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A learned and serious manual to Witchcraft for the mature practitioner, by one of the craft's leading teachers.

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In this engaging and detailed book, Coyle, a sought-after practitioner of witchcraft, incorporates her knowledge and experience of different spiritual paths (even drawing upon her studies with Sufi whirling dervishes) with the elusive Feri Tradition of Witchcraft, an oral tradition generally taught only to chosen initiates. Written for both newcomers and the experienced, the book is certainly not appropriate for the spiritual dilettante. It's set up more as a magical workbook. Each of the ten main chapters is designed to be a month's worth of introspective investigation loaded with meditations, exercises, devotional dances (fully illustrated), and rituals for daily practice. While many magical books promise readers fantastic results with little effort, this book is an honest, intense guide to "expanded humanity and divinity." In the words of Feri Tradition founder Victor Anderson, "Anything worthwhile is dangerous," indicating that awakening the divine in you is an ongoing struggle that doesn't come easily but is definitely worth the effort. A refreshingly creative work that embraces spirituality as a process of continuous change and practice, this is recommended for most spirituality or New Age collections.-Mimi Davis, Broward Cty. Lib. Syst., Fort Lauderdale, FL Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781585424368
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Publication date: 10/6/2005
Edition description: Reprint
Pages: 320
Sales rank: 457,531
Product dimensions: 6.15 (w) x 9.03 (h) x 0.83 (d)

Meet the Author

T. Thorn Coyle has been a spiritual seeker her whole life, and a Witch for more than twenty years. A musician, dancer, activist, and poet, she teaches internationally.

	The roots of evolutionary witchraft	1
1	The sacred sphere : casting with Feri fire	15
2	Invocation : recognizing the divine within	43
3	East : opening the senses	75
4	South : engaging the flame	105
5	West : diving into compassion	149
6	North : birthing our wholeness	183
7	Powers above : rising and dreaming	207
8	Powers below : lighting the darkness	229
9	Center : opening the gates	249
10	Sacred sphere : closing the sphere, opening the world	275

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Anonymous

Posted September 14, 2010

Relief at last from the overly revisited material previous to now.

Personally I find the practice of Zen to be far more fulfilling as it unfolds with or without introduction to the conceptualization. Yet read about the Tibetan teachings and you will see how Zen traverses the same path, without being spoon fed the ideas. Paradoxically, this is my frame of reference for spirituality.

What is fascinating about the evolving Pagan paths that are appearing, is that they are slipping into the very dogmatic, self serving, religion which most humans seem to be running from. (Or perhaps outgrowing such through their new path.)

Over the past 23 years, I have watched the community grow, from eccentric clique, to a powerful new insight into deity and self, to yet again a new eccentric clique.

Any legitimate spiritual practice is inherent and natural, as a moistened seed in rich soil. And that is what this book is, moist nutritious soil upon which one can take root.

This author displays a natural pride in the evolution she has undertaken. Her eagerness to share this work is inspiring. The answers to 'blind spots', developed by the myopic degeneration displayed in regurgitated material previous to this, are ultimately refreshing and almost feel ground breaking, though honestly they are not. She does not however act as if she has invented the wheel, rather displays the fact that she is an ongoing student, even as she teaches with the confidence necessary to affect. I have not seen material such as this since Starhawk's original books. T Thorn Coyle has earned a place on my book shelf, next to the Tibetan Book of the Dead, Zen Mind Beginers Mind, Scott Cunningham, Marion Weinstein, Amber K and Starhawk.

A "hidden mystery" exist, only because a student must take it upon themselves to face the trials and efforts necessary to reveal for themselves what is hidden. T Thorn Coyle does not treat her material as "Secret Wisdom" only meant for a select few, she does not treat you as an outsider, in her book. She points the way, and only you can choose weather this is a path of growth for you.

I am inspired, and alleviated that Paganism is not deviating into simple theater.

I highly recommend readers pick up her pod-cast. The author reveals herself so distinctly there and amplifies the material here in this book.

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Anonymous

Posted January 27, 2005

knowledgeable guide to deepening spirituality

There are a lot of pagan authors who simply rearrange the knowledge that they acquired from books, with the result that their books are either academic or 'fluffy.' Evolutionary Witchcraft is neither of these. Coyle is a serious, longtime practitioner of the Anderson Feri tradition, and she also brings her work with Sufi tradition into play as well. Evolutionary Witchcraft is a book for people who wish to go beyond 'Wicca 101' and start to peer into the mystery that is the Self in relation to the Divine. It is a book that will take people who are witches much farther down their path - a quantum leap ahead of most books on Witchcraft and Paganism. Engagingly written and powerfully motivating, Evolutionary Witchcraft is not for the unserious or the beginner, but for someone looking to deepen their path and their relationship with the Gods, it's a must-have.

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Posted October 8, 2011

Not my thing!!

It wasn't really what i was looking for. I was a little disappointed in it.

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