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[carnelianchaos]

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[magicandman]

[mentalmagicaldragon]

My current stack of reading as I formulate my writings on Pagan Ethics. It’s back to the basics for a while.

It’s actually really refreshing to go back to the books I started with.

Have any view points on ethics, great sources, or just want to share your views? Leave me a comment on this post or DM me!

Will share the link once the post goes up!

[wildwitch-artandmagick]

The Trail of Breadcrumbs - Temple of Witchcraft

by Christopher Penczak, edited by Tina Whittle I was recently speaking to a high priestess who was a bit bereft. During her years of training, the intensity of the classes helped her keep focus. There were assignments, feedback, and work to be done. Now that the training was over, what next? She compared herself to …

“The path is punctuated with high points of mystical contact, and even some insight. We often have to process those moments, sitting with them, reflecting deeply, journaling, or talking about them with trusted peers and mentors. If we do this diligently, the long-term result is the continual evolutionary shaping of our consciousness and behavior. Much of the way can be repetitive meditation, rituals, and mindfulness. Every day cannot be an epiphany, but everyday lack of focus can cause you to miss potential epiphanies on the horizon. All the mundane skills of our craft—meditation, journaling, trance, simple ritual, and offerings—provide the structure to seek, experience, process, and continue onward on the path. We often have to return to basics to go deeper personally. And nothing is more basic than seeking once again, after you have “found,” returning to the eternal quest by hunting deeper in the woods for the next breadcrumb on the trail of the mysteries.“ Christopher Penczak

[wildwitch-artandmagick]

If You Meet Hecate on the Road...Kill Her? - Temple of Witchcraft

by Christopher Penczak, edited by Tina Whittle “If you meet Hecate on the road…kill her.” Sounds rather harsh. “Don’t you love Hecate, Christopher?” Yes, I do. “Then why would you advocate her murder?” Well, I don’t think for a moment that I, or you, can kill Hecate, but I think our ideas, our certainties, around …

“Those who seek to fix the god to the past–or worse yet, police others’ experiences and ideas—have met the Buddha on the road. They will either becomes fascinated with their idea and never go further on their own unique path, or they will kill the Buddha, the Hecate, the Witch, and return to the magick. The god, or idea, that needs to be policed or defended in such a way is not worthy. The powers make themselves known, albeit slowly across time. Those powers that are defending and policed by orthodoxy become monsters.

We may need to “kill” in such a way many times upon our spiritual path. The ability to release our certainty to the mystery is key to our magickal evolution, so be prepared to release and you will find things you cannot yet imagine. Do not be daunted. We often say the crooked path is one of healing and hexing, curing and cursing; it also requires killing. Realize the most necessarily killing is of our internal beliefs, ideas, and images that no longer serve and limit us. Be bold! And kill the orthodox ideal to find the mystery hidden within.“ 

This was a tough article for me to understand, but ultimately it’s about not becoming so stuck in dogma that you no longer can see or enjoy the magick and mystery.

[nawsk]

[bookbeancandle-blog]

Christopher Penczak is in the shop! Come by before class to meet the author and have him sign your books.  https://www.facebook.com/events/564738997021939/

[neighbourhood-eclectic-blog]

Dear anyone who has been thinking of reading Christopher Penczak's 'Gay Witchcraft'

Don't. Just don't. I had my reservations about a book that crudely titled, but as a queer agender witch I thought I'd take a look. The content page alone was enough - one of the sections was delightfully titled 'transgenderism and magick'. Upon reading the section, it was littered with variations of 'both genders', 'opposite gender' etc. Even taking into account the time of the book's publication (2003) I'm not going to give this book the benefit of the doubt. I'm certain there are other highly problematic elements in this book, but any work that uses the word 'transgenderism' is just. Out of my library. P.S. Any books out there for trans, and particularly nonbinary witches? Or books that at least don't reinforce the binary.