Six Ways: Approaches & Entries for Practical Magic by Aidan Wachter

Six Ways is a handbook of magic and sorcery, rooted in witchcraft, folk magic, chaos magic, and animist spirit work. Subjects covered include sigils, servitors, meditation, trance, spiritual cleansing, warding, dream sorcery, candle magic, talismanic magic, vessel work, and tending to the spirit ecologies we live with and in. Six Ways looks at how and why to build relationships in all of the worlds, manifest and unmanifest (what Wachter calls the Field) that allow us to perform effective magic. Effective magic changes us on the levels of mind, soul, and spirit, while improving our real-world circumstances. The focus is on finding pathways to the Otherworlds and building symbiotic relationships with the Others (powers, spirits, and allies) that dwell there. Sorcery then becomes the practice of working within those relationships to bring about the changes we seek in our lives.