Traditionally, the Witch's arsenal of magical power has always included the ability to influence others from a distance, blessing, cursing and placing a glamour or the Evil Eye on someone in order to reward, punish or control them in some way. Many of these techniques have been lost, though we can see their descendants in the techniques of mesmerism, faith healing and stage hypnotism.As part of his exploration of Visceral Magick, Author and Witch Peter Paddon has rediscovered techn...

Ever had a "gut feeling" that proved to be correct? Ever gathered up your courage in the form of "intestinal fortitude"? Modern science has discovered that our digestive organs have a rudimentarty form of consciousness that corresponds to these sayings, and this would be old news to our Celtic ancestors, who believed the human form contained three cauldrons that directed energy, inspiration and wisdom.This book explores a set of basic experiences, ideas and techniques that used to ...

A practical manual of Traditional non-Wiccan Witchcraft. While there are a lot of texts that cover advanced and academic subjects of interest to traditional Crafters, all of the introductory books tend to focus on Wicca... until now.In this Book Peter Paddon - Magister of Briar Rose and host of the popular Crooked Path podcast — covers his particular path of Witchcraft from scratch. He goes over the basics of his personal Path, along with examples of alternatives from other traditi...

The Traditional Witchcraft series is a collection of small books on practical subjects of interest to Traditional Witches and other practitioners of Magick. Written by Peter Paddon, Magister of the Y Ffordd Wen Tradition of Witchcraft, they aim to provide solitary practitioners with simple exercises and techniques to help them develop skills and abilities needed in the practice of their Craft.Visualization is a skill that is used in many forms of spell-crafting, as well as other eso...

The Three Books Of Occult Philosophy or Magic have been noted as being the most important source for magic in the Western world that has ever been published, and are the most complete repository of pagan and Neoplatonic magic ever compiled. This book is packed with material you will not find elsewhere, including copious extracts on magic from obscure or lost works by Pythagoras, Ptolemy, Plato, Aristotle, and many others. The ultimate "how-to" for magical workings. It describes h...

"Finally, a clear, frank, and respectful look at the real roots of witchcraft." — Lon Milo DuQuette, author of My Life with the Spirits , and Enochian Vision MagickIn Old World Witchcraft, Raven Grimassi covers totally new territory in the world of popular witchcraft books published in the last few decades.This book is actually about "an enchanted worldview," one that has not ne...

Also known as Midsummer, Summer Solstice and Alban Hefin, Litha generally falls in the third week of June, usually between the 17 and 23 of the month. It is the time of the longest day of the year – after this, each day becomes progressively shorter until Yule – the longest night of the year.Traditionally, this is a great time to harvest wild or cultivated young herbs to stock your magickal pantry. Young plants have a great energy, and are far more likely to recover quickly from a ...

ierne (Morrighan Corvidae) of Glas Celli presents a short handbook to introduce traditional pagan information, ritual, meal plan and activities for new pagan families celebrating Mabon.Mabon, also known as Alban Elfed, Harvest Home, and Second Harvest, is celebrated at the Autumnal Equinox which generally falls between the 21st and 23rd of September.The autumnal equinox is the time of pagan thanksgiving, and we celebrate it in a similar manner. We give thanks for the wealth...

Kat Sanders, owner and head writer for the How To Witchcraft blog, brings you over 25 spell chants that you can use in your rituals, spells and magickal works. Take these chants an incorporate them into your money, love and fertility spells.

Ostara is also known as the Vernal or Spring Equinox, Eostre, Alban Eiber, Bacchanalia, Lady Day, and Festival of Trees. It is celebrated on or about March 20-23, depending on the lunar cycle.The Vernal Equinox is the official first day of spring, exactly six weeks since Imbolc, so really it doesn't matter whether or not the Groundhog saw his shadow; spring officially begins now. The light and dark, feminine and masculine are equal; the energies of earth, sky, water and air are bal...

This is a book that acts as a 'traveler's guide' to a hidden country within each human being. Primal peoples all over the world embrace the ideas discussed in this work: the animistic worldview, spiritual communion with the dead and the Unseen World, sorcery and magic.Author and traditional witch Robin Artisson explores these mystical themes from the perspective of The Old Faiths and pre-Christian metaphysical impulses of Europe and the British Isles. Bringing a new perspective to ...

"The Resurrection of the Meadow" is described by the author as "A Record of Thirteen Occult Formulas & Charms of Art with Purport & A Sealing Conjuration & their many useful Sorcerous Permutations, Writ & Gathered on Walpurgis Night 2010, For those Inquisitive Adepts who walk The despised path of True Sorcery, The long-dimmed radiance of the Ancient Gold of the Wise."Found within this full, self-contained working grimoire is a system of sorcery relying on the ancient spiritual aest...