contents
Introduction VII
I: mapping out the Journey 1
II: twelve Sacred names 9
III: the divine child 15
apron Strings and wiser things
IV: the lover 37
conquest, union, and Surrender
V: the Warrior 53
Soldiers, knights, and collateral damage
VI: the trickster 77
looks can be deceiving
VII: the green man 95
Feeling the cycle turn
VIII: the guide 115
It’s not the destination, it’s the road
IX: the craftsman 133
Forging, Shaping, testing, becoming
X: the magician 153
the colonizer of dreams
XI: the destroyer 175
entropy trumps everything
XII: the king 195
the Sovereign of desire
XIII: the healer 213
body, soul, mind, and spirit
XIV: the Sacrificed one 233
the end and the beginning
XV: afterword 251
the road from here
appendix I 255
recipes, prayers, and rituals
appendix II 271
converting sacred path rituals
to Solitary work