Anatomy of a Witch

A Map to the Magical Body

By: Laura Tempest Zakroff

Narrated by: Romy Nordlinger

Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins

Publisher's summary

This book is a guide to the most magical tool in your possession - your body. Not just your physical flesh and blood body, but also your symbolic witch body, the conduit for bringing the material and metaphysical worlds together. Within this book, you will explore hands-on magical practices and exercises related to your lungs, heart, bones, mind, and the serpent.

Explore the profound correspondences between your body, the mythos of tarot, and the five elements. Practice rituals and activities designed to put you in touch with the rhythms and energies of your material and spiritual being. Anatomy of a Witch is all about embracing the body and tapping into your personal power, despite the limiting beliefs that society foists upon us. Through dozens of activities, writing prompts, spells, and rituals, you will connect with the seen and unseen worlds, your ancestors, and your living community. Magic flows most freely when you are in tune with your intuition and your capable, present, and powerful true self.

©2021 Laura Tempest Zakroff (P)2021 Tantor

excellent mapping of a witches body

LTZ's map of the Witche's body was a great read & timely too post COVID to help me get & stay motivated on my path towards better health & spiritual nurturing. As I was listening it inspired me to create a painting of the anatomy for myself.

Truthful and amazing!

This book opened my eyes. Helped me understand witchcraft in new light. absolutely love this book. Definitely recommend this book to all Witches, Paganism and Wicca.

Informative and easy to follow

I absolutely love this book! I would need a physical copy or a visual reference for some of the rituals, especially for the sigils. I was captivated and felt like I was able to visualize and follow the exercises well. This is also one of the only books I have been able to finish in years.

Amazing

Made me laugh several times throughout the book. I loved this book so much thank you! Will be reading again and again

Embody Your Magick

I find myself very grateful to be alive at the same time as Laura Tempest Zakroff. It’s hard for me not to gush about her work, but she is indeed one of my favorite witchcraft authors of all time, and this book is another example of why. Anatomy of a Witch: A Map to the Magical Body explores the embodiment of the witch, both literally and figuratively, giving a symbolic anatomy for the reader to work with energetically and physically to connect deeper with themselves, their power, the mysteries of witchcraft, and more importantly, the Universe around them. Using meditations, energy exercises, rituals, sigils, journaling prompts, and tarot references, Tempest weaves a fantastic reality map to explore that doesn’t disappoint.

While many religions and spiritual traditions aim to deny the body or view it as an obstacle of temptation to overcome, witchcraft tends to be a path that embraces the opposite. Tempest explores how the physical body and physical existence is not only a holy vessel for the witch but a map to spiritual aspects of ourselves and tools for connection with the greater metaphysical reality. Tempest writes with the insight and groundedness of a modern-day Doreen Valiente, the creativity and passion of a modern-day Rosaleen Norton, and the poetic language, artistic style, and wisdom that is uniquely her own. Anatomy of a Witch is a fantastic contribution to the field of witchcraft study regardless of which tradition, path, or eclectic style you embrace when using the word “Witch.” Like all of her work, I highly recommend this book for any witch of any experience level.

No PDF for Sigils

Love the book so far, but there's no PDF attached. Each chapter has a sigil associated with it, and I figured there would be a PDF so we could have access to it but there isn't. Pretty unfortunate, but still great material.

It's a good book when...

It's a good book when you listen to it more than once, and then listen again more intently. I absolutely love how the author goes all the way back to to the origins/roots/genesis and how it all still correlates with yourself. I love how real the author is, but is not degrading nor rude. You can hear how much love she has for what she does; by the words she chooses and chooses to share her personal and professional knowledge. My husband is a USN Corpsman, and he has actually enjoyed what she has had to say as well. If you're willing, that's the first step. Thank you for writing this book Laura Tempest Zakroff!