The Way of the Eight Winds

A guide to the history and practice of traditional European nature-based spirituality

PREFACE
An Ever-Changing and Ever-Flowing Cosmos

PROLOGOS
Origins of the Way of the Eight Winds

PART I

Philosophical Viewpoints

1 Points of View

2 The Recovery of Ancient Wisdom

3 Unity

4 The Eternal Tradition

5 A History of Authenticity

6 On Spectacle

7 Divination and Chance

8 Human Personifications of the Divine

9 The Naming of Names

10 Ø rlö g and History
The Formation of the Modern World

11 The Eldritch World

PART II

Cosmic Principles

12 The Four Elements and the Cosmic Egg

13 The World, the Cosmos, and the Human Body

14 Temperament and the Divine Harmony

15 The Planetary Spheres and the Ogdoas

16 Myths of Coming into Being

17 At the Center of the World
The Omphalos and the Spindle
of Necessity

18 Time, Space, and Fate

19 Our Place on Earth

20 The Four Directions

21 The Eight Tides of the Day

22 The Winds

23 Specific Winds

24 The Right Place at the Right Time

25 Nature and the Eldritch

26 The Sacredness of Manifested Phenomena

27 Places of Spirit

28 Trees, Temenoi, and Places
of the Ancestral Spirits

29 Numinous Places in the Land

30 Feng Shui

31 Crossing the Borderlines

32 The Locus Terribilis and the Locus Amoenus

33 The Sacred and the Profane
Archaeology

PART III

Geomancy

34 Physical Elements of Geomancy

35 The Cosmic Axis

36 The Road Leads Us On

37 Stonehenge

38 The Crossroads

39 Labyrinths

40 Geomantic Protection

PART IV

Makings

41 The Spiritual Arts and Crafts

42 Sacred Geometry

43 Specific Geometric Forms

44 Spiritual Exercises

45 Tools and Techniques

PART V

Metaphorical Texts

46 The Labyrinth
Ariadne’ s Dancing Ground

47 Wayland’ s House

48 The Wayfarer’ s Legacy

EPILOGOS
Confluence

APPENDIX 1
Number Symbolism

APPENDIX 2
Musical Ratios

APPENDIX 3
The Tides of the Day

Glossary

Bibliography and Sources for Further Study

Index