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Llewellyn Worldwide
Llewellyn Worldwide (formerly Llewellyn Publications) is a New Age publishing, publisher based in Woodbury, Minnesota. Llewellyn's mission is to "serve the trade and consumers worldwide with options and tools for exploring new worlds of mind & spirit, thereby aiding in the quests of expanded human potential, spiritual consciousness, and planetary awareness." History Llewellyn Publications was formed in 1901 by Llewellyn George in Portland, Oregon. At first the company concentrated exclusively on astrology, in the form of both books and annuals. Later, Llewellyn began to branch out into other New Age topics such as alternative healing, psychic development, and Earth religion, earth-centered religions, among others. In 1920 Llewellyn Publications moved from Portland to Los Angeles, California. George died in 1954 and the company was bought by Carl L. Weschcke in 1961, who then moved the headquarters to St. Paul, Minnesota. During the 1960s and 1970s, Llewellyn published books from a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Scott Cunningham
Scott Douglas Cunningham (June 27, 1956 – March 28, 1993) was an American writer. Cunningham is the author of several books on Wicca and various other alternative religious subjects. His work ''Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner'', is one of the most successful books on Wicca ever published; he was a friend of notable occultists and Wiccans such as Raymond Buckland, and was a member of the Serpent Stone Family, and received his Third Degree Initiation as a member of that coven. Early life Scott Cunningham was born at the William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan, USA, the second son of prolific author Chester Grant "Chet" Cunningham and Rose Marie Wilhoit Cunningham. The family moved to San Diego, California in the fall of 1959 due to Rose Marie's health problems. The doctors in Royal Oak declared the mild climate in San Diego ideal for her. Outside of many trips to Hawaii, Cunningham lived in San Diego all his life. Cunningham had one older brother, Greg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kirstin Cronn-Mills
Kirstin Cronn-Mills is an American author of children's books including the Minnesota Book Award finalist ''The Sky Always Hears Me And the Hills Don't Mind'' (2009) and ''Beautiful Music for Ugly Children'' (2012) which was a Stonewall Book Award winner and a Lambda Literary Award finalist. Her third novel, ''Original Fake'' (2016), was a Minnesota Book Award finalist in 2017, along with her third nonfiction volume for high school libraries, ''LGBTQ+ Athletes Claim the Field''. Her fourth novel, ''Wreck'', will be published in 2019. Cronn-Mills received a doctorate from Iowa State University and currently teaches at South Central College, a two-year college in North Mankato, Minnesota. Personal life and career Kirstin Cronn-Mills was born in Virginia and raised in Cozad, Nebraska before she moved to Mankato, Minnesota in 1992. She met her husband, Daniel Cronn-Mills while attending the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and their son was born in 1998. Cronn-Mills's family enjoye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Laurie Faria Stolarz
Laurie Faria Stolarz is an American author of young adult fiction novels featuring teenage protagonists, best known of which are the series of books beginning with '' Blue is for Nightmares''. Early life and education Stolarz grew up in Salem, Massachusetts. She attended Merrimack College and later Emerson College, both in Massachusetts. Career Stolarz found sales success with her first novel, '' Blue is for Nightmares'', and followed it up with three more titles in the series, '' White is for Magic'', '' Silver is for Secrets'', and '' Red is for Remembrance''. The four novels in the "BIFN" series have sold over 500,000 copies collectively. Stolarz also announced a graphic novel entry into the series titled ''Black is for Beginnings'', which she published in summer 2009. Stolarz published ''Bleed'' in September 2006 and a companion novel, '' Project 17'', in December 2007. ''Project 17'' is set at the former Danvers State Hospital, which was demolished that same year. On June ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Simone Elkeles
Simone Elkeles (born April 24, 1970) is an American author known for the teen romance ''Perfect Chemistry'' trilogy and ''How To Ruin'' trilogy. She is a New York Times Bestselling young adult author. Simone has won the 2010 RITA Award for Best Young Adult Romance from the Romance Writers of America for her book ''Perfect Chemistry''. The sequel to ''Perfect Chemistry'', ''Rules of Attraction'', appeared on USA Today Best Sellers List and The New York Times Best Sellers List. Early years Simone Elkeles was born in Chicago, Illinois, on April 24, 1970. Her family later moved to Glenview, Illinois, up until her freshman year of high school, when they moved to Deerfield, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. She attended Deerfield High School and graduated in 1988. She then attended Purdue University, but graduated from the University of Illinois, earning a Bachelor of Science in psychology. While working for manufacturing company creating diversity programs for their employees, she conti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Maggie Stiefvater
Margaret Stiefvater ( ; née Hummel; born November 18, 1981) is an American writer of young adult fiction who is best known for her Fantasy literature, fantasy series ''The Wolves of Mercy Falls'' and ''The Raven Cycle''. Life and career Early life and education Maggie Stiefvater was born Heidi Hummel on November 18, 1981, in Harrisonburg, Virginia. At age sixteen, she legally changed her first name to Margaret. As a child, Stiefvater was a voracious reader who enjoyed writing. By age sixteen, she was submitting manuscripts to publishers. After being home-schooled from sixth grade on, Stiefvater attended University of Mary Washington, Mary Washington College, graduating with a B.A. in history. By the time she had entered college, she had already written over thirty novels, including four thrillers about the Irish Republican Army (1922–69), Irish Republican Army, a historical blockade runner novel, and a high-fantasy novel about "impassioned enchanters fighting among civil unr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Mark A
Mark may refer to: In the Bible * Mark the Evangelist (5–68), traditionally ascribed author of the Gospel of Mark * Gospel of Mark, one of the four canonical gospels and one of the three synoptic gospels Currencies * Mark (currency), a currency or unit of account in many nations * Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark, the currency of Bosnia and Herzegovina * East German mark, the currency of the German Democratic Republic * Estonian mark, the currency of Estonia between 1918 and 1928 * Finnish markka (), the currency of Finland from 1860 until 28 February 2002 * Polish mark (), the currency of the Kingdom of Poland and of the Republic of Poland between 1917 and 1924 German * Deutsche Mark, the official currency of West Germany from 1948 until 1990 and later the unified Germany from 1990 until 2002 * German gold mark, the currency used in the German Empire from 1873 to 1914 * German Papiermark, the German currency from 4 August 1914 * German rentenmark, a currency issue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Karen Mehringer
Karen Mehringer (born February 12, 1967) is an American author and psychotherapist who is the founder of Creative Transformations, an organization whose stated purpose is "to help people awaken, live with purpose, and realize their dreams." Mehringer was born in Hawaii and raised in California. She holds a master's degree in marriage and family therapy from the University of San Diego. In 1998, she and her husband took a six-month ocean voyage to Fiji. Her experiences are presented in her self-help book, ''Sail Into Your Dreams: 8 Steps to Living a More Purposeful Life'', published by Llewellyn in 2007. Mehringer has been a radio and TV talk show guest. A practitioner in the field of transpersonal psychology Transpersonal psychology, or spiritual psychology, is an area of psychology that seeks to integrate the spiritual and transcendent human experiences within the framework of modern psychology. Evolving from the humanistic psychology movement, ..., Mehringer has bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Silver RavenWolf
Silver RavenWolf (born September 11, 1956) is an American writer on New Age magic, witchcraft and Wicca. Career RavenWolf received her Third Degree Initiation from a member of the Serpent Stone family, a pagan congregation. While studying under a British Traditional Witch who claimed to have ties to the International Red Garters in Britain, Silver also became connected with a family lineaged witch who was the last in his line of the tradition. It was this mentorship that prompted the beginning of the Black Forest Circle and Seminary in the 1990s. , The Black Forest Circle and Seminary is an organization that contains hundreds of covens spanning the United States and Canada. Until the 2010s, she appeared as a lecturer and workshop facilitator at events in the Neo-Pagan community. She was active in Wiccan anti-discrimination issues. She was also a Powwower, having adopted the Pennsylvania Dutch practice in a neo-Pagan context. RavenWolf is the author of over 17 books on Wicca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Donald Michael Kraig
Donald Michael Kraig (March 28, 1951 – March 17, 2014) was an American occult writer and practitioner of ceremonial magic. Kraig published six books, including his 1988 introduction to ceremonial magic, ''Modern Magick''. He was also an editor for ''Fate Magazine'' and for his main publisher Llewellyn Worldwide. Early life Kraig graduated from UCLA with a degree in philosophy and studied public speaking and music at other colleges and universities. He was initiated into Aridian Witchcraft by author Raven Grimassi, and into American Traditionalist Witchcraft by Scott Cunningham. 'Encyclopedia of Wicca and Witchcraft'' by Raven Grimassi Pg. 242, Llewellyn Publications (September 8, 2000) , /ref> Career After a decade of personal study and practice of the occult, he taught courses in Southern California and at Neo-Pagan festivals and events on topics including Kabbalah, Tarot, Magick, the H.P. Lovecraft, Lovecraft Mythos, Psychic Development and Tantra, and was an initiated Tantri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Michael Newton (hypnotist)
''Destiny of Souls'' is a book by Michael Newton (9 December 1931 – 22 September 2016), published in 2000. Newton was a hypnotherapist who developed his own age regression technique. The Michael Newton Institute for Life Between Lives Hypnotherapy is a ‘non-profit’ organization formed in 2002. The institute was set up to train qualified hypnotherapists to continue Newton's work on past lives and spiritual realms. Summary In his second book, and through what he calls research into the afterlife, Newton claims to have documented the results of his clinical work in spiritual hypnotherapy. These are presented in a form of case studies and Newton asserts that they uncover the hidden aspects of the spirit world. Reception ''Publishers Weekly ''Publishers Weekly'' (''PW'') is an American weekly trade news magazine targeted at publishers, librarians, booksellers, and literary agents. Published continuously since 1872, it has carried the tagline, "The International New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
