Hey there 
This is the blog I use specifically for book reviews. You can find my primary personal blog over at http://lupabitch.livejournal.com. If you’re interested in my artwork and handmade ritual tools, head over to the Green Wolf.
I am a voracious reader, and here is where I post reviews of pagan, occult, magical and other esoteric books, as well as books on related topics such as mythology and psychology. I’m not content to keep things strictly on-topic, so to speak, since I believe that the well-read pagan should draw from a variety of literary wells. And lest you think that I’m all business, I do toss in the odd bit of fiction, including a fairly steady supply of entertaining paranormal romance novels.
I’m also enough of a bibliophile that I write books of my own. My first book, Fang and Fur, Blood and Bone: A Primal Guide to Animal Magic goes beyond the usual totem animal dictionary to explore all sorts of new territory. My latest book, A Field Guide to Otherkin, studies the Otherkin subculture, was published in April 2007. I cowrote Kink Magic: Sex Magic Beyond Vanilla with my husband and fellow author, Taylor Ellwood; it came out in November 2007. And my newest solo book is DIY Totemism: Your Personal Guide to Animal Totems, a sequel to Fang and Fur, Blood and Bone which deals with taking animal totems out of the dictionary format and into personal spiritual/magical practice. I also edited Talking About the Elephant: An Anthology of Neopagan Perspectives on Cultural Appropriation.
I’ve been studying and practicing paganism and practical magic for over a decade; while my primary focus is animal magic, I have worked with a variety of other paradigms. I’m currently working on taking the best of what I’ve learned over the years and turning it into a formalized path; you can find out more at Therioshamanism.
When I’m not reading, talking with critter spirits, or writing reviews, I am a graduate student working on a Master’s degree in counseling psychology. I enjoy gardening, hiking, and other popular pastimes of the Pacific Northwest, where I am a transplant myself. I’m also a sporadic video gamer, and read graphic novels when I’m too tired of poring through academic texts for school.
Cori said,
February 9, 2007 at 6:10 am
Hi Lupa!
I was wondering where you and your husband are located? We’re looking for speakers for our next Harvest Home Gathering in Connecticut (www.harvesthomegathering.com) and I heard you on Deo’s Shadow just the other day – loved it by the way! I thought that you would make an excellent addition, but I need to find out how far you are from us.
Thank you and Blessed be,
Cori
justin Leiber said,
March 1, 2007 at 6:06 pm
Hi Lupa (0r whatever),
Thanks for the wondrous comments on my Can Animals and Machines Be Persons. I thoroughly enjoyed writing it. Considering your name and your interests you might be interested in my novels (Beyond Rejection, The Sword and the Eye, etc.) where I make use of my experience of working with a cougar inside a cage. (Where your most important information is that if the cougar leaps at you, you had better be squatting because when the cougar goes ballistic at your face, your hands are faster in fending him/her off precisely because he/she has gone ballistic. If you stand, the cougar goes for your knees (hips), and you have no automatic action to fend the cougar off.) justin
Courtney McLaughlin said,
February 29, 2008 at 8:36 am
Hey Lupa,
Would you be interested in reviewing the oracle book Good Fortune and how to attract it? It’s written by Titania Hardie, who is a witch and so were her mother and grandmother. The really amazing thing about the book is that it’s a feminist reinterpretation of the ancient I Ching, which was based on the Chinese Book of Changes, which women were forbidden from using it back in the day.
As a woman living in America in 2007, I sometimes forget that there are still places in the world (and even in our own country!) where women are demonized for forecasting or practicing wicca. It’s so different now, where we are free to broadcast our pagan beliefs through MySpace, Facebook or blogs.
Anyway, Good Fortune celebrates how far women’s spirituality has come. Let me know if you would like to try it out – I’ll send you a copy.
Warmly,
Courtney
texasheartland said,
May 31, 2009 at 8:14 am
I wanted to let you know that you have won the Literary Blogger Award from Texas Banter Book Reviews!
http://texasbanterbooks.wordpress.com/2009/05/31/tbbrs-first-award/