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In this book, I decided to go deeper into sacred geometry and share some personal experiences that I have had with it. It sums up not only what I have learned from outside sources, but it also describes my inner journey. After all, I don't just write about these things, I live them. And sacred geometry symbols have been guiding and helping me since I was born.
Ten years ago, when I became fascinated with sacred geometry and its connection to everything in the world, one of my more critical friends asked me: But how does it relate to practical life? This book is an answer to her question. I decided to create a simple guide to magical symbols by focusing on the basic geometrical shapes they derived from. I'm a living example of how the magical symbols presented in this book work as they helped me surpass inner limitations, follow my heart's calling, connect with my deceased loved ones, protect myself from harmful entities, and helped me manifest my dream home in the countryside. The symbols communicate via synchronicity and offer magical solutions if you work with their powerful symbolism.
What connects the World Tree, the Tree of Life, the axis mundi, and the interdimensional portals into other realms of existence? How do we work with our own Tree of Life in the complexity of the World Tree of Life? And how do magic staffs relate to all of this?
I wrote this book for modern-day Druids, shamans, hedge witches, and anyone who loves trees, natural magic, and the mystical side of this world. I drew inspiration from my own experience with tree magic as well as from copious research on this topic that I have been exploring for many years.
What I love the most about the runes is that they are a part of the sacred geometry of the world and are therefore all around us and within us. Once we are familiar with their symbolism we may receive their guidance, especially during walks as the runes often hide in trees, stones, grass, and straw. Another fascinating thing about these magical codes of nature is that we may work with them not only for the purpose of divination but also for manifestation. They help us understand what we need and attract it. In the personal notes behind each chapter, I also share how the runes have helped me on many occasions with manifesting what I desired. The rules of white magic, however, need to be followed, which I address here as well...
This collection of fairy mysteries is very dear to me. I started to write it after my cat friend Thor passed away. It was only four years after my dog friend Max passed away and my heart was completely broken. To feel closer to them, I decided to write a book about the fairy realm, as that’s where my animal friends come from and my spirit considers it home as well. I turned Max, Thor, and my other animal, human, and fairy friends into magical characters. While writing the book, I had interesting messages from the fairy realm, the realm of giants, and from a parallel earthly realm, the Inner Earth, which I eventually incorporated into the mysteries. Soon after I completed the book, Thor returned in a new incarnation, and Max's spirit started to visit me more frequently. Another special thing about this book is that it was illustrated by my amazing mom, Ivana Axman.
This is a collection of very powerful geometries and runes, which I have been using throughout the twenty years that I've been working with magical symbols. It includes 100 specifically thematic symbols as well as tips on how to incorporate these symbols in personalised magic. It was designed for those who like to meditate with symbols or work with them for healing, shielding, and manifesting purposes.
The Witch Within is based on a series of dreams that I had. They at first seemed unrelated, but gradually merged into a story that I felt compelled to write. I was greatly influenced by a book called The Secret History of the Czech Lands, which describes the fascinating long-lost lore of my ancestors, as well as Bohemian legends. The landscape and tales of South Bohemia, particularly mountain Kleť also inspired the story, as I'm fascinated with that area's mystique. Another significant inspiration flourished from studying the Elder Futhark Runes and Sacred Geometry, which I further explore in the stand-alone sequel, The Goddess Within.
Both the Witch Within and the Goddess Within were inspired by ancient European mythology, pagan philosophy, Wicca, runes, sacred geometry, and feminine mystique. However, in this book, I also explore the themes of multidimensional traveling and dealing with one’s shadow aspects. This book won Reader's Favorite book award in 2020.
I had been working on this novel for ten years and I can't even remember how many versions I wrote before I finally decided to let it go. It's partly based on my childhood, partly a fantasy inspired by the fictional heroes I admired when I was a teenage girl, dreaming of a knight that would come and rescue me. And just like the main character in the book, I still try to find that knight within me and learn from him. Manifested is about becoming the hero of your life and about listening to your heart's calling, no matter how strongly your reason may object to it.
This novel was partly based on my channeled conversation with angel Gabriel who helps me with my writing and esoteric studies. This book won Global book award in 2021.
I have been fascinated with François Villon and the
story of his life since I was fifteen years old, as
that’s when I first read his biography written by the
Czech author Jarmila Loukotková. From then on, I
became obsessed with Villon’s remarkable
personality and wanted to learn more about his
poetry. I was intrigued by the fact that he rebelled
against the law yet always managed to outsmart it,
which meant he must have been a very compelling,
charismatic man. I also wanted to know how he
managed to keep his zest for life and that
delightfully crude sense of humour despite all his
misfortunes. Ultimately, though, I was curious
about why such a brilliant poet became a criminal. I
sensed that the answer lay in one of his verses:
Necessity makes people vile just as hunger drives wolves
from the wild. However, Villon was not just a victim
of the cruel times he was born into, on the contrary,
he inspired people with his creative and emotional
freedom in the crazy, harsh world that could have
easily broken him.
I studied various translations of Villon’s poems,
researched everything that was known about him,
and slowly developed my own opinion of the times
in his life that remain shrouded in mystery. I also visited the places that Villon frequented, which
helped me absorb the special, medieval atmosphere
that is still there despite the fact that the places
have changed significantly over time. I can’t
remember how many versions of this story I wrote
until I finally felt ready to complete it.
In the end, I decided to split the book into five
parts. One is told from Villon’s point of view, but
the others from the perspectives of the people
whose lives he touched the most. Although Villon
remains the key character throughout the novel
and Paris the silent witness to his convoluted
journeys, each of the other characters reveals a different side of the poet’s soul. I chose this
approach because I have always found the people
around Villon intriguing and I think that
sometimes, especially in the case of such
complicated personalities, we see the hero best
through the eyes of others.
The novel is inspired by Prague’s legends and history and explores the secrets of the Tarot, Tree of Life, and Merkaba. Each chapter is symbolically and archetypically aligned with one of the Major Arcana trumps. It all began with a dream in which I ambled across an unfamiliar looking Prague, watching as buildings were being torn down. I felt a strong bond with one of the houses and begged the workers not to demolish it, claiming that it was my home. After I woke up, I researched some old paintings and photographs, wondering whether I would find the street I dreamt about. Finally, I did. It was the Narrow Lane, located in the old Jewish Town, also called Josefov or the Fifth District, in Prague.
From that point on, I had similar and even more vivid dreams of places, which I later found on old maps and paintings. It all seemed to be linked to a Prague before its fatal renovation, which happened between the years 1896 and 1903 and mainly affected the Jewish Town. I found this an interesting historical period when the old ways met the new, and technical developments were taking over the world. I felt inspired to write a novel set at the turn of the century in Prague, but didn’t quite have a story.
Around that time, I began to have even more intense and regular dreams about a Prague which looked more beautiful and colorful than the one I knew. It was a fantasy version of the city. I found it curious since according to legend, Prague is a threshold to other realms. In fact, Prague’s local name Praha is derived from the word práh, which translates as threshold.
Gustav Meyrink, a visionary author who described Prague’s renovation in his novel Golem, wrote that he felt as though the city truly was a threshold to other realms. He also spoke about a group called ‘Seven Brothers’ which supposedly established towns on inter-dimensional thresholds, and that the members came from Allahabad, India. Allahabad used to be called Prayaga or Prayag, which bears a definite similarity to Praha or Prague, and means meeting place or place of the confluences in Hindi. The city was built on a convolution of three rivers, but who knows whether there was a deeper meaning to that title.
In regard to the legend, Meyrink also mentioned a mysterious Masonic lodge, the Sat Bhai. Curiously, the name translates to ‘seven brothers’ in Hindi, and in one of their texts, Prague is referred to as Pryaya. Before I began writing a story inspired by the above-mentioned dreams and legends, I studied various philosophies on spirit travel or the threshold passing. I also delved into teachings such as the Kabbalah and Sacred Geometry, and became intrigued by the idea of the Merkaba - the divine chariot or throne from Ezekiel’s vision in the Bible, also called the light body.
One day, my spirit guide Gabriel suggested that I based the text on the Tarot’s Major Arcana. He considered the trumps to be the secret keys to the Merkaba, and said that their symbolism was naturally present in most stories anyway. I was intrigued, and divided the novel into twenty-two chapters, based on the Tarot archetypes, starting with zero, the Fool. It seemed so natural and fitting in every way, that I simply couldn’t resist the idea of including it.
As I began to write with the Tarot’s Major Arcana symbolism in mind, I came to understand the correlations between the Merkaba, the Tarot, and the Tree of Life. This book therefore blends fiction with research and contemplation on these esoteric themes, which remain utterly fascinating to me.