Monday, December 17, 2012

Got a new book!

The Temple of Shamanic Witchcraft by Christopher Penczak

I found this little gem in a bookstore where I grew up. Largely I just wanted to see if they had any books of this type and what they carried. Thankfully there was a bigger section of New Age/Pagan/Occult books than I expected. Sharing my first article that basically made my spirit dance:
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STONE AGE WITCHCRAFT
When I teach workshops on core shamanism, during the introductions I hear stories of students who, like me, are of European descent. They tell me how they sought out spirituality in Native American traditions, going to drumming circles and sweat lodges, and how they are saddened that their own culture only has rigid, dogmatic institutions and not personal spiritual traditions. They ask me, "why don't we have our own shamans? Why don't we carry on these traditions?" We did. Our shamans were called witches. >>