The Living Temple of Witchcraft Volume One: The Descent of the Goddess (Penczak Temple Series) [Paperback]

Christopher Penczak (Author)

Book Description

Series: Penczak Temple Series | Publication Date: November 8, 2008

Venture deeper into the mysteries of witchcraft and discover within yourself new levels of wisdom, love, power, and responsibility. In the fifth installment of the award-winning Temple of Witchcraft series, popular author Christopher Penczak explores the Descent of the Goddess. In the myth of Inanna, the Goddess journeys through seven gates to attain entrance to the Underworld and learn its secrets. In this unique book on witchcraft, you will parallel this descent by journeying through each of the seven chakras, symbolically evolving from survival to a state of divinity. Each lesson has meditations based on the teachings of this journey, as well as an advanced discussion of a key facet of magick or witchcraft often overlooked by intermediate books:  

 A pagan exploration of the Great Ages  •  The measure of initiation
The reason for being skyclad  •  Power and the Right and Left Hand Paths
The power of healing  •  Ethics and codes of conduct  •  Working with soul history
  Working with your Master-Teacher •  Discovering your own spiritual laws
 Receiving your secret names of the Goddess and God

The Living Temple of Witchcraft, Volume One: The Descent of the Goddess is for solitaries, eclectics, and non-traditional witches who are ready to integrate the mysteries and magick into their ministry and share their gifts with the world.

 

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"This is foremost an engaging textbook designed for home-schooling the advancing witch, and it is encyclopedic in its rituals, charts, and even homework assignments."

About the Author

Christopher Penczak is an award-winning author, teacher, and healing practitioner. He has studied extensively with witches, mystics, shamans, and healers in a variety of traditions from around the world to synthesize his own practice of magick and healing.

Formerly based in the music industry, Christopher was empowered by his spiritual experiences to live a magickal life, and began a full-time practice of teaching, writing, and seeing clients. He is the author of the award-winning Temple of Witchcraft series: The Inner Temple of Witchcraft, The Outer Temple of Witchcraft, The Temple of Shamanic Witchcraft, and The Living Temple of Witchcraft Volumes 1 and 2.

His other books include City Magick (Red Wheel/Weiser), Spirit Allies (Red Wheel/Weiser), Gay Witchcraft (Red Wheel/Weiser), Magick of Reiki, Sons of the Goddess, Ascension Magick, Instant Magick, The Mystic Foundation, The Witch's Shield, The Witch's Coin, and the forthcoming The Witch's Heart. Christopher Penczak resides in New Hampshire. Visit him online at http://www.christopherpenczak.com.

Product Details

• Paperback: 408 pages
• Publisher: Llewellyn Publications (November 8, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0738714259
• ISBN-13: 978-0738714257
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.5 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #126,269 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More 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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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Living Temple of Witchcraft, November 13, 2008

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This review is from: The Living Temple of Witchcraft Volume One: The Descent of the Goddess (Penczak Temple Series) (Paperback)

Another fabulous learning text from Christopher Penczak. Having studied all of the other "Temple Books from Inner, Outer, Shamanic and High Witchcraft", The Living Temple of Witchcraft is a thorough and learned continuation of the series. Christopher Penczak so finely researches his material on all points.

This book will not make sense to new seekers, as you need to study and learn the basics of the craft from the ground up first. For anyone wishing to dedicate their life to that of clergy either privately or publically, I highly recommend it.

It is easy to understand (if you've done your homework with the other books)filled with beauty, and common sense to take the student into further realms of the Craft.