Full Contact Magick: A Book of Shadows for the Wiccan Warrior [Paperback]

Kerr Cuhulain (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 8, 2002

The aim of the Warrior path is ''invincibility, victory without battle, unassailable strength'' through better understanding yourself and your situation. 

Incorporate the Warrior archetype into your magickal practice and experience the power of full contact magick. Written by a Wiccan police officer, this no-nonsense guide gives you the foundation for taking control of your destiny.

This potent magickal system explores the correspondences among the five elements, the "Witch''s Pyramid," and the five Magickal Weapons. You will learn how to access your own internal energy and strength to overcome obstacles and problems in your life, and to heal yourself mentally and emotionally. You will discover how to make your magick more effective, instantly access energy (chi) for magickal purposes, and create your own spells and Book of Shadows.

Full Contact Magick shows you how to use the archetypal power of Warrior and Witch to create the life you desire.

First Runner Up for the 2003 Coalition of Visionary Resources (COVR) Award for Best Magic Book

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About the Author

A former Air Force officer, Kerr Cuhulain (Vancouver) has been a police officer for the past twenty years, and a Wiccan for thirty. He's served on the SWAT team, Gang Crime Unit, and hostage negotiation team. He travels throughout North America as a popular speaker at writers' conferences and Pagan festivals, and he has been the subject of many books, articles, and media interviews. He is the author of The Law Enforcement Guide to Wicca.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Llewellyn Publications (September 8, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0738702544
• ISBN-13: 978-0738702544
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #785,915 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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31 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not bad.... but not good..., April 14, 2003

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Zanetta Wilson "Sana Karine" (Knoxville, TN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Full Contact Magick: A Book of Shadows for the Wiccan Warrior (Paperback)

Kerr Cuhulain's new work has me quite torn - in many areas it is much better than a great number of recent "101"-type books... but there are also a great number of contradictions, a rather dismissive attitude toward those who view a Warrior's path differently from the author, and personal views touted as Wiccan bedrock.

Kerr's writing is very conversational, and many points are illustrated with real-world examples that make it much easier to grasp Kerr's viewpoints. The material is well-organized, and well-footnoted for further reading. The Rede is discussed much more rationally than I have seen it in a majority of newer books, care is taken to distinguish Wicca from the many other Pagan religions, and he defers to Ronald Hutton on many matters of documentable history. There is a great deal of information about energy work that can be useful - particularly to folks who may not perceive energy in the visual ways most commonly referred to.

On the other hand, Kerr also exaggerates situations and paraphrases portions of his source material to make them fit his personal ideals (something he criticizes in both of his books), a number of elements are not identified as opinions of the author but are instead inaccurately presented as general views of Wicca, and several elements that do derive from Traditional Wicca are changed, but the changed form is presented as the Traditional form without any note of how or why they have been changed.

There is much here that may make this worth purchasing... but brush up on your critical reading skills beforehand, and follow up with some of the source works noted in the footnotes and bibliography.

19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Heart of Wiccan and Magickal practice..., November 3, 2002

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Wednesday "Wednesday" (Torrance, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Full Contact Magick: A Book of Shadows for the Wiccan Warrior (Paperback)

An excellent book for beginner or seeker (experienced but still gathering). If you have been reading your way through the book lists, gleaning a bit from each, this may be the book you were looking for. Kerr Cuhulain presents (in brief) sound advice for energy developement and use, the principles of personal assessment and growth, practical Wiccan and earth Magick and many related issues. His presentation is straight forward and personable, honest, accessible and perhaps deceptively simple. Don't be mistaken, the wisdom of many practices and methods come together in this book with advice on how to cultivate it in your life. I can highly recommend this book.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Way of the Wiccan Warrior, January 5, 2003

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Boudica (Ohio USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Full Contact Magick: A Book of Shadows for the Wiccan Warrior (Paperback)

Our own "Wiccan Warrior" presents us with a book on working with energy and the elements in his own style of everyday language and well thought out examples.

The book is broken down into sections dealing with the elements and spirit. Starting with spirit, the book explores each of these elements in relation to the warrior aspect and interaction with the Wiccan path. The Wiccan Rede, the Witch's Pyramid, three-fold law and all the aspects of each are carefully explained, discussed and taken in context of being a warrior. Reading and living the precepts as laid out in this book will place you on the path of the warrior and enable you to work with the energies associated with this aspect of Wicca.

I found Kerr Cuhulain's Warrior Precepts to be a wonderful basis for this book. Adapted from various writers, philosophers and common sense, these are what constitute the ground work for being a warrior. These are excellent words to live by. Add to it Kerr Cuhulain's special ability to explain them all with practical examples and you have a great beginners book that will also speak to those who have been on this path for a while.

Kerr Cuhulain discusses tools, ritual, rites, the elements, working with energy, self discipline, martial arts, the seasons and so much more. There is a glossary of terms in the back of the book as well as an interesting bibliography and an index.

For those who are considering the path of the warrior, for those who are struggling along their chosen path already or those curious as to how Wicca and the warriors path can be melded into a singular path, or those who are just curious about energy workings, this book can explain much of what you are looking to explore. This is a great beginner's book as well as a book that those who have been on their path for a while may want to read.