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ANNOUNCING MY NEW BOOK!

Dwelling on the Threshold: Reflections of a Spirit-Worker and Devotional Polytheist by Sarah Kate Istra Winter

Within the myriad traditions of modern polytheism, some are called to a deeper and more consuming level of engagement with the gods, spirits, and otherworlds. These mystics, devotees, shamans, god-spouses, seers, spirit-workers and others often must craft a unique path for themselves based on scraps of historical evidence, inspiration from colleagues and mentors, and guidance from the holy powers.

In a series of short essays and poems, the author explores this sacred terrain of spirit-work and devotional polytheism, drawing on her own personal experience, as well as placing these practices in the context of ancient traditions and overall modern paganism. Specific rites and relationships may vary widely between practitioners, but many of the struggles and epiphanies shared within these pages are universal. With a passionate, knowledgeable, and compelling voice, the author describes a spiritual vocation that can be harrowing and lonely at times, but also breathtakingly magical and profoundly fulfilling.

198 pages, 6×9″, paperback, published May 2012. Can be purchased directly from Createspace, from Amazon.com, or (in a few weeks) you can order it from your local independent or major bookstore.

For more information and table of contents, see the page on my blog.

In celebration of May Day, and the second anniversary of imWalde, I am having a 20% off sale in both my Etsy shops! Just use the code MAYDAY12 at checkout. This sale is one week only, ends May 7!

As a reminder, The Bone Forest is all my jewelry mixing bones, claws, antler and teeth with sparkling beads, and Goblinesquerie features some jewelry plus art and ritual items. 

The Bone Forest:



Goblinesquerie:

This week I made a huge upload of new jewelry to The Bone Forest Collection – 19 necklaces and 2 bracelets! Includes antler burrs and tines, bones of sheep, deer, elk, coyote, opossum, raccoon, skunk, mink, and bobcat, dog teeth, coyote claws, a preserved squirrel paw, and a whole mink skull! All nestled amidst sparkling glass jewels and stones such as garnet, magnesite, lava rock, onyx, quartz and jasper. Come check it out:



And in my other shop, Goblinesquerie, I have a gorgeous otter pelt, and awesome pig and warthog skulls, among other things!

Announcing a new shop from imWalde: GOBLINESQUERIE. This is basically a storefront for all my crafty experiments and inspirations – many pieces will be one-offs as I explore new ways to create from bones and other materials. Come check it out! (More detailed blog posts here and here.)

Come take a look at the newest batch of bone (and claw, and antler, and teeth) jewelry in the imWalde shop! I'm particularly proud of this group.

This week marks the one year anniversary of my little shop imWalde, which primarily sells jewelry made of bones, teeth, antler and claws. Come read my post about it, and go visit the shop to see all the new jewelry I just added!

 So, first off, I've got several new pieces up in my imWalde shop on Etsy:

As if I didn't have enough projects on my plate, I've started a new blog documenting the appearance of the Amanita muscaria mushroom in modern Western culture. 

This one's just for fun, really, although there are a couple pages on the blog with more serious background and resources for those interested. Mostly, it's just going to be pictures I collect featuring fly agarics in art, advertising, vintage Christmas cards, whatever I can find.

Please come check it out!

Just popping in to let you all know that I've got a few new pieces in my Etsy shop, and I'm offering a discount of 20% off everything if you use the coupon code "YULETIDE2010" at checkout. Come check it out!

Since I don't celebrate Thanksgiving (no meaningful reason, just not interested), I'm going to spend the day decorating for Yuletide and planning out my many upcoming seasonal celebrations. I love this time of year! Plus, we actually had SNOW here a couple days ago, which is bizarre for our little valley, especially this early, so that really put me in the right mood.

New offerings for autumn are now available in the imWalde shop. Featuring bones and teeth of coyote, possum, rabbit, cougar, boar, deer, horse, snake, bear, fox, rat, bobcat and sheep. Echoes of fairytales such as “Brother and Sister,” “The Fox’s Wedding,” “The Pied Piper,” and “White-Bear-King Valemon.” Lucky amulets, delicate necklaces, and bold statement pieces – there’s a little of everything.

I am also having a sale on all earlier pieces, from 10-50% off everything - just look for SALE in the item title.

Of special interest to all Hellenic or Roman polytheists out there - am selling a few knucklebone amulets, continuing a tradition that dates back to ancient times. Come look!



I should add - this round of jewelry includes several pieces that I cleaned myself - such as the possum jaw bone (bottom left photo, from found roadkill) and the rabbit scapula (bottom right, posed with the skull of the same rabbit). It's amazing to move an animal body through this process, and turn death into something beautiful.