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For Pagans and Christians alike, Jesus Through Pagan Eyes offers
a provocative portrait ofJesus--as a compassionate, life-affirming,
nature-inspired spiritual teacher, freed from the limiting ideology
of the Church. Rev. Mark Townsend sets the stage by exploring the
historical evidence of who Jesus was as a human being before
delving into the realm of metaphor and mythology, the notion of
Christ, and the Church's conception of Jesus as Christ.
The heart of this unique book lies in the thoughtful and deeply
moving collection of stories, essays, and interviews about Jesus
from today's most respected Pagan, Wiccan, and Druidic leaders.
Contributors such as Maxine Sanders, Christopher Penczak, Janet
Farrar, Diana Paxson, Philip Carr-Gomm, Oberon Zell-Ravenheart,
John Michael Greer, Selena Fox, and Raven Grimassi explore the
historical figure of Jesus in relation to Witchcraft, the tarot,
goddess worship, and shamanism--while illustrating how this god of
the Christian church blesses and inspires those who embrace
non-traditional spiritual paths.
Whether you envision Jesus as an ascended master, a human
teacher, or a mythic god-man, this remarkable book will introduce
you to a Jesus who fits fully into the Pagan imagination.
Praise:
"Townsend uses Jesus to initiate dialogue, and he does so in way
that is accepting and inclusive of many understandings and
interpretations of Jesus, his purpose, and his relevance (or
irrelevance) in the religious practices of contemporary Pagans."
--Huffington Post
"This work admirably promotes understanding between belief
systems that have a sometimes uneasy relationship."--Publishers
Weekly
Poison Prescriptions is a stunningly illustrated grimoire of some
of the most notorious plants: henbane, datura, belladonna, among
others. It is also a practical guide to plant magic, medicine and
ritual, offering advice to professional and home herbalists, to
those interested in forgotten lore and the old ways, and to all
those who wish to reclaim control of their own wellbeing. This book
urges the resurrection of the ancient tradition of using these
witching herbs in ritual and medicine. Now is the time to relink
magic and medicine in the context of modern herbalism and
contemporary witchcraft. Discover: Safe ways of interacting with
the witching herbs to usher in wellbeing and healing. Practical
activities ranging from meditations and folklore writing to wreath
making and beer brewing. Step-by-step instructions to creating the
powerful witches' Flying Ointment and using it in ritual, sex magic
and lucid dreaming.
Ages 13 years & over. When Molly meets Sophia (Queen of
Wisdom!), adventure begins! The mysterious dragon-slayer mark on
Molly's thigh calls for an education few receive. Sophia enlists
her into an urgent mission: saving Earth from imminent destruction
by Ialdobaoth, the Great Dragon of crystallised thoughts from
humanity's past. Sophia leads Molly to where possible futures are
created and undone, where mythical figures help Molly discover deep
feminine powers to counter Ialdobaoth's sinister intent ...for
now...
Fans of Ilona Andrews, Jeaniene Frost, Patricia Biggs and Christine
Feehan will fall under the spell of New York Times bestseller
Yasmine Galenorn's spectacular paranormal romance series. Enter
Whisper Hollow at your own risk, for in this town spirits walk
among the living, and the lake never gives up her dead. Whisper
Hollow is no ordinary place. In this haunted town, people don't
stay buried. Kerris Fellwater isn't your usual human. She's a
spirit shaman who drives the dead back to their graves. Fifteen
years ago, Kerris ran away from her hometown. But now she's back,
and there are deadly magical forces at work, wreaking havoc.
Whisper Hollow holds painful memories for Kerris, but a lot has
changed. There's a mysterious new guy in town, Bryan, who Kerris
feels powerfully drawn to. Together they unearth a horrifying
family secret, and unravelling the mystery means working with -
rather than against - the dead. Can they defeat Whisper Hollow's
enemy, before it destroys them? Return to Whisper Hollow in
Yasmine's next book, Shadow Silence.
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Aleister Crowley
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The name "Aleister Crowley" instantly conjures visions of diabolic
ceremonies and orgiastic indulgences--and while the sardonic
Crowley would perhaps be the last to challenge such a view, he was
also much more than "the Beast," as this authoritative biography
shows. "Perdurabo" (the magical name Crowley chose when inducted
into the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn) traces Crowley's
remarkable journey from his birth as the only son of a wealthy lay
preacher to his death in a boarding house as the world's foremost
authority on magick. Along the way, he rebels against his
conservative religious upbringing; befriends famous artists,
writers, and philosophers (and becomes a poet himself ); is
attacked for his practice of "the black arts"; and teaches that
science and magick can work together. While seeking to spread his
infamous philosophy of "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the
Law," Crowley becomes one of the most notorious figures of his day.
Based on Richard Kaczynski's twenty years of research, and
including previously unpublished biographical details, "Perdurabo"
paints a memorable portrait of the man who inspired the
counterculture and influenced generations of artists, punks,
wiccans, and other denizens of the demimonde.
Marco Visconti has taught Aleister Crowley's Magick to
hundreds of aspirants, proving to himself and others its
transmutative powers. This book brings together the effective
techniques and practices from those lessons. We all live very
busy lives in increasingly small spaces, but this book shows
that to practice magick you don’t need fancy tools or robes
or marbles halls. Magick is truly for everyone, because all you
need to practice it is a will set in stone. Each chapter in
this manual is a lesson, which will add a new tool to
your magical arsenal: the nature of the Body of Light what Prana is
and how to harness it the 4 Hermetic Elements that make up the
foundations of the Magical Pyramid the Quintessence the Pentagram
Hexagram rituals the Astral Light invoked through the Middle Pillar
The benefits gained from bringing Magick into your life are
manifold. You will gain a deeper understanding of your role
in the universe, the ability to communicate with the Other, and the
wisdom that comes from such relationships. Overall these
practices offer a new and deeper sense of awareness of your own
role in the universe.
Mountains form the most spectacular creations on the planet and
cover such a large amount of Earth's landmass that they can be seen
clearly from outer space. Mountains are also a reminder that humans
count for nothing in the greater scheme of things. They were formed
by tectonic plate upheavals of such magnitude that the fossilised
remains of prehistoric sea-creatures can be found on mountains
tops; in fact, many Himalayan rocks were originally sediments on
the primordial Tethys Ocean floor. In this first of the Sacred
Landscape series Melusine Draco looks at ways of connecting with
the genii locorum that inhabit the caves and mountains of our
world. A companion volume to Sacred Landscape: Groves and Forests
and Sacred Landscape: Lakes and Rivers.
Margaret De Wys first became aware of ecstatic trance healing when
she was a young girl fascinated by the rapture of the Holy Rollers.
However, it would be decades before she would be called to explore
that early fascination. At a gathering in Upstate New York thirty
years later she was spontaneously possessed by a sacred Zulu
necklace--a gift from one of the most powerful shamans in Africa,
Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa. Frightening yet exhilarating, the
experience set her on a search to understand the depths of ecstatic
healing. Margaret journeys to Brazil to work with famous healer
John of God (Joao de Deus), where she witnesses hundreds of
miraculous healings through psychic surgery. During her years of
spiritual service at John's Casa, she experiences ecstatic visions,
which increase her hunger for more knowledge. She begins to attend
possession rituals held by Pai Lazaro, an Umbanda priest, and finds
she is a natural medium to the African gods. Called through her
dreams to work with Credo Mutwa, she travels to Credo's Healing
Village in Africa, where she discovers her gift as an ecstatic
healer and the meaning of true faith. In sharing her journey to
reach a profound understanding of ecstatic states and shamanic
healing, Margaret De Wys not only gives the reader a direct
experience of holiness but also reveals the potential each of us
has for miraculous healing.
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