City Magick
by Penczak, ChristopherFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-06-01
Publisher(s): Weiser
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Summary
Penczak tells us we can learn to embrace the heart of the surrounding world using the tools right in front of us. Included in this book are: an outline of the basics of magic as relevant to city surroundings; a discussion of the potential for magic in everyday places; how to read the writing on the walls (graffiti); creating and maintaining a personal temple, an intruduction to metropolitan spirits; how to find spirit guides and animal totems within the city.
Table of Contents
| List of Figures | p. X |
| List of Exercises | p. XI |
| Introduction | p. XIII |
| Welcome to the Concrete Jungle | p. 1 |
| The Three Rs | p. 12 |
| Reality | p. 12 |
| Rapture | p. 16 |
| Ritual | p. 35 |
| Metropolitan Spirits | p. 44 |
| City Totems | p. 45 |
| Journeying | p. 57 |
| Summoning and Banishing Spirits | p. 59 |
| Mechanical Spirits | p. 62 |
| Devas of the City and City Nature Spirits | p. 66 |
| Electric Gods | p. 68 |
| Meeting the Makers | p. 75 |
| The Visible City | p. 78 |
| The Sky City | p. 85 |
| The Hidden City | p. 89 |
| Helping Spirits | p. 94 |
| Further Shamanic Journey | p. 96 |
| Urban Magick | p. 98 |
| The Elements | p. 99 |
| The Elements in the City | p. 101 |
| Altars and Shrines | p. 107 |
| Office Altars | p. 116 |
| Ritual Tools | p. 118 |
| Consecration and Spirit Food | p. 120 |
| Tools of the Trade | p. 123 |
| Designing Your Own Rituals | p. 124 |
| Home Tools | p. 128 |
| Magical Formulas | p. 139 |
| Office Tools | p. 144 |
| Office Spells | p. 146 |
| Techno-Shamanic Tools | p. 149 |
| City Plants | p. 152 |
| City Stones | p. 159 |
| Creating Your Own Spells | p. 169 |
| The Language of the Streets | p. 170 |
| Magick Words | p. 170 |
| Sigils | p. 174 |
| 20th-Century Runes | p. 190 |
| Modern Symbols | p. 192 |
| Crafting Runes | p. 205 |
| Divination | p. 207 |
| Talismans | p. 213 |
| As the World Turns | p. 215 |
| Samhain | p. 217 |
| Yule | p. 219 |
| Imbolc | p. 221 |
| Ostara | p. 222 |
| Beltane | p. 224 |
| Midsummer | p. 225 |
| Lammas | p. 227 |
| Mabon | p. 229 |
| The New Urban Temples | p. 231 |
| Homes and Offices | p. 232 |
| Nightclubs | p. 233 |
| Invocation | p. 236 |
| Face Painting, Glamours, and Riding | p. 236 |
| Magical Sacrament | p. 242 |
| Dance | p. 244 |
| Museums and Historic Sites | p. 247 |
| Techno-Temples | p. 250 |
| Walking the Web | p. 254 |
| Creating the Cyber Temple | p. 263 |
| The Future of Cyber Magick | p. 271 |
| Our Town | p. 273 |
| Surveying the Cities | p. 281 |
| Sacred Pilgrimages | p. 293 |
| Suburbs, Towns, and the Boonies | p. 294 |
| Futurama | p. 295 |
| Bibliography | p. 300 |
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