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What does it mean to be a Psychic Witch? Psychic Witch is a guide
to learning about and understanding what it means to be a
practicing Witch with psychic ability. Carolyn shows you how
listening to your inner voice, following nature's rhythms and
living Magickally, can assist you in everyday life. She gives you
the tools needed to open your psychic potential and the keys to
being in balance with the natural world around you. You will learn
about psychic energy, creating a spiritual practice through prayer,
meditation, affirmations and chakra work, and how being psychic
will affect you. This book will teach you the tools needed in order
to work with and communicate with the Spiritual realms, what spell
work to perform that will help enhance your psychic abilities and
how using divination tools can assist you. Each chapter includes a
Psychic lesson plan to help guide you along this journey and
personal psychic stories by the author as well as her own psychic
premonitions regarding future events. This is a must read for any
Witch who has only just begun to tap into his or her psychic
abilities.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1884 Edition.
2014 Reprint of 1946 Edition. Full facsimile of the original
edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software.
Intriguing, thoroughly researched volume provides expert historical
view of demonology and the occult, drawing information from the
Bible, literary classics, personal memoirs, correspondence, and
court records. Scholarly, yet highly readable study defines
witchcraft, then proceeds to examine ceremonial practices, the
casting of spells and conjuring, celebration of the Black Mass, and
much more. A masterfully written work for anyone interested in
supernatural phenomena, this book has been hailed by critic H. L.
Mencken as "learned, honest, and amusing." Summers made a lifelong
study of this terrible yet important subject, the black and baleful
shadow in our midst. He analyzes the historical traditions and
present politics of this cult society, describing in detail its
workings, its aims, its frantic proselytism, and its ends.
A collection of more than fifty stories about witches from around
the world. There are tales of banshees, crones and beauties in
disguise from China, Siberia, the Caribbean, Armenia, Portugal and
Australia. The characters featured include Italy's Witch Bea-Witch,
Lilith, Kali, and Twitti Glyn Hec. Alluring women, enchantresses,
wise old ladies and bewitching women: they are all here and ready
to haunt, entice, possess, transform, challenge - and sometimes
even to help.
Gathered together for the first time, here you will find the ground
breaking columns of Christopher Penczak from the first years of
newWitch magazine. The City Witch column followed his experiences
and insights traveling the country, interacting with the spirits of
place in urban environments and the challenges of practicing magick
on the road. City Witch continued the teachings found in his award
winning book, City Magick. Through the introduction, learn about
the impetus of the column and his reflections looking back on the
book that started it all. City Witchcraft brings all the original
articles together, with new editing and art, to provide inspiration
for a new generation of Witches, magicians and shamans living on
the road and in the city, helping them find the magick wherever
they are.
What is a priestess? Is she a ritualist? A leader? A shaman? A role
model? A coach? A soothsayer? A sybil? Or is she all of these, or
some of these, or none of these? This anthology is a vibrant
tapestry of voices illuminating the roles and perspectives of
priestesses in the ancient and modern worlds, and weaving them
together to create the beautiful fabric of women's sacred service.
The personal essays, academic articles, poetry, rituals and tools
in this book will speak to your heart, inspiring you to step into
your own spiritual authority.To see more about this volume and
other Goddess Ink books, visit is at wwww.goddess-ink.com
As I attempted to digest stories of spiritual cannibalism, of
curses that could cost a student her eyesight or ignite the pages
of the books she read, I knew I was not alone in my skepticism. And
yet, when I caught sight of the waving arms of an industrious
scarecrow, the hair on the back of my neck would stand on end. It
was most palpable at night, this creepy feeling, when the moon
stayed low to the horizon and the dust kicked up in the breeze,
reaching out and pulling back with ghostly fingers. There was
something to this place that could be felt but not seen.
With these words, Karen Palmer takes us inside one of West
Africa's witch camps, where hundreds of banished women struggle to
survive under the watchful eye of a powerful wizard. Palmer arrived
at the Gambaga witch camp with an outsider's sense of outrage,
believing it was little more than a dumping ground for difficult
women. Soon, however, she encountered stories she could not
explain: a woman who confessed she'd attacked a girl given to her
as a sacrifice; another one desperately trying to rid herself of
the witchcraft she believed helped her kill dozens of people.
In "Spellbound, "Palmer brilliantly recounts the kaleidoscope of
experiences that greeted her in the remote witch camps of northern
Ghana, where more than 3,000 exiled women and men live in extreme
poverty, many sentenced in a ceremony hinging on the death throes
of a sacrificed chicken.
As she ventured deeper into Ghana's grasslands, Palmer found
herself swinging between belief and disbelief. She was shown books
that caught on fire for no reason and met diviners who accurately
predicted the future. From the schoolteacher who believed Africa
should use the power of its witches to gain wealth and prestige to
the social worker who championed the rights of accused witches but
also took his wife to a witch doctor, Palmer takes readers deep
inside a shadowy layer of rural African society.
As the sheen of the exotic wore off, Palmer saw the camp for
what it was: a hidden colony of women forced to rely on food scraps
from the weekly market. She witnessed the way witchcraft preyed on
people's fears and resentments. Witchcraft could be a comfort in
times of distress, a way of explaining a crippling drought or the
inexplicable loss of a child. It was a means of predicting the
unpredictable and controlling the uncontrollable. But witchcraft
was also a tool for social control. In this vivid, startling work
of first-person reportage, Palmer sheds light on the plight of
women in a rarely seen corner of the world.
The Book of Elven Magick, The Philosophy and Enchantments of the
Seelie Elves, Volume 2, continues the progression of the color
magicks and proceeds on into the nature and establishment of the
Elven Vortex/Coven, and our theories on calling the
directions/dimensions and much more. It is the completion of and
companion to volume 1.
Stewart Farrar was a World War II veteran, an accomplished script
writer and a journalist who worked for many prominent and respected
media companies such as Reuters and the newspaper Reveille. As a
world traveller, Stewart had the opportunity to meet and work with
many fascinating people and noted celebrities during his career. He
was also a gifted photographer. In 1969, at the age of 53, he met
Alex Sanders - the infamous "King of the Witches" - and his wife
Maxine while interviewing the couple for Reveille. The encounter
introduced him to a world of Witchcraft and magic and changed the
course of his life. Farrar left his job as a journalist and devoted
his life and career to writing about the Craft. The many books he
authored on Witchcraft, together with his wife, Janet Farrar, have
become widely read and respected works on the topic. Elizabeth
Guerra and Janet Farrar have collaborated to record and explore
Stewart Farrar's life and career in detail. This book tracks
Farrar's development from an eager and talented adolescent to a
college student and dedicated Communist to a gifted journalist and
television, radio and film script writer and finally to his later
life as a practitioner of Wicca and author of many non-fiction
books and science fiction novels. Stewart Farrar found Witchcraft
by accident but devoted the rest of his life to the subject by
educating others. He became one of the most prolific and much loved
writers on the subject, and in doing so, helped to make Wicca a
viable and accessible path for many.
Druidry and Wicca are the two great streams of Western Pagan
tradition. Both traditions are experiencing a renaissance all over
the world, as more and more people seek a spirituality rooted in a
love of nature and the land. Increasingly, readers are combining
the ideas of both traditions to craft their own spiritual practice.
In this down-to-earth, inspiring guide, Philip Carr-Gomm offers a
name for this Path that draws on the common beliefs and practices
of Wicca and Druidry: DruidCraft. DruidCraft draws on the
traditions of scholarship, storytelling, magical craft and seasonal
celebration of both the Craft and Druidry to offer inspiration,
teachings, rituals, and magical techniques that can help you access
your innate powers of creativity, intuition and healing.
Traditionally, the Witch's arsenal of magical power has always
included the ability to influence others from a distance, blessing,
cursing and placing a glamour or the Evil Eye on someone in order
to reward, punish or control them in some way. Many of these
techniques have been lost, though we can see their descendants in
the techniques of mesmerism, faith healing and stage hypnotism.
As part of his exploration of Visceral Magick, Author and Witch
Peter Paddon has rediscovered techniques and exercises that enable
the practitioner to use gestures, gaze and energy connections to
influence others from across a room, or in some cases around the
world.
In this book, Peter describes the underlying theories and
philosophies (drawing on the mysteries of Ancient Egypt,
Pre-Christian Celtic Wales and medieval Christian Mysticism), and
lays out a series of techniques and the exercises that develop the
required skills to use them, on order to heal, curse, entrance,
bless, and create illusions and other subtle influences in others
to manipulate their thoughts and actions. He includes a discussion
of the ethical ramifications of these techniques, as well as
practical applications in ritual, spell-crafting and daily life.
Whether it is the "Evil Eye," "Jedi mind-tricks" or "defense
against the Dark Arts," these techniques have been the mainstay of
myth, legend and fantasy for millenia, but their place in our
worldview stems from real magical tools wielded by our ancestors.
"Too often, the modern witchcraft movement has focused its
attention on being an "acceptable" practice in a modern world. It
has often sacrificed much of its unique contributions upon the
altar of religion. Albeit, this aspect of our resurgence heeded a
deep call and the initial sacrifice had wisdom and purpose. But as
they say "how many stripes can a zebra loose before it is no longer
a zebra?" In the case of the Craft, witches do witchcraft, and
magic is at the heart of our soul; and we must return our
"stripes." It is time for witches to be witches... and enchantment
is one of the major stripes on the metaphorical zebra of witchery.
Thank you Peter for bringing all of us to that state of spirit that
wields the power of change through the arts of enchantment. This
practice helps to give us back one of our most legendary
attributes. My advice is that readers of this book apply the lore
and techniques offered. It invites witches to wield the power of
change upon self, the world and our universe. Now let's cast
enchantment for a better life and a better world. It all starts in
the mirror."
Orion Foxwood
Author of "The Candle and the Crossroads" 2012 Red Wheel
Weiser
"Introduction to Southern Conjure" DVD 2009 Pendraig Publishing
The Earth Child's Handbook
written and illustrated by Brigid Ashwood
The Earth Child's Handbook is a primer, reference, craft and
activity book series for families that follow Pagan, Wiccan and
Earth Based spiritual paths. Designed to appeal to all age groups
(and grown-ups too ), the books address common Pagan belief and
practices, explaining the principles and traditions behind them.
Each chapter features:
Recipes
Instructional craft projects
Coloring pages, mazes, connect-the-dots and word searches
Color, cut and assemble projects.
Younger children will delight in coloring pages and paper crafts.
Older children will find educational fun with word searches, mazes,
connect the dots and instructional crafts. And parents might find
it a lifesaver with easy recipe ideas and inspiration for teaching
and building Pagan traditions.
The Earth Child's Handbook - Book 1 features chapters on the joy
of family and diversity, honoring the earth and the principles of
the four elements, the universe and Pagan beliefs regarding the Sun
and the Moon, explanation of Deities, an introduction to Magick and
Ritual with simple spells and exercises, and a complete "color, cut
and assemble" paper altar project.
Topics covered include Shapeshifting, Runes, Book of Shadows,
Animal Guides, Chakras, Meditation, Astrological Signs, The
Elements, Cycles of the Moon, Magickal Correspondences, Sun
Deities, Moon Deities, Triple Goddess and Triple God, The Four
Quarters and Casting a Circle.
Featured activities include making a Chakra shirt, rain stick,
homemade face paints, herbal infusions, bath salts, a moon phase
wheel, moon cake recipe, a complete "color, cut and assemble" paper
altar and much, MUCH more.
Digital Edition available at http: //www.earthchildshandbook.com
The Book of Elven Magick: The Philosophy and Enchantments of the
Seelie Elves, Volume 1, explores the Elven viewpoint concerning
magick and the world, and traditional spiritual and religious
myths. It covers the tools of magick and gives magical ceremonies
that can be adapted for use by modern elves, magicians, and faerie
folk. It is a unique and original take on magic and the world of
Faerie.
Aradia is perhaps the first 20th century text of Witchcraft
revival. It is repeatedly cited as being profoundly influential to
the development of Wicca. The text corroborates the thesis of
Margaret Murray that early modern and Renaissance witchcraft
represented a survival of ancient pagan beliefs, The Charge of the
Goddess, an important piece of liturgy used in Wiccan rituals, it
was inspired by Aradia's speech in the first chapter of the book.
Parts of the speech appeared in an early version of Gardnerian
Wicca ritual.Wilder Publications is a green publisher. All of our
books are printed to order. This reduces waste and helps us keep
prices low while greatly reducing our impact on the environment.
First published in 1984, Magical Rites from the Crystal Well is a
single, elegant source for Neopagan lore, rites and celebrations.
From the pages of the magazine Crystal Well, which in the 1960s and
1970s helped to shape the face of modern Earth-centered
spirituality in America, comes a wealth of loving direction for
people who want to reconnect wit htheir deep spiritual roots.
The workings are designed for groups large or small, but easily
adaptable for solo practice. Within these pages you will find:
Celebrations of the seasons Pagan Festivals Rites of the Moon
Magical Dance Candle Spells Rituals of Power Blessings and
cleansings Rites of passage
So take your place in the sunlight, among the moonbeams, under the
starshine, as you joyfully worship in the sanctuary of the Earth.
The Malleus Maleficarum (Latin for "The Hammer of Witches") is a
famous treatise on witches, written in 1486 by Heinrich Kramer, an
Inquisitor of the Catholic Church, first published in Germany in
1487. Jacob Sprenger is also often attributed as an author.
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