Temenos: Seers & Spellcasters

Maria D'Andrea is a cheerful and positive person, and a gifted occultist. Her positivity, and her laughter, are highly contagious and I am greatly looking forward to interviewing her on VOICE OF OLYMPUS in the very near future. In the interim, please check out her website, her publisher's vast catalogue of eclectic multimedia, and the following reviews of her books:

I am already a very positive person. This is something I work on daily. And I am always looking for ways to apply my practice of meditation, affirmation and visualization in creative new ways.

Maria D'Andrea's book, How to Eliminate Stress and Anxiety Through the Occult, is a treasure trove of tried and true techniques from her extensive metaphysical practice. They all focus on helping you feel confident and capable of attaining your goals and reaching your dreams.

It begins with a foundational meditation exercise and some simple steps to form a powerful protective barrier against negativity. These preface and precede all that follows.

There are a wide variety of meditations, prayers, visualizations and spells to experiment with. With some the 'power of mind' alone is engaged while in others one invokes deity. Some require props such as crystals, images, candles, gems, herbs, and oils. The exercises are from diverse cultural backgrounds and are all Interfaith friendly.

Scattered throughout the volume are many helpful hints on enhancing or tweaking the psycho-spiritual entries. Some examples: using colors, scents, the days of the week and the phases of the moon.

Dragons, salamanders, knights and other fantastical elements greatly add to the fun.

I have been greatly enjoying my personal experiences with the material in this helpful tome. The exercises are fun and yes, they do indeed contribute toward developing a sunnier, more optimistic outlook and disposition.

Image (c) Maria D'Andrea

The Myths of Greece and Rome have gifted us with many tales of colorful Seers and Spellcasters such as Tiresias, Cassandra, Calchas, Circe, and Medea. We need not look far and wide for these mythic individuals as our modern world is still blessed by their presence.

Though I do not think of myself as a Caster of Spells, I understand the principles from the Greek Folk practices I grew up and sometimes still use. I also experimented with, and taught, the Runes during my decades-long Hyperborean explorations, and some of the techniques I used can be, I suppose, described as Spellcasting.

In Maria D'Andrea's book, Positively Positive Spells, there are a variety of positive formulas for gaining better control of your life and enjoying the experience of living a great deal more.

There are a Spells for Health, Wealth, Love, Attraction, Mastery, Protection, Luck, Freedom, Blessings, Self-Improvement, and for Changing Circumstances. They are all positive and empowering.

The Spells in this tome are accompanied by evocative black & White photos and illustrations to help establish a mood and tone conducive to the work you are undertaking.  Herbs, stones, gems, crystals, colors, candles, and other traditional Spell Casting mainstays help you build up your desire and trigger your imagination. The spoken words and the power of your intent will do the rest.

As with Maria D'Andrea's  other book, How to Eliminate Stress and Anxiety Through the Occult, Positively Positive Spells is multicultural and Interfaith, easily adaptable to your own personal belief system.

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