Full Contact Magick: A Book of Shadows for the Wiccan Warrior

by Kerr Cuhulain

The aim of the Warrior path is ''invincibility, victory without battle, unassailable strength'' through better understanding yourself and your situation. Incorporate the Warrior archetype into your... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738702544
• ISBN13: 9780738702544
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Llewellyn Publications
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A book for the warrior's warrior

Full Contact Magick: A Book of Shadows for the Wiccan Warrior is definitely a book I would recommend to anyone Wiccan, Pagan, or neither who is looking for a way to bring a little peace into their life. As Kerr Cuhulain explains the Sun Tzuian aspects of what it is/means to be a warrior and to live as one, you begin to feel everything fall into place as you examine yourself and challenge yourself to change. If you are looking for a book of brutality and ways to kill/injure people, this definitely would not be the book for you. I've been in the military for 12.5 years and pagan just as long. This book makes complete sense to me in both aspects of my life and because of it, I'm challenging myself to make changes that I never thought possible. I challenge you to read this book and transform yourself to let the real inner, more peaceful you come out.

Realistic and pleasant to read!

This is an excellent book for both the new seeker and the battle worn spritiual warrior. I found it pleasant to read and very refreshing in its honesty and realisitic world view. Mr. Cuhulain blends his spirituality and livelhood in a way that gives credit to both his honor and understanding of both. His ability as an author makes this book easy to read, which is one of my main complaints with many books on spirituality for seekers. LOL Its hard to learn when you have to force yourself to get to the end of the page. *blush* With this book you look forward to what is coming next. You get the sense that you are in the presence of a wise and caring friend. Kudos to Mr. Cuhulain for providing an excellent resource to us all!

The Way of the Wiccan Warrior

Our own "Wiccan Warrior" presents us with a book on working with energy and the elements in his own style of everyday language and well thought out examples. The book is broken down into sections dealing with the elements and spirit. Starting with spirit, the book explores each of these elements in relation to the warrior aspect and interaction with the Wiccan path. The Wiccan Rede, the Witch's Pyramid, three-fold law and all the aspects of each are carefully explained, discussed and taken in context of being a warrior. Reading and living the precepts as laid out in this book will place you on the path of the warrior and enable you to work with the energies associated with this aspect of Wicca. I found Kerr Cuhulain's Warrior Precepts to be a wonderful basis for this book. Adapted from various writers, philosophers and common sense, these are what constitute the ground work for being a warrior. These are excellent words to live by. Add to it Kerr Cuhulain's special ability to explain them all with practical examples and you have a great beginners book that will also speak to those who have been on this path for a while. Kerr Cuhulain discusses tools, ritual, rites, the elements, working with energy, self discipline, martial arts, the seasons and so much more. There is a glossary of terms in the back of the book as well as an interesting bibliography and an index. For those who are considering the path of the warrior, for those who are struggling along their chosen path already or those curious as to how Wicca and the warriors path can be melded into a singular path, or those who are just curious about energy workings, this book can explain much of what you are looking to explore. This is a great beginner's book as well as a book that those who have been on their path for a while may want to read.

The Heart of Wiccan and Magickal practice...

An excellent book for beginner or seeker (experienced but still gathering). If you have been reading your way through the book lists, gleaning a bit from each, this may be the book you were looking for. Kerr Cuhulain presents (in brief) sound advice for energy developement and use, the principles of personal assessment and growth, practical Wiccan and earth Magick and many related issues. His presentation is straight forward and personable, honest, accessible and perhaps deceptively simple. Don't be mistaken, the wisdom of many practices and methods come together in this book with advice on how to cultivate it in your life. I can highly recommend this book.

Don't Be Mislead: If You're Wiccan, You Want This Book

Being a Warrior doesn't involve inflicting harm on others. A true Warrior wages her battles against herself, challenging herself, meeting her lessons head on, and making the choice to live with responsibility and integrity through right action.From the preface: "There is an old saying in Karate: Chi ("energy", pronounced "chee") follows I ("intent", pronounced "eee" to ryme with "see"). This is also a definition of magick: "Causing change by directing energy with one's will. Since the perfect striking technique is 80 to 90 percent chi, one could say that martial arts are really full contact magick."And that is the point of this book: to help you learn how to raise, channel, use, and ground energy, something everyone, Wiccan or not, could benefit from. The more energy you have available to you, the more effective you will be with your magick. The book is not, as one other reviewer mistakenly implied, a book to teach you how to be a pacifist in contrast to inflicting harm on others. Only weak, immature cowards feel the need to inflict harm on others in an attempt to achieve their goals. It's a lot harder when you're fighting with yourself instead. Sun Tzu said, "Complete victory is when the army does not fight, the city is not besieged, the destruction does not go long, but in each case the enemy is overcome by strategy." It's not necessary to fight others to be a Warrior.Cuhulain divides the book into five smaller "books" each focusing on one of the five elements of the pentacle. He discusses tools, techniques, gives examples for you to work through, touches on other belief systems like the Hindu chakras, and he sums up what was discussed and hopefully learned at the end of each chapter, right before his footnotes and a list of sources from which he obtained some of his information. Very well documented, as he draws from a number of different sources.This is more of a book to work through than Wiccan Warrior was, hence it feels like you've really accomplished something. While I enjoyed Wiccan Warrior, it left me feeling a bit empty afterwards, as though I was being led to believe there was more, but there never was. This book makes up for it! The Book of Shadows part of the title, while far from just handing you a pre-made one that does no one any good, offers hints and guidance for making one that is truly your own. Cuhulain will occasionally discuss something then state, "Write your impressions in your Book of Shadows."Overall, this is one of the best books I've come across in on my path, and I highly recommend it. I have found it to be indispensibly useful.