A powerful fifth book in the horror anthology series which Booklist called "Highly recommended for longstanding horror fans and those readers who may not think horror is for them. There is something for everyone in this one." Elemental Forces is the fifth volume in the non-themed horror series of original stories, showcasing the very best short fiction that the genre has to offer, and edited by Mark Morris. This new anthology contains 20 original horror stories, 16 of which have been commissioned from some of the top names in horror, and 4 selected from the 100s of stories sent to Flame Tree during a short open submissions window. A delicious feast of the familiar and the new, the established and the emerging. Previous titles in the series, all still in print, are: After Sundown, Beyond the Veil, Close to Midnight and Darkness Beckons. Contents List: THE PEELER by Poppy Z. Brite A HOUSE OF WOE AND MYSTERY by Andy Davidson THE WRONG ELEMENT by Aaron Dries JACK-A-LENT by Paul Finch NOBODY WANTS TO WORK HERE ANYMORE by Christina Henry THE CALL OF THE DEEP by Laurel Hightower EIGHT DAYS WEST OF PLETHORA by Verity Holloway THEY EAT THE REST by Jim Horlock THE ONLY FACE YOU EVER KNEW by Gwendolyn Kiste MISTER REAPER by Annie Knox I MISS YOU TOO MUCH by Sarah Langan UNMARKED by Tim Lebbon THE DOPPELGÄNGER BALLET by Will Maclean THE SCARECROW FESTIVAL by Tim Major THE PLAGUE by Luigi Musolino THE DAUGHTERS OF CANAAN by Kurt Newton THE ENTITY by Nicholas Royle RED MEAT FLAG by David J. Schow THE NOTE by Paul Tremblay A REVIEW OF ‘SLIME TUTORIAL: THE MUSICAL’ by P.C. Verrone FLAME TREE PRESS is the imprint of long-standing Independent Flame Tree Publishing, dedicated to full-length original fiction in the horror and suspense, science fiction & fantasy, and crime / mystery / thriller categories. The list brings together fantastic new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices. Learn more about Flame Tree Press at www.flametreepress.com and connect on social media @FlameTreePress.

A full-color practical guide to connecting with the 7 elemental forces for empowerment, manifestation, and divination • Details how to connect your soul with Huna’s seven elemental forces of nature--water, fire, wind, rock, plants, animals, and beings of light, including angels • Provides simple exercises, techniques, and rituals to tap into the energies of nature, communicate with the elemental forces as well as nature spirits and the weather, manifest our dreams, and divine answers to life’s difficult situations • Explains how to build a wheel of the elements to anchor your connection to the energies of the elements In the Huna tradition of Hawaii, there are seven elemental forces whose all-pervading energies flow around us in abundance. Each of us has the ability to easily tap into this rich source of energy to aid us in any situation, empower ourselves and our actions, and manifest good things in our lives. In this full-color practical guide, Susanne Weikl details how to connect mentally and spiritually with Huna’s seven elemental forces of nature--water, fire, wind, rock, plants, animals, and beings of light, including angels. Providing simple exercises, techniques, and rituals, she invites you to sense and meet each of the elemental forces and draw on their powers for manifestation and empowerment. You will learn to communicate directly with nature spirits, including gnomes, dwarfs, leprechauns, and the weather, and work with nature on an energetic level. You will learn how to build a wheel of the elements to anchor your connection to the energies of the elements and provide a conduit for easily accessing their powers at any time. You will also receive inspirational messages from each of the seven elemental forces. By connecting with the seven elemental forces of Hawaiian shamanism, you open yourself to an infinite reservoir of energy, an oracle for finding answers to difficult questions, a powerful support for manifesting positive outcomes, and an intuitive source for decoding symbols in nature. We each are already connected with nature and, with the practices in this book, we each can become a nature energy worker.

The Christian Fathers applied the sacred name Daimonia of the Greeks (the divine Egos of man) to their “devils,” a fiction of diseased brains, and thus dishonoured the anthropomorphized symbols of wise antiquity, and made them all loathsome in the sight of the ignorant and the unlearned. Daimonium was ascribed by the ancients to all kinds of spirits, whether good or bad, human or otherwise, but the term was often synonymous with gods or angels. The Indian Daimonia and Deities are thirty-three millions. The two most important Elemental classes, as well as the least understood by the Orientalists, are the Devas (Shinning Ones) and the Pitris (Ancestors). Deva Yonis such as gnomes, sylphs, fairies, djinns, etc., belong to the three lower kingdoms of elementals and pertain to the Mysteries on account of their dangerous nature. The Pitris or Lunar Ancestors are not the forefathers of the present living men but those of the first human race. Pitris are Devas, Lunar and Solar. It is the Lunar Pitris who gave images of their astral body (chhayas) as models of the first race in the Fourth Round, while the Solar Pitris informed and endowed man with intellect — a Great Sacrifice! The Pitris have naught to do with juggling, tricks, and other phenomena, nor are the “spirits of the departed” concerned in them. There are three main classes of Elementaries: (1) of the spiritually dead; (2) of the spiritually poor but materially rich; and (3) of those whose bodies perished by violence. The ancients taught that while man is a septenary trinity of body, astral spirit, and immortal soul, the animal has only five instead of seven principles in him. Apes have as much intelligence as some men. Why, then, should these men who are no way superior to the apes, have Immortal Spirits and the apes none? One may search for months and never find the demarcation in the “Comte de Gabalis” between the spirits of the séance-rooms and the Sylphs and Undines of the French satire. Theosophists believe in spirits no less than Spiritualists do, but as dissimilar in their variety as are the feathered tribes in the air. Countless generations of buffoons, appointed to amuse Majesties and Highnesses, had the inestimable privilege of speaking truth at the Courts, yet those truths have always been laughed at. A strict rule, common to both Right and Left Paths, is the renunciation of carnal commerce with male or female Elementals. Certain mediums boast of Spirit husbands and wives. Consultation and deliberation with “spirits” spells the end of wisdom. The truthfulness of Spiritualists is always tempered by enthusiasm. The only character of Truth, is its capability of enduring the test of universal experience, and coming unchanged out of every possible form of fair discussion. Spiritualism is a philosophy of yesterday. But the philosophy of the East comes to us from an immense antiquity. Theosophists share only the product of corroborated experience, hoary with age; Spiritualists hold to their own views, that are based on their unflinching enthusiasm and emotionalism. Holy spirits will not visit promiscuous séance rooms, nor will they intermarry with living men and women. Monotheism, proclaiming in one place God, whom “no man shall see and live,” shows him at the same time so petty a god as to concern himself with the breeches of his chosen people. Polytheism is based upon a fact of nature. Spirits mistaken for gods, have been seen in every age by men — hence the universal belief in many and various gods, who are the personified powers of nature. Man is made up of a spiritual and of a fleshly body; Angels are pure spirits but are created and finite in all respects, whereas God is infinite and uncreated. Therefore the masses are well justified in believing in a plurality of gods. While Pagans are sincere in calling their religion Polytheism, the Churches put a mask on theirs by claiming for it the title of a monotheistic Church. Christian angel-worship is plainly idolatrous. The Devas are the embodied powers of states of matter. Every Deva has a direct connection with its bodily fabric, in invisible atoms and visible molecules, and also physical and chemical particles. Although gods are superior to man in some respects, it must not be concluded that the latent potencies of the human spirit are inferior to those of the Devas. Their angelic faculties are more expanded than those of ordinary men; but with the ultimate effect of prescribing a limit to their expansion, to which the human spirit is not subjected. There are high Devas and lower ones, higher Elementals and those far below man and even animals. But all these have been or will be men, and the former will again be reborn on higher planets and in future manvantaras. Dugpas are the “Brothers of Shadow,” possessed by earth-bound Elementaries. A highly developed Intellectual Soul (manas) is quite compatible with the absence of Spiritual Soul (Buddhi). The Sorcerer, who always performs his rites on the day of the new moon, when the benign influence of the Pitris is at its lowest ebb, crystallizes some of the satanic energy of his predecessors in evil; while the Brahman pursues a corresponding benevolent course with the energy bequeathed him by his Pitris. The only difference between the spirits of other Societies and ours lies in their names, and in dogmatic assertions with regard to their natures. In those whom the Spiritualists call the “Spirits of the Dead,” and in whom the Roman Church sees the Devils of the Host of Satan, we see neither. We call them, Dhyani-Chohans, Devas, Pitris, Elementals — imperfect at times, but never wholly imperfect. With a 36-page extended conversation about Elementals and Elementaries with a Student of Occultism.

Elemental Magic - The Hidden Realm of Fairies "Elemental Magic: The Hidden Realm of Fairies" opens a gateway to a universe where the visible dissolves into the subtle, and each element resonates in profound harmony with the human spirit. Interweaving the power of the four elements—earth, water, fire, and air—this book unveils the mysteries of the fairies, ancient beings and guardians of nature who whisper secrets of healing, spiritual elevation, and balance to the sensitive reader. Within its pages, the author guides a mystical journey where reconnection with these primordial forces awakens the innate capacity to transform oneself and the world. Earth inspires grounding strength, fostering healing and security; water teaches emotional fluidity, leading to acceptance and renewal; fire ignites the spirit with creativity and courage; while air expands the mind, bringing clarity and the lightness of freedom. Each ritual is an invitation to realignment, where the reader becomes integrated with nature’s cycles and the energies of the universe. More than a guide, this work is a portal of transformation, offering a deep connection with one’s spirit and the essences permeating nature’s invisible life. By opening to this ancestral wisdom, the reader does not merely seek the fairies, but finds in them a mirror of themselves, awakening harmony between body, mind, and soul. "Elemental Magic" is a holistic immersion into true magic: the rediscovery of the sacred that lives in each element, in each being, in each breath of life. A quiet invitation to rediscover the subtle bond that unites all hearts to the eternal dance of creation.

First published in 2005. This expansive and fascinating treatment of ancient Egyptian mythology and its influence on the traditions that followed from it includes explorations of sign-language in mythological representation, totemism, fetishism, spirits and Gods, the Egyptian Book of the Dead, and Egyptian wisdom in the Hebrew Genesis. Readers will enjoy the wealth of information offered by Massey, as well as his clear and readable style.

Edgar Cayce has been called the Sleeping Prophet, the father of Holistic medicine, and the most documented psychic of all time. During Cayces lifetime, he gave more than 14,000 psychic readings on an amazing 10,000 different topics. Some of the most fascinating readings were given on Atlantis. According to the readings, not only did Atlantis exist, but the breadth of technology at that time surpassed our own. In fact, it was that civilizations unique use of a type of crystal energy that eventually led to the downfall of Atlantis over a period of several thousand years, as it broke apart and into the ocean. After a number of individuals who were given life readings by Cayce were told that they had been incarnated during a time in Atlantis, a group of people working with Cayce decided to get a series of readings devoted solely to understanding Atlantis. These readings were not given for individuals but for this group seeking information on this ancient and legendary land.

Saturn is an ordinary woman with unknown, extraordinary, dormant magickal abilities. Her life takes an unexpected turn when she relocates to San Francisco, where she encounters Miles, a man caught between love and a coven’s sinister agenda. Saturn’s journey leads her through the lands of love, betrayal, and self-discovery. As she unravels her hidden powers and delves deep into her family’s magickal heritage, she becomes a central figure and a force to be reckoned with in a cosmic conflict. Her awakening to her true destiny transforms her life, challenges her beliefs, and takes her on a spellbinding adventure.