Companion for the Apprentice Wizard (Paperback)

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"I can’t think of a better, more qualified person to write a Handbook for Apprentice Wizards. Oberon is a Wizard!"

—Raymond Buckland

Buckland’s Complete Book of Witchcraft

We are pleased to announce the upcoming release of the companion volume to Oberon Zell-Ravenheart’s Grimoire for the Apprentice Wizard—Companion for the Apprentice Wizard. This new work consists not so much of informational lessons and teachings, as with the Grimoire, but rather focuses on practical exercises derived from them to develop psychic skills, plus instructions and templates for many projects to make and do. If you’ve wanted hands-on magickal training this is the book you’ve been waiting for.

Chapters are based on the sixteen Departments of Oberon’s Grey School of Wizardry:

Wizardry, Magickal Practice, Nature Studies, Metapsychics, Healing, Wortcunning, Divination, Alchemy, Conjury, Lifeways, Beast Mastery, Mathemagicks, Cosmology, Ceremonial Magick, Lore, and Dark Arts

Inside you will find Materials and exercises from the vaults of the Grey School, and instruction by many of the faculty as well as from the headmaster himself, Oberon Zell-Ravenheart.

Step-by-step instructions are provided for:

How to make Fairie Wings How to make a Horned Headband with deer antlers How to make and use a Firebow Tracking animals as a magickal practice How to make and use a solar clock, solar oven, fire clock, a light catcher, a solar stone, a star magnitude gauge, and a cross staff to measure the altitude of the stars How to make a Wizard’s Staff How to make a Wizard’s Cloak of Invisibility How to make your own amulets & talismans Smoke-weaving Potions for all purposes Conjury illusions and special effects How to build basic henges (wood and stone) And many other amazing projects…

Companion for the Apprentice Wizard also includes a number of hand drawn full page diagrams of magickal objects drawn using the art style of Leonardo da Vinci to copy, cut out, and assemble, including:

A model of Stonehenge A Planetary Hour Calculator A Magick Circle clock A winged Dragon A model of the mystic Pyramid A model of Leonardo da Vinci’s Ornithopter A model of the Milky Way Gala

Oberon Zell-Ravenheart is an elder in the worldwide magickal community, and has worked as a grade school teacher and a family and youth counselor. Through his publication of Green Egg magazine over a period of 30 years, Oberon was instrumental in the founding of the modern Pagan movement, which he so named. In 1970, he had a profound Vision of the Living Earth that he published as an early version of "The Gaia Thesis." Oberon is an initiate in several magickal traditions and has been involved in many interfaith projects. He is a theologian and ritualist, creating and conducting rites of passage, seasonal celebrations, Mystery Initiations, Earth-healings, and other large rituals. Oberon has traveled throughout the world, celebrated solar eclipses at ancient stone circles, raised unicorns, and swum with mermaids in the Coral Sea. He is author of the acclaimed Grimoire for the Apprentice Wizard, and Headmaster of the online Grey School of Wizardry. Living in Northern California! , Oberon also sculpts altar statues of gods and goddesses, and is lifemate to Morning Glory, his beloved Witchy wife of 32 years.

Product Details

• Paperback: 258 pages
• Publisher: New Page Books (January 30, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1564148351
• ISBN-13: 978-1564148353
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 6.9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #278,334 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "A Treasure Trove of Wizardry", March 3, 2006

By	Terry (USA) - See all my reviews

"Companion for the Apprentice Wizard" - Where does one begin to extol this masterpiece! Oberon Zell Ravenheart is a wizard genius. The book too is pure genius and a work of art. It is filled with practical exercises, templates for many projects and step by step instructions. It is not only a work of art because of the artistic drawings, but a work of art that conveys a man's passion, love and his vision of a lifetime - to apprentice young and older alike in the ways of a wizard and magick.

This book takes the information of his first book, "Grimoire for the Apprentice Wizard" and helps the student to begin focusing on the practical, hands-on exercises to aid the aspiring wizard to continue on their journey.

With more books coming in the future, I encourage you to but both the "Grimoire for the Apprentice Wizard" and "Companion for the Apprentice Wizard" to get you started on a lifelong journey. You will not be disappointed! You can't get any better than this! Come check out the school at www.greyschool.com

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars AWESOME! INCREDIBLE! Best book in the entire universe!, January 25, 2006

By	Nancy Wilde "daoptimist" (Santa Clarita, California) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is an absolutely fabulous book with all sorts of information included. You can make your own ornithopter and a ton of other cool items. All details are included. Get a list of awesome house rules. Learn how to take care of orphaned animals. It's all inside. This book is a treasure chest filled with everything that I have ever dreamed of in my 40 something years. It is the perfect book for ALL ages! It is worth buying more than one copy so that you can give them as gifts. I can't say enough about this incredible book. P.S. And no, I am not a personal friend of the Oberon Zell-Ravenheart (although I would be honored to be one).

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great expansion Text, March 8, 2006

By	Travis Smith "DarkDrake" - See all my reviews

This is another one of Oberon's great works. This book is similar to the Grimoire but expands in a direction not in the first book. The lessons are set kind of the same, by colors, but are expanded to give you more hands on things rather than reading lessons. The first book has some practical mixed in but this book is practical. There are many exercises and projects to do. These are lessons within lessons in this book. These are the lessons and tests for the apprentice wizard. These are the foundations on which to build your magickal knowledge.

For those that also find this book interesting check out the Grey School online to see if the path of the wizard is for you. This book offers lesson input from current members of the Grey School. As I am a student there I also understand that this book is becoming required reading to complete studies there. If you feel the pull of magick and wizardy, Don't fight it, check out the school and it's publications and maybe you'll find that the pull is not a pull but a longing to complete yourself.