Llewellyn's 2026 Witches' Companion: Community Connection Belonging

by Llewellyn Publications, Arthur Wang (contributor)

With insights from popular authors, this inclusive annual delves into leading-edge topics in tune with contemporary Witchcraft and Pagan lifestyles.

Llewellyn’s 2026 Witches’ Companion is packed with inspiration and hands-on practices that foster community and connection with twenty-five articles written by top authors, like Alaric Albertsson, James Kambos, Najah Lightfoot, and Ari and Jason Mankey.

This edition features wealth magick (Pamela Chen), everyday rituals (Michelle Skye), sustainable foraging tips (Lupa), methods for using power places in nature (Brandon Weston), and advice for planning a public Pagan event (Patti Wigington). You will also explore witchcraft and social media (Monica Crosson) and discover how the four hallows of the witch—the cup, sword, pentacle, and wand—relate to Jungian psychology and can be used for manifestation (Melissa Tipton).

Genres: Nonfiction

268 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 8, 2025

About the author

Llewellyn George started his publishing company in Portland, Oregon in 1901, concentrating Astrological books and annuals. In 1961, Carl L. Weschcke of St. Paul, Minnesota purchased the company and relocated it to the Midwest.

Llewellyn is the world’s oldest and largest independent publisher of books for body, mind, and spirit.

Reviews

[Matal “The Mischling Princess” Baker · Rating 1 out of 5]

After reading “Llewellyn's 2026 Witches' Companion: Community Connection Belonging,” I can state that there are some really excellent articles in this volume. I especially liked Crosson’s “Be Mindful Spell” that can be used before getting onto social media. However, I was surprised to see Kerri Connor’s political rambling given that the title of her piece was, “Building a Pagan Community.”

Connor’s commentary on a foreign war was completely inappropriate and unwarranted, and especially so considering that her accusations are based on hearsay and “popular opinion” rather than on cold, hard facts. That war had absolutely NOTHING to do with “Building a Pagan Community,” particularly because any form of paganism—not to mention homosexuality and a host of other so-called “crimes”—is punishable by public execution in Gaza. There are indeed witches in that area of the world, but they’re located in Israel, where people actually have the legal right to worship any way that they choose. It appears that Connor is similar to many people in that she reads a single book on the issue (which appears on her GR page) and automatically becomes an expert on a conflict in a land that she’s never step foot on.

In writing this article, it could be said that Connor is indeed intent on “Building a Pagan Community” devoid of the **only** people in the Middle East who don’t slaughter witches. To quote lyrics from Inkubus Sukkubus’ “Burning Times”:

“… Children resist a return to the Burning Times
People be wise to the power of their lies
Be not fooled as those who were fooled before
Children, oh children, be free, be wild
They came to bring the "good news"
To burn witches, pagans, Jews…”

Shame on Llewellyn Publications for allowing this to go in print unchecked. After reading this article, I just didn’t have the heart to read any more articles because I know several Jewish witches and Israeli witches who deserve better than this trash. My apologies go out to the authors whose work I couldn’t read.

[Michaela · Rating 4 out of 5]

Curious little book that in many ways was not witch-specific, with short articles on finding like-minded groups, organizing a public event, and using various social media.