Tracey Norman has narrated 12 audiobooks on Listento.it by 5 authors, with an average listener rating of 4.3★ across 11 ratings. The most-rated is Traditional Witchcraft: A Cornish Book of Ways.
Traditional Witchcraft: A Cornish Book of Ways
Summary
"First published in 2008, this is a revised and expanded second edition of the author's well-received book on modern Cornish traditional witchcraft. As Gemma Gary says in her new preface, there is no 'set in stone' organised witch tradition in Cornwall, and folk magic practices have always been unique to their individual practitioners. However, in this excellent book she has managed to expertly draw together a workable new tradition from historical sources and the surviving rites, charms, and folk customs of Cornwall and the West Country. It provides a valuable resource and guide for beginners interested in practiscing Trad Craft. However this reviewer is sure that experienced practitioners will also learn from its contents. Very highly recommended." (Mike Howard, The Cauldron) "Traditional Witchcraft - A Cornish Book of Ways is a 21st century version of traditional Cornish witchcraft, of the kind recorded by Hunt, Bottrell and others. This is no neo-pagan or modern wiccan manual, but rather a deep drawing up into modern times of some of the ancient practices of lore and magic practised by the white witches, charmers, conjurers and pellars of the Cornish villages. Their presence was still current when the 18th and 19th century antiquarians and collectors recorded them, and, although the 20th century largely put paid to their activities, nevertheless their lore never completely disappeared, and it continues to provide inspiration for practitioners today. Gemma draws on this knowledge, not only from published material, but also from the experiences and workings of 'wise women' and country witches living today. Topics include the Cunning Path, the Dead and the Underworld (Fairy Faith), the Bucca, Places of Power in the villages and landscape, the Tools used by Cunning Folk (working versions of what can be seen, for example, in the Museum of Witchcraft), Village cunning, substances and charms, and Rites of the Year's Round. This book gathers much material together, some of which has not been seen in print before, and thus provides a sourcebook of magical workings in Cornwall today, which will be an invaluable reference." (Cheryl Straffon, Meyn Mamvro)
©2008 Gemma Gary (P)2015 Circle of Spears Productions
Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Emotional Intelligence
Summary
Are you struggling with dealing with your emotions, especially with those painful ones? Are you struggling with understanding what is happening in your mind, making you do or say things you regret later? Do you want to clear your head and take control over your emotions without resorting to unhealthy choices? If your answer to these questions is yes, you are in the right place. The truth is that everyone, at some point in their life, feels completely overwhelmed by their emotions, especially the negative ones which tend to be the most intense, most difficult, to understand and manage. When these emotions strike, you may feel as if you are completely losing control of what is within your mind. Frustration, anger, sadness, and other extremely intense emotions can be extremely hard to manage. Inside you will discover The power and nature of emotions. The difference between emotions and feelings. What emotional intelligence is and why it matters. What affects your emotional state. How emotions affect both your physical and mental health. What Dialectical Behavior Therapy is and when it is used. What the main components of dialectical behavior therapy are. How to improve your emotional intelligence with DBT skills. How to enter the wise state of mind. And much more.... Get this audiobook now, learn how to manage your painful emotions, build your own resilience and finally overcome the emotional chaos within your head! PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2018 Patty Morgan (P)2018 Patty Morgan
The Devil's Dozen
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The operations of magic and witchcraft deal with the hidden worlds of spirit and the powers innate within the natural world: within plant, stone and magical loci. The "Old One", who in folk tradition is often named "The Devil", embodies both the "rend in the veil" and the spanning bridge between the worlds of the material and spiritual, the revealed and the hidden. It is through union with this entity that witches and folk magicians gained access to the powers that reside within the hidden realms and the natural world, and could awaken the potent fire within. In traditional folk belief, the Devil existed also as an embodiment of the chaotic forces of nature, a belief quite distinct and separate from that of the Church with its "Satan" figure. To the witch, he might also represent the "darker" aspects of the divine: the keeper and the revealer of the divine light, the psychopomp guide of souls, and the sentinel at the threshold unto the mysteries of death and the Otherworld. Something, it would seem, of the "elder divinity" and the old "spirit of the wild" has lingered through to the present, permeating regional faery lore, the calendar of ritualistic seasonal folk-customs, and traditions attached to ancient landscape features. The themes of untamed, wild nature: its freedom, its spirits, its power and its magic, so repugnant and threatening to the Church, were grafted onto the diabolical, affording yet greater preservation of the Old One for those who sought to stray from the path of limitation and conformity, and tread instead the hidden ways of the witch and magician. Historical witch-lore records varied rites of initiatory contact, via which the worker of magic and witchcraft entered into a close, working relationship and union with the Old One and the spirit world. Via such union, would the ways unto curing ailments, exorcising ill influence, the attainment of desires, and the destruction of the oppressive be known, and the old artes of the circle, the spirits, the knotted cord, the pierced candle, the witch-bottle, the magical image and the spoken, inscribed and herbal charms be mastered. From this wellspring of inspiration The Devil's Dozen, a modern "gramarye", or "black book" of 13 Craft rites of the Old One has been created and is offered by a present day initiate of the "Old Craft". Within this audiobook there are to be found 13 rites - for both the lone practitioner and the assembled companie - of vision, sacred compact, dedication, initiation, consecration, empowerment, protection, illumination, union, transformation, and devotion. "They are my own creations all; given in hope that they may provide usefulness or inspiration, and each a personal offering of devotion unto the starlit and smoking altar of the Old One"(from the introduction).
©2015 Troy Books (P)2019 Circle of Spears
The Massachusetts Bay Colony
Summary
The first successful American colony in North America was settled in 1607 at Jamestown, Virginia. Though the Virginian colonists had difficulty in the beginning, by the late 1620s the Chesapeake area was thriving, having become a haven for those seeking economic opportunity in the new world. Pressures in England were growing as King Charles I was on the throne. Though Charles I himself was an Anglican, many suspected him of Catholic sympathies, a suspicion not alleviated by Charles I marriage to a French Catholic princess. Many Protestants had a growing desire to practice their faith and conduct their lives away from the mother country, and sought refuge in a destination called New England. The land chosen by this group, who "could pay their own way across the Atlantic" in contrast to the poorer settlers of the Chesapeake region was "colder, less abundant, but far healthier" than Virginia. Alan Taylor sees this decision as one in "classic Puritan fashion", citing one settler's view: "If men desire to have a people degenerate speedily, and to corrupt their minds and bodies too...let them seek a rich soil, that beings in much with little labor; but if they desire that Piety and Godliness should prosper...let them choose a Country such as [New England] which yields sufficiency with hard labor and industry." The Puritans who came to America were, therefore, primed for hard work, discipline and the independent life, unlike their English counterparts who "preferred Anglicanism and the traditional culture characterized by church ales, Sunday diversions, ceremonial services, inclusive churches, and deference to the monarch."
©2016 Charles River Editors (P)2017 Charles River Editors
Emotional Intelligence: 7 in 1
Summary
This seven-book bundle includes powerful collection of books on different topics related to your mental health, your emotional health as well as your communication skills and personal relationships. If you struggle with any area of your personal or professional life, this seven-book bundle can help. Inside you will find valuable cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior therapy strategies and self-help guides to help you deal with painful, often times destructive emotions and feelings. Inside you will discover: What are emotions and how they affect your mental health state What is dialectical behavior therapy and how it can help you boost your emotional intelligence What is cognitive behavioral therapy and how it works How cognitive behavioral therapy can help you deal with depression and panic attacks How mindful relationship habits can help you enhance your personal relationships How to solve any relationship conflict with mindful relationship habits What is mindfulness meditation and how it can help you reduce stress and find inner peace How to boost your self-confidence with simple confidence training Your simple anger management self-help guide for calming emotional storms Valuable self-discipline habits to help you boost your productivity And much much more.... Get this book now, and learn how to enhance every area of your life from your relationships and emotional intelligence to your professional and personal growth! PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2019 Patty Morgan (P)2019 Patty Morgan
A Slice of the Seventies
Summary
This first loosely autobiographical book in the Mug Trilogy tells the story of Jersey-born Mug, a troubled girl from a recently broken home. It covers her experiences as a sixteen-year-old girl at the Isle of Wight Music Festival in 1970, the same year that she follows a guru. It describes her tumultuous years as an art student in Coventry, where vegetarian Mug finds herself living next door to an abattoir and railway shunting yard with David, a fellow art student. Dramatic events follow on from the evening they meet at a student party when Mug attempts to save David from attempting a very public drunken suicide attempt.
©2015 Joy Mutter (P)2017 Joy Mutter
The Trouble with Liam
Summary
The Trouble with Liam is a powerful psychological thriller set in Ireland and Sheffield. It tells the story of the life of Liam O’Sullivan in all its twisted glory.
It begins with tales of his challenging childhood in Dublin and follows him through the sometimes tragic events which change him into a misogynistic, controlling, ultimately lethal bully living in Sheffield. Liam thought he could do as he pleased...until he was taught otherwise.
Prepare to be shocked in different ways throughout the book. If you’re not a fan of thrillers or hate books containing violence, sex, and swearing, please avoid The Trouble with Liam. If you enjoy lashings of dark humor, situations to make your eyes pop out of your head, thrills of every kind, all wrapped up in a gripping, dramatic storyline, please listen.
©2018 Joy Mutter (P)2019 Joy Mutter
The Black Toad
Summary
The Black Toad explores potent examples of the folk-ceremonial magical practices and witchcraft of the south-west of England; dealing especially with Devon and the author's homeland of Cornwall. Within the West Country, the popular belief in witchcraft and its attendant charms, magical practices and traditions continued to be observed and survived long after such ways had faded in most other parts of the British Isles. Described within The Black Toad is a collection of some of the fascinating magical practices and lore of the West Country's cunning folk and early modern witches; ways that have survived and evolved within the rarefied Craft of the area's modern day witchcraft practitioners of the old persuasion. As this book affirms, these ways of the Old Craft and Cunning Arte include a belief in and working relationship with the spirit forces of the land, the Faerie, animal and plant lore, as well as the magical use of Psalms to cure or curse, the invocation of Christ and the power of the Holy Trinity. For all those who are interested in learning about the Old Path as it is taught and practised today by West Country witches this book of practical magic and sorcery will be a revelation. As the late Cecil Williamson, founder of the witchcraft museum in Boscastle, North Cornwall and a modern cunning man himself, said and Gemma Gary's excellent book proves - It still goes on today.
©2016 Gemma Gary (P)2017 Circle of Spears Productions
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression and Anxiety Cure
Summary
Feeling completely lost in that vicious cycle of negative thoughts and feelings that hold you back? Feeling as though your mind is the ultimate boss over your actions and you want it to be the other way without resorting to unhealthy choices? The truth is that feeling depressed or anxious due to certain disturbing life events and situations is completely normal. Depression and anxiety are mental health disorders or chronic diseases, and just like every other disease, they are manageable. One of the best ways for treating depression and anxiety symptoms naturally is provided by cognitive behavioral therapy, which teaches struggling individuals how to challenge and change their cognitive distortions, how to take control over their minds, how to change their life perspective, and finally, how to embrace life to the fullest. Inside, you will discover: What mental health is How to recognize mental health disorders - early warning signs What the causes of mental health disorders are and the different risk factors What emotional health is and why it matters How what you feel affects your physical health What cognitive behavioral therapy is and what it treats Your CBT self-help guide How to recognize and challenge your cognitive distortions Different CBT strategies and methods for overcoming depression and anxiety symptoms PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2018 Patty Morgan (P)2019 Patty Morgan
The Garden of Magic
Summary
A magical Pendleford prequel novella from the best-selling author of The Language of Spells, that introduces the world to Iris Harper - the original Harper witch. Iris Harper has lived in Pendleford for decades. The local witch is mistrusted by the townsfolk, but that doesn't stop some coming to her begging for potions, spells and quick-fixes. As time has marched on suddenly Iris is aware that her days are beginning to fade. Her sumptuous garden is turning against her, the sweet scent of rot potent and now a young girl has come begging for a solution at her door. Yet, the problem she brings causes Iris to remember a man from long ago - the man she loved, the man she could never trust...
©2015 Sarah Painter (P)2017 Sarah Painter
The Secrets of Ghosts
Summary
Step back into the magical world of Pendleford with The Secrets of Ghosts. Don’t miss the magical, heartwarming story from the best-selling author of The Language of Spells! On her 21st birthday Katie Harper has only one wish: to become a real Harper woman. Mystical powers are passed down her family generation after generation - some even call them witches - yet every spell Katie attempts goes disastrously wrong. When her magic does appear, it’s in a form nobody expected, and suddenly Katie is thrown into a dangerous new world with shadowy consequences. For the realm of the deceased is not as peaceful as she once thought. The dead are buried with their secrets, and only Katie can help the ghosts of the past finally find peace. If that is what they are looking for....
©2014 Sarah Painter (P)2020 Sarah Painter
Anger Management in Relationships for Men and Women
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Are you ready to take control over your anger? Are you ready to master your emotions? Are you ready to communicate with your partner in a healthy, constructive way without aggression or anger driving your communication? The truth is that anger is undeniably part of any relationship. Just like any other emotion, anger is a completely natural emotional state, suggesting that your needs are not met or that your goals are somehow obstructed. The major goal of anger management is not to teach you to avoid getting angry or to suppress your anger but to handle your anger in an effective, assertive way without letting your angry feelings or your aggression come between you and your partner. Inside, you will discover: What human emotions are and their purpose What fundamental mind frames are What controls your emotions What anger and anger psychology are How different people experience anger Unhealthy ways of dealing with anger Emotional and physical signs of anger How anger affects personal relationships The cycle of anger in relationships How to deal with anger in your relationship And much, much more Get this audiobook now, learn how to take control over your anger, tame your angry feelings, and build a strong, healthy relationship! PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2019 Patty Morgan (P)2019 Patty Morgan