RitualCraft: Creating Rites for Transformation and CelebrationYou can change yourself and your world with effective, focused rituals. This book by renowned Witches Amber K and Azrael Arynn K shows you how to craft powerful and meaningful rituals for your life, your family, and your spiritual community. The authors share their vast knowledge of ritual planning and performance, providing a framework for creating your own successful rituals. They illustrate the principles of ritual crafting with stories from their own experiences as they explore a variety of topics, including rites of passage, esbats and sabbats, seasonal celebrations, rites for personal transformation, and rituals done simply for the fun of it. You'll find information on all aspects of ritual including correspondences, timing, environment, attitude, music, meditation, altars, tools, costumes, and safety. This comprehensive book also offers worksheets, outlines, suggested themes, sample rituals, and a guide to teaching others. Whether you're a beginner or seasoned practitioner, this comprehensive guide will help you take your own Witchcraft to new levels of significance, celebration, and personal transformation. Praise: Winner of the 2007 COVR Book of the Year award |
Contents
What Is Ritual? | 3 |
Rituals Around the World | 13 |
Best and Worst Rituals | 29 |
SECTION 2 | 41 |
You as Ritualist | 43 |
The Steps of Ritual | 61 |
Clarifying Your Purpose | 85 |
The Ritual Mind | 103 |
Costumes in Ritual | 273 |
Safe and Appropriate Ritual | 291 |
20 | 307 |
21 | 321 |
22 | 329 |
23 | 343 |
Ritual for the Moon and the Seasons | 373 |
25 | 395 |
The Language of Correspondences | 125 |
Participants in Ritual | 135 |
The Environment of Ritual | 154 |
The Timing of Ritual | 163 |
The Visual Aspects of Ritual | 177 |
Speech and Sound in Ritual | 194 |
Music in Ritual | 207 |
The Feel of Ritual | 221 |
Guided Meditation in Ritual | 235 |
Altars and Ritual Tools | 253 |
26 | 404 |
27 | 421 |
28 | 431 |
Appendices | 447 |
A12 | 484 |
A14 | 490 |
Glossary | 505 |
523 | |
531 | |