To Banish Negative Forms From Your Home
Begin with a purification bath. Light the twin candles on the altar and burn a protective and/or cleansing incense. Fill your chalice with fresh water be sure to consecrate it and blessed salt. Kneel or assume the Goddess position as you say:
"Naked come I into this sanctuary With love and faith From those who have gone before. Innocent am I in understanding Holy and pure in my love of all good and blessed things. Supreme Goddess, ruler of light, Lord of all Hear my prayer, Help me now to dispel this thing of unholiness This creature of darkness, Who dooms itself to shame and unhappiness. Save him if it is thy will to do so. Send him to the light. Mercy is the song I sing; Forgiveness the word most precious. In thy everlasting grace I say this. In humility I ask this. So mote it be."
Take up the chalice of salt-water, face the east wall, dip your fingers into the water, raise your hand and say: "Powers of the East Powers of the daystar rising And all fresh beginnings I purify you with salt and with water For good vibrations of friendship warmth and love." Then sprinkle some extra water and proceed to the south. Say:
"Powers of the South Powers of the summer sun Which warms our bodies and our minds I purify you with salt and with water For good vibrations of friendship, warmth and love."
Repeat in the west:
"Powers of the West Powers of the purifying and cleansing waters From which all life comes. I purify you with salt and with water For good vibrations of friendship, warmth and love." Repeat in the north: "Powers of the North Powers of the earth, the ground On which we stand. I purify you with salt and with water For good vibrations of friendship, warmth and love."
Then proceed around the room sprinkling water over all the thresholds, windows, and doorways and in all corners. REPEAT IN EVERY ROOM.
Add more incense to the burner, take up, and do the same thing, using the same verses substituting "fire and air" in place of "salt and water." As before, proceed around the room censing all the thresholds, windows, doorways, and in all corners. REPEAT IN EVERY ROOM. Take the fire candle or a candle for this purpose and your athame and, starting at the door or entrance, walk slowly CLOCKWISE through the house, through each room pausing at each door, window, and mirror and moving the candle across it, also pentagramming each window, doorway, and mirror with the athame. Proceed room by room spiraling clockwise. All the while chant the following:
"By the One Power I hereby consecrate this space To the Goddess and the God, According to free will And for the good of all; I hereby release, In all time and all space, Any negative cause, effect, manifestation, form or essence, Any negative event, thought, energy, idea or vibration, And transform it to And replace it with Only positive, joyous good In keeping with the Universal harmonies Of the Goddess and the God. This space is divinely protected This space is perfectly safe. Nothing and no one can enter this space Unless I or my loved ones allow them to. This space is sacred Consecrated and dedicated to positive living For myself and my loved ones And for the work of positive magic. No harm can come to this space, or anyone in it."
As you draw each pentagram say:
"Only good can enter here No negatives can enter All harm is sealed out." When you are back at the entry point conclude: "Love lives here Health lives here Abundance lives here Name self and loved ones live here We claim this space for ourselves, for the mutual good And so mote it be!"
Magick Mirrors:
To make one, you need:
An 8 x 10 photo frame with a removable back and removable lass.
Black high-gloss paint not spray
Dried psychic herbs: hyssop, dragons blood, orris root, anise seed, or any type of dried moss.
A disposable mixing container.
A paint brush
Collect the items during the waning phase. Mix paint and herbs together until you have a thick tar like substance.
Chant while mixing.
"Vision of night, by the moon's dark light, enter my art...all evil depart."
As you chant, imagine moonbeams entering the pain
through your hands. Paint one side of the glass with
the paint herb mixture using long straight strokes.
Cover one surface completely leaving no
holes. When dry, re-assemble with painted side down.
Now you are done or you can add shells, stones,
feathers, mirror pieces, symbols around the edges.
Binding Spells
Freezer Binding Spell
Best done on the Full Moon or on a Saturday during the Waning Moon.
Write the name of the person you wish to prevent from harming you on a piece
of paper. Gaze at the paper and visualize the face of the person in question;
see their face vividly imprinted on the paper. Then, fold the paper three
times. Tie it up with black thread or string, and put it into a small
watertight container. Fill the container with water, and place in a nook of
the freezer where it's unlikely to be disturbed, saying:
Stay there and freeze, for as long as I please.
To reverse this spell, take the container out of the freezer and let it thaw
in the sink for the day/night. Empty the water and paper down the drain or
into the toilet.
Discover True Friends:
SPELL TO DIVINE THE IDENTITY OF YOUR TRUE FRIENDS
This spell is written by Matthew McLauchlin.
Perform during a full moon, preferably while the moon is in Taurus or
Libra.
Assemble the following:
BASIL
LEMON and PEA
BAY
CINNAMON
HIBISCUS
DRAGON'S BLOOD
Place a potted PLANT on the altar if you are doing this spell after
having been betrayed in friendship, use an ALOE plant for healing. If
you wish to divine the identity of your friends in a scry or other
divination method such as tarot, also have an OBSIDIAN stone on the
altar; if you prefer dream divination, use FLUORITE instead.
Cast the circle and raise the power. Light a BLUE truth and friendship
candle. Grind the herbs together; as you do so, imagine their power
flowing through your arm into your body. Release the power into the
stone you are using. Once you have charged the stone, sacrifice the
herbs to the elements by throwing some into the wind, smudging burning
some in your cauldron, mixing some with water and pouring it away, and
finally burying the rest in your potted plant. Then if you used the
obsidian, scry in its surface or have it with you as you perform some
other divination. If you used the fluorine, wear it to bed that night
and you will dream about your friends.
Remember to record your dream so you can contemplate it more fully! Once
your magickal workings are complete, bind the spell, earth the power and
uncast the circle...
Healing Flames
Draw a picture of yourself with the disease, wound or condition. Clearly
point out the problem in the picture: a large hammer against the head to
represent a headache; black worms for a virus; a broken limb; a sore.
Charge a red candle with healing energy. Light the candle's flame. Hold
the tip of the picture in the flame. After it's lit, drop it into a heat
proof container.
Now, with the red candle still burning, draw another picture of yourself
without the headache, free of the virus or sore, or with a healed limb.
Place this picture under the red candle & let it burn out.
You are done.
Before practicing any love spells....If you want to enjoy all that love has to offer, begin by saying the following affirmation at least twenty times a day for one week:
I am a magnet for love, Love is within me, without me, Before me and behind me, I AM LOVE.
At the end of the week you will find that you feel stronger and more
confident of your ability to attract love. This is the time to get ready to
experience the greatest gift the universe can give a human being...."
This followed:
An Aromatherapy Love Philter
The following heady blend of luscious essential oils is best burned in an aromatherapy oil burner. The blend is believed to be pleasing to the spirits of love... The recipe is based on a Caribbean love oil worn by young girls wishing to enchant their lovers.
To an oil burner full of water add the following:
Two drops of essential oil of patchouli
two drops of essential oil of orange
two drops of essential oil of cinnamon
a hint of essential oil of clove
If you wish to wear this blend of essential oils on your skin as a love
perfume, add the specified number of drops of each to three teaspoons 15ml
of pure virgin olive oil and shake well."
To Help pay Debts
Take a key to a strong box and go to a country crossroads at midnight during the Full Moon. Lay the key in the middle of the crossroad and walk in a circle around it three times to the left and three times to the right, chanting:
FORCES AROUND ME TAKE PITY ON MY FOOLISHNESS AND GRANT ME A SECOND CHANCE TO UNLOCK MY FUTURE AND UNBURDEN ME.
Take the key home and put it on your keyring.
The Mysterious, Magickal Cat by D.J. Conway C 1998 Llewellyn Publications
Cat Animal Healing P 12-13
Materials :
Statue of Bast and/or Sekhmet or of a black cat. Picture of
the cat or animal to be healed, or at least their name written on a piece
of paper. Green thread. A blue or white candle. Incense: lavendar lotus,
or myrrh.
Timing :
Healing should be done any time it is needed; repeat the
spellworking on the next Full Moon to reinforce and strengthen the healing
power.
Other Advice :
Be certain that the animal in question really wants a
healing, otherwise you will be fighting against their intuitive instincts.
Cats and other animals usually have more spiritual sense than humans when
it comes to knowing when it is time to leave life. Oftentimes the magician
must learn when to let go and let life end in its natural course.
SPELL
Set up a little altar or sacred space, arranging the statues to the rear of your working area. Place the candle to the side of the statue or in between if you are using two statues. Light the candle and the incense. With the photo or paper with the sick animal's name on it before you, ask the goddess Bast to grant healing. Take as much time as you feel you need to express this petition.
Sit quietly for a time, visualizing a stream of healing blue light coming
from the candle and blending into the picture or paper before you.
When the blue light ceases, take the green thread and cut off a piece 13
inches long. If you are using a paper with the name written on it, roll
the paper into a small cylinder and wrap the green thread around it several
times, tying it when you are finished. If you are working with a photo,
just loosely wrap the thread about the photo. Do the thread wrapping while<
chanting:
Lady of cats, large and small, Answer my entreating call. Cast out the sickness, bring the Light. Grant loving healing through Thy might. Renewing green, healing blue, I bind these energies into you. As threads about your image wind, Perfect healing to you I bind.
Lay the thread-wrapped photo or paper near the statue, leaving it there
until the candle is burned out. Burn the thread and paper if you are
using a photo, remove the thread to be burned and return the photo to the
proper person and dispose of the ashes and candle wax.
Saying Farewell Funeral type spell Pg 22-23
Materials :
Picture of the human or cat or other animal who has died.
Statues or pictures of Bast and Isis. A goblet of fresh water and a small
amount of salt. Incense: frankincense. A white and a black candle.
Timing :
Whenever it is needed and the time best for those participating.
Other advice :
Called a wake by the Irish, the farewell for someone who
has died is a very important method of facing reality and releasing
emotions, which if not released properly can cause great problems. No one,
male or female, should try the stiff upper lip-it isn't mentally healthy.
Have plenty of tissue on hand, and give anyone who needs it the luxury of
letting it all out.
SPELL
Set up a little altar or sacred space, arranging the black candle on the
left and the white candle on the right at the rear of your working area.
Place the statues between the candles with the picture of the deceased in
front of them. The goblet of water and dish of salt can be set to one
side.
Light both candles and say:
We are gathered here to remember person's or animal's name. Our sorrow is great because we can no longer touch and hold him her, for we are still bound by a physical body while he she is free in ethereal form.
Drop a pinch of salt into the goblet and gently swirl it to mix. Say:
Salt and water, symbols of eternal creation. The taste of water and salt reminds us of the blood which keeps our physical bodies alive. Yet it also reminds us of the sea, the water of the womb, and the sacredness of the eternal circle of all life. Name, we release you to the rest you need, knowing that one day, in another time and place once more we shall meet and know and love again.
Lightly sprinkle drops of the salted water over the altar. Put out the
black candle saying:
You have cast off the Earthly body by which we knew you
But you have put on another body, one of joy and Light. Remember us.
Now is the time for everyone present to recall pleasant, happy, and funny
remembrances of the deceased. If there are tears, recognize them as a part
of the healing process.
To Lose Your Troubles
Take a handful of earth and gaze into it. Put all your troubles and
thoughts of distress into it. State exactly what it is that's troubling
you. When finished, throw the dirt behind you and walk away without
turning around to look at it.
SUCCESS and CREATIVITY
You will need:
1 orange candle
anointing oil frankincense, cinnamon or rosemary
incense frankincense, cinnamon or rosemary
Anoint the candle with the oil, focusing on being as radiant as the
Sun, and accomplishing your goal successfully. See yourself as
abundantly creative, and make a wish for accomplishing a specific
creative project. Write down on a small piece of paper what you wish for
... and put the piece of paper under the candle, and as you light it,
say:
"May this or something better now manifest in accordance with the highest karmic good for all concerned."
Let the candles burn as you visualize your goal.
You can repeat this for several days, up until the Full Moon, but let
the candles burn all the way down on the last day. Keep the slip of
paper on your altar, in a special small box, or in a medicine bag to be
worn around your neck.
A Bit of Weather Magick
Sprinkle rice clockwise while another person or a musical tape plays slowly increasing drum beats. This sympathetic magic can work to bring rain or snow; for rain, I suggest dyeing the rice blue. This type of rain magic was common in the ancient Far East.
Alternative tools here include shaking a rattle or rain stick an African tradition, turning on a sprinkler, or even using a spritzer bottle. In European folklore it is said that hitting wet rags against stone or shaking a wet broom upon the ground can similarly encourage precipitation.
Spell Usage
Moderating or changing certain weather patterns.
Spell Timing
November and December. Waxing moon to bring a specific type of
weather, waning moon to stop it. Water signs and Wednesday to
encourage precipitation, fire signs and Sunday for dryness. Earth
Day.
A Moon Vow For The Loss Of Weight:
When the moon shows cold and slender, Stand beneath her starved light, Wearing only white and silver- Say, to whet her appetite,
I make my vow to fast until This crescent Moon shines round and full; While she waxes let me wane: I must lose, that she may gain While she grows, take silver wine Silver wine, silver milk And bread like snow, or linen fine, And fish as clear as ice or silk- But only these, and less of all Than you would wish, to feed her well.
Witch's Bottle
To make a witch's bottle, you must first select the bottle you want to use.
Your bottle may be clear or tinted. If your working with a colored bottle,
choose a color that suits what you are doing. Tinted bottles are great for
spells that use color correspondence. Once you have a bottle, wash it with
warm soapy water, or cleanse it in the ocean. After you have washed it
magickly cleanse it, and bathe it in the light of the full moon. When the
Bottle is clean it is time to fill it. There are a lot of options when it
comes to content, here are some examples....
To make a witch bottle to aid in grounding, fill the bottle with sand, small <
rocks, granite, dust, and other such materials. Seal it with colored wax or <
cork, and place it in view when it is to be available to use.
For protection from unfriendly forces, you can fill the bottle with very
sharp objects such as nails, pins, safety pins, and needles.
By collecting herbs, resin, leaves, roots, and spices and filling a bottle
with them, you ca concoct a wide variety of wards, spells, or talisman. Add a
base oil or cider vinegar and you have a wonderful gift for your friends,
these would enhance their magickal life as well as their cooking Iron or
other metal fillings can be used to create a "magickal battery" or repository
for specific sorts of working. Let the fillings acquire a good charge from
various rituals and then use them in divination or spell work.
You can also fill the bottle with a variety of flower petals selected for
their healing properties attributes, or correspondences to planetary or other
forces. You may want to include a bit of alcohol vinegar , or olive oil to
preserve the flowers.
Witch bottles are versatile, eminentley useful, and can be a lot of fun to make
and share.
Candle Magick
SPELLS WITH CANDLES
You Will Need:
One white or black candle
Candle holder
Matches or lighter
Olive oil
Basic Candle Magic Spell
Cast your circle.
For white candle:
Rub oil from the tip of the candle towards the base, while humming and visualising your reason for doing this spell. Continue humming and visualising for about five minutes.
For black candle:
Rub oil from the base of the candle towards the tip, while humming and visualising your reason for doing this spell. Continue humming and visualising for about five minutes.
Continue for either candle:
Place the candle into the holder and light it.
Chant your chant for as long as you can while visualising your purpose. To chant, use a monotone humming voice. (You should create a specific chant for your purpose.) (It can be as simple as one word or as complex as you wish.) (Examples: "Money, money, come to me", "bring love", or "Protection surround me, complete serenity".)
When you cannot chant and visualise any longer, put the candle out and repeat the spell the following night (or day).
After you see the first glimpse of the results of your spell, let the candle burn all the way out.
After the completion the spell or ritual, say: "So mote it be."
The general idea of candle magick is to charge and focus your intentions into a candle. This is achieved through using a candle of the appropriate colour, inscribing with symbols, annointing with oils, filling and surrounding with herbs and chanting. Now you don't have to do all of these things e.g I rarely use herbs, I do however anoint the candle with oil or maybe even keep an appropriate crystal by the side of the candle. To charge your candle with your intention I often chant whilst holding the candle. Once the candle is charged you light it and as it burns visualize your intentions manifesting into reality although the correct term should probably be "physical plane" as their are many different planes/levels of existence. As the candle burns the energy you have raised is sent out into the universe where it can attract the right energies to bring out the desired change. If you can't leave the candle to burn itself out in one session, then snuff it outalthough some Witches would say to blow it out, basically it's what you prefer and then burn it again whenever you can. Many Witches like to burn the candle the same time each night for a special number of nights that is sacred to the spell. All odd numbers are sacred numbers. I often burn my magick candles for three successive nights. The important thing to remember is to never leave a lit candle unattended, don't feel that the spell won't work if you have to snuff it out. Candle magick is a common form of spell and many Witches' first spells are candle magick, candle magick is very powerful, i've had my fair share of success with candles! below are some of the colous with their meanings to bear in mind when choosing a candle for a spell.
Black:
Meditation rituals, spells to banish evil and negativity.
Blue:
honour, loyalty, peace, tranquility, truth, wisdom, protection during sleep, astral projection, inducing prophetic dreams.
Brown:
Locating lost objects, protection of animals i.e familiars and household pets.
Grey:
neutralising negative influences
Green:
fertility, success, good luck, prosperity, money, rejuvination and ambition, counteracting greed and jealousy
Pink:
love spells, friendship
White:
Consecrating, meditation, divination, exorcism, healing, clairvoyance, truth, peace, spiritual strength, lunar energy, also can substitute for any other colours.
Yellow:
Confidence, attraction, charm, persuasion.
Magickal Timing
Now really, you can cast your spells whenever you want provided that your intentions and concentration is strong. However, casting your spells during corresponding days, astrological correspondences and the correct moon phase make your life a whole lot easier. Some Witches, usually very experienced ones can get very accurate with the timing of their spells right down to the corrseponding month and hour! however, most Witches focus on the most important factors - the lunar phases and the days of the week.
A waxing moon the time from the new moon through the first quarter to the full moon is the proper time to peform positive magick - spells increasing love, good luck, wealth etc.
A Full moon increases extrasensory perception and is the best time to peform lunar Goddess invocations, fertility rituals and spells that increase psychic abilities and prophetic dreams.
A waning moon is the best time to perform banishing magick to be rid of negative influences, lift curses, banish a bad habit, end bad relationships, decrease fevers, pains and sickness.
Magickal Days
SUNDAY
ruled by the sun
is the proper day to peforem spells involving exorcism, healing and prosperity.
MONDAY
ruled by the moon
agriculture, animals, female fertility, messages, reconciliation, theft and voyages.
TUESDAY
ruled by Mars
courage, physical strength, revenge, military honours, surgery and the breaking of negative spells.
WEDNESDAY
ruled by Mercury
communication, divination, writing, knowledge, business transactions.
THURSDAY
ruled by Jupiter
luck, happiness, health, legal matters, male fertility, treasure and wealth.
FRIDAYruled by Venus
love magic, beauty, romance, sex, marriage, friendships and partnerships
SATURDAY
ruled by Saturn
spirit communication, meditation, psychic defense, locating lost things or missing persons
Protection Magick
The following protection spells are from Laurie Cabot's marvelous book "Power of the Witch".
Neutralizing Harm
Go into alpha this is a trance state that you should go into before any works of magick, to learn Laurie Cabot's method of this see my meditation page and see the threatening person or situation with your third eye. Then see yourself painting a huge white X over him/her/it. Repeat this until you have blocked out the harmful scene. Say "I neutralize this" as you "X" it out.
The Protective Shield
Go into alpha and at your innermost level envisage a protective shield around you that resembles an egg. It is clear, shining, crystalline. See it grow brigther and stronger around your entire body until it is so large that it will always be beyond the reach of your finger tips regardless of the direction in which you extend your arms. When you see the egg shaped shield clearly repeat the following several times or words to his effect: "This shield protects me from all positive and negative energy and forces that come to do me harm. I ask that this be done correctly and for the good of all. So mote it be! Visualize these protective shields around yourself, your loved ones and any transport you travel in.
Prosperity and Wealth Magick
Witches don't cast money spells out of greed, we cast money spells when we NEED money and to make our lives a little easier, when casting a money spell, in my opinion, the success of the spell will depend on how much you need the money.
The following spell is from D.J Conway's "Celtic Magick" - To gain money, fill your cauldron half full of water and drop a silver coin into it. Position the cauldron so that light from the Moon shines into the water. gently sweep your hands just above the surface, symbolically gathering the Moon's silver. While doing this say:
Lovely Lady of the Moon, bring to me your wealth right soon. Fill my hands with silver and gold. All you give, my purse can hold.
Repeat three times. When finished, pour the water upon the Earth. this is best done at the Full Moon.
Love Magick
An excellent book on love magick has to be Laurie Cabot's book "Love Magic". Love magick isn't just teenage girls forcing the boy of their dreams to fall in love with them, it is about attracting love into your life, enhancing relationships, attracting friendships and much more. The first step to successful love magick is to love your self i.e self love and self esteem. How can you expect someone else to fall in love with you if you don't love yourelf? if you love your self and are happy with your appearance your beauty will shine through. To become happier with your appearance, a good idea is to look at your self every day in the mirror as you comb your hair or whatever in the morning. Why not make the mirror special? you could bless and consecrate it, charge it with loving energy by decorating it with rose quartz crystals, symbols etc. As you look at your self focus on the areas you are happy with, you may have nice eyes or a damn good smile! say to your self out loud as you look at your reflection words to the effect that your are gorgeous, wonderful, beautiful, sexy, perfect etc. To become happy with your self you have to deal with a bit of Narcissian behaviour. DO NOT try to dumb down the wording, be confident, be powerful. Why not give it a go?
The second most important thing to remember with love magick is to never have a specific person in mind as casting a spell that targets a particular person is seen by the majority of Witches as inteferring with their free will. Laurie Cabot's views on this seem to differ from the majority, she has an interesting view on it which she expresses in her book "Love Magic" I would recommend the book to anyone. If you are one of those Witches that dosen't want to cast a love spell on a particular person but feels that even if you didn't purposefully cast a love spell on the person, you might have them in your mind whilst casting the spell without being able to help it, then i would recommend you pray to the Goddess asking that if that person would be good for you then let him/her know you desire him/her and that if this person is not good for you and will not return the love, then may the Goddess cure your infatuation and erase the person from your thoughts for the good of all and with harm to none.
Magickal Ethics and Guidlines
Ok, so perhaps I should have mentioned these earlier, well that's illogical me for you. As mentioned before us Witches/Wiccans follow the Wiccan rede "An it harm none do as ye will" this means that before a Witch does ANYTHING not just spells we consider first how our actions could affect others, only when we see that no one can be harmed do we go ahead. Another basic tenet of Witch lore is known as the THREEFOLD LAW OF RETURN, this means that what ever we do especially when working magick, the energy comes back to us and manifests in our lives three times as powerful, so if we help a friend get a job, heal someone, this positive energy will come back to us and it will be a very enjoyable experience. If a person works magick for negative reasons e.g to cause pain, injury, or bad luck on another person then they tread a very dangerous path and their negative energy will hit them back three times as worse.
The Most Powerful Spell of all
The most powerful spells a Witch can cast are those that they create themselves. As long as you know of the best times and correspondences e.g right candle colours, incense, herbs, crystals, symbols, deities then you can let your own intuition be your guide in designing/constructing your spell and speak your magickal words of power from the heart. Well, that's the end of my little lecture on spellcraft, good luck with your spells and may the Goddess bless your magick!
