• Traces the origins and core concepts of sacred geometry from ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Britain through the Renaissance and modern science• Reveals how geometric forms, proportions, and measurements shape sacred architecture, ritual objects, and esoteric symbolism• Applies foundational principles such as the Golden Section, Platonic solids, and ad quadratum methods to understand the connection between spiritual practice and cosmic orderSacred geometry is a un...

Learn how to use the principles and practices of natural magic for personal development and spiritual empowerment• Offers detailed descriptions of the magical properties of minerals, animals, plants, and the earth’s cycles and how to use them in your own practice• Explores the magical laws of nature and how to guide your inner energy to work in concert with cosmic energies• Details how to design your own ceremonies, practice elemental meditations, and craft your own...

A practical guide to the magical history, customs, and practices of pre-Christian Northern Europe• Details the everyday magic of the Northern Tradition, including household magic, protection spells, and the significance of the days of the week• Explores direct natural magic, such as shapeshifting and soul travel, and talismanic or sigil magic, including runes and rituals to unlock the power of crafted objects• Explains how many of these customs continue to the prese...

• Examines the Eight Directions and the powers of their Winds, the Tides of the Day, and the eightfold year of modern Pagan practice• Explores geomancy practices, how to work with spirits of place, and the power of mountains, rivers, caves, standing stones, and crossroads• Shares spiritual exercises, including runic practices and divination techniques, as well as how to craft your own magical toolsIn this guide to the Way of the Eight Winds, Nigel Pennick explores t...

• Looks at the age-old spiritual principles, folklore, and esoteric traditions behind the creation of magical objects as well as the use of numbers, colors, sigils, geometric emblems, knots, crosses, pentagrams, and other symbols• Explores hundreds of artifacts, such as hagstones, Norse directional amulets, car hood mascots, objects made from bones and teeth, those connected with plants and animals, charms associated with gambling, and religious relics• Includes photos of a...

• Provides a full explanation for each character of the Celtic tree alphabets and their historic variants, including each symbol’s corresponding trees, colors, birds, cryptic codes, and esoteric inner meanings• Explores the use of Celtic tree alphabets in spiritual invocation, divination, and symbolic art as well as the practice of Ogham cryptography• Explains how, like Norse Runes, each Ogham character is a meditative symbol in its own right and offers the possibility of d...

A comprehensive account of the rich folk culture preserved in the rural secret societies of the British Isles• Describes the secret rites, ceremonies, and initiation rituals of guilds and rural fraternities such as the Shoemakers, Horsemen, Toadmen, Mummers, and Bonesmen• Explains their use of masks, black face, and other disguises to avoid persecution• Draws not only on scholarly research but also the author’s personal contacts within these still living traditions

The first comprehensive study of its kind, this fully illustrated book establishes Paganism as a persistent force in European history with a profound influence on modern thinking.From the serpent goddesses of ancient Crete to modern nature-worship and the restoration of the indigenous religions of eastern Europe, this wide-ranging book offers a rewarding new perspective of European history.In this definitive study, Prudence Jones and Nigel Pennick draw together the fragment...

With a foreword by Iain Sinclair.London is an ancient city, whose foundation dates back literally thousands of years into the legendary prehistory of these islands. Not surprisingly it has accumulated a large number of stories, both historic and mythical, during this period, many of which, though faithfully recorded at the time, have lain almost forgotten in dusty libraries throughout the city.The Secret Lore of London is a guide to the legends, including a discuss...

Explores how runes relate to the cycles of time• Looks at the meanings and temporal qualities of the 24 runes of the Elder Futhark and their rapport with ancient timekeeping and star-reading methods• Examines the runes’ relationships with the planets, the stars, the seasons, and the precessional year• Provides charts and calculations to discern which rune is the primary influence on a particular day, week, month, season, or year, as well as methods ...

Traces the history of good fortune traditions from sacred divination to modern gambling• Reveals how dice were originally considered sacred objects of divination and details the techniques and meanings of a dice oracle• Looks at medieval grimoires for fortune-telling and other divination traditions, including those using cowrie shells, bones, coins, cards, sticks, and stones• Examines how dice became a means of gaming and gambling and how gambling g...

A step-by-step guide to working with the runes throughout the year• 2019 Nautilus Silver Award• Explains how the 24 runes of the Elder Futhark each rule the calendar for a half-month• Details the runes most powerful during each runic half-month, what they portend for personal and spiritual wellbeing, and techniques for creating relationships with them• Includes structured devotionals for each half-month and runic initiation rituals for the 8 pagan Sabbats, o...