Christopher Penczak - The Living Temple of Witchcraft Volume Two: The Journey of the God

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The Living Temple of Witchcraft, Volume Two: The Journey of the God 2009 by Christopher Penczak.

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Acknowledgments

To the Five Wise Women who have changed my life, each a priestess, healer, and teacher on her own path:

To Laurie Cabotfor the path of the witch, as priestess, artist, and scientist;

To Joanna Pinney Buelfor the path of the healer, as spiritualist and business person;

To Stephanie Ruttfor the path of the warrior, as minister and bridge maker;

To Wendy Snow Foggfor the path of the green wise woman, as steward and medicine maker;

And most especially to Rosaria Mariafor the path of the Great Mother in all ways.

To all my friends, and my coven, clients, teachers, and students for encouraging me to put my energy where my mouth was and truly start my ministry and life path. Special thanks to Steve Kenson, Ronald Penczak, Adam Sartwell, Laura Davis, Christina Colangelo, David Boyle, Jessica Arsenault, John Walker, Leandra Walker, Bonnie Kraft, Alixaendreia, Bonnie Boulanger, Spirita Dulce, Timothy Bedell, Chris Giroux, Ginella Cann, Scott Cann, Derek OSullivan, Ed Newton, Amanda Crowell, Sandi Liss, Kevin Moscrip, Matthew Sawicki, Joe Hughs and Doug Kaylor at Otherworld Apothecary (www.otherworld-apothecary.com), S. Rune Emerson, Michael Lloyd, Ea, Jeremy Bredeson, Hyperion, Mark Gracy, Charles Gracy, Laehar, Ali Harris, Carolyn Kepes, Mark Bilokur, Thom Baker, Rosina, Azure, Dennie, Colleen, Jerusha, Christian Medaglia, Nancy, Olga, Ania, Claire, Varti, Kim, Lee Ann, Jean, Mary, Moondragon, Jocelyn Van Bokkelen, Jan Brink, Wren Walker, and Fritz Jung.

A thank-you to all my friends in the writing and teaching world. Your conversations, lectures, books, and e-mails have profoundly influenced me and show up everywhere in this book. Thank you for your inspiration and ideas, and for challenging my own ways of thinking and doing. Thank you Kala Trobe, Dorothy Morrison, Raven Grimassi, Stephanie Taylor, Orion Foxwood, T. Thorn Coyle, Ellen Dugan, Judika Illes, Donald Michael Kraig, Jason Augustus Newcomb, Lon Milo DuQuette, Michelle Belanger, Patricia Monaghan, Edain McCoy, Trish Telesco, R. J. Stewart, Phyllis Curott, Janet Farrar, Gavin Bone, Sharynne NicMhacha, Oberon Zell-Ravenheart, LaSara Firefox, and Maxine Sanders.

Thank you to all my magickal communities, in particular the Between the Worlds brotherhood, and the folks at the Unicorn Books, Lap of the Goddess, Circles of Wisdom, and Misty Meadows communities.

Thank you to those whose words of wisdom and observations made it into the book by name, and those who remain nameless or were part of a poetic amalgam figure to better illustrate a point and not get bogged down in the particulars, as well as retain your anonymity.

Thanks to everybody at Llewellyn, past and present, who have supported the vision of the Temple of Witchcraft book and CD series, including Andrea Neff; Donna Burch; Lisa Novak; Natalie Harter; Beth Scudder; Alison Aten; Jennifer Spees; Steven Pomije; Michelle Palazzolo; Elysia Gallo; Nancy Mostad; Tom Bilstad; Karl Anderson; Jerry Rogers; and Carl, Sandra, and Gabe Weschcke.

A magickal, heartfelt, and very special thanks to Lisa Braun Dubbels for all her hard work, love, support, advice, and friendship over the years.

To all the readers, reviewers, and retailers of the series, and most importantly the students of the Temple of Witchcraft tradition, may you all be blessed with the love of the Goddess, God, and Great Spirit. Thank you.

But when you see the sacred fire without form
Shining skittishly throughout the depths of the Cosmos,
Listen to the voice of the fire.

The Epiphany of Hekate

Contents

: The Labors of the Witch

: Lesson Eight
The Wisdom of Aries

: Lesson Nine
The Wisdom of Taurus

: Lesson Ten
The Wisdom of Gemini

: Lesson Eleven
The Wisdom of Cancer

: Lesson Twelve
The Wisdom of Leo

: Lesson Thirteen
The Wisdom of Virgo1

: Lesson Fourteen
The Wisdom of Libra

: Lesson Fifteen
The Wisdom of Scorpio

: Lesson Sixteen
The Wisdom of Sagittarius

: Lesson Seventeen
The Wisdom of Capricorn

: Lesson Eighteen
The Wisdom of Aquarius

: Lesson Nineteen
The Wisdom of Pisces

: Lesson Twenty
Final Initiation

Exercises

: I Am List

: Breaking Identity Patterns

: Fighting

: Warriors Anger

: Spiritual Biography