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Feasting from the Black Cauldron TEACHINGS FROM A W ITCHES’ CLAN WRITTEN AND COMPILED BY AMARANTHUS Copyright ©2017 Amaranthus. Published by Pendraig Publishing Inc at Smashwords All rights reserved, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior consent of the copyright holder and publisher except brief quotations used in review. This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be resold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. Ifyou’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to your favorite ebook retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of the author. ISBN: 978-1-936922-88-8 Editing by Raven Womack Front Cover image by Artist Maxine Miller Cover Design by Ted Venemann Book Design by Raven Womack Dedication This book is lovingly dedicated to our friend and fellow witch, Lord Shawnus Merlin Belarion, Elder Priest of the Coven of the Catta. Lord Shawnus, AKA Gary Lee Hoke, Passed away on July 1st, 2015. When I first meant Shawnus I was a young man living in Pennsylvania. We became quick friends and often spent week ends at his home talking in his back yard while drinking tea. Lord Shawnus was a compli cated man who tried to lead a simple (and mostly solitary) life. Shawnus was a lifelong student of the Occult and Spiritual- ty. Receiving all three elevations into the Coven of the Catta, a branch of Wicca founded by Sybil Leek. Shawnus was also a member of the O.T.O and an initiated priest of Anubis. In his youth, Shawnus was initiated into Vajrakilaya and Aval- okitesvara, as well as receiving empowerments into Tibetan Bud dhism. Shawnus and the Legacy of the Catta Coven live on in his Books and his Blog. He was a true friend and is greatly missed! Table of Contents -Foreward -Introduction Chapter i Witchery Chapter 2 Blood of the Red Rose Chapter з Anointed Eves Chapter 4 l^nem Serpentes Chapter q Betwixt and Between Chapter 6 Entranced in Manteia Chapter 7 At the Crossroads of Night Chapter 8 Terra Umbrae Chapter Q Familiar Spirits Chapter io Covenant of the Witch Chapter n Implements of the Art Chapter 12 To Sanctify the Tools Chapter n Feasting from the Black Cauldron Chapter 14 Clan Formulary Chapter iq The Romances of Witchcraft -End Notes -Appendix: Magical Terminology -Bibliography -About the Author Foreword Let me begin by saying that writing the forward to a book such as this is no easy task! What words does one use when describing the working of a fellow magister? And while I’m at it, am I even worthy of such a job? Which words will best describe the author himself? Of course, the obvious choices- witch, sorcerer, and magician all come to mind. And yet somehow, they don’t seem to satisfy me on some in stinctual level. I guess I could sing his praises (he would probably like that), but that’s not really my job here. I wasn’t asked to stroke any one's ego or feed the flames of a Geburic illusion. I was asked to write from a place of honesty concerning my opinions and experiences with the author, and so I shall attempt to do just that. It was on a chilly Samhain night in Pennsylvania that I first meet Amaranthus, before either of us knew it, a friendship had sparked be tween us and soon we found ourselves hiking in the mountains, cut ting herbs in the field and enjoying coffee in my sunroom during the long Pennsylvania winters which seem like they will never end some times. As our friendship grew, I realized that Amaranthus has a ten dency to be as controversial as myself, a fact that has undoubtedly contributed to a number of acquaintances and “so called friends” having their fill of us and our nonconformist ways. And yet, we stayed our course, unchanged by the peer pressures of a community that has taken the term “Fluffy Bunny” to a whole new level (yes, you know who you are). Some of the most memorable rituals I have attended in the last decade were held by the author of this book. Our covens would often come together to work the wheel, spin the thread and dance the dance that we call witchcraft. Each and every time we entered the circle together, it seemed as if the rituals would get better and better. Worked to perfection by the author and his students, our celebrations were a masterful blend of old-world craft, both cunning and calculated. Simple yet complex in ways that many rituals will never be, I have been left in awe on sev eral occasions by the intuitive practices and the dedicated structure by which these witches practice their art. In the time of P re-Christianity, the witches of the old world had deep roots filled with a wealth of accumulated knowledge. These witches, hedge-riders, and village folk had a covenant with the spirits that many practitioners today lack. I believe that this book does its job in showing people the wisdom of witchcraft, a belief different from those who practice today's modern Wicca, while staying true its form, the author has given people a glimpse and a taste of what it's like to be in a witch’s clan. Upon reading the manuscript for this work, I im mediately noticed that this book was different than anything I had previously read. With many chapters being dedicated to ancestral work, necromancy and the realm of the dead, the information given within these pages can be used to fill in the holes that other authors often leave. With this being said, the manuscript not only felt new and different but also old and familiar in a sense that it contains things long for gotten, lost upon this era’s New Age mentality that everything occult must be politically correct. Here we find out that witches truly get their hands dirty, practicing what they preach, not merely gathering books to add to their vast collections. In these pages, we learn that witch- craft comes from within. Here you will find chapters on sub jects rarely written about, one of the many reasons that I agreed to write this forward. To those of us with occult integrity, the initiation oath is often times both a warehouse of power as well as a commitment to silence. It is in that silence that the secrets of the craft are revealed to those who are ready to receive them. It is my belief that Amaranthus has bal anced the work in this book, as well as any witch under the oath of secrecy, could hope to do. Here wefnd work that is deeply rooted in Malkuth yet dares to gaze upon the sphere of Yesod. And it is my hope that this work will find its beauty in Tiphareth. -Lord Shawnus Merlin Belarion, yd* Elder, Coven of the Catta Introduction
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