haunted House. This box contains twenty-eight cards that suggest all kinds of characters, places, and objects that you can use to make up your own stories. Pick a handful of cards and use their pictures, descriptions, and questions as inspiration. Discover more ways to use the cards and read sample stories in The Storytelling Book that accompanies this set.

"Exploring the theme of fairy stories, this pack will help you to create stories filled with action and magic."--Publisher''s web site.

"Includes 28 brand-new StoryWorld cards featuring people, places, and other story ideas from the high seas, plus a storytelling book full of suggestions for how to use the cards to write, draw, act out, and imagine thousands of stories and games"--Container

Some girls are born princesses and others become them, but everyone has to start somewhere. With the help of the books narrator, Princess Petal, the reader learns the craft of being a princess, from etiquette and deportment to contacting your fairy godmother, dealing with enchantments, finding a prince and attending balls. Drawing on a wealth of traditional fairytales, this book''s unique approach has a more practical edge than many rival titles.

Richly illustrated with original artwork and intricate Celtic designs, this kit holds the key to unlocking the wisdom of distant ancestors. The Celtic Wisdom Oracle includes a deck of 40 cards representing spiritual ancestors, clans, and powerful archetypes, plus an 80-page book that explains in detail how to interpret them. Draw a single card for immediate guidance or lay out spreads of between three and eight cards for more in-depth readings.

"Create holiday stories with Christmas Tales. This box contains twenty-eight cards that suggest all kinds of characters, places, and objects that you can use to make up your own stories. Pick a handful of cards and use their pictures, descriptions, and questions as inspiration. Discover more ways to use the cards and read sample stories in The Storytelling Book that accompanies this set."--Publisher.

With this top-up pack, you can pick a handful of cards that suggest characters, places and objects, then use them as the inspiration to invent your own festive tale! The text is packed with tips for starting your stories, games to play with the cards and ideas about ways that you can tell your tale.

"Create your own tales with the StoryWorld box, which includes forty tell-your-own-story cards and the Storytelling book to help get you started."--Case.

From unicorns and trolls to werewolves and griffins, this comprehensive guide is the key to discovering every magical creature from myth, folklore and legend around the world.

Open the magical pages of this book and allow Princess Petal to guide you through her royal world and everything being a princess entails. Some girls are born princesses and others become one by marrying a prince; everyone has to start somewhere. With the expert advice of Princess Petal, assisted by the Guild of Princesses - a select club with royal members such as Cinderella and Rapunzel - this book will teach you everything you need to know, from looking beautiful to contacting your Fairy Godmother, dealing with spells, finding your ideal prince and ruling your realm wisely. Why settle for being ordinary when you can be a real princess? Every princess is a queen in waiting...

An illustrated collection of tales featuring notable trickster characters such as Raven and Hare, from the folk traditions of many countries.

Dynamic new translation of Arthurs First Quest, a clear revelation of a pivotal British Mystery. The 9th century Welsh poem, Preiddeu Annfwyn, or The Raid on the Underworld, ascribed to the 6th century poet and shaman Taliesin, is one of the oldest and most enigmatic documents relating to the mythic hero Arthur. Just a mere 61 lines, it contains within vital clues to the Celtic Mystery traditions as it describes the descent of Arthur and his men on the ship Prydwen into the region of Annwfn--the in-world or underworld of Celto-British tradition, where Arthur journeys to steal the wonder-working cauldron from the Lord of Annwfn. This poem hides many secrets within its shimmering lines. The cauldron is one of the Thlysau or Treasures, hallowed otherworldly objects that are the source of illimitable power. Arthurs quest for the cauldron of the underworld is a precursor of many more famous quests, while the cauldron itself is the forerunner of the Grail. Accessible to the general reader, yet also supported by deep scholarship

BECOME PSYCHICALLY STREETWISE IN YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE In today’s hectic and uncaring society, you need skills that help you guard the boundaries of your soul.Psychic Shieldshows how to defend against these damaging external forces with practical and commonsense strategies that protect your inner peace and keep you safe from harm. Psychic Shieldis packed with checklists, danger-point indicators and reality checks that allow you to identify soul disturbances caused by everything from the jealousies of friends and the competitiveness of coworkers to the horrors of war and terrorism. With simple practices, meditations and rituals,Psychic Shieldoffers spiritual housekeeping routines you can use every day to: •Strengthen your psychic health •Overcome negative relationships •Free yourself from fear and self-doubt •Deal confidently with difficult people •Become attuned to spiritual guidance •Live in harmony with others •Maintain boundaries that keep you safe

Faithful to Leonardo da Vinci''s prophetic visions, this tarot set draws upon his notebooks, drawings, and ideas to enable the readers to use the included deck of tarot cards, lavishly illustrated with da Vinci''s artwork, to discover fresh ways of looking at personal experience.

Do you wish you could feel safer and more positive in your daily life? Are you put-upon by others? Do you worry constantly about dangers that may be lurking around the corner? Most people live in a state of insecurity and negativity without even realising it. The Psychic Protection Handbook addresses the kinds of psychic or soul disruption that are commonly encountered. It explains how we can become spiritually streetwise and guard our souls against such unpleasant outside disturbance with simple and commonsense strategies. Caitlin Matthews'' practical rituals and wise advice will help you to strengthen your self esteem and build your confidence, so that you cease to be affected by psychic disturbance. Chapters include: Transforming fear and panic; Strengthening your psychic health; Overcoming negative thinking; Dealing with uninvited guests in your soul and mind;

Dans ce guide du Tarot Arthurien, Caitlin et John Matthews explorent le sens divinatoire et archétypal de chacune des cartes. Les séries - Épée, Lance, Graal et Pierre - qui correspondent aux quatre éléments de la tradition ésotérique occidentale, ainsi qu''aux quatre saisons, mettent le lecteur sur la voie de la quête des Objets Sacrés. Le livre donne des méthodes d''interprétation et des instructions sur la façon d''utiliser le Tarot, et présente de nouveaux tirages, dont celui du Miroir de Merlin et celui d''Excalibur, avec des exemples d''interprétation, pour montrer leur signification pratique.

This warm and humorous collection presents much-loved favorites such as "The Princess and the Pea" from Denmark and less familiar figures including "The Mountain Princess" from Persia and "The Horned Snake''s Wife" from the Iroquois of North America. Caitlin Matthews''s wonderfully dramatic retellings are perfect for reading aloud, while Olwyn Whelan''s bright and witty illustrations are a feast in themselves.

Anyone interested in the feminine face of God throughout the ages will find Sophia an illuminating experience. Caitlin Matthews'' scholarship connects us to past, present, and future in the very depths of our femininity. - - Marion Woodman, Jungian analyst and author of Bone: Dying into Life. Sophia, or "wisdom" in Greek, has been revered in many forms throughout history - from the Dark Goddess of ancient Anatolia; to her Egyptian, Greek, Celtic, and Cabalistic manifestations; to her currentforms as Mary and the orthodox St. Sophia. In the Gnostic Gospel of Thomas, Sophia sits with God until the creation. Then she falls into matter and becomes manifest in every atom, permeating all things "like the sparks that run through charcoal," as Matthews says. While God is "out there," the Goddess is "in here" - the mother-wit of practical inspiration and compassion at the heart''s core. This definitive work comprehensively establishes a realistic Goddess theology for Westerners in the twenty-first century: grounding spirituality in daily life and the natural world; learning to work playfully and play seriously; ending the gender war to enjoy sacred marriage.

A guide to Celtic spiritual traditions. It contains translations of primary Celtic texts, including stories, poems and prose pieces, some dating as far back as the 7th century. Topics covered include: shamanic memory; Druidic divination and prophecy; shapeshifting, soul-loss and restoration; and magic and healing. These ancient texts are accompanied by detailed commentaries, background material and practical shamanic insights.

A retelling of the traditional Christian creation story.

Merlin has been portrayed in many different ways throughout the ages. And yet he still emerges, in different guises, in modern culture.

Gathering stories of love and romance from within the Celtic tradition, these ten tales depict love triangles, fairy tale love, unrequited love, and lovers lost and found, all in a Celtic setting.