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by Annwyn Avalon (Author), Skye Alexander (Foreword by)
An accessible in-depth guide to Celtic water lore, including spells, rituals, water spirits, and merfolk
Let Annwyn Avalon, a practicing water witch herself, take you into the world of water magic. The water magic and lore in this book focuses on the Celtic tradition, but draws on other water magic traditions as well, and features rainwater, as well as lakes, rivers, oceans, canals, swamps, and other watery locations, together with the folk and magical customs that have been and are still practiced at these places. The book teaches the reader how to set up a water altar at home, how to connect with water spirits, and how to gather or create water witch tools. Readers are encouraged to visit local water sites but will also find an abundance of material to perform at home. Included are practical examples, visualizations, and exercises so any reader can start to take up spell work and establish their spiritual connection to water.
Author Biography
Annwyn Avalon is a water priestess living in Avalon. She is the founder of Water Priestess Training and the Water Priestess Confluence. She is the author of Water Witchcraft, The Way of the Water Priestess, and Celtic Goddess Grimoire. She has also contributed to numerous esoteric publications in the U.S. and England. She writes the Patheos blog "Water Priestess in Avalon." She has contributed to the book Brigid's Light and more. She has devoted her life to the study of esoteric water mysteries and Avalon. Her path is one of sacred service to the waters of this world and her ancestors. She is an initiated witch and priestess, Reiki master teacher, award-winning dancer, and has a BFA in sculpture and a BA in anthropology, as well as an apprentice certification in herbalism. She is also the sacred steward of Chalice Orchard, the former home of the famous authors Dion Fortune and Geoffrey Ashe. You can find Annwyn roaming the hedgerows of Glastonbury or at a sacred spring in service to the waters. Skye is the author of more than 30 fiction and nonfiction books. Her stories have been published in numerous anthologies, and her work has been translated into a dozen languages. She is also an artist, writing teacher, feng shui practitioner, astrologer, and tarot reader. She divides her time between Texas and Massachusetts.
