By Land, Sky & Sea

Gede Parma is a Witch, initiated priest, and award-winning author. He is an initiate and teacher of the WildWood Tradition of Witchcraft, a hereditary healer and seer with Balinese-Celtic ancestry, and an enthusiastic writer. Gede is a keen student of natural health therapies, with a deep interest in herbal healing and nutrition, and he is currently studying for a bachelor’s degree in health science. He is the proud partner of a beautiful Virgo man and the devoted priest of the goddesses Persephone, Aphrodite, and Hekate. His spiritual path is highly syncretic and incorporates elements of traditional shamanism, Balinese Hinduism, British-Celtic Witchcraft, Stregheria, Greek Paganism, Feri, Reclaiming, and WildWood Witchcraft.

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By Land, Sky & Sea: Three Realms of Shamanic Witchcraft
© 2010 by Gede Parma.

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To my mother, Roslyn Farquharson,
for her subtle magick, her earthy wisdom,
and her Celtic blood. And to Essie Farquharson,
my mother’s mother, who now walks in
the Land of Youth with her beloved Peter.

Editor’s Note

Readers may note that this book contains word spellings and phrasing unique to British English. These have been retained in order to honor the author’s individual voice and spirit.

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

Part One
Land

1
: To Breathe

2
: To Ground and Centre

3
: To Love the Body

4
: To Divine the Land

5
: Ritual

Part Two
Sky

6
: To Transcend and Expand

7
: To Weave with Magick

8
: To Fly in Spirit

9
: To See Clearly

10
: Ritual

Part Three
Sea

11
: To Trance

12
: To Journey and Vision

13
: To Channel

14
: To Die and Be Reborn

15
: Ritual

Conclusion

Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Thank-you to Ana and Awen for reminding me to breathe.

To Amy, beautiful Muireann, for organising my timetable.

To Eire for the blessed idea!

To Jarrah—bless Eris and her “piss-able” 8 card!

To Alex, who reminds me every now and then that I’m not a normal twenty-one-year-old…and I should be (sometimes).

To Becky for all that lemon sorbet and for the blessed sessions in the park!

To Luna la Fay and Queen Serpentine, who helped me reconnect with my Irish heritage.

To Elysia, who opened the door and helped me succeed.

To Becky Zins—you are an editor extraordinaire!

To the Witches of Earthwyrm for being guinea pigs.

To Luna, Arione, Meriel, Rowan, Serica, and Helona, who helped me gather together poignant quotes, and to all those who gave me their thoughts on initiation and what it means.

To the cunning rooster Lizz, the wonderful and radiant Mim, the cynical but hilarious Liz, the global-girl Fee, and to Alyce, Maddeline, and all the “work” girls (haha).

To Osiris, the crazy kitten; you brought hilarity when I needed it.

To Greg for loving me.

To all Wildkin who dance with me through the WildWood—may it flourish!