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This beautifully written book will show seekers of the magical arts how to reclaim the old traditions of our pagan ancestors, which, as this book will show, were heavily rooted in shamanism. Kenneth Johnson takes the reader on a journey far into the past where these shamanistic practices of medieval and Renaissance European people can be explored while simultaneously teaching the working witch how to incorporate these older traditions into their own magical practice. Included in this book are explorations of the mystical otherworld, instructions on how to discover one's Tree of Power, methods of entering the World Mountain to gain wisdom, an in-depth overview of folkloric initiatory practices, the folklore of the Wild Hunt, and much more.

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In Witchcraft & the Shamanic Journey, Johnson leads us around the world showing us the overlapping world view of the shaman and the importance of spiritual initiation into the calling, as well as the various ways the calling presents itself in different cultures and religious beliefs while remaining respectful to each. Johnson leads us through a cavern of self-discovery, brining the modern day reader to an utmost important task: caring for the world and those who inhabit it, whether living or dead. - Jake Richards, author of Doctoring the Devil and Backwoods Witchcraft This is one of the most important books on witchcraft to come out of the last century. Oft overlooked in its first publishing, being so ahead of its time, it is a genuine delight to see this new and updated edition which covers so much necessary groundwork. -Ian Chambers, author of The Witch Compass

In Witchcraft & the Shamanic Journey, Johnson leads us around the world showing us the overlapping world view of the shaman and the importance of spiritual initiation into the calling, as well as the various ways the calling presents itself in different cultures and religious beliefs while remaining respectful to each. Johnson leads us through a cavern of self-discovery, brining the modern day reader to an utmost important task: caring for the world and those who inhabit it, whether living or dead. - Jake Richards, author of Doctoring the Devil and Backwoods Witchcraft This is one of the most important books on witchcraft to come out of the last century. Oft overlooked in its first publishing, being so ahead of its time, it is a genuine delight to see this new and updated edition which covers so much necessary groundwork. -Ian Chambers, author of The Witch Compass

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"Kenneth Johnson was quite literally born and raised in ""Surf City USA""-he grew up in south California during the 1960s. He obtained his B.A. in comparative religions at California State University Fullerton and his M.A. in Eastern Studies at St. John's College in Santa Fe, NM. For some years a staff writer for The Mountain Astrologer, Kenneth also participated in Project Hindsight, a colloquium of astrological scholars dedicated to restoring and interpreting the earliest known texts on horoscopic astrology. Kenneth has published many books. His best-known works are Mythic Astrology (coauthored with Arielle Guttman), a vast reference work on the archetypal symbolism which lies behind all the planets and signs used in astrology (and still in print after twenty-nine years), as well as Jaguar Wisdom: An Introduction to the Mayan Calendar-carried through Latin America by gringo travelers for many years, right next to their Lonely Planet guidebooks. His works have been translated into German, Portuguese, Japanese, Czech, Russian, and Bulgarian. An inveterate world traveler, Kenneth is currently ensconced in a remote Mayan town in the mountains of Guatemala where, after ten years of study, he was initiated into the indigenous Mayan priesthood as an aj q'ij (keeper of days) in November of 2017. Of all his works, this Kenneth's personal favorite, variously titled North Star Road and Witchcraft and the Shamanic Journey, examines survivals of ancient European shamanism which are to be found in the courtroom records of the European witch trials. For the new edition to be published by Crossed Crow Books, he has added a series of spiritual exercises gleaned from his studies with shamans in Russia who still operate in accordance with the ancient pre-Christian paradigms."

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