Pagan Ritual: Path of the Priest/priestess - Couverture souple

Franklin, Anna

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0954753461 ISBN 13 : 9780954753467

Editeur : Lear Books, 2008

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Book three in the Eight Paths of Magic series exploring the path of the priest and priestess and the making of effective ritual. Pagan ritual, whether it is an act or worship or magic, employs a specific series of stages, using symbolism and ceremony, to create a sacred place and state of consciousness whereby the participants are put in touch with forces outside themselves the Gods. Step by step, we weave together the disparate threads of time, place and people using the beliefs, words, symbols, movements and intent of those involved to make the ritual pattern, a pattern by which we establish a link and cultivate a dialogue between the microcosm and the macrocosm . Ritual is a two way exchange between the microcosm (us and through us, our world) and the macrocosm (the greater Cosmos and the powers of the Gods). You need to understand why you are performing the ritual (its intent), you need to be fully prepared, purified and consecrated, able to understand the magical language (the symbolism and mythology) that the ritual employs, and you need to be capable of total concentration, able to focus your whole being on a single aim. You need to be able to relinquish your ego in order to become part of the group mind. Furthermore, the group needs to have effective techniques of opening up the channels to the Gods, and the individuals within the group the skill to receive that energy.

Biographie de l'auteur

Anna Franklin is the High Priestess of the Hearth of Arianrhod, which runs teaching circles and postal courses, as well as a working coven, a company of archers and the annual Mercian Gathering, a Pagan camp which raises money for charity. She regularly speaks at conferences, moots and workshops around the country. She lives in a village in the heart of England, where she grows her own herbs and food, and tries to live in harmony with the earth. Now a full time writer, Anna is the author of many books on witchcraft and Paganism, including the best selling Sacred Circle Tarot and The Fairy Ring Oracle [Llewellyn], Midsummer, Lammas, Fairy Lore, Herb Craft, Magical Incenses and Oils, The Celtic Animal Oracle, Personal Power, The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Fairies [Anova], A Romantic Guide to Handfasting, Familiars, The Oracle of the Goddess, Hearth Witch and The Path of the Shaman. Anna s books have been translated into nine languages.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Lear Books
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0954753461
• ISBN 13: 9780954753467
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 153
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible