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About the Authors:

John David Hickey

Originally from Ste. Foy, David has been getting lost in the streets of Montreal since 1993, picking up a few stories along the way. He has performed in festivals in Quebec and Ontario, as well as schools across Quebec. He has also organized several storytelling events in Montreal.

Dylan Spevack-Willcock

Dylan has been lying ever since he can remember, but he has called it storytelling for the past six years. He has told stories in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom. His goal is to tell a story on every continent, including Antarctica. He lives in Montreal. Dylan has also helped to organize numerous storytelling events in the Montreal area.

You Don't Know Jack

Or Do You?

You probably know Jack as a mountaineer of beanstalks, but have you heard about his roles as story spinner, world-renowned hunter, or thief? There's more to wily Jack than you ever thought possible, but now you have the chance to hear and read the REAL story behind Jack!
Honest!

Short stories by John David Hickey & Dylan Spevack-Willcock

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63 Pages, Paperback
Includes performance CD
Price: $20.95 US

£10.95

'Well thought out and full of practical magic and sound sense, we are delighted to add this book to our range. Moira says "Your own imagination, inspiration and belief are the only things you truly need to practice magic". We think this book will add to and enhance the experiences of anyone following, or wanting to follow, the way of the witch.' - Capall Bann.

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Dr. Brendan Myers is from rural Canada, his father emigrating from Ireland, thus Celtic culture and folklore has been apart of his life since childhood. He has been studying and practising Celtic spirituality for almost 20 years. With a Ph.D. in philosophy and environmental ethics from NUI Galway (Ireland), he has worked as a university lecturer, a musician, a labour union leader, an environmentalist and a simple country gardener. Amongst his published books are 'The Mysteries of Druidry' (New Page, 2006), 'The Other Side of Virtue' (O Books, 2008) and 'A Pagan Testament' (forthcoming from O Books). This year, Brendan will present OBOD's prestigious Mt. Haemus lecture on recent research in Druidry.

To find out more about his work please visit his website: http://www.wildideas.net/cathbad/index.html

The Other Side of Virtue

£11.99

Where our virtues came from, what they really mean, and where they might be taking us.

Published by O Books / John Hunt Publishing Co. (United Kingdom).
ISBN: 9781846941153

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The Celts, the old Norse and Germanic people, the Greeks of the time of Homer and Hesiod, and other ancient heroic societies are popularly believed to be tribal warrior cultures, where the light of civilisation had not yet dawned. In fact this is far from the case. Many of our own most fundamental ideas about politics, justice, friendship, true love, the good life, and especially the notion of Virtue itself, come from their world. To them, Virtue had nothing to do with purity, nor modesty, nor God-given laws, nor sin and guilt, nor with any Sunday-school pretentiousness. Rather, it originally meant 'excellence' and 'greatness of soul'. It was tied to more assertive qualities like strength and courage, and to social qualities like friendship. It was also connected to spiritual principles like the nature of the soul, the hope for immortality, and even the pursuit of happiness itself.
Using ancient heroic epics and sagas like Beowulf, the Illiad and Odyssey, the Eddas, the Táin Bo Cuailnge, and literature inspired by them including the works of Shakespeare, Tolkien, and J.K. Rowling, this book explains the world-view that gave birth to our virtues. In that world-view, life involves inevitable confrontations with inexplicable events like fortune, nature, other people, and death itself. However, the good life itself becomes possible when we face them and respond to them. Finally, the book calls for a revival of heroic and classical Virtue in our time.

A Pagan Testament

£11.99

The literary heritage of the world's oldest new religion.

Published by O Books / John Hunt Publishing Co. (United Kingdom).
ISBN: 9781846941290

Release Date: 28 November 2008.

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Pagans often claim that their spiritual inspiration comes not from a written scripture but from personal experience and original creativity. While this is true, there are also many written works which constitute its 'testament', or its central literary expressions of spiritual identity. Some of them are thousands of years old, such as the Descent of Ishtar, and the Homeric Hymn to Demeter. Others are more recent, such as the Charge of the Goddess. These written works have not been brought together, in the same book, since the movement began.
'A Pagan Testament' collects these original works, along with the poetry and prose that inspired the founders of Wicca when it all began. It also includes the largest collection of circle songs and wisdom teachings ever published. These together form something like the Pagan equivalent of the Biblical books of Psalms and Proverbs. They show that Paganism is continually growing and being contributed to. Finally, the book includes an original and valuable philosophical commentary and interpretation.
This book includes the results of the Pagan Chant-Song Project: over 100 wisdom-teachings and 130 circle songs, contributed by almost two thousand people, from twelve different countries around the world!

Mysteries of Druidry

Celtic Mysticism, Theory, and Practice

Published by New Page Books (New Jersey, USA)
Foreword by Isaac Bonewits
Illustrations by Jane Brideson

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Amazon.de in Germany (English language edition)

The Druids were the mystics, philosophers, and magicians of the ancient Celtic world. Their spirituality was borne from the romantic magic and the near-worship of poetry and music, warrior prowess, and the world of nature. This book describes this mystical romanticism as it was in ancient times, and offers various ways to bring it to life today in both private and social realms.

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