Christopher Penczak - Instant Magick: Ancient Wisdom, Modern Spellcraft

About the Author

Christopher Penczak is an award-winning author, teacher, healing practitioner, and eclectic witch. His practice draws upon the foundation ofmodern witchcraft blended with the wisdom of mystical traditions from across the globe. He has studied extensively with witches, mystics, and healers in various traditions to synthesize his own practice of witchcraft and healing. He is an ordained minister, herbalist, ower essence consultant, and certied Reiki Master (Teacher) in the Usui-Tibetan and Shamballa traditions. He is the author of several books, including The Inner Temple of Witchcraft , The Temple of Shamanic Witchcraft , Gay Witchcraft , and Magick of Reiki .

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Woodbury, Minnesota

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Instant Magick: Ancient Wisdom, Modern Spellcraft 2005 by Christopher Penczak.

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Special thanks to my husband, Steve, my parents, Ronnie and Rosalie,

Leandra Walker, all of my students, and most especially Laurie Cabot.

Contents

: What Is Instant Magick?

: The Anatomy of a Spell

: The Worlds of Magick

: Instant Magick Spells

: Spell Crafting

: Advanced Instant Magick

: Instant Healing

: The Magickal Life

: Correspondence Charts

Exercises

: Altering Consciousness

: Sensing and Manipulating Energy

: Elemental Connection and Balance

: Spirit Guides Meditation

: Weaving Meditation

: Rising Through the Chakras

: Rising Through the Planetary Spheres

: Programming Instant Trigger

: Higher Self Connection

: The Inner Temple

: Heartbeat Control

: Breath of Fire

: Cooling Breath

: Positive Breathing

: Negative Breathing

: Elemental Breathing

: Pranic Breathing

: Pore Breathing

: Inner Temple Healing

Figures

: Elements on the Pentagram

: World Tree

: Om Symbol

: Astrological Wheel

: Web of Life

: Chakras

: Planes of Existence

: Ten-Pointed Star with Planetary Symbols

: Tree of Life

: Banishing Pentagram

: Astrological Glyph of Mercury and Venus

: Hand and the Elements

Introduction

Contrary to the title, Instant Magick is not a quick book of spells that requires no energy, effort or imagination. Instant Magick is not one quick, easy open package designed to make your life perfect with a few herbs, crystals or candles. Magick doesnt work that way, though we often wish it would.

Magick is a path of transformation, healing and awareness. Instant Magick is a book that will help you weave the natural energies of life through your will, words and visions into a transformation. The initial results can seem instantaneous. You will an event to occur, and it occurs. The process of magick is to explore your will, your wants and desires, and through it, to weed out the unwanted, unhealthy and unnecessary desires to find your true will, the desire of your soul.

Im a practical person, and think the exploration of your true will should have practical applications. The traditions of magick I have studied are about learning to go with the flow of nature, and gently shape it to aid your journey. The knowledge of magick can simply be the difference of learning when to swim with the stream of life, rather than against it.

The spells of Instant Magick are not your typical pagan or ceremonial spells. They dont involved complicated rituals. They dont involve altars and magickal tools. You dont need candles, special ingredients or exotic symbols. I love those spells, and have used them before, and will use them again, but there are many times in life you need to tap into your energetic awareness and create change. You cant always get to your altar, and many times, you need magick in your car, at work or on the run. The spells here are accessible at any time, through meditation, visualization, words and intent. Many practitioners gain a greater awareness of energy as they practice traditional magick, and learn to adapt their will-working techniques to many different traditions. They do magickal working similar to Instant Magick , yet most only teach and talk about specific traditional spells with traditional recipes.

You dont have to be involved in traditional magick to use this book, but it doesnt hurt. It is for beginners, but can show new methods to the experienced practitioner. An understanding of magick helps the study of any technique. You dont have to come from a specific belief system such as modern paganism, witchcraft or ceremonial magick, though well be using elements from those traditions. My background is in these forms of western magick, so of course they will be a part of my magick and writing. We wont, however, be using traditional spellcraft techniques, so you dont need to buy any tools, herbs or crystals. All you need is yourself.

Im not a fan of traditional spell books. Im not a fan of teaching people to just do spells. I like magick books, and I like teaching people how to do magick, to understand the discipline, theories and practice of it. I dont like teaching pieces. Its the difference between teaching someone how to cook, and how to cook just one thing, with no idea how the process works. If you stick to one recipe, or one spell, you are fine, but if you venture from that one familiar territory, you are out of luck because you dont have the fundamentals. I like to teach people the foundation, so they can make their own magick.

Instant Magick is a different kind of spell book. Though it will have recipes, theyre not the typical recipes youve seen before. The ingredients are non-tangible, but just as effective. The first chapters will give you the fundamental concepts of traditional magick. The non-tangible ingredients are the energies that correspond to the traditional colors, candles, herbs and stones. Through working with them on a primal intuitive level, you will understand the fundamentals of all spellcraft, and take it in the direction you wish. Use this book and its spells to inspire your own spells. Work with your own understanding of magick to fill your own needs and find your own path of the true will.