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The untamed witch : reclaim your instincts, rewild your craft, create your most powerful magick.
2022
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This handy introduction to witchcraft by witch Pradas (The Complete Grimoire) explores how practitioners can personalize their craft. The author details the basics, which include grounding (strengthening one's "link to the current moment"); bringing one's body, mind, soul, and environment into alignment; and tapping into one's "inner energy." She encourages readers to develop their own style of magic by considering such questions as "What attracted you to practicing witchcraft?" and "What are your views on death, reincarnation, and the afterlife?" Pradas discusses common methods for practicing magic and notes that candles can be powerful "ritual tools" that are well suited to sending one's "energy to the web of fate," while crystals are versatile and can be arranged in geometric patterns to enhance their energies. Exercises include befriending trees by merging their energy with one's own and creating a personal "wheel of the year" that marks annual events of significance to the practitioner. Pradas's mix-and-match approach to spirituality is this volume's greatest asset, though the Taoist and Buddhist influences (she discusses the life force qi and the eightfold path) go underexplored. This thorough primer will appeal to novices who want to practice witchcraft on their own terms. (Oct.)
Summary
Personalized magick is the most powerful magick. The Untamed Witch empowers you to use your own instincts, intuition, and personal environment in your witchcraft.
Table of Contents
1The Journey Inward Leads Us Outwardp. 7
About This Bookp. 8
Witchcraft and Magickp. 9
Energy Surrounds Usp. 11
The Web of Fatep. 15
2Rewildingp. 17
Nature, Humans, and Witchcraftp. 18
Connecting with Nature in the Cityp. 22
Body, Mind, Soulp. 22
Skills in the Wildernessp. 27
Witchcraft and Rulesp. 30
3Switching Consciousnessp. 35
The Lower Self, Middle Self, and Higher Selfp. 37
Shadow Workp. 38
Extrasensory Perception and Psychic Developmentp. 39
Consciousness Statesp. 42
Exploring the Liminalp. 52
4The Cycle of Lifep. 55
Life, Death, and Rebirthp. 56
Seasonal Cyclesp. 58
Astronomical Cyclesp. 66
The Moonp. 66
Other Cyclesp. 74
5Upper, Mid-, and Underworldp. 77
Two Realitiesp. 78
The Three Worldsp. 78
The Upperworldp. 80
The Underworldp. 80
The Midworldp. 80
The Six Waysp. 88
Safety in Other Realmsp. 92
6Land Witchcraftp. 95
The Difficult Relationship between Humans and Naturep. 96
Unaligned Knowledge and Practicesp. 101
Local Resourcesp. 104
Local Spiritsp. 107
7The Dead, the Spirits, and the Godsp. 113
The Deadp. 114
Working with Different Spiritsp. 119
Worshipping the Godsp. 124
8Rites and Sacred Spacesp. 129
Sacred Indoor Spacesp. 130
Sacred Outdoor Spacesp. 134
Creating and Using an Altarp. 135
Ritual Toolsp. 140
9Become Your Own Comfort Zonep. 151
Developing Your Craftp. 153
Motivation and Fearp. 156
Dissecting a Spellp. 158
Write It Downp. 169
Ethicsp. 172
Creating a Change in Fate with Magickp. 176
FAQ and Troubleshootingp. 179
The Path Is Made by Walkingp. 181
Endnotesp. 184
Acknowledgmentsp. 188
About the Authorp. 188
About the Illustratorp. 189
Indexp. 190
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