There are many ways to meditate these days, and all kinds of procedures to follow, and not every procedure can be applied to every individual. I suggest that you try as many forms as possible until you settle into one or two.

Everyone can meditate, but not everyone can follow all forms of meditation. I found the easiest way is through color association with the chakra centers -- the seven energy vortexes in the body.

These vortexes are located at specific points all in a row, which makes them easy to remember. I also incorporate music, as there is nothing more boring or frustrating then to sit perfectly still in a dead quiet room. It just doesn't work.

Music is the Universal Language. Its content can be broken into mathmatical formulas, and it has the ability to alter your spiritual vibrations. I always thought how amazing it was that a mathmatical formula could produce unlimited "feelings" in humans, animals and plants.

The music you choose can be calming, exciting, loving, etc. It is best to find a piece you enjoy -- one that is light and easy. There is a wonderful selection of music available these days in the New Age section at the record and tape stores. I do not suggest using a tape with subliminals the first time around. Give yourself a week "cold turkey" before determining if the subliminals are necessary.

If you do not care for the newer music on the market, try the classics. I do not suggest using a radio unless the music is uninterrupted for the period of time you plan to meditate. Commercials and disc jockey blather tend to make you lose you concentration.

Pick a time of day that you will not be disturbed, and one that fits into your schedule. At first, block out only ten minutes time, then extend it as your proficiency and patience grows. When you can successfully meditate anywhere, you will know you've got the hang of it.

In the beginning, the lighting in the room should be dim -- soft candlelight is excellent. Try not to wear restrictive clothing, and find a comfortable chair, but not one so soothing that you will instantly fall asleep. You do not have to twist yourself into a pretzel to successfully meditate. I personally think that this is one reason why Eastern forms of meditation died quickly in the seventies; we Americans are used to the couch potato position.

Be sure that the volume of the music is not too loud. I prefer headphones because they block out all other sounds.

Begin by closing your eyes and consciously relaxing your body. Some people prefer to relax the body one part at a time, starting at the feet and working up to the top of the head. Others can consciously release tension in a few seconds. Breathe deeply -- in to the count of four, out to the count of four -- approximately ten times.

Let your mind slip into a semi-conscious state. Try to ignore tingles, itches, etc., but don't make a major battle out of it. Eventually your body will not protest relaxing!

Now it is time to make believe. Don't laugh! Wishes and make believe are the same as reality, it is only you who draws the line between the two.

So, make believe that you are a fountain of sparkling blue light, or a waterfall, perhaps. This light springs from the top of your head and showers down your right side, swirls around your feet and comes back up the left side. Watch this continuous flow of light from your third eye (which is located in the middle of your forehead, above the bridge of your nose). When this is fully opened, it is a powerful and natural tool.

Don't get excited if you can't "see" right away as if you are watching an inner movie. It can take up to thirty days to bring the picture in focus for some; as little as five days for others.

Do not put yourself under pressure. Many people have their imagination on a very tight lease for fear that society in general will frown upon them. In the privacy of your meditation, no one will know or care about your imagination, so let it go.

Continue the fountain exercise for one full week before going further. This will give your body and mind time to adjust to a new routine and react the way you want it to. End each exercise by envisioning yourself being zipped up like a sleeping bag and counting backwards from ten to one. At one, open your eyes and instruct yourself to fully awaken.

During the second week you should follow the same procedures, but this time you will continue your meditation after you complete the fountain by opening up the chakra centers. You can envision them as tumbling balls of colored light, the opening of colored flowers (like a rose or a lotus), or as spirals of colored light.

Start at the crown of your head and envision a pure white ball (flower, etc.) of sparkling light. Start the ball spinning in a downward rotation, yet the ball remains in place. When you have this center set in your mind continue to the next chakra. This one is purple and located at the third eye area we talked about earlier. When that one is spinning and stable, move to the throat chakra, where you will find a beautiful azure blue ball. Next is the heart chakra, which can be envisioned as either bright green or warm pink. Move down to your navel and see yellow, as bright as summer sunshine; the area below it, between the navel and groin, see the orange of the setting sun. The last chakra is in the groin area, and it is crimson red. There are also energy centers in the hands and feet; I let them explode all together into small, white balls of light.

The third week you will try the hardest trick. Once you have all the balls spinning, let their colors flow into one another, like a giant, colorful waterfall or fountain -- hence, fountain meditation.

When you are finished, imagine a zipper the length of your body. You must close up that zipper to shut down the chakras; never leave them open. As before, count from ten to one, then tell yourself you are fully awake. Breathe deeply. You have successfully completed the first leg of a full meditation.

Let's stop here and consider if none of this has been working for you. First, you must believe that it is going to work from the beginning. If you are having any doubts, they are probably affecting your subconscious. Try writing some affirmations or taping to yourself to solve this dilemma. You may also try working the chakras from the groin area up.

Meditation may not work if you are overly tired or not in the appropriate atmosphere. There are certain times in the day where people are more in sync than others. If mornings are good for you usually, try meditating in the early hours instead of night time.

A complete meditation is designed to accomplish something. A partial medtation, like the fountain, is structured to balance the chakras and relieve stress. When you are finished with the partial medtation, you should feel rested and relaxed, yet energized.

If you fall asleep during the exercise, do not worry too much about it. Your body is telling you that you need the rest. If this happens often, check your seating, lighting, and the time of day. Perhaps one or more could be changed to keep you from dozing off.

As you become more capable of controlling your meditation exercises, you can investigate complete meditations that incorporate creative visualization techniques, subliminals or visualization training.

If you are still having difficulty with meditation at this point, you should try a subliminal tape designed for that purpose.

While you are working with the chakra centers you may discover that some seem to shine brighter than others on different days, or that some may have dark spots in them from time to time.

If this happens, it means that you are aware that there is an imbalance in one of the chakras. Don't get excited; they just need to be fine-tuned a little.

While doing the meditation exercise, work extra hard on the weak vortex. This can be accomplished by raising the vibrational level, or adding white light from the Universe to bring it into balance.

Another method is to make a black spot vacuum ball. Visualize a swirling ball at your feet. This ball is designed to suck up negative energy like a giant vacuum. Allow any dark spots on the chakra vortex to be swept down to this ball, where they are absorbed. When the spots are gone, sink the vacuum ball into the ground.

At the onset of physical illness, you should also use the vacuum ball. Open the chakra center that is closest to the illness, such as the throat chakra for a sore throat, and clean it out with the vacuum ball. Once the illness has physically manifested in your body, it may take several sessions throughout the day with the vacuum ball to bring the chakra into balance.

The practice of drawing down the Full Moon's energy and essence into oneself and using that power is called "Drawing Down the Moon." When accomplished, you will feel a heightened trance state combined with a power surge that radiates through your body.
One should Draw Down the Moon during a ritual in the protection of the Magick Circle. However, if you are taking a midnight stroll and feel the need to perform it, you may do so.

There are Witches who use their wands or athame when Drawing Down the Moon. To do this, first open the chakras. Then form the Goddess Position with your arms, with the wand in your right hand. Slowly raise your arms directly above you and clasp both hands on the wand or athame. Point it to the Moon. Say:
"I now draw the power of the Moon Priestess into myself, merging with Her power, the pure essence of the Goddess."

Raise your vibratory rate and allow the power of the Moon to enter the wand. You will feel it. Now, bring the wand down slowly with both hands and point the tip directly at your heart. Envision the surging of blue-silver light entering your body, coursing through and around your entire physical and astral being. When the energy begins to ebb, bring your arms down at your sides. You have just raised your own cone of power.

You are now empowered by the Goddess of the Moon. Use this enhanced ability wisely.

If your next step is to do a "working", leave the wand/athame in your right hand (to send). If you will not be doing any type of spell casting, leave the wand/athame in your left (receiving) hand and go into a meditative state to absorb the energy.

When you have finished either function, ground your power by either stepping out of it, or placing your hands physically upon the ground.

Note: When you are Drawing Down the Moon you cannot be concentrating on anything else.

I changed a word or two to fit my needs, but this is pretty faithful to the original. Make sure to say everything that is in quotations out loud.

Face East and center yourself. "I am grounded in the center of my being."

Visualize energy of below. "I am supported by the powers of below."

Visualize the God/Goddess of above. "I am guided by the powers of above."

Visualize the unity of self with center above and below. "I am balanced in the axis of my being."

Extend your hand to the East. Visualize and make contact with the powers of the elemental forces. Visualize clarity. "I am inspired by the powers of Air."

Visualize purifying/transforming. "I am enlightened by the powers of Fire."

Visualize healing/cleansing. "I am renewed by the powers of Water."

Visualize nurturing/stability. "I am nurtured by the powers of Earth."

Establish the balance of axis and elements. Feel this to be true. "The forces are in balance within me and about me."

Feel the Sphere of the Circle. "The Sphere is placed."

Feel the Cube of the Temple within the Sphere. "The Temple is established."

Feel the Temple within yourself. "I am the Temple."

This is a truly beautiful ritual. Really isn't Wicca, but I thought that it would fit best in this catagory. The rite is performed to the Sunrise in adoration to the God and to the Full Moon in adoration to the Goddess. It may also be done at any other time, or setting, when you feel "Union" would be appropriate.

Standing or kneeling before the Light make the Triangle of Manifestation (index fingers and thumbs together to form a triangle resting on your head, pointing up) and say: "Hail and adoration unto Thee, O' Source of All Enlightenment. I pray Thee impart to me Thy Illumination."

Make the Triangle at the center of your forehead. This region is called the Third Eye. Say: "And enlighten my mind that I may perceive more clearly, all things in which I endeavor."

Make the Triangle at your solar plexis (still point up, palms out) and say: "I reveal my Inner Self to Thee and ask that all be cleansed and purified within."

Raise your arms at your sides, palms up. Wait a moment for the blessings.

End the Rite by saying:
"In Thy Name and by Thy Grace, let it be done."

Though this bath is said to change luck, what it really does is cleanse the aura of the negativity that draws bad luck. It will also make others more accepting of your ideas, whims, and wants. Use it before employment interviews, important discussions, or before meetings with those you feel may be unresponsive.

Using a coffee filter, place 6 teaspoons of ground nutmeg in the filter cup of the coffee maker. Add one cup of water and let the tea brew. When it is cool, draw a warm bath and add the liquid.

Stay in the tub for ten minutes and totally immerse yourself six to eight times. With each immersion, think or say:

"Change of luck, come to me, As I will, so mote it be!"

Let your body dry naturally.

An infusion is a tea. They can be made for drinking, put into baths, used for washing crystal balls, etc. The following infusion is used for drinking, but it can also be added to a bath.

For the following infusion, I use a good amount of herbs. You can omit any of the following herbs from this infusion that you wish. For example, if you don't have these symptoms or are allergic to some of these herbs.

Also, using the following method you will have enough herbs for 4 cups of tea. You can do one of two things. You can make yourself a cup at a time and save the rest of the herbs in a bag or jar. Or, you can use my method.

When I get a cold, the last thing I feel like doing is getting out of bed. It would be nice to have a butler and ring a little bell and be served. But let's face it, this is the 'real' world and we have to do things for ourselves. Even when we are sick. So, I came up with an idea. Make 4 cups of tea, put it in a thermos and place it somewhere close to your bed. Simple, easy, efficient.

Enchant the herbs then crush them in mortar. Boil 5 cups of water. Pour water into a large bowl, add herbs and stir well. Steep for an hour, but stir the herbs every 15 minutes. At the end of the hour, strain infusion into a large microwavable container. Microwave infusion until it comes to a boil. Pour into a thermos that holds 4 cups.

Note: You will have to use 5 cups of water to come out with 4 cups as the herbs will absorb 1 cup of water. Also, this tea is a little bitter and medicinal so add a lot of sugar or honey to it.

Attention: In no way am I suggesting that you shouldn't go to a doctor when you are sick. I personally do not believe in doctors so I don't go to them. But I can not speak for everyone. If you are really sick, please, see a doctor and see what he or she has to say about herbal remedies.

Take one cup of the Cold Remedy Infusion and pour into running bath water. Light a healing candle and place it at the far end of your bathtub. Or whichever one is furthest away from the shower curtain. Put on some inspirational music, turn off the lights and get into the bathtub.

While you are soaking, imagine your illness leaving your body and being absorbed by the bath water. Relax and breathe deeply. Do this for about 20 minutes.

Then take a quick shower imagining that if there is any illness left over, it will be washed away. When you are done with your shower, say:

"My illness is gone. I am healthy."

Know this in your heart to be true.

With water colors or chalk, draw or write the bad habit on a piece of paper. Immediately take it out into the rain. Let the rain dissolve and disperse the water colors or chalk. So shall your habit dissolve, cleansed by the sanctifying rain.

The first spell involves focusing and compressing the swirling energy of your stomach chakra and then letting it suddenly expand around you in a hard, inflexible shell. (This is mainly for road trips and such. Envision it expanding to encompass the entire car.) When that is done, visualize commanding the energy to return to you when you arrive at your destination and not to bother your consciousness until then. I find that your energy CAN be programmed...

The second spell involves using your stomach chakra once again by focusing its swirling energy into a tight ball of power and releasing it to surge outward into all parts of your body, to purge it of any and all psychic influence/vampyrism. I have noticed that the effects of this one last quite a while! Remember to separate yourself from the utilized energy so as to avoid the "drained" feeling in your stomach that will otherwise ensue. (it makes you feel like you're really hungry).

As you do either of these spells, an indicator that you are concentrating and performing your visualization adequately will be that you should feel your stomach tense involuntarily and get warmer. It will literally feel saturated with energy. Do not picture the vortex being inside your body. Picture it being about two inches out from your belly button and parallel to your stomach.

Green candles emit a healing influence. One can be burned when you, or someone you live with, is ill. Or burned at work if there are a lot of flu bugs going around. Burning a green candle is a prime example of using magick to help others without casting spells on them.

Burning cinnamon -- you can put it on aluminum foil in your oven -- or a red candle is excellent when you lack energy or enthusiasm about life. This also works for an elderly person who needs vitality.

Mix all the ingredients together and catalyze the intentions of your spell. Say out loud or to yourself,

"This spell will help me achieve the weight I desire, maintain my good health, and bring to me always a good mental attitude. I ask that this be correct and for the good of many people. So mote it be."

Carry the philter in a green, pink, or copper-colored magick bag to draw in the energy of Venus and self-love.

Take a blue topaz to a quiet place and sit comfortably. Set the stone aside, then close your eyes and hold your hands closely together, palms facing each other. Feel the warmth of energy flow between your fingers and palms. Visualize the energy as a white light.

Move your hands farther apart, forcing the energy stream to broaden. Keep moving your hands and expanding the energy force until you reach a distance of about six inches. Shape the energy into a ball with your fingers, then squeeze and compress it until it is the size of the stone.

Hold the compressed energy in one hand and the topaz in the other, then clasp your hands together to combine the two. Say:

Open your hands and breathe on the stone. Say:

Hold the stone to your forehead, then hold it to your heart. Say:

Rub some saliva into the stone. Say:

Rub the stone across your feet. Say:

Hold the stone in your dominant hand until it tingles and pulses with energy. Open your hand and chant over the stone:

Wear or carry the stone with you while dieting.

Sachets are very easy to make. All you need is two pieces of cloth, a needle and some thread. You can add many different things to them. Such as: herbs, gems, crystals, whatever holds magickal meaning for you. The things that I place in my sachets work for me, but feel free to add or do whatever works for you and use this spell for a guideline.

Cast the Circle in the usual manner. On parchment, write down all the material things that you need using Dragons Blood ink or a consecrated pen. Make sure to think for a few minutes before putting pen to paper and omit the things that really aren't that important.

When you feel that you are ready, write the spell and ask in the name of a Higher Source for the items that you need. If you are asking for money, make sure to write down how you want to receive it. For example, if you play the lottery, ask for a winning. NEVER ask for money to be willed to you through someone's death.

Next, read the list over out loud. By vocalization, you are infusing the spell with magickal energy. Burn the list and put it aside.

Make the sachet. Take two pieces of cloth and sew them together leaving one end open. As you are sewing, visualize your intention for making the sachet.

Crumble the ashes of the wish list and pour them into the sachet. Add some echinacea to ensure and strengthen the spell. Place a wishbone (obvious reasons) in the sachet then sew it up. As you are sewing, say:

When the sachet is finished, thank the Higher Source, undo the Circle and put the sachet in a place that holds magickal meaning for you.