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A Witch Alone: Thirteen moons to master natural magic
Marian Green
This book carries on the tradition of the solo village witch emphasizing white rather than black magic. It is a practical manual of instruction for those who choose the solo path of study and particularly stresses the importance of being in tune with nature. As there are approximately 13 moons each year – the book is divided into 13 parts. Each section is aimed at lasting from the new moon to the dark to make the student fully aware of the changing power in the tides of the sea and the tides of the self. The moon-long sections deal with a variety of traditional arts, skills and mental exercises which enables the aspiring witch to discover the inner world of magic inside him/herself.Note that it has not been possible to include the same picture content that appeared in the original print version.
A Witch Alone
Thirteen moons to master natural magic
Marian Green
Dedication (#ulink_31e2bb7b-502d-5056-8f94-77025264335e)
This book is dedicated to Ronald Hutton,
who has done so much to unveil the mysteries
of witchcraft to the 21st-century world
Table of Contents
Cover Page (#u664e1f70-07fb-5837-b0f3-be2325d8fc64)
Title Page (#ua6697e94-110b-5d29-a950-40a4d2528356)
Dedication (#u58184d27-19d6-5002-8f2e-357dbdaa056b)
SONG OF THE ALL-MOTHER (#uc0d4f681-f2bc-5fc9-8550-8a12162857d8)
LORD OF THE WILDWOOD (#u225bdd3e-f8c3-5def-9ba7-dd44b06a2304)
THE PARADOXICAL GODDESS (#u381465a1-4cb7-59ca-b8a2-d93fd73d759f)
Introduction (#u3c0d9921-49a2-5e87-9539-9bb790c38e76)
ONE A New Moon and a New Dream (#u9973fbdf-20cd-5e70-abc6-2b4e184e35b6)
TWO Meeting the Goddess and God of the Witches (#uc8750198-43bc-5ddb-a6f5-a922f2658253)
THREE The Sacred Cycles (#u1a1af9ef-24a8-57fa-b3a5-25e51d380669)
FOUR A Circle Between the Worlds (#uc040a314-eb75-56e4-9446-09d0829566d8)
FIVE The Journey to the Otherworld (#u8590130a-f1fd-5582-9c73-2c1619424b2e)
SIX Seeking Out Pagan Traces (#uc0b398f0-1f5a-567d-b07d-5864e4281c39)
SEVEN Considering the Healing Arts (#u934d8621-1f2b-59b6-bc2c-949cf4ee9e17)
EIGHT The Old Crafts of Divination and Dowsing (#ubf36b433-672b-568b-b270-731958d8a8ad)
NINE Plant Power (#u159c7375-bd2d-555a-9138-738e84ee7676)
TEN Moon Magic and Solar Cycles (#u761fe716-4da4-569e-b961-befd19d0eacb)
ELEVEN Recovering the Ancient Wisdom (#uf883e3c5-d992-55c5-9103-f84411e90aef)
TWELVE Dedication to the Old Ways (#u3ba15ac0-96c1-5fc7-be6d-8f15a3005405)
THIRTEEN Completing the Circle (#u3a9082c0-7b0a-5f1f-8876-06c15227c289)
To contact an international pagan organization (#uf30749c3-d56a-5308-bfa4-94471fff8b51)
INDEX (#ub6052eb6-fe35-5f80-bb1a-3e322ed8c3d7)
About the Author (#udd1e3eb2-2794-5342-9034-c072e5dc1b45)
Other Books (#u395874bf-4888-5ac9-a8b9-76c598dad65c)
Copyright (#u0f264dc3-ec94-5dbd-b77b-b51b987d3624)
About the Publisher (#u593aca32-48fa-535b-a3a0-0d338c3f2c7d)
SONG OF THE ALL-MOTHER (#ulink_92b892a4-0432-54a7-9e1f-5d88f6ca7011)
I am the Mother Earth, and you’re a Child to me,
Discover who you are and seek divinity.
Rocks and stones and clay and peat – all strata are a part of me,
Jewels and crystals, gems and gold are hidden in the heart of me.
Herbs and flowers, trees and shrubs, these are growing green on me,
Mosses, fungi, lichens, vines, all of these are seen on me.
Horses, cattle, pigs and deer, bears and lions roam on me,
Snakes and spiders, rats and slugs, all creatures have their home on me.
Bubbling brooks and silent springs, living rivers flow on me,
Pools and puddles, lakes and seas, salty oceans grow on me.
Tiny tiddlers, mighty whales, sacred salmon leap for me,
Sharks and squid and crabs and krill fill the waters deep for me.
Wrens and larks and crows and terns fill my skies with darting flight,
Hawks and eagles, bats and owls catch their prey by day and night.
Creeping worm and flying fox, teeming ants fulfil their lives,
In tune with me, in Nature’s way, as honey bees enrich my hives.
Only humans rob their kin, despoil the land, pollute the seas,
Kill for fun, destroy the woods, float poisoned vapours on the breeze.
I shall live, for I can heal, even if you humans die,
But you can learn, as Children should, to grow in peace beneath the sky.
LORD OF THE WILDWOOD (#ulink_0f2f1994-fb16-5828-8ab0-e14679d58150)
A silence lies on the Wildwood,
The light of the stars grows dim,
The wind has died in the branches,
But a shadow moves. It is Him!
He is the stag in the moonlight,
The stallion alone on the hill,
The bull that paws at the tussocks,
The salmon that leaps in the rill.
Each is a part of the Hunter,
The Godhead that lives in the Dark,
Lord of the Wild and the Hidden,
At midnight, the small breathing spark.
His is the glory of sunrise,
The greenness that rises in spring,
His is the force of the tempest,
The strength in the wild eagle’s wing.
His is the voice of the pan-pipes,
The power that governs the land,
But She is his wife and his Mother,
And he dwells in the palm of her hand.
THE PARADOXICAL GODDESS (#ulink_e6fc2d9f-b35f-5201-b7fe-269385d6d5b6)
Lady of the threefold shifting light,
Whose form is Earth, by day and night,
And yet about you flows eternal ocean,
Goddess so still, yet in perpetual motion.
Moon, sister-self and triple aspect of the Triple One,
Maiden, God creator, wise and ancient Crone.
Thou who art Earth, and Moon, and Sea,
Mother of All, thou madest me.
From your dark bones, from green and flesh,
From crystal waters and the quiet wind’s breath,
These came from you, and now are me,
Eternal spirit clothed in frailty.
Yet beyond these there endless dwells
A light that from some star-seed fell.
Goddess of Life and Love and Paradox,
Keeper of the keys to all the locks,
Of Mysteries, of Earth and Sky,
Pray answer me. Who am I?
Introduction (#ulink_0067fa57-b689-5a4f-9363-7b362f22de62)
I am brother to dragons and companion to owls…
Old Testament; Job 29:30
