Book: Advanced Witchcraft Go Deeper Reach Further Fly Higher by Edain Mccoy
I have read all of McCoy's books, some very good, others that just didn't reach me. But that's my subjective viewpoint. As witchcraft grows in scope and knowledge, so does the liturature available to us, or at least it should. Advanced Witchcraft is an incredible piece of work directing readers to find their own inner tree of the universe and encourages them to climb to the top using their own inner-gifts and by finding their own challenges. I've already read parts of this book twice. Advanced Witchcraft has raised the bar as to what Witches must now expect from writers and elders. As always, McCoy does not dictate what is or is not right for anyone else, but with this book she has opened a huge door for us to enter and she points us in the direction where we may seek our own wisdom on our own spiritual path.Edain became a self-initiated Witch in 1981 and has been an active part of the Pagan Community since her formal Initiation Into a large San Antonio coven in 1983. Edain has researched alternative spiritualities since her teens, when she was first introduced to Kaballah, or Jewish mysticism. Since that time, she has studied a variety of magickal paths including Celtic, Appalachian folk magick, and Curanderismo, a Mexican-American folk tradition. Today, Edain is part of the Wittan Irish Pagan tradition, where she is a priestess of Brighid and an elder.
An alumnus of the University of Texas with a BA in history, she is affiliated with several professional writer's organizations and occasionally presents workshops on magickal topics or works individually with students who wish to study Witchcraft.
This former woodwind player for the Lynchburg (VA) Symphony claims both the infamous feuding McCoy family of Kentucky and Sir Roger Williams, the seventeeth-century religious dissenter, as branches on her ethnically diverse family tree. In her "real life," Edain works as a licensed stockbroker.
Edain is the author of fifteen books, including Bewitchments; Enchantments; and her most recent release, Ostara: Customs, Spells & Rituals for the Rites of Spring.
In the beginning everything is fresh and new. Learning how to cast a circle, work magick, and honor the God and Goddess on esbats and sabbats can be exhilarating. But once you've mastered the basics of Witchcraft comes the real challenge of living your faith every moment of every day. Living as a Witch is knowing that you are the magick. Advanced Witchcraft doesn't contain any “Wicca 101” information-it assumes that you're already familiar with the nuts and bolts of the Craft. Instead, this book challenges you to think critically about your beliefs and practices, what they mean to you, how they've changed, and where you're going. Along the way you'll also learn many techniques for intermediate and advanced Witches, including:
- meeting your shadow
- advanced warding and psychic self-defense
- power animals, familiars, and shapeshifters
- working the labyrinth and the maze
- advanced tree spirituality
- advanced augury and divination
- magick and ritual using the fine arts of storytelling, dance, music, art, and drama
- the art of Wishcraft
- the healing arts
- spirits and lost souls
- banishing and closing portals
- surviving the dark night of the soul
Books in PDF format to read:
John Linwood Pitts - Witchcraft And Devil Lore In The Channel IslandsCharles Wentworth Upham - Salem Witchcraft And Cotton Mather A Reply
Douglas Ezzy - Practising The Witchs Craft Real Magic Under A Southern Sky
