Contents Dedication and Acknowledgments xv Foreword xvii Introduction 1 Part One: Introduction 5 Chapter One: Mysteries, Gnosis, and Power 7 The Lonely Road 9 Witchcraft and Personal Gnosis 9 Egregores and the Ghosts of Religion Past 10 The Warlocking 22 Rewrite the Script 24 Soul Retrieval 26 Witch Power Unchained 29 Chapter Two: Deepening the Witch Power 31 The Essential Practices of an Advanced Witch 32 Z Energy and the Nine Flames 39 Raising Energy 43 Don't Rely on Whimsy 47 Prioritizing What Matters 47 Building a Stronger Path 49 Chapter Three: The Mysteries of Orientation 53 The Secret of Directionality 55 The Mysteries of the Genius Loci 62 The Secret Mysteries of Now 68 Chapter Four: The Eye and the Dream 73 The Witch's Eye 75 The Witch's Dream 78 Your Mental State 81 Who Your Allies Really Are 82 The Mundane Trappings of Living the Dream 83 Waypoints and Relics 86 Symbols and Power 87 Creating Sigils 89 Chapter Five: Programming the Dream and Awakening Gnosis 93 Symbolism in the Witch's Dream and the Common Code 95 Plants and Fungi 95 Animals, Insects, and Cryptids 98 Metals, Minerals, and Gemstones 103 Places 107 Events 110 The Body 114 Tools, Technology, and Transportation 115 When Symbols Aren't Symbols at All 118 Degrees of Dream 119 Chapter Six: Protocols of Quintessence 123 Preparation 125 Ingress 127 Congress 131 Egress 132 What to Look For As You Weave 134 Chapter Seven: Activating Quintessence 137 Condensing Crystal Quintessence 141 Condensing Herbal Quintessence 143 Condensing Divine Quintessence 145 The Simulacrum of the Witch Queen 147 The Simulacrum of the Witch King 152 Chapter Eight: The Tools of Quintessence 159 Clearing Intention 162 Consecrating Tools 162 The Lesser Rites of Consecration 164 The Athame 165 The Boline 167 The Wand 168 The Broom or Besom 170 The Stang and the Staff 172 The Cauldron 174 The Chalice 176 The Altar Paten 178 Chapter Nine: Lucid Dreaming and the Witch's Sabbat 181 The Witch's Sabbat 184 Traveling to Sabbat 185 Dreamwork and the Witch's Sabbat 186 Dreamworking 187 The Witch's Dream and Preparing for the Lucid Dream 189 Lucid Dreaming in Five Easy Steps 192 Flying to the Witch's Sabbat 194 Conclusion 203 Part Two: Exploring the Guardians of Creation 205 Chapter Ten: A Pyramid of Light and a Labyrinth of Darkness 209 Mapping the Labyrinth 210 The Tetrahedron and the Merkaba 211 The Medicine of the Grigori 212 The Rituals 218 The Opening Ritual 219 Chapter Eleven: Oronos and the Well of Space 233 Numinosity and Space 235 Shifting Through Space (Remote Viewing) 237 Oronos 239 Chapter Twelve: Aeon and the Dawn of Time 243 Numinosity and Time 245 Stepping Into the Future 249 Aeon 250 Chapter Thirteen: Proto and the Heart of the Matter 255 Numinosity and Matter 257 Materia Magica 261 Proto 262 Chapter Fourteen: Zoann and the Spheres of Energy 267 Numinosity and Energy 268 Conductivity 271 Spheres of Manifestation 273 Zoann 274 Chapter Fifteen: The Quintessential Ingredient 279 Quetra 281 The Rites of Quetra, or the Initiations of the Cosmic Grigori 282 Chapter Sixteen: The Closing Ritual 291 Closing Ritual: Activating the Merkaba of Creation 292 Completion 296 Conclusion 297 Appendix: Sigils for the Witch's Dream 301 Bibliography and Recommended Reading 305 Index 309.