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Ásatrú is a spiritual belief system based around the pre-Christian folklore and mythology of Northern Europe. This book is a newcomer's guide to this spirituality. It breaks down everything from the history and traidtions to the gods and goddesses, anceint texts, sacred ritutals, and use of runes with an accessible approach.
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Children of the Green is an in-depth consideration of child raising from within pagan spirituality. Written by a long-time pagan witch, educator and parent, it considers the deeper questions of raising children within pagan spirituality, and the building of community for pagan families. Taking a unique approach, Children of the Green focuses not solely on sharing the festivals and celebratory cycles of paganism, but also discusses the moral, ethical...
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True Magick: Magical Meditation Manual for the Apprentice Witch is an occult manual that teaches the art of magical meditation. In the craft of Magick, regular practice of meditation is a must if you want to reach a high level of magical-spiritual development. Meditation silences all noise and paves a way for a deeper and meaningful Magick. This is especially important in this time of the Modern World where there are many noises and misdirections...
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This volume tries to show how Christmas is or has been kept in various lands and ages, and to trace as far as possible the origin of the pagan elements that have mingled with the Church's feast of the Nativity. It is full of bits of little-known Christmas lore and its aim is to build a rough outline map of the field of Christmas customs, and to bring together materials hitherto scattered through a multitude of volumes in various languages.
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Layer by layer, talking through time itself, these tales of the ancient gods and goddesses make up the bedrock of the mythological landscapes of these islands. Through the ages this has been the meeting place of successive cultures, each bringing their own stories to glorify those beings with super human powers. Despite their immortality, these divinities are nevertheless vulnerable, depending on the voices and memories of people to celebrate their...
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Solitary Pagans is the first book to explore the growing phenomenon of contemporary Pagans who practice alone. Although the majority of Pagans in the United States have abandoned the tradition of practicing in groups, little is known about these individuals or their way of practice. Helen A. Berger fills that gap by building on a massive survey of contemporary practitioners. By examining the data, Berger describes solitary practitioners demographically...
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What do people think of when they hear the word Druidry? The real questions, not questions about the old men in white robes stereotypes. What makes a Druid? What do they do? Having been a practising Druid for over ten years, Cat Treadwell wondered too. Asked to present a talk at a national Pagan Festival, and unsure exactly what the audience would want to hear, she started a blog, asking friends and colleagues (Muggle and Pagan) what they would like...
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Many people believe you have to be a pagan to appreciate and perform ritual, which is untrue. For thousands of years people have been drawn together to dance, make music, pray and feast, these activities are all the parts of ceremony. The ceremonies in this book are designed to help you become more attuned to yourself, others and nature. You don't have to be a pagan, you don't have to be a shaman or witch, you can be just you with your imagination...
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Revealing the Green Man is, designed to impart a practical revelation of a deep and ancient mystery through actual archaeological and historic case studies, which point to personal intellectual and spiritual enlightenment affecting everyone alive today. The book is not just a lazy stroll through entertaining stories of some lost mystery cult, but a resurrection of a long and ancient religion as old as time itself, which is now challenging us to care...
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Mistakes and Pitfalls in Magical Practice is an occult manual that talks about the common mistakes and pitfalls that beginners and even advanced practitioners of the Craft often face. If you want to truly succeed in your path, it is important to be able to know and identify the blunders and traps that you can expect to face along the way. This will help you not only to grow as a magician/witch but also to speed up your magical progress. Mistakes and...
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Irish Reconstructionist Polytheism is an often, misunderstood path, but it is one with great richness and depth for those who follow it. This short introductory book touches on the basic beliefs and practices of Irish Polytheism as well as other important topics for people interested in practicing the religion using a Reconstructionist methodology or who would just like to know more about it. Explore the cosmology of the ancient Irish and learn how...
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Perhaps the first serious attempt to collate the vast body of druidic knowledge from verifiable ancient sources and Celtic survivals into one usable and practical volume as a handy reference for druids and a learning tool for the would-be druid. Inspired by the medieval Irish 'Scholar's Primer' this work is the culmination of 15-years' research and practical exploration of what it means to be a druid in a modern context.
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"Ancestors are part of our shared humanity, we all have them. Ancestry in the guise of race, has been used as a tool to divide. Even so, it might yet help us move in greater harmony.
Are we playing out the motifs of our family history, or making our own lives? Are we held back by the past, or empowered by it? And why does any of this matter?
Druidry and the Ancestors will take you on a journey into how you imagine yourself, and how you can take...
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The Magical Art of Mental Projection is an occult writing on the ancient and secret practice of projecting the mind, also known as mental wandering or mental travel. This magical practice will allow you to travel the world, the cosmos, and the entire multiverse. As the Hermetic teaching goes, "The All is Mind; the Universe is Mental," and it is exactly this universal teaching that will allow you to penetrate the divine mysteries and travel the worlds...
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Over the past few hundred years, animism has been dismissed as a primitive, naïve and irrational perspective, irrelevant within the civilised West. In The Wakeful World, Emma Restall Orr argues that this is based on the misrepresentation, drawn in crayon, that each tree and stone has its own Christian-like immortal soul.
Taking the reader on a philosophical adventure, Restall Orr explores the heritage of Western thought with precision, enthusiasm...
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In finding your way into the world of paganism, you will have surely had a calling and embarked on lots of study and practice, even if you are still seeking your own personal path. You may have read a beginner book, then lots of books and discovered something that you like and fit in with. If this is describing you, where do you go now? You have some knowledge, but what do you do with it, and whom can you share your thoughts with? Perhaps now is the...
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A Ceremony for Every Occasion has been, written as a guide for Pagans and non-Pagans alike who wish to celebrate the passing of the seasons, the Wheel of the Year and who need a Rite of Passage for different times in their life. These rituals are spiritual, at the same time non-religious in the general accepted term. They can be adapted and used in different parts of the World and with different Deity, with a little work or simply used exactly as...
18) desde Paganismo: Todo el Paganismo Antiguo, Helénico, Nórdico y Celta hasta el Etenismo, la Wicca
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¡Una guía fácil de entender para todo lo que usted quiera saber sobre el paganismo!¿Alguna vez ha querido comprender los sofisticados sistemas de creencias de las religiones antiguas?¿Siempre le han intrigado las intrincadas mitologías de Grecia y Roma?¿Le atrae la naturaleza misteriosa y espiritual del universo, pero le resulta difícil acceder a ella?Si es así, ¡entonces ha encontrado el libro correcto! Con su ayuda, podrá conocer la historia...
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A complete guide to the practice of prayer and ritual for Pagans of all traditions.
Here is an extraordinarily comprehensive collection of payers and rituals for contemporary Pagans from a variety of traditions to turn to again and again. The Big Book of Pagan Prayer and Ritual includes the following:
The role of prayer-yesterday and today. The various hidden structures of prayers. How to pray both with and without words. Rituals for purification,...
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Lyn, a natural seer of spirit and a healer from birth, helps people who come to her in Somerset to develop their own spiritual gifts. Drawing on her lifetime of experience as a gifted teacher, she devotes her time to this end. From early childhood, she has intuitively made herb medicine and healed animals. This is the story of her own lifes journey
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