Feasting from the Black Cauldron

[SpiritTalker]

"Feasting from the Black Cauldron, Teachings from a Witch's Clan" by Amaranthus
Pendraig Publishing 2017
Amazon paperback price $19, Kindle $7

190 pages, 176 of text, with appendix of terminology & bibliography

This is an instructional book of a Non-Wiccan, modern traditional coven's practices, generally adaptable for solitary use. Rituals are suggested without step by step do-lists, but does include chants. So it's flexible. Workable guidelines are given to develop personal experience without dictating expectations. I'm finding personal validation of my own skills & practice regarding those parts i resonate with.

Chapters:
Witchery, re your own psychic talents
Blood of the Red Rose, uses for your own blood
Anointed Eyes, the witch's gaze
Ingen Serpentis, serpent & dragon symbolism for ritual use
Betwixt &'Between, places that help sustain magical working
Entranced in Manteia, re necromancy & trance
At the Crossroads of Night, rituals of crossroads, sage & sulfer
Terra Umbrae, underworld relationships with Elphame; Celtic God-forms
Familiar Spirits, both animal & spirit
Covenant of the Witch, coven structure & members' functions
Implements of the Art, broom, knife, cord, horn, cup, wands, stone, cauldron, bone, staff
To Sanctify the Tools, bonding with ritual tools
Feasting from the Black Cauldron, Celtic seasons of the Horned Lord & Dark Lady, astrological timing
Clan Formulary, incense &'oil recipes by purpose
Romances of Witchcraft, nature does things it's own way

Appendix &'bibliography

[Firebird]

Oh, wow that looks like a really cool book. I'm going to have to get it.
And by a favorite publisher Peter Paddon! He used to present numerous workshops at a friends house. Rest with peace Peter, I hear his wife continued the publishing company.
Did you like to book Spirit?
BB, Firebird

[SpiritTalker]

Yep, I liked it. It confirmed or validated my own experiences as a solitaire, although I'm certainly not into all the practices the author describes, I can understand their meanings.