DIV“How the people love a sinner, especially when she is a woman. Witch! Witch!”/divDIV The Dark End of the Street is a television program thatpries into the business of Barry and Cheryl Higgins and their three small children, uncovering every nasty aspect of their lives on welfare in front of a fascinated and disgusted audience. The couple didn’t get rich off the wildly successful reality show, though, so why would anyone want to kidnap the kids? When the two older children are found, there is little doubt that Cheryl planned their disappearance to win the public’s affection and boost the show’s ratings. As the media and the legal system condemn Cheryl, one question remains: Where is baby Cara?/divDIV /divDIVGillian White adeptly demonstrates how the public’s need to know and to judge—and how people can profit from those impulses—is a modern kind of witch hunt./div
In a world of magic, witches have their power controlled by human law. Their coven is their refuge. When a witch has conflict within her coven, her entire world threatens to crumble. Leigh Bardugo's Ninth House meets The Craft in this contemporary fantasy novel about magic in a society that both desires and rejects it. Sasha Hoffman is a young witch living in small town New York. Haunted by a tumultuous past and avoided by her neighbors, she passes the days drinking with friends-or by herself. When she and her best friend Courtney become part of a coven, she must accept another witch into her life. Sasha finally has a community where she belongs, but caring for others is a delicate proposition as she has a tendency to hurt or be hurt by those she lets close. Relationships begin to shift as old acquaintances reappear and a long-time enemy stirs up trouble for her coven. Sasha wants to find happiness in the new shapes of her life, but as she attempts to move into the future, the past threatens to drag her back. Meanwhile, she's not the only witch facing disappointments and threats. Can any witch find happiness in a society that binds them? Can her friendships buoy her, or will she get lost in the bottom of the bottle?
In this YA fantasy romance debut, a teenage girl is about to learn that the only thing more dangerous than being a witch is falling in love. Sixteen-year-old Merry is fed up with her feuding family and nonexistent social life. High school is a terrible time to have magic shooting from her fingertips without warning. Then Merry meets sweet, sensitive Jack, and can’t resist falling under his spell. There’s just one problem: he’s part of an evil, centuries-old curse that Merry is supposed to break. Is Merry about to lose her heart and her life? Or will true love’s kiss save the day?
From the world's most widely acclaimed Witches, a spellbinding guide to the practical applications and earthly benefits of psychic powers. Witchcraft is a revered, centuries-old art, grounded in the natural energy of the universe and the untapped power of the human mind. Gavin Frost and Yvonne Frost, world-renowned experts and best-selling authors on the occult, have mastered the techniques of the Craft for enhancing everyday life on earth. THE WITCH'S MAGICAL HANDBOOK shows all mere mortals--men and women alike--how to unleash the amazing psychic force within them, while drawing energy from the world around them. Through a combination of practical and mystical tactics--including visualization, working with crystals and divining pendulums, putting goals on paper, and planting a garden--ordinary people will discover the wonder of Witchcraft to change life for the better. For those who follow the way of the Witch, the authors promise untold powers, including the ability to: - Predict the future and make dreams a reality - Improve personal health and aid in the healing of others - Create love spells for romance, passion, and lasting devotion - Reduce daily stress to achieve serenity - Balance the demands of work and home to discover true harmony Packed with persuasive real-life examples, The Witch's Magical Handbook is an empowering and wondrous guide to a happier, healthier, and more rewarding life.
90+ Recipes for Every Intention from Healing to Prosperity to Love Join popular author Michael Furie on an exploration of the many brews, infusions, and elixirs that empower your magical work. Featuring more than 90 easy-to-follow recipes that call for ingredients found at the local grocery store, this hands-on book is a must-have resource for your shelf. Discover potions to raise your psychic skills, boost your sabbat celebrations, access the power of astrological signs, and restore wellness in yourself and others. Learn how to use different cauldrons and kettles, make other magical mixtures like oils and ointments, and work with a wide variety of correspondences. You'll also enjoy magical cocktails, recipes for increasing luck and money, herbal creations that channel the energy of the elements, and more. This irresistible book brings the iconic image of a witch stirring her brew into twenty-first-century reality.
Both intriguing and enlightening, The Witch of Hodderford is written in the form of memoirs by a retired, non-conformist clergyman. Easy-going, if somewhat conventional, John Wilkes’ world is turned upside-down when a member of his congregation claims to make out-of-body visits to first century Palestine. The woman, a former nurse, brings back eye-witness accounts of several major events as depicted in the Gospels. These, together with her own critical explanations are, to say the least, highly heretical. In addition, Wilkes has problems enough at home in the shape of his precocious young daughter and his older son; who, despite studying physics at university, cannot resist joining his father in an attempt to resolve the mystery. Others also become involved, including the clergyman’s wife, the caretaker’s wife... and a Professor of linguistics! After a brush with a would-be Witch-finder General and an even more fearsome ‘hot-gospeller’, the approach of Holy Week and Easter foreshadows more earth-shattering, apocalyptic theories; and they don’t disappoint. But Wilkes, his family and friends are made of sterner stuff. So ‘all’s well that ends well’... or does it?
Edgar Award-winning travel writer spends an autumn living in one of America's spookiest tourist destinations: Salem, Massachusetts Salem, Massachusetts, may be the strangest city on the planet. A single event in its 400 years of history—the Salem Witch Trials of 1692—transformed it into the Capital of Creepy in America. But Salem is a seasonal town—and its season happens to be Halloween. Every October, this small city of 40,000 swells to close to half a million as witches, goblins, ghouls, and ghosts (and their admirers) descend on Essex Street. For the fall of 2015, occult enthusiast and Edgar Award–winning writer J.W. Ocker moved his family of four to downtown Salem to experience firsthand a season with the witch, visiting all of its historical sites and macabre attractions. In between, he interviews its leaders and citizens, its entrepreneurs and visitors, its street performers and Wiccans, its psychics and critics, creating a picture of this unique place and the people who revel in, or merely weather, its witchiness.
A self-illuminating white ribbon spiralled in the gloom. Appearing slowly as though she had willed them into existence, the ribbon became a T and a C. As they approached her they quivered and more letter appeared until the ribbon read: Terms and Conditions.