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Posted by: "Caroline Tully" heliade@bigpond.com willowitch2001

Sun Nov 13, 2011 1:32 pm (PST)

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1. Calls for Submissions
Posted by: "mistthevalk" mist@kenaz.ca mistthevalk
Date: Sun Nov 13, 2011 3:21 am ((PST))

Call for Submissions/Writers:

E-mail for inquiries and submissions: tara.miller21 (at) gmail.com; please
put "Immanion Press Anthology Submission" in your subject line.

Megalithica Books, an imprint of Immanion Press (Stafford, U.K./Portland,
OR, U.S.A.) is seeking submissions for a magic anthology from the
perspective of practitioners with disabilities or developmental differences.
This includes but is not limited to practitioners with mental, cognitive,
emotional, physical or sensory impairments and/or practitioners who are part
of the Deaf or Blind community. We have not come up with a title for the
anthology yet. That will hopefully present itself through the contributions.

There is much debate about how the words "disabled" and "disabilities". For
the purpose of this publication; however, we'll use the World Health
Organization's definition: "Disabilities is an umbrella term, covering
impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions. An
impairment is a problem in body function or structure; an activity
limitation is a difficulty encountered by an individual in executing a task
or action; while a participation restriction is a problem experienced by an
individual in involvement in life situations."

This anthology is intended to explore magical, occult, and esoteric topics
from the view points of practitioners who are disabled or part of the Deaf
and Blind community. Equality and access within the magic/Pagan community
and society in general are important issues. You can include them as a part
of your submission but not the whole. Keep in mind that addressing such
topics aren't the sole purpose of this anthology. When thinking about your
submission consider what rituals and practices are or have been most
beneficial to you. What mystical or magical experiences or knowledge shaped
your life for the better? Contributers can be from any magical background or
tradition. With all Megalithica publications, the intention with this
anthology is to go beyond introductory matters whenever possible.

We are accepting:
essays (academic and personal)
short rituals, prayers, meditations, activities, or spells (not lists of
correspondences)

We are especially interested in rituals that take into account limited
mobility or immobility, sight impairments, and rituals for the Deaf and
blind. Also, some practitioners with disabilities have limited attention
spans and would benefit from shorter rituals that include minimal
visualization.

Some suggested topics:

Practicing magic in hospitals or other facilities. How can you improvise
while complying with facility regulations?

Is the state of the body and mind a reflection of a persons purity or power?
Is it a sign of the practitioner working out past wrongs?

Psychological or physical emergencies as shamanic or magical breakthroughs.

Do we choose our bodies and experiences? Do the Gods/Goddesses or

Divinity create our bodies or experiences this way for a reason?

Medical symbols and their Pagan history and magical properties. How to
enchant and use these symbols.

Gods and Goddesses of Health- such as Asclepius and his daughters. For
example: Hygieia whose name is the source of the word hygiene. There is a
lot of Pagan history in the medical community.

How to discern spirits, entities and magical experiences when you are
dealing with health issues that can impair judgment such as being on pain
medication, dealing with mental illness, etc.

How a disability or impairment offers a new perspective on magic practice
and theory.

How communing with nature has it's rewards (i.e. ecopsychology or closeness
to a specific God(dess) etc.) and challenges (i.e. mobility issues)

Working magic with companion and/or guide animals or stories about their
spiritual significance.

What are some ways to find self-acceptance and empowerment?

Viewing scars from surgery, injury or otherwise as part of your story or
"battle scars" or proof of survival.

From the first diagnosis of disease or disability to the loss of a physical
function or independence, we feel grief. How can we cope with grief?

Ways to mend the fragmented self i.e. lucid dreaming, soul retrieval, astral
travel.

Working with archetypes or mythic images.

These suggestions barely touch the myriad of possibilities. We're interested
in any other topics contributors wish to explore. It's your voices that will
make this anthology powerful and possible.

Requirements for submission:
Citations for all quoted, paraphrased, or otherwise unoriginal material
Bibliography for works cited
Use the Modern Language Association (MLA) Style
http://www.library.cornell.edu/resrch/citmanage/mla
Send the file in Word or RTF format

Do write in your voice! If you're academically inclined or trained, feel
free to be as intelligent and technical as you like. If your work entirely
speaks in the first person about your own experience, that is also
permissible, but please use a more formal writing style for as much as
possible in your piece that is not quoted speech. Unless you do so
sparingly, or define your terms (either in the main text or footnotes), DO
NOT use lolcat-speak, text message speak, or anything else that could be
considered para-English. Our lives are full of abbreviations and "lingo"
which we understand but others may not, even people with different
disabilities. Please define any "lingo" you use such as Talk Doc
(psychotherapist) or P Doc (psychologist) or medical abbreviations.

Rough drafts are due March 01, 2012. These drafts will be edited in a
back-and-forth process with the editor. Essays need to be 1500-4000 words,
although if your work falls outside those limits, do submit it - we can
discuss this during the editing process. Do drop me an email if you are
unsure whether your idea fits into the content. We hope to include many
voices and the sooner you start the communication process the better.

If your essay is not accepted for the anthology, we will tell you after the
first round of edits. All contributors will be provided with a contract upon
final acceptance of their essays, not when they are accepted for editing.
Compensation will be a free print copy or an e-book of the anthology when it
is published and additional copies sold at 40% off the cover price to
contributers.

The anthology will be edited by Tara "Masery" Miller. Her blog, the Staff of
Asclepius, is featured in the Pagan Portal at Patheos.com. It's for Pagans
with mental, physical or sensory impairments; who are in recovery from major
injuries or addiction; and/or who are members of the Deaf or Blind
community. "It's a place to share how a spiritual and magical life gives us
strength or peace through all of life's joys and struggles. There are also
news updates and interviews with Pagans and experts on various topics
affecting the community."
http://www.patheos.com/community/paganswithdisabilities/ She has Turner
Mosaic which created a massive failure of her endocrine system causing many
health problems.

Immanion Press is a small independent press based in the United Kingdom.
Founded by author Storm Constantine in 2003, it expanded into occult
nonfiction in 2004 with the publication of Taylor Ellwood's Pop Culture
Magick. Today, Immanion's nonfiction line, under the Megalithica Books
imprint, has a growing reputation for edgy, experimental texts on primarily
intermediate and advanced pagan and occult topics. Find out more at
http://www.immanion-press.com.

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