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Out of the Shadows: An Exploration of Dark Paganism and Magick »
Authors: John J. Coughlin
ISBN-13: 9781403350589, ISBN-10: 1403350582
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Authorhouse
Date Published: October 2002
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: John J. Coughlin
Book Synopsis
Table of Contents
| Introduction | 1 | |
| Part I | Darkness | |
| Dark Paganism | 7 | |
| A Need for Balance | 10 | |
| In Defense of Lightside Paganism | 11 | |
| Darksiders | 15 | |
| The Gothic Subculture | 16 | |
| The Vampiric Subcultures | 21 | |
| BDSM Subculture | 30 | |
| Commonalities among Darksiders | 32 | |
| "Lost Souls" | 33 | |
| Darkside Survival Guide | 35 | |
| Understanding Darkness | 39 | |
| Aspects of Darkness | 40 | |
| Imagery and Archetypes | 44 | |
| The Night | 55 | |
| Evil | 58 | |
| The Shadow | 61 | |
| A Brief Background | 62 | |
| What is the Shadow? | 63 | |
| The Power of the Shadow | 64 | |
| Collective Shadow | 66 | |
| Confronting the Shadow | 69 | |
| Individuation: Becoming Whole | 78 | |
| Taking It Too Far | 81 | |
| On "Demons" and "Evil Spirits" | 83 | |
| Protecting Ourselves | 86 | |
| The Enemy Within | 88 | |
| Power and Darkness | 91 | |
| Ethics and the Three-Fold Law | 95 | |
| Dualism and Polarity | 99 | |
| Gender vs. Polarity | 102 | |
| Blood, Pain, and Sacrifice | 105 | |
| Blood | 106 | |
| Pain | 107 | |
| Sacrifice | 115 | |
| Dark Spirituality | 119 | |
| A Model of Spirituality | 119 | |
| What Makes a Path Dark? | 127 | |
| Dark Paganism | 133 | |
| Taoism | 134 | |
| Satanism | 138 | |
| Satanism vs. Dark Paganism | 142 | |
| "Dark" Deities | 145 | |
| Deity as Warrior or Hunter | 149 | |
| Deity of Wisdom/Magic | 151 | |
| Deity of Death/The Underworld | 153 | |
| Deity of Virility/Sexuality | 157 | |
| Deity as Destroyer/Chaos | 161 | |
| Deity of Darkness or Related to Darkness | 162 | |
| Deity as Trickster/Malicious Deities | 164 | |
| Part II | Magic | |
| The Nature of Magic | 171 | |
| Law of Action | 172 | |
| Limitations of Magic | 174 | |
| Psychological Factors of Magic | 175 | |
| Emanations | 178 | |
| Essence of Being | 183 | |
| The Structure of Magic | 191 | |
| Step 1 | Establishing a Receptive State of Consciousness | 196 |
| Meditation/Visualization | 197 | |
| Ritualized Movement | 199 | |
| Music/Sound | 201 | |
| Physical Cues | 201 | |
| Mind-altering Substances | 202 | |
| Step 2 | Raising Energy | 205 |
| Step 3 | Directing Energy | 210 |
| Step 4 | Grounding and Centering | 211 |
| Applying the Principles | 213 | |
| Chaos Magic and Eclecticism | 217 | |
| Basic Sex Magic | 221 | |
| Characteristics of the Practitioner | 227 | |
| Patience | 227 | |
| Confidence | 228 | |
| Skepticism | 229 | |
| Desire | 230 | |
| A Word of Warning | 233 | |
| Am I going Insane? | 234 | |
| Dealing with Depression | 235 | |
| Mystical Experience or Psychosis? | 236 | |
| Possessions and Hauntings | 239 | |
| What will Others Think? | 241 | |
| A Final Word | 242 | |
| Appendix A | Invoking/Banishing Pentagrams | 245 |
| Invoking Pentagram | 246 | |
| Banishing Pentagram | 247 | |
| Appendix B | Hauntings and Possessions Revisited | 249 |
| Bibliography | 255 | |
| Table of Figures | 257 | |
| Index | 259 |
Subjects
New Age & Spirituality
Witchcraft and Magic Witchcraft, Wicca & Paganism - Historical
New Age & Spirituality Witchcraft and Magic Witchcraft, Wicca & Paganism - Modern
Witchcraft and Magic Witchcraft, Wicca & Paganism - HistoricalNew Age & Spirituality
Witchcraft and Magic Witchcraft, Wicca & Paganism - Modern