(Break out your cauldron and stir up a little witches' bre...)
Break out your cauldron and stir up a little witches' brew with Jamie Wood and Tara Seefeldt's unique culinary look at early pagan rituals and holiday feasts. Reaching back into the 13th and 14th centuries, The Wicca Cookbook offers spellbinding ways to celebrate the divinity within nature and each of us. Without requiring any formal commitment to Wicca and its beliefs, this one-of-a-kind collection emphasizes simple recipes using ingredients at their seasonal peak, from Rose Petal Jam and Dandelion Wine to Medieval Honey Cakes and, of course, Witches' Brew.
The Enchanted Diary: A Teen's Guide to Magick and Life
(Through a series of journaling exercises, The Enchanted D...)
Through a series of journaling exercises, The Enchanted Diary will help girls tap into their personal magickal powers while exploring the basics of witchcraft. This interactive journal features dozens of checklists, quizzes, and exercises to guide young witches to self-acceptance and awareness of the magic inside.
(Latino Writers and Journalists profiles 151 Latino Americ...)
Latino Writers and Journalists profiles 151 Latino Americans, such as Ruben Martinez, Laura Esquivel, and Isabel Allende. This exciting volume profiles the valor and tenacity of the Latino experience - from daily life to fighting prejudice and small-mindedness, teaching children pride in La Raza, and the need for assimilation. Filled with emotion and intelligence, the stories of Latino writers and journalists speak of courage and a love of life as they claim their rightful place in literature and journalism.
(In Rogelia's House of Magic, three different 15-year-old ...)
In Rogelia's House of Magic, three different 15-year-old girls find friendship and special powers as they are trained in the ways of the curandera by a wise old woman. When Rogelia becomes a maid at Marina Peralta's home, it's obvious to Marina and her friend Fern that they have a real mystic on their hands. Soon Rogelia agrees to teach the girls the magic of their ancestors, much as she taught her granddaughters, Xochitl and Gracielia.
The Faerie's Guide to Green Magick from the Garden
(In The Faeries' Guide to Green Magick from the Garden aut...)
In The Faeries' Guide to Green Magick from the Garden author and free-fae-spirit, Jamie Wood offers fresh, faerie-centric profiles of thirty-three familiar medicinal and culinary herbs accompanied by recipes for natural healing remedies, earth-friendly beauty products, and tasty treats. Fantasy artist Lisa Steinke pairs each herb with a vibrant portrait of its personality - its unique faerie signature - in her lyrical poetry and luminous paintings.
Jamie Wood is a United States author and coauthor of a series of successful Wiccan books. She also conducts workshops and retreats on earth spirituality, seasonal living, and writing.
Background
Jamie Martinez Wood was born on December 23, 1967, in Santa Ana, California, United States. She is a daughter of John Budd, a landscaper, and Cathi Budd, a teacher. At birth, Jamie was blessed with the middle name of Della, in honor of her maternal Native Californian grandmother.
Education
Jamie Wood began writing stories when she was seven years old. At 11, she started the first diary and a lifelong tradition of journaling. In 1991, Jamie Wood earned a Bachelor of Arts from California State University-Fresno. She also studied Reiki and massage therapy.
Jamie Wood has always been interested in metaphysics and nature, so when the opportunity to write The Wicca Cookbook presented itself, she jumped at the chance. She next wrote The Hispanic Baby Name Book and became active in promoting literature in her local community. The Wicca Cookbook enjoyed such acclaim that Wood played the host for a cooking pilot show called The Cauldron and was asked to write a book for teens. In researching The Teen Spell Book: Magick for Young Witches, Wood referenced her first diary - written from the time she was eleven until she was fourteen - to excavate the old pain and angst and transform these negative emotions into forgiveness and self-empowerment. Building on the success of my books and teachings, she wrote The Wicca Herbal and The Enchanted Diary.
Rogelia's House of Magic marks Wood's return to the world of story-telling and combines her expertise in the world of metaphysics, magic, nature, Latino culture, and Orange County, California history. She spends as much time as possible at events empowering young people, festivals for literature, earth magic, and culture.
Her lifetime of magickal practice has been influenced by Christian Science Sunday school, guardian angels, tarot-reading Nana, terrapsychology from 250+ years on ancestral land, mysticism from her Latinx heritage, true faerie tales from her Irish-Scottish auntie, and a free-spirit, fun-loving nature. With an innate magickal proclivity and fascination with symbolism and animism, she has celebrated and hosted magickal ceremonies, workshops, and retreats since the 1990s.
Jamie Wood believes that to write well authors must be willing to viscerally feel the emotions and situations they are describing. She uses her older diaries as well as current journals as reference points to a simple, candid self. She endeavors to turn the maudlin entries into self-healing journeys that resonate with another's pain or triumphs. Reading notes and journal entries when she felt disempowered and victimized motivates her to create visualizations and affirmations to move into a place of power.
Quotations:
"I write because it is my truest and easiest form of communication. Through the medium of words I can express myself at deep-rooted, multifaceted levels. The power of words transports me to an illimitable world of self-discovery while it transforms and raises my fears to ideas of love and connectedness. The paper or computer does not judge me but implores me to dig deeper."
Connections
Since August 21, 1994, Jemie wood has been married to Kevin Wood, a sales manager. They have two children: Skyler and Kobe.