Intuitive Witchcraft

ASTREA TAYLOR (Dayton, OH) is an author, witch, and fire dancer. She is also a blogger for Patheos Pagan and owns a business called The Blessed Be Box that sells a ritual in a box for the solstices, equinoxes, and cross-quarter holidays. www.AstreaTaylor.Blogspot.com

Contents

List of Exercises and Rituals xvii

Part I: The Call to Intuitive Witchcraft
Chapter 1: Listening to Your Intuition … 7
Chapter 2: Working with Energy … 29
Chapter 3: Basic Intuitive Witchcraft … 51
Intuitive Insights: The Underrated Power of Imagination by Mat Auryn 58
Chapter 4: Making Intuitive Magic Come Alive … 79
Intuitive Insights: Using Intuition to Create an Aromatherapy Concoction by Stefanie Palmer 97
Chapter 5: Intuitive Practices and Rituals … 105
Intuitive Insights: Consult the Stars and Planets by Heather Renae Horton 125

Part II: Beyond the Veil
Chapter 6: Working with the Gods … 135
Intuitive Insights: Writing Invocations and Devotional Speech by Hannah Savage 148
Chapter 7: Spirit Craft … 159
Chapter 8: Making the Mundane Magical … 177
Intuitive Insights: Intuition and Magical Activism by Michael M. Hughes 191
Chapter 9: Working with Other People's Energies … 195
Intuitive Insights: Intuitive Healing by Shringara Hasya 202
Chapter 10: Advanced Magic and Energy Work … 213
Chapter 11: Looking into the Void … 235
Intuitive Insights: Second Sight by Lisa Bland 240
Chapter 12: Living in the Spiritual Flow … 255
Chapter 13: Intuitive Witchcraft Communities … 273
Intuitive Insights: Generational Witch Legacies by Jacki Smith 277
Chapter 14: The Ever-Evolving Practice … 293
Intuitive Insights: On Becoming a Pagan Elder, Crone, Mage, or Senior by Penny Goody 302
Conclusion: Reaching for the Stars 305

Bibliography 307

Glossary 313

Essayist Biographies 321

Acknowledgments 325

Index 327