The Winter Solstice is here having come in just after 6 AM EST yesterday on Dec 21. This is the Birth of the Sun (not Son) when the days start to get longer and we move forward to begin new ideas, new projects, and experience the birth of the coming year. It’s cold here but as the days get longer we know the warmth of Mother Earth will return. Of course, before we do any spell work, we always take into consideration when Mercury is retrograde. You don’t need an ephemeris anymore, you can look it up quickly on any laptop of cell! We wish all of our friends a Joyous Yuletide season and send blessings for a prosperous holiday season. May you all have the Blessings of the Goddess and God and may you never hunger or thirst.
Author Archives: Magika Store Team
Weiser Books Story
Weiser books has a great insert about Magika in their featured stores blog. It can be found here https://rwwgroupblog.com/2016/12/12/bookstores-we-love-magika/?platform=hootsuite
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Thanksgiving Week Special Hours
Hello everyone! We will have special store hours this Thanksgiving holiday week so our staff can be with family over the holiday.
Mon – Nov 21 – 11 AM-6PM (reg hours)
Tue – Nov 22 – 11 AM-6PM (reg hours)
Wed – Nov 23 – Closed
Thu – Nov 24 – Closed – Thanksgiving Day
Fri – Nov 25 – 11 AM-6PM (reg hours)
Sat – Nov 26 – 11 AM-6PM (reg hours)
We then return to regular hours. Remember, Saturday, November 26, is Small Business Day. Please support local small business in your community!
Samhain Circle-Oct 31
All Hallows Circle – Samhain – October 31, 2016
Our Lord and Lady of the Trinacrian Rose Church in conjunction with Magika and other local merchants and covens will host a Samhain circle just outside of the Magika Shop, on Monday, October 31, 2016, at 1:00 PM in the afternoon.
The event is being held early to accommodate many who have to leave Salem early to return home for school and work the next day.
Magika is located at 63 Wharf Street (63-R), Salem, MA. 01970 in the Pickering Wharf business district.
Those bringing canned and packaged goods (non-perishable) may leave them at the store and they will be delivered to a local charity.
Healthy Hounds
Hello my friends.
I wanted to tell you about our friends at Healthy Hounds here in Salem. If you have a dog and are looking for some expert advise and care this is the place to visit. They are just off the downtown district in Salem. They currently provide 6 separate, safe, sanitized and supervised indoor/outdoor play spaces along with lots of love!
This is personal and professional care for the discerning dog lover. And… great photography of your pets as well. They are listed as:
Healthy Hounds Doggie Daycare & Professional Pet Portraits
1 Florence Street (Rear), Salem MA. 01970. (617) 821-6941
http://www.healthyhoundsdoggiedaycare.com
http://www.facebook.com/healthyhoundsdoggiedaycare
Marilynne K. Roach
November 19, 2016 – 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Marilynne K. Roach – Author – Book Signing
“The Salem Witch Trials: A Day-By-Day Chronicle of a Community Under Siege”
The Salem Witch Trials:
A Day-By-Day Chronicle of a Community Under Siege
Based on twenty-seven years of original archival research, including the discovery of previously unknown documents, this day-by-day narrative of the hysteria that swept through Salem Village in 1692 and 1693 reveals new connections behind the events, and shows how rapidly a community can descend into bloodthirsty madness. Roach opens her work with chapters on the history of the Puritan colonies of New England, and explains how these people regarded the metaphysical and the supernatural. The account of the days from January 1692 to March 1693 keeps in order the large cast of characters, places events in their correct contexts, and occasionally contradicts earlier assumptions about the gruesome events. The last chapter discusses the remarkable impact of the events, pointing out how the 300th anniversary of the trials made headlines in Japan and Australia.
About The Author
Author Marilynne K. Roach, is a life-long resident of Watertown, Massachusetts, having graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Massachusetts College of Art, and credits the public library system for the rest of her education. Besides illustrating other writers’ works on history, how-to, and horticulture, she has written and illustrated several books of her own.
For additional information on the author and her works see:
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/51408.Marilynne_K_Roach
Strega Class – Next in November
To our current Strega Class. Due to the All Hallows Season and inability to get our regular facility for class (unavailable) we are pushing out our next class to Sunday November 13 at the same time. We regret the inconvenience.
Psychic Faire for St Judes
TRICK THE DISEASE ! TREAT THE CHILDREN !!
Psychic Faire Fundraiser for St. Jude’s Hospital for Children.
We are repeating last year’s successful event to help raise funds for this very worthy cause, and one of my favorites.
Our Lord and Lady of the Trinacrian Rose Church, Magika, and Victoria Station restaurant, will sponsor a Psychic Faire on:
Sunday, October 16, 2016
12:00 PM (noon) to 6:00 PM
Victoria Station Restaurant, Function Room
86 Wharf Street (around the corner from Magika)
Salem, MA. 01970
Our readers, whom we believe are some of the best Salem has to offer, will donate their time, and all proceeds will go to St. Jude’s Hospital.
All readings will be $40 for a 15 minute session. We current have a pool of 10 readers available.
Acceptable payments: Checks will be accepted for this event only and should be made out directly to “St. Jude’s Hospital.” We will also arrange to accept cash and most credit-debit cards (*) via Square ™. Donations will be processed by Our Lord and Lady of the Trinacrian Rose Church, a fully recognized church in Massachusetts with a full IRS church exemption.
(* A One-Dollar ($1.00) processing fee will be added when processing a
credit / debit card through Square to compensate for their transaction fees.)
Our hosts, Victoria Station Restaurant has a wonderful salad bar and fine food. Visit our Psychic Faire and stay for a fine meal at reasonable prices.
Eastern Mass Pagan Pride
Eastern Massachusetts Pagan Pride Festival
Hello my friends. I have been asked to speak at this year’s Eastern Massachusetts Pagan Pride event, this coming Saturday, September 17, 2016.
The Eastern Mass Pagan Pride Day Festival will be held Saturday, September 17th, 10AM-4PM, at Winnekenni Castle, 347 Kenoza Avenue, Haverhill, MA, 01830.
The event will features talks, sharings, merchants, and fun for all. I expect to be speaking about 2:00 PM.
The admission to Eastern Mass Pagan Pride Day is one canned or dry packaged food item per person! If you want to bring more, I am sure the folks at Merrimack Valley Food Bank would appreciate it! Blessings! – Lori
For more see:
http://emppd.org/
https://www.facebook.com/emappp
Book Signing-D.L. Luke-Oct 22
Coming Saturday Oct 22, 2016, from 2 pm to 5 pm
Please note revised time slot
Booksigning by D.L. Luke, author of,
“B: The Tale of the Halloween Cat”
From the first generation inspired by the heroes in the movie Star Wars, D. L. Luke, also known as Diana Denner was born in New York City, in 1965. A published short-story writer, painter, and former printer, Denner earned a free education and graduated in 1993 from The New School in New York City with a Bachelor’s of Arts in Fiction Writing and American Literature. She received the Margarita G. Smith award for a short story in 1993 and in 1994 she won the Pen & Brush award for a first draft children’s book. At the time she attended school, Denner had lived in Hoboken New Jersey (from 1987 until 1994) when “B,” the main character of the book, a stray black cat, appeared out of the blue in her backyard. She adopted and loved Bernard for the rest of his life.
For more on the book and the author see: http://www.bhalloweencatbook.com/
as well as: http://dllukebooks.com/
For a video teaser on this book see:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBcQ4vCM-2k