Practical and engaging, this guide represents the best practices from Isaac Bonewits' over thirty-five years of experience creating, attending, and leading public ceremonies as a Neopagan priest and magician. Ideal for Earth-centered spiritual movements and other liberal religious traditions, Neopagan Rites explains how to design powerful and effective rites of worship for small groups or large crowds. With his trademark humor and candor, Bonewits covers every important aspect of creating and performing a public ritual that inspires and unifies the participants, and fulfills its intended purpose. You'll learn how to: <ul>
<li>Determine the purpose of your ritual</li> <li>Create a basic ritual format that can be customized for different events</li> <li>Choose the optimal time and location for your event</li> <li>Enhance your ceremony with music, singing, poetry, and dance</li> <li>Add visual drama with costumes and altar decorations</li> <li>Include people with special needs in your ceremony</li> <li>Raise, channel, and send energy to your ritual's deity or cause</li> </ul>

Neopagan Rites: A Guide to Creating Public Rituals that Work

Religion & Spirituality

Bonewits, Isaac

New Age & Spirituality

Llewellyn Publications

This is a encyclopedia of witchraft and Wicca, providing a history of belief and ritual practices of Neopagan Witches, an overview of the evolution and central tenets of modern Paganism and advice on rituals, poetry and magical ethics.

Bonewits's Essential Guide to Witchcraft and Wicca

Kensington Publishing Corporation

Examines every category of occult phenomena from ESP to Eastern ritual and explores the basic laws of magic, relating them to the natural laws of the universe.

Real Magic: An Introductory Treatise on the Basic Principles of Yellow Magic

Computers & Technology

Programming

Red Wheel/Weiser

A real world look at magic from Isaac Bonewits who carries a degree in Magic from the University of California. This resource is excellent for any game with magic.

Authentic Thaumaturgy *OP

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Gaming

Steve Jackson Games

Energy. Psi, prana, mana, chi, divine power, the tao, reiki, or vibes, every system of magic and mysticism calls the energies that power its practices by different names. Whether questioning the power of prayer or a healing session with a Reiki master an underlying question exists of whether this energy is all the same or if they exist as distinctly different wavelengths of some universal power?
When New Agers, occultists, spiritual healers, metaphysicians, artists, and Neopagans talk about the energies they use, what do they actually mean? Now, for the first time, a single book discusses the vocabulary, magic, metaphysics, art, and science of energy from a multi-model, 21st century perspective.
Lessons included will cover: 
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<li>Physical vocabulary of energy</li>
<li>Metaphysical vocabulary of energy</li>
<li>How the laws of magic affect energy</li>
<li>The Importance of Focus</li>
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Real Energy will then take these lessons to the next level giving you direction on how to understand and begin working with different energies. Half of the book is dedicated to showing you how to work with specific energies, including: the four elements, crystals, plants, animals, your own body, nature spirits, ancestors, and deities to accomplish your goals and enhance life experiences. Specific energy work practices are also covered, including: Reiki, The Huna System, working with Pure ESP and PK, Feng Shui, and the Tantra System.
With tips from scientists, artists, magicians, and spiritual teachers, Real Energy will give you a solid introduction to both the theory and practice of energy work.

Real Energy: Systems, Spirits, and Substances to Heal, Change, and Grow

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Bonewits, Phaedra

Alternative Medicine

New Page Books

Rites of Worship is the essential source book for creating and conducting public ceremonies and worship services in the Neopagan style. This much-needed guide, the first of its kind, is rich with the author's thirty-five years of experience as a ritual leader, served up with the inimitable Bonewits style and wit. 
Whether your group is large or small - or whatever religious tradition you practice - you'll find this volume filled with indispensable how-to (and how-not-to) tips of value to both the aspiring and seasoned practitioner alike.

Rites of Worship: A Neopagan Approach

Earth Religions Press

Bonewits writes of Witchcraft from its disputed origins, to the Inquisition, to its re-invention in the 20th century. A scholarly, pungent, witty and sometimes personal account. The book is a succinct guide to the many ways the term "witch" has been used over the centuries, and includes a preface by Ashleen O'Gaea (author of "The Family Wicca Book"), a detailed recommended reading list, and an analysis of the standard ritual design used by most Wiccan traditions. It is the fruit of the author's over thirty years of Wiccan research and practice. 
Bonewits, says O'Gaea, "knows Wicca from the inside out, and in this work he shares the definitions and distinctions he's developed from his intimate experience and original research. When you're talking about Neopagan Witchcraft, Bonewits is an author, advisor, and scholar you want - no, let me be stronger: he's someone you need on your side." 
"Bonewits has made it easy to understand Wicca's history and structure meaningfully. Beyond that, he offers one of the best bibliographies I've seen - his reading list alone makes this book indispensable on any serious priest/ess' bookshelf. But there's something else that makes this book special, and that's how reader-friendly it is."

Witchcraft: A Concise Guide or Which Witch Is Which?

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Virtual Pub Group Inc

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