Many of us want to do a spell but don't know where to begin. There are so many books out there that talk about spells but how do we go about making our own?
Magic is about affecting change in, hopefully, a positive way. We are trying to bring something into our lives, or remove something from our life, depending on which part of the moon phase we work with.
First things first. Intent. You cannot simply ask for money. You need to have a goal for the money in the first place - 'I really need money to pay this bill/buy this car/repay this friend' etc.
Same for anything else - 'I want this job, as long as it is right for me' or 'keep my home safe'.
Think about what you want and have a particular request. Vague = no result.
Using planetary magice can boost your request, so you think about what you want, say a promotion or new job. Jupiter is the Planet of success/career and legal matters, so you would work your spell on a thursday. A royal blue candle would be used and cedar/nutmeg etc would be the oil/incense. If you are using candle magic, run the oil onto the coloured candle (beeswax is better for your health and the environment, as it doesn't contain paraffin).
Think about your goal as you rub the oil along the length of the candle. You can ask your patron god/dess, angel or whomever you work with, or simply ask Jupiter (god and planet) for this. see yourself getting that promotion/new job. See yourself happy and doing the work. Light the candle and hold it, continuing your visualisation.
Do this for several nights of the growing moon (if it is a waning moon, you could ask for obstactles to your goal to be removed (as long as it harms none and doesn't remove relationships you want to maintain)). Remember that you can work with either phase of the moon, just think about it in a specific way. You want to bring new, healthy approaches into your life, waxing moon. You want to lose weight or stop smoking - waning moon etc.
On the last night, bind the spell. you could do this every night but it seems more logical to do this on the last night, as the spell is then complete.
Starhawk has a good binding a spell in her book, The Spiral Dance - 'When you have finished casting a spell, visualise yourself tying a knot in a cord wrapped around the symbol or image on which you have focused. Tell yourself you are setting the form of the spell....Say,
By all the power
Of three times three,
This spell bound around
Shall be.
To cause no harm,
Nor return to me.
As I do will,
So mote it be!'
This should be done when the candle has burned down completely. you can thrown any remains in a fire if you have access.
Then let the spell go. Do not keep thinking about it. You have put it out there.
Whether you use candle magic, cord magic, talismans or whatever form the spell takes, binding it completes it and states to the universe that this is what you wish to bring into your life (or the life of a friend).
Intent is key.
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The Island of the Mist is book 2
The Stone in the Sword is book 1
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