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Magick Considerations

• Gather round and listen well,

As I speak of magick’s spell.
“To bind the spell every time – Let the spell be spake in rhyme”
“Eight words the Wiccan Rede fulfill – ‘an it harm none, do what ye will.” (Wiccan Rede)

• What is Magick?
• Focused will for a specific purpose to affect change
• Prerequisites:
• Belief
• Desire and need
• Emotional connection and control
• Knowledge and realistic expectations
• Commitment
• Patience
• Willingness to back it up in the physical world
• KISS
• Practice

 
• Types of Magick:
• Sympathetic (like attracts like) - Wishes
• Ceremonial and Ritual
• Elemental
• Used for – relationships, money, success, healing, protection, cleansing, binding, banishing, etc.

 
• Tools of Magick
• Yourself – Energy, Emotion
• Focals – Candles, Poppets, Pictures, Herbs, Incense, Oils, Paper, Types of ink (Dove’s or Dragon Blood), String
• The Spell – the best are your own
• Other – Wand, Athame

• Magickal Factors
• The Elements
• Earth – Growth such as fertility, money, family
• Water – Clarity; emotions, relationships, psychic skills
• Fire – Transformation; protection, employment, destruction/construction, banishing
• Air – Intellect; communication, sound, weather magick, new knowledge
• Planets, Sun and Moon phases
• Moon – Changeability in phases new, waxing, full, waning, (Sub-conscious)
• Sun – Strength, drive, leadership, self confidence, (Conscious)
• Mercury – Communication, education, intellect, messages, healing
• Venus – Relationships, family, emotions, arts, social settings
• Mars – Courage, anger, power, conflict, competition, physical, construction
• Jupiter – Leadership, good fortune, success, self improvement, sciences
• Saturn – Transitions, undoing, losses, acceptance of change, protection
• Uranus – Higher consciousness, spiritual pursuits, stagnation
• Neptune – Psychic efforts, dreams
• Pluto – Transformation, death and rebirth
• Colors (shades matter in intensity)
• Red – Passion, strength, courage
• Orange – Attraction, justice
• Yellow – Intellect, concentration, communication, Air
• Green – Prosperity, children, healing, peace, balance, Earth
• Blue – Healing, harmony, sleep, dreams, loyalty, Water
• Black – Absorption, protection, banishment
• White – Truth, clarifying, All Purpose
• Gold – Employment, energy
• Silver – Psychic powers, divination
• Brown – Grounding, animal and home (also Earth)
• Purple – Respect, spirituality , mental and psychic powers
• Days of the Week
• Monday – Moon; home, garden, medicine, psychic development
• Tuesday – Mars; conflict, competition, physical endurance
• Wednesday – Mercury; communication, intellect, inspiration
• Thursday – Jupiter; material gain, over all success. legal issues
• Friday – Venus; relationships, emotions, comfort, arts
• Saturday – Saturn; karma, wisdom, elderly, eradication of disease or pests
• Sunday – Sun; general success, employment issues, business ventures, mental/physical health
• Time of Day – Check the Net for resources or some “crafty” calendars
• Elementals
• Winds
• East – change, new beginnings, inspiration
• South – relationships, physical energy, initiative, courage resolving anger, jealousy and selfishness
• West – healing, cleansing, fertility, intuition, productivity
• North – strength, practicality, finances, management, clarity

• Spell Construction
• Make it rhythm; chant or sing
• One focus, one direction (no “or” statements)
• KISS  (avoid using “and this, and that”)
• Example of a protection spell
Protect me as I travel this day
Keep all harm from my way
Neither obstacles nor collides there be
Keep my path danger free

• Amulets
• Symbols vary
• Charmed for purpose
• Can buy or make and wear, esp in shoes, car, etc
• Other
• Witches Bottles
• Fetishes, power bags

• Exercises
• Elemental connections: flame, mud images, wind, rain/bath
• Energy balls
• Meditation/concentration
• Construct a success spell
• What is desire?
• When to do it?
• What is needed?
• Spell
• Where will you do the spell?
• Special requirements or considerations?
• Length of time
• Keep Silent – Magick Shared is Magick Lost