Day: August 10, 2024

Spell for Saturday – Addiction Spell

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(SIDE NOTE from Lady Carla Beltane: No one can stop an addiction unless they truly want to. I am speaking from experience not just quoting something I read. I have been smoking cigarettes on and off since 10 1/2 years old. I have quit numerous times including all 6 times I have been pregnant and nursing the baby and at other times in my life but as soon as I hit a rough spot the first thing, I reach for is a cigarette. Now being in my mid-sixties and wanting to see even my youngest grandchild grow into adulthood along with dancing at all 10 of my grandchildren’s weddings I am trying to quit for good. This was the furthest thing from my mind today as I was looking for a spell to share with you but as I was looking for an animal type of spell this addiction spell kind of jumped out at me. As I have written a few spells and even a couple of rituals to stop smoking along with trying herbal remedies and other ways to give up cigarettes my intentions were not as dedicated to this life changing task as I thought they were. So, I feel it is time to try what someone else has written but tweak it to fit the addiction I want to stop once and for all. One last thing – I am looking for someone else who wants to quit smoking cigarettes here in the USA, if possible, in the Central or Eastern time zones to be a quit smoking buddy or buddies. What does this entail? Just us being there for each other when the urge to smoke starts to get overwhelming to be able to call or text with each other instead of reaching for a smoke. If you are interested, please email me at ladybeltane@witchesofthecraft.com)

Most Powerful Addiction Spell

You may need the following items for this spell:

STONES:

Purple Sage Agate or
Amythist Agate
Nebula Stone
Hematite
Petrified Wood
Clear Quartz
Moss Agate
Iolite
Sunstone
Mook Jasper
Lithium Quartz or
Lipidilite
Crisicola or
Gem Silica
Angel Wing lue Anhydrite
or Selenite
Benitoite

CANDLES:

1 White
1 Green

Oil:

Rose or healing oil of choice (Sandalwood oil is consider by many witches to be an all-purpose oil.)

INSENCE:

Rose (or choice) (Sandalwood incense can also be used as a substitute for any other type of incense.)
White Sage

MEDICINE BAG:

Green

INK:

Doves Blood and quile (please do not seek out a dead Dove as it might have died for some type of bird illness that could be transferred to you or from an abundance of fleas. For me I will be using Dragon Blood ink that is available through Amazon and other online retailers.)

SEALS:

Figure 25- Greater Keys of Solomon, First Mars
Figure 26- Greater Keys of Solomon Mars

PROTECTIVE SALT 

Casting Directions for ‘Most Powerful Addiction Spell’

This is extremely serious work and extremely taxing. IT SHOULD BE DONE IN A PROTECTIVE CIRCLE. When dealing with addiction you’re coping with the physical, spiritual, and emotional being of the person that is afflicted. It’s an disease.

To cast your circle. Light a white candle at the middle of the area you will be working in. Take salt and do a circle big enough for you to work in in a clock wise direction. I usually start in the South. When finished with your circle call from the 4 Arch Angles Michael, Gabriel, Uriel, and Raphael to protect you will be doing your job. Face South and telephone in Michael to join you. I say the name three times and wait until I feel his presence before calling in the next Angel. Telephone in Uriel facing West, Raphael facing North, and Gabriel facing East. Finish by confronting South again. You’re now ready to start the work.

Charge your Green Candle by employing the healing oil of your choice. I usually begin at the top and work my way down to the middle and then begin again at the bottom and work my way into the center charging the candle with the intention to cure. Light the candle.

Clean each and every rock with the power of Air, Water, Earth, and Fire. I usually run the stone through the light of the White Candle cleansing it by Fire, utilize White Sage Smoke to cleans it by Air, Water to cleans it by Water, and Salt to cleans it by Earth.

You can consecrate each stone with the healing oil you have selected. Holding it in your hand (the one you write with) and focusing on the purpose of each stone will help charge it. I also concentrate on the person I am doing it for. Place each stone in the Green Medicine Bag when completed.

I use the Seals of King Solomon for the purpose of this bag but if you’ve got another healing seal that you prefer it can also be used. You may draw the seals on parchment with Doves Blood Ink. Make the seals small enough to fit in the bag or you may choose to set them on the bag itself.

While producing this spell I found some information on Demons that are associated with alcoholism according to King Solomon. Deception is the first named Demon and has a corresponding Angle called Lamechalal that stops its progress. Strife is the next Demon, but she is frustrated by Baruchiachel. Klothod is the third Demon but is frustrated by Marmarath. The fourth Demon was not appointed but gave a description and corresponding Angle. ” I cause men to forget their sobriety and moderation. I part them and divide them into parties; for Strife follows me hand in hand. I rend the husband from the sharer of the bed, andB children from parents, and brother.” ” I have an Angle that frustrates me, The Great Balthial.” The fifth Demon is called Power but is frustrated by Asteraoth. The sixth Demon is called Error and is frustrated by Uriel. The seventh Demon is known as Spartan and it makes people worst than they had been to begin with It’s frustrated with a Locust. I got a part of Locust jewelry for this purpose.

I would also include the names of the Angles which fight the Demons on parchment in this bag with a request to each of them to frusterate and cast out the Demons.

I’m doing this work and it’s a LONG PROCESS. The materials are often tough TO FIND but worth it. THE DEMONS WILL SENCE YOU ARE GETTING READY TO CAST THEM OUT SO BE PREPAIRED. I’ve undergone ANGER, DOUBT, all kinds of attacks while doing this work or preparing to do it. I’ve had people report FEAR because the Demons have been disturbed and know they will soon be cast out. It’s very important that the person you’re preparing this bag for continue to go to what program they are attending. THIS BAG WILL HELP THEM but there has to be effort on their part too.

11 August 2024 Current Moon Phase and Planetary Positions for the Southern Hemisphere

Source: nineplanets.org

The current moon phase for August 11th, 2024 is the Waxing Crescent phase.

On this day, the moon is 7.15 days old and 40.82% illuminated with a tilt of 190.133°. The approximate distance from Earth to the moon is 401,324.72 km and the moon sign is Scorpio.

Source: currentplanetarypositions.com

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

11 August 2024
02:00 am GMT 12:00 PM AEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:18 Leo 55
Moon:01 Scorpio 42
Mercury:02 Virgo 35 Rx
Venus:07 Virgo 21
Mars:14 Gemini 21
Jupiter:16 Gemini 07
Saturn:18 Pisces 02 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 04
Neptune:29 Pisces 32 Rx
Pluto:00 Aquarius 26 Rx

True Lunar Node:07 Aries 41
Mean Lunar Node:09 Aries 04 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):04 Libra 44

Chiron:23 Aries 26 Rx
Ceres:08 Capricorn 11 Rx
Pallas:23 Scorpio 03
Juno:00 Libra 28
Vesta:23 Leo 30

Eris:25 Aries 27 Rx

Fire:6
Earth:4
Air:5
Water:4
Cardinal:7
Fixed:6
Mutable:6

Cape Town, South Africa

11 August 2024
10:00 am GMT 12:00 PM SAST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:19 Leo 14
Moon:05 Scorpio 40
Mercury:02 Virgo 24 Rx
Venus:07 Virgo 45
Mars:14 Gemini 34
Jupiter:16 Gemini 10
Saturn:18 Pisces 01 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 04
Neptune:29 Pisces 31 Rx
Pluto:00 Aquarius 26 Rx

True Lunar Node:07 Aries 42
Mean Lunar Node:09 Aries 03 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):04 Libra 46

Chiron:23 Aries 26 Rx
Ceres:08 Capricorn 09 Rx
Pallas:23 Scorpio 07
Juno:00 Libra 34
Vesta:23 Leo 39

Eris:25 Aries 27 Rx

Fire:6
Earth:4
Air:5
Water:4
Cardinal:7
Fixed:6
Mutable:6

Easter Island, Chile

11 August 2024
06:00 pm GMT 12:00 PM EAST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:19 Leo 33
Moon:09 Scorpio 40
Mercury:02 Virgo 13 Rx
Venus:08 Virgo 10
Mars:14 Gemini 47
Jupiter:16 Gemini 13
Saturn:18 Pisces 00 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 04
Neptune:29 Pisces 31 Rx
Pluto:00 Aquarius 25 Rx

True Lunar Node:07 Aries 42
Mean Lunar Node:09 Aries 02 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):04 Libra 48

Chiron:23 Aries 25 Rx
Ceres:08 Capricorn 07 Rx
Pallas:23 Scorpio 11
Juno:00 Libra 41
Vesta:23 Leo 49

Eris:25 Aries 27 Rx

Fire:6
Earth:4
Air:5
Water:4
Cardinal:7
Fixed:6
Mutable:6

August 10, 2024 Current Moon Phase and Planetary Positions for the Northern Hemispheres

Source: nineplanets.org

The current moon phase for August 10th, 2024 is the Waxing Crescent phase.

On this day, the moon is 6.12 days old and 31.36% illuminated with a tilt of 192.537°. The approximate distance from Earth to the moon is 403,841.59 km and the moon sign is Libra.

The Moon phase for August 10th, 2024 is a Waxing Crescent phase. This is the phase where the moon started to become visible again after the New Moon.

In this part of the moon cycle, the Moon is moving away from the Sun and is becoming more and more illuminated by sunlight. In this phase, the moon will go from 0.1% to 49.9% illuminated before reaching the First Quarter phase.

In the Waxing Crescent phase the moon rises before noon in the east, transits the meridian before sunset, before setting in the west before midnight.

The Waxing Crescent phase, like all moon phases, will last for just over 7 days. The actual length will vary because of the elliptical shaped orbit of the moon. The moon is close to the Sun in the sky and the right edge will become brighter as it approaches 50% illumination and the First Quarter phase

Fun fact: although only a small part of the Moon is illuminated in the Waxing Crescent phase, you can still sometimes see the rest of moon as faintly visible. This is known as “earthshine” or Da Vinci glow and is a result of sunlight being reflected off the Earth and back to the Moon.

Phase Details

Phase: Waxing Crescent

Moon age: 6.12 days

Moon illumination: 31.36%

Moon tilt: 192.537°

Moon angle: 0.49

Moon distance: 403,841.59 km

Moon sign: Libra

Source: currentplanetarypositions.com

London, England

10 August 2024
11:00 am GMT 12:00 PM BST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:18 Leo 19
Moon:24 Libra 18
Mercury:02 Virgo 53 Rx
Venus:06 Virgo 35
Mars:13 Gemini 56
Jupiter:16 Gemini 01
Saturn:18 Pisces 04 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 03
Neptune:29 Pisces 32 Rx
Pluto:00 Aquarius 27 Rx

True Lunar Node:07 Aries 40
Mean Lunar Node:09 Aries 06 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):04 Libra 40

Chiron:23 Aries 26 Rx
Ceres:08 Capricorn 14 Rx
Pallas:22 Scorpio 56
Juno:00 Libra 15
Vesta:23 Leo 13

Eris:25 Aries 28 Rx

Fire:6
Earth:4
Air:6
Water:3
Cardinal:8
Fixed:5
Mutable:6

Chicago, Illinois

August 10, 2024
05:00 pm GMT 12:00 PM CDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:18 Leo 33
Moon:27 Libra 15
Mercury:02 Virgo 46 Rx
Venus:06 Virgo 53
Mars:14 Gemini 06
Jupiter:16 Gemini 03
Saturn:18 Pisces 04 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 03
Neptune:29 Pisces 32 Rx
Pluto:00 Aquarius 27 Rx

True Lunar Node:07 Aries 41
Mean Lunar Node:09 Aries 05 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):04 Libra 41

Chiron:23 Aries 26 Rx
Ceres:08 Capricorn 13 Rx
Pallas:22 Scorpio 59
Juno:00 Libra 20
Vesta:23 Leo 20

Eris:25 Aries 28 Rx

Fire:6
Earth:4
Air:6
Water:3
Cardinal:8
Fixed:5
Mutable:6

Los Angels, California

August 10, 2024
07:00 pm GMT 12:00 PM PDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:18 Leo 38
Moon:28 Libra 15
Mercury:02 Virgo 44 Rx
Venus:06 Virgo 59
Mars:14 Gemini 09
Jupiter:16 Gemini 04
Saturn:18 Pisces 03 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 03
Neptune:29 Pisces 32 Rx
Pluto:00 Aquarius 26 Rx

True Lunar Node:07 Aries 41
Mean Lunar Node:09 Aries 05 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):04 Libra 42

Chiron:23 Aries 26 Rx
Ceres:08 Capricorn 12 Rx
Pallas:23 Scorpio 00
Juno:00 Libra 22
Vesta:23 Leo 22

Eris:25 Aries 28 Rx

Fire:6
Earth:4
Air:6
Water:3
Cardinal:8
Fixed:5
Mutable:6

August 10, 2024 Daily Horoscopes

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Moon Alert

CAUTION! Avoid shopping or making important decisions until 7 PM EDT today (4 PM PDT). After that, the Moon moves from Libra into Scorpio.

Aries (March 21-April 19)

This is a tricky day. Check the Moon Alert (see above) if you’re thinking of spending money on anything other than food or gas. Postpone important discussions with partners and close friends for another day. Keep things light.

Taurus (April 20-May 20)

Issues related to your job might be delayed or problematic. You might suffer from shortages for some reason. This is a poor day to make any important purchases except for food and gas. See Moon Alert above. Just coast.

Gemini (May 21-June 20)

This is a playful, artistic, creative day! Much of this day is a Moon Alert, which is favourable for creative activities because you can think outside of the box. However, if dealing with financial matters or spending money, wait until the Moon Alert is over.

Cancer (June 21-July 22)

This is the perfect day to cocoon at home. You might also want to entertain at home. However, do not shop for items for home (except for food) during the Moon Alert – see above. Family conversations might be frank and revealing.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)

This is a creative day that might go in a number of directions because most of this day is a Moon Alert. That means it’s a poor time to make important decisions or spend money on anything other than food and gas. However, conversations with others will be enjoyable.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

Today you might be focused on money and your belongings. This is a fine day to reorganize what you own. However, because most of this day is a Moon Alert, don’t spend money except for food and gas. Wait until the Moon Alert is over.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

Today the Moon is in your sign; however, it’s a Moon Alert. (See above.) This is why you might feel indecisive and not sure what to do. However, a Moon Alert is a great time for creative activities. You can spend money and food or gas but wait until the alert is over to shop or make decisions.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

This is a good day to kick back and relax. Be easy-going talking to others because some people might say something that annoys you. It happens. Don’t make a big deal about anything. When the Moon Alert is over, the Moon will move into your sign, which is empowering. (See Moon Alert above.)

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

This is a great day to schmooze with others! People will be relatively laid-back and ready to socialize. However, delays, glitches and shortages are likely. This is a poor day to shop for anything other than food or gas. (See Moon Alert above.) Go with the flow.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

This is a squirrely day because a big portion of this day is a Moon Alert, which is great for creativity and the arts, but poor for solid decision-making. During the Moon Alert, don’t spend money except for food and gas. Socialize with people from other cultures.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

This is an interesting day because you want a bit of adventure and some stimulation. It’s the perfect day for all kinds of creative possibilities. However, it’s a poor day to make important decisions or spend money on anything other than food and gas. (See Moon Alert above.) Learn something new!

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)

Be careful today because the Moon is in one of your Money Houses and during the Moon Alert today (see above), it’s a poor time to spend money on anything other than food and gas. However, it’s a great time to socialize and be creative.

If Your Birthday Is Today

Actor Ryan Eggold (1984) shares your birthday today. You like to please others. You’re a persuasive, charming, energetic communicator. This is a wonderful year for you because your past efforts will now be recognized. You can expect a promotion, praise, an award, kudos – some kind of acknowledgement. Bravo! Seize new opportunities!

Aries (March 21-April 19)

You seem to have a lot of supporters, some well wishing some others ready to see you fail so you will probably feel enough confidence as to keep going and do something.

However, maybe you should choose your battles wisely and not get involved in anything just for the sake of doing something or not having people talk.

You can also read this special Aries Daily Horoscope.

Taurus (April 20-May 20)

You are trying to emphasize your contribution to something and the less attention people around you give you the more compelled you are to prove everyone what you did.

And this will only portray you as a show off and it will be even harder to get everyone on the right track. Therefore, maybe you should temper your outing in regard to this.

You can also read this special Taurus Daily Horoscope.

Gemini (May 21-June 20)

You are going to act like fools in love today and probably not even people from your own family won’t be able to recognize you or understand what has gotten into you.

But the advice for you is to enjoy yourself and to let your emotions fly freely without being embarrassed by them or try to hide them if this is how you feel best.

You can also read this special Gemini Daily Horoscope.

Cancer (June 21-July 22)

This is going to be a passionate day for some natives, especially those who have been actively seeking to fall in love.

Some things might be a bit confusing while some others are going to make them wonder and change their actions several times but in the end if something is meant to be it will show itself out faster than you can imagine.

You can also read this special Cancer Daily Horoscope.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)

Some things are going to become official today while others are going to easily fade away. Some things are dictated by destiny some others are simply the result of your actions.

And we might be talking about actions that date a long time ago, that are only know surfacing and that will probably surprise you with their power still.

You can also read this special Leo Daily Horoscope.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

This Saturday appears to be a good moment for you to think about your relationship and especially to the things that make you feel either stuck or completely unhappy in it.

Be honest with yourself but maybe think twice before opening the discussion with your partner, especially if they are going through some rough times themselves.

You can also read this special Virgo Daily Horoscope.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

This Saturday it’s time for you to count your material blessings and see whether you can keep up with the budget for the next couple of days as well.

Maybe some intervention from people in your family will help you sink things in better and even have like a back up plan in case things don’t go as you want them to.

You can also read this special Libra Daily Horoscope.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

This Saturday it’s not going to be easy but it’s not going to be that hard either and this is basically what will sum the beginning of the following couple of days as well.

You feel some things are too much but you are only being too sensible and complaining a lot more than you should. There is nothing given to you that is not on how capable you are.

You can also read this special Scorpio Daily Horoscope.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

This Saturday you will be able to sum what you’ve been able to achieve and what else is left on pending and the results are going to be surprising.

The current disposition is also prompting you to be more careful to your wishes and to put better price on your emotions and on trying to spend time apart from temptations.

You can also read this special Sagittarius Daily Horoscope.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

You seem to accept more than you actually want this Saturday and it is either you are reacting like this because of family pressure or because you are trying to make up for some time lost and for some things you did wrong.

Regardless, it will be good for those around you to feel you are close to them and will help them no matter what.

You can also read this special Capricorn Daily Horoscope.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

This Saturday, you will feel a bit of a relief at the thought of some personal things that haven’t or have happened and you will kind of be thankful that certain people are next to you.

However, don’t be too quick in looking forward to the next couple of days because there still might be some unresolved issues you’ll carry along.

You can also read this special Aquarius Daily Horoscope.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)

This Saturday you will focus all of a sudden more on your accomplishments and on the things you actually did and you will in turn put a great pressure on yourself and on those around you who will have to listen to all your self criticism and complaints.

Don’t be that harsh on yourself because you surely have some things to be proud of.

You can also read this special Pisces Daily Horoscope.

The Power of White Witchcraft c. 2018

The Power of White Witchcraft

‘Merlin, give me the strength to carry on.’
I found this prayer not in some medieval book or carved on the wall of an ancient castle but written in ballpoint pen on a page torn from a diary and left – along with scores of similar pleas – on an ancient pile of stones in the Forest of Broceliande in Brittany.
Archaeologists say that this is the grave of a Neolithic hunter, but local tradition says that in this forest dwelled Vivien, the Lady of the Lake of Arthurian legend, and that here, having seduced Merlin in order to learn his secrets, she ensnared him with his own spells. The stone pile is known as Merlin’s tomb, and each year hundreds visit the site to thank the wizard or to ask for his aid. When I visited the tomb, prayers – written on scraps of paper or card – were squeezed into gaps in the stones or pinned to the tree that shelters the tomb.
Whatever the origins of the tomb, it has been transformed into a source of power. For this badly signposted spot, a short walk up a muddy track from a cramped, rough car park, had a tranquil, spiritual air that you might expect at a great cathedral or far more impressive stone circles. Such spots unleash the magick inside us. But even if you never visit Brittany or Stonehenge at sunrise on Midsummer’s Day, you can still make use of your own magick.
White magick and witchcraft as sources of wisdom, healing and positivity. Like Native American spirituality, to which true witchcraft is akin (some say both were carried by the people of Atlantis), the practice of white magick is based on the belief that that all life is sacred and interconnected in an unbroken circle. For example, every fully grown birch tree – defined in magick as a tree of new beginnings and regeneration – breathes out enough oxygen for a family of four and absorbs the carbon dioxide that we exhale, transforming it again to life-giving oxygen. And this sacred spark of a common source of divinity is contained not only by trees, but also the stones, the animals, the people and everything else on the Earth and in the waters and the sky.
Our higher selves, our souls, are influenced by the cycles of the Sun, the Moon, the stars and the natural world on a deep spiritual level. We can draw down their energies into ourselves to amplify and replenish our own, like tapping into a cosmic energy supply rather than having to recharge our powers from our own, separate dynamos. Through them and through us courses the universal life force, known as ch’i to the Chinese, and prana in Hindu philosophy. It is a source upon which we can draw not only nor primarily for specific needs, but also for energy, harmony and connection with others, the world and the cosmos. It is an energy that can permeate every aspect of our being.
A Very Special Spirituality
Witchcraft and Wicca (one of the major forms of witchcraft) both derive their names from the Anglo-Saxon words for wisdom; ‘witch’ is from the old English word wita, meaning ‘wise’ and the Wicca were the wise ones. Witchcraft is said to be the oldest religion in the world. It is the indigenous shamanistic religion of Europe that has, in spite of ferocious persecution from the fifteenth to the seventeenth centuries, survived in the folk tradition of many lands and through families who kept alive the old beliefs and worship of the Earth and the Moon Mother.
Not so many centuries ago, our ancestors burned yule logs at Christmas as a symbolic gesture to bring light and warmth back to the world on the mid-winter solstice at the darkest time. They danced around the maypole on May morning, the beginning of the old Celtic summer, to stir into life the Earth energies in a sacred spiral pattern. These rituals go back into the mists of time and appear in similar forms in many different cultures and ages. Today, however, too many modern societies have lost the sacred connection and scorn such gestures as superstition, treating the skies, the Earth and the seas merely as a larder, fuel store and garbage can. Once, things were very different, as Black Elk, the Sioux shaman, explained:
‘In the old days when we were a strong and happy people, all our power came from the sacred hoop of the nation and, so long as the hoop was unbroken, the people flourished. The flowering tree was the living centre of the hoop and the circle of the four quarters nourished it. The East gave peace and light, the South gave warmth; in the West, thunder beings gave rain and the North with its cold and mighty wind gave strength and endurance.’
And so the Earth was respected as the sacred mother, giver of life and crops, to whose womb the dead returned. It is no accident that the Sioux Medicine Wheel and the Celtic Wheel of the Year are so similar in formation and purpose, linking all life to the cycles of nature. So if we are to use magick in a positive way, we must remember that it brings responsibility along with benefits.
Magick And Knowledge
White witchcraft is essentially the process of drawing on ancient wisdom and powers via the collective mind that we as individuals can spontaneously but unconsciously access in our dreams and visions. In magick, we can use rituals and altered states of consciousness to access this cosmic memory bank at will and in doing so, some believe, draw on the accumulated powers of many generations, especially in healing magick.
This cosmic consciousness – or Great Mind or akashic record, as theosophists call it – is perhaps what made it possible for pyramids to be built at almost the same time in lands as far apart as Egypt and South America, and for shamanism to follow similar patterns in unconnected continents. By accessing this source of power, we may create a ritual or use certain crystals without consciously knowing their significance, only to find out that our invented spell closely resembles one from another time or culture; we know how to heal without being taught.
Gaining such knowledge has been described as ‘inner-plane’ teaching and if you can trust your own deep intuitions, you need very little formal teaching about magick. If you scry at the full moon or during one of the ancient festivals, by looking into water and letting images form, this deep wisdom will offer solutions to seemingly impossible dilemmas.
The practice of witchcraft demands great responsibility, for you are handling very potent material when you deal with magick. The benefit is that by focusing and directing your own inner powers and natural energies you can give form to your thoughts and needs and desires and bring them into actuality. The more positive and altruistic these focuses are, the more abundance, joy and harmony will be reflected in your own world.
Magick And Giving

It is said that if you smile in London in the morning, the smile will have reached Tokyo by evening. This principle, which lies behind all white magick, has been named morphic resonance, and has been investigated for several years by the Cambridge biologist Dr Rupert Sheldrake, author of a number of excellent books based on his extensive research into psychic phenomena. Dr Sheldrake suggests that as animals of a given species learn a new pattern of behaviour, other similar animals will subsequently tend to learn the same thing more readily all over the world; the more that learn it, the easier it should become for others.

So if we carry out positive magick and spread goodwill, then we really can increase the benign energies of the Earth and cosmos. Even banishing or binding magick can have a creative focus, diverting or transforming redundant or negative energy, for example by burying a symbol of the negativity or casting herbs to the four winds.
Magick And Responsibility
True magick is not like a cake in which everybody must vie for a slice or be left with none: it is more akin to a never-emptying pot. Like the legendary Cauldron of Undry in Celtic myth, the more goodness that is put in, the more the mixture increases in richness and quantity. The Cauldron of Undry, one of the four main Celtic treasures, provided an endless supply of nourishment, had great healing powers and could restore the dead to life, in either their former existence or a new life form.
Located on the Isle of Arran, it could be accessed by magical means or through spiritual quests, and many scholars believe it was the inspiration for the Holy Grail. But when using magick, you should take only as much as you need and perhaps a little more; you should not demand riches, perfect love, eternal beauty, youth, a fabulous job and a lottery win or two.
So, magick does not provide a help-yourself time in the sweetshop. The results could be like eating three times more chocolate than you really want and then feeling very sick. You cannot give the gods nor goddesses your shopping list and then sit back and wait for Christmas: the divinity is within you to be kindled, and so you need to demand of yourself far higher standards than someone who believes in the forgiveness of sins.
If you do wrong, you cannot just say sorry to the godhead and carry on without putting right the mistakes or at least learning from them. Confession may be good for the soul, but magick demands more than that: you’ve got to live with the consequences of your deeds, words and thoughts because the power of a blessing or curse may be even greater on the sender than on the intended recipient. You must also ensure that you cannot harm anyone in the process of getting what you want. If you do spells for revenge, then the effects will rebound on you threefold.
Effort And Will-Power
Magick is not like the magic a conjuror uses to bring a rabbit out of a hat: that kind of magic is just a trick, which relies merely on the art of illusion. White magick is much more than that. It is intensely exciting because it means that we can extend the boundaries of possibility, recalling the psychic powers of childhood when we could span dimensions as easily as jumping across a puddle. We can increase our personal magnetism to attract love and luck and regenerate the innate healing abilities
both of the human body and the planet.
What magick does not do is provide quick fixes with a twinkling of Stardust. It does not produce a faerie godmother, who turns up with a shimmering frock and a platinum credit card to pay the taxi fare home if the handsome prince is short of money and the faerie coach has crumpled into a pumpkin.
After the candles and incense have burned through and we sit, exhausted but exhilarated after sending our wishes to the cosmos through dancing or chanting, we then have to use every effort, every talent at our disposal, to make those wishes come true on the earthly plane. The psychic kick-start provided by the magick must be used to translate the magical thoughts into actuality. So we must work overtime with new enthusiasm and inspiration to get that project finished, send off to the publisher that typescript that has been gathering dust, do whatever it takes to help ourselves to get the results we desire.
My late mother would always say if I asked for extra funds, ‘Money doesn’t grow on trees’; and this holds true even in the magical world. Money, success and opportunities have to be generated and earned. We need to add our own will-power to the power we have drawn on.
What is more, under the cosmic profit-and-loss scheme, if we ask for a psychic overdraft, we must give back, if not immediately, then at a later date. So when your finances are better or your immediate troubles are passed, you should make a small donation or give time to a worthwhile cause connected with the area of the spell. This balances up the account whose cosmic energies you tapped into.
Many shamans or witches demand some sort of payment for services, and this is not from avarice, but because all too often if something is not paid  for, it is not valued. So be sure that you pay the shaman – especially the cosmic one. This is grass roots magick, but it works.
Magick For Your Needs
‘Enough for my needs and a little more’ is another of the maxims of this incredibly moral craft, as I mentioned earlier. You would be amazed the number of times I am asked: ‘Okay, if you are a witch, how come you can’t predict the lottery numbers?’ The answer is that it all comes down to need: and do I need a million pounds? True, like any mother of five children I lurch from one financial crisis to the next and when things get really dire, perhaps I could magically bring forward an anticipated payment or attract an unexpected windfall from abroad. But I don’t really need a million pounds. And what about the negative effects? If I became incredibly rich, I would almost certainly lose the incentive to write. Credit card bills are a powerful focus for creativity. And, of course, my kids would never get out of their satin-sheeted beds.
Lotteries are generated by human hands primarily for the purpose of making money for their creators. They really are random affairs and so it often happens that it is the wealthy people who win even more money – although that does not necessarily bring happiness.
Casting your needs into the cosmos and trusting they will be met does work, but not if you areexpecting magick to compensate for an unnecessary shopping binge. Nor, after a period of overeating and no exercise, can you expect a miracle diet to work so that you shed a stone in two days while still eating chocolate. Spells tend to work best when there is a genuine need, generated by real emotion and linked to determination on a practical level.
The Rules Of Magick
Magick is not beyond or above life, but a natural though special part of your world. It is about not leaving fate, your fate, to any guru or deity, but shaping it with your own innate power, the power that emanates from some higher being, goddess or god, energy source, what you will – the divine spark within us all. There are no absolutes in magick, there is only what works for you and enhances your innate wisdom and spirituality. You should use this book as you would any other DIY guide and adapt its suggestions to suit what is right for you. Choose whatever you feel are the most appropriate herbs, crystals or even entire rituals for your specific purpose.
There are provisos, however. You must always remember that the form, the words and even ultimately the associations of particular oils, incenses and planetary hours are not what really matters. The truly important thing is that you should keep to the basic rules of witchcraft that are quite as strict and twice as hard as any conventional religion. These are rooted in wisdom, compassion, honesty, honour and common sense and are summed up in one short phrase:
‘An ye harm none, do what ye will’.
Put in modern-day language, this means, quite simply: ‘Do whatever you like as long as you don’t hurt anyone.’ Simple, did I say? It is in practice incredibly hard to harm none, especially if you are seeking promotion, fighting against an injustice or struggling to survive. But it may help you if you remember the other equally vital law of witchcraft, the Threefold Law. This states that everything you do to others, both good and bad, will be sent back to act on you with three times its intensity and strength. So, if you act always and only with positive intent to help and heal, you will automatically receive all manner of good things and you should become truly wise and happy.
According to the rules of magick, as I said earlier, you cannot be angry, mean or cruel and then expect to say sorry to a deity and have the slate wiped clean. Magick is about taking responsibility for your own actions all the time and that is incredibly onerous. But, on the positive side, the results are equally potent, and if you can learn to tap into the source of light and life and joy, you will amaze yourself and others by what is possible. Thus will your psychic powers also spontaneously unfold and guide you in your everyday world, increasing your spiritual power and wisdom.
The magick is within you, so let it flow and make the world a better place.
—-A Practical Guide to Witchcraft and Magic Spells
Cassandra Eason