Mara FreemanGrail Alchemy
Initiation in the Celtic Mystery Tradition
Mara Freeman has studied British and Celtic sacred traditions and mythology for more than 40 years. She has given workshops and lectures and presented at conferences throughout the U.S. and the U.K. since the 1990s. Initiated in the Western Mystery tradition, she is the founder and director of the Avalon Mystery School. A psychologist and astrologer, she has a private practice in spiritual counseling and also leads retreats and pilgrimages in Britain and Ireland. She is the author of Kindling the Celtic Spirit and lives in West Wales.
Acknowledgments Introduction: The Perennial Grail 1 Seeking the Cauldron The Cauldron of Creation
VisionJourney I 2 The Cup and the Branch The Tree of Stars
VisionJourney II Harmonizing Earth and Sky
Exercise 3 Swords of Light and Darkness Working with the Three Swords
Exercise The Sleepers in the Cave
VisionJourney III 4 Women of the Grail Working with the Three Vessels
Exercise Within the Hill of the Hag
VisionJourney IV 5 Trials and Initiations The Four Hallows
Exercise The Teachers of the Grail
Exercise An Initiation of the Grail
VisionJourney V 6 The Grail Comes to Glastonbury The Lady Chapel
VisionJourney VI 7 The Alchemical Grail The Hall in the Orchard
VisionJourney VII 8 Dion Fortune and the Church of the Graal The Watcher on the Tor
VisionJourney VIII 9 The Strange Story of the Blue Bowl Brighid’s Flame
VisionJourney IX 10 The Grail of the Heart The Inner Silence
Meditation Connecting with the Higher Self
Exercise Dedication to the Grail Mysteries
Rite The Hexagram
Meditation Drawing Down the Light in the Grail
Rite A Group Healing Ceremony of the Chalice
Ritual Appendix: Pronunciation Guide to Celtic Words and Names Notes Bibliography Index
