The Inner Temple of Witchcraft Meditation CD Companion (Penczak Temple Series)
The Inner Temple of Witchcraft Meditation CD Companion (Penczak Temple Series)
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Enter the inner temple and discover the power of your magick. For the serious seeker, The Inner Temple of Witchcraft lays the foundation for deep experience with ritual. Instead of diving right into spellwork, this book sets the student on a course of experience with energy and psychic ability—the cornerstones of magick. You will explore witchcraft’s ancient history and modern traditions, discovering the path that suits you best. The thirteen lessons take the student through meditation, instant magic, ancient philosophy, modern science, protection, light, energy anatomy, astral travel, spirit guides, and healing, culminating in a self-initiation ritual.
•A thorough course of education, introspection, meditation, and the development of magical and psychic abilities
•Contains thirteen lessons, culminating in initiation into the first degree of witchcraft
•Topics include hermetic philosophy, quantum physics, instant magick, chakras, auras, astral travel, dreams, healing, spirit guides, and past-life regression
•Prepares the student for any magical path he or she wishes to follow
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April 8th, 2011 at 10:41 pm
Excellent except for one problem…,
It was an excellent idea to make a CD companion to the book “Inner Temple of Witchcraft.” A lot of the meditations in the book are longer and involved, and having it narrated to you is a lot easier than straining to remember what you’re supposed to be doing during a meditation. The production quality of the CD set is very good. Penczak has a good narration style, and the music is unobtrusive and mood-enhancing. If you are working through the book, then this is an excellent tool to help you on your way.
However, I had one big problem with the CDs, and that’s why the set only gets 4 stars instead of 5. Rather than having each meditation with its own track, all the meditation exercises from a chapter are lumped together as one track. So, if you want to do the exercises singly instead of a chapter at a time, you have to hold down the skip button to get where you want to be on the CD. Needless to say, this is not exactly conducive to a deep meditative state. This can be overcome by some computer editing, but if you don’t have the tools or the patience, then there’s not much you can do.
That annoyance aside, I do recommend getting the CDs as well as the book if you’re going to be working through the meditation exercises.
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|April 8th, 2011 at 11:26 pm
Best Companion CD Set Ever!,
For those who are skeptical of just about anything coming from Llewellyn, I have to say that, if they continue to release EXTREMELY HIGH CALIBER material like Christopher Penczak’s Temple of Witchcraft series, then they will fully redeem themselves as publishers.
Though I share the concerns of other reviewers about the lack of separation between sets of exercises on the CDs, after listening to several tracks I now believe that the exercises were recorded that way for a specific reason. The series of meditations and visualizations, as recorded, afforded me a rich experience that has helped calm my mind and increase my focus within the first three days of receiving the set!
For example, after the initial relaxation and counting-down induction, the first “set” takes you through 3 (or four?) sets of simple visualization exercises. Afterwards, he counts you up from the meditation state to full awareness and grounds you with a light chakra sweep and clearing affirmation. Each segment begins and ends in the same calm, balanced and safe manner. When I experienced the exercises for the first time, I appreciated that he didn’t short-change the coming-back-to-awareness sequence at the end of each meditation, like some meditation recordings I’ve heard.
If you’re considering the companion CDs along with the books, I would consider this a required item to purchase along with the books. Keep in mind, the CDs are a COMPANION to the books–they’re not the audio version of the entire text, just the exercises, which comes in very handy if you don’t want to have to work on your meditation trance while balancing the book on your lap.
Many, many, many blessings to Mr. Penczak for his excellent soothing voice, caring and warm reading, and the top-knotch level of the work on this CD and all his books.
Bright Blessings!
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