Nigel Pennick

The Spiritual Power of Masks explores ancient mask customs, rituals, and traditions throughout Europe, from Scandinavia and England to Germany and France to Greece and Rome. It reveals how mask rituals are akin to shamanic journeying and allow the mask wearer to personify an ancestral presence, spirit, deity, or power. Examining animal guising, the book shows how mask customs are...

A guide to the ancient wisdom of the Ogham and Coelbren symbols as well as Celtic tree lore Provides a full explanation for each character of the Celtic tree alphabets and their historic variants, including each symbol’s corresponding trees, colours, birds, cryptic codes, and esoteric inner meanings. Explores the use of Celtic tree alphabets in spiritual invocation, divination, and symbolic...

Learn how to use the principles and practices of natural magic for personal development and spiritual empowerment. Elemental Magic offers detailed descriptions of the magical properties of minerals, animals, plants, and the earth’s cycles and explains how to use them in your own practice. It explores the magical laws of nature and how to guide your inner energy to work...

Fortuna traces the history of good fortune traditions from sacred divination to modern gambling. Reveals how dice were originally considered sacred objects of divination and details the techniques and meanings of a dice oracle. Looks at medieval grimoires for fortune-telling and other divination traditions, including those using cowrie shells, bones, coins, cards, sticks, and stones. Examines how dice became a...

Runes and Astrology explores how runes relate to the cycles of time. Nigel Pennick details the significance of natural time cycles in the Northern Tradition by examining how the stars, planets, seasons, months, and the precessional year relate to the runes. The author explains how the runes are more than just an ancient European alphabet. They encapsulate particular spiritual and...

A practical guide to the Anglo-Saxon Futhark and how runes were used in Old England. Runic Lore and Legend examines the 33 Northumbrian runes of the Anglo-Saxon Futhark, providing the meanings, historical uses, symbolism, and related tree and plant spirits for each. It explores geomancy divination practices, the role of sacred numbers, and the power of the eight airts, or...

Pagan Magic of the Northern Tradition is a practical guide to the magical history, customs, and practices of pre-Christian Northern Europe. It details the everyday magic of the Northern Tradition, including household magic, protection spells, and the significance of the days of the week. This book explores direct natural magic, such as shapeshifting and soul travel, and talismanic or sigil...

Learn to cultivate a traditional, beneficial relationship with the land by embracing the forgotten practices of our ancestors. Magic in the Landscape details the ancient art of geomancy and Earth magic, including how to work with ley lines, astrology, and the four directions to honour a space and make it a place of power. It explores the magic of the...

A guide to the history and practice of traditional European nature-based spirituality• Examines the Eight Directions and the powers of their Winds, the Tides of the Day, and the eightfold year of modern Pagan practice• Explores geomancy practices, how to work with spirits of place, and the power of mountains, rivers, caves, standing stones, and crossroads• Shares spiritual exercises, including...

A comprehensive account of the rich folk culture preserved in the rural secret societies of the British Isles. Witchcraft and Secret Societies of Rural England describes the secret rites, ceremonies, and initiation rituals of guilds and rural fraternities such as the Shoemakers, Horsemen, Toadmen, Mummers, and Bonesmen. It explains their use of masks, black face, and other disguises to avoid...

Secret Wisdom of the Goth Oracle by Nigel Pennick delves into the use of the Gothic alphabet for runic divination. Using the Gothic alphabet for runic divination This book examines the divinatory meanings of the 25 Gothic staves and how they correspond with the 24 runes of the Norse Futhark. It provides a series of rune spreads and several divination...

Magia elemental by Nigel Pennick offers a comprehensive guide on how to use the principles and practices of natural magic for personal development and spiritual empowerment. Learn detailed descriptions of the magical properties of minerals, animals, plants, and the Earth's cycles, and how you can use them in your personal practice. Explore the magical laws of nature and discover how...

Creating Places of Power is an exploration of the traditional rites of auspicious building and crafting. It explains the ceremonial beginnings and Hermetic principles in laying out foundations not only for sacred buildings like temples but also for homes and barns. The book examines the principles and ceremonies of electional astrology and details how to compute natural time, as opposed...

The Ancestral Power of Amulets, Talismans, and Mascots is an illustrated exploration of the origins and history of amulets, lucky charms, talismans, and mascots. It looks at the age-old spiritual principles, folklore, and esoteric traditions behind the creation of magical objects. This includes the use of numbers, colours, sigils, geometric emblems, knots, crosses, pentagrams, and other symbols. The book explores...

In this practical guide, Nigel Pennick takes the reader on a journey through the practice of operative witchcraft in the British Isles from the Middle Ages and the Elizabethan era to the decriminalisation of witchcraft in the 1950s and its practice today. Highlighting uniquely English traditions, Pennick explores fetches and witch’s familiars, animal magic, and the forms of witchcraft practised...