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* Note down the purpose of the spell and the order in which you intend to work.
Decide whether it will be divided into phases, such as invoking the four elements,
raising and releasing the power (see pages 40-1) or merge into one.
* Plan what you are going to say and write it down. (You may of course let the
words come to you spontaneously.)
* Choose the time for your spell. Check the following influences:
The seasons
The equinoxes
The phase of the Moon
The day of the week
The hour
* Check any time limits (for example, 'May this spell hold sway until the Moon has
ebbed away') and ensure that you can adhere to them.
* Choose the place for your spell. If you are working out of doors, and it is a
spell that will last over several days, bear in mind any possible changes in the
weather. Make sure you have enough room for the circle you intend to cast. Set up
your altar in advance, if you can.
* Choose candles for the altar, to mark the quadrants of the circle and to
represent people. Check they are the right colour. Choose elemental candles.
* Inscribe your candles.
* Anoint your candles.
* Choose your associated symbols that will act as a focus for the spell.
* Choose your elemental tools.
* Choose your herbs. Decide if you are going to empower them before or during the
ceremony and write down the words if necessary. Make any sachets or poppets you
intend to use.
* Choose your oils.
* Choose your incenses.
* Choose your crystals.
* Choose your ritual substances.
* Consecrate the ritual substances.
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The Ceremony
* Cast your circle.
* Invoke the elements and angels.
* Focus on the symbol of the spell and declare your intentions.
* Endow the symbol with magical energies, chanting if appropriate.
* Raise the power to absorb energy from the cosmos, creating a cone of power.
* Release the power, sending it out into the cosmos.
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* Close the energies down. * Uncast the circle.
* Ground the energies.
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After The Ceremony
* Dispose of materials - some may need to be left out in the light of the Moon, or
buried or thrown to the winds; others may be kept, wrapped in silk, or sent to the
person for whom the spell is intended.
* Blow out all the candles, unless they are to be left to burn down. If this is the
case, make sure there is no risk of fire.
* Cleanse and recharge your tools.
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Glossary
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Akasha: The fifth and greatest element, formed by the combination of the ancient
elements of Earth, Air, Fire and Water that were considered in classical times and
by alchemists to be the components of all life and matter. Also sometimes called
Spirit or Ether.
Akashic records: The collective memory bank on the spirit plane said to hold the
experiences of all people, past, present and future.
Alban Arthuran: The festival of the mid-winter solstice, named after King Arthur,
the legendary Sun King, which takes place on or about 21 December in the northern
hemisphere.
Alpha waves: Brain waves, cultivated in psychic work, that are associated with a
very relaxed state of mind in which it is possible for intuitive faculties to find
expression.
Amulet: A charm carried on a person or placed in a house to offer protection
against danger and illness. When charged with healing energies, it becomes a
talisman and can attract health and good fortune.
Anima: The term coined by Carl Gustav Jung to represent the female power within men
as well as women.
Animus: Jung's term for the male power within women and men. Ankh: An Egyptian
symbol of eternal life.
Archangels: Higher orders of angels, celestial beings featuring in the cosmologies
of the three major religions of the Western world, Christianity, Judaism, and
Islam, as well as many other world religions.
Athame: A double-edged knife used in formal ritual magick.
Auric field/aura: The personal energy field around all animate life, visible to
clairvoyants.
Beltain: The Celtic festival of summer, beginning on 30 April and lasting for three
days.
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Bicarmel mind: A way of thinking that uses both hemispheres of the mind, the
logical and the intuitive, rather than the left (logical) hemisphere predominating
as is normal in adults.
Book of Shadows: A book of reference containing magical spells, herbs, flowers,
incenses and moon phases, etc.
Caduceus: The staff of the classical messenger of the gods (Hermes to the Greeks
and Mercury to the Romans), shaped like two snakes, entwined in a double circle.
Cardinal: Principal, as in the four cardinal directions set round a circle - North,
South, East, and West. Also a term applied to the astrological signs of Aries,
Cancer, Libra and Capricorn, because when the Sun moved into these signs it marked
the start of a new season. Those born under a cardinal sign manifest this quality
as a desire to initiate and to take command of people and situations.
Cauldron of Undry: A magical cauldron, one of the original four Celtic treasures,
that could provide an endless supply of nourishment and had great healing and
restorative powers. Believed by some scholars to be the inspiration for the Holy
Grail.
Censer: A container for granular incense that is burned on charcoal. Also called a
thurible.
Chalice: A cup or goblet made of glass, crystal, pottery or metal, traditionally
silver, used in ceremonies to represent the Water element and to hold wine, juice
or water.
Charge: A declaration of the power and benevolence of the Goddess (or god) in
Wicca, similar to the Creed in other religions. It is spoken usually in the first
person and is sometimes believed to be the words of the Goddess channelled through
the speaker.
Ch'i: The invisible life force, the flow of positive energy through everything,
promoting growth, health and vitality.
Clairaudience: A natural psychic ability to hear sounds beyond the range of the
physical sounds and the physical ear, sometimes from other dimensions. Mediums
often communicate with spirits by hearing their voices and so can convey messages
to relatives or friends in whom the ability is not so developed.
Coven: A meeting of any group, numbering from two to 13 practitioners, who meet
together to perform magick.
Deosil: Clockwise, or, literally 'in the direction of the Sun'. The direction used
in creating a circle, in all forms of attracting magic and for giving healing
energies. See also Widdershins.
Devas: The angelic beings who watch and direct the natural world. In formal magick,
one Deva rules over each segment of a magical circle and one of the four elements
of Fire, Water, Air and Earth. Also known as the Devic Lords of the Watchtower.
Dhoop: An incense stick like a slender rope, from India.
The Divinity: Generic term for the ultimate source of goodness, light and creation.
Djinn: An invisible, shapeshifting creature of fire and air, originating in the
Middle East. In Islamic tradition, djinns live in a parallel universe and so are
invisible, created, it is said, before mortals from smokeless fire.
Druids: Celtic high priests and wise men (and women) who preserved a common
culture, religion, history, laws, scholarship, healing, magic and science amongst
the disparate Celtic tribes. There is historical evidence of Druids in Ireland,
England, Wales and Gaul and it would seem that they also held sway in the Celtic
settlements of Spain, Italy, Galatia and the Danube valley, although under a
different name.
Eightfold Wheel of the Year: An ancient magical and spiritual division of the year,
formalised by the Celts, though possibly dating back to the first agricultural
societies.
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