Exploring the witches' Devil as a multifaceted figure distinct from traditional depictions, this book delves into his rich symbolism and historical roles. It uncovers connections to nature spirits, candles, and demonic entities, presenting various titles such as Primus Magus and Father of Cunning. The text invites readers to reassess the intersection of psalmistry and folk magic within witchcraft, encouraging a deeper understanding of this enigmatic being. Ultimately, it empowers practitioners to enhance their own magical practices through the wisdom of this often-misunderstood figure.
A revised and expanded edition of the first text in the Folk Witchcraft series. Complete with practical exercises, descriptions of craft theories and models, and a beginner's working grimoire, Folk Witchcraft provides the student witch with a concise, yet thorough introduction to the old craft that is firmly rooted in the past and adapted for the present. Experienced witches will deepen and enrich their practices by connecting more fully to traditional magics from hundreds of years in the past.With over 50 rituals, charms, and exercises, Folk Witchcraft offers a refreshingly simple approach to the craft that is non-dogmatic, flexible, and rewarding as a regular spiritual practice.
This expanded edition offers 180 incantations that showcase the rich diversity of the incantatory arts, including charms for various purposes like healing, blessing, and invoking fear. Each charm is detailed with its historical context, enhancing the reader's understanding of folkloric traditions. The introduction presents practical methods for incantation, emphasizing unique techniques like creating a magical listener and ritual pairings. A new chapter on heretical psalmistry includes practical psalms and a comprehensive index of their magical applications, enriching the text's depth.
Exploring the folkloric witching ways of common plants, this book combines historic folk-magical knowledge with contemporary animist practices. It offers accessible recipes and rituals that practitioners can easily master using the abundant flora of North America and the British Isles. Readers will delve into the herbal charming arts, learning to harness the power of plants for magical purposes.
Playing Cards and Marseille Tarot in Divination, Magic, and Lore
214 Seiten
8 Lesestunden
Exploring the intersection of Marseille tarot and playing card divination, this expanded edition serves as a comprehensive guide to cartomancy within folk witchcraft. It presents innovative techniques, including unique spreads like the "witch's table," advanced reading methods, and detailed rituals for various seasons. The book features extensive card descriptions, a chapter on tarot patterns, and encourages skill development through games. Emphasizing practical application and pattern recognition, it provides valuable insights for both beginners and experienced practitioners alike.
Preserved in medieval and early modern witch-lore, the image of the witch embarking upon flight has become iconic from a historic and folkloric perspective. In the accounts of previous ages, however, it was commonly understood that witches flew in spirit form rather than corporeal form, leaving the physical body behind as the practitioner voyaged into the otherworld to procure knowledge, learn charms, visit boon or bane upon others, and attend the spiritual gathering of the witches' sabbat. In this unique offering, the author organizes the lore and charms of the transvective arts around thirteen central lessons and approaches in methodology, acting as gates through which the practitioner may cross. Some approaches offered here may be familiar to folk and traditional witches, such as via veneficium (by way of poison) and via equarum (by way of steed), while others, like via imaginibus (by way of image) and via tempestatis (by way of storm) draw on historic lore and charms in order to innovate upon old craft while maintaining the spirit that flavors these beloved arts. By mastering the often overlooked work of sabbatic ekstasis, the witch is brought into direct contact with familiar spirits, powers of the land and of ancestry, and with the primal sources of witchcraft itself, yielding an inexhaustible and ever-unfolding curriculum of the art magical.
