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INTRODUCTION: INTO THE GARDEN

PREFIX: NOTES ON SPELLING AND CAPITALIZATION

CHAPTER ONE: WHAT IS WITCHCRAFT?

What Witchcraft Isn’t
One With Everything
Exercise One: Techniques for Finding and Keeping Inner Peace

CHAPTER TWO: THE ROOTS OF THE CRAFT

Prehistory
Burial Sites
Venus Figurines
Cave Paintings
Çatalhöyük
Patriarchy, Conquest, and Paganism
The Inquisitions
Modern Traditions and the Twentieth Century Revival
Changing Landscapes
The Twenty-First Century
Exercise Two: A Rite for Thanksgiving and Honoring

CHAPTER THREE: VITAL FOUNDATIONS OF MAGIC

Sympathetic Magic Part One: Imitation
Sympathetic Magic Part Two: Contagion
Chaos Magic: A Postmodern Approach
The Morphogenic Field
Exercise Three: Behold the Magic of Everyday

CHAPTER FOUR: POWER IN 3 DIMENSIONS

What Goes on My Altar?
Where Should I Put it?
Types of Altars
Storage and Organization
Maintaining Your Altar
Exercise Four: Letting Your Altar Come To You

CHAPTER FIVE: THE ELEMENTS OF WITCHCRAFT

The History of the Magical Elements
Ancient vs. Contemporary
Essential, Primal, and Basic
Tuning In: The Energetic Essences of the Elements
Getting Acquainted with the Elements
Air
Fire
Water
Earth
Spirit
Above, Below, and Center
Awaken and Return
Exercise Five: Meet the Elements

CHAPTER SIX: TOOLS OF THE TRADE

Do I Need Tools to Practice Witchcraft?
Getting Started—Acquire, Cleanse, and Consecrate
Blades: Athame, Sword, and Boline
Wands
Chalices and Cauldrons
The Pentacle
Using the Pentacle
Upright or Inverted?
Book of Shadows, Grimoire, and Book of Mirrors
Group Books
The Besom—Historical Use
The Besom—Modern Use
Other Magical Items
Hidden in Plain Sight
Exercise Six: Hi, I’m your new magical tool! Initiate Me

CHAPTER SEVEN: THE TIDES OF TIME

Solar and Lunar Holidays
Science and Poetry, the Context
The Poetry of Moon and Sun
Dramatis Personae—The Players
Exercise Seven: Feel the Moment

CHAPTER EIGHT: THE SABBATS AND THE WHEEL OF THE YEAR

The English Connection
Start with Samhain
Yule
Imbolc
Ostara
Beltane
Litha
Lughnasadh
Mabon
The Circle Comes Round
Exercise Eight: Pick a Sabbat, Any Sabbat

CHAPTER NINE: THE ESBATS AND PHASES OF THE MOON

Maiden, Mother, and Crone
The Full Moon: Our Covenant
The Mystical Moment of Turning
Full to Dark: The Waning Moon
The Dark Moon
New to Full, the Waxing Moon
Exercise Nine: Saluting and Drawing Down the Moon

CHAPTER TEN: ALLIES AND HELPERS

The Vegetable Kingdom
Allies from the Earth
The Animal Kingdom-It’s Ancient and Complicated
Candle Magic-Burn, Baby, Burn
Other Assorted Helpers

CHAPTER ELEVEN: YOU ARE YOUR MAGIC

Intention Is Everything
A Powerful Mindset for Success
The Four Pillars of Magic
Exercise Ten: Cast a Spell

CHAPTER TWELVE: THE UNIVERSE IN A GRAIN OF SAND

The Akashic Record
Holograms and Grains of Sand
Immanent or Transcendent Divinity?
Astrology
Cartomancy
Runes
Scrying, or Gazing
Spirit Boards
The I Ching
Other Tools and Methods

CHAPTER THIRTEEN: A GOLDEN HOMECOMING

A Golden Homecoming, the Night I Met Goddess
Ritual Etiquette and Thirteen Steps