Magic in the City 2007
by: Llewellyn

ISBN 0-7387-0881-X
Price $12.99
 

Color photography is dandy, no doubt about it, but black and white…ah, there’s an artist’s medium.  When not distracted by every loudly shouting tint and hue, there’s a lovely and restful quiet as shapes and spaces emerge, contrasts are strengthened, subtleties of emotion are evoked and the real magic happens.  This calendar features twelve duotone works by Markus Hartel, Noah Bucher, Dan Heller, Mike Fitelson, Stephen Spinder and Paul Rider, all of the urban landscape but each quite individual, with accompanying quotes from favorite Llewellyn writers.     

The photography is stunning, and I truly appreciate that the quotes chosen are spiritual in nature but are not particularly “witchy”, allowing the calendar to appeal to a broader audience.  This one will grace any wall and would be an excellent gift for virtually anyone, Pagan or not.  Holidays and moon quarters are noted in blocks large enough to accommodate lots of appointments and notes.   My only criticism is that I would prefer the artists be credited below the photo or page, rather than sharing space on the back page with the other incidentals.  I hope this calendar joins the Astrological, Witches’, and other Llewellyn calendar favorites to becomes an annual event. 

An enthusiastic five pentacles out of five.

Review by Karen Albeck