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Shadow Magick Compendium: Exploring Darker Aspects of Magickal Spirituality
(Llewellyn, SEPT '08)
Exploring the shadow—in its variety of forms—is not only safe, but is necessary for balance and healing. Raven Digitalis invites you to navigate inner and outer darkness and harness the shadow for spiritual growth. Shadow Magick Compendium includes ritual meditations for exploring past experiences, dispelling harmful behavior patterns, and healing a fractured soul. Learn how to safely perform fasting and other methods of self-sacrifice, learn about crosscultural mysticism, get in touch with your spirit animal, take advantage of the dark moon and eclipses, and learn the history of the Witch hunts. Discover methods of godform assumption, shamanic journeying, and the magick of the dying season. From astral journeying to sigils to dark herbs, you'll find an array of magickal techniques to navigate the shadows and mysteries of yourself and the world at large.
Goth Craft: The Magickal Side of Dark Culture
(Llewellyn Worldwide)
Raven Digitalis explores the dynamic intersection of dark culture and occultism in Goth Craft. The book introduces many kinds of Goths and Witches, and the philosophy of each. It covers the basics of magick and beyond, with special attention to blood magick, death magick, and necromancy. You’ll also learn how to proactively channel dark emotions, and express spirituality through clothing, hair, makeup and body modification. Also covered is vampyrism, BDSM, gender/sexuality issues, and the magickal-spiritual use of drugs. From working shadow magick to spellcasting on the dance floor, Goth Craft revels in the exciting convergence of two vital lifestyles.
Both books can be ordered (inscribed to you) via PayPal! With shipping and packaging, GOTH CRAFT is $22 and SHADOW MAGICK COMPENDIUM is $23.
*NOTE*: SMC is not released yet! Pre-orders only :)
*NOTE*: Overseas shipping, please add $11 to order.
Please send $ to: or by check/money order to:
Raven Digitalis
P.O. Box 2666
Missoula, MT
59806, USA
All copies that come from me are signed; just please make a note of who it should be inscribed to :) Goth Craft and Shadow Magick Compendium can also be ordered through Amazon.com, bn.com (barnes & noble), powells.com, etc., etc., as well as at your local metaphysical store (supporting small businesses is a good thing!!). Thanks for your support and readership!!! :D
****If you live in Missoula and would like to attend our open rituals, circles, and community events, please click here for the WitchVox listing of our upcoming events. CURRENT LISTING = May 2008-March 2009!! :D:D
I heart Witchy mags. So honoured to be on these!
TOUR DATES / UPCOMING APPEARANCES:
August 8-10 (Fri to Sun) ~ TAMPA, FL: Convergence 14 (America's largest Gothic-industrial festival!), The Hyatt Regency Tampa hotel (and other nearby band venues)
February *2009* ?-? (Fri to Mon) ~ SAN JOSE, CA: PantheaCon 2009: A Gathering of Tribes (the nation's largest Pagan/occult convention!), San Jose Doubletree Inn
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"We came out from the deep to learn to love, to learn how to live. We came out from the deep to avoid the mistakes we made. That's why we are here. We came out from the deep to learn and to understand, but not to kill. It takes many lives till we succeed; to clear the debts of many hundred years. That's why we are here. That's why we are here..." -Enigma
"I can't go on / digging roses from your grave / To linger on / beyond the beyond / Where the willows weep / And whirlpools sleep / you'll find me" -Smashing Pumpkins
"Search me, O God, and know my heart, try me and know my anxious thoughts; and see if there be any hurtful way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way." Psalm 139:23-24
"Feather to fire / fire to blood / blood to bone / bone to marrow / marrow to ashes / ashes to snow" -Gregory Colbert
"When the old Ghost of Suicide creeps slowly back into your mind... - then everything is bleak and blurred down here in the short-sighted world... - The body is a prison-cell, that like a child needs to be washed and fed... - These are just two of the things that I have a tendency to forget..."
-Sopor Aeternus
"So you are a superstar / Get off the cross, we need the wood" -Tori Amos
Through the darkness of future past,
the magician longs to see.
One chants out between two worlds:
"Fire Walk With Me."
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Namasté, Blessed Be, Wassail, Shalaam, God(s/ess[es]) Bless, Kallisti, Asé, Agapé, Blessings, 93 93/93
Hiya.. I'm Colin AKA DJ Raven (on KBGA College Radio/Dark Dreams clubnights) AKA Raven Digitalis (pen-name/alias), the author of spiritual books (see above). I've lived here in Missoula, MT all my life and may eventually move in the nearish future (or else just doing a lot of traveling/book-touring), and plan to open a metaphysical/magick shoppe with my Priestess Estha! We may end up opening the shoppe in Missoula in the future; we're not sure what is to come of it. It'll Be as it's meant to Be. There are many factors. In addition to this pursuit, I am also a writer and hope to keep doing that for the rest of my life ^___^
I'm a Witch and fourth-year Neopagan Priest who also follows a Buddhist belief system in many regards. I'm also drawn to Esoteric Qabalah, Thelema, Chaos Magick, and shamanic systems, and have been trained in Traditional Georgian Wicca (by Zanoni Silverknife), which I'm very proud of =) I also read Tarot cards (in person or over the phone), perform public Open Circles (Sabbats) to celebrate ancient and modern solar holidays, and perform Esbats (full moon circles) with my Coven (OAO), with my support unit (Ajna), and the local Outer Court community (so much love!).
***Note: I get *so much* e-mail/friend-mail/fan-mail (literally 100+ messages a week [i'm like so popular OMG]), so it often takes me forever to respond. All mail is read and is HUGELY appreciated! If you want to snail-mail me (i love getting letters; they are much more classy/less 'empty' feeling), the address is listed on this page and on my website . Include SASE if you please!
MEDIA INQUIRIES: For quickest response, email me at my regular gmail address (listed above) or my lovely publicist Jennifer Spees: JenniferS *at* llewellyn *dot* com.
Here's my business card! Thanks to Estha for the design!
Because of my lifestyle as a Witch, Priest, and Empath, I have dedicated the whole of my Being to unlocking doors of Awareness, that is, self-awareness and the awareness of life and existence. Our time here is short and there are infinite Keys along the way. My life is a pursuit of understanding reality, the cycles of nature and our attunement to it as humans incarnated in this instant of time! Knowledge is my goal, Wisdom is my Will. Love and empathy in its many forms are the most important things to me, and happiness is essential for operating in this world.
I also have a degree in Anthropology (U of Montana) and am a DJ on the radio and in clubs and at parties. When I play on the radio I cover all sides of the dark spectrum (goth, industrial, darkwave, ethereal, deathrock, EBM, powernoise, new wave, futurepop, blah, etc). I DJ live at the local Dark Dreams Goth-Industrial-Fetish parties in Missoula. More information can be found here, at the Garden City Goth group page .
Let's see, what else.. I'm very VEGETARIAN and work for animal rights. Animals are sacred creatures not meant to be packaged, pumped full of hormones or locked in cages in torturous conditions their whole life (please note I'm not talking about hunting, but mass factory farming; a very horrific and torturous industry indeed) I love communicating with other Vegetarians and Vegans (those who may not know how those 'farms' operate, who are willing to learn) and feel that a person cannot live up to their full metaphysical potential while being apathetic to the welfare of our animal allies.
I'm an artist of sorts and am interested in Dark art; specifically black and white photography. ^_^
Not sure what else to say! I have a Leo Sun, Pisces Moon, Scorpio Rising (Ascendant). I'm also a strong Empath; something that will take all life to hone. I'm a nice guy, I promise. I'm open to any questions or anyone just saying hello. Apologies in advance that I'm uber-busy and thus an email slacker. Seriously: poke and prod me to respond to your messages, I'm SUCH a space-cadet.
We are all human and interlinked by common vibrational threads of unity and empathy. We are all One Being. As we interact with one another, we are truly interacting with ourselves~Every one of us but mirrors and reflections of one another. Separation is an illusion.
Be Well,
~Raven~
And find more links about Veganism & Vegetarianism here .
FUR IS DEAD
BOYCOTT TORTURE
AND ANIMAL CRUELTY!
AWAKEN!
LOVE THE EARTH & ITS CREATURES!
RESEARCH THE HORRORS OF FACTORY FARMING!
Brief commentary; a response to someone's inquiry: As for the fur thing, nope I don't disagree with hunting and don't disagree with using every part of the animal that is hunted in the wild--the fur/hide tanning included! The thing i do NOT agree with in any way is the *modern* fur trade, that is, when animals are caged and raised ONLY for their fur. Mink farms, fox farms, racoon farms, cat and dog farms in China, etc etc. It's so evil. It's entirely different from the animal having actually lived a life in the wild. In this case, they live their ENTIRE lives in little cages where they can hardly turn around. What a torturous, cruel existence. Know what I mean? There's nothing natural about it! It's simply horrific cruelty for the sake of money--that's it! When people feel 'glamourous' wearing a chinchilla jacket that has 100 chinchilla skins on it, it makes me fucking cry; no animal deserves to die for someone's fashion. If it was necessity, it's an entirely different issue--like the indigenous Eskimos and Natives; that is, back when humans were more in tune with the natural cycles and gave respect for the animals they hunted. The modern fur industry is an evil empire thriving on the death of innocents.