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Welcome to one of the largest collections of reviews of neopagan/Spiritual/New Age oriented books, music, and other items of interest to our community. My wonderful team of reviewers and I have been writing reviews for many years now, and we love it.
Opened on October 31, 2006 with just over 200 reviews, Facing North is -- first and foremost -- a community resource. We ended that year with more than double our opening number of reviews (500+). Although we slowed our growth, 2007 ended with our database at more than 600 records, 2008 saw us at 900 and we edged over 1,000 by the end of 2009. We accept previously published reviews, and articles and reviews from alternative practitioners. It is my goal to make Facing North the largest repository of alternative spirituality reviews on the Internet.
We are committed to creating a practical site with honest opinions that are fair, even when critical. I welcome your feedback and suggestions to improve this site, one that everyone in our diverse community can use. Just email me at: lisa_at_facingnorth_dot_net (with appropriate edits).
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July 2018 Update
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- Written by Lisa Mc Sherry
"Books are more than a single author imparting knowledge to the reader. The thousands of Pagan tomes, especially en masse, are a slow-moving conversation about our experiences, thoughts, and revelations on the nature of reality. The books cover varying perspectives on all sorts of important things, like life, the gods, and human nature."
~Christopher Drysdale, "Spell Books, Training Manuals and Treatises"
I recently had a lovely conversation with a long-time member of the Pagan community and one topic that came up was why I offer Facing North. Part of it is service: I personally believe that one aspect of my being a Priestess is that I offer service to my community. Whether writing rituals, teaching a class, or offering reviews of a wide variety of items, these are my offerings. It is also about providing a place where anyone can come and get a sense of the value of a book.
I just went to Amazon and searched Books for 'witchcraft' and there are over 10,000 results with more are published daily. It's impossible for any person to look at them all, much less read them. So and my Review Circle do our best to give an honest opinion about every item sent to us. Some items just don't get reviewed -- likely because they seem too 'woo' and none of us feels like we can have an actual opinion. Some items go to reviewers who have Life Issues and disappear and the items are lost. But overall we manage to review 95% of everything sent to us.
I'm proud of that.
This month we offer:
The Lunar Gospel: The Complete Guide to Your Astrological Moon
Madame Pamita’s Magical Tarot: Using the Cards to Make Your Dreams Come True
The Transformational Power of Dreaming: Discovering the Wishes of the Soul
Faerie Stones: An Exploration of the Folklore and Faeries Associated with Stones & Crystals
Chakra Healing for Vibrant Energy: Exploring Your 7 Energy Centers with Mindfulness, Yoga, and Ayurveda
The Green Burial Guidebook: Everything You Need to Plan an Affordable, Environmentally Friendly Burial
Italian Folk Magic: Rue's Kitchen Witchery
Woman Most Wild: Three Keys to Liberating the Witch Within (a new review)
Witch's Book of Spirits
Aspecting the Goddess: Drawing Down the Divine Feminine
Last month we offered:
Listen (CD)
Alive Inside The Tank (CD)
iPagan
The Lunar Nomad Oracle: 43 Cards to Unlock Your Creativity and Awaken Your Intuition
Dreams That Can Save Your Life: Early Warning Signs of Cancer and Other Diseases
Love Has Seven Colors: Heart-Centered Practices for the Energy Centers
Rannon (fiction)
The Elements of Spellcrafting: 21 Keys to Successful Sorcery
Pagan Portals - Celtic Witchcraft: Modern Witchcraft Meets Celtic Ways
The Cage (CD)
Peaceful Being (CD)
May the joys of summer be yours!
Lisa
Editor & Founder