Christopher Penczak - The Temple of High Witchcraft: Ceremonies, Spheres and The Witches Qabalah

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The Temple of High Witchcraft: Ceremonies, Spheres and the Witches Qabalah 2007 by Christopher Penczak.

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Acknowledgments

To my husband, Steve, who sparked my interest in ceremonial magick, got me over my fear of delving into magickal realms I thought were beyond me, and most especially for climbing the sacred Tree by my side.

To the modern magicians who continue to deepen my knowledge, understanding, and experience of the Tree of Life: Donald Michael Kraig, Alan Moore, Jason Augustus Newcomb, Lon Milo DuQuette, John Michael Greer, and my sweet soul sister Kala Trobe.

To all the amazing people who have contributed to this work and my views on magick, including Alixaendreia, Leandra Walker, Olivette Aviso, Jean Pando, S. Rune Emerson, Penney L. Robinson, Diane Gatchell, Ian Corrigan, and Laurie Cabot.

Special thanks to Adam Sartwell for his inspiration, insight, and rituals.

EVERY MAN AND EVERY WOMAN IS A STAR

from The Book of the Law

Contents

: What Is the Temple of High Witchcraft?

The Magician and the Witch

The Entwined Roots

Reality Maps

The Ceremonies of High Magick

Lesson One: Qabalah Basics

Lesson Two: Malkuth

Lesson Three: Yesod

Lesson Four: Hod

Lesson Five: Netzach

Lesson Six: Tiphereth

Lesson Seven: Geburah

Lesson Eight: Chesed

Lesson Nine: Daath

Lesson Ten: Binah

Lesson Eleven: Chokmah

Lesson Twelve: Kether

Lesson Thirteen: Initiation of High Witchcraft .

: Examples of Reality Maps

: Variations of the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram

: Variations of the Middle Pillar

: Variations of the Four Adorations

: Variations of the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Hexagram

: Variations of the Greater Ritual of the Hexagram

: Variation of the Bornless Ritual

Exercises

: Inner Temple and Memory Tower

: Qabalistic Cross

: Intention Vow

: Rising on the Planes

: Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram (LBRP)

: Making Holy Water

: Malkuth Pathworking

: Elemental Earth Journey Seeking the Stone of Sovereignty

: Middle Pillar

: Circulation of the Body of Light

: Magickal Storytelling

: Yesod Pathworking

: Elemental Water Journey Seeking the Cup of Compassion

: Four Adorations

: Hod Pathworking

: Elemental Air Journey Seeking the Sword of Truth

: Ritual of the Rosy Cross

: Netzach Pathworking

: Elemental Fire Journey Seeking the Spear of Victory

: Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Hexagram (LBRH)

: Tiphereth Pathworking

: Greater Invoking Ritual of the Pentagram (GIRP)

: Geburah Pathworking

: Greater Invoking Ritual of the Hexagram (GIRH)

: Chesed Pathworking

: Planetary Tinctures

: Binah Pathworking

: Mystic Repast

: Chokmah Pathworking

: Kether Pathworking

: Create Your Reality Map

: Bornless Ritual

Charts and Figures

Charts

: Initiation Levels of the Tree of Life

: Hebrew Alphabet Correspondences

: Four Worlds and Their Correspondences

: Qlippothic Correspondences

Figures

: Magician Card

: High Priestess Card

: Alchemical ArtEngraving by Matthieu Merian for Johann Daniel Myliuss Opus Medico-Chymicum , 1618

: Mind Map

: The Tree of Life

: Worldview Circles

: Sign of the Enterer

: Sign of Silence

: Sign of the Zelator GradeEarthMalkuth

: Sign of the Practicus Grade (Traditionally, the Theoricus Grade)AirHod

: Sign of the Theoricus Grade (Traditionally, the Practicus Grade)WaterYesod

: Sign of the Philosophus GradeFireNetzach

: Sign of Rending the Veil

: Sign of Closing the Veil

: Sign of the Mourning of Isis

: Sign of Apophis and Typhon

: Sign of Osiris Slain

: Sign of Osiris Risen

: Awen

: Tree of Life

: Lightning Flash

: Cube of Space

: Triangles

: The Three Pillars

: Four Worlds of the Tree of Life

: Jacobs Ladder

: Chakras and the Tree of Life

: Tree of Life as the Solar System

: Tarot on the Tree of Life

: Upside-Down Tree

: Emanations

: Fractal Tree

: Map of the Three Worlds of the Shaman and the Tree of Life

: Tetraktys

: Elemental and Planetary Decagrams

: Banishing Pentagram

: Golden Dawn Pentacle and Traditional Witchcraft Pentacle

: Traditional Enneagrams and the Enneagram of Personality

: Theban Script

: Octagrams

: Athame Markings, Traditional

: Athame Markings, Nontraditional

: Septagram or Faery Star, Ceremonial Septagram, Athenas Web