Broth from the Cauldron

Broth from the Cauldron is a collection of “teaching stories,” a literary Wiccan soup for the soul. It is a distillation of the wisdom Cerridwen Fallingstar has gathered from her journey through life, and from her forty years as a Shamanic teacher and Wiccan Priestess. At turns poignant and humorous, it chronicles her trajectory from a Republican cold war upbringing to Pagan Priestess, offering a portrait of a culture growing from denial to awareness. Accessible to any audience interested in personal growth, Broth from the Cauldron is for anyone who’s ever stood at the crossroads wishing a faery godmother would come along and show them the path.

Cerridwen Fallingstar is a shamanic Witch who has taught classes in magic and ritual for over thirty years. She gives lectures tying together psychology, spirituality, history, contemporary issues, and politics in an entertaining, enlightening, and humorous format. She is the author of three historical novels based on her past lives: The Heart of the Fire, White as Bone, Red as Blood: The Fox Sorceress, and White as Bone, Red as Blood: The Storm God. She lives in Marin County, California.

CONTENTS Introduction: Broth from the Cauldron Hey, Hey, We’re the Monkeys . . . Miss Muffet, Revisited Rich Now Just a Coincidence Snakes Hate to Shed. Butterflies? Don’t Even Ask. The Emperor Has No Seals Small Change Whipping Girl The Great Depression No Two Alike The Man of My Dreams Bear with Me First Hit’s Free Child’s Play Big Bucks Altared States Those Pesky Miracles A Hawaiian Ghost Story Thistle While You Work Crown of Creation The Brothers Perfect Love In the Stranger’s Guise Cookie Monster Connections It’s Only Chinatown . . . Footprints Tree of Life Here Comes the Judge Canyon de Chelly The Power of Rage Firewalk Watch Out Lost, and Found Dragonfly Hex Marks the Rot For Heaven’s Snakes Genuine Spurious Placebo The Z That Stands for Zorro Be Live It Bird Brain The Tooth Fairy vs. the Easter Bunny Great Graphics Petty Tyrants Ninja Turtles vs. the Fairies You Had Me at Hello A Child’s Garden of Magic Revelation Follow the Leader Worry-warned Every Drop The Fame Game vs. the Tree of Life No More Peaches The Key to the Garden Water Is the Heart Sunny Day Walk on Water On Her Own Two Feet Sudden and Quick and Light Terror and Love: The Twin Towers The Trident vs. the Torpedo Monde de Mondegreens Living Doll Greenstone Wisdom in Small Packages The Whale in the Forest The Man Behind the Curtain Palm Reading Jaws Dancing with Dolphins Shallow Dive Don’t Judge a Book . . . The Cork Army Happy Fly