Though the Celts were a fierce people, they valued their home life and cherished their kinfolk. It was an absolute rule that those welcomed, under one’s roof would be protected from harm. Likewise, visitors were under a charge not to do harm by word or deed to their home and their host’s family. This blessing to equally effective for family members who no longer live at home. It can also be directed towards special friends. The blessing is quite long, so at first you will need to read the words, but in time you will find they come naturally. Once you know the blessing you can focus on the image of family members as you recite the words.

You will need:

Photographs of yourself and family members and friends you wish to protect – a group portrait is excellent.

Timing:

On a Sunday, or any other day when you have time to focus on the individual family members in morning light.

The Spell:

Set the photographs so that the morning light shows on them. Touch each of the pictures in turn and then recite:

May the blessing of light be with you = light

outside and within.

May the sunlight shine upon you and warm

your heart till it glows like a great peat fire, so

that the stranger may come and warm himself

by it.

May a blessed light shine out of your two eyes

like a candle set in two windows of a house

bidding the wanderer to come in out of the

storm.

May you ever give a kindly greeting to those

whom you pass as you go along the roads.

May the blessing of rain – the sweet, soft rain

 – fall upon you so that little flowers may

 spring up to shed their sweetness in the air.

May the blessings of the earth – the good, rich

earth – be with you.

May the earth be soft under you when you

rest upon it, tired at the end of the day.

SPELL TO HEAL PHYSICAL PAIN

YOU NEED: piece of amethyst (as clear as possible), or a piece of Fluorite.
Sit in a quiet place and clear your mind of everything you can.
Take the amethyst (or fluorite)and hold it in the hand that is closest to the hurt.
If the pain is in the center of the body hold it in your writing hand.
Imagine a soothing light collecting at your feet and draw it up slowly towards your
head filling every part of the body. Whilst doing this say silently:
“bright light, shining light
heal my hurts with all thy might.”
Repeat this as you move the light up through the body.
When you reach the top of your head expand to fill outside the head with light for about a foot.
Then return to where the pain is most concentrated, push all your healing energy into this area.
If this doesn’t work the first time then repeat. You should feel better soon.
To end the spell repeat the verse again but finish with “so mote it be”

DEALING WITH PSYCHIC ATTACK
Zhahai Stewart

What to do if you think you are being attacked.
     
1 – Question if it is really either imagination, or coming from within yourself.
Something may be trying to get your attention, but it may not be external, and
by focusing on an external “enemy” you may be missing the point.
     
2 – Check to see if you are yourself inadvertently sending something out; maybe
someone is just reflecting some energy back!  Nothing is gained if you get into
adversarial mode in that case.  Many people have been taught that reflecting is
the proper response.
     
3 – Put up a grounding shield.  Ground it out, send it to the Mothr who can
recycle the energy.  Grounding is usually taught to every student. If you don’t
feel you can be a “conduit” safely, ground it by reflecting it downward to the
Earth; that is a big target and easy to hit.  By grounding it out, you are
protecting yourself, yet not being caught up in it.
     
What not to do.
     
1 – Figure out who is sending it and counter attack.  You might be wrong, and
may be starting a feud.  You might be right, but they may not realize that they
are “sending” so you may start a feud or cause unnecessary harm. Even if you are
right, you are escalating a feud, of which we have too many. This is commonly
discussed as a bad idea.
     
2 – Put up a reflective shield which will return the energy to the sender. This
is commonly discussed as a good idea, but we disagree.  We think this is unwise.
     
For one thing, it is not necessary; if you can make an accurate return
reflection, you can certainly reflect it to Earth instead (where it can be
recycled).  There is no reason you should not be able to ground out more energy
than you can accurately reflect to the sender, if viewed properly.
     
For another, your accuracy in returning it may be less than perfect.  You might
hit close but not close enough; if you can’t reflect it to earth, you are going
to have trouble reflecting it to an unknown person.
     
Sometimes this is discussed as if once you return it, the sender will just stop;
because they will awaken to what they are doing, or because the returning energy
will be too much to handle. The thing which is seldom mentioned is that if the
sender (assuming there is one) was consciously attacking, they will likely
already be prepared with their own mirrors, etc. Great, if we put near perfect
mirrors at each end and pump in energy, maybe we can get a psychic laser effect;
guess who is just on the other side of the mirrors to catch the intensified
leakthru?
     
If they weren’t aware of sending, they will probably just assume they are being
attacked and take countermeasures.  If they follow the 3 steps above, fine,
nothing is damaged.  But many of them will immediately think they have to put up
a defensive mirror, or maybe worse (see below; they may decide to teach you a
lesson for attacking them).  Few people naturally respond to perceived attacks
positively (especially if they are in such a bad mood already as to be sending
without even realizing it).
     
Another serious concern is getting drawn into a unacknowledged feud by your own
weaknesses.  It is often agreed that one should reflect back exactly what is
received, without adding anything of one’s own.  But the same people who
advocate that may use terms implying “returning it with enthusiasm”. There
appears to be an easily tapped source of self-righteousness in most people
feeling attacked, and it is _very hard_ not to get drawn into imagining, at some
level, the satisfying effects of the energy going back to the attacker; that
draws one into a “counter-attack” even without realizing it. Grounding it does
not.
     
Watch for yourself when people are discussing “returning to sender”; see if
there isn’t very often a hidden desire for revenge or retribution lurking there
grasping for their “control panel” – and deflecting their normal attempts at
staying centered by claiming to do no more than is “justified”. Justified is not
the question; self knowledge and balance are.
     
There is another thread which shows up often in discussions like these; the need
to “teach the sender a lesson”. In some cases, I have even heard this justified
as “protecting the community”. This way lies many³ ª ðÉü±PRINT D did the goddess
give you an “agent of threefold return” marshall’s badge, that exempts you from
any consequences “because you are just an agent”?  That hubris is gonna teach
some hard lessons, but the self appointed marshall may be the major recipient. 
It would be a little bit healthier to just shed the self-righteousness and call
it an ego driven feud.  “Teaching them a lesson” gets filed under the pitfalls
of righteousness, the ways that one’s own weaknesses seduce one.
     
Also consider, what if despite your initial impression, the negative energy is
really coming from inside, from part of you? Are you going to be better off
“reflecting it back” (maybe with additional conscious or unconscious oomph) or
grounding it?  “Gee, I returned it but good, and now they have stepped it up;
the sender really needs a lesson!”.  That may be more true than you know, bucko.
     
Notice that nowhere do we say that one has no “right” to put up a reflective
shield; of course one does, and is fully justified.  Also, possibly, unwise.
There is a distinction between what one has a “right” to do in “self defense”,
and what is wise to get drawn into.  Reflecting it is neither necessary, nor
likely to produce positive results, but if _that itself_ is the lesson to be
learned, what can I say?  Each chooses their own path, and that is as it should
be.  At least if one has considered the above, one should know what they are
stepping into.

CIRCLE OF FIRE – PROTECTION

Have you ever been momentarily overwhelmed by a
feeling of hopelessness? Heed the warning and look
to your enemies. A strong possibility exists that
you have been ill-wished, “overlooked” as the
elders would say. Witches are commonly blamed for
casting evil spells, but in truth very few indeed
care to risk a Three-Fold Return. This conviction
that a curse sent forth will return thrice to haunt
you is a doctrine bred in the bone and one as old
as the craft itself.

Keep in mind that psychic attack is often the work
of an amateur with latent power enlivened by envy
or rage. Hate is a strong motivation and a sharp
weapon. However, a malevolent thrust from the mind
of a novice is over in a flash. An untrained will
cannot sustain the proper degree of concentration
needed to do real harm. Nonetheless, it is only
wise to identify the perpetrator and protect
yourself from further negativity.

Visit the ocean (or any free-flowing body of water)
to fortify confidence with an ancient Irish pagan
prayer.

     I bind to myself this day
     The swiftness of the wind,
     The power of the sea,
     The hardness of the rocks,
     The endurance of the earth.

Cense the air of your home to purify the space and
comfort the spirit under siege. Frankincense and
myrrh are incenses notable for driving away the
forces of evil intent.

Of all the earth’s herbal gifts, none affords more
effective protection than rue, the “herb of grace”.
Hang a fresh bunch over your doorway and carry a
dried sprig to shield against harm from the ill-
wisher.

One of the simplest means to defeat psychic attack
is the Circle of Fire.

In privacy and complete darkness, light a candle.
Take a deep breath and stand as tall as you can.
Face east and raise the candle high above your head
for a moment. Bring the flame down to eye-level and
hold it there while you turn slowly deosil three
times. Concentrate your full attention on the blue
of the flame as you rotate in place. Raising the
candle high again, salute the east as you complete
the final circle. This erects a barrier through
which no evil thought can pass.