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    The Minor Arcana suits are Pumpkins, Imps, Ghosts, and Bats.

    Born of the earth, possessing inherent power, they await only our touch and intention to bring their magical qualities to life.The four elements are powerful magical tools. Using their energies, we can transform ourselves, our lives, and our world. This much-loved, classic guide offers more than seventy-five spells, rites, and simple rituals you can perform using the marvelous powers of the natural world.Scott Cunningham was a greatly respected teacher and one of the most influential members of the modern Craft movement. A practitioner of elemental magic for twenty years, he wrote more than fifty books, including the seminal Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner.

    Using this accessible book, you will be able to feel for yourself the difference those techniques can make in your life. "Circles of Power" takes the Golden Dawn system and, for the first time, removes the links to the lodges. This makes powerful Golden Dawn methods available for anyone. You will learn the nature of ritual magic and the tools used in this philosophy, science, and spiritual path. Then you will learn practical, usable techniques of magic which can be done by anyone, adept or novice, with very powerful results. Included are the secrets of: - Invoking and banishing - Middle Pillar exercises - Consecrating and working with the magical tools - Making and using talismans - Invisibility and transformation - Spiritual development - The formula of the Equinox "Circles of Power" is written in a lucid and entertaining style, revealing previously unknown aspects of the magical rites of the Golden Dawn. You will have a chance to explore dozens of new rituals that have been developed from fragments and core documents of the greatest magical order in the history of the modern Western world. "Circles of Power" actually revitalizes Western ceremonial magic by removing the unnecessary rhetoric and obscure jargon. Everything is plainly and simply explained, and all the information you need to begin working within this magical system is presented in a clear and concise manner. Reading "Circles of Power" is the next best thing to actually joining a Hermetic lodge. Get your copy today.

    A delightfully entertaining liberal arts education in Western Hermeticism with one of America's most knowledgeable and engaging authorities! Each chapter is a self-contained monograph on one of 7 topics critical tounderstanding modern magick.

    This major work offers a new interpretation of the witchcraft beliefs of European intellectuals between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries, showing how these beliefs fitted rationally with other beliefs of the period and how far the nature of rationality is dependent on its historical context.

    Whispers of the Moon combines Scott's unfinished autobiography with the added efforts of two of his closest friends. It traces his life and growth as a writer and philosopher-magician, and it also includes some of Scott's poetry, portions of letters, and exposition of his personal philosophy and religion.

    Brimming with herbal folklore, tips for growing and harvesting your own herbs, and over two hundred medicinal and culinary recipes from diverse cultures, Mother Nature's Herbal will become your trusted companion on the path to natural living.Take a tour of the time-honored traditions and healing practices of cultures past and present, including Native and South American, Mediterranean, East Asian, and others. Create delicious and exotic entrees, brew soothing herbal teas, mix perfumes and salves using flower essences from your backyard garden, prepare elixirs and medicines to treat every ailment--and so much more.With this wise book on your kitchen shelf, a rich heritage of herb craft and herbal tradition is at your fingertips.

    Complete predictions by Dikki-Jo Mullen, one of America's most respected astrologers, are an indispensable part of the publication. Woodcuts & engravings.

    The author is inspired by the Nordic tradition of Seidr, said to have been taught to the human race by Odin. The book provides an extensive survey of the manifestation of this powerful technique through several related magical traditions - shamanism, mesmerism, draconian cults and even the nightside of European paganism. Seething is probably the most useful magical technique I have ever learned. I first was taken by the pleasure of it. My body felt warm and sensual, and seething in the hips felt quite sexual. I liked the feeling of my body taking over where the shaking was first voluntary - but I could still have some control, making the shaking stronger or more subtle. After a while I started to see visions - something that very rarely happens to me. I could see (with my physical eyes, not astrally!) the surface of the land in the centre of the circle rippling, like waves of energy. It was a really moving experience in a site that - until then - had not been particularly 'special' to me... it ..has had a major impact upon my magical work which used to be largely indoors, as at last I have found a way that I can work outdoors. This gives my magical work a potency that it simply didn't have before. - Shantidevi quoted in chapter twelve 'Rhythms and the Mind'

    Witchcraft is composed of three main elements Magic, Mysticism and Religion - each treated in depth, and integr

    Everyone has to face the questions of the One and the Many, the infinite and the finite. My hope is to show religious readers that scientific knowledge of the natural world (which includes people and people’s cultures) is important, is part of our religious life, our practice, the way we live the divine life.” —From the Introduction

    Twenty intricate and beautiful guided meditations lead you into the very heart of the seasons, the elements and the nature of the Divine. Meet the Wind and the Queen of Air; stand watch as the Sun King is reborn on Yuletide day; cross the barren lava fields with Pele, and learn to shapeshift like Gwion in his flight from Cerridwen.