1. See, e.g., Christopher Penczak, The Inner Temple of Witchcraft (St. Paul: Llewellyn Publications, 2003), 37–40.
2. See, e.g.: Barbara Ardinger, A Woman’s Book of Rituals and Celebrations (Albany, CA: New World Library, 1992).
3. Stewart Piggott, The Druids (New York: Thames and Hudson, 1989), 184–185.
4. Carl Jung, Collected Works, Vol.11, Psychology and Religion: West and East, Trans.: R. F. C. Hull (New York: Pantheon Books, 1958), 440.
5. As heard in a lecture presented by Joseph Campbell in “Transformations of Myth Through Time, Program 5: The Perennial Philosophy of the East,” Highbridge Productions, 1990.
6. It was later that the fathers of psychology, Freud and Jung, apprehended Bastian’s concept and began calling the elementary ideas archetypes.
7. Robert E. Ryan, Ph.D., The Strong Eye of Shamanism (Vermont: Inner Traditions, 1999), 17.
8. Joseph Campbell, Transformations of Myth Through Time (New York, Harper & Row, 1990), 94.
9. See, e.g., Cassandra Eason, The Complete Guide to Labyrinths (Freedom: The Crossing Press, 2004).
10. e.g., Christianity, Judaism, and Islam.
11. Elizabeth Moran and Val Biktashev, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Feng Shui (Alpha Books, 1999), 49–53.
12. See, e.g.: Anodea Judith, Wheels of Life, (St. Paul: Llewellyn Publications, 1987).
13. The name Baphomet seems to be a composition of abbreviations: “Temp. ohp. Ab.” which originates from the Latin Templi omnium hominum pacis abhas, meaning “the father of universal peace among men.”
14. See, e.g., Starhawk, Truth or Dare (San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1987).
15. Robert Graves, The White Goddess (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1948; 14th printing, 1981), 27–28.
16. See, e.g., Janet and Stewart Farrar, The Witches’ Goddess (Washington: Phoenix Publishing, 1987).
17. For a more detailed explanation of shadow work,
ritual, and magic, see, e.g., Timothy Roderick, Dark Moon Mysteries, 10th Anniversary—Expanded and Revised Edition (Aptos, CA: New Brighton Books, 2003).
18. This verse is based on a British Traditional Midwinter chant. The chant does not appear in its entirety or in its original form to preserve what is oathbound material.
19. For more information about Yule log customs, see, e.g., Robert Graves, The White Goddess (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1948; 14th printing, 1981).
20. Joseph Campbell, Transformations of Myth Through Time (New York: Perennial Library, 1990), see, e.g. 1–2.
21. I prefer kosher salt because of its look and texture. You can use any form of table salt or sea salt for this procedure.
22. Janet & Stewart Farrar, A Witches Bible, Vol. 1: The Sabbats (New York: Magical Childe, 1984), 72.
23. See, e.g., Raven Grimassi, The Encyclopedia of Wicca and Witchcraft (St. Paul: Llewellyn Publications, 2000), 281.
24. Barbara G. Walker, The Woman’s Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets (New York: Harper SanFrancisco, 1983), 266.
25. Claudia de Lys, The Giant Book of Superstitions (New Jersey: Citadel Press, 1979), 117.
26. Theodore Gaster, Myth, Legend and Custom of the Old Testament (New York: Harper and Row, 1969), 603.
27. Paraphrased from a lecture conducted by Roshi Wendy Egyoku Nakao at the Zen Center of Los Angeles, August, 2003.
28. See, e.g., Barbara G. Walker, The Woman’s Dictionary of Symbols and Sacred Objects (New York: HarperCollins, 1988), 168.
29. Janet & Stewart Farrar, A Witches Bible, Vol. 1: The Sabbats (New York: Magical Childe, 1984), 80.
30. James G. Frazer, The Golden Bough (New York: Avenel Books, 1981; from the original work published in 1890), 74.
31. Ibid, 72.
32. Ibid, 73.
33. Walker, The Woman’s Dictionary of Symbols and Sacred Objects, 25.
34. Guy Ragland Phillips, Brigantia (London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1976), 169.
35. This chant has been noted to be an adaptation from the original Rudyard Kipling. See, e.g., Janet & Stewart Farrar, A Witches Bible, Vol. 1: The Sabbats (New York: Magical Childe, 1984).
36. Joseph Campbell, The Hero with A Thousand Faces (New Jersey: Bollingen Press, 1972), 109.
37. The Fire of Azrael recipe first surfaced in Dion Fortune’s novel The Sea Priestess in 1938. The recipe also is said to begin with driftwood from the ocean. See, e.g., Dion Fortune, The Sea Priestess (Red Wheel/ Weiser, 1972).
38. These are Enochian names that evoke the element of water. See, e.g., David Allen Hulse, The Western Mysteries (St. Paul: Llewellyn, 2000).
39. In the most ancient accounts, Romans would make the priaptic wand from a stalk of fennel.
40. Frazer, 75.
41. A new chant with adapted lines from “Consecration of Work” in Book of Shadows, Gardnerian Rite Church.
42. Robert Crooks, Karla Baur, Our Sexuality (Redwood City, CA: The Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Company, 1993), see, e.g., 4–17
43. J. Elia, “History, Etymology, and Fallacy: Attitudes toward male masturbation in the ancient Western world” (Journal of Homosexuality, 1987), v. 14, 1–19.
44. Barrie Thorne, Zella Luria, Sexuality and Gender in Children’s Daily Words, Down to Earth Sociology (New York: The Free Press, 1988), 133–135.
45. This pattern is the invoking-earth pentagram.
46. This rite is a highly modified version of the initiatory Great Rite as described in Janet and Stewart Farrar, The Witches’ Way, London: Robert Hale, 1985. The Farrars suggest that the rite be performed only within the confines of a magic circle. However, here in this modified form, you may practice it either within a formal magic circle or outside of it in a simple “sacred space” that you create for the rite. Further along in your year’s practice, you will gain the skills of casting a true magic circle. After that time, if you practice the Great Rite again, do so inside the formal circle.
47. This pattern is the invoking-earth pentagram.
48. See, e.g., Raven Grimassi, Encyclopedia.
49. Margaret Murray, The God of the Witches (New York: Oxford University Press, 1931), 111.
50. Ibid, 107–108.
51. Frazer, 75–76.
52. Ibid, 258.
53. Ibid, 260–263.
54. Timothy Roderick, Apprentice to Power (Freedom: The Crossing Press, 2000), 286.
55. Francis King and Stephen Skinner, Techniques of High Magic (New York: Destiny Books, 1976), 0–86.
56. See, e.g. Margie McArthur, Faery Healing (Aptos: New Brighton Books, 2003).
57. Walker, The Woman’s Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets, 300.
58. Mary Beith, Healing Threads: Traditional Medicines of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland (Edinburgh: Polygon, 1989), 154.
59. Robert Graves, The White Goddess (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1966), 178.
60. Frazer, 373.
61.. Grimassi (Encyclopedia), 227.
62. Farrar, A Witches Bible, Vol. 1: The Sabbats, 105.
63. Graves, The White Goddess, 178.
64. Ellen Everett Hopman, A Druid’s Herbal (Vermont: Destiny Books, 1995), 76.
65. Joseph Campbell, Betty Sue Flowers, ed., The Power of Myth (New York: Doubleday, 1987), 72–73.
66. Farrar, A Witches Bible, Vol. 1: The Sabbats, 117.
67. Frazer, 172.
68. See, e.g., Frazer, vol. i, 332–337.
69. Hopman, 148.
70. See, e.g., Joseph Campbell, Transformations of Myth Through Time.
71. See, e.g., Mircea Eliade, Rites and Symbols of Initiation, Trans. Willard R. Trask (New York: Harper Touchbooks, 1965).
72. This is a highly specialized shamanic ceremonial rite and it is offered as an example only. Attempts at sucking or blowing techniques without proper training can result in spiritual “illness.” Michael Harner, The Way of the Shaman (New York: Bantam, 1982), 148–157.
73. See, e.g., Marija Gimbutas, The Language of the Goddess (New York: HarperCollins, 1991).
74. See, e.g., Barbara C. Sproul, Primal Myths (New York: HarperCollins, 1991).
75. See, e.g., Francesco Maria Guazzo, Compendium Maleficarum (New York: Dover Publications, 1988).
76. Grimassi, Encyclopedia, 115.
77. Paul Huson, Mastering Witchcraft, New York: Perigee Books, 1970, 73–75.
78. See, e.g. Francis Barrett, The Magus, A Complete System of Occult Philosophy (New Jersey: Citadel Press, 1967; originally published 1801).
79. Each day and hour is ruled by a planet. Mars rules Tuesday. On Tuesdays, Mars rules the first hour after sunrise and every seventh hour thereafter.
80. See, e.g., Franz Bardon, Initiation Into Hermetics, Trans. Graz A. Radspieler (West Germany: Wuppertal, 1987).
81. See, e.g., Barrett, The Magus (New Jersey: Citadel Press, 1967, from the original manuscript published in 1801).
82. Raymond Buckland, Buckland’s Complete Book of Witchcraft (St. Paul: Llewellyn Publications, 1986), 149–150.
83. As quoted from Lady Sheba, The Grimoire of Lady Sheba (St. Paul: Llewellyn Publications, 2001), 235.
84. Paul Huson, Mastering Herbalism (New York: Stein and Day, 1974), 13–24.
85. Lesley Bremness, The Complete Book of Herbs (New York: Viking Studio, 1988), 8–9.
86. For example, Digitalis is derived from foxgloves, Aspirin comes from white willow bark, ephedrine comes from the ephedra plant, and the cinchona tree gives us quinine. See, e.g., Earl Mindell, Earl Mindell’s Herb Bible (New York: Fireside Books, 1992).
87. See, e.g., Sean Murphy, One Bird, One Stone: American Zen Stories (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2002).
88. Janet and Stewart Farrar, The Witches’ Goddess (Custer: Phoenix Books, 1987), 167.
99. This is not the authentic text of Chief Seattle’s treaty agreement, spoken in 1854. There is no verbatim translation available of his speech. The text provided, which is possibly the most popular version of Seattle’s speech, is actually an adaptation written by Texas professor Ted Perry.