Full Description
The Faery tradition of Witchcraft challenges you to draw on your inner darkness. Forbidden Mysteries of Faery Witchcraft invites you to walk the bardic path of poetry, art, song, and ecstasy as you cultivate the power of the forsaken shadows. Guiding you through enchantments, reflections, demonic rituals, divine possession, necromancy, and Occultus Maleficum, this book helps you cultivate techniques for refining and strengthening your own magical will. Peer behind the veil of comfort and face your most powerful fears. Go beyond the ease of logic into the realm of the raw irrational. Dare to ally with spirits that can open the doorway to unimagined sources of energy. When you learn to connect to the mysterious current of the unknown, you can achieve magical success.
Contents
Contents
List of Exercises xiii
Foreword by Chas Bogan xvii
Introduction 1
Part One: The Dark Fae 7
Chapter 1: Witches and the Fae: Madness, Death, and Prophecy . . . 9
Chapter 2: The Dark Mirror: Reflections of Light and Shadow . . . 31
Part Two: Beyond This Life 55
Chapter 3: Walking the Bone Road: Necromancy and the Dead . . . 57
Chapter 4: Quenching the Fires of Hell: The Rite of the Seven Jars . . . 85
Part Three: The Demon Work 97
Chapter 5: The Wells of Creation: Goddesses of the Primal Elements . . . 99
Chapter 6: Stalking the Shadow: Demons of Fright and Shade . . . 119
Chapter 7: Temple of the Demon Lover: The Demonic Rituals . . . 141
Part Four: The Forbidden Rites 165
Chapter 8: Two Flames into One: The Art of Divine Possession . . . 167
Chapter 9: Occultus Maleficum: The Hidden Art of Offensive Witchcraft . . . 189
Afterword 215
Appendix I: Basic Concepts and Practices 219
Appendix II: Poetry and Invocations 227
Appendix III: The Divine Twins in Faery Lore 239
Glossary 241
Bibliography 247
Index 249
