Wakela Runen's World

The Marie Laveau Voodoo Grimoire by Denise Alvarado narrated by Adenrele Ojo Being a pagan, I have always been interested in the magickal workings of people around the world.  And the Louisiana Voodoo community has really had me intrigued.  There are too many times in the media, that you see Voodoo and other magickal practices being demonized.  I was ecstatic to see find this book that allowed me to take a look at the life of Marie Laveau and learn about her practices. Adenrele Ojo did a superb job at the narration.  There were a few times though that were a little tedious to get through though.  I think that was mainly due to it being a list of herbs and their magickal properties.  So, it was read more like a bulleted type of list.  But I really can't see any way around that scenario happening.   There was so much to unpack in this book.  The was a lot of great research done on Marie Laveau.  This was done through Marie's diaries, newspaper articles and even interviews with so

The Witches Workshop by Melissa Jayne Madara First, I would like to note that I reviewed the eBook edition.  I wanted to mention this since I have already said that I focus on audiobooks.  However, with a book of crafts or recipes, I feel that it is necessary to be able to see the process instead of listening and trying to figure it out in my head.  It is less noisy this way. Now on to the book itself.  This book is a witch's guide to creating your own tools.  The first thing that came to mind when I saw this title was that by crafting your own incense, dyes, or oils you can already start to put your intentions into them while crafting.  This way you will have the added benefit during your spell or ritual work.  Whereas, if you are buying mass produced items, you don't have the energy already starting.   I know that many people skip introductions in this type of book.  There is a lot of great information in this section.  The author attempts to show how the very definition of a