Sandra Kynes

Consider me completely blown away by this book. I adore the sea, love to learn about it, find it quite magical and this book was an explosion of all those things. There was so much in this book that made me intruiged and amazing.

There's great quotes I never knew of. A new form of divination I'm definitely looking into trying out.

I was so amazed by the amount of historical (quotes, sea logs, etc) and physical science work done (like the tides and tidal bulges of the moon, how it worked and why), and how every chapter was full of expansive lists of what they were cover (the best being the extensive lists of Sea deities and creatures throughout recorded time).







(I have to tell you the fact this book has twelve pages of bibliography [out classing the index by a good six] at the end, because each of its references is cited, also may have made my heart pitter-patter quickly.)… (mais)

Was good.
This book takes you in depth with working with sea magic.
Not completely a beginners book. It has great reference sections and it has step by step instructions for several meditations and shamanic journeying. It also has journal entry prompts which are always helpful when you're learning.
It also explains how you can use this type of magic even if you are not living near an ocean/beach which is extremely helpful to the majority of us. This book can literally be used by anyone.
I would definitely recommend the book to anyone interested in the subject.… (mais)

This is a book of suggestions not only on how to set up an altar, but also on how to use one. It's an interfaith book and not tied to any one religion. Kynes begins with a general introduction to working with altars. In the main part of the book, she has chapters for altars divided from one to nine parts, with suggested themes and meditations for each. For instance, you could use a four-part altar to meditate on the four elements, the four archangels, or the Four Noble Truths. A five-part altar could be used to meditate on the five senses, the five Confucian virtues, or the five principles of Reiki. Kynes concludes with a brief history of altars and instructions for preparing crystals and gemstones for use on altars. This is a good source of inspiration for how to use altars in meditation and prayer (a visual tool), but may not be detailed enough for people who want concrete instructions on how to set up an altar in a specific tradition.… (mais)