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The Tools of Wicca, The Altar, Preparation For Magick, Basic Rituals & Spells, Divination

Remember, a Witch's spells are personal use items used to help them in day-to-day life or in spiritual practice. Very few spells actually work by simply reciting a few words and performing specified actions. Those that do work so directly tend to be rather dangerous for an inexperienced Witch to attempt. Above all, spells are rooted in the technique; in other words, you should know how to use magick in a general sense before attempting them. Be careful and judicious in your use of magick, taking care with everything you do.

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Inducing Dreams

Here is an easy way to dream, and it works for everyone.

Light a candle, preferrably a scented one that causes you to relax, such as lilac. Lay down in a dark, comfortable place, eliminating all distractions. If you would like, you may also listen to soothing music. Close your eyes and focus on the aspect of your life you would like to dream about. You should slowly drift into a state of dreaming. If it helps you (as it does me) keep a journal with your dreams written in them, and go back after recording your dreams and try to interpret them. You should not wait to write down your dreams, as you may lose the most important symbol. Write it down in as much detail as possible, including prevailent themes (such as open windows, etc.) and dominant colors. A dominant color is simply a color that shows up frequently, it does not mean that your entire dream must be in this color.

To find out what you were in your past life

To find out what you were in your past life.

First, imagine you are in a huge library. Imagine the woodwork. In front of you are ten steps. Walk up them counting them as you go. once at the top, imagine seeing a huge door and a beautiful knocker. (let your imagination run wild) once you see the door, knock on it. a woman or someone should answer you. when the person does, tell them that you would like to see your past life. the woman should then lead you to some destination and it should be becoming more real. you should go into a trance or stage where you are in your past life. Be aware that this might get very emotional.

Greeting and Parting the Circle

When I make a circle I greet & part with the same words:

Go East to visit loved ones
Go South to smell the forest
Go West to watch the sun set
Go North to listen to the snow fall

Meditation for cleansing and good energy

See yourself in a visualization form standing under a waterfall..See the waterfall raining down on you cleansing away all the negativity as you take in its beautiful breathtaking energies and cleansing away all bad feelings...

Do so until you feel good!

Good for cleansing painful emotions, stress, sadness and replacing it with good energy

To change the colour of your eyes

How to change the colour of your eyes:

#1. You'll need: 1 pink rose, 1 large red candle. Say: "This is to touch (touch rose) This is to be (put hand above candle) Shape and forment for all to see, By the powers of 3 times 3 (put hands over eyes) As I will it so shall it be."

#2. Things you'll need: Candle, the colour you want your eyes to be, a pentacle. The more candles you have the better.

Light the candles and sit in front of the them, and chant three or more times "123 change for me, 123 (present colour) to (colour you want it to change to)", then chant 3 more times:

"By the power of three let it be seen".

Then visualize your eyes changing colour. Feel free to change the incantation to suit your purpose. For the magick practitioner wishing to test their skill, there is a second way to do it. It is more difficult and takes much practice. It's also completely natural. You must be relatively advanced as a witch to use the magical method, but once you learn it's fun and entertaining.

This type of magic is commonly called a glamour. It is really just a matter of taking a desire and making it surface so that it is visible to other people. Close your eyes. You must have complete focus and be concentrating only on changing the eye color, any other distractions must be cleared from the mind.

Now fill your mind with the color your eyes are, right now, naturally. Now see that color slowly change to the color you wish your eyes to become. See it overpower your natural color. Imagine that the color shines like a ray of light from inside your mind out through your eyes. Visualize your eyes becoming that color as the light passes through them.

(This process should take at least 15 minutes the first few times, and you will have to repeat it after awhile. Glamours fade as you "forget" them.)

Upon opening your eyes, you may or may not be able to see the change in the mirror. For a more accurate check of whether it worked, ask someone what color your eyes are. If they know you really well they may see past the glamour. (Your parents may see past it, and often spouses or very close friends, because they know you too well.) The stronger you develop the talent to throw a glamour, the more people it can trick. It will take you practice.

For stress and anger relief

Sit in a quite place(under tree) and visiualise a tree. From the roots of this tree imagine the anger or bad feelings running out from the roots. Then you should feel relieved and clear minded.

Enhanced strength

When you haven't got the strength to open something or to lift something up relax yourself quickly and say:

"Strength of day,
Strength of night,
Give me Strength,
Beyond my sight."

Say this three times in a row.

Meditation for cleansing and good energy

See yourself in a visualization form standing under a waterfall...
See the waterfall raining down on you cleansing away all the negativity as you take in its beautiful breathtaking energies and cleansing away all bad feelings.....
Do so until you feel good!

Good for cleansing painful emotions, stress, sadness and replacing it with good energy

Dream Protection

You will need to go in a dark room and chant the spell three times.

For the one who's dreams are so bad, may your dreams change and turn around.
Let no more evil in your path, now have good dreams all your nights.
This spell I cast to be your protection, find happiness in each of your dreams.

To enhance your learning and guide yourself to a better school...

For this spell, you will need:

your High School Diploma
your current Text Books
a Red or Gold candle
Ginger Root, sliced
a Silver Dollar
a silken thread (gold)

In privacy, take off your clothing and sit on the floor or bed. Make sure that your back is straight upright. Feel the energies of your surroundings and try to guide them, like a tree's roots soaking up water, up into your body and wrapping around your mind.

Place your textbooks clockwise (Deosil) around you in a circle, starting in the East. At each Quarter, say aloud,

"Quarter ; I beseech thee to aide me in my quest.
Guide my insight by your powers of <thought, power, desire, support>"

Then, unroll your diploma (if you have it) before you as you sit facing East.

Light your candle and place it in a safe place in front of you; perhaps on top of the book in the East. Try to feel the energies in each of those books and Quarters.

Take a single slice of ginger root and tie it to the head's side of the silver dollar with the thread. Tie it well enough so that you can dangle it from the thread.

Hold the coin over the candle and recite the following, moving the energy that you've got within and around you into the coin, candle and ginger root:

"By Air and Fire, by Water and Earth,
I shall learn these lessons well.
To greener pastures that I am worth,
Shall my mind help me to dwell."

Repeat this until you feel it resonate in your mind, then snuff out the candle with the coin.

Thank the Quarters in turn and take back the books. Dispose of the ginger root slice.

Repeat this ever night before studying, if possible.

The goal is to focus your mind into the knowledge of the books; to help you to learn it so well that you astound your teachers and you gain the ability to move forth from your current location to a school of higher learning where your talents will be appreciated and you can nurture your own growth.

The coin represents the money you'll need.

The ginger promotes power.

The color of the thread and candle represent material gain.

The Diploma reminds you of your past successes.

The Books are the fonts of knowledge you wish to invoke.

To rid of bad luck

On a full moon take a dustpan and brush to crossroads( be sure to cover your head, you will see why!). At the stroke of midnight brush a little dirt from each end of the four roads, then stand in the middle where the four roads meet and tip the dirt over your head and say "May all my troubles leave me"