Full Description
In the fifth installment of the award-winning "Temple of Witchcraft" series, popular author Christopher Penczak explores the Descent of the Goddess. In the myth of Inanna, the Goddess journeys through seven gates to attain entrance to the Underworld and learn its secrets; in the book, this descent will be paralleled by the reader as he or she journeys through each of the seven chakras, symbolically evolving from survival to a state of divinity. Each lesson has meditations based on the Underworld journey teachings, as well as an advanced discussion of some facet of magick or witchcraft often overlooked by intermediate books. This guide is for solitaries, eclectics, and non-traditional Witches hungry to go further, deeper, and experience the mysteries.
Contents
Contents
List of Exercises . . . xxi
List of Figures & Tables . . . xxiii
Foreword to the New Edition by Danielle Dionne . . . xxv
Introduction to the New Edition: The Temple Keepers . . . 1
Introduction: Mystery, Ministry, and the Magickal Life . . . 5
The Seven Gates of the Goddess . . . 17
Chapter One: Lesson 1—Temple of the Root: Survival and Origin . . . 53
Chapter Two: Lesson 2—Temple of the Belly: Purification and Relationship . . . 101
Chapter Three: Lesson 3—Temple of the Solar Plexus: Power and Fear . . . 119
Chapter Four: Lesson 4—Temple of the Heart: Love and Balance . . . 151
Chapter Five: Lesson 5—Temple of the Throat: Communication and Teaching . . . 177
Chapter Six: Lesson 6—Temple of the Brow: Vision and Knowing . . . 213
Chapter Seven: Lesson 7—Temple of the Crown: Union with Spirit . . . 247
Appendix I: Witchcraft V Student Questionnaire . . . 295
Appendix II: Integrating Meditation and Ritual into a Practice . . . 297
Appendix III: Teaching the Temple of Witchcraft . . . 305
Appendix IV: The Old Laws . . . 339
Appendix V: The Principles of Wiccan Belief . . . 355
Appendix VI: Self-Evaluation . . . 359
Appendix VII: Wiccan Wisdom Teachings . . . 363
Bibliography . . . 365
Index . . . 371