The Inner Temple of Witchcraft Meditation CD Companion (Penczak Temple Series) [Audiobook] [Audio CD]

Christopher Penczak (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 8, 2002 | Series: Penczak Temple Series (Book 2)

Enter the inner temple and discover the power of your magick. For the serious seeker, The Inner Temple of Witchcraft lays the foundation for deep experience with ritual. Instead of diving right into spellwork, this book sets the student on a course of experience with energy and psychic ability—the cornerstones of magick. You will explore witchcraft's ancient history and modern traditions, discovering the path that suits you best. The thirteen lessons take the student through meditation, instant magic, ancient philosophy, modern science, protection, light, energy anatomy, astral travel, spirit guides, and healing, culminating in a self-initiation ritual.

•A thorough course of education, introspection, meditation, and the development of magical and psychic abilities
•Contains thirteen lessons, culminating in initiation into the first degree of witchcraft
•Topics include hermetic philosophy, quantum physics, instant magick, chakras, auras, astral travel, dreams, healing, spirit guides, and past-life regression
•Prepares the student for any magical path he or she wishes to follow

Editorial Reviews

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

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Llewellyn Publications; Cdr edition (November 8, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0738703877
• ISBN-13: 978-0738703879
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #26,665 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #22 in Books > Books on CD > Health, Mind & Body > Meditation
  • #27 in Books > Books on CD > Health, Mind & Body > Relaxation & Meditation
  • #45 in Books > Books on CD > Nonfiction

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.

Customer Reviews

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53 of 53 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent except for one problem..., July 11, 2004

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Kelly (NEWARK, DE, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Inner Temple of Witchcraft Meditation CD Companion (Penczak Temple Series) (Audio CD)

It was an excellent idea to make a CD companion to the book "Inner Temple of Witchcraft." A lot of the meditations in the book are longer and involved, and having it narrated to you is a lot easier than straining to remember what you're supposed to be doing during a meditation. The production quality of the CD set is very good. Penczak has a good narration style, and the music is unobtrusive and mood-enhancing. If you are working through the book, then this is an excellent tool to help you on your way.

However, I had one big problem with the CDs, and that's why the set only gets 4 stars instead of 5. Rather than having each meditation with its own track, all the meditation exercises from a chapter are lumped together as one track. So, if you want to do the exercises singly instead of a chapter at a time, you have to hold down the skip button to get where you want to be on the CD. Needless to say, this is not exactly conducive to a deep meditative state. This can be overcome by some computer editing, but if you don't have the tools or the patience, then there's not much you can do.

That annoyance aside, I do recommend getting the CDs as well as the book if you're going to be working through the meditation exercises.

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Companion CD Set Ever!, September 24, 2005

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T. Greer (Santa Rosa, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Inner Temple of Witchcraft Meditation CD Companion (Penczak Temple Series) (Audio CD)

For those who are skeptical of just about anything coming from Llewellyn, I have to say that, if they continue to release EXTREMELY HIGH CALIBER material like Christopher Penczak's Temple of Witchcraft series, then they will fully redeem themselves as publishers.

Though I share the concerns of other reviewers about the lack of separation between sets of exercises on the CDs, after listening to several tracks I now believe that the exercises were recorded that way for a specific reason. The series of meditations and visualizations, as recorded, afforded me a rich experience that has helped calm my mind and increase my focus within the first three days of receiving the set!

For example, after the initial relaxation and counting-down induction, the first "set" takes you through 3 (or four?) sets of simple visualization exercises. Afterwards, he counts you up from the meditation state to full awareness and grounds you with a light chakra sweep and clearing affirmation. Each segment begins and ends in the same calm, balanced and safe manner. When I experienced the exercises for the first time, I appreciated that he didn't short-change the coming-back-to-awareness sequence at the end of each meditation, like some meditation recordings I've heard.

If you're considering the companion CDs along with the books, I would consider this a required item to purchase along with the books. Keep in mind, the CDs are a COMPANION to the books--they're not the audio version of the entire text, just the exercises, which comes in very handy if you don't want to have to work on your meditation trance while balancing the book on your lap.

Many, many, many blessings to Mr. Penczak for his excellent soothing voice, caring and warm reading, and the top-knotch level of the work on this CD and all his books.

Bright Blessings!

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the best of both worlds, March 19, 2003

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Dave (Fenton, MI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Inner Temple of Witchcraft Meditation CD Companion (Penczak Temple Series) (Audio CD)

I have been reading mr.Penczak's "the inner temple of witchcraft"
for about a month and a half.I found that in some of the meditations I had trouble trying to concentrate on how to perform it and trying to remember what the book said.So I was lucky to try out the great cd companion set.My first time listening to the collection was wonderful.Mr.penczak has a great voice for guiding you through meditations and the background music fits well with each purpose you take on.From candel meditation to psychic traveling it has been the best cd set I have ever listened to.It goes best with the book for the full understanding and background for each meditation,but I think would be great even on its own.Surely the best medative cd set I have ever used.Not only that but his book "THe inner temple of witchcraft" has been excelent also.I find his writing style to speak deep into my mind where it stays and its clear history of
witchcraft was nicely explaned.A great buy for anyone weather

you are new or have been practicing for a while.