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""Mind Over Magick by Tracy Nicholas is one of the most approachable guides to magical practice you'll find. Clear, concise, and easy to read, it offers practical insights any practitioner can apply. This work is written with such honesty, whether you're brand new to magick or looking to refresh your practice, this book brings so much complexity to light!"" --Nathan King ""In Mind Over Magick, author and folklorist Tracy Nicholas explores the rich history and interwoven traditions of diverse magickal paths and disciplines. With clarity and care, Nicholas expertly guides readers on a journey through time and liminal spaces, inviting us to uncover our own magickal pathways. Insightful and inspiring, Mind Over Magick is both a practical handbook for practitioners of all levels and a captivating introduction for anyone curious about the mercurial, wondrous nature of magick itself."" --Amelia Cotter ""Mind Over Magick by Tracy Nicholas is the permission slip you've been waiting for to not only claim your magickal practice, but to recognize how magickal your life already is. Whatever your path, you'll find grounded wisdom along with plenty of support to enable you to practice in ways that feel authentic to you. Weaving together history, folklore, and science with personal stories, insights, and practical guidance, Nicholas provides an inspiring and accessible read for both beginners and seasoned practitioners alike."" --Nora Herold, author, channel, and healer ""In her book Mind Over Magick, Tracy takes us to the crossroads of science and sorcery. At one time or another we've probably asked ourselves questions about how our mind affects our magick and vice versa. In this captivating book, we learn how our thoughts can amplify our power or even become a stumbling block and the techniques to work through our biggest obstacle...ourselves. Each chapter shows us how to harness the power of the mind to open the gates of wonder and magick to manifest our deepest desires."" --Chris Allaun, author of Whispers of the Coven

""Mind Over Magick by Tracy Nicholas is one of the most approachable guides to magical practice you'll find. Clear, concise, and easy to read, it offers practical insights any practitioner can apply. This work is written with such honesty, whether you're brand new to magick or looking to refresh your practice, this book brings so much complexity to light!"" --Nathan King ""In Mind Over Magick, author and folklorist Tracy Nicholas explores the rich history and interwoven traditions of diverse magickal paths and disciplines. With clarity and care, Nicholas expertly guides readers on a journey through time and liminal spaces, inviting us to uncover our own magickal pathways. Insightful and inspiring, Mind Over Magick is both a practical handbook for practitioners of all levels and a captivating introduction for anyone curious about the mercurial, wondrous nature of magick itself."" --Amelia Cotter ""Mind Over Magick by Tracy Nicholas is the permission slip you've been waiting for to not only claim your magickal practice, but to recognize how magickal your life already is. Whatever your path, you'll find grounded wisdom along with plenty of support to enable you to practice in ways that feel authentic to you. Weaving together history, folklore, and science with personal stories, insights, and practical guidance, Nicholas provides an inspiring and accessible read for both beginners and seasoned practitioners alike."" --Nora Herold, author, channel, and healer ""In her book Mind Over Magick, Tracy takes us to the crossroads of science and sorcery. At one time or another we've probably asked ourselves questions about how our mind affects our magick and vice versa. In this captivating book, we learn how our thoughts can amplify our power or even become a stumbling block and the techniques to work through our biggest obstacle...ourselves. Each chapter shows us how to harness the power of the mind to open the gates of wonder and magick to manifest our deepest desires."" --Chris Allaun, author of Whispers of the Coven ""In Mind Over Magick Tracy Nicholas picks up the evil and sinister specter that has been cast over the word ""magick"" and gently but firmly sets it aside. She then offers the word to us again, using clear language and relatable examples to illustrate the who, what, when, how, where, and why of modern (and western) magical practice, setting it in the context of the evolution of the western canon of knowledge. While it is clear that the book is written by a dedicated practitioner and lover of magick, she does not shy away from the controversies. She presents them as the necessary convolutions of human effort as we seek ways to understand, participate in, and experience the world. Mind Over Magick is a book for everyone: the skeptic wanting a quick and easy overview, the practitioner at all levels wanting an introductory guide and bibliography, and the curious wanting to see what the fuss is about and maybe, re-enchant their world."" --Helen Nde, author of The Watkins Book of African Folklore andThe Runaway Princess and Other Stories, curator of the online community Mythological Africans, and artist and folklore researcher ""Mind Over Magick is the practical guide to magical practice the modern half of your brain has been looking for. In these pages, Tracy Nicholas draws upon her education, professional experience, and personal wisdom to offer the reader a contemporary understanding of magic and discuss the contributions of confirmation bias, trauma, internal narrative and other influences that help and/or hinder practice. A grounded, worthy addition to any magical practitioner's library."" --Dr. Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran, author of The Storyteller's Guide to Folklore (Forthcoming) ""This book is an engaging exploration of what happens when magical and scientific thought collide. A reminder of the magic in the mundane and how our lives can be a source of enchantment. It is a must-read for dreamers and skeptics alike."" --Amy Boucher, cohost of The Shropshire Witches Podcast, creator of the Shropshire folk horror podcast The Best of Men, and folklorist ""Mind Over Magick is not merely an invitation to expand your practice and turn to sources of inspiration you might have mistakenly believed to exist in opposition to magickal thinking. Oh no, far more than that, this is a journey of remembering. A reminder that things can rarely ever be easily squeezed into neat, organized, compartmentalized boxes. This book reminds the magical practitioner of the intricate webs that connect all things. Coming from a culture where the word for science evolved from the word for magic, I truly appreciated the way Tracy Nicholas winds the threads of folklore, magic, science, and history to craft a book that will awaken the spark of inspiration in all who read it. A holistic and fabulous approach to magick that is digestible and accessible, whilst being expansive and provocative."" --Mhara Starling, author of Welsh Witchcraft: A Guide to the Spirits, Lore, and Magic of Wales ""Tracy Nicholas' Mind Over Magick is an honest exploration of various foundational and advanced issues that are, to me, fundamental to a magical practice. Applying solid scientific models and theories to the work, Tracy Nicholas discusses many facets of magic from energy work to rituals and practices. A thoroughly engaging read!"" --Benjamin Stimpson, folklorist and author of Of Doves & Ravens: The Witches and Wisefolk of Wales and the Borders ""Mind Over Magick offers a compelling and approachable journey through history, folklore, psychology, and science. Tracy Nicholas reveals how magick has always helped people navigate mystery and meaning, whether at the fabled crossroads of folklore or in the liminal spaces of our modern world. Whether you believe in magick or not (or indeed, if you simply use different phrases of your own to describe it) Mind Over Magick is an engaging journey through that world. Which, as Tracy suggests, is not always some distant and mysterious folk tale land, but the everyday world that we all walk through."" --Reverend Peter Laws, author of The Frighteners, Matt Hunter series, and host of Into the Fog podcast

""Mind Over Magick by Tracy Nicholas is one of the most approachable guides to magical practice you'll find. Clear, concise, and easy to read, it offers practical insights any practitioner can apply. This work is written with such honesty, whether you're brand new to magick or looking to refresh your practice, this book brings so much complexity to light!"" --Nathan King ""In Mind Over Magick, author and folklorist Tracy Nicholas explores the rich history and interwoven traditions of diverse magickal paths and disciplines. With clarity and care, Nicholas expertly guides readers on a journey through time and liminal spaces, inviting us to uncover our own magickal pathways. Insightful and inspiring, Mind Over Magick is both a practical handbook for practitioners of all levels and a captivating introduction for anyone curious about the mercurial, wondrous nature of magick itself."" --Amelia Cotter

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Tracy Nicholas works at the intersection where folklore, mindful living, and creativity meet. As an animist, nature is central to her spiritual practice, and living in a way that reduces her impact on the planet's resources is an ongoing focus for her. Folkloring, the podcast she hosts, explores practical folklore and ways to bring it off the page and into our day-to-day lives. She is the theatre and film correspondent for the top-ranking show The Folklore Podcast. She is a folklore researcher and a game designer who creates escape roomstyle games in a subscription-box format. Tracy has a degree in stage management from Columbia College and a master of science in learning and organizational change from Northwestern University. She lives in Chicagoland's North Shore, where she rarely lives up to the exacting standards of her feline supervisor, Puck.

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