#the fact that I can't buy a physical english copy of this to have in my home is a fucking travesty

[grassbreads]

Everyone needs to read Hiraeth -The End of the Journey- right fucking now

[elhoimleafar]

So, this should be kinda private conversation about the money struggles in the metaphysical community, but anyway I think it is something interesting to share with all of you.

I just received today my latest check from my past publisher WRRB. When you receive a check for your books this comes with your lifetime copies sold for every copy in every format of your books.

My book 'The Magical Art of Crafting Charm Bags' published in 2017 has sold almost 6k copies at May of 2024 (7 years), while my book 'Manifestation Magic' published in 2021 has sold over 6k copies at May 2024 (3 years).

This tells you a lot about where the interest is, but also the focus on the metaphysical community, for bad and for good.

Take into account that I didn't have those years a large community support, zero publisher's support on promotion, they don't even post my books on their Instagram or Facebook, and I didn't make any interviews before 2022 cuz my English sucks - even worse than now 😂 - so practically all the marketing strategy was myself posting on socials everyday and setting up signing book for myself in each local store I knew.

I find really curious how the topic of Money Magic still been such a taboo in the metaphysical community, in 2024, to the point that people rather buy these books and remain silent about it, cuz people feels judged by everyone when they use publicly the words Money or Abundance, which tell you also a Loooot about the damaged mindset in a community that should not be judging others by their struggles.

Which is literally the reason why I wrote that book on Money Magick for Witches and energy workers, cuz in 2024 still a taboo talking about it, to the point that when you just barely get close to the topic of conversation, every white person in the room gaslight you associating your beliefs on Abundance & Prosperity with 'Toxic Positivity', entirely ignoring the fact that bipoc creators and witches still been who have more financial struggles in this same community.

You'll never find, or at least in eight years I had not find, a simple bipoc creator trashing the topic on Abundance or Money Magic and calling it 'Toxic Positivity', white men are the ones always saying that, obviously from a place of privilege and entitlement, and this is not racism, I don't even know now the right term for this, but obviously is a ton of privilege in going around saying to bipoc practitioners 'you can't do or talk about money cause this is toxic' while ignoring the reason.

Anyway, my point is, the fact that one book on Charm Bags which still a favorite of the bookstores everywhere, had sold 'almost' what a A book on Money Magic has sold in half of the time - seven years vs three years - tell you about how much this community is still struggling with accepting the fact that we are living a physical experience in physical bodies and money (independently of your social or financial position) should not be a taboo of conversation in the spiritual community.

Anyway here below I leave for you the links for both of my books if you want to know more about what I do and what I teach, and want to continue supporting my work and content;

1. The Magical Art of Crafting Charm Bags: 100 Mystical Formulas for Success, Love, Wealth, and Wellbeing. (Weiser Books, 2017).

🔗 : https://www.amazon.com/dp/1578636191

2. Manifestation Magic: 21 Rituals, Spells, and Amulets for Abundance, Prosperity, and Wealth.

Weiser Books, 2021

🔗 : https://amzn.to/3MCD87l

3. Dream Witchery: Folk Magic, Recipes & Spells from South America for Witches & Brujas.

Llewellyn Worldwide, 2023.

🔗 : https://amzn.to/47rStS4

I mean, how many white male podcasters and white male event organizers and white male bloggers and writers we have saying to bipoc practitioners things like 'believing in the law of attraction and talking about abundance is just spreading toxic positivity'?.

Cuz I just counted 14 the last week, so supposedly brown & black witches can't do money spells?, cause white people with a bigger following dislike it?

Is a lot of privilege on doing that, and some inner colonialism attitude also 🙄

Xxo, Elo.

[astridofraftel]

reading challenge update #8

In January I owned 30 books that I had not read yet, some of them I had been procrastinating for 7 years and counting, and I decided to change that! 2023 shall be the year I eradicate my To-Read-Pile for good. And I just finished half of my goal! Even better, if we look at the total number of words, I'm actually ahead of schedule, because the longest books are already done. If I keep this pace, I could even complete my reading challenge in November, and then I'll be totally free to BUY NEW BOOKS!! :DDD

Just finished: Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse + Il était une fois dans le Nord (Once Upon A Time In The North) by Philip Pullman + Le Roi Lear (King Lear) by William Shakespeare

Currently reading: And I Darken by Kiersten White

Next on schedule: L'Ultime Expérience by Bruce Benamran + Boudicca by Jean-Laurent Del Socorro + Le Flambeau + Témoin à charge by Agatha Christie

They're technically not on my challenge schedule because I don't own them (yet) but I'll probably want to read Now I Rise and Bright We Burn by Kiersten White in priority since the book I'm reading right now is part of a trilogy. I'm only about a third in but I enjoy it a lot so far, so I'm pretty positive I'll want to read the rest.

It's based on east-European history, which I'm not very knowledgeable about, but I don't want to fact-check a lot until I've completed the series, just in case real history spoils me. The vibe and the characters are really interesting and alluring, I'm very curious to see where it'll get me!

It's not my first time reading a K. White book, in 2021 I read The Guinevere Deception and I really liked it! It was part of a trilogy, too, which is now complete, and was a rewrite of the Arthurian legend from the POV of "Guinevere"... I still remember clearly what I liked about the characters, which is a good sign that they were endearing (Lancelot my beloved), and I loved how the magic worked.

The other books I just finished were rather short and I haven't a lot of thoughts about them. An advice just in case, don't read the one by Philip Pullman before reading the trilogy it's supposed to follow, His Dark Materials (my favorite books btw)

The next books I own that I have to read are all in French. First, a thriller written by a French YouTuber who did popular science videos that helped me a lot when I was in high-school. I don't really know what to expect from this one. I'll also have to read Boudicca, which I think I'll like, and two short story collections by Agatha Christie, which don't have English equivalents and I can't bother to list the story titles.

I have a 22-hours-round plane trip ahead of me this summer so I hope the lightest of my physical copies and the ebooks on my phone will keep me from loosing my mind :')

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[pixie-unger]

Libraries?

TL;DR at the end

I know I'm basically never here anymore. Life got a bit crazy. It still isn't sorted out. And now I'm asking for favours. But first a bit of a story.

I get my ISBNs from Library and Archives Canada. They don't charge me for the ISBNs but they do as that I donate copies of my books to their collection. I'm sure I knew that when I signed up for that service, but then things happened.

There was that car accident, then the plague and what with one thing and another, I completely forgot that I needed to send them copies. I think they were busy too because the timeline was supposed to be a year (I think?) and it was almost three before they sent me a reminder.

Now, I could just upload a eBook to their web portal, but - honestly? It looks sketchy as shit. I know politicians don't fund libraries, but Oh My Word! It's bad. Except I need to send them copies of my books.

So I'm getting the books printed. (It has involved SO much swearing! I have a whole new appreciation for why publishers have an entire team of highly trained people to do this.)

Since I am getting them printed (through Amazon), I might as well offer them for sale. But also, because I KNOW libraries are underfunded -

I'm giving away a limited number of free copies to small public libraries.

Now, this is where I could ask you to go buy a paper copy of my book, and it would be great if you did. That's not why I'm here. What would be super helpful is if you could ask your library to stock any of my books. Yes, I'm jumping the gun here a little bit. I'm not expecting all three to be available in hard copy until July or August.

My home life wasn't great growing up and I basically hid at my local branch all the hours they were open when I wasn't at school, until I could move out. I'm not exactly raking in the big bucks as an author, in fact - I can't even make a living at it yet. But I want to ... I don't know ... help pay off the karmic debt.

Aside from me asking you to ask your library to stock my book, I'm also offering this: if your small public library requests free copies, I send out one free set a month. This is my first ever posting about this offer, so my current wait list is nonexistent. I'm also not sending out books until all three are available in paper copies. I have no idea if anyone will take me up on this. There are some guidelines. I (sadly) only speak English, so this offer is only available to libraries who can email me in English so that I can understand the ask. It has to be someplace I can easily ship to from an English language Amazon site. Other things like offer void where prohibited, etc. Offer can be cancelled at any time. Offer dependant on my whim, etc.

Ready for the TL;DR?

TL;DR: Paper copies of my books are coming out. Please ask your library to stock them when they do. Some free library copies available here:

https://www.pixieunger.com/2022/06/09/physical-copies/

Thank you for reading!