title: Candlelight Spells: The Modern Witch's Book of Spellcasting, Feasting, and Healing
author:  Gerina Dunwich 
description: <b>Gerina Dunwich</b>was born on December 27, 1959. After discovering at a very young age that she possessed certain psychic gifts and the ability to make contact with spirits of the dead, she developed an intense interest in the world of the occult. In the summer of 1969 she was formally introduced to witchcraft and spiritualism by an older family member, and has since devoted her personal life and writing career to educating the public about the ways of the Craft.<br />As a teenager, Gerina Dunwich (using a different nom de plume at the time) began writing poetry, short stories, magazine articles, and stage plays complete with musical scores. Her first published newspaper article,<i>His Voice was His Vehicle,</i>was an interview with singer/songwriter Jim Peterik from the rock n roll group, the Ides of March (and later, Survivor). Co-written with her cousin, Barbara Williams, it was published in October 1976.<br />By the spring of 1980 Gerina Dunwich was publishing a small press literary journal called<i>Golden Isis,</i>a one-woman operation that specialized in Goddess-inspired poetry and offbeat fiction. Its international circulation grew to nearly 3600 and it attracted subscribers from places as far away as Puerto Rico, Australia, Italy, and Japan.<i>Circle of Shadows</i>- a collection of Gerinas own poetry, was self-published a decade later.<br />After visiting Salem, Massachusetts, in April of 1984, Gerina relocated to the North Shore of Boston, residing first in Beverly, and then in Ipswich. In the winter of 1986, she purchased the historic Moses Day Homestead - a stately 17th century Colonial house in Haverhill that had been built around the time of the infamous Salem witchcraft trials. The house, which had been featured in a local television documentary about haunted houses in the Boston area, was a hotbed of paranormal activity. Soon after moving there, Gerina experienced a vivid dream in which the spirit of the late witchcraft author Sybil Leek appeared and whispered to her that her destiny as an author was "written in the stars." The dream proved to be prophetic when, in 1987, Gerina landed her first book contract with Citadel Press. (Appropriately, the contract was dated October 31st.) The following year saw the publication of her first book,<i>Candlelight Spells,</i>and the start of her successful career as a prolific book author.<br />In December of 1993 she moved into a century-old Victorian mansion located in the quaint and historic town of Fort Covington, New York. She soon opened a small shop on High Street called "The Country Witch" (later renamed "The Calico Cat Whatnot Shop"), which sold antiques, curios and various occult supplies. (Coincidentally, the antique shop run by Sybil Leek in the New Forest was also located on a High Street.) The business proved to be instrumental in bringing together many of the area's Pagans, including several who would later become Gerina's close friends and members of her coven.<br />In February of 1998 Gerina Dunwich received a ministerial license from the Universal Life Church. Ironically, the first handfasting she performed as a legally ordained minister was for the younger brother of the cousin who had introduced her to witchcraft nearly thirty years earlier.<br />Gerina has been a guest on numerous radio talk shows throughout the United States and Canada. She has lectured and presented workshops at festivals and gatherings across the country, including the CraftWise Pagan Gathering (Waterbury, Connecticut), the Real Witches' Ball (Columbus, Ohio), and Panpipes' Pagan Day Festival (West Hollywood, California).<br />She is a member of the International Ghost Hunters Society, the Authors Guild, and the Fellowship of Isis. Her biography is listed in a number of reference works, such as<i>Who's Who in the East; Whos Who of American Women, Personalities of America;</i>and<i>Crossroads: Who's Who of the Magickal Community</i>(published by The Witching Well Education and Research Center, 1988). She is also mentioned in Anne Carson's<i>Goddesses and Wise Women,</i>Raymond Bucklands<i>The Witch Book,</i>and other works.<br />In addition to being an occult author and respected spokesperson for the Neo-Pagan community, Gerina Dunwich is a freelance paranormal researcher who specializes in ghost animals and animal-related hauntings. In 2005 she founded the Paranormal Animal Research Group, which investigates haunted places and researches animal sensitivity to paranormal anomalies.
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  Magelord
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Book 3 Of The Spellmonger Series
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  By Terry Mancour
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © 2013
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  First Kindle Edition BETA
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  The Spellmonger Series
  
  
  
  
  
  (In chronological order)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Spellmonger
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  “The River Mists of Talry”
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Warmage
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  “Victory Soup
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  “The Spellmonger’s Wedding”
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Magelord
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  Table Of Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The Domain Of Sevendor
  
  
  
  
  
  The Dismissal Of Sir Erantal
  
  
  
  
  
  Housekeeping
  
  
  
  
  
  Affairs of State
  
  
  
  
  
  In Which I Meet A Neighbor
  
  
  
  
  
  The Yeomanries Of Sevendor
  
  
  
  
  
  The Reconquest Of Brestal Vale
  
  
  
  
  
  The Emissary Of The Warbird
  
  
  
  
  
  Winter Court
  
  
  
  
  
  Breakfast With A Footwizard
  
  
  
  
  
  I Fight My First Duel Of Honor
  
  
  
  
  
  The Blizzard and the Birthing Chamber
  
  
  
  
  
  The Snow That Never Melted
  
  
  
  
  
  Sire Gimbal Pays A Call
  
  
  
  
  
  Olmeg the Green
  
  
  
  
  
  A Ransom In Poultry
  
  
  
  
  
  I Collect