Nigel Pennick

Books By Nigel Pennick

The Book of Primal Signs
The Book of Primal Signs
By Nigel Pennick
$16.95
Since ancient times, human beings have created symbols to convey deeper information that can not be communicated in words. Many glyphs have retained their meanings over millennia whereas some have modern meanings vastly different from the original connotation. This study, with more than 300 unique woodcuts, drawings, calligraphy, and photographs, examines ancient and enduring glyphs in detail, revealing how symbols link the cosmic with the terrestrial and allow us to infuse the mundane with the numinous.
The Ancestral Power of Amulets, Talismans, and Mascots
The Ancestral Power of Amulets, Talismans, and Mascots
By Nigel Pennick
$22.99
An illustrated exploration of the origins and history of amulets, lucky charms, talismans, and mascots

Examining hundreds of artifacts, including photos of unique artifacts from his extensive collection, Nigel Pennick explores the magic of objects from the mineral world, such as hagstones, amulets and talismans connected with plants, and charms and symbols connected with animals, such as the rabbit’s foot and black cats.
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The Spiritual Power of Masks
The Spiritual Power of Masks
By Nigel Pennick
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Explores ancient mask customs, rituals, and traditions throughout Europe, from Scandinavia and England to Germany and France to Greece and Rome

In this illustrated study, Nigel Pennick explores the magical and spiritual aspects of mask wearing from ancient times to the present. He shows how mask rituals are similar to shamanic journeying and near-death experiences and can induce ecstatic states that allow the power signified by the mask to take possession of the individual wearing it.
Creating Places of Power
Creating Places of Power
By Nigel Pennick
$24.99
An exploration of the traditional rites of auspicious building and crafting

Sharing examples from ancient Egypt, Iran, India, and Europe that range from the Stone Age to the Renaissance, Pennick examines all the factors behind the ancestral art of geomancy: the auspicious creation and alignment of sacred buildings and places of power. He also explains how electional astrology and chronomancy were understood in ancient societies.
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Runes and Astrology
Runes and Astrology
By Nigel Pennick
Special Price $18.39 Regular Price $22.99
Explores how runes relate to the cycles of time

Detailing the significance of natural time cycles in the Northern Tradition, Nigel Pennick explores how the stars, planets, seasons, months, and the precessional year relate to the 24 runes of the Elder Futhark. He also provides charts and calculations to discern which rune is the primary influence on a particular day, week, month, or year.
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Fortuna
Fortuna
By Nigel Pennick
Special Price $14.44 Regular Price $16.99
Traces the history of good fortune traditions from sacred divination to modern gambling

Nigel Pennick explores the many ways people through the centuries have sought to divine the future, ensure protection, and draw the full benefits from days of good omen. He shows how dice were originally considered sacred objects of divination and reveals the divinatory geomancy techniques and meanings of a dice oracle and other divination traditions.
Celtic Tree Alphabets
Celtic Tree Alphabets
By Nigel Pennick
$18.99
A guide to the ancient wisdom of the Ogham and Coelbren symbols as well as Celtic tree lore

Examining the Ogham tree alphabet of Ireland and west Britain as well as the Bardic secret alphabet of Wales known as Coelbren, Nigel Pennick shows how these ancient symbols represent the voices of elemental powers and speak to the inner, untamed part of the human soul, offering the possibility of deep psychic transformation.