In the Shadow of 13 Moons: Embracing Lunar Energy for Self-Healing and Transformation Book

Acknowledgments x

Preface xi

Part I Working within the Darkness: The Dark-moon Esbat

Introduction 3

1 Truth in the Darkness 11

Activity 1 Testing the Darkness (Waning to Dark Moon) 21

Activity 2 The Demons and the Light (Waning to Dark Moon) 24

Activity 3 Experiencing the Dark with New Eyes (New Moon) 16

2 Understanding the Dark Moon 29

Activity 1 Identifying the Dark Moon (During the Waning Moon) 38

Activity 2 Acknowledge Where You Stand (During die Dark Moon) 39

Activity 3 Meditation 1 (During the Dark and New Moon) 41

3 The Dark Circle of Power 53

Activity 1 Creating Your Dark Circle Outline (Waning Moon) 62

Activity 2 Manifest Your Dark Circle (Dark Moon) 64

Activity 3 Cast a Dark Circle (Dark to New Moon) 66

4 Reversal of the Elements 69

Activity 1 Calling the Quarters (Waning Moon) 92

Activity 2 Adding the Elements (Waning Moon) 94

Activity 3 Explore the Elemental Effect (Dark to New Moon) 100

Activity 4 Elemental Tarot Insights 105

5 Channeling and the Dark Deities 107

Activity 1 Holding the Power of Darkness (Waning Moon) 116

Activity 2 Draw Down Dark-moon Energies (Waning to Dark Moon) 117

Activity 3 Charging the Dark-moon Circle (Dark Moon) 118

6 Working with Dark Deities 119

Activity 1 Pantheon Reference Guide (Full to Waning Moon) 131

Activity 2 Meeting Your Goddess (Waning to Dark Moon) 131

Meditation 2 Finding the Dark Goddess 132

Activity 3 Meeting Your God (Dark Moon) 136

7 Representing and Thanking Dark-moon Deities 139

Activity 1 The Call of the God and Goddess (Waning Moon) 146

Activity 2 Giving Thanks (Waning to Dark Moon) 147

Activity 3 Combining Your Ritual Outline (Dark to New Moon)147

Part II Finding Your Inner Darkness

8 Balance Between Dark and Light 151

Activity 1 Testing Your Balance (Waning Moon) 153

Activity 2 Great Expectations: The Shadow Mask (Dark Moon) 154

Activity 3 Finding Your Inner Balance (New Moon) 158

9 Obtaining Your Keys to the Dark 159

Activity 1 Reveal Your Shadows (Waning of the Dark Moon) 172

Meditation 3 Confronting the Shadow 173

Activity 2 Naming and Releasing Phantom Pain (Waning to Dark Moon) 177

Activity 3 Resolution (Dark to New Moon) 179

10 Finding the Inner Goddess and Godv181

Activity 1 Discovery of Self (Waning Moon) 186

Activity 2 Making Changes (Waning to Dark Moon) 188

Activity 3 The Road Map to Success (Dark to New Moon) 190

11 The Outer Realmsv193

Activity 1 Making Physical Correlations (Waning Moon) 198

Activity 2 Remember, Reactivate, and Reclaim (Any Moon) 199

Activity 3 Checklist of the Shadow (New Moon) 200

12 Changes Made Manifest 203

Activity 1 Resolving the Last Hurdles and Spiritual Guidance (Waning Moon) 205

Activity 2 Support Systems (Waning to Dark Moon) 206

Activity 3 The Final Meditation (New Moon) 208

Meditation 4 Reclaiming the Light 208

13 Returning to the Light (Balancing the Dark) 213

Activity 1 Emerging into the Light (Waning Moon) 217

Activity 2 The Requiem: A Dark-moon Project (Waning Moon) 219

Activity 3 Consecration and Dedication of the Mind, Body, and Spirit(Weeks leading up to the New Moon) 220

Part III Further Explorations of the Dark Moon

Activities for Shadow Work 227

Elemental Workings 227

Working with a Specific Element 228

Elemental Candle Spell 230

Elemental Candle Gazing 231

Dress the Part 231

Rock, Scissors, Paper 232

Stone Therapy 232

Working Your Inner Landscape 235

Sending a Messages in the Dark 235

Devising a Sigil 236

Divine Assistance 237

Labyrinth Workings 238

Balancing Energy Work 243

Celebration of Self 245

Divination for the Shadow 246

Tarot for the Shadow 246

Isolating the Shadow: Spread1 247

Powers Struggle: Spread 2 247

Balancing the Shadow: Spread 3 248

Scrying the Dark Mirror 248

Afterword 251

Adapting this Book for Groups 253

Appendix A Chakra Meditation 261

Appendix B Dark Goddesses and Gods 269

Appendix C A Dark-moon Ritual 275

Appendix D Potions and Correspondences 281

Essences 285

Dark-moon Colorsv287

Dark-moon Candle Correspondences and Stones 289

Suggested Reading List 293

Bibliography 295