Book Review: The Witches Almanac 2015

The Witches Almanac

Issue 34 Spring-2015-2016 

Fire the Transformer 

Author:                               Various

Publisher:                            The Witches Almanac    

Type:                                    Soft Cover

Pages:                                   192

Genre:                                  Non-fiction

Published:                            2014

ISBN:                                   978-1-881098-15-7

Source:                                Independently purchased 

The book itself is of good quality and has black and white pictures thorough. It is in the style of a magazine in that it has a variety of articles and entry's. 
It has no index, but does use correct non-bigoted dating standards. The fire the transformer theme seems to be almost non existent, strangely enough.

There is a huge variety of articles, including entry's on Oarfish, The Voynich Manuscript, Tasmanian tiger, a haunted lighthouse, Orisha, short fables, H.P. Lovecraft, Yule, Walpurgisnacht, Dorje, animal lore, ghosts and love, to name just a few.

There are a few entry's on Cryptozoology, one being about lumberjack folklore unfortunately has an unnecessary mocking tone . The folklore always suggested to me to be an imaginative explanations for the odd sights seen in the woods. 
It is amusing that one of the "hoaxes" discussed (the furred trout) has actually been proven to be a real thing. I think it should be a lesson to all writers to tone down the mocking and just report the facts, in order to minimise embarrassment later..

The article o reincarnation may also be a little out of date, as there is a lot of evidence currently for "past" lives. 

A moon phase calendar does take up a lot of space, but it is speckled with seemingly random bits of lore.

There is an interview with Olivia MMelian Durdin - Robertson founder of the Fellowship of (The Goddess) Isis.

Buying a book like this is a bit of a risk as the content will always change. There is always be a risk that you wont like everything within the book, but you should like somethings i am sure. I would buy another issue for sure, and i would recommend it to anyone interested in the supernatural or spiritual.