{"id":2827,"date":"2013-08-09T13:28:19","date_gmt":"2013-08-09T18:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paganswithdisabilities\/?p=2827"},"modified":"2016-05-31T11:42:13","modified_gmt":"2016-05-31T16:42:13","slug":"national-book-lovers-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paganswithdisabilities\/2013\/08\/national-book-lovers-day\/","title":{"rendered":"National Book Lovers Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/53\/2013\/08\/book-lovers-day-8-9-2-550x320.jpg\" alt=\"books\"><\/p>\n<p>To celebrate National Book Lovers Day, here is a list of my top ten favorite magical books.<\/p>\n<p><em>Drumming at the Edge of Magic<\/em> by Mickey Hart (Drummer for the Greatfull Dead)<\/p>\n<p><em>The Sea Priestess<\/em> by Dion Fortune<br>\nThrough this fictional work, Dion was one of the first people to teach the general public about Hermeticism.<\/p>\n<p><em>Psychic Self-Defense<\/em> by Dion Fortune<\/p>\n<p><em>The Crystal Cave<\/em> by Mary Stewart<\/p>\n<p><em>The World Atlas of Divination,<\/em> consulting editor John Matthews, and <em>The Book of Alchemy<\/em> by Francis Melville<br>\nThese two books offer a lot of information along with beautiful images.<\/p>\n<p><em>Harry Potter<\/em> series by J. K. Rowling<\/p>\n<p><em>The Orphan\u2019s Tale<\/em> series by Catherynne Valente<br>\nValente uses prose to paint the most vivid images of an orphan girl telling wonderous tales about princesses saving monsters and high seas adventures.<\/p>\n<p><em>Earth Power: Techniques of Natural Magic<\/em> by Scott Cunningham<\/p>\n<p><em>Modern Magick: Eleven Lessons in the High Magickal Arts<\/em> Second Edition by Donald Michael Kraig<\/p>\n<p>What are some of your favorite magical books?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To celebrate National Book Lovers Day, here is a list of my top ten favorite magical books. Drumming at the Edge of Magic by Mickey Hart (Drummer for the Greatfull Dead) The Sea Priestess by Dion Fortune Through this fictional work, Dion was one of the first people to teach the general public about Hermeticism. 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