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The Inner Temple of Witchcraft: Magick, Meditation and Psychic Development Paperback – Illustrated, Nov. 8 2002
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Connect with the Source of Magickal Power with this Foundational Course from Renowned Teacher Christopher Penczak
This limited-edition hardcover celebrates the anniversary of Christopher Penczak's groundbreaking work, The Inner Temple of Witchcraft.
The inner temple is your personal sacred space where there are no boundaries and all things are possible. With enhancements, corrections, and a focus on inclusivity, this edition of The Inner Temple of Witchcraft is an updated course for developing the magickal and psychic abilities that are the birthright of the witch.
Discover the history, traditions, and basic techniques of witchcraft, followed by thirteen hands-on lessons that culminate in a self-initiation ceremony equivalent to the first-degree level of traditional covens. This year-and-a-day course of study explores a wide range of topics that support and inform the dedicated witch:
· Ancient and modern magickal philosophy
· Modern scientific theories supporting a new definition of reality
· "Instant" magick techniques for protection, healing, and serenity
· Energy work and anatomy, including chakras and auras
· Astral travel, dreams, and spirit guides
· Healing techniques for body, mind, and spirit
In addition to serving as the textbook for the Temple of Witchcraft Mystery School's first-degree course, this book is designed to be used by witches everywhere. With study, dedication, and practice, the lessons and exercises will empower you to transform the repetitive rigors of the daily grind into a witch's web of magickal experiences.
- Print length352 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherLlewellyn Publications
- Publication dateNov. 8 2002
- Dimensions19.05 x 2.54 x 22.86 cm
- ISBN-100738702765
- ISBN-13978-0738702766
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Explore Your Inner Temple—Your Personal Sacred Space
The Inner Temple of Witchcraft is a thorough course of education, introspection, meditation, and the development of the magickal and psychic abilities that are the birthright of the witch. Four introductory chapters present the history, traditions, and principles of witchcraft, followed by thirteen lessons that start with basic meditation techniques and culminate in a self-initiation ceremony equivalent to the first-degree level of traditional coven-based witchcraft.
As you progress, explore a wide range of topics:
- Ancient and modern magickal philosophy
- Modern scientific theories supporting a new definition of reality
- 'Instant' magick techniques for protection, healing, and serenity
- Energy work and anatomy, including chakras and auras
- Astral travel, dreams, and spirit guides
- Healing techniques for body, mind, and spirit
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The Inner Temple of Witchcraft Meditation CD Companion | The Outer Temple of Witchcraft | The Temple of Shamanic Witchcraft | The Living Temple of Witchcraft, Volume I | The Living Temple of Witchcraft, Volume II | The Temple of High Witchcraft | |
Also by Christopher Penczak: | The meditation CD companion to The Inner Temple of Witchcraft. | The Outer Temple of Witchcraft helps you manifest the sacred in the outer world through ritual and spellwork. The book's twelve lessons, with exercises, rituals, and homework, follow the traditional Wiccan one-year-and-a-day training period. | A fascinating exploration of the Craft's shamanic origins, The Temple of Shamanic Witchcraft offers year-and-a-day training in shamanic witchcraft. | In the fifth installment of the award-winning Temple of Witchcraft series, popular author Christopher Penczak explores the Descent of the Goddess. | In the sixth installment of the award-winning Temple of Witchcraft series, popular author Christopher Penczak explores the quest of the God. | In this much-anticipated fourth volume in this award-winning series on witchcraft, Penczack introduces the concepts of the Qabalah and the rituals of high magick and explores the deeply interwoven relationship between these traditions and the Craft. |

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From Library Journal
James F. DeRoche, Alexandria, VA
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Review
Winner of the 2003 Coalition of Visionary Resources (COVR) Award for Best Magic Book
"4 stars. Exceptional!"―Today's Books
"...accessibly written, user-friendly, and enthusiastically recommended for Wiccan, New Age, or Magick Studies reference libraries."―Wisconsin Bookwatch
"An active witch and teacher of modern neo-Paganism, Penczak teaches classes on witchcraft and various other New Age practices such as reiki, shamanic jouneying, and past-life regression. His book aims at using Wiccan techniques (generally termed "Magick") to aid in personal growth. Accordingly, after a brief history and some basic theory of Wiccan spirituality comprising four chapters, there follow 13 lesson-chapters on techniques of spiritual growth, each followed by appropriate exercises."―Library Journal
About the Author
Christopher Penczak is a Witch, teacher, writer, and healing practitioner. He is the founder of the world-renowned Temple of Witchcraft and the Temple Mystery School, and he is the creator of the bestselling Temple of Witchcraft books and audio CDs. Christopher is an ordained minister, serving the New Hampshire and Massachusetts Pagan and metaphysical communities through public rituals, private counsel, and teaching. He also travels extensively and teaches throughout the United States. Christopher lives in New Hampshire.
Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
What is a witch? What is witchcraft? These two questions don't have easy answers. The word witch is a very emotionally charged word, bringing up conflicting images across the centuries. It is hard to understand which image, if any, is correct.
For most of the Western world, the word witch evokes the villain of many fairy tales. We watch the old hag giving the poisoned apple, brewing harmful potions, eating children, and casting curses. At Halloween, stores sell decorations of witches, old ugly women with green faces and pointed hats riding around on broomsticks. Although these are familiar portraits, they are not the first. Because of humanity's fear of that which is different and mysterious, the witch was resigned to the world of children's stories, to make the folk stories of witchcraft impotent from the realm of make-believe. If only children believed in witches, then the power of the witch would no longer be a reality, but a fantasy. Unfortunately, fictionalizing witchcraft was not the only way humankind dealt with its fear.
If you turn back a few hundred years, you can see the word witch all across the records of one of Europe's greatest holocausts, the witch trials. Men and women were persecuted and killed for being different. Some call it the Burning Times, because many were put to death by fire, burnt at the stake. Typically, history books gloss over this particular bit of history, but it is every bit a part of us, as relevant to our modern cultures as wars of conquest.
At the top of the list of victims were those accused of practicing witchcraft. The ruling powers of the time had their own ideas about witchcraft, spreading stories of black masses, sacrifice, and contracts in blood signing souls over to the Devil. These stories are the roots of the children's fairy tales. The vast majority of the condemned were not practicing "true" witchcraft. Some held the teachings of the wise women and cunning men of the tribes, a knowledge of healing herbs, remedies, midwiving, and simple charms. We call such skills old wives' tales, but they have endured because there is truth to them. We don't know how many of the accused and condemned were actually practicing what is now called the Old Religion, the way of the witch.
If you turn back even further, to cultures whose histories were not often written down, you find a different kind of witch. This witch was not shrouded in the darkness of fear and fairy tales, but in the darkness and light of the Goddess. This witch was revered as a healer, teacher, leader, and wise one. The image of the witch inspired the same reverence that a priest or minister does now in modern culture, for the ancestors of modern witchcraft were the priestesses and priests, the seers and advisors living a spiritual life by tuning into the forces of nature, the tides of the seasons, and the cycles of the Moon. They held a kinship with the plants and animals and, in essence, all life. Their teaching and histories were kept in the oral tradition, holding the myths and magick of the culture.
Modern witches focus on this particular root in the witchcraft tree. Those claiming the name and title of witch are truly reclaiming and building on the image of the witch from these ancient days. If you really want to know what the words witch and witchcraft mean as we move into the next century, look at the growing movement of modern witches.
If you ask a witch what he or she means by the word, you will get as many definitions as there are witches. And yes, witches can be both women and men. I’m a man and identify myself as a witch. Male witches are not called warlocks. The word warlock can be traced from Scottish, Old English, Germanic, and Indo-European roots and is now generally regarded to mean "deceiver" or "oath breaker" to those involved in the craft. Such a title was probably associated with witchcraft by those who wanted to defame the practice.
Product details
- Publisher : Llewellyn Publications; Illustrated edition (Nov. 8 2002)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 352 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0738702765
- ISBN-13 : 978-0738702766
- Item weight : 703 g
- Dimensions : 19.05 x 2.54 x 22.86 cm
- Best Sellers Rank: #82,528 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #56 in Horoscopes (Books)
- #86 in Alchemy
- #144 in Comparative Religion (Books)
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About the author

Christopher Penczak is an author, teacher, and healing practitioner. Rooted firmly in the traditions of modern Witchcraft, he draws from the timeless wisdom of many cultures in the creation of new techniques and traditions.
Christopher is the author of numerous books, including the award-winning six-volume Temple of Witchcraft series (Llewellyn) and the Three Rays of Witchcraft (Copper Cauldron Publishing). Other works include Ascension Magick, Instant Magick, and the Witch's Shield (Llewellyn) and City Magick, Gay Witchcraft, and Spirit Allies (Red Wheel/Weiser). He has been a featured columnist for newWitch magazine and publications such as Genre, InnerSelf, and Kaleidoscope.
Christopher is a co-founder of the Temple of Witchcraft tradition and not-for-profit religious organization, and teaches and travels extensively teaching Witchcraft. He also offers a variety of online classes and lectures. For more visit www.christopherpenczak.com and www.templeofwitchcraft.org.
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After this book there are four additional books you can do to become a very well trained witch: The Outer Temple, Shamanic Witchcraft, High Witchcraft, and the 2 volume Living Temple.
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