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An Enchanted Life: An Adept's Guide to Masterful Magick
Takes you beyond the "101" magical books. This book is designed as a helpmate, guiding the reader to move at his or her own pace, using personal vision as a guide and guru. It is written specifically for the spiritual seeker who is aiming toward enlightenment in the here and now through responsible, life-affirming, creative magick. Beginning with a moment of introspection, to help you consider where your Path has taken you thus far, and if you're truly ready to take the next steps toward adept living, the book then provides sensible ideas and activities to challenge the spirit * Defining true awareness.
* Learning to use the senses to augment magickal processes and improve insight.
* Determining the magickal arts best suited to your goals and growth.
* Finding, connecting with, and honoring one's "Tribe" for both support and fellowship.
* Learning to use the senses to augment magickal processes and improve insight.
* Determining the magickal arts best suited to your goals and growth.
* Finding, connecting with, and honoring one's "Tribe" for both support and fellowship.
224 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 2001
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About the author
Patricia J. Telesco
94 books96 followersPatricia "Trish" Telesco is a professional author with more than 50 metaphysical titles on the market.
Trish considers herself a kitchen witch whose love of folkore (and a bit of Strega) flavor every spell and ritual. Her strongest beliefs lie in following personal vision, being tolerant of other traditions, making life an act of worship, and being the magic!
Trish travels minimally twice per month to give lectures and workshops around the country. She has appeared on several television segments and maintains a strong, visible presence in the public through journals like Circle Network News, and on the internet.
Her current pet projects include supporting pagan land funds and coordinating spiritually oriented tours to Europe.
Telesco began her Wiccan education and initiation on her own, but later received initiation into the Strega tradition of Italy. She is a trustee for the Universal Federation of Pagans, a member of the Authors Guild, a member of the Society for Creative Anachronism and a professional member of the Wiccan-Pagan Press Alliance.
In March 2012 her husband, Paul Telesco, was diagnosed with a tumor on his brain stem. Since that time, Telesco has been focused on raising awareness and fund-raising
Trish considers herself a kitchen witch whose love of folkore (and a bit of Strega) flavor every spell and ritual. Her strongest beliefs lie in following personal vision, being tolerant of other traditions, making life an act of worship, and being the magic!
Trish travels minimally twice per month to give lectures and workshops around the country. She has appeared on several television segments and maintains a strong, visible presence in the public through journals like Circle Network News, and on the internet.
Her current pet projects include supporting pagan land funds and coordinating spiritually oriented tours to Europe.
Telesco began her Wiccan education and initiation on her own, but later received initiation into the Strega tradition of Italy. She is a trustee for the Universal Federation of Pagans, a member of the Authors Guild, a member of the Society for Creative Anachronism and a professional member of the Wiccan-Pagan Press Alliance.
In March 2012 her husband, Paul Telesco, was diagnosed with a tumor on his brain stem. Since that time, Telesco has been focused on raising awareness and fund-raising
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September 12, 2012
If you are expecting this book to be about typical Wicca, you'll be disappointed - at least, you will be if you are looking for a "cookbook" type experience a la the spellbook of the week. Instead, this book looks deeper and encourages the reader to explore for himself the meanings of the elements of his spiritual practice. This book explicitly guides the reader on a journey of self-exploration and creativity. If you want to do the exercises as recommended, be prepared to do A LOT of journalling and meditation exercises. You'll be rewarded by a far deeper understanding of your own spiritual path, whatever it may be. Telesco does not intend for this book to be a skim it and go on experience, she explicitly tells you that each exercise should be focused on for weeks if not months.
This book is written by a Wiccan author, and it applies well to Wiccan practitioners, but it is also very valuable to anyone on any sort of mystical path. In fact, it encourages people to not define themselves by the dictates of what has been written about magical symbolism, instead, they should develop a system based on their own lives and experiences.
The only criticism I have of this book is that Telesco sometimes seems to quit writing before she fully fleshes out her ideas. For instance, she gives this interesting life path summary of 4 elemental types, which was highly informative - until she gets to earth, which only has about 1/3 of the information the other elements were given.
I think this book would be a very interesting group study activity. Most of the exercises could easily be done and discussed with a group, and it would be informative to see which person came up with for each activity. Mining the group's mind would become an enormous source of creative ritual and shared symbolism which could be used in the future.
It would be easy for some to dismiss this book as too simple, or too easy, but I challenge them to actually work their way through it. Much like the exercises in "The Spiral Dance" are "simple", the exercises in this book are basic, but deceptively so. They bring the practitioner back to the roots of magick.
This book is written by a Wiccan author, and it applies well to Wiccan practitioners, but it is also very valuable to anyone on any sort of mystical path. In fact, it encourages people to not define themselves by the dictates of what has been written about magical symbolism, instead, they should develop a system based on their own lives and experiences.
The only criticism I have of this book is that Telesco sometimes seems to quit writing before she fully fleshes out her ideas. For instance, she gives this interesting life path summary of 4 elemental types, which was highly informative - until she gets to earth, which only has about 1/3 of the information the other elements were given.
I think this book would be a very interesting group study activity. Most of the exercises could easily be done and discussed with a group, and it would be informative to see which person came up with for each activity. Mining the group's mind would become an enormous source of creative ritual and shared symbolism which could be used in the future.
It would be easy for some to dismiss this book as too simple, or too easy, but I challenge them to actually work their way through it. Much like the exercises in "The Spiral Dance" are "simple", the exercises in this book are basic, but deceptively so. They bring the practitioner back to the roots of magick.
October 11, 2016
This sounds too much like hard work for my taste.
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