Gay Witchcraft

by Penczak, Christopher

• ISBN13: 9781578632817
• ISBN10: 1578632811
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-06-01
• Publisher: Weiser

Table of Contents

List of Exercises	viii
List of Charms, Potions, Spells, and Rituals	ix
Acknowledgments	x
Note to the Reader	xi
Introduction	xii
PART I History and Mythology
The Good Witch of the West	2	(7)
The Secret History	9	(21)
Before the Pen and the Plow	10	(2)
The First Urban Cultures	12	(5)
The Rise of the Roman Empire	17	(2)
The Rise of the Christian Empire	19	(4)
The Modern Age	23	(7)
Queer-Positive Deities	30	(26)
In the Beginning---Creation Myths	32	(4)
Queer-Positive Deities	36	(20)
PART II Tools of Our Tribe
Going Within	56	(7)
Meet the Divine Couple---The Goddess and the God	63	(7)
Inner Divinity	66	(4)
Animal Wisdom	70	(16)
Animal Instincts and Sexuality	74	(1)
Animal Medicine	75	(1)
The Animals and Their Messages	75	(11)
Building Your Temples	86	(16)
The Altar	87	(1)
Gathering and Arranging Your Magical Tools	88	(4)
Your Home	92	(1)
Your Body	93	(1)
Your Aura and Chakras	94	(3)
Purifying Your Outer and Inner Temples	97	(5)
The Magick of Being Your Own Priest or Priestess	102	(17)
Covens	102	(2)
Key Concepts in Ritual	104	(3)
The Magick Circle Ritual	107	(12)
Invocation---Welcoming the Gods and Goddesses Within	119	(7)
The Charge of the Goddess	122	(4)
PART III Empowerment---Love, Sexuality, Healing, and Ritual
Make a Wish: Spells and Magick	126	(22)
Basic Components of Spell Work	127	(3)
Spell-casting Ethics and the Laws of Magick	130	(3)
Working with the Moon	133	(1)
Petition Spells	134	(3)
Spells with Poetry and Verse	137	(1)
Candle Spells	137	(1)
Natural Magick	138	(5)
Charms	143	(1)
Potions	144	(3)
Making Your Own Spells	147	(1)
Love Magick	148	(26)
Perfect Love and Perfect Trust	149	(1)
The Energy of Self-Love	150	(2)
The Ethics of Love Magick	152	(1)
Choose Your Love Spell---Carefully!	153	(1)
Getting What You Wish For---How Love Spells Really Work	154	(1)
Intention	155	(1)
Love Magick Tools	156	(5)
Healing with Love	161	(1)
Love Thyself	161	(2)
Soul Mates	163	(3)
Rekindling Passion	166	(2)
Love and Astrology	168	(3)
Lust Magick	171	(3)
Sex Magick	174	(19)
Tantra	179	(5)
Combining Sex with Spell Work	184	(2)
Healing Sexuality	186	(3)
Exploring the Taboo	189	(2)
Safe Sex and Magick	191	(1)
Goal vs. Experience	192	(1)
Magick for Healing	193	(26)
Chakras and the Roots of Disease	195	(3)
Healing Others	198	(1)
Psychic Healing	199	(3)
Energy Healing	202	(2)
Crystal Healing	204	(1)
Some Stones and Their Healing Properties	205	(2)
How to Work with Crystals	207	(2)
Ritual Healing	209	(3)
Healing Addictions	212	(2)
Healing Homophobia	214	(1)
Freedom from Past Abuse	215	(2)
Past-Life Healing	217	(1)
Other Healing Modalities	218	(1)
Turning the Wheel of the Year	219	(15)
Same-Sex Imagery in the Wheel	222	(3)
Transgenderism and Magick	225	(2)
Rituals of Celebration	227	(3)
Ideas for Celebrating the Seasons	230	(2)
Honoring the Ancestors	232	(2)
Rites of Passage	234	(22)
Coming of Age and Coming Out: The Ritual of Rebirth	235	(5)
Spiritual Initiation and Dedication: The Awakening	240	(2)
First Love, Commitment, and Partnering: The Handfasting	242	(4)
Ending a Relationship: Rites of Dissolution	246	(3)
Rituals of Exploration: Heterosexuality	249	(1)
Becoming a Wise One: Elderhood	250	(2)
Crossing and Funerals: The Rites of Death	252	(4)
The Beginning	256	(6)
The Magical Life	256	(1)
Partners and Friends	257	(1)
Embracing Yourself	258	(1)
Magick and Activism	259	(1)
Age of Aquarius	260	(2)
Bibliography	262	(3)
Online Sources	265