The Llewellyn Complete Book of Psychic Empowerment: A Compendium of Tools & Techniques for Growth & Transformation

760 Pages·2011·9.97 MB·English

by  Carl Llewellyn Weschcke, Joe H. Slate PhD

Lisa Novak
Carl Llewellyn Weschcke is Chairman of Llewellyn Worldwide, Ltd., one of the
oldest and largest publishers of New Age, Metaphysical, Self-Help, and
Spirituality books in the world. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business
Administration (Babson), studied Law (LaSalle Extension University), advanced
academic work toward a doctorate in Philosophy (University of Minnesota), has
a certificate in clinical hypnosis, and honorary recognitions in divinity and
magical philosophy.
He is a lifelong student of a broad range of Metaphysical, Spiritual, and
Psychological subjects, and variously studied with the Rosicrucian Order and the
Society of the Inner Light. After corresponding with Gerald Gardner and several
of his associates in the late 1950s and early 1960s, he became known for holding
the “Weschcke Documents,” including a carbon copy of Gardner’s own Book of
Shadows.
He is a former Wiccan High Priest, and played a leading role in the rise of
Wicca and Neo-Paganism during the 1960s and 1970s. Author Donald Michael
Kraig has referred to him as “the Father of the New Age” because of his early
and aggressive public sponsorship of new understanding of old occult subjects.
In the fall of 1973, Weschcke helped organize the Council of American Witches
and became its chairperson. Weschcke rightfully prides himself on having
drafted “The Thirteen Principles of Belief” Statement, one of the cornerstones of
modern Wicca. This document went on to be incorporated into the US Army’s
handbook for chaplains.
While no longer active in the Craft, he retains ties to the Wiccan and Neo-
Pagan communities through Llewellyn. He was also, for a time, Grandmaster of
Aurum Solis, an international magical order founded in Great Britain in 1897.
He withdrew from the order in 1991, and is not actively affiliated with any group
at the present time.
Still actively associated with Llewellyn, he is devoting more time to studies
and practical research in parapsychology, quantum theory, Kabbalah, self-
hypnosis, psychology, Tantra, Taoism, Tarot, Astrology, Shamanism, Wicca,
Magick, and World Spirituality. He is also actively writing, and has coauthored
three books with Dr. Joe Slate (Psychic Empowerment for Everyone, Self-
Empowerment through Self-Hypnosis, and Self-Empowerment & Your
Subconscious Mind) and a new edition with commentary of The Compete
Magick Curriculum of the Secret Order G.·.B.·.G.·., originally authored by Louis
Culling in 1969. He and Dr. Slate are planning several more coauthored projects.
Warren H. McLemore
Joe H. Slate holds a Ph.D. from the University of Alabama, with post-doctoral
studies at the University of California. Dr. Slate was appointed Professor
Emeritus in 1992, after having served as Professor of Psychology, Head of the
Division of Behavioral Sciences, and Director of Institutional Effectiveness at
Athens State University in Alabama. He is an Honorary Professor at Montevallo
University and former Adjunct Professor at Forest Institute of Professional
Psychology. Dr. Slate is a licensed psychologist and member of the American
Psychological Association. He is listed in the National Register of Health
Service Providers in Psychology and the Prescribing Psychologist’s Register.
As head of Athens State University Psychology Department and Director of
Institutional Effectiveness, he established the University’s parapsychology
research laboratory and introduced experimental parapsychology, biofeedback,
hypnosis, and self-hypnosis into the instructional and research programs. His
research includes projects for the US Army Missile Research and Development
Command, the Parapsychology Foundation of New York, and numerous private
sources. He is founder of the International Parapsychology Research Institute
and Foundation (PRIF) which, in addition to sponsoring research, has endowed a
scholarship program in perpetuity at Athens State University.
His official research topics have included: Rejuvenation, health and fitness,
the human aura, psychotherapy, reincarnation, precognition, retrocognition,
telepathy, clairvoyance, psychokinesis, objectology, numerology, astral
projection, sand reading, crystal gazing, dowsing, dreams, the wrinkled sheet,
table tipping, discarnate interactions, psychic vampires, hypnosis, self-hypnosis,
age regression, past-life regression, the afterlife, preexistence, the peak
experience, natural resources, learning, problem solving, and the subconscious,
to list but a few.
He established the Dr. Joe H. and Rachel Slate Scholarship at the University
of Alabama (Tuscaloosa), and the Dr. Joe H. and Rachel Slate Scholarship for
the Arts at Athens State University. Each scholarship exists in perpetuity and is
awarded annually to students who need financial assistance.
Dr. Slate has appeared on several radio and television shows, including
Strange Universe, the History Channel, and Sightings.
Llewellyn Publications
Woodbury, Minnesota
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Photograph on page 350 by Joe Slate
The Decanates of the Zodiac on page 468 from The New Golden Dawn Ritual
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