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""This is foremost an engaging textbook designed for home schooling the advancing witch, and it is encyclopedic in its rituals, charts, and even homework assignments.""—Publishers Weekly Take your spiritual evolution to the next level by mastering the essentials of ceremonial magick. In this much-anticipated fourth volume in Christopher Penczak's award-winning series on witchcraft, he introduces the concepts of the Qabalah and the rituals of high magick, and explores the deeply interwoven relationship between these traditions and the Craft. The teachings in this book correspond to the element of Air, guiding you into the realm of creative and critical thinking, communication, knowledge, and truth. Four preliminary chapters introduce the basic concepts, history, and skills you will need for your journey. Next, twelve formal lessons, in the witches' traditional year-and-a-day format, provide instruction in the fundamentals of ceremonial magic: The Qabalah The Tree of Life Symbol and sigil magick Elemental constructs Qabalistic Cross The four worlds and their correspondences Middle Pillar Pathworking The Ritual of the Rosy Cross Invoking and banishing rituals Fluid condensers Barbarous words of power, magickal constructs, and the Goetia The book's thirteenth lesson culminates in a ritual initiation fusing the traditions of witchcraft and high magick—the creation of your own Reality Map. The cosmology you create will be based on your own spiritual experiences as well as the philosophies and practices of ceremonial magick.

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Author:   Christopher Penczak
Publisher:   Llewellyn Publications,U.S.
Imprint:   Llewellyn Publications,U.S.
Dimensions:   Width: 19.00cm , Height: 3.70cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.225kg
ISBN:  

9780738711652

ISBN 10:   0738711659
Pages:   576
Publication Date:   08 October 2007
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents List of Exercises . . . xvii List of Tables & Figures . . . xix Foreword to the New Edition by Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki . . . xxv Introduction to the New Edition: The Occult Tradition . . . 1 Introduction: What Is the Temple of High Witchcraft? . . . 11 Chapter One: The Magician and the Witch . . . 19 Chapter Two: The Entwined Roots . . . 35 Chapter Three: Reality Maps . . . 75 Chapter Four: The Ceremonies of High Magick . . . 103 Chapter Five: Lesson 1: Qabalah Basics . . . 149 Chapter Six: Lesson 2: Malkuth . . . 193 Chapter Seven: Lesson 3: Yesod . . . 227 Chapter Eight: Lesson 4: Hod . . . 255 Chapter Nine: Lesson 5: Netzach . . . 279 Chapter Ten: Lesson 6: Tiphereth . . . 319 Chapter Eleven: Lesson 7: Geburah . . . 351 Chapter Twelve: Lesson 8: Chesed . . . 379 Chapter Thirteen: Lesson 9: Da'ath . . . 409 Chapter Fourteen: Lesson 10: Binah . . . 441 Chapter Fifteen: Lesson 11: Chokmah . . . 465 Chapter Sixteen: Lesson 12: Kether . . . 487 Chapter Seventeen: Lesson 13: Initiation of High Witchcraft . . . 499 Appendix I: Examples of Reality Maps . . . 519 Appendix II: Variations of the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram . . . 535 Appendix III: Variations of the Middle Pillar . . . 545 Appendix IV: Variations of the Four Adorations . . . 551 Appendix V: Variations of the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Hexagram . . . 555 Appendix VI: Variations of the Greater Ritual of the Hexagram . . . 559 Appendix VII: Variation of the Bornless Ritual . . . 563 Bibliography . . . 571 Index . . . 579 Credits . . . 587

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This is foremost an engaging textbook designed for home schooling the advancing witch, and it is encyclopedic in its rituals, charts, and even homework assignments. --Publishers Weekly

Author Information

Christopher Penczak is a Witch, teacher, writer, and healing practitioner. He is the founder of the world-renowned Temple of Witchcraft and the Temple Mystery School, and he is the creator of the bestselling Temple of Witchcraft books and audio CDs. Christopher is an ordained minister, serving the New Hampshire and Massachusetts Pagan and metaphysical communities through public rituals, private counsel, and teaching. He also travels extensively and teaches throughout the United States. Christopher lives in New Hampshire. Visit him at ChristopherPenczak.com.

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