Publication Credits

from 1998 - present

Diana Rajchel has worked as a professional writer and has publication credits going back to the early nineties. As a result, this C.V. is far from exhaustive.

Books

Hex Twisting: Counter-Magick Spells for the Irritated Witch, Llewellyn Ltd. (to be published Fall 2021)

Urban Magick: a Guide for the City Witch, Llewellyn Ltd. (March 8, 2020)

Mabon: Recipes, Ritual & Lore, Llewellyn Ltd. (September 8, 2015)

Samhain: Recipes, Rituals & Lore, Llewellyn Ltd. (September 8, 2015)

Divorcing a Real Witch: for Pagans and the People that Used to Love Them, Moon Books (May 30, 2014)

2021

Llewellyn’s Herbal Almanac: Go Eat a Cactus: Edible Cacti for Medicine and Delight

Llewellyn 2022 Witches’ Calendar: Catch a Falling Star

2020

Llewellyn 2021 Witches Companion Dealing with Real Darkness

Llewellyn’s 2021 Herbal Almanac The Miracle of Soil and Water Cleaning Plants

Llewellyn 2021 Witches Datebook



2019

Llewellyn 2020 Herbal Almanac Rose Crafts

Llewellyn 2020 Witches’ Calendar Fireworks Magick (July)


2018

Llewellyn 2019 Witches’ Calendar Emergency Prosperity Spell (December)

Llewellyn 2019 Herbal Almanac Aromatherapy in the Kitchen

Llewellyn 2019 Datebook the Eisenhower Grid for Witches

Llewellyn 2019 Magical Almanac Home Wards and House Guardians

2017

Llewellyn 2018 Witches’ Companion Hardware Store Magick

Llewellyn 2018 Herbal Almanac Herbal Candies

2016

2017 Witches Calendar January- Road Opener Spell

2017 Herbal Almanac Rhodiola and the Adaptogens - Your Stress Relief and Crop Lore: When the Plants Talked Back

2017 Witches' Companion Sabbats Out of Season: What to do if you live where the seasons do not shift

Book Reviews at Facing North

  • The Encyclopedia of Jewish Myth, Magic and Mysticism - 4/16/2016

  • H.P Lovecraft and the Black Magickal Tradition: the Master of Horror's Influence on Modern Occultism - 4/16/2016

  • Dictionary of Ancient Magic Words and Spells from Abraxas to Zoar - 3/19/16

  • La Santa Muerte: Unearthing the Magic and Mysticism of Death - 3/19/16

  • Art Noveau Premium Tarot - 3/19/16

  • Sidewalk Oracles: Playing with Signs, Symbols, and Synchronicity in Everyday Life - 2/13/16

  • The Witches Almanac: Air, the Breath of Life Issue 35 - 2/13/16

  • Re-Mapping Your Mind: the Neuroscience of Self Transformation Through Story - 2/13/16

  • The Wisdom of Birch, Oak, and Yew: Connect to the Magic of Trees for Guidance and Transformation - 1/16/16

  • Clearing Clutter: Physical, Mental, Spiritual - 1/16/16

2015

Mabon: Recipes, Ritual & Lore Samhain: Recipes, Ritual & Lore (September 8, 2015)

2016 Llewellyn Witches' Companion The Divine Masculine for Women

2016 Llewellyn Witches' Calendar May

2016 Llewellyn Herbal Almanac : Turmeric

2016 Llewellyn Magical Almanac Magic by the Hidden Moon & When Magic Fails

2016 Sabbats Almanac Beltane

Anthologies

Bast: The Queen of the Sky Who Rules Over all the Gods May 9, 2015

Pop Culture Grimoire 2.0 - Orchestrating Fate : Pop Music For Magicians

Facing North Book Reviews

  • Freedom from Your Inner Critic - a Self-Therapy Approach 4/18/15

  • The Book of Good Practices: Learning Core Skills for Health, Happiness, and Success - 4/18/15

  • Ars Vercanus - Advanced Magical Techniques - 4/18/15

  • Songs of the Metamythos - 4/18/15

  • The Essential Guide to Possession, Depossession, and Divine Relationship - 5/23/15

  • Gold: Israel Regardie's Lost Work on Alchemy - 5/23/15

  • Holistic Energy Magic - Charms and Techniques for Creating a Magical Life 6/14/15

  • Pathworking through Pagan Poetry 7/18/15

2014

2015 Llewellyn Witches' Companion: Interpreting Omens: When a Black Cat Crosses Your Path Does It Mean a Darn Thing?

2015 Llewellyn's Herbal Almanac Critter-Friendly Gardening: Keeping Your Garden Safe for All

Llewellyn's Witches' Date Book 2015

  • Beet Cake Recipe (p. 35)

  • Rhubarb Almond Crumble Recipe (p. 59)

  • Cold Avocado Soup Recipe (p. 75)

  • Baked Kohlrabi Recipe (p. 85)

  • Carrot Curry Soup Recipe (p. 101)

  • Sauerkraut Proper Recipe (p. 111)

  • Popovers (p. 127)

Divorcing a Real Witch, Moon Books, 2014

Facing North Book Reviews

  • Lunasa Days (A Novela) - 5/12/14

  • Magical Fashionista: Dress for the Life You Want - 5/12/14

  • Mixing Essential Oils for Magic - 5/12/14

  • The Wizard and the Witch: an Oral History of Oberon Zell and Morning Glory - 5/12/14

  • Homemade Magick: the Musings and & Mischief of a Do-it-yourself Magus - 12/22/14

  • The Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram - a 21st Century Grimoire - 12/22/14

  • Manifesting Wealth: Magic for Prosperity, Love, and Health - 12/22/14

  • Incense Crafting & Use of Magickal Scents - 12/22/14

  • Shades of Ritual: Minority Voices on Pagan Practice - 12/22/14

  • The Voodoo Doll Spellbook - a Compendium of Ancient and Contemporary Spells and Rituals - 12/22/14

2013

2014 Witches' Calendar:August: Hummingbird Magic

2014 Witches' Companion: (As Close As You Can Get to) Knowing Hecate

2014 Sabbats Almanac: Litha: Midsummer in the City & Midsummer Ritual: Local Travel

2014 Herbal Almanac:Overharvested Herbs and Their Substitutes & Offsetting Indoor Air Pollution with Plants

2014 Llewellyn Magical Almanac 13 Meditations for the Short Attention Span

PNC Minnesota (news blog)

  • Pagan Living TV Gains Mainstream Attention

  • Community: Seeking Clothing Donations for a Trans Woman

  • Solstice Storm over Paganistan Knocks out Power for 616,000

  • Help a Bunny Out: Displaced Plymouth Rabbit Needs a Home

  • Peek at BareBones 20th Anniversary Extravaganza

  • Pagans: Join the Beyond Belief Walk for Peace

Facing North (book reviews)

  • Magical Identity: an Exploration of Space/Time, Neuroscience and Identity - 2/18/13

  • The Secret Doctrine of the Rosicrucians: a Lost Classic - 2/18/13

  • Good Living in Hard Times - 2/18/13

  • Aleistar Crowley and the Practice of the Magical Diary - 2/18/13

  • Alphabet for Lovers - 2/18/13

  • The Spiritual Teacher's Handbook - 3/23/13

  • The Candle and the Crossroads: a book of Appalachian Conjure and Southern Root Work - 3/23/13

  • Sacrificial Ceremonies of Santeria: a Complete Guide to the Rituals and Practices - 3/23/13

  • Rude Awakening: Perils, Pitfalls and Hard Truths of the Spiritual Path - 3/23/13

  • Multiply Your Blessings: a 90 Day Prayer Partner Experience - 3/23/13

  • The Best of the Equinox vol. 1 - 3/23/13

  • Answering the Contemplative Call: First Steps on a Mystical Path - 6/20/13

  • Cactus of Mystery: the Shamanastic Powers of the Peruvian San Pedro Cactus - 6/20/13

  • The Encyclopedia of Aphrodisiacs: Psychoactive Substances for Use in Sexual Practices - 6/20/13

  • In the Center of the Fire: A Memoir of the Occult 1966-1989 - 6/20/13

  • Net of Being - 6/20/13

  • The Easy Vegan: Over 440 Delicious Recipes and Menus for Every Day of the Year - 6/20/13

  • You are STILL Being Lied to: the New Disinformation Guide to Media Distortion, Historical Whitewashes and Cultural Myths - 6/20/13

  • Pain and Faith in the Wiccan World: Spirituality, Ethics and Transformation - 12/21/13

2012

Llewellyn 2013 Witches' Calendar

Circle Magazine 10 Witchy Items in Your Kitchen - Spring 2012, Issue 111

Facing North Book Reviews

  • Navigating the Collapse of Time: a Peaceful Path through the end of Illusions - Book Review 2/9/12

  • Witch, an Autobiography - Book Review 3/15/12

  • Tuning in: a Journalist, 6 Trance Channelers, and Messages from the Other Side - Book Review 3/15/12

  • Swami Panchadasi's Clairvoyance and Occult Powers - Book Review 3/15/12

  • Living with Joy: Keys to Personal Power and Spiritual Transformation - Book Review 3/15/12

  • Invoking the Scribes of Ancient Egypt: the Initiatory Path of Spiritual Journaling - Book Review 3/15/12

  • Advancing the Witches Craft: Aligning Your Magical Spirit through Meditation, Exploration and Initiation of the Self - Book Review 3/15/12

  • Northern Wisdom: the Hávamál, Tao of the North - Book Review 4/17/12

  • Time of the Quickening: Prophecies of the Coming Utopian Age -Book Review 4/18/12

  • The Return of the Angels: the Urantia Mysteries and the Coming of the Light -Book Review 4/18/12

  • Near-Death Experiences: the Rest of the Story -Book Review 4/18/12

  • The Healing Intelligence of Essential Oils -Book Review 4/18/12

  • The Light of Sex: Initiation, Magic and Sacrament-Book Review 7/14/12

  • Coventry Magic with Candles, Oils and Herbs -Book Review 7/14/12

  • Traditional Witchcraft for the Seashore-Book Review 7/14/12

  • Shades of Faith: Minority Voices in Paganism -Book Review 8/19/12

  • The Sacred Rite of Magical Love-Book Review 8/19/12

  • The Voodoo Hoodoo Spellbook - Book Review 8/19/12

  • Stalking the Goddess: An Interview with Mark Carter- Interview 8/19/12

  • The Bowl of Light: Ancestral Wisdom from a Hawaiian Shaman -Book Review 10/14/12

  • Goblinproofing One’s Chicken Coop and other practical advice in our campaign against the fairy kingdom-Book Review 11/18/12

  • Small Change, Big Deal: Money As if People Mattered-Book Review 11/18/12

  • Dispirited: How Contemporary Spirituality Makes Us Stupid, Selfish and Unhappy -Book Review 11/18/12

  • Step into the Circle: A First Book of Paganism-Book Review 11/18/12

  • No Happy Cows: Dispatches from the Frontlines of the Food Revolution-Book Review 11/18/12

  • Vampyre Magick: The Grimoire of the Living Vampire-Book Review 11/18/12

  • Step into the Circle: Autumn-Book Review 11/18/12

  • Step Into the Circle: Winter -Book Review 11/18/12

Pagan Newswire Collective

  • After the Snakes: Photos from 2012 Paganicon All Snakes Day Ball - Photo Essay 3/20/12

  • Etsy Introduces Restrictions that May Impact Pagan Sellers - 8/20/12

  • Macha NightMare Withdraws from Reclaiming Tradition - written by Nels Linde, contributed notes - 8/16/12

  • Rites of Passage for Minneapolis Girls - 9/6/12

  • Video: Interview with David Stewart of Boys Mentorship Collective - 9/10/12

2011

Out of Arcadia: a Devotional Anthology in Honor of Pan Thundering Pan (poem)

Llewellyn's 2012 Magical Almanac: Inner Demons: When You Are the Bump in the Night

Llewellyn's 2012 Herbal Almanac: the Future of Herbs

Llewellyn's Witches' Calendar 2012: Applying Your Apps: Magical Tips for Smartphone Use

Facing North Book Reviews

  • Women's Voices in Magic - Book Review 2/26/11

  • Quantum Sorcery - Book Review 2/26/11

  • The Lightworker's Circle Guide - Book Review 04/17/11

  • Defense Against the Dark - Book Review 5/22/11

  • Paganicon - Event Review 5/22/11

  • Skin Spirits: the Spiritual and Magical Uses of Animal Parts- Book Review 6/11/11

  • Slow Sex: the Path to Fulfilling and Sustainable Sexuality - Book Review 6/11/11

  • Traditional Witchcraft for Urban Living - Book Review 6/11/11

  • Moonrise: the Power of Women Leading from the Heart - Book Review 6/11/11

  • The Unspell Book - Book Review 8/17/11

  • The Witch's Bag of Tricks - Book Review 8/17/11

  • Advanced Sex Magic - Book Review 9/11/11

  • Trigger Point Therapy for Myofascial Pain - Book Review 9/11/11

  • Aphrodite's Magic: Celebrate and Heal Your Sexuality - Book Review 9/11/11

  • The Wheel of Wisdom - Product Review 10/16/11

  • Phantom Armies of the Night: the Wild Hunt and Ghostly Processions of the Undead - Book Review 10/16/11

PNC-Minnesota (news blog)

  • Pagan Coming Out Day - Interview 2/1/11

  • Summerland Spirit Festival Arrives by Storm - News Article 7/21/11

  • Pagan Presidential Candidate Aligns Himself with Occupy Wall Street - Interview 10/7/2011

  • Slutwalk Minneapolis Seeks Cultural Change - News Article 10/24/11

  • Harmony Park Permit up for Renewal - News Article 11/6/11





2010

Demand Studios – Ehow.com

  • Can You Contribute to IRAs and 401Ks?

  • Consumer Privacy Ac

  • Zyrtec D Federal Regulations

  • Consumer Credit Training

  • Home Remedy Beauty Tips for Aged Women

  • What Is Customer Service Culture?

  • What Qualifications Are Needed to Become a Fashion Designer?/a>

  • About the International Building Code Tests

Witch’s Voice - Divorce, an Initiatory Ritual

Pagan Newswire Collective Minnesota Celtic Temple Opens in Northeast Minneapolis

2011 LLewellyn Witches Spell a Day Almanac.(multiple spells)

Llewellyn’s Witches’ Calendar 2011 The Urban Herbal

Llewellyn’s Witches’ Datebook 2011

Llewellyn’s 20111 Magical Almanac Using Your Home as a Magickal Tool

Facing North Book Reviews

  • Witchcraft on a Shoestring: Practicing the Craft without Breaking Your Budget

  • Hanuman: the Devotion and Power of the Monkey God

  • Kick-Ass Creativity

  • Daughters of the Witching Hill

  • Lucid Food: Cooking for an Eco-Conscious Life

  • Eco Beauty: Scrubs, Rubs Masks and Bath Bombs for You and Your Friends

  • Write Starts: Prompts, Quotes and Exercises to Jumpstart Your Creativity

  • Best Tarot Practices

  • Art and Spiritual Transformation: the Seven Stages of Death and Rebirth

  • Voudou Money Magic: the Way to Prosperity through Blessings of Lwa

  • The Magician’s Way: What it Really Takes to Find Your Treasure

2009

Viva La Moda Handmade Charity Issue 2 March 09, 2009

Examiner.com

  • New Bell Museum in Minneapolis Hits Bump: Denial of State Funding

  • 2009 Summer Programs for Children and Teens at Minneapolis-St. Paul Museums

  • The Art of Jewish Charity at the Minneapolis Institute of the Arts

  • Youtube Video: Holy Lands at the MIA

  • Reviewing the Quick and the Dead at the Walker

  • May 01 Minneapolis-St Paul Museum Events

  • Mother’s Day at the Musuem – Events in Minneapolis-St. Paul

  • Explore evo-devo at the Bell Museum

  • Eduardo Kac Exhibition Opening

  • The Seduction of Scent – Bell Museum April 18

  • Walking Tours in Minneapolis-St. Paul

  • Interview with Susan Weller, Executive Director of the Bell Museum of Natural History

  • The Recession’s Effect on Local Museums

  • Volunteer at Twin Cities Museums

  • Home is where the art is -Viva City at Minneapolis Central Library

  • Technological Treats for Museum Tours

  • Minneapolis/St. Paul Museum Stops: exhibits to visit this weekend 04/10/09

  • What a Museum Membership Can get You

  • Minnesota Museum of American Art: We’ll Be Back

  • Minneapolis Museum Stops: Exhibits to Visit this Weekend 04/03/09

  • Free Museums in the Twin Cities – Minneapolis and Saint Paul

Llewellyn 2010 Witches’ Datebook 2010 Mercury Retrograde

Llewellyn 2010 Magical Almanac Spell Casting Battery

The Rebel Perfumer Column: Perfumery Without Pretension

  • Perfumery without Pretension

  • Common Questions for the Small Perfumer

  • Commonly Mislabeled Fragrances

  • Interview with Stephanie K of Stephanie K Naturals

  • Contributor: Le Parfumeur Rebelle Yell

  • A Language of Scent

  • Magickal Realism’s Garden Adventures

  • If I Were a Perfume

Facing North book reviews

  • The Pop-Culture Grimoire: an Anthology of Pop Culture and Magickal Realism

  • The Goat-Foot God

  • Walking an Ancient Path

  • The Dancing God

  • Sacred Places of Goddess: 108 Desitnations

  • Trance-Portation: Learning to Navigate the Inner World

  • Ecstasia

  • Ecstatic Ritual

2008

Viva La Moda How Green Are Your Bath Goodies? 1 December 24, 2008

Facing North Book Reviews

  • The Pyschic Energy Codex

  • Sekhem-Heka: a Natural Healing and Self-Development System

  • Magickal Progressions: an Old-Fashioned Primer

  • Fang, Fur, Blood and Bone

  • Llewellyn Annuals

Llewellyn 2009 Spell-a-Day Calendar (contributor)

Llewellyn 2009 Witches’ Datebook Scents to Effect Magic.

Llewellyn 2009 Magical Almanac Technological Magic & Magical Anchors.

]Llewellyn 2009 Wicca Almanac Urban Ritual and Performance Art

Llewellyn 2009 Witches’ Calendar February

Twin Cities Daily Planet - Bio-ethicist Steven Miles to Speak on Torture

2007

: Llewellyn’s 2008 Witches’ Datebook Sacred Flame

Llewellyn 2008 Witches’ Calendar About Elementals

]Llewellyn 2008 Wicca Almanac Locating Pagan Clergy for Your Wedding

Facing North book reviews

  • Glitter Ball

  • Essential Asatru: Walking the Path of Norse Paganism

  • Math for Mystics

  • Mystic Foundations

  • The Beltane Papers – book reviews

  • Conscious Business

  • Fang, Fur, Blood and Bone

2006

Twin Cities Daily Planet - African Development Center: a Path to Success for Immigrants

Witch’s Voice You Can’t Please all of the People all of the Time

Contributor: Llewellyn 2007 Magical Almanac Cash Flow Magic & Planet Magic

The Beltane Papers

  • Interview with Macha NightMareBook Review: Fang, Fur, Blood and Bone

  • Book Review: Celebrating the Pagan Soul

  • Book Review: Cyberhenge

  • Book Review: Chaldean Magic

  • Book Review: Dancing the Goddess Incarnate

  • Book Review: Secrets of the Magickal Grimoires

the Pagan Press Interview with Starhawk

Facing North Book Reviews

  • Goddess of the North

  • Let It Go

  • Dynamics of Personal Energy

2005

Llewellyn 2006 Magical Almanac Dreamweaving: Impacting Dreams through Magic & City Spirit Magic

Llewellyn 2006 Wicca Almanac Urban Meets Rural in Wicca, Nature Spirits in the City, & Pagan Prayer

The Beltane Papers

  • Interview – Dancing the Goddess

  • Book Review – Transfigurations

  • Book Review – Nasty Astrology





2004

Contributor: Llewellyn 2005 Magical Almanac Magical Realities in India & Sex Magic Basics

Llewellyn 2005 Wicca Almanac Reclaiming the Divine & Wicca and Divorce

The Beltane Papers Book Reviews

  • New Age Encyclopedia – a Mind. Body, Spirit Reference Guide

  • New Daughters of the Oracle: the Return of Female Prophetic Power in our Time

  • Rassa Shastra: Inayat Khan on the Mysteries of Love, Sex and Marriage

  • A Sacred Sex Devotional

  • Witches, Werewolves and Fairies

2003

Llewellyn 2004 Magical Almanac Golden Apple Goddesses and Magic in Holy Books

Llewellyn 2004 Wicca Almanac Approaching the Pentacle: on networking among Wiccans

The Beltane Papers Book Reviews

  • The Goddess in India

  • Indian Astrology

  • Jung’s Circle of Women: the Valkyries

  • Witchcraft: an Alternative Path

  • Dynamics of Personal Energy

  • Let It Go

  • Spiritual Mentoring

2002

Llewellyn 2003 Magical Almanac Exercise and Magic

Witch’s Voice Hexing and Healing as a Continuum

The Beltane Papers Book Reviews

  • The Well-Read Witch

  • Basic Sigil Magic

2001

Llewellyn 2002 Wicca Almanac Witch Pop: Popular Songs about Pagans

Llewellyn 2002 Herbal Almanac Caution: You May Want to Avoid These Herbs

The Beltane Papers Book Reviews

  • Bewitchments

  • Goddess of the North

  • Pagans and Christians

  • The Way We Pray

2000

Llewellyn 2001 Magical Almanac Sacred Disposal

Witch’s Voice How to Educate the Media

Pagan Press Wiccom Conference Report & Towards a Spiritual Body Image: Archetypes for Men and Women

Pagan Internet Speaker Conference Learning Magic without Magical Texts

Widdershins Beginning the End: a Ritual to Release from Negative Relationships

Circle Magazine A Midsummer Eroticism Ritual

1999

Witch’s Voice Exploring Possibilities in Christian/Pagan Dialogue

The Strip

  • Column: Sacred & Profane

  • Falun Gong: Developing the Spiritual Nature

  • The Fool

  • The Tower

  • A New Approach to Cults

  • Llewellyn Annuals

Llewellyn’s 2000 Magical Almanac Facing Your Fear

Waxing and Waning (magazine) An Emotional Interpretation of the Sabbat Cycle

Circle Magazine Living with Swiss Cheese Clairvoyance

1998

Witch’s Voice (website, defunct) Yule: Sharing Traditions