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No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without written permission in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright Act 1956 (as amended). Any person or persons who do any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. ISBN: 978-1-84193-137-1 Text design by Zeta Fitzpatrick @ Moo Design Cover design by Steve Flight Printed in China 01E92521-CF09-4DF9-85C9-A9247805CA4A Natural Magic 384pp Text 6/8/07 13:06 Page 5 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 9 1. MAGIC AND BELIEF THROUGH THE AGES 15 Shamanism 16 Korean Buddhism 20 The Youngsan Ritual 22 Celtic Religions 24 The ‘Evil Eye’ 29 The Salmon of Knowledge 29 Shape Shifting 30 Protections 30 The Meeting of Pagan and Christian 31 Druidism 32 Modern Druidic Training 37 The Consecration of Space 38 Native American Tribes 40 Etiquette of the Ceremony 41 Examples of Native American Ritual 43 African Voodoo 44 Initiation 44 The Birth of Voodoo 46 Hoodoo 50 Other Forms of African-based Religions 53 Macumba 53 La Santeria 54 Obeah 54 Witchcraft 55 Spiritual Progression 58 5 01E92521-CF09-4DF9-85C9-A9247805CA4A Natural Magic 384pp Text 6/8/07 13:06 Page 6 CONTENTS Mysticism and Magic 63 Belief Systems 63 Neo-Alexandrian Hermeticism 63 Christian Kabbalah 64 Teachings of Paracelsus 64 Philosophia Occulta 65 Alchemy 65 Rosicrucianism 66 Boehmian Theosophy 67 Martinism 67 Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn 68 Magic in Relation to Philosophy 70 Creation – ‘In the Beginning ...’ 72 2. THE PERSECUTION OF THE SUPERNATURAL 77 Paganism and Christianity 77 Manichaeism 80 Catharism 80 Knights Templar 82 Witch-hunting around the World 85 America 87 Continental Europe 89 British Isles 94 The Final Sacrifice 106 3. PROCEDURES AND PROTOCOL OF RITUAL 111 Individual Working 112 Group Working 118 Preparation for Ritual 119 Ritual Bathing 120 Oil Blends 123 Entering the Sacred Space 124 The Ritual Proper 126 Outlining the Steps for a Formal Circle 126 Magical Tools and Implements 148 6 01E92521-CF09-4DF9-85C9-A9247805CA4A Natural Magic 384pp Text 6/8/07 13:06 Page 7 CONTENTS Objects for Consecration 149 Tool Consecration 154 Wands 156 Scrying tools 157 Poppets 165 Corn Dollies 169 Magical Sachet 171 Travelling tools 173 Magical Dreaming 175 Asking for the Dreams You Want 176 Herbs for Sleeping and Dreaming 179 Dream Pillows 182 The Voice 183 Meditation 185 Meditation Techniques 187 Meditation Enhancement 194 Kundalini 198 Chakras 203 Prayer 207 Symbols and Shapes 212 Dot 212 Line 213 Triangle 213 Cross 214 Circle 216 Spiral 217 Pentagram 219 Creative Visualization 222 The Elemental Kingdom 227 Plants 229 Crystals and Stones 231 Shrines and Sacred Spaces 237 Cairns 248 Geomancy 249 Trees 250 Tree Personalities 261 Incense 266 7 01E92521-CF09-4DF9-85C9-A9247805CA4A Natural Magic 384pp Text 6/8/07 13:06 Page 8 Banishing, Exorcism and Purification 269 Protection 273 Lust, Love and Relationship 279 Business, Money, Prosperity and Success 286 Physical and Emotional Health and Healing 293 Psychic Powers, Divination and Prophetic Dreams 297 Celestial Influences 302 Gods and Goddesses 310 Ceremonial and Consecrational 314 Lunar Magic 318 Personal Development 370 The Siddhis 370 CONCLUSION 381 Sources 383 8 01E92521-CF09-4DF9-85C9-A9247805CA4A Natural Magic 384pp Text 6/8/07 13:06 Page 9 INTRODUCTION ‘We must seek for knowledge where we may expect to find it. He who wants to study the book of Nature must wander with his feet over the leaves. Every part of the world represents a page in this book, and all the pages together form the Book that contains her great revelations.’ o declared Paracelsus some 400 years ago and it remains just as Strue today. If we are to become practitioners of Natural Magic we must first learn to understand Nature. We must learn of the cyclical character of the seasons, we must learn of the inherent power in that cycle and above all we must learn to handle that power both in ourselves and in our surroundings. Today, and in the future, this means learning to cooperate with the world in which we live, not trying to gain mastery over it. Rather, it is gaining mastery over ourselves and the power that we have. Some of that power is self- evident and comes from within ourselves and some is inexplicable and comes from beyond – the supernatural. We cannot come to an understanding of what magic – ‘the art of influencing the course of events by the occult control of nature or the spirits’ – really entails until we take a look at the religions of the world and find out how they learned to deal with the inexplicable and the supernatural. When we do this, we discover that man is – and always has been – trying to deal with a duality which he perceives within his world, that which is within him and that which is beyond. When he gains a degree of control over this duality, he begins to recognize that he is on the way to becoming a magician. The term ‘magician’ can be taken to mean all practitioners of magic whatever system they have developed in order to impose 9 01E92521-CF09-4DF9-85C9-A9247805CA4A Natural Magic 384pp Text 6/8/07 13:06 Page 10 INTRODUCTION an element of control on themselves and their surroundings – whether they call themselves shaman or High Priest. Broadly there developed two systems of practice: Shamanism, nature-based practices which celebrate the wilder physical creative power inherent in the union of polarities; and High Magic, a more philosophical system – or the Western Mysteries – which is perhaps more controlled in its operation and gains its inspiration from alchemy, astrology and the Kabbalah. Man has, in the past, done his best to influence nature or natural forces and the elements by showing them what he expected them to do, or by inveigling them into gratifying his wishes. He first developed certain set actions – for instance, he would jump up and down to show a plant how to grow bigger. Such actions later developed into rituals that appeared to have the desired effect. Even later, the rituals were seen to be the cause of the effect, to actually make things happen. Feasts and festivals were then added as part of the actions needed in the carrying out of magic. For instance, in the Jewish religion one of the most popular annual feasts performed in the Second Temple of Jerusalem was the ‘Joy of the House of Water Drawing’. Any action undertaken in this rite was designed to do one thing, to draw down the waters – the life-giving rain so needed by the people, whose economy relied on a good harvest. Each part of the rite ‘showed’ what was supposed to happen in the natural world. The union of the water and the earth was symbolized by sexual freedom or ‘light-headedness’. This union was sought in ancient mythological stories which spoke of the separation of the waters, the Upper Male from the Lower Female. They were constantly yearning to be reunited, and succeeded in doing so through the creation of rain. In many ways, of course, this echoes the rites of sacred marriage enacted by the High Priests and Priestesses within the ziggurats of Babylon, and also celebrates the union of the spiritual and physical realms. This gives rise to an emotional release – a celebration of the fruitfulness of the union and a recognition of Duality. The Temple, therefore, as the place where this union was celebrated, was seen as the centre of the whole universe. Its foundations bore down upon the Waters of the Abyss (primeval waters beneath the earth) and it was located at the highest possible 10 01E92521-CF09-4DF9-85C9-A9247805CA4A Natural Magic 384pp Text 6/8/07 13:06 Page 11 INTRODUCTION point on earth, as close to the heavens as possible. The Temple symbolically represented the entire universe, and every single rite or ritual performed in it had an effect on the part of nature which the ritual reflected. At that time, the function of the Temple was of such importance that the very existence of the entire world appeared to depend on it. There was later a complementary notion that a central personality, such as a patriarch, king, or pious and saintly man had it within his power to influence the weather and thereby ensure the well-being of his people, either directly, by working with the laws of sympathy, or indirectly by ensuring the intervention of God. He could choose which method – sympathetic manipulation or direct appeal – worked best. Such a man was, in truth, a natural magician. Still later, long after natural ritual had become an integral part of pagan religion, Christian thought required that such rituals were assimilated into a more acceptable framework.