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A Wiccan Bardo, Revisited: initiation and self-transformation

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This is a neglected classic of the modern Craft. The author has led his Rowan Tree tradition of the craft for decades and has focused its work on personal spiritual growth. This book begins by assuming that the reader knows the basics of the Craft - the tools, the Rede, the Circle, etc. he outlines his system's curriculum, and provides some guidance for the solitary reader in using it.
One of the more interesting bits is a borrowing from Tibetan Buddhism. In that system, powerful adepts recover their tools from life to life, as their new incarnations are discovered. The author proposes a similar system for Wicca, with athames, etc, passed from incarnation to incarnation over the generations.
Good reading for those interested in higher-level thinking on the Craft.

Written with great intelligence and a huge heart, Rev Paul V Beyerl outlines his "Wiccan Bardo" with plain spoken information. There is a lot to absorb here and, for a non-wiccan such as myself, for the most part I found it easy to understand. However, this is not witchcraft or Wicca for the pop-culture set; Rev Beyerl both founded The Rowan Tree Church and The Mystery School of Lothlorien. He treats the text as both a gift of knowledge and as education for hungry souls.

"A Wiccan Bardo" aims to make plain sense of Wiccan views of living, coupling and passing. Rites and rituals are explained both intelligently and poetically. It is gratifying to me (as a non-initiate) to be able to read text that doesn't rest dryly on the page but blossoms from the page and engages the mind with the obvious love Rev Beyerl has for his craft. Probably more informative than a standard educational scribe, "A Wiccan Bardo" will give you plenty of information about the both the heart of Wicca and its intellect.

Paul Beyerl has given us a beautiful book with rituals appropriate for the worship of all that is holy and sacred to our deepest nature. Buy it to explore your own resonance to the workings of the mysteries behind the veil of knowing.

Rev Paul writing is easy to read and understand, and he peppers the pages with many anecdotes of his life leading up to his creation of Lothloriën. A must-read for the layperson interested in Wicca or Lothloriën!!!