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The Casting of Spells: Creating a Magickal Life Through the Words of True Will by Christopher Penczak

Credits Acknowledgements

Introduction Chapter One: What is Magick?

True Will Changes in Consciousness What Are Spells? Exercise: What is your True Will?

Chapter Two: The Two Sides of Magick

Your Conversation Partner Exercise: Who Is Your Magickal Conversation Partner? Effective Magickal Language Meditation Divination Runes, Tarot, I-Ching, Geomantic, Astrological Glyphs, and Ogham Exercise: Divination

Chapter Three: The Three Requirements of Magick

Intention Exercise: Visualize Success Will Exercise: Divination of True Will Energy Exercise: Drawing Energy

Chapter Four: Trance Techniques

Brain Waves Meditative (Inhibitory) Techniques Ecstatic (Exhibitory) Techniques Exercise: Inducing Trance

Chapter Five: Techniques of Spellcasting

The Elements Elemental Ladder Pentacle with the Senses/Elements Magick Circle Technique Woodcut of the Ritual Circle Altar

Chapter Six: The Tides of the Moon and Sun

The Moon The Sun Exercise: When Do You Feel Powerful?

Chapter Seven: Writing Petition Spells

Spells as Prayers Composing Effective Petition Spells Writing Out Spells Magickal Scripts Theban Script Celestial Script Malachim Script Passing of the River Script Alphabet of the Magi Script Ethics and Morals in Spell Casting “Spell-Checking” Before You Cast The Lust for Results Exercise: Write Your Own Spell Psychic Writing

Chapter Eight: Incantations

Abracadabra Incantations as Ritual Traditional Incantations Invocations, Evocations and Prayers Arcane Tongues & Barbarous Words Exercise: Use A Traditional Incantation Creating Your Own Incantation Exercise: Create Your Own Incantation

Chapter Nine: Magickal Spells in History

Maqlu Texts Ephesia Grammata Artemis of Ephesus The Corpus Hermticum Hermes Trismegistus Greek Magical Papyri Curse Tablets Sulis Minerva Grimoire Tradition Celtic Incantations The Lacnunga Hindu Spells

Chapter Ten: Creating a Magickal Life

Desire is Sacred Blocks to Success The Soul’s Bliss

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