Witches, snow and wonderful creatures!

Waiting for the Snow and Baba Yaga: tales of an old witch
New Books from Gordon MacLellan

Where would you hide a witch?

Where would you hide THIS witch?

Because when the witch in question is magnificent, ancient and flies through the old woods of the world in a mortar, rowing herself along the winds with pestle, and when her house is likely to wander off on its own and play with the capercaille in the shadows...hiding isn't really the idea....

 

Anyway, I've got two new books out now. One ( small spellbook of a booklet) is about Baba Yaga, that wonderful old witch who challenges, tricks, confronts and transforms just about anyone who survives the encounter (and if you don't, never mind, your long bones and skull will feature in the Yaga's garden fence!). The other book is gentler (perhaps). Waiting for the Snow is a new collection of recent poems of mine

 

From the cold stillness of a woodland in winter, to the wonder of bluebells, the perils of still water and the richness of orchards, Waiting for the Snow invites a different connection to the world around us.

Look outward, walk on the riverbank with open eyes and a willing heart. Turn inward and step carefully around the cracks in the pavement. There are mysteries here as well, watchful shadows lurking. Threatening, they still hold their own promise and the possibility of change.

Step out. Step away from the familiar and let Waiting draw you into a world of enchantments.

 

In Waiting you will find charms from birch trees and the wild frolics of the Birken Hoss. There are quiet reflections among bluebells and a dark, cold brooding menace that sits behind the Arctic nights. One of my personal favourites is Vigil that grew out of regular visits to the windswept, story-shrouded hilltop of Fin Cop here in the Peak District

 

BUYING COPIES (yes, please do!)

LINKS TO SALES ON EBAY:

Baba Yaga: tales of an old witch

 12 pages, 80cm x 150cm

Waiting for the Snow, 40 pages, A5 sized

If you would like a full set of recent books: Baba Yaga, Waiting... and Sacred Animals, message me directly and I'll send payment details and post the set to you directly

There is also a set of colourful postcards for sale if you want that extra touch of something tree-ish to send a friend or convince a foe that you're really a very nice (if rather leafy) Person....  

Hide a witch,

Inside a house,

Inside a wood,

Inside a beck,

Inside a bog,

Inside a crag,

Inside a world,

Inside a doll.

 

 

GIVING AWAY BOOKS....

Clearing bookshelves

Hallo, everyone out there!
I’m trying to shuffle through my bookshelves and have the first of (hopefully) several batches of books up for grabs if anyone wants any of them!

There are two main sets of books here...
folktales and environmental education and art activity books
magical books

These are free to anyone although I would appreciate it if we could sort for you to pay postage!


Just let me know if any of the attached interest you. I’ll do it on a first come-first served basis

Either pm me or drop me an email: creepingtoad@btinternet.com

Best wishes
Gordon

MAGICAL BOOKS: ALL THIS SET OF MAGICAL BOOKS HAVE GONE TO NEW HOMES....MORE COMING ON LINE IN A DAY OR SO!

Ref	Author	Title	Publisher	ISBN
25	Baker Douglas M	Astral projection	Aquarian 1977	0-85030-141-6
6	Brennan, JH	Reincarnation	Aquarian 1981	0 85030 275 7
3	Butler, WE	How to develop Psychometry	Aquarian 1983	0 85030 180 7
3	Butler, WE	How to develop Psychometry (2 copies)	Aquarian 1983	0 85030 180 7
28	Butler, WE	The Aura	Aquarian 1979	0 85030 179 3
9	Cavendish, R	The Black Arts	Pan, 1967	0 330 02223 7
8	Clough, Nigel	Magic Mirros	Aquarian 1977	0 85030 129 7
15	Conway, D	MAgic, an occult primter	Mayflower 1972	582 12179 9
7	Crow WB	Occult Properties of herbs & plants	Aquarian 1980	0 85030 196 3
16	Daniken	Miracles of the gods	Corgi 1981	0 552 10371 3
35	Drury, Neville	The occult experience	Hale, 1987	0 7090 2961 6
24	Fenton, Sash	Fortune telling by tarot cards	Aquarian 1985	0-85030-369-9
17	Hansen, C	Witchcraft at Salem	Arrow 1971	0 09 003910 6
20	Hirsch, P	Supernatural	Pyramid 1968	0 511 01833 060
36	Hope, Murry	Practical Greek Magiic	Aquarian 1985	0 85030 430X
2	Howard, Michael	Candle Burning	Aquarian 1977	0 85030 122X
2	Howard, Michael	Candle Burning ( 2 copies)	Aquarian 1977	0 85030 122X
4	Howard, Michael	The magic of the runes	Aquarian 1980	0 85030 233 1
1	Hunt, Douglas	Exploring the Occult	Pan, 1971	0 330 02648 8
22	Lee, D	Understanding the occult	Paperback Library 1969
23	Line, D & J	Fortune telling by runes	Aquarian 1984	0-85030-367-2
13	Maple, E	The Domain of Devils	Pan, 1966	0 330 02231 8
27	Markham, Ursula	Fortune telling by crystals	Aquarian 1987	0 85030 510 1
11	McCormick	White magic for lovers	Fontana 1973	0 00613351 7
12	Michelet, Jules	Satanism and Witchcraft	Tandem 1970	0 4260 4204 2
29	Montalban, MAdeline	The Tarot	Javelin 1986	0 7137 1784 x
18	Moss & Keeton	Encounters with the past (hypnotic regression)	Penguin 1981	0 1400 5587 8
26	Neilsen & Polansky	Pendulum Power	Excalibur 1984	0-85454-077-6
34	Norvell	Mystical Power of pyramid astrology	A Thomas 1978	0 85454 091 1
14	Pauwels & Bergier	The morning of the magician	Mayflower 1972	583 11970 0
5	Rendel, Peter	Introduction to the Chakras	Aquarian 1979	0 85030 161 0
19	Seth, R	Witches and their craft	Tandem 1967	0 4260 4968 3
21	Seth, R	In the name of the devil	Arrow 1970	09 003040 0
33	Walters, Derek	Your future revealed by the Mah Jongg	Aquarian 1982	0 85030 290 0
30	Weaver, Graham	A to Z of the occult	Everest 1975	0 903925 29 3

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND STORYTELLING

Ref	Author	Title	Public	ISBN
102	Barber, Chris	Ghosts of Wales	John Jones, 1979
117	Barker, Clive	Theatre Games	Methuen, 1977	0-413-45380-4
124	Bennett and Taylor	Living Planet	TickTock 2006	1-86007572-X
123	Dearling & Armstrong	New Youth Arts & Crafts Book	RHP1996	1-898924-75-9
110	Dearling, alan et al	Youth Action and the Envrionment	Russell House Publishing, 1997	1-898924-07-4
127	DfEE	All Our Futures, creativity, culture & education	Crown copyright 1999	1-84185 034 9
103	Dunne, John J	Irish Ghosts	Appletree, 1999
114	Finnigan	The complete juggler	Jugglebug, 1991	0-9615521-0-7
106	Grubb, et al	Earth Summit agreements (Rio, 1992)	Earthscan, 1993	1-85383-176-X
107	Hough, Richard	You Can Save the Planet	A & C Black, 2007 (for The Guardian)	978-0-7136-8688-3
105	Howat, Polly	Tales of Old Cambridgeshire	Countryside, 1999
101	James, Henry	The Aspern Papers	Penguin Classics, 1994	0-14-062097-4
109	Johnson, W.H.	Kent Stories of the Supernatural	Countryside, 2000
100	LENIHAN, EDDY	IN SEARCH OF BIDDY EARLY	Mercier, 1987
122	Lynas, Mark	Carbon counter - calculate your carbon footprint	Collins Gem, 2007	978-0-00-724812-4
126	CEE Youth Unit	Go For It Pack	1980s?
115	Mabey, Richard	The Unofficial Countryside	Sphere, 1978	0-7221-5709-6
118	Maine, Sandy	The Soap Book, simple herbal recipes	Interweave, 1995	1-883010-14-4
119	Morrison, Blake	songs of sacred places, children’s poetry in the year 2000	Sacred Land, 2000
126	Pike & Selby	Reconnecting from National to Global Curriculum	WWF 1995	0-947613-70-6
104	Pugh, Jane	Welsh ghosts and phantoms	Emeralda, 1979
116	Russell, James	How to turn your parents green	Tangent, 2007	978-0-9553520-9-6
108	Rutherford, Leo	Book of games and warm-ups for group leaders	Gale Centre Publications, 1994	1-870258-30-4
111	Sinclair, David	Shades of Green, myth and muddle in the countryside	Paladin, 1991	0-586-08708-7
121	Stott, Robin	The Ecology of Health, Schumacher briefings	Green Books, 2,000	1-870098-80-3
112	Timberlake and Thomas	When the bough breaks: our children, our environment	Earthscan, 1990	1-85383-082-8
125	Walker & Shioman	The Wisdom of Bones (in search of human origins)	TSP1996	0 297 81670 5
120	Wood, B	Our world, God’s world: reflections for Advent and the Christmas Season on the environment	Bible Reading fellowship, 1986	0-900164-69-7
113	Wyland, Creech & Balogh	Hold your water! 68 things you need to know to keep our planet blue	Andrews McMeel, 2006	0-7407-5682-6