Product Description

Expand your Inner Temple - your personal sacred space where there are no boundaries and all things are possible. This four-CD set helps open the door by calming your mind and guiding the visualisations vital to magickal success. It is designed to complement the study course: The Inner Temple of Witchcraft. Each CD allows you to experience the book's lessons on a deep and personal level, with an experienced teacher guiding the way.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #209518 in Books
• Published on: 2002-12-31
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 352 pages

Customer Reviews

Superb foundation work
Anyone who wishes to follow the Wiccan Path, or who simply wants todevelop meditation or psychic skills will find this book an invaluabletool. This book offers more than the average basic text on wicca althoughit does not cover casting circles, rituals and magickal tools. lessonsare related to daily living, giving extra value to the subjects withinregardless of wether you wish to become a witch or just live you life as amore spritually aware person. Added to this Penczak writes in asensetive, easy style backing up his teaching with personal reflectionsand encouraging the same in the reader.
The inner Temple of Witchcraft is designed to be the first in a series ofwiccan books, and as such, it lays a solid foundation on which to developpsychic and magickal skills. Those wishing to follow the wiccan path ordevelop psychically are likely to find this book a core text.
Most 'how to' books on witchcraft start with a brief history, but thefirst four chapters are devoted not only to this but to explaining thedifferent schools of wicca and other magickal traditions in a much moreinteresting way than usual.
The design of the book then continues as a year and a day "quest". Thereader is invited to carry out an intention ritual at this stage andembark on a journey, not only of magickal learning but alsoself-discovery.
The next thirteen chapters are lessons with theory augmented by practicalexercises, assignments and tips at the end of each.
The most important skill. appearing early in the book, is meditation. Thereader is then taught to develop this ability and use it to explore andreflect on personal meanings of the lessons. For example, rather thanjust being told what certain colours 'mean' the reader is first asked tomeditate on how colours affect them. In this way, Penczak allows personaldevelopment rather than taking a dogmatic 'this is right that is wrong'approach.
The chapter entitled 'The Science of Magick' covers Hermetic Philosophyand other laws of magick. 'The Magick of science' chapter deals withfields of conciousness and the holographic universe. These are certainlynot the easiest chapters to read and may be seen by some as attempting touse scientific reasoning to argue the validity of that which cannot beargued. However, Penczack explains that an understanding of theseprinciples will assist a wiccan practitioner later on, and they certainlyadd something not found in other beginnrs books on wicca.
Other subjects covered in this book are; energy, auras, protection,healing, chakras, astral travel, dreams and spirit guides. The bookculminates in a self-initiation ceremony if you choose to perfom it.
Another feature that makes this book a good one to read are the lists ofrecommended reading which appear at the end of every chapter. These helpthe reader select books on subjects they are interested in rather thanhaving to wade through a long and boring list at the back which may or maynot be relevant.
This book has wide appeal due to the breadth of subject matter included. If you imagine a book on magick to be one that wil instantly turn you inoWillow (the witch from Buffy the Vampire slayer) and are not prepared toput in any effort then you will be dissapointed with this book. Butwhatever your expectations when you begin reading you may find this bookis a doorway to a journey you did not expect, and if you put in the workyou will find the benefits.

Inner Temple of Witchcraft
I am still in my year and a day training (2 months to go) as a wiccan/witch and found I had had enough of beginners wiccan books. I went to Glastonbury and bought this book in a local shop as recommended by the witch owner and cant praise it enough. I also bought the CD's at the same time and they do really need to be read/listened to together. The author has a great understanding and knowledge of witchcraft and explains it very well. As I said, Im still studying but can recommend this to anyone who has come through the beginner stage, but perhaps isnt quite ready for the advanced. I will certainly buy more of his books.

The book is great but the cds are sold separately!
I just received this today and the book looks really good -it contains loads of meditations-which is why the cds should have been sold with the book!The other reveiw and the sypnosis read like the cds and book are sold together-they're not!I think this is just such a money-making scheme.I'm really disappointed I was looking forward to starting this today-looks like I'll have to wait until I can get the cds from somewhere-I just searched Amazon under the authors name and they don't seem to sell this cd set at present.I've never given a bad reveiw before-the book itself would have got 5 stars but the amount of meditations in it make the cds seem necessary to me.VERY DISAPPOINTED.Hope this helps others.