THE BODY OF LIGHT
The spark of life, container of consciousness, body of light . . . these are all phrases describing the eternal soul. According to Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki, there is a way to create and use a similar, yet temporary, body of light that holds consciousness-what philosophers call a "pearl of great price."
Differing from etheric, auric, and astral bodies, the body of light can be used for various kinds of magical work. This book offers many methods for building a light body and using it in ritual, visionary work, pathworking, astral projection, and shapeshifting. There are practical techniques for using the body of light in color magic, to contact an incorporeal inner planes teacher, and to attune with the divine. Ashcroft-Nowicki also discusses the history of light beings, their evidence in the bible, and their impact on literature, art, and poetry.
FIRST STEPS IN RITUAL
Magical Techniques for Experiencing the Inner Worlds
There are many books on the practice of ritual magic, but none combine authority, imagination and practicality in the way that First Steps does.
Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki, one of the best-known and most repsected contemporary British occultists, has compiled a stimulating and exciting collection of rituals culled from a variety of traditions, including Qabalistic, Egyptian, Orphic and Celtic...Each is carefully set in context and described in detail, enabling those new to occult practices to experience interior realities with confidence and in complete safety.
ILLUMINATIONS
Heal Your Spirit with the Wisdom and Magic of the Qabalah For anyone who has ever experienced feelings of hopelessness and spiritual desolation, Illuminations offers a path to the restoration of faith. Renowned author and mystic Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki shares a mystical healing process she discovered during her own dark night of the soul. Hers is a unique system of performing magic and meditations with some of the most potent sacred symbols ever created-the twenty-two letters of the ancient Hebrew alphabet, the Aleph-Beth.
Primal, powerful, and highly spiritual, each letter of the Aleph-Beth is the living energy pattern of a Being of grace and power. Attuning to their respective energies through meditation, prayer, and ritual helps alleviate spiritual suffering and achieve breakthroughs in self-awareness.
Straightforward and in-depth instruction for exploring the healing powers of each of the twenty-two letters is given, including poetry; a prayer; a detailed summary of the letter; meditations; pathworking; a psalm of praise, petition, or thanksgiving; and a ritual. You can draw upon the strength, wisdom, and creative power of an infinitely compassionate source when you heal your spirit with the wisdom and magic of Qabalah.
THE SACRED CORD MEDITATIONS
For years, copies of Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki’s Sacred Cord Meditations have been eagerly sought after by experienced mystics and magicians. Demand has run so high that second-hand copies of the original edition have been changing hands for $100…£200… and more.
The reason? The arcane knowledge contained in this remarkable book was handed down to Dolores by her personal mentor in the mystic arts, the magician known as Chieron. And the techniques he gave her were actually designed to power a student’s personal evolution towards the goal of complete transformation.
Dolores took Chieron’s basic information, synthesised it into a course, and presented it to a broad student base for the first time ever almost a generation ago.
AND NOW THIS INCREDIBLE SYSTEM IS AGAIN AVAILABLE. IN A SINGLE, LOW-COST VOLUME.
You can share the arcane secrets of the Sacred Cord — nothing hidden, nothing held back, the complete, unabridged text of the original — by ordering your copy today from: Thoth Publication
THE SHINING PATHS
Pathworking is the occult term for a specific kind of visualisation exercise in which the mind-self is projected into a series of situations and landscapes that can be viewed on a mental screen, or, once the mind has been trained, experienced as a participant with full sensory perception.
"This is a very important book for a number or reasons, but most of all for its practical teaching, which opens more doors than the individual has any right to expect in one lifetime."
~John Matthews
THE RITUAL MAGIC WORKBOOK
The Ritual Magic Workbook is the perfect resource for those who feel compelled to find answers about magic, but don't have a group or tutor to which to turn for instruction. Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki helps you unravel what it means to practice magic. Her firm voice inspires you to look into yourself and judge your own motives. Do you want to practice magic because of the flashy effects in movies, or do you feel a deeper need to explore the mysteries of the occult? The Ritual Magic Workbook is broken into 12 monthly chapters, progressing from personal preparation to laying the foundation for your own temple, and on to the beginnings of simple ritual magic such as divination and healing. Read The Ritual Magic Workbook and you will know if the path of high magic is for you.
"Anyone working with this book can confidently expect to attain a high degree of proficiency and knowledge concerning the working of ritual magic."
~The Unknown
THE INITIATE'S BOOK OF PATHWORKINGS
with Tamara Ashcroft-Nowicki
These pathworking take you through ancient civilisations Egypt, Greece, Celtia, and Alexandria and even into the new millennium. You'll find your way into the mystical realms of the Tree of Life, the Angelic, and Elemental worlds, or explore shamanic workings, the Craft, and the Fairy Faith. From each pathworking you will gain new insight into timeless truths, and the wide variety of pathworkings in this book will help you find a path that works best for you. You can also refer to a working that is appropriate for the specific life situation in which you find yourself. Soon you'll be able to project your consciousness into astral scenery of your own making to find solution to your personal challenges or to open up new opportunities in your life. If you can visualise it, you can make it happen!
THE TREE OF ECSTASY
An Advanced Manual of Sex Magic
A complete set of rituals with sex as a central theme. Written with care, humor and love, Ashcroft-Nowicki teaches readers why sex and religion are inextricably linked, how men and women can rejuvenate their sexual power, and how sexual energies can be used for self-healing.
INNER LANDSCAPES
Inner Landscapes outlines a series of guided meditational journeys, each using a Major Arcana Trump card from the beautiful Servants of the Light Tarot, and all linked by the central location of a stone circle which is reached by pathworking. After an introduction to the techniques and benefits of pathworking, the book guides the reader, chapter by chapter, card by card, into an integrated experience of the whole Major Arcana and a greater understanding of the Tarot. As each journey is completed, a figure from the Trump card takes form, so that by the end all the figures from the cards have materialized and the meaning of the cycle becomes clear. Ultimately, these pathworkings can be adopted as a yearly or two-yearly discipline, bringing deepened insights as each cycle is complete.
THE NEW BOOK OF THE DEAD
The Tibetan Book of the Dead and the Egyptian Book of the Dead have fascinated and inspired generations of Westerners looking for sense and significance in the mysteries of life and death. these ancient scriptures laid out elaborate rituals and explanations of death, often exotic, but sometimes alien to our own experience. The New Book of the Dead is a modern version of this ancient wisdom, written specifically for Westerners. It is a detailed, fully illustrated guide for dealing with death and bereavement in all its forms: natural and violent, children and old people. It describes ties of preparation - such as the ritual cutting of the silver cord, and the blessing and license to depart, saying good-bye and letting go of the physical realm. It gives instructions for the preparation of the body, funeral and death ceremonies in various traditions, and rites for the modern priests of Anubis. Altogether, it is full of both practical guidance and esoteric insight. This is not a book of sorrow and foreboding, but teaches us how to accept and even welcome death, as a great teacher, the last great mystery and culminating experience of life.
DAUGHTERS OF EVE
As the seasons change and the year runs through its eternal cycle from spring to winter, birth to death, so too do we follow the cycle of life. As we pass through each transitional stage - our own changing seasons - Dolores eases our passage from Childhood to Cronehood with her own versions of the ancient rites of womanhood, adapted specifically for our modern age. With the compassion and understanding of a true Wise Woman, the author guides us through the maze of life from the mysteries of first menstruation and menopause to the trauma of rape and severing painful emotional ties. These rituals, pathworkings and meditations are for every Daughter of Eve whatever her age, so that she may have the chance to rediscover her true self and be reunited finally with the Great Mother in the womb of the Goddess
HIGHWAYS OF THE MIND
Tracing from the earliest cave paintings, through the Egyptian Book of the Dead, the Bardic tradition and the story-tellers of Ireland, [Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki] shows pathworkings to be part of a much greater structure in the make-up of man, pertaining to his hopes and dreams and his abiity to make those dreams come true. Used with purpose and by trained minds, the pathworking becomes a series of controlled thought patterns -- and thought is the basis of creation.
"How lucky modern students are to have such books as these at their elbow."
~Quest
Books Edited by Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki
THE FORGOTTEN MAGE
The Magical Lectures of Colonel C.R.F. Seymour
by C.R.F. Seymour and Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki
PRACTICAL MAGIC AND THE WESTERN MYSTERY TRADITION
by W. E. Butler and Compiled and edited by Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki
A devoted friend and colleague of the celebrated occultist Dion Fortune, W.E. Butler was among those who helped build the Society of the Inner Light into the foremost Mystery School of its day, He then went on to found his own school, the Servants of the Light, which still continues under the guidance of Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki, herself an occultist and author of note and the editor of this volume. Practical Magic and the Western Tradition is a collection of previously unpublished articles, training papers and lectures covering many aspects of practical magic in the context of western occultism that show W.E.Butler not only as a leading figure in the magical tradition of the West, but also as one of its greatest teachers. Subjects covered include: What makes an occultist; Ritual training; Inner Plane contacts; Telesmatic images; Words of power.
APPRENTICED TO MAGIC & MAGIC OF THE QABALAH
William E. Butler, W. E. Butler, Dolores Ashcroft Nowicki (Introduction)