Contents

Preface to the Fifteenth Anniversary Edition

Acknowledgments

Prologue

1 Power-Over and Power-From-Within

2 Thought-Forms: Magic as Language

3 The Ethics of Magic

4 Reclaiming Personal Power: Magic as Will

5 Goddesses and Gods: The Landscape of Culture

6 Building Community: Processes for Groups

7 Circles and Webs: Group Structures

8 Sex and Politics

9 Ritual as Bonding: Action as Ritual

Epilogue

Appendix A: The Burning Times: Notes on a Crucial Period of History

Appendix B: Tools for Groups

Appendix C: Chants and Songs

Notes and Sources