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Taking a magickal approach to this often misunderstood spirituality, Christopher Penczak explores the fascinating path of ascension. Ascension Magick unveils the diverse mystical roots of ascension, and highlights where the beliefs and practices of today's "light workers" intersect with those of modern pagans, witches, and magick practitioners. It also examines the practical side-various forms of magick, energy healing, meditation, past life regression, channeling, dowsing-and provides helpful meditations, spells, and exercises. From angels and aliens to reincarnation and the Merkaba, Penczak leaves no stone unturned in this remarkably thorough and absorbing examination of ascension spirituality and magick.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #114833 in Books
• Published on: 2007-03-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 576 pages

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• ISBN13: 9780738710471
• Condition: NEW
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Review
"Ascension Magick cuts through the sensationalism to reveal a spiritual tradition that meets the needs of the modern world." -- New Dawn Magazine

About the Author
Christopher Penczak is an eclectic witch, writer, and healing practitioner. His practice draws upon the foundation of modern Witchcraft blended with the wisdom of mystical traditions from across the globe.

Formerly based in the music industry, Christopher was empowered by his spiritual experiences to live a magickal life, and began a full-time practice of teaching, writing, and seeing clients. His books include the The Inner Temple of Witchcraft: Magick, Meditation, and Psychic Development, The Inner Temple of Witchcraft CD Companion set, City Magick (Red Wheel/Weiser), Spirit Allies (Red Wheel/Weiser), Gay Witchcraft (Red Wheel/Weiser), the award-winning The Outer Temple of Witchcraft: Circles, Spells, and Rituals, The Outer Temple of Witchcraft CD Companion Set, The Witch's Shield, Magick of Reiki, Sons of the Goddess, and the new Temple of Shamanic Witchcraft.

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Exercises
Exercise 1: Basic Meditation Technique . . . 81
Exercise 2: Dimensional Travel—First Dimension . . . 114
Exercise 3: Threefold Flame Meditation . . . 129
Exercise 4: Visiting with the Masters . . . 170
Exercise 5: Dream Working . . . 177
Exercise 6: Finding Your Angels . . . 194
Exercise 7: Protection with Archangel Michael . . . 198
Exercise 8: The Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram (LBRP) . . . 199
Exercise 9: Faery Offerings . . . 210
Exercise 10: Visiting the Faery Realm . . . 212
Exercise 11: Co-Creative Gardening . . . 219
Exercise 12: Communing with the Starry Ones . . . 239
Exercise 13: The Angelic Magick Circle Ritual . . . 261
Exercise 14: Ray Evocation . . . 286
Exercise 15: Twelve-Ray Alignment . . . 288
Exercise 16: Petition Spells . . . 297
Exercise 17: Meeting Your Healing Guides . . . 335
Exercise 18: Chakra Balancing Exercise . . . 344
Exercise 19: Making Vibrational Essences . . . 352
Exercise 20: Using Your Healing Wand . . . 360
Exercise 21: Opening to Channel . . . 368
Exercise 22: Ascension Self-Initiation . . . 403
Exercise 23: Past-Life Regression . . . 417
Exercise 24: Exploring Your Soul History . . . 441
Exercise 25: Basic Merkaba Meditation . . . 475
Exercise 26: Extended Merkaba Activation . . . 484
Exercise 27: Aligning with the Consciousness Grids . . . 491
Exercise 28: The Shadow Rebirth Ritual . . . 529

Customer Reviews

Lovely Synthesis!
Over the years I've read alot of books on ceremonial occultism, Paganism, Wicca, and occasionally I ventured into Ascension material - but never felt any connection or resonance with the more "New Age" offerings, even though I found some of the information compelling and in many ways related to my own magickal practice and path.

The reason I did not "feel" Ascension material was really related to more of a vocabulary difference, than anything else. The terminology was vastly different, with alot of nearly sci-fi jargon, and a seeming imbalanced perception of Light as in direct opposition to Dark. I also was unsure of what to think about the whole Ascended Masters and ET elements that were such core aspects of that paradigm. Many within the Pagan community looked down on Ascensionists as "fluffy White Lighters", while alot of attitudes within the New Age community seemed to look down on Pagans and Witches as evil &/or misguided.

Christopher Penczak has written a truely amazing book that helps bridge the gap between the various magickal and spiritual communities that actually share most, if not all, the same goals. Taking the major concepts and ideologies from the Ascension paradigm and drawing parallels to the Eastern and Western magickal and spiritual paths, Christopher cultivates a sense of kinship. Even the ET and intergalactic elements of Ascension were put into a perspective that made them not only palatable, but accessible and potentially very useful to a wide variety of readers. Also "translating" the contextual vocabulary of the New Age into concepts more familiar to Pagans and Magickians, the reader become highly aware of the value that Ascension can bring to the very modern seeker - whether or not they consider themselves "New Age" or not.

The book is hefty (which I loved), but does not rely on filler that repeats the same line from many other available books to acheive its weight. Readers well-versed in Western magickal traditions, such as Cabala and ritual magick will likely have a much easier time with some of the material than those unfamiliar with it. But by offering explanations that appeal to the knowledge-set of many different pracititioner levels and paths, everyone will be able to get a great deal from this veritable tome.


Throughout the book Christopher's desire to cultivate an inter-paradigm understanding and mutually beneficial exchange is very clear. Misconceptions that each community has about the other are also addressed honestly, and discussed in a frank manner - and even the weaknesses of the path are gently exposed, with practical solutions for overcoming or avoiding them altogether provided for those who wish to delve deeper and become more involved with the Ascension scene.

I absolutely loved this book and dog-eared many pages and chapters to go back to and re-read for better understanding. I also loved the meditations provided, especially the Merkaba activation. These allow the reader to experience the energies of this paradigm for themselves, should they choose.

A wonderful addition to your spiritual library.
Ascension Magick is another great read from award-winning author, Christopher Penczak. Like all his books, he blends a variety of cultures, personal experiences and writes in an informative, yet conversational style that is both educational and personal.

Christopher Penczak weaves an explanation on the spiritual evolution of the planet that illuminates the common threads between various religous and spiritual foundations and provides a variety of explanations without bias or judgement. In the journey through it's pages, you can clearly see how similar all of us pathwalkers really are, and focus on those similarities in a path to help heal the planet and humanity, rather than argue over semantics.

No matter what level or flavor of study you have, or if you're simply curious to the realm of new possibilities, you'll thoroughly enjoy this read, and if it's your first Penczak book, it won't be your last.

A book for Pleidian Pagans and Magicians
In this book Christopher Penczak synthesizes channeled material with neo-pagan practice with excellent results. He has sifted through the voluminous output of trance channels and gleaned out the nuggets from the mountain of fortune-cookie platitudes, murky and meandering prose, and sentimental blathering that is the overwhelming majority of that literature. The result is very worthwhile addition to any spiritual library. The chapter on the Merkaba meditation alone is worth the purchase price. It also would be good as an introduction to anyone curious about channeled material. Highly recommended.