Christopher Penczak's Amazon Blog

Christopher Penczak (New Hampshire) is an award-winning author, teacher, healing practitioner, and eclectic Witch. His practice draws upon the foundation of modern Witchcraft blended with the wisdom of mystical traditions from across the globe.

He has studied extensively with renowned Witch Laurie Cabot and other Witches, shamans, yogis, and healers in the New England area which have influenced his eclectic path of personal Witchcraft. Penczak is an ordained minister of the Universal Brotherhood Movement, is a certified flower essence consultant, and is a certified Reiki Master (Teacher) in the Usui-Tibetan and Shamballa traditions. A popular public speaker, he tours extensively throughout the year at bookstores and major gatherings and has participated in the Pagan Heartland Festival, Pantheacon, The New England Reiki Conference, Between the Worlds, and the Intatlional Pagan Federation.

Penczak is the author of Sons of the Goddess: A Young Man’s Guide to Wicca, a unique guidebook
written for a growing yet often overlooked segment of the pagan community, and Magick of Reiki, a
groundbreaking examination of Reiki from a magickal perspective. His other books include the The Inner Temple of Witchcraft: Magick, Meditation, and Psychic Development, The Inner Temple of Witchcraft CD Companion set, City Magick (Red Wheel/Weiser), Spirit Allies (Red Wheel/Weiser), Gay Witchcraft (Red Wheel/Weiser—nominated for a Lambda Award), The Outer Temple of Witchcraft:Circles, Spells, and Rituals, and The Outer Temple of Witchcraft CD Companion Set, The Witch’s Shield, The Temple of ShamanicWitchcraft, the new Instant Magick (Feb 2006) and the forthcoming Mystic Foundation (Sept 2006).

A columnist for newWitch magazine, his work has also been featured in publications such as Genre, InnerSelf Magazine and Kaleidoscope, and his writing appears in the recent book I Do, I Don’t: Queers onMarriage (Suspect Thoughts Press, 2004). From 1997-2002 he was the publisher of The Second Road, a journal of alternative spirituality.

Penczak is a faculty member at the North Eastern Institute of Whole Health and a founding member of
the Gifts of Grace Foundation, a non-profit organization in New Hampshire made up of individuals from diverse spiritual backgrounds dedicated to service to the local communities. Penczak currently lives in New Hampshire, where he resides with his partner.