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This is the classic guide to using and interpreting the black arts
for seduction and manipulation. This new updated and expanded
edition fills readers in on the final days of LaVey and the latest
from the Church of Satan, and includes a new Introduction by the
church's current leader.
A bold exploration of modern psychedelic culture, its history, and
future * Examines 3 modern psy-culture architects: chemist
Alexander "Sasha" Shulgin, mycologist-philosopher Terence McKenna,
and visionary artist Alex Grey * Presents a "History of Visionary
Art," from its roots in prehistory, to Ernst Fuchs and the Vienna
School of the Fantastic, to contemporary psychedelic art After the
deaths of Jerry Garcia, Timothy Leary, and Ken Kesey, it appeared
that the psychedelic revolution of the 1960s had finally been
suppressed. But the opposite was occurring, evident in the
popularity of transformational festivals like Burning Man and
BOOM!, the media coverage of ayahuasca use, and the growing number
of celebrities and Silicon Valley billionaires readily admitting
the benefits of microdosing. Along with the return of university
research, the revival of psychedelic philosophy, and the increasing
popularity of Visionary Art, these changes signify a widespread
psychedelic cultural revolution. Speaking from the forefront of
this new revolution, James Oroc explores 21st-century psychedelic
culture through three of its main post-1960s architects: chemist
Alexander "Sasha" Shulgin, mycologist-philosopher Terence McKenna,
and visionary artist Alex Grey. Examining their work in depth, he
also explores the work of DMT researcher Rick Strassman, MAPS
founder Rick Doblin, consciousness researcher Stanislav Grof,
author Daniel Pinchbeck, and new visionary artists such as Amanda
Sage and Android Jones. He investigates the use of microdosing in
extreme sports and the transformed understanding of spirituality
that arises from the psy-trance festival experience. He presents a
"History of Visionary Art" from its roots in prehistory and
antiquity, to Ernst Fuchs and the Vienna School of the Fantastic,
to contemporary psychedelic art and its importance to visionary
culture. The author explains how psychedelics are powerful tools to
examine the Ego and the Shadow and induce transpersonal
experiences. Building on anthropological evidence for the role of
plant-entheogens in the development of human culture, he proposes
that our ongoing psychedelic revolution is seeding the beginnings
of a new Visionary Age.
Take a magic-infused journey through the year with this weekly
planner inspired by the otherworldly power of herbs. This unique
planner invites you on a mystical planning and scheduling
experience, whether for work, school, or your daily life, from July
2023Â through December 2024. Infused with spells to help you
actively manifest your intentions, soothe stress, unblock your
creativity, and much more, this enchanted planner is designed for
those curious about herbal magic and seasoned practitioners. This
planner features: Â Stunning full-page artistic renderings of
herbs that you’ll use in your spells paired with in-depth
descriptions of their energy, elements, planetary companions, and
folklore. Full-page step-by-step instructions for spells, potions,
and charms to start every month. Weekly incantations to inform your
week and spark spiritual nourishment. Moon phases so you can cast
your spells by the light of the moon. 18 full-month calendar
spreads, from July 2023Â through December 2024 72 weeks with
plenty of space to write. Convenient size ideal for carrying in a
book bag, briefcase, or purse. Elastic band closure to help secure
your planner or mark your place inside. This planner is great for
personal use, but also makes a bewitching gift that’s perfect for
necromancers of all ages, students, people with busy work
schedules, or your industrious friends and family. Activate your
productivity and nourish your inner charm with Herbal Magic 2024
Weekly Planner.
An initiate's inside account of ancient Mayan spiritual practices
alive today Offering an insider's experiential account of ancient
Maya spiritual wisdom and practices, initiated Mayan
shaman-priestess Gabriela Jurosz-Landa opens up the mysterious
world of the Maya, dispelling the rampant misinformation about
their beliefs and traditions, sharing the transcendent beauty of
their ceremonies, and explaining the Maya understanding of time,
foundational to their spiritual worldview and cosmology. The
author, an anthropologist, details the initiation process she went
through to become a Mayan shaman-priestess in Guatemala, including
rituals, prayers, the presence of numinous forces, and the
transmission of sacred knowledge. She explains the spiritual wisdom
of the Mayan calendar as a living entity, its cycles of time, and
the significance of "the counting of the days", which helps keep
time itself alive. She examines Maya spiritual and cosmological
concepts such how the universe is shaped like a triangle over a
square. She reveals the profound power of dance in Maya tradition,
explaining how ritual dance halts the flow of time, reactivates
primordial events, and captures vital energies that keep the Maya
spiritual tradition vital and alive. Exploring other Mayan secret
knowledge, she also details Maya ritual attire, Mayan
future-telling with the calendar, the reading of the Tzi'te beans,
and how the Maya communicate with ancestors through the sacred
fire. Illustrating how contemporary Mayan life is suffused with
spiritual tradition and celebration, the author shares the
teachings of the Maya from her initiate and anthropologist point of
view in order to help us all learn from the ancient wisdom of their
beliefs and worldview. Because, to truly understand the Maya, one
must think like the Maya.
This book contains the first comprehensive examination of popular
familiar belief in early modern Britain. It provides an in-depth
analysis of the correlation between early modern British magic and
tribal shamanism, examines the experiential dimension of popular
magic and witchcraft in early modern Britain, and explores the
links between British fairy beliefs and witch beliefs. In the
hundreds of confessions relating to witchcraft and sorcery trials
in early modern Britain there are detailed descriptions of intimate
working relationships between popular magical practitioners and
familiar spirits of either human or animal form. Until recently
historians often dismissed these descriptions as elaborate fictions
created by judicial interrogators eager to find evidence of
stereotypical pacts with the Devil. Although this paradigm is now
routinely questioned, and most historians acknowledge that there
was a folkloric component to familiar lore in the period, these
beliefs, and the experiences reportedly associated with them,
remain substantially unexplored. This book examines the folkloric
roots of familiar lore from historical, anthropological and
comparative religious perspectives. It argues that beliefs about
witches' familiars were rooted in beliefs surrounding the use of
fairy familiars by beneficent magical practitioners or cunning
folk', and corroborates this through a comparative analysis of
familiar beliefs found in traditional Native American and Siberian
shamanism. The author explores the experiential dimension of
familiar lore by drawing parallels between early modern familiar
encounters and visionary mysticism as it appears in both tribal
shamanism and medieval European contemplative traditions. These
perspectives challenge the reductionist view of popular magic in
early modern Britain often presented by historians.
Deepen your connection to the Divine and infuse your spellwork with
radiant new power when you invite angels into your life. Angels are
universal guides, helpers, and friends just waiting for you to call
on them for assistance, regardless of which spiritual or magickal
path you follow.
Angels: Companions in Magick is a treasury of practical wisdom,
magickal techniques, and fascinating angel lore, all presented with
Silver's trademark down-to-earth warmth and straightforwardness.
You'll find out how to work with angels to create happiness,
improved health and healing, and abundance; discover your true
purpose for this lifetime; and make the world a better place using
blessings for peace, prosperity, and protection. From making
angelic rosaries and angel egg charms to combating chaos with
celestial magick and rituals, this unique guidebook offers a rich
variety of ways to work with these wondrous beings.
How was the beauty of this world created? The answer is in the
story of Earth's Logos, the great being Sanat Kumara. A journey
through his eyes as he learns the real-life lessons of training
along the path of mastery.
The occult art of magical writing begins in pre-history with the
creation of the two elemental signs called the dot or egg and the
line, serpent or sperm. These two signs are the mother and father
of all other signs, symbols and letters that have come into being.
The meaning and form of the two signs have been symbolically
refined over the millennia by magicians. In the form of magic
letters they are signatures, literal and abstract, of the Universal
forces of Creation, from whence all knowledge originates. Concisely
written and richly illustrated this is the most accessible and
informative book on the occult history and graphic origins of the
signs, symbols, scripts and ciphers of Western Occultism.
An art historian shows how many surrealists and their predecessors
were steeped in magical ideas that were expressed in their art: the
sorcery of Dali, the alchemy of Picasso, the Theosophy of
Kandinsky, and the shamanism of Ernst and Carrington.
A revolutionary process based on the four chambers of the heart and
rooted in Toltec wisdom that brings emotional clarity, healing and
freedom. The Warrior Heart Practice is a powerful new method to
reconnect with our sense of authenticity and inner-knowing and
realign with our true nature. Author of the bestselling book
Warrior Goddess Training, HeatherAsh Amara has trained extensively
in the Toltec tradition under the tutelage of don Miguel Ruiz,
author of The Four Agreements. The Warrior Heart Practice is a
revolutionary system based on the four chambered structure of the
human heart. The Warrior Heart Practice leads to deep insights as
readers learn to step outside of their preconceptions to realign
with their true purposes and goals. 'Irresistible, engaging, and
liberating in a way that only the truth can. A much-needed guide to
moving beyond the chatter of the mind and the noise of the emotions
to discovering true peace.' - Alberto Villoldo Ph.D. Author of One
Spirit Medicine and Shaman, Healer, Sage 'Welcome to the evolution
of wisdom! The Warrior Heart Practice is a compassionate,
stunningly practical technique for self-discovery and
transformation in any situation. HeatherAsh Amara is one of our
most gifted and authentic spiritual teachers and her simple elegant
process instantly helps us access and embody the deep insight
within us all. It became part of my inner toolkit after a single
reading.' - Irene O'Garden, award-winning poet, playwright, and
author of Risking the Rapids
NOW IS THE TIME FOR THE DIVINE FEMININE For two thousand years,
Mary Magdalene has been a veiled silhouette, a shadow of her
vibrant self. An enigmatic figure, she was shrouded in mystery, a
feminine caricature of either the purest of saints or the most
repentant of sinners. Two thousand years have buried her, her
lineage and her legacy. Through past life regression, backed by
academic research and oral tradition, journey with Mary Magdalene
from the age of six to sixty. Discover intimate knowledge of her as
a daughter, a sister, a wife, a mother and a spiritual teacher. Her
daughter Tamar, the product, initiate and bearer of her legacy,
continues her sacred teachings. This is their story - the story of
the feminine in spirituality.
Are you headstrong and impatient? Can you see both sides of an
argument in a balanced way? Do you often find yourself swimming in
circles while trying to make a decision? These character traits
could actually be written in the stars. Embark on a voyage of
self-discovery with this spellbinding introduction to astrology.
The Little Book of the Zodiac delves into each of the astrological
signs and shows you how to interpret the cosmos, not only
day-to-day but far ahead into the future. Learn how to create, read
and interpret your birth chart to make better choices for yourself
Examine each planet's magical influences on your personality and
the way your Sun, Rising and Moon signs affect your character
traits Discover how your astrological sign can shape your future,
strengthen your relationships and connect you with your instincts
Let this book shine a light on your past, present and future, and
reveal a deeper understanding of your celestial outlook.
This is a guide for the practising magician who wants a greater
understanding of Qabalah concepts and practice. Created by Anita
Kraft, one of the world's most respected Qabalist teachers, this
workbook teaches readers how to practise Qabalah using tarot,
plants, stones, perfumes, the zodiac and other magical sources.
In the Magnum Opus Hermetic Sourceworks series.
You are holding a source of great power and influence - the wisdom
of the animal world drawn from the wellspring of ancient Celtic
tradition. The Druids, like the Native Americans, revered animals
as sacred guides, guardians and protectors. Today, the book and
beautiful card set of The Druid Animal Oracle can bring healing and
will help you draw strength from its intuitive knowledge. From the
interpretations of the card spreads and the animal lore given, you
will gain powerful insights into your life-situation and receive
positive guidance for the future. Authors Philip and Stephanie
Carr-Gomm, who live in England, are Chief and Scribe of the Order
of Bards, Ovates, and Druids, one of the largest international
Druid groups.
A guide to the practices, tools, and rituals of New Orleans Voodoo
as well as the many cultural influences at its origins
- Includes recipes for magical oils, instructions for candle
workings, and directions to create gris-gris bags and Voodoo dolls
to attract love, money, justice, and healing and for retribution
- Explores the major figures of New Orleans Voodoo, including Marie
Laveau and Dr. John
- Exposes the diverse ethnic influences at the core of Voodoo, from
the African Congo to Catholic immigrants from Italy, France, and
Ireland
One of America's great native-born spiritual traditions, New
Orleans Voodoo is a religion as complex, free-form, and beautiful
as the jazz that permeates this steamy city of sin and salvation.
From the French Quarter to the Algiers neighborhood, its famed
vaulted cemeteries to its infamous Mardi Gras celebrations, New
Orleans cannot escape its rich Voodoo tradition, which draws from a
multitude of ethnic sources, including Africa, Latin America,
Sicily, Ireland, France, and Native America.
In "The New Orleans Voodoo Handbook," initiated Vodou priest Kenaz
Filan covers the practices, tools, and rituals of this system of
worship as well as the many facets of its origins. Exploring the
major figures of New Orleans Voodoo, such as Marie Laveau and Dr.
John, as well as Creole cuisine and the wealth of musical
inspiration surrounding the Mississippi Delta, Filan examines
firsthand documents and historical records to uncover the truth
behind many of the city's legends and to explore the oft-discussed
but little-understood practices of the root doctors, Voodoo queens,
and spiritual figures of the Crescent City. Including recipes for
magical oils, instructions for candle workings, methods of
divination, and even directions to create gris-gris bags, mojo
hands, and Voodoo dolls, Filan reveals how to call on the saints
and spirits of Voodoo for love, money, retribution, justice, and
healing.
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