Full Description
Journey into the wilderness within yourself using this book's series of guided meditations. H. Byron Ballard guides you through the uncharted and feral lands of your imagination, where you will connect to the primal mother the Goddess. Ballard shows you how to leave your domesticated world and enter a place of wild worship and joy, a feral church that is not bound by dogma or liturgy. Your search for the ancient and wild connection to the Goddess will take you to places familiar and unknown, both internal and external. Each chapter features a guided pathworking and a reflection to help you evaluate what you discovered on your journey. This book empowers you to step into the darkness, reconnect with your ancestors and various spirits, and emerge ready to live your fullest life.
Contents
Contents
Prelude: Pathworking from the Hedges and Edges xix
Part 1: The Greening: Winter Solstice to Summer Solstice 1
Chapter 1: A Dangerous but Necessary Journey 3
Chapter 2: Beyond Servitude: Into the Wilderness 13
Chapter 3: Life under Ice: Creating Our Mythic Story 25
Chapter 4: The Grasslands and the Womb 43
Chapter 5: Sand and Monsters 55
Chapter 6: Wild Women, Witches, Maenads 65
Chapter 7: Mother Nature 73
Chapter 8: Warrior. Lover. Lawgiver. 91
Part 2: The Darkening: Summer Solstice to Winter Solstice 105
Chapter 9: Eating the Apple 107
Chapter 10: Tea and Wisdom: The Bookshop of the Ancient Mothers 123
Chapter 11: Blood and Bone 133
Chapter 12: Dancing on the Corpse Road 145
Chapter 13: Sin-Eating and Benedictions 157
Chapter 14: Wenceslas and the Five of Pentacles 167
Chapter 15: Terra Mater, the Mother World 175
Chapter 16: The Mycelia Way 183
Chapter 17: Seven Nights before Solstice 191
Chapter 18: The Ceremonial Return: The Great Road at Avebury 201
Postlude 215
Appendix: Feral Resources 217
Recommended Reading 223
