{"product_id":"seasons-of-a-magical-life-a-pagan-path-of-living-paperback","title":"Seasons of a Magical Life: A Pagan Path of Living - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eH. Byron Ballard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAmy Blackthorn\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn invitation to return to a simpler time of earth-based spirituality and ritual living, through writings from a small forest-farm in the Appalachian Highlands.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This book looks at the agricultural year as a starting space for a deepening of earth-centered spirituality. It gives a set of backstories to ease the reader into a time between the pre-industrial era and the modern one, into a place where the fast-moving stress of American life can be affected by a better connection not only to the natural world but to the elegant expression of the year as expressed through seasonal festivals and celebrations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The chapters are broken into four seasons, with the quarter days a highlight within each, and feature simple skills that accompany each marker in the year. Author H. Byron Ballard offers advice on spiritual and physical immersion into the seasons that applies to readers from all areas: rural, urban, and suburban. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This is also a deeply practical book, including insights into the following: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFarming \u0026amp; gardening: composting, manure, soil preparation, pests, seed-saving\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFood: cooking, preserving, foraging, the summer kitchen, mushrooms and mycelium\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFiber arts: knitting, crocheting, spinning, weaving, decorative cut-work, and embroidery\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSewing: treadle machines, electric machines, hand sewing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHousehold crafts: candle-making, soap-making, broom-making, sharpening tools\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHealth: medicines, tending the dying, death and death rituals\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e A glossary is included for any unfamiliar terms. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eH. Byron Ballard\u003c\/b\u003e is a teacher, folklorist, and writer. She is senior priestess and cofounder of Mother Grove Goddess Temple and the Coalition of Earth Religions\/CERES, both in Asheville, North Carolina, and writes as The Village Witch for \u003ci\u003eWitches and Pagans Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, where she is also a regular columnist. Visit her at myvillagewitch.wordpress.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768439505184,"sku":"9781578637232","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5c6349bd65aed04b27f5822084153909.webp?v=1780329782","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/seasons-of-a-magical-life-a-pagan-path-of-living-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}