THE WITCHING WAY
OF THE
HOLLOW HILL
The Gramarye of the Folk Who Dwell Below the Mound
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The Witching Way of the Hollow Hill
"I come hither, west of the bridge to hell,
A holy stone, a holy tree, a holy well,
Where the good folk dwell: north of hedges and comforting bells,
I come hither, from the world I leave behind.
In the name of the Devil and his Dame I come,
Bearing the wand that is a flying steed.
In my left hand I bear it, and a mark.
As a tree I ride, as a dead man I ride,
I take the witch road into far deep lands
Where the pale people hie..."
"The Witching Way of the Hollow Hill" is truly a complete guide to the Way of the Witch, with the entire emphasis being on the achievement of "spectral intercourse" with the Unseen World- the merging of the mindstream of the Witch with the hidden world beyond. It is a true Book of Art- a poetic and historical description of the greatest "magical working" of all- a path to putting the mind, body, and soul into a "harmonic" relationship with the world itself, the features of the Land, and unseen potencies, all to bring about a "contact" with the Powers of the Old Ways. It contains fully detailed sections and treatments on the Esoteric symbols and hidden meanings encoded in Folk Balladry and Folk-tales, Four detailed "Master Keys to the Craft", and extensive essays on the Art of Inducing Trance and "Transvection" or Soul-flight.
The first part of the book describes in detail the Worldview of the Witching Way; it ends with a complete system of "power working"- a complete grimoire of chants, incantations, and charms that bring about the subtle experience of the Unseen. Many of these incantations and ritual themes come from contacts from England and Wales- never before seen in print, and given to me with the permission to share them. I have encountered the power of these operations myself, and can assure my readers of their power- for the soul that understands the real meaning of myth, poetry, or the power of dreaming, these workings are transformative on a very deep level.
Seth Harris, my good friend, and visionary artist, has created powerful images for our book. I give eight samples of plates from the book here- the first of the eight shows a scion of the hidden faith moving through a nighttime forest, carrying a lantern- and the second shows the "Three Spinners" or the Three Ancestral Mothers of the Underworld, next to a well that gives passage below. The next four images, which you can see by clicking on the thumbnails below, are of the Master Spirits who reign over the Current of the True Old Ways. The image of the woman with the lantern is used on one cover of the book- we have designed three different versions of the Book, each with the same text inside, but with a different color and image on the cover. The Black Book has the woman with the lantern, the Greek Book has the horned man halfway in the Land, who can be seen below, and the Red Book has the circle and triangle of twigs, with a goat's skull and a candle between it's horns- another image available below.
The NEW Edition also has a new cover option- rich dark purple, with the majestic image of the Queen of Elfhame's face on the cover.
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THE WITCHING WAY OF THE HOLLOW HILL: TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
Reclaiming
Part I. The Witching Way: Understanding the Worldview of Traditional Paganism and the Old Craft
What is Seen and Unseen. The River of Time and Rebirth. Body, Soul, and Spirit: The Lost Mystical Anthropology of the Ancients. Concerning the Mysteries. The Metaphysics of Rebirth and the Red Thread. The Path of Fate. The White Tree and the Horse. Fate and the Child of Truth and Beauty. The Adamantine Grip of Fate. The Doom on Man and the Hidden Wisdom-gate of Awareness. Mastery and the Timeless Self. The Strange Double-Bind of Fate. Fate and Wisdom-Awakening. The Spirits and Powers of the Old Ways. The Master of the Craft. The Native God and the Secret of the White God in the Land. Clarifications of a Witch Theology. Witchmother: The Dark Matriarch of the Craft. The Origins of the Old Veiled Witch-queen. The Daughter of the Great Queen. The Pale People, the Good Folk, and the Master Men. The Strangers.
Part II. The Twilight Art: The Secret Doors of Trance and Fetch-Flight
Awakening Awareness: The White Tree, the Ghost Tree, or the God Stone. Attaining the Witch Sight: Second Sight and the Great Quest of Humankind. The Quest for the Young Puck. The Key to the Quest. Dreams, Death, and Destiny. The Hissing of the Serpent. The Serpent in the Land: The Power Below and Within. The Widdershins Walk: The Left-Way Road or the Crooked Path, and the Doors in the Land.
Part III. The Secret Tradition: The Hidden Wisdom of the Old Ways
Traditional Pagan Morality and the Ballad of the Cruel Mother. Eyes of Wood, Heart of Stone: The Hidden Metaphysics in the Ballad of Tam Lin. Eyes of Wood. A Heart of Stone. The Seven Year Tithe to Hell. The Challenge of the Guardian: The Key to Any Door. The False Knight on the Road. The Truth as it is Born. The Test of the Guardian. The Hard Road of Spontaneity. What is Right and What is Easy. A Final Mystery. The Tale of the White Serpent: A Hidden Wisdom Tradition. Wholeness and the Master Spirits.
Part IV. The Master Keys of the Craft: Four Roads to Mastery
The Path of Initiation: The Fivefold Pattern of the Witching Way. The Secret Under the Mounds: The Origins of the Old Rite, and the True Meaning of Sacrifice. The Funeral Cult. "The Passage Between" and the Key. The Phantom of the Slain. Poor John Barleycorn. Gods of the Dead. Straw and Twig Body of the Lord of the Land: The Rite of the Wake-Fire and the Funeral Mound. The Rites of Mastery. Witch Consecrations and Dedications. The Grand Rite of Elemental Regency.
Part V. Ritual Book: The Craft of the Hidden People
Echoes in the Unseen. Two Things that must be Remembered. The Missing Element. The Red Meal: The Housle, or the Sacrament of Bread and Wine. Concerning the use of the Bell. “Killing the Red Meal”. The Witch-Ring: Drawing the Witches’ Compass. The “Going Forth” Declaration. The Spell of the Road. The Spell for the Water and the Four Roads. The Spell for the Fire. River’s Edge Incantations. The Ring of Art Invocation. The Art of Spell-making, Invocation, and Incantations. Invoking and Calling the Old Powers. The Petition Charm. Making objects “Red”. Ash-protection charm. Exorcising the Restless Dead. The Thorn Tree by the Crossroads. The Induction Charm and the Initiation. The Four-Sided Shrine and the Offering Well. The 'Two Trees' working for entering the Spirit World. The Rite of Arriving: Guardianship and the Old Persuasion.
List of Essential Books and Works
Index
About the Author
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