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New Astrology & Spritual E-zine

Posted by: "M Lycett" megggz@netspace.net.au   mmorrigu

Wed Jun 15, 2011 2:33 pm (PDT)



Morning all,

Came across an E-zine while trawling the interwebs yesterday for eclipse info. ( Having 24 deg. of Sagittarius as my ascendant I found this one particularly interesting! ).

Anyhoo, I stumbled upon this http://www.thewisemag.com/issue-1 in my travels, and figured a lot of you would enjoy it.

NT
Meggs

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Re: Spellcraft magazine and your thoughts

Posted by: "frances_tdm" frances@templedarkmoon.com   frances_tdm

Wed Jun 15, 2011 6:25 pm (PDT)



My personal preference for a number of years has been The Cauldron as the rest tend to focus a tad too much on the "Charmed" brigade for my liking with there still being a distinct lack of "God/masculine" stuff.

I have subscribed to a few US mags in the past (PanGaia, NewWitch, Circle etc)and whilst they are interesting in content, they don't offer someone like me who likes to sink their teeth into things.

LOL and I won't even mention the mag I write for.

Having said that, even the articles appearing in The Cauldron have been slowly changing in recent years ... I shudder to think what I will subscribe to when Mike ceases being involved with his magazine.

BB - Frances

--- In WitchesWorkshop@yahoogroups.com, "Mark Dunn" <bratwulf2@...> wrote:
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> I have to say being in the actual new-age bookselling game I've come across a few decent publications in my time. The oft-lamented Witchcraft for one, I have to say I prefer magazines that are thought provoking. PanGaia would have to be my favourite on that. It seems to tackle the lifestyle side of things. How we incorporate our beliefs and practices into our mundane lives is something which is often glossed over in favour of the New Grimoire (which I must say Spellcraft had become for a while) with it's spell of the month type approach, or things like the e-zine Black Serpent an entire publication dedicated to Demonolatry that take a niche area and stick to it, so it's refreshing to have to scratch the old noggin and actually use my brain a bit. Books (and by extension, Magazines) which put forward for debate an ethical template of some kind often pique my interest (and that's regardless of their subject matter) There was a magazine my other half, Isabeau, used to collect call BlackRose which looked at world through Goddess coloured glasses, which I must admit put forward the whole lifestyle side of things nicely. And even though it was aimed at her, I could often be caught stealing from under her nose for a gander.
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> Yes price DOES influence my decision, I'm not going to pay between $8-15 for 40 pages of fluff (that's what we have What's New and New Idea, Women's Weekly, Day, Month and Year, for). If however it was quality content I would (which a fledgling S/C did have (shout out to Ken for his article on Magickal Squares)) be happy to pay that price tag. The problem is that when you have one magazine doing all the work then the content can go downhill fast. And that seemed to be (when I last read a local pagan/spiritual magazine at least) what happened in Oz with Spellcraft for a while, I must qualify, it has been 2 years since I read it. PanGaia and New Witch are both O/S publications which makes them notoriously hard to get. But if they're still out there (much like Green Egg, and Black Serpent) then check them out.
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Re: Spellcraft magazine and your thoughts

Posted by: "Sandra" astrojazz@bigpond.com.au   sandracirclewoman

Wed Jun 15, 2011 7:58 pm (PDT)



Hi Mark and All,

Have to agree with you regarding your favourite mag. Mine is by the same publisher (BBI Media) but is called SageWoman and Crone Chronicles. Due to issues of actually getting the magazine delivered - last years' issues just never arrived and in discussion with the editor it was determined someone was just dumping the magazines once they arrived in Australia - I decided to go digital. I now have three subscriptions to pdf magazines - one to SageWoman, the other CroneChronicles and the other NewWitch. Certainly considerably cheaper than the paper based and the only issue is you can't cuddle up to it whilst in bed unless you have a Kindle or some other digital reader. Small discomfort for saving paper I imagine. I think this is the future of publishing. Just look at Borders who will now go online and charge what they like for books. We will be forced to digital publishing, IMO. Books will become collectors items.

As to the Australian publication SpellCraft, it's not a magazine that I subscribe to but it was great for advertising our recent inaugural Australian Reclaiming WitchCamp. We did get a few registrations out of the ad so it was well worth it. I do not like the way SpellCraft publishes its magazine on glossy paper. If it was on recycled paper, as SageWoman is, then I would be more inclined to buy it and read it. As the publication stands, it is more directed to newcomers, which is good but there's really nothing there for us oldies, in my opinion. But, to be fair, I never look at the magazine so I may be wrong about that. It just doesn't appeal to me. Funny, huh? Maybe I'm suffering from good old Australian snobbery. And yes, price always influences my decision to buy a magazine for the same reasons you have outlined. But the price seems reasonable and on par with other magazines that are specialist type. Looking at the website and the articles on offer, not very many of them stand out and make me want to go buy it to read the article. Some do, for example 'Black Fella Magic in a Green World' which was published Spring 2010. If we want a quality Australian publication we have to support it and provide the articles in order for it to work. If SpellCraft made the commitment to 'go green' I would be more prepared to support it. SpellCraft also relies on articles from the public and do not pay authors, according to the submission policy. I wonder if that is still the case? Just wondering about their transparency. I imagine they pay for artwork but perhaps rely more on photography, hence the glossy paper. Still, good mags can be published on recycled paper and look good albiet using art work over photos. Maybe it's time to support our local artists.

Sandra Lacey

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