{"product_id":"seasons-of-a-magical-life-h-byron-ballard-9781578637232","title":"Seasons of a Magical Life: A Pagan Path of Living","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn invitation to return to a simpler time of earth-based spirituality and ritual living, through writings from a small forest-farm in the Appalachian Highlands.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e This book looks at the agricultural year as a starting space for a deepening of earth-centered spirituality. It gives a set of backstories to ease the reader into a time between the pre-industrial era and the modern one, into a place where the fast-moving stress of American life can be affected by a better connection not only to the natural world but to the elegant expression of the year as expressed through seasonal festivals and celebrations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The chapters are broken into four seasons, with the quarter days a highlight within each, and feature simple skills that accompany each marker in the year. Author H. Byron Ballard offers advice on spiritual and physical immersion into the seasons that applies to readers from all areas: rural, urban, and suburban. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This is also a deeply practical book, including insights into the following: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFarming \u0026amp; gardening: composting, manure, soil preparation, pests, seed-saving\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFood: cooking, preserving, foraging, the summer kitchen, mushrooms and mycelium\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFiber arts: knitting, crocheting, spinning, weaving, decorative cut-work, and embroidery\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSewing: treadle machines, electric machines, hand sewing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHousehold crafts: candle-making, soap-making, broom-making, sharpening tools\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHealth: medicines, tending the dying, death and death rituals\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e A glossary is included for any unfamiliar terms. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e H. Byron Ballard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1578637236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781578637232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Weiser Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/07\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/26\/2021\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"H. Byron Ballard","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44055539155199,"sku":"9781578637232","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d4731295-ad13-4873-a401-25675d60d134.jpg?v=1685036365","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/seasons-of-a-magical-life-h-byron-ballard-9781578637232","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}