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Keep track of what you
do and when. It helps also track the
progress of your spell as it unfolds |
People ask me all the time to share my rituals and spells.
And I say no…..
Am I selfish? Not at
all….. but why give people something
they would have no use for? Why give a man a fish, when you can teach him to
fish?
Rituals and spells are meant to configure the mind to assist
in bringing the belief that want you want to happen can be possible. Rituals
and spells MUST be catered to the individual for them to work. I know a lot of
traditionalists are going to jump down my throat at that one. However, if a
ritual (tool of change) has to have a psychological effect on the individual….then
who best to create the tool than the person whose mind needs it?
First, you need to know the difference in purpose between a
Ritual and a Spell.
A Ritual is to be carried out often at a particular time.
The ritual, reinforces an idea everytime you do it, and brings your mind into a
particular focus. A morning ritual for example, which focuses on gratitude for
the new day, should be repeated every morning. I have a six weeks ritual, which
involves cleansing my home (when I had one) and clearing my mind of clutter. I
also have a nightly ritual performed with my daughter, which clears the house
and her room of the “beasties.” It is
meant to remove any negative energy from the home, and create a protective
barrier as we sleep. It also causes her to rest peacefully without fear of “things
under the bed.”
So note: RITUAL – Repeat at time set by you!! It reinforces
an idea into your brain!!
SPELLS : These usually are created to change the course of
something. Like when your job isn’t going right and you want a change….your
love life needs to change, your finances need to change…..get it….change. And you
are not changing anyone…you are usually changing yourself, your impressions on
the matter, your needs…etc…the change is in you. Spells have the effect on your
mind that from this point on (the spell point) I shall have no more of this
bull…and be done with it! That’s what it tells your mind…or should.
So back to the creation of the spell or ritual, and I shall
present this in that famous phrase : To
Know, To Dare, To Will, To Keep Silent:
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Using whats around
you and knowing how they
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TO KNOW: To create
effective rituals and spells that work for you…you must know Magick…..as in
have research the methods, types and forms of Magick….. know which method draws
you in. Know which method fills your heart with that magicky feeling and makes
YOU feel empowered! That’s the one you use…the one that make you feel like the
magick is there and you are riding on the wind! Know too….oh curios one…..the
ASSOCIATIONS…and then throw them out the window! After you have learnt all the Associations,
pick apart your elements, your planets and look around you for objects, plants
and things which you can associate with the elements and planets. The key is to
use what you have in your environment to work your magick. Know that the
Universe provides all that you need. Everything is right there….we just don’t
always realize it. For example… in learning Magick all the herbal associations
I learnt about were of plants that grow in temperate countries. There is no way
I could find rowan trees, and ash and oak in a rainforest environment. I had to
make do with coconut, bougainvillea, bay leaf, hibiscus….you get the drift. So
it took some reflection and meditation on my part to see what my mind ASSOCIATED
each local plant with…which qualities come to mind? It is a process which I am
still working on……I started a blog… but I am kinda slow at blogging them down:
http://herbalshadows.blogspot.com/
You have to know what touches which part of our heart. You
have to know what draws you. You have to know which tools make you feel
magickal…and if they don’t then do away with them. You have to know whether in
Magick, your mind responds to visual, auditory, kinesthic, and let’s not forget
smell and taste in the experience of the spell or ritual. ( Yes taste…I once
created a delightful spell for happy days based on the sunlike image of a
delicious fried egg with garlic mushrooms on the side for magicky connections
with the earth!)
To know takes a lot of learning and research. It is worth
it, even if it means one topic at a time learnt well. You have all your life to
know yourself and what you respond to…and the fun is in the process/journey…not
in the destination.
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The gods are not laughing.
Think of them as personifications
of raw energies.
I sometimes make up my own
enlisting the energies I need! |
TO DARE: “What if I do a spell wrong? What if I do a ritual
wrong?
If those thoughts are in your mind then don’t do any spell
or ritual. Someone, has previously planted a seed in your mind. One that says
that Magick is playing with things you know nothing about……..have they? Then
you need to do some extra work on your belief that Magick is wrong/
evil/trouble/ can create trouble.
“To Dare” speaks to our confidence. Our confidence in ourselves.
Our confidence in our knowledge. Our confidence in our beliefs. As I read
somewhere : There is no god looking down at you laughing at your attempts to
create the perfect ritual. There is no demon waiting for you to draw a symbol
wrong so that he can jump in and wreak havoc on your life. Get those thoughts
out of your head! Get that programming out of your mind! As a matter of fact…..just
learn a good banishing spell and banish those thoughts from your brain for a
few years before you attempt a spell again. If negative thoughts are in your
head about something…it will never work for you as a psychological tool of
change. If you have doubts about a chant, a herb, a colour our a candle or gem…don’t
use it. Doubts and fears are destroyers of the work you do……when in doubt, don’t.
Just wait a while and the solution may pop into your head.
TO WILL: Do you want the thing you are creating the ritual
for? Have you thought it over…mulled through its implications on your life?
Have you given thought to the effect it shall have on you and others around
you? (Look up “And it harm none, so mote it be) After reflecting on the end
result you want and what it may take to get there do you still Will it to
happen? Are you absolutely wanting it so bad still that you can taste it and
feel the happiness down to your toes at the thought of it taking place and all
around you is sunshine and flowers.. J
(being silly here of course)
Then by all means proceed….and hold that feeling in your
heart as you do the spell/ ritual and use its energy to drive the power of the
spell or ritual. WILL it strongly…even if it is only for two minutes……spells
and rituals do not have to be long and elaborate. But they do HAVE to have the
power of your concentrated emotion behind it. (Please be careful of spells done
in anger…please always phrase you spell/ritual to make changes in you and no
one else.)
TO BE SILENT : When you have done a spell or ritual…be done
with it, and thank the Universe and the ALL Creative for granting you our
request! And shut up about it. Telling someone what you have done is opening
your mind to their opinions, which may have a negative effect on your mind. “Why
did you use Avocado?” says the whiny voice, “Banana would have been more
appropriate!” and so enters the seeds of doubt into your brain and pffffht!
There goes the mental will behind your spell, the force that drives it to work.
Your belief has been shattered, the spell has been shattered. (Picture the
silver Magick forces who were going along just fine till you told. Now picture “doubt”
like the miserable idiot that it is just running in and shattering the magicky
silvery energy and all the tendrils of magick falling to the ground and going
nowhere further.. See what telling does?) NEVER TELL!
Clearly you created the spell for your mind. Any other
person has had different life experiences, and hence will be affected by
different associations and methods……duh…. This is your mind…not theirs!
Note the format for these things . Have them in sections:
1)
Cleansing the space and yourself
2)
Opening announcing the spells intention
3)
The play : The part where you do the core thingy
that makes the spell/ritual workable using the associations.
4)
The Thank you for granting what the spell/ritual
was for
5)
The clean up in reverence and gratitude.
And it does not have to be elaborate. One of my best
banishing/ clearing spells involves writing all the things I wish to get rid of
on black paper with a silvery pen. At
the dark of the moon I burn them one by one in the flame of a black candle, and
speak words telling them to begone and never return! It works for me….. very
effective.
Another time, I had an issue which was causing some anxiety.
I eventually ended up transforming the issue into an issue beastie by drawing
it on paper. I worked to make the beastie as close as possible to what I felt….and
then I burnt up the paper with the beastie in it!!! … Ahhhh…that felt better.
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Don't worry, these are cast off
fairy wings! (Dried Hibiscus Petals) |
Try as best as possible too to not even think about the
spell…..if it pops into your head, automatically thank the gods and goddesses
for granting it.
The point about this whole post is that the research into yourself,
and creation of your own spells is the REAL thing that gets the Magick flowing.
It’s not in performing the right ritual or chanting words you do not
understand. It is in creating something that touched the core of your subconscious,
and blasts away the negative thoughts that say the thing you want is not
possible.
It’s the best work you can do for yourself……and they really
do work.
