, is now available on Amazon and elsewhere. It's a departure from my usual Vodou-oriented writing, but not so large as one might think. Because there was little available material on Haitian Vodou by and for serious practitioners, I wrote The Haitian Vodou Handbook
. And when I started doing research on plant shamanism and plant allies, I found that one of our most important plant allies had been almost completely ignored. I also found that nobody was talking about the quid pro quo which is such a part of a shaman's work with allies. They aren't just benevolent green spirits waiting to teach you wisdom - like the lwa, they demand payment for their services.I really enjoyed writing and researching this book, and hope that my readers will enjoy it as well.
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. But in this case she has really outdone herself. Galina is one of the first writers to treat the runes not as tools for divination but as sentient beings which not only tell us about the world and the future but actively create and shape it. Her work is profound yet clearly written and accessible to anyone who wants to put in the work to truly master the Runes for divination and magic. I can't recommend this one highly enough and congratulate 
and is one of the few writers today offering solid, down-to-earth practical advice on magic for magicians. His work is the antithesis of fluffy: it's no-nonsense stuff which will help aspiring sorcerers to break out of the trap of talking about magic without ever accomplishing any..jpg)