Learn how to use the principles and practices of natural magic for personal development and spiritual empowerment.
An expert on European rural folk magic traditions, author, Nigel Pennick, presents a comprehensive introduction to the principles, rituals, practices and magical tools required to draw on the magic inherent in the natural world. He explains how people throughout the centuries have built a relationship with the elemental energies around them using simple, everyday practices in order to attune themselves to nature, the seasons and the cosmos for magical purposes.
The author explores earth, mineral and plant magic as well as the magical properties of the earth’s cycles and concentrated places of power within the landscape. He examines magical workings with animals, drawing on authentic traditions such as the Toadsmen or Toadswomen, whose power is given by toads and the Berserker qualities conferred by magical bondings with wild animals like bears and wolves. He explains how to craft your own magical talismans, wands and divining rods; design your own ceremonies; practise elemental meditations; fortify your health with herbs and crystals and set an altar with the right food and drink for your intention.
Pennick, also, describes how the practical techniques of natural elemental magic work through interactions between the inner world of the mind and spirit, the outer world and the otherworldly. He shows that having a deeper understanding of the interconnectedness of all things and the inner power of these magical elements strengthens the practitioner’s harmony with nature and thus their power. By harnessing the elemental energies around us, we can work with nature for personal development, spiritual empowerment and the successful achievement of our desires.
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