Overview

This powerhouse of a book examines the experience of empathy from every imaginable angle, taking the reader on a philosophical and experiential journey of what it means to be empathic. Specifically written with the magickal or mystical practitioner in mind, the book introduces techniques, practices, and philosophies designed for empaths to get the most out of life's journey, including: How to function in society as an empath Psychic gifts related to empathy Rituals, meditations, spells, and spiritual exercises Stones, herbs, tools, plants, and deities for empaths Grounding, shielding, and protection techniques How to create personal boundaries and routines How to work with stress, anxiety, and depression Empathy in history, science, and metaphysics Emotional contagion and mirror neurons Absorptive versus projective empathy Ways to empower yourself as an empath Whether you experience empathy on a regular basis or simply want to know more about this fascinating topic, Esoteric Empathy provides much-needed answers about the emotional abilities that are ushering our species into a new phase of conscious evolution. Praise: ""I admire Raven Digitalis. . . . His books are well written and reflect long observation and reflection on any particular subject. Esoteric Empathy is no exception. It promises to become the classic work on empathy. . . . A very worthwhile volume.""—Raymond Buckland, author of Buckland's Complete Book of Witchcraft and Buckland's Book of Spirit Communications

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Author:   Raven Digitalis
Publisher:   Llewellyn Publications,U.S.
Imprint:   Llewellyn Publications,U.S.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.30cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.499kg
ISBN:  

9780738749174

ISBN 10:   0738749176
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   08 December 2016
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents List of Figures xv Dedication xvii Acknowledgments xxi Opening Text xxiv CHAPTER I: Understanding Empathy 1 EMPATHIC ANECDOTE: An Emotional Revelation 2 IN PRACTICE : A Checklist to Discern Your Empathic Abilities 13 IN PRACTICE: A Checklist for Empathetic Balance 25 IN PRACTICE: Experiencing and Healing Residual Emotional Energy 34 IN PRACTICE: Appearance Modification: An Empathetic Experiment 45 IN PRACTICE: Studying Empathy in Mass Communication 49 EMPATHIC CONTEMPLATION: The ASMR Phenomenon 51 CHAPTER MEDITATION: Observing Empathy at Large 53 CHAPTER II: The Metaphysics of Empathy 57 EMPATHIC ANECDOTE: LSD and the Empath's Spiral Nature 58 IN PRACTICE: An Uncrossing and Cleansing Spell for Empaths 66 IN PRACTICE: Find Your Metaphysical Elemental Alignment 78 IN PRACTICE: Exploring Empathic Energy with a Partner 86 EMPATHIC CONTEMPLATION: Types of Empaths 87 CHAPTER MEDITATION: A Yesod Pathworking for Empathic Wisdom 89 CHAPTER III: Balancing the Self 95 EMPATHIC ANECDOTE: Dangers of Muting the Ability 96 IN PRACTICE: Mudras for Increasing Energy 106 IN PRACTICE: Empathizing with Contrasting Stimuli 127 EMPATHIC CONTEMPLATION: Cultivating Dietary Empathy for Your Pets 129 CHAPTER MEDITATION: Spiritual Realignment with Adam Kadmon 131 CHAPTER IV: Grounding, Shielding & Energy Management 137 EMPATHIC ANECDOTE: Fantasy Magick: Disillusionment and Discretion 138 IN PRACTICE: Geometric Protection Shields 147 IN PRACTICE: Ritual Grounding and Elemental Realignment 157 IN PRACTICE: Become the Observer 166 EMPATHIC CONTEMPLATION: The Dangers of Personality Absorption 168 CHAPTER MEDITATION: Cord Cutting for Empathic Realignment 170 CHAPTER V: Approaching the Mundane World 173 EMPATHIC ANECDOTE: Absorption and Lightwork 174 IN PRACTICE: Operation Empathy: Random Magickal Acts 185 IN PRACTICE: An Empathic Elixir Spell for Emotional Relief 205 EMPATHIC CONTEMPLATION: Empathy to a Fault 206 CHAPTER MEDITATION: A Deep-Cleansing Ritual Bath 208 CHAPTER VI: Empathy & Magickal Work 213 EMPATHIC ANECDOTE: Empathizing and Transmuting Painful Frequencies 214 IN PRACTICE: An Amber and Jet Sachet Spell to Establish Energetic Boundaries 240 IN PRACTICE: Empathic Deity Alignment 271 EMPATHIC CONTEMPLATION: Drugs and Mind-Altering Substances 274 CHAPTER MEDITATION: Alchemizing Wounds with Baphomet 277 CHAPTER VII: Empathic Healing & Social Service 285 EMPATHIC ANECDOTE: A Case of Mutual Pathfinding 286 IN PRACTICE: Preparing for Healing, Divinatory, or Therapeutic Work 299 IN PRACTICE: Working with Difficult Clientele 311 IN PRACTICE: Magickal Postcards for Change 318 EMPATHIC CONTEMPLATION: Empathic Parenting 320 CHAPTER MEDITATION: A Compassion Meditation to Spread Empathy 322 In Conclusion 327 Closing Text 330 About Opus Aima Obscuræ 333 Bibliography 335 Index 343

Reviews

Praise: Going straight to the heart of the mystery of love, divine and human, this is a work from one of the most truly original thinkers of our time. --Lon Milo DuQuette, author of Low Magick and Homemade Magick I admire Raven Digitalis...His books are well written and reflect long observation and reflection on any particular subject. Esoteric Empathy is no exception. It promises to become the classic work on empathy...A very worthwhile volume. --Raymond Buckland, author of Buckland's Complete Book of Witchcraft and Buckland's Book of Spirit Communications This book is a must for anyone who finds themselves confused by their sensitivity to others but cannot find answers...Esoteric Empathy makes this journey unique and insightful. --Janet Farrar and Gavin Bone, authors of A Witches' Bible and Progressive Witchcraft Bravo, Raven, for Esoteric Empathy! It should be on the bookshelf and on the required reading list of every occultist, witch, shaman, healer, magic- and spirit-worker, as well as anyone else I missed, who engages and is engaged by the subtle levels of human and non-human experience. (Oh goodness, that's every human alive isn't it?)...Through magical empathy, our consciousness can merge and mingle with the light, life, and love-force that connect us all. --Orion Foxwood, author of The Faery Teachings and The Candle & the Crossroads Meaning in the world arises from the heart. In times as challenging as these, the work of mending the world is best understood by those who feel deeply. Those sensitive souls who feel the beat of other hearts as if they were their own are a treasure of equal parts strength and tenderness. Esoteric Empathy is a book that can be a sanctuary and a training ground for those spiritual people who want to embrace their gift of empathy. --Ivo Dominguez Jr., author of Spirit Speak and Practical Astrology for Witches & Pagans Raven Digitalis gives us a comprehensive and clear-eyed look at what it means to be an empath, with great ideas for turning what can be a challenge into an advantage. This book is a must-read for any empath. I wish it had been around when I was in my teens and twenties! --Deborah Blake, author of Everyday Witchcraft and the Baba Yaga novels Digitalis, a Freemason and neopagan Priest, consolidates lessons on the powers of empathy to improve oneself and help others in this balanced handbook for fellow empaths--those who 'experience others' emotions as if they were their own.' --Publishers Weekly

Praise: Going straight to the heart of the mystery of love, divine and human, this is a work from one of the most truly original thinkers of our time.--Lon Milo DuQuette, author of Low Magick and Homemade Magick I admire Raven Digitalis...His books are well written and reflect long observation and reflection on any particular subject. Esoteric Empathy is no exception. It promises to become the classic work on empathy...A very worthwhile volume.--Raymond Buckland, author of Buckland's Complete Book of Witchcraft and Buckland's Book of Spirit Communications This book is a must for anyone who finds themselves confused by their sensitivity to others but cannot find answers...Esoteric Empathy makes this journey unique and insightful.--Janet Farrar and Gavin Bone, authors of A Witches' Bible and Progressive Witchcraft Bravo, Raven, for Esoteric Empathy! It should be on the bookshelf and on the required reading list of every occultist, witch, shaman, healer, magic- and spirit-worker, as well as anyone else I missed, who engages and is engaged by the subtle levels of human and non-human experience. (Oh goodness, that's every human alive isn't it?)...Through magical empathy, our consciousness can merge and mingle with the light, life, and love-force that connect us all.--Orion Foxwood, author of The Faery Teachings and The Candle & the Crossroads Meaning in the world arises from the heart. In times as challenging as these, the work of mending the world is best understood by those who feel deeply. Those sensitive souls who feel the beat of other hearts as if they were their own are a treasure of equal parts strength and tenderness. Esoteric Empathy is a book that can be a sanctuary and a training ground for those spiritual people who want to embrace their gift of empathy.--Ivo Dominguez Jr., author of Spirit Speak and Practical Astrology for Witches & Pagans Raven Digitalis gives us a comprehensive and clear-eyed look at what it means to be an empath, with great ideas for turning what can be a challenge into an advantage. This book is a must-read for any empath. I wish it had been around when I was in my teens and twenties!--Deborah Blake, author of Everyday Witchcraft and the Baba Yaga novels Digitalis, a Freemason and neopagan Priest, consolidates lessons on the powers of empathy to improve oneself and help others in this balanced handbook for fellow empaths--those who 'experience others' emotions as if they were their own.'--Publishers Weekly

Praise: Going straight to the heart of the mystery of love, divine and human, this is a work from one of the most truly original thinkers of our time. --Lon Milo DuQuette, author of Low Magick and Homemade Magick I admire Raven Digitalis. . . . His books are well written and reflect long observation and reflection on any particular subject. Esoteric Empathy is no exception. It promises to become the classic work on empathy. . . . A very worthwhile volume. --Raymond Buckland, author of Buckland's Complete Book of Witchcraft and Buckland's Book of Spirit Communications This book is a must for anyone who finds themselves confused by their sensitivity to others but cannot find answers. . . . Esoteric Empathy makes this journey unique and insightful. --Janet Farrar and Gavin Bone, authors of A Witches' Bible and Progressive Witchcraft Bravo, Raven, for Esoteric Empathy! It should be on the bookshelf and on the required reading list of every occultist, witch, shaman, healer, magic- and spirit-worker, as well as anyone else I missed, who engages and is engaged by the subtle levels of human and non-human experience. (Oh goodness, that's every human alive isn't it?) . . . Through magical empathy, our consciousness can merge and mingle with the light, life, and love-force that connect us all. --Orion Foxwood, author of The Faery Teachings and The Candle & the Crossroads Meaning in the world arises from the heart. In times as challenging as these, the work of mending the world is best understood by those who feel deeply. Those sensitive souls who feel the beat of other hearts as if they were their own are a treasure of equal parts strength and tenderness. Esoteric Empathy is a book that can be a sanctuary and a training ground for those spiritual people who want to embrace their gift of empathy. --Ivo Dominguez Jr., author of Spirit Speak and Practical Astrology for Witches & Pagans Raven Digitalis gives us a comprehensive and clear-eyed look at what it means to be an empath, with great ideas for turning what can be a challenge into an advantage. This book is a must-read for any empath. I wish it had been around when I was in my teens and twenties! --Deborah Blake, author of Everyday Witchcraft and the Baba Yaga novels Digitalis, a Freemason and neopagan Priest, consolidates lessons on the powers of empathy to improve oneself and help others in this balanced handbook for fellow empaths--those who 'experience others' emotions as if they were their own.' --Publishers Weekly

Author Information

Raven Digitalis (USA) is an award-winning author best known for his ""empath's trilogy,"" consisting of The Empath's Oracle, Esoteric Empathy, and The Everyday Empath, as well as the ""shadow trilogy"" of A Gothic Witch's Oracle, A Witch's Shadow Magick Compendium, and Goth Craft. Originally trained in Georgian Witchcraft, Raven has been an earth-based practitioner since 1999, a Priest since 2003, a Freemason since 2012, and an empath all of his life. He holds a degree in cultural anthropology from the University of Montana, jointly operated a nonprofit Pagan temple for sixteen years, and is also a professional Tarot reader, editor, card-carrying magician, and animal rights advocate.

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