Modern Witchcraft and Magic for Beginners
A Guide to Traditional and Contemporary Paths, with Magical Techniques for the Beginner Witch
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Narrated by:
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Kris Keppeler
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By:
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Lisa Chamberlain
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Everything you need to know about the craft of the wise.
Witchcraft is a vibrant, nature-based spiritual practice that is alive and well in our modern times, just as it has been throughout history. It’s also an enormous topic that can be overwhelming for those who are just starting to explore it. There’s so much to learn, and there are many differing perspectives on what is "correct" or "incorrect" in terms of knowledge and practice. Truly, it may be the one of the most confounding of all forms of spirituality!
Modern Witchcraft and Magic for Beginners, by best-selling author Lisa Chamberlain, was created to provide a fact-based, neutral orientation to launch you on your quest for knowledge. Whether you choose to call yourself a Witch, a Wiccan, both, or neither, this audiobook will help you navigate the various opinions, definitions, and perspectives you’ll find in the wide, wide world of the Craft. You’ll find:
- An overview of the historical and cultural contexts in which contemporary Witchcraft has evolved
- A debunking of common misconceptions about Witchcraft as it is practiced today
- Core beliefs and practices found among a variety of forms of the Craft
- Clear distinctions between Wiccan, Traditional, and Eclectic paths
- Core concepts underlying the "why" and "how" of magic
- A brief look at a few common magical techniques - visualization, invocation, and candle magic
- Some example workings for you to try, if you feel so inclined
- Suggested references for those who want to explore these topics further
Whether your curiosity about the Craft is intellectual, spiritual, or both, you’ll find plenty of useful information in Modern Witchcraft and Magic for Beginners. If you're ready to explore this fascinating realm, listen to this audiobook!
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In God and the Evolving Universe, James Redfield and Michael Murphy present an important message of hope and a vision for the future. The authors contend that thousands of years of human striving have delivered us to this very moment, in which each act of self-development is creating a new stage in planetary evolution and the emergence of a human species possessed of vastly expanded spiritual experience.
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higher is better
- By Tommie on 04-20-07
By: James Redfield, and others
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Hinduism
- A Comprehensive Guide to the Hindu Religion, Hindu Gods, Hindu Beliefs, Hindu Rituals, and Hinduism History
- By: Cassie Coleman
- Narrated by: Dryw McArthur
- Length: 2 hrs and 35 mins
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Explore the Hindu religion with its fascinating rituals and history! This audiobook has eye-opening information about Hinduism that will help you to understand the religion, gods, beliefs, and rituals and how the religion has evolved over time. You will discover more than you ever imagined exists in Hinduism, and by the end of this audiobook, you’ll know a lot about a religion that has over one billion followers worldwide.
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Avoid this overly simplified view of Hinduism
- By Peter on 03-24-23
By: Cassie Coleman
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Heaven's Gate: America's UFO Religion
- By: Benjamin E. Zeller
- Narrated by: Eric Burns
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
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In March 1997, 39 people in Rancho Santa Fe, California, ritually terminated their lives. To outsiders, it was a mass suicide. To insiders, it was a graduation. Benjamin Zeller not only explores the question of why the members of Heaven's Gate committed ritual suicides, but interrogates the origin and evolution of the religion, its appeal, and its practices. By tracking the development of the history, social structure, and worldview of Heaven's Gate, Zeller shows that the movement was both a reflection and a microcosm of larger American culture.
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cult apologia.
- By Avery on 06-01-20
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The Yoga Sutra of Patanjali
- A Biography
- By: David Gordon White
- Narrated by: Peter Ganim
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
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Consisting of fewer than 200 verses written in an obscure if not impenetrable language and style, Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra is today extolled by the yoga establishment as a perennial classic and guide to yoga practice. As David Gordon White demonstrates in this groundbreaking study, both of these assumptions are incorrect. Virtually forgotten in India for hundreds of years and maligned when it was first discovered in the West, the Yoga Sutra has been elevated to its present iconic status.
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Academic Hubris
- By John on 10-31-14
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The Witch
- A History of Fear, from Ancient Times to the Present
- By: Ronald Hutton
- Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
- Length: 16 hrs and 21 mins
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Why have societies all across the world feared witchcraft? This book delves deeply into its context, beliefs, and origins in Europe's history. The witch came to prominence - and often a painful death - in early modern Europe, yet her origins are much more geographically diverse and historically deep. In this landmark book, Ronald Hutton traces witchcraft from the ancient world to the early modern state.
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Meticulously researched, dry but great.
- By Matthew T Shank on 09-21-18
By: Ronald Hutton
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Healing Mantras
- By: Thomas Ashely-Farrand
- Narrated by: Thomas Ashley-Farrand
- Length: 1 hr and 10 mins
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Mantras - sacred sound syllables from the Vedic tradition - have been refined for thousands of years to promote inner healing, spiritual development, and beneficial effects in the world around us. On Healing Mantras, you will join a master practitioner as he demonstrates how to voice over 20 mantras with perfect precision - a key to their effectiveness.
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Super Fantastic
- By Clydene on 01-15-09
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Integral Meditation
- Mindfulness as a Way to Grow up, Wake up, and Show up in Your Life
- By: Ken Wilber
- Narrated by: Vikas Adam
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
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With practical teachings and detailed instructions, Ken Wilber introduces Integral Mindfulness, a new way of practicing the widely popular meditation. Integral Mindfulness applies many of the leading-edge insights of Ken Wilber's Integral Theory - the first system to combine Eastern teachings on the five stages of awakening with the eight major Western models of human development, thus portraying the complete path of human evolution.
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Good summary of Wilber's work and applications
- By Carlos G. Toledo Parada on 05-02-17
By: Ken Wilber
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When Plants Dream
- Ayahuasca, Amazonian Shamanism, and the Global Psychedelic Renaissance
- By: Daniel Pinchbeck, Sophia Rokhlin
- Narrated by: Aaron Shedlock, Lauren Ezzo
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
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In When Plants Dream, Pinchbeck and Rokhlin explore the economic, social, political, cultural and environmental impact that ayahuasca is having on society. "Part One" covers the background; what ayahuasca is, where it is found, and its cultural origins. "Part Two" explores the role and practices of the ayahuasquero in both Amazonian and Western cultures. "Part Three" examines the medicinal plants of the Amazon, looking particularly at the ingredients in ayahuasca and their therapeutic qualities, covering the most up-to-date biomedical research. Plus much more....
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Excellent
- By Lsanti75 on 10-16-19
By: Daniel Pinchbeck, and others
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Angels and Archangels
- A Magician's Guide
- By: Damien Echols, John Michael Greer - foreword and contributor
- Narrated by: Damien Echols
- Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
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Call on the power of angels to shape your life and accelerate your spiritual practice. “Angels do not belong to any one single religion, system, or dogma”, teaches Damien Echols. “They are almost pure energy - the very substance the cosmos is made of. They’re also incredibly willing to work with us if asked.” With the unabridged audio of Angels and Archangels, this best-selling author presents an essential resource for understanding what angels are, how they make themselves available, and magickal practices to invoke their power to transform your life.
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Wonderful Follow Up to “High Magick”
- By Taylor on 07-16-20
By: Damien Echols, and others
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A Concise History of Buddhism
- From 500 BCE-1900 CE
- By: Andrew Skilton
- Narrated by: Jinananda
- Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
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Andrew Skilton - Senior Research Fellow in Buddhist Studies, Kings College, London - explains the development of the basic concepts of Buddhism and its spread across the continents during its 2,500 years of history. He begins with a close look at Buddhism in India, where it flourished until the 12th/13th century CE, charting the growth of different schools and practices. By the time it disappeared from its homeland midway through the millennium, it had become established in Central Asia and the Far East in a variety of forms.
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Difficult for the indoctrinated
- By Heavypen on 04-18-18
By: Andrew Skilton
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Secular Buddhism
- Imagining the Dharma in an Uncertain World
- By: Stephen Batchelor
- Narrated by: Ralph Lister
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
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As the practice of mindfulness permeates mainstream western culture, more and more people are engaging in a traditional form of Buddhist meditation. However, many of these people have little interest in the religious aspects of Buddhism, and the practice occurs within secular contexts such as hospitals, schools, and the workplace. Is it possible to recover from the Buddhist teachings a vision of human flourishing that is secular rather than religious without compromising the integrity of the tradition?
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Good, but repetition of old material
- By Ludwig on 02-25-18
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Communing with the Divine
- A Clairvoyant's Guide to Angels, Archangels, and the Spiritual Hierarchy
- By: Barbara Y. Martin, Dimitri Moraitis
- Narrated by: Dimitri Moraitis
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
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In their newest book, award-winning authors Barbara Y. Martin and Dimitri Moraitis explore the sacred art of communing with celestial beings. Reading of Martin's extensive direct clairvoyant experiences, this book will teach you to work closely with angels, archangels, and other divine beings who guide you in day-to-day living and help you achieve your destiny.
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Listened to it twice - don't miss this one
- By Computer Nut on 07-30-14
By: Barbara Y. Martin, and others
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The Seven Types of Spirit Guide
- How to Connect and Communicate with Your Cosmic Helpers
- By: Yamile Yemoonyah
- Narrated by: Lucy Scott
- Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
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The Seven Types of Spirit Guides explores the specific characteristics, gifts and challenges that each type of guide brings. Starting with a quiz to discover your type of spirit guide, you will then learn how to communicate with your spirit guides to work through any challenges - be it healing ancestral trauma, growing your business soulfully or living a life with purpose.
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An excellent introduction to Spirit guides
- By Marisa Chirico on 01-10-21
By: Yamile Yemoonyah
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The Religion of Tomorrow
- A Vision for the Future of the Great Traditions - More Inclusive, More Comprehensive, More Complete
- By: Ken Wilber
- Narrated by: Graeme Malcolm
- Length: 30 hrs and 17 mins
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A single purpose lies at the heart of all the great religious traditions: awakening to the astonishing reality of the true nature of ourselves and the universe. At the same time, through centuries of cultural accretion and focus on myth and ritual as ends in themselves, this core insight has become obscured. Here Ken Wilber provides a path for reenvisioning a religion of the future that acknowledges the evolution of humanity in every realm while remaining faithful to that original spiritual vision.
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A mind-blowing spiritual experience
- By IW Ferreira on 09-01-17
By: Ken Wilber
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- 06-28-17
Very Basic
I was interested in what this book offered based on the description but after reading it I see that it is more of an extended Wikipedia entry very basic information that anyone interested in this topic most likely already knows would only recommend for people who have absolutely no introduction to this topic.
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- 08-23-18
More history than practice, poor audio
only 22 minutes of actual practical application info. pretty much all history and opinion, which is not what I expected by the title.
the audio is not good quality, and has terrible edited bits where it gets loud and the voice is different, lile it was rerecorded and poorly added in... did not enjoy that. the actual narrator is ok
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- Craig Jensen
- 10-17-16
Enjoyable and fact filled
I really enjoyed this book and her neutral approach to the many branches she details.
The narrator left the transitions between sections a bit short and the splicing of other recordings to correct mistakes were very noticeable.
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- darcy
- 11-02-16
Unbiased and informative
This guide gives you a good taste of the various branches of witchcraft and wicca as well as interesting history of the craft. The author skillfully presents each topic without interjecting her opinions.
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- 01-31-16
not happy with this audio book at all
What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?
a better person reading the book !
What do you think your next listen will be?
not sure yet
How could the performance have been better?
she was terrible ! her voice was so flat it was hard to not zone completely out while she talked but then suddenly her voice and become louder .. it sounded like she had recorded the same paragraph a few times and someone mashed them all together with no flow at all ! also she has extremely long pauses between paragraphs i actually checked to see if my phone had died or something. Im glad i did not waste my money on this book sadly i did waste a free credit
What character would you cut from Witchcraft for Beginners?
the book has no characters
Any additional comments?
I wasn't actually very pleased with the contents of the book its self but that is just my person opinion on her topics
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