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This deeply personal work may be Ballard's best yet, as she reconnects the reader with their own lands, spirits, sunshine, and storms. The philosophical blends seamlessly with the practical, as Byron takes you juneberry picking or teaches you the hidden history of her homeland. This is magical lore and regional animism and is as likely to lead you down paths of biodiversity and permaculture as altars and charms. This is a book about what it means to be a magical human animal in a living and enchanted world. --Cory Thomas Hutcheson, author of New World Witchery Our world needs elders speaking their truth and sharing their wisdom teachings. H. Byron Ballard is such a global elder, unafraid of using her voice. Seasons of a Magical Life demonstrates an earth-based spirituality which seamlessly weaves together land and soul, building fences and seeking solidarity, tending bees or chickens, and the practice of laundry as a meditative practice. Brava! --Imelda Almqvist, author of Natural Born Shamans, Medicine of the Imagination, and Sacred Art

"""In today's quest for authenticity and elder wisdom, we are blessed to have the wise voice of one of the most authentic witches I know: Byron Ballard. By authentic, I mean someone who is truly living it, and willing to share the hard-won wisdom of her life. Ballard practices all that she teaches, living the magical life with the land she loves, and spreading the love of that land wherever she travels to inspire us to love our land. As the proverbial Village Witch, she weaves the strands of poetry, science, history, farming, medicine, and magic into her holistic vision"" --Christopher Penczak, co-founder of The Temple of Witchcraft and author of The Plant Spirit Familiar, Spirit Allies, and Sons of the Goddess ""The gentle art of engaging with the everyday through time and space is wonderfully gathered up here by Byron Ballard, showing us how we can reconnect with the continuity of ancestral life through our own daily actions. Sheer magic.""--Caitlín Matthews, author of Singing the Soul Back Home and Diary of a Soul Doctor ""This deeply personal work may be Ballard's best yet, as she reconnects the reader with their own lands, spirits, sunshine, and storms. The philosophical blends seamlessly with the practical, as Byron takes you juneberry picking or teaches you the hidden history of her homeland. This is magical lore and regional animism and is as likely to lead you down paths of biodiversity and permaculture as altars and charms. This is a book about what it means to be a magical human animal in a living and enchanted world.""--Cory Thomas Hutcheson, author of New World Witchery ""A cozy stroll through H. Byron Ballard's forest-farm, Seasons of a Magical Life offers inspiration for a down-home yet revolutionary Pagan, animist path.""--Christine Grace, author of The Witch at the Forest's Edge and co-host of the Betwixt & Between podcast ""H. Bryon Ballard has written a completely original book, designed to reconnect Pagans to the land and to the Wheel of the Year. Part lyrical philosophy, part guidebook, and part instruction manual, Seasons of a Magical Life will stay with you long after you have read it.""--Deborah Blake, author of Everyday Witchcraft ""Our world needs elders speaking their truth and sharing their wisdom teachings. H. Byron Ballard is such a global elder, unafraid of using her voice. Seasons of a Magical Life demonstrates an earth-based spirituality which seamlessly weaves together land and soul, building fences and seeking solidarity, tending bees or chickens, and the practice of laundry as a meditative practice. Brava!"" --Imelda Almqvist, author of Natural Born Shamans, Medicine of the Imagination, and Sacred Art"

In today's quest for authenticity and elder wisdom, we are blessed to have the wise voice of one of the most authentic witches I know: Byron Ballard. By authentic, I mean someone who is truly living it, and willing to share the hard-won wisdom of her life. Ballard practices all that she teaches, living the magical life with the land she loves, and spreading the love of that land wherever she travels to inspire us to love our land. As the proverbial Village Witch, she weaves the strands of poetry, science, history, farming, medicine, and magic into her holistic vision --Christopher Penczak, co-founder of The Temple of Witchcraft and author of The Plant Spirit Familiar, Spirit Allies, and Sons of the Goddess The gentle art of engaging with the everyday through time and space is wonderfully gathered up here by Byron Ballard, showing us how we can reconnect with the continuity of ancestral life through our own daily actions. Sheer magic. --Caitlin Matthews, author of Singing the Soul Back Home and Diary of a Soul Doctor This deeply personal work may be Ballard's best yet, as she reconnects the reader with their own lands, spirits, sunshine, and storms. The philosophical blends seamlessly with the practical, as Byron takes you juneberry picking or teaches you the hidden history of her homeland. This is magical lore and regional animism and is as likely to lead you down paths of biodiversity and permaculture as altars and charms. This is a book about what it means to be a magical human animal in a living and enchanted world. --Cory Thomas Hutcheson, author of New World Witchery A cozy stroll through H. Byron Ballard's forest-farm, Seasons of a Magical Life offers inspiration for a down-home yet revolutionary Pagan, animist path. --Christine Grace, author of The Witch at the Forest's Edge and co-host of the Betwixt & Between podcast H. Bryon Ballard has written a completely original book, designed to reconnect Pagans to the land and to the Wheel of the Year. Part lyrical philosophy, part guidebook, and part instruction manual, Seasons of a Magical Life will stay with you long after you have read it. --Deborah Blake, author of Everyday Witchcraft Our world needs elders speaking their truth and sharing their wisdom teachings. H. Byron Ballard is such a global elder, unafraid of using her voice. Seasons of a Magical Life demonstrates an earth-based spirituality which seamlessly weaves together land and soul, building fences and seeking solidarity, tending bees or chickens, and the practice of laundry as a meditative practice. Brava! --Imelda Almqvist, author of Natural Born Shamans, Medicine of the Imagination, and Sacred Art

In today's quest for authenticity and elder wisdom, we are blessed to have the wise voice of one of the most authentic witches I know: Byron Ballard. By authentic, I mean someone who is truly living it, and willing to share the hard-won wisdom of her life. Ballard practices all that she teaches, living the magical life with the land she loves, and spreading the love of that land wherever she travels to inspire us to love our land. As the proverbial Village Witch, she weaves the strands of poetry, science, history, farming, medicine, and magic into her holistic vision --Christopher Penczak, co-founder of The Temple of Witchcraft and author of The Plant Spirit Familiar, Spirit Allies, and Sons of the Goddess The gentle art of engaging with the everyday through time and space is wonderfully gathered up here by Byron Ballard, showing us how we can reconnect with the continuity of ancestral life through our own daily actions. Sheer magic. --Caitlin Matthews, author of Singing the Soul Back Home and Diary of a Soul Doctor This deeply personal work may be Ballard's best yet, as she reconnects the reader with their own lands, spirits, sunshine, and storms. The philosophical blends seamlessly with the practical, as Byron takes you juneberry picking or teaches you the hidden history of her homeland. This is magical lore and regional animism and is as likely to lead you down paths of biodiversity and permaculture as altars and charms. This is a book about what it means to be a magical human animal in a living and enchanted world. --Cory Thomas Hutcheson, author of New World Witchery H. Bryon Ballard has written a completely original book, designed to reconnect Pagans to the land and to the Wheel of the Year. Part lyrical philosophy, part guidebook, and part instruction manual, Seasons of a Magical Life will stay with you long after you have read it. --Deborah Blake, author of Everyday Witchcraft A cozy stroll through H. Byron Ballard's forest-farm, Seasons of a Magical Life offers inspiration for a down-home yet revolutionary Pagan, animist path. --Christine Grace, author of The Witch at the Forest's Edge and co-host of the Betwixt & Between podcast Our world needs elders speaking their truth and sharing their wisdom teachings. H. Byron Ballard is such a global elder, unafraid of using her voice. Seasons of a Magical Life demonstrates an earth-based spirituality which seamlessly weaves together land and soul, building fences and seeking solidarity, tending bees or chickens, and the practice of laundry as a meditative practice. Brava! --Imelda Almqvist, author of Natural Born Shamans, Medicine of the Imagination, and Sacred Art

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H. Byron Ballard is a teacher, folklorist, and writer. She is senior priestess and cofounder of Mother Grove Goddess Temple and the Coalition of Earth Religions/CERES, both in Asheville, North Carolina, and writes as The Village Witch for Witches and Pagans Magazine, where she is also a regular columnist. Visit her at myvillagewitch.wordpress.com.

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