Jenya T. Beachy - The Secret Country of Yourself

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The Secret Country of Yourself: Discover the Powerful Magic of Your Endless Inner World 2017 by Jenya T. Beachy.

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Names: Beachy, Jenya T., author.

Title: The secret country of yourself: discover the powerful magic of your

endless inner world / Jenya T. Beachy.

Description: Woodbury: Llewellyn Worldwide, Ltd., 2017. | Includes

bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017034516 (print) | LCCN 2017044180 (ebook) | ISBN

9780738753744 (ebook) | ISBN 9780738752150 (alk. paper)

Subjects: LCSH: Self-actualization (Psychology)Miscellanea. |

SelfMiscellanea. | Self-knowledge, Theory ofMiscellanea.

Classification: LCC BF1045.S44 (ebook) | LCC BF1045.S44 B43 2017 (print) |

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Acknowledgments

I would like to respectfully acknowledge those folks whove helped this book come into being, directly or indirectly.

Huge, brilliant, woojie thanks to:

Matthew Beachy, my best beloved, teacher, poet, and king of my heart, Im forever grateful for your love, your patience, and those not-so-tasty but very nutritious truth sandwiches.

Lasara Firefox Allen, for the introductions, inspiration, wild laughs, deep love. You told me I could do it and I did it!

Elysia Gallo, for taking a chance on me. Jason Mankey, who gave me the opportunity to pen a few notes for his first book, which by a weird set of circumstances led to the publishing of this one. John Mirassou, for walking beside me while Shapeshifter was being born, for being my first (and only, thus far!) initiate, and for friendship all down the line.

Cora Anderson, your initiation blessing reminded me that, yes, we are here to serve. And Victor, for opening doors leading every-witch-way. T. Thorn Coyle, for setting an example. You continue to inspire. Veedub and Diana Walker, for the sense and sensibility, the ever-boisterous circles of laughter and magick, and for opening the Starry Gate for me.

Alison Harlow, for friendship, activism, and bringing it down to earth. Francesca de Grandis, for the dark heart of poetry. I may not have been yours, but your Work shifted everything I thought I knew about the Craft. Happydog, for kinship in general, and the name Shapeshifter in particular.

Limnaia, for phrasing: Clearly, your first language is Witch. Dakini, for the Crystal Library. All my students, who were there for the inception of the Secret Country, thank you for your openness, your commitment, your insight.

All my readers, who helped me tame this monstrosity of words/works into some sort of cohesive form.

And from a more practical standpoint, many thanks to:

Our landlords/mates, Cindy and Richard, for putting up with six months of no-chores-doing on the Farm.

My Mom and Dad, for Ive been very lucky! and You make your own luck! and the marriage of these two viewpoints in me.

My children and my extended family, who have provided fodder for my greatest and most beloved lessons. I adore you all.

Preface

T his book is for

The seekers and the mystics, those who cant stop finding truth everywhere: peering into the microscope, kneeling at the altar, spinning in the lodge, gazing at the stars, prostrating on the rug, dancing around the fire.

The scientists and the poets, whose search for the elegant solution is guided by their desire for beauty.

The believers, the unbelievers, the want-to-believers, the never-quite-sure.

But mostly, this book is for the curious, those for whom life (and beyond) is a great adventure meant to be engaged with a whole heart.

Blessed be your unique journey.

Blessed be the secret country of yourself.

Contents

• The Preparation
• : A Worthy Endeavor
• : Becoming a Fit Traveler
• : Gathering the Gear
• : Inviting Alliances
• The Expedition
• : The Sanctuary
• : The Shadow House
• : The Temple
• : The School
• Through the Gates of Magick
• : The Wilderness Within You
• : Home Again, Home Again