Penczak - The Temple of Shamanic Witchcraft

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The Temple of Shamanic Witchcraft: Shadows, Spirits and the Healing Journey 2005 by Christopher Penczak.

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Acknowledgments

Thanks to all my friends and students who have walked the path of healing and shared their stories in this book, particularly Wendy Snow Fogg, Chris Giroux, Olivette Aviso, Victoria MacGown, David Boyle, Claire Hart, Christian Medaglia, Christina Colangelo, David Dalton, Carin Baskin, and Laehar.

A special thank you to Leandra Walker and Alixaendreai for their input and encouragement.

This work is inspired by and draws upon the work and traditions of many people. It is with great admiration and respect that I thank the following teachers, scholars, and keepers of the way: Michael Harner, Carlos Castaneda, Raven Grimassi, Chas S. Clifton, Evan John Jones, R. J. Stewart, John Matthews, Caitln Matthews, Orion Foxwood, Victor Anderson, Cora Anderson, T. Thorn Coyle, Hugh Mynne, Robert Cochrane, Doreen Valiente, Janet Farrar, Stewart Farrar, Gavin Bone, Tom Cowan, Eliot Cowan, Edred Thorsson, Sharynne M. NicMhacha, Dr. Edward Bach, Sarangerel, Olga Kharitidi, Elizabeth B. Jenkins, Kenneth Johnson, Mircea Eliades, and Carlo Ginzburg.

To my husband, Steve, my parents, Ron and Rosalie,
and all my spirit allies, guides, and teachers.

Contents

List of

List of

: What Is the Temple of Shamanic Witchcraft?

Witchcraft and Shamanism

Opening the Veil

Making Sacred Space

The Role of the Shamanic Witch

Lesson One: The Worlds of the Shaman

Lesson Two: The World Aside

Lesson Three: The Underworld Path

Lesson Four: The Starry Road

Lesson Five: Walking with the Spirits

Lesson Six: The World of Dreams

Lesson Seven: Rites of the Shaman

Lesson Eight: Animal Spirit Medicine

Lesson Nine: Plant, Stone, and Song Medicine

Lesson Ten: Past-Life Healing

Lesson Eleven: Shamanic Healing

Lesson Twelve: Mastering the Three Worlds

Lesson Thirteen: Shadow Initiation

Exercises

: Entering a Meditative State

: The Inner Temple

: Emotional Body Training

: Shadow Promise Ritual

: Finding Your World Tree

: Tree Breathing

: Introductory Journey

: Building Your Own Witch Bag

: Eating Heavy Energy

: Earth Mother Journey

: Lower World Journey to Meet a Power Animal

: Shapeshifting Journey

: Faery Contact

: Underworld Offering

: Upper World Journey

: Angelic Journey

: Higher-Self Connection

: Upper World Energy

: Invocation

: Ancestor Ritual

: Clearing a Haunting

: Dream Ritual

: Journeying the Wheel of the Year

: Meeting the Spirits of the Seasons

: Animal Spirit Medicine Retrieval Journey

: Plant Spirit Communication

: Plant Spirit Medicine Retrieval Journey

: Stone Spirit Medicine Retrieval Journey

: Sacred Sound

: Ritual to Revoke Past-Life Contracts

: Healing Past-Life Regression

: Spirit Body Journey

: Healing Chambers

: Hands-on Healing

: Soul Retrieval

: Distilling the Shadow

: Elemental Journey

: Sending

: Distant Spirit Medicine Retrieval

: Cosmic River and Witch Star Journey

: Healing Chamber to Release Unhealthy Spirit Attachments

: Journey to the Dark Goddess/God

Figures

: Inhibitory and Exhibitory Techniques

: Equal-Armed Cross in the Circle

: Banishing Pentagram

: Directional Spirit Wheel

: Smudge Bundles

: Invoking Pentagram

: Ogham Alphabet

: Names of the World Tree/World Mountain

: Shamanic World Tree and the Vesica Pisces

: Fionns Window

: Ogham and the Other Worlds Diagram

: Ogham and the Other Worlds Chart

: Norse World Tree

: Tree Breathing

: Gundestrup Horned Figure

: Egyptian Sitting Pose

: Shaman Lying Facedown

: Standing Statue Pose

: Middle World Names