Often times people ask me if I have spells. Yes, I have spells. Some have worked, some haven't. What a witch must keep in mind is that what works for me, may not work for another witch. Magick is within everything. How it is perceived is different from witch to witch. Some think patchouli oil is the best oil for a prosperity spell. I prefer clove oil and have had success in using it. One of the wonders of magick is that there is normally a wide variety of correspondences to choose from for any one desired result. There must be about a hundred different herbs listed for love and at least thirty for wealth and money (a few of which I have listed).

I prefer to perform candle magick. Candle spells are simple, they are not time consuming (very important to a witch with little time) and they work. When I do a candle spell, I carefully choose an appropriate color for the candle, a stone, an oil, and three herbs, one for the physical realm, one for the mental realm and one for the spiritual realm, plus one more as a type of catalyst (normally these catalysts are either Dragon's blood, Mandrake or Mistletoe).

How do I pick my correspondences? First, I must know what I'm doing the spell for. Is it a prosperity spell, a healing spell, a spell to find a new job or maybe to improve communication with a loved one? Once I determine what I'm trying to accomplish, I hit the books. Within my library, I have several books that index what various colors, herbs, oils and stones correspond with various desired results. I try to be as specific as I can and try to blend my choice of correspondences to better "describe" my desired result. If I'm going to perform a prosperity spell, what attributes are going to be needed to reach the final goal? Creativity, physical strength, courage? I try to chose some herb or the oil to correspond with those added aspects and keep in mind that most herbs and oils have several attributes. Its is very possible to have an herb with the attributes of both wealth and, say, strength. With one herb you can accomplish two ends. I leave the color of the candle to the core of the spell. For a prosperity spell, green, a banishing spell, black. The same applies to the stone I use. I leave it to the core of the spell.

Having said all that, now I must also add, use what you have! One of the first spells I did I literally raided my spice cabinet for the herbs I needed. Okay, so maybe fennel would not have been my first choice, but it worked! I am fortunate to have an orange tree in my back yard. Yes, I use the leaves, blossoms, fruit, and bark in place of other possibly more popular herbs. Use what you have!

Once I've gathered my correspondences, I then charge them with the purpose of the spell. How is this done? There are a few techniques that must be utilized for this part of spellworking.

Ability to Meditate

This is the art of clearing the mind of all mundane thoughts and feelings. It is a state of relaxation and peace, the goal to reach a state of non-thought. This is not easy and I still haven't mastered the technique yet, but do the best you can. There are several very good books on the subject and even in many of the books on Wicca and witchcraft there are simple techniques to help in mastering meditation. This is essential to spellwork. Your mind must be at peace so that you can focus on what you're trying to accomplish.

Ability to Visualize

This is the ability to see with your mind, not with your senses. Although it is called visualization, remember, use all your senses! Close your eyes. Within your mind's eye, see a tree, whatever kind of tree you want or are familiar with. Let your mind see its limbs, its leaves or needles (depending on the type of tree), the trunk, etc. Let your mind feel the bark. Is it smooth, rough, spongy? Does the tree have a fragrance? Let your mind smell that fragrance. Let your mind hear the wind as it rustles the leaves. Visualization is not easy for some, but with practice you can visualize anything. (Taste also falls into this category, but for our little discussion, tasting a tree may not be prudent.) During spellwork you will visualize your goal (and be specific and detailed!) before directing it into the item you're charging.

Ability to Direct Energy

This is the ability to take the energies of the correspondences and your own energy and directing it towards your goal. When you charge an object, that energy is initially coming from you. From within yourself imagine (visualize) a bright light, maybe white or the color that corresponds with your goal, forming within yourself centered between your chest and stomach. Let that light grow and expand. Then direct that light up through your body, down your projective arm, out your fingertips (or through your athame or wand) and into whatever your trying to charge. While you direct that light, that energy, you will be visualizing your intent with as many specifics as you can.

It is important to realize that magick is energy flow. It is not power. All spells create a tangible connection between the objects used and yourself. When you work magick, be specific, but be careful! If you do a spell for a new job, remember to be specific in that your new job doesn't come at the expense of another! "An Ye Harm None" Remember these words when you work magick. As you finish your spell, (for me after I light the candle), I add something to the affect of "May the energy of this magick harm none and take a path that is for the good of all involved."

For candle spells remember that the flame must be allowed to continue to burn until it goes out on its own. I use three and seven day candles that are in glass jars. You can sprinkle your herbs on the top of them and they are safer. Remember not to leave a burning candle near drapes or where something flammable may fall into the flame. Keep in mind that the glass jars get hot, so handle with care and as the candle reaches the bottom of the jar, make sure the candle is not sitting on something that might burn from the heat. I suggest getting a ceramic dish and put some sand in the bottom to act as insulation. When I leave my home, I place the candle in my bath tub, just in case. If for some reason it gets knocked over, there is nothing in my tub that could catch on fire.

For positive spells, once the candle is out, use the stone as a talisman. Carry it with you or put it someplace where its presence will have an affect. For banishing spells, very carefully remove all remnants, of the candle, especially the stone, without touching it. Wrap the remnants in white paper and bury it outside, preferably some distance away.

Remember to write down your spells! You can either keep these spells in your Book of Shadows or elsewhere. My Book of Shadows is riddled with pieces of paper, napkins, whatever I happen to jot notes and spells down on. Some choose to use their computers as their BoS. Regardless, with the spells written down, can keep track of what works and what doesn't and you can also keep track of what you are doing while you're doing it.

A few words about magick and ethics. Most magick, at least initially, is done for yourself. There will be times when spellwork will be used to benefit other people. Any ethical witch WILL NOT do a spell that will affect someone else specifically without that person's permission. A witch must respect another person's soul path. What if you can't ask them (i.e. you can't reach them, the person is unable to communicate, etc)? Then you must honestly consider if that person would object. If your favorite aunt were deathly ill and could not communicate, and you wanted to do a healing spell for her, you would need to consider if she would agree to the spell if she could. If she were a devout Fundamentalist Christian, chances are pretty good she'd say no. You must respect her choices and her soul path.

No witch in their right mind will perform magick that is intended to manipulate, control or harm another. Remember, what you send out will come back to you threefold.

A witch should never sell a spell. If someone asks you to do a spell for them, it is not unreasonable to ask them to cover the expenses of the materials used, but other then that, no money should be received for the magick you do. That is counter productive and can cloud the intent of the magick.

When someone asks you to do a spell for them, if possible, instead of you doing the spell, teach them how to do it. The spell will have a better chance at success and they will have a better understanding of how the magick works.

n making your spells, it helps to write things out in an outline first, and then work your ritual out from there. Here is an outline you can use as a guidelines and even print out and fill in as you go along! Print as many copies as you need. You will probably only need to go through the entire outline for the first few spells. (The extra space is where you can write if you print this.)

Define the goal of the ritual:

Decide when and where you will work your magick, keeping in mind lunar phases and days of the week:

Find or create an appropriate chant for the spell (a simple rhyme will do):

If you will be invoking a god or goddess, decide on which one and write out any special prayers that you will use to call that diety. (For example, if you were calling Hecate, you could simply say "Hecate, Dark Goddess, I call thee!"):

Plan how you will visualize your goal in your mind. Describe it:

Decide on any correspondences, such as herbs, colors, elements, that you want in your ritual. Write these down and decide on how to include them in the ritual. Example: "Water would be appropriate for this ritual, so I will have a bowl of water on my altar". Your correspondences:

With all this written out, you are ready to decide how you will perform the ritual using the information you have gathered. Now, let's start the magick!

At the appropriate time gather together all the items you will need for your spell and go to the place where you will be performing the ritual.

Cast your circle.

Invite whatever dieties you wish to have present. Light incense to invite the God and Goddess into your circle if you wish and say any prayers you want.

Clear your mind and begin visualizing your goal as you planned. You can state your goal out loud if you want to.

Raise energy within yourself as you use your chant, or raise energy without a chant if you would rather.

Light your candles, charge your stones, dance, sing, etc. to focus your attention and raise energy. Here is where you should involve your correspondences in the spell!

When you feel that you have put as much energy into your spell as you possibly can, send the energy out to do your will. Relax, thrust open your arms, do whatever makes you feel that the energy being released.

Finish your spell by stating "So mote it be" or "This is my will, so it shall be". It is a sign of closure and a declaration that you know your magick will be successful.

Close your circle and thank the deities who have been with you.

Ground your energy.

Have your cakes and ale, or cookies and juice if you prefer.

Record your ritual in your Book of Shadows and save any remaining items that you wish in your personal witch's box.

Congratulations! You have completed your working!

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CONCERNING

TALISMANIC MAGICK

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.

We shall now venture to instruct you all concerning a very practical,

effective and powerful type of hermetic science, called "Talismanic

Magick". This science is unlimited in its practical application to

accomplish the Magical Will of the Magician. There are various

creative aspects to this practical science or various constructive

means of applying its magical formulae to create necessary changes in

accordance with the Will of the Magician.

A Talisman is, to all intents and purposes, a "charged" or

"consecrated" magical object with symbols and/or words inscribed on it

which are intended to represent particular cosmic energies which the

Magician is applying in the practical operations of his holy Magick,

to accomplish a particular goal. It is used by the Magician as a

magical link with the particular type of force which is invoked or

evoked by him to accomplish his Will. A Talisman is basically any

object which one ritually charges or consecrates with an occult force

or energy which the Talisman itself is intended to represent, and this

must only be done with strict magical intent.

Let us all impress upon our minds Aleister Crowley's proper definition

of Magick. He stated that "Magick is the Science and Art of causing

Change to occur in conformity with Will." Let us also impress upon our

minds his definition of a magical act. He stated that "All intentional

acts are magical acts. By intentional I mean willed." Before we can

perform Magick proper we must formulate our Will, we must cultivate

intent. Talismanic Magick is a scientific method of causing Change to

occur in conformity with Will, but we must know our Will before we can

apply this practical method of our Royal Art of Magick. Therefore the

first and greatest injunction of Talismanic Magick, as of all other

branches of the Magick Art, is "KNOW THY WILL."

The words and symbols used on a Talisman are very important. By the

scientific use of magical words and symbols the Magician can transform

a so-called dead material substance into an outward sign of an

invisible grace. Divine words and symbols are drawn on Talismans as

magical links with the spiritual energies that they are intended to

represent; they indicate a definite connection with the magical

energies which the Magician seeks to invoke or evoke for purposes of

doing his Will. The Hebrew Alphabet, also called the Magical Alphabet,

is used by most Magicians to compose significant magical words on

their Talismans. But Latin, Greek, Arabic, and English can also be

used. The Enochian language is, of course, used for Talismans which

are created from that system.

Symbols, like words, indicate something significantly magical, and

they impress upon the mind of the Magician the nature of his intent

and the nature of the force or energy which the Talisman

represents. The Talisman becomes linked, through the mind of the

Magician, with the force or energy which the symbols are intended to

signify. There are many types of symbols that can be used to inspire

the imagination of the Magician with the appropriate force. You can

draw the symbol of the Planet or symbols related to that

Planet. Eliphas Levi suggested inscribing a Pentagram on one side of

the Talisman and the Hexagram on the other side. This statement can be

applied in all cases, whether you are making a Talisman of Jupiter,

Mercury or any other Planet. Sigils are appropriate symbols by which

to properly charge Talismans and impress upon the mind of the Magician

the nature of the force or energy of his intent. Sigils are signatures

of invisible beings - - such as angels -- that are invoked or evoked

for the purpose of charging Talismans. Sigils can be created using the

well-known Magick Squares (Kameas) or Rose Cross symbol. Sigils are,

to all intents and purposes, magical symbols that represent the nature

and power of certain ideas or beings that correspond with the force or

energy of one's Will.

A Talisman can be a symbol of the influences of a Planet, made from a

sympathetic stone or metal or from parchment paper. Such a Talisman

would be constructed on the day of the week which corresponds to the

Planet. To each Planet is assigned an Intelligence or Angel and a

Demon. Each Planet, Intelligence and Demon have their own special

Seals or Sigils. Demonic Seals should never be inscribed on Talismans

except to perform an act of Black Magic. Their Seals would be written

on a Talisman made of the opposite metal or colored paper to that

which corresponds to their Planet, since the Demons represent forces

contrary thereto. But members of the New Order of the Golden Dawn are

obligated to never perform acts of Black Magic, which tend to obstruct

the Will of the Magician. The Magician of Thelema has no right but to

do his own Will. All true acts of Magick are acts of Will, and all

acts of Will are acts of Love. It is written in our Most Holy Book of

the New Aeon, that "Love is the law, love under will." Black Magic is

contrary to the Ways of Love; it is a false attempt to master and

misuse the laws of Nature. Let us here keep in mind those enlightening

words of the Old French Magus Eliphas Levi: "To affirm and will that

which ought to be is to create; to affirm and will that which ought

not to be is to destroy."

If you make your Planetary Talisman with parchment paper, the color of

the ink by which you draw the corresponding words and symbols thereon

should correspond with the Planet. If you are using simple paper, it

should be in the color that corresponds with the Planet. The Talisman

should be ritually anointed with the proper oil and/or ritually

consecrated with the proper incense. The Talisman should, in all

cases, be prepared by oneself. The cultivation of the proper mental

attitude is of vital importance in the construction of the Talisman

and one needs to concentrate with complete attention on the intent or

nature of the force which the Talisman is intended to represent. It

is therefore most suitable to employ the proper Colors, Metals, and

Perfumes on the proper Days of the Week, and to assume the proper

God-forms to charge the Talismans, since these directly indicate to

the mind of the Magician his magical intent and its corresponding

Planetary force or energy.

From a psychological point of view, the Planets are objects of

classification in the mind of man. We may classify under the

presidency of the Seven Ancient Planets various human and spiritual

influences, attributes or qualities of man. Any proper book on

Astrology can direct you in this fundamental knowledge. The basic

idea is to understand which Planet you will classify your intent under

to make effective your Magical Talisman. For instance, if your intent

is to cultivate better health, then you would classify this intent

under the presidency of the Sun. You would therefore make a Talisman

of the Sun and assume the God Form of Ra to properly charge it with

the energies of the Sun. If your intent is to find a lover, then you

would classify this intent under the presidency of Venus. You would

therefore make a Talisman of Venus and assume the God-form of Hathoor

to properly charge it with the energies of Venus.

The assumption of God-forms is a most essential part of magical

operations proper. Students should most earnestly study and practice

the principles of this matter outlined in Liber 0 contained in Gems

from the Equinox, by Aleister Crowley (Published by Falcon

Press). Listed below are seven Egyptian God- forms. You may, however,

assume other God-forms from other Pantheons. But the Egyptian Gods are

the most useful to assume for operations of Magick. (Note: For other

God-forms which correspond with the Seven Ancient Planets, consult 777

and other Qabalistic Writings of Aleister Crowley.) To properly assume

a God-form, and to assume that God's particular type of cosmic

consciousness, you would study and meditate on its ancient image and

mythological characteristics. In this manner you assimilate that God

into your consciousness, allowing for the free fulfillment of its

energy or force as represented by its corresponding Ancient

Planet. This is most vital to the work.

In the centre of each Talisman, it is an appropriate and effective

idea to write One Word which signifies your single intent or One

Will. It is said that "The Word is the Will." If your intent is Love

you would write this word in the centre of the Talisman. This One Word

may be written in Hebrew, English, Enochian or in any other language;

but it is a suitable idea to write it in the particular language you

are most familiar with. However, Sigils may be formed by the use of

One Word, and these Sigils may be used instead of writing an actual

word on the Talisman. But concerning this we shall communicate more

later, regarding the use of the Rose-Cross symbol of the Golden Dawn.

Talismans should be constructed in the shape of a Circle. For the

Circle is a most powerful magical symbol, representing the powers of

the Infinite. But the Talisman may be constructed in other meaningful

shapes. For instance, if Love is your intent you could construct your

Talisman in the shape of a heart. Use your imagination and you will

see the many possibilities of this practical method of creating

Magical Talismans.

Listed below are the various correspondences of the so-called Seven

Ancient Planets. If you wanted to make a Talisman of the Sun, you

would construct it of Gold or on Yellow paper or with Yellow Paint, on

a Sunday, assuming the God-form of Ra, using the Oil or Incense of

Cinnamon. Note that Oils and Incenses are both listed under the same

title of Perfumes.

TABLE OF CORRESPONDENCES

PLANETS GODS DAYS COLORS METALS PERFUMES

Sun Ra Sunday Yellow Gold Cinnamon

Moon Isis Monday Violet Silver Jasmine

Mars Horus Tuesday Red Iron Dragons Blood

Mercury Thoth Wednesday Orange Mercury Musk

Jupiter Amun Thursday Blue Tin Cedar

Venus Hathoor Friday Green Copper Sandalwood

Saturn Set Saturday Black Lead Myrrh

What is to follow are eleven ritual steps by which to effectively

charge a Talisman to accomplish your Will. These are simple steps and

can be easily performed by all members of the New Order of the Golden

Dawn. Let all make the simple attempt at completing the simple task of

making and charging at least one Talisman after reading this

lesson. It should further be suggested that all members make Seven

Talismans to correspond with the Seven Ancient Planets. In this way

you will have Seven Sacred Talismans which you can use at any time to

accomplish any goal. For such Talismans, the One Word in the centre

could be the name of the Planet or God of which your Talisman is a

material symbol.

ELEVEN RITUAL STEPS

1. Perform the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram or the

Banishing Ritual of the Star Ruby (Liber XXV).

2. Perform the Middle Pillar Ritual and equilibrate the Light by

performing the Qabalistic Cross.

3. Light the appropriate Planetary incense.

4. Assume the God-form. Become the God as you breathe in through

your nostrils the smoke of the incense, as if it were the

spirit of the god entering your nostrils.

5. Vibrate the Divine Name of the God as many times necessary to

concentrate your entire attention on that God-form.

6. Recite an invocation appropriate to the God or Planet, or just

keep vibrating the Divine Name of the God until you achieve

total identification with it.

7. In the consciousness of the God, hold the Talisman in the

palms of your hands. Concentrate on it. Fix your eyes in its

centre, on the One Word or Sigil in the centre of your

Talisman.

8. Vibrate that One Word as many times necessary to concentrate

your entire attention on your single magical intent

represented by that One Word. Use your One Word as if it were

a Mantra. The vibrations of the Word will act upon and modify

the Magical Agent (Astral Light) or Subconscious Mind.

9. Visualize your intent coming to pass. See the realization of

your Will. Then vitalize your imagination with force and fire,

enflaming your mind with power, to accomplish your One Will.

10. Place the Talisman in the palms of your hands at the

appropriate Chakra which corresponds with the Planet of the

God of your invocation. (Note: In Lesson Number XIII you will

find this information about the Chakras. Each Chakra is

listed with its corresponding Planet.) From this Chakra, see

there emanate a great power which charges the Talisman with

the force of the God of your invocation. Create in your

mind's eye an astral stream of energy emanating from the

Chakra and pervading the Talisman with its divine

energy. This astral stream of energy should be visualized in

the appropriate color, as listed above under the Table of

Correspondences.

11. Do whatever else your intuition dictates. This is where your

own creative genius should arise and work its own power to

manifest your Will. Continue in this until you are totally

certain of the manifestation of your power to realize your

single intent. Create a magical climax to this

realization. Know that your Will is done. Then strike the

battery 3-5-3, and say:

ABRAHADABRA.

It is best if the Magician performs a Lesser Banishing Ritual of the

Pentagram or the Banishing Ritual of the Star Ruby to close. He/She

should then place the Talisman in an appropriate secret place (that

is, in a concealed wallet, bag, box, or etc.).

Magicians of the Thelemic Order of the Golden Dawn, if it be their

Will, can write upon their Talismans the Law of Thelema or the sacred

number 93 which indicates that Law. In the former case, you could

write "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law" on the front

of the Talisman and "Love is the law, love under will" on the back. In

the latter case, use your imagination as best you can. By writing the

Law of Thelema or the number 93 on your Talisman you properly charge

it with the Current of your own Will, since the Law of Thelema

indicates your power to do your Will in freedom. It is therefore a

proper affirmation of your Will, and it seals your Talisman with the

energies of this New Aeon of Horus, making it a dynamic magical link

with the 93 Current and thus enhancing its power to accomplish your

Will. (Note: 93 is the numerical value of the Greek word Thelema

which means Will. The Law of Thelema is the Law of Will.)

The best Talisman to construct and use, for performing a specific

magical operation related to your one True Will, is a personal

Talisman of some sort. It should be constructed with One Word in its

centre representing your one True Will and any symbols that you have a

personal affinity for and that represent the force that the Talisman

will be charged with. On such a Talisman of this type, you could write

your own Magical Motto if the object of the Talisman corresponds with

your initiatory work in the New Order of the Golden Dawn. This gives

the Talisman even more power to accomplish your one True Will, since

it can evoke definite psychological responses from within you which

will be charged with the spiritual power which your initiation

bestowed upon you.

The Rose-Cross is one of the principal occult symbols of the Golden

Dawn. It is one of the symbols of the Second Order of the Rose of

Ruby and the Cross of Gold (Rosae Rubeae et Aureae Crucis), and it

indicates the Great Work of the Adept. It is called "The Key of Sigils

and Rituals." The Rose on the Cross has 22 petals in three rings, with

another symbol of a Rose-Cross in its centre. The central Rose-Cross

has a Golden Cross made of six squares, with a five petaled Red Rose

in its centre. The three central petals of the 22 petaled Rose

correspond to the magical elements of fire, water and air, and they

have written on them the Hebrew letters that correspond to them. The

second row of petals correspond to the Seven Planets, and they have

written on them the Hebrew letters that correspond to them. The outer

petals correspond to the Twelve Zodiacal Signs, and they have written

on them the Hebrew letters that correspond to them. The petals are

colored in the King Scale that is attributed to the twenty-two Paths

of the Qabalistic Tree of Life. The Rose in the centre of the Cross

represents the sixth Sephira of the Tree of Life called Tiphareth

which is the receptacle of the Sephirotic forces of the Tree. You can

use the Rose to form a Sigil as you do with the Magick Squares. The

general method for doing this is to start at the first letter of the

name you are using, draw a small circle, and then draw a line from

letter to letter used in the name. When you get to the last letter,

end with a small perpendicular line. Although it is best to use words

in Hebrew to form Talismans in this way, you can also transliterate

(i.e. substitute Hebrew letters for the English ones) any name you

want to use. This magical method may be extended to the creation of a

Sigil from a single word signifying your One Will. You can leave the

unused letters blank, and put the Rose on the Talisman, or you can

just copy the Sigil unto the Talisman. If your Talisman is made from

colored paper, it is a most powerful idea to draw your Sigil in the

complementary color to that of the paper. (See the Complete Golden

Dawn System of Magic, by Israel Regardie, published by New Falcon

Publications, for the symbol of the Rose and Cross and also for

further practical information concerning the proper means of using

this divine Rosicrucian symbol to make the appropriate Sigils for

Talismans.)

It is very important to keep in mind, when charging your Talisman,

that THE ONLY POWER OF THE TALISMAN IS IN THE IMAGINATION AND WILL OF

THE MAGICIAN. Without the practical application of these two vital

powers of the human mind, there is no possibility for success in the

scientific operations of Talismanic Magick. All works of Magick, human

or divine, depend upon the practical application of these two vital

powers.

Concerning the essential power of imagination, Eliphas Levi stated the

following: "Imagination exalts the Will and gives it power over the

Universal Agent" and "Imagination applied to reason is genius." The

Universal Agent is the Astral Light or Magical Agent through which all

Magick is accomplished by the Imagination and Will of the

Magician. This Universal Agent is symbolized by the Serpent, and is

called the Kundalini in the Philosophy of Yoga. It is a Universal

Force which is controlled and projected by the powers of the

Imagination and Will of the Magician. It is the instrument of

Initiation, the Grand Secret of All Power, called the Soul of the

World and the Perpetual Fire of terrestrial life. (Note: In Lesson

No. XIII, there is much information concerning the Kundalini or

Serpent Force. Also see the New Golden Dawn Flying Roll No. IV.)

Here ends our New Golden Dawn Correspondence Lesson concerning the

Sacred Art of Talismanic Magick. May this Royal Art bestow upon you

all its magical splendours of practical power, assisting you all in

the attainment of the Great Work, the Summum Bonum, True Wisdom and

Perfect Happiness. In nomine Novus Ordo Aureae Aurora, Sic sit vobis!

Love is the law, love under will.

To See Ghosts: Carry lavender and inhale its scent.

To allay fears: Carry a mixture of nettle and yarrow.

To Detect Witches: Carry a sachet of Rue, maidenhair, agrimony,

broom-straw, and ground ivy.

To Be Courageous: Wear a fresh borage flower, or carry mullien.

To Avoid Military Service: Wear the 4-leaved clover if you wish to

avoid duty.

To Ensure Safety And Protection On A Journey: Comfrey worn or

carried will safeguard you.

To Prevent Storms and Wreckage While At Sea: Put a clove of garlic

in your purse or in your pocket. In the South Pacific or in Hawaii wear

a garland of ti leaves.

To Guard Against Rape: Wear the heather to avoid all acts of passion.

To Keep One From Dreaming: Hang a sprig of lemon verbena around the

neck.

To Conceive:Wear the mistletoe, the cyclamen, or the bistort.

To Prevent Weariness While Walking: Put mugwort in the shoe.

To Keep Venemous Beasts and Wild Animals Afar: Wear avens or mullien.

To Keep Others From Deceiving You: Wear the pimpernel or snapdragon.

To Keep Disease Afar: Wear a sprig of rue around the neck.

To Enable A Soldier To Escape His Enemies: Wear the vervain and you

shall accomplish this.

To Avoid Being Sent To The Gallows: Wear or carry a carnation.

To Ensure Victory: Wear woodruff to win.

To Ensure That Friendly Words Are Spoken

To You: Wear the heliotrope.

To Enter The Underworld: Carry an apple, or the branch of an apple

tree that bears buds, flowers, and fully ripened fruit.

To Regain Lost Manhood: Carry an acorn or mandrake root.

To Remain Youthful: Carry an acorn.

To Prevent Drunkeness: Wear a chaplet of saffron, crocus, parsley,

or rue to prolong your enjoy-ment.

To See Fairies: Gather wild thyme and carry it with you, or put it

on the eyelids (with your eyes closed) and sleep on a fairy hill.

To Be A Successful Fisherman: Carry a bit of the hawthorn.

To See A Unicorn: As this beast usually lives among the ash trees,

carry a bit of the wood or leaves and you may see one. Or lie down

among ashes and place one of its leaves on your chest and wait for

one to make itself known.

*Place thorny rose branches on the front door step to keep evil away from

your abode.

*Consuming a bit of wild thyme before retiring will grant the diner a sleep

free of nightmares.

*Keep money with cedar chips in a small box to attract yet more money.

*To discover the future, take two acorns. Name one "yes" and the other "no".

Place them in a basin of water and ask your question. The acorn that floats

toward you indicates the answer.

*Gather the first anemone flower to bloom in spring and carry with with you

as a charm against sickness.

*To keep evil spirits from the house, hang dried seaweed in the kitchen.

African Violet - Used as a protection amulet and to promote spirituality in the home. It is burned as a traditional herbal incense of the Spring Equinox Sabbat.

Allspice - Burned as an incense to attract money or luck. It is also used to promote healing.

Aloe - A popular houseplant. Used for protection against evil influences and prevents household accidents.

Angelica - One of the traditional ritual herbs of the Candlemas and Beltane Sabbats. Angelica is both a culinary and medicinal herb. Sprinkle around the house to ward off evil. Added to the bath, it removes curses or spells that may have been cast against you.

Anise - The leaves are used for protection. The seeds are burned as a meditation incense. Filling a small pillowcase with anise seeds and sleeping on it will ensure that you have no nightmares.

Basil - Brings wealth to those who carry it in their pockets. Basil given as a gift brings good luck to a new home. It is one of the traditional ritual herbs of the Candlemas Sabbat.

Bay - Wishes are written on bay leaves which are then burned to make them come true, and a bay leaf held in the mouth wards off bad luck. Bay is one of the traditional ritual herbs of the Candlemas and Winter Solstice Sabbats.

Buckwheat - Sprinkle the flour to form magic circles on the floor around you while performing magic.

Catnip - Grown near the home, it attracts good spirits and great luck. Catnip is used in spells designed to enhance beauty and happiness. Large Catnip leaves are pressed and used as bookmarks in magickal texts.

Cinnamon - Used in healing rituals and spells to attract money. It stimulates clairvoyant abilities and raises both protective and spiritual vibrations. The oil of the cinnamon plant is used to anoint candles for love goddess invocations, love magick, and spells of passion. It is also used in sachets and infusions.

Clove - Burned as an incense, cloves attract riches, drive away negative forces, and purify the area. Burn them to stop others from gossiping about you. Wear them or carry them to attract the opposite sex.

Corn - Place an ear of corn in a baby's crib to protect it against negative forces. A necklace made of dried red corn kernels prevents nosebleed.

Cumin - Used in love spells. When carried, it gives peace of mind.

Dill - This is an herb of protection. When hung over the front door, it will keep your home safe from enemies. Dill has a magickal ability to attract money and good fortune.

Garlic - Extremely protective in new homes. Worn, it guards against foul weather.

Grape - Eating grapes or raisins increases fertility, as well as strengthens mental powers. Place grapes on the altar during money spells.

Hazel - String the nuts and hang in the house for luck. The nuts are often eaten prior to divination and give wisdom and increase fertility. Twigs of hazel are placed in window frames to guard the house against lightning. Hazel wood can be used to make all-purpose magickal wands.

Lemon - Lemon juice is mixed with water and is used to wash amulets, jewelry and other magickal objects which have been obtained second-hand. This wash ensures that all negative vibrations are cleansed from the object. Keep one of the seeds from a lemon that you have consumed. Plant it in early spring, and nurture it in a warm place. When it grows, give it to a loved

one, to keep your love fresh and true. Also, Take a slice of fresh lemon and put it under the chair of a visiting friend, to ensure your friendship will last.

Lettuce - Rub lettuce juice onto the forehead or eat the leaves to have no trouble falling asleep.

Mint - The leaves of the mint plants have been used magickally for healing, attracting money, increasing sexual desire, and protection. Mint oil is often used for anointing candles, ritual tools, and healing poppets.

Mustard - Carry mustard seeds in a red cloth to guard against colds and to increase mental powers. When eaten, mustard seed increases fertility in women.

Nuts - All nuts are potent fertility-inducers, and are carried for such uses. Nuts are also used in many prosperity and money mixtures.

Oats - Used in prosperity and money spells.

Olive - Olive oil has long been used as an anointing oil to aid in healing. Olive leaves, worn, bring luck.

Onion - An onion placed beneath the pillow can produce prophetic dreams. Magickal knives and swords are purified by rubbing their blades with fresh onions.

Orange - The dried peel and seeds are added to love sachets. The peel is also added to prosperity powders, incenses and mixtures. Orange juice is drunk in rituals in place of wine.

Pea - Shelling peas brings fortune and profits in business, and the dried peas are used in monetary mixtures.

Pear - The fruit is used in love spells, and the wood makes fine magickal wands.

Pepper - Pepper is added to amulets as a protectant against the evil eye, and when worn, it frees the mind of envious thoughts. Mixed with salt and scattered about the property it dispels evil.

Pineapple - Dried pineapple is placed in bags and added to baths to draw good luck to the bather. Pineapple juice is drunk to hinder lust, and the dried peel or flesh is added to money mixtures.

Poppy - The flowers and seeds of the poppy are highly magickal and have been used in spells, potions, and sachets to promote female fertility, attract money, and induce divinatory dreams. The poppy is regarded as good luck, and it is potent in all forms of love enchantment.

Potato - A potato carried in the pocket curse toothaches and guards against rheumatism, warts and gout. To protect against contracting a cold, a potato should be carried in the pocket or purse all winter-the same potato.

Rice - When placed on the roof, rice guards against all misfortunes. Throwing rice in the air can cause rain. Rice is also added in money spells.

Rosemary - Is burned as an incense to purify, heal, prevent nightmares, dispel depression, attract fairy-folk, and induce sleep. Healing poppets are often stuffed with rosemary for its powerful curative vibrations.

Saffron - Has many magickal powers. It is an herb of love enchantment, healing, weather working, and spells and rituals to strengthen the psychic abilities. Drinking a potion made from saffron is said to give a woman or man the gift of second sight.

Sage - An herb of immortality, protection, and wish magick. When eaten, worn in a horn amulet, or carried in a mojo bag, sage leaves guard against the evil eye. This herb of magick is also reputed to promote wisdom, heal the body, mind, and soul, and attract money. The sage is one of the traditional ritual herbs of the Samhain Sabbat.

Spearmint - Is used in all healing applications, especially in aiding lung diseases. Smelled, spearmint increases and sharpens mental powers.

Tea - Burn the leaves of the tea plant to ensure future riches, and add to all money mixtures and sachets. Tea is also included in talismans designed to give their bearer courage and strength.

Thyme - This magickal herb is used in love spells and divinations, dream magick, spells to increase strength and courage and charms against nightmares. Thyme is also used in healing spells, purifications, and rituals to develop extra-sensory perception.

Tomato - Placed on the windowsill or any other household entrance it repels evil from entering. The plants in the garden are protective, and the tomato when eaten, has the power of inspiring love.

Vanilla - The vanilla plant is used in love magick. Its beans are used as amulets to improve mental powers, and its purple flowers are used in aphrodisiacs and passion sachets.

Wintergreen - Is utilized in healing spells, and when fresh sprigs are placed on the altar they call good spirits to witness and aid you magic.

CHARM BAGS

Dream Magick

If you find you need a little help in lucid dreaming, or you want to

learn the answer to a specific problem, this charmbag is a great

tool. It soothes the waking mind and helps your sleeping mind to

focus.

Make or buy a small draw-string bag about 1-2 inches deep. Put in a

pinch or two of each of the following:

peppermint

cinnamon

lemon verbena

marigold

vervain

hops

During the full moon, put the bag together, then conscreate and

charge it. Make certain it is tied tightly. Before sleep each night,

rub the bag over your third eye (center of forehead) and concentrate

on the question, problem or situation. Then place the bag under your

pillow. Continue to concentrate on the situation as you drift off.

When you wake, jot down whatever you remember in your dream journal.

Your question should be answered within the first few nights.

Remember dreams can be symbolic or literal. This pouch can also help

increase your skill at lucid dreaming, by keeping your mind focused

on the fact that you are just dreaming.

Confidence in Social Situations

Make or buy a small draw-string bag about 1-2 inches deep. Put in a

pinch or two of each of the following:

Nutmeg

Pine neddles

Dried Lavender

Peice of Mandrake root

Carve your initials and a pentagram on the mandrake root and tie the

bag closed. During the waxing phase of the moon, conscreate and

charge the bag. Wear it around your neck or keep it in your pocket.

You will feel a surge of energy whenever you are in a social

situation.

To Draw a New Love To You

Make or buy a small draw-string bag about 1-2 inches deep. Put in

each of the following:

5 rose petals

a bit (2 pinches or so) of catnip

a bit of heather

a bit of vervain (if available)

1 marble sized peice of jasper or rose quartz

During the waxing phase of the moon, preferrably on a Friday, put the

bag together, then conscreate and charge the bag. Wear it around your

neck or keep it in your pocket.

Luck in Business

Make or buy a draw-string bag about 2-4 inches deep. Put in equal

parts of each of the following:

bayberry

red clover

comfrey

dragon's blood

mandrake root

5-6 tulip petals

Inscribe your full name on one side of the mandrake root, and the

runes Dagaz, Fehu and Teiwaz (pictured below) on the other. During

the waxing phase of the moon, preferrably on a Wednesday or Thursday,

put the bag together, then conscreate and charge the bag. Keep it in

your pocket.

YARROW AMATORY CHARM

"IN bath, tea, or asperging, yarrow is the sovereign herb of love-

seeking," said my Adept. She then taught me this charm. I have no

idea where she got it.

On finding yarrow in bloom under a waxing moon for the first time in

Spring, bow to the plant and ask her permission to gather a sprig.

As you do so, chant:

"Yarrow, sweet yarrow, the first I have found!

"In the name of my Lady, I pluck from the ground.

"As father loved mother, taking her for his dear,

"In my own dreams tonight, may my true love appear."

If you sleep with the sprig under your pillow, you will see the face

of your true love in your dreams.

THE LOVE DREAM (Hypericum)

Again, this was copied into my grimoire with no reference given. It

is the amatory version of an ancient spell, "Dreaming True", that

teaches how to communicate with the dead. In this version, it is

recommended that the charm be performed on July 22, St. Magdalen's

eve or Habondia's Day (the germanic Goddess of hearth and home), May

Eve, near Hallows, when the veil is thinnest, or at Lammas, another

traditional time for working spells of love.

This spell features hypericum, St. John's Wort.

First: Prepare the spell materials. Cast and purify your circle

under a waxing moon, preferably at a love (venus) hour on Moonday or

Freyaday. Inscribe your beloved's name on exorcised parchment of art

with your pen and ink of art. When you are ready to work the spell,

tuck the parchment under your pillow with a sachet of hypericum.

Second: Prepare the dream environment. Fumigate your bedroom with

LUNAR DREAM INCENSE: camphor, jasmine, powdered aloe-wood,

pulverized cucumber seed, powdered white sandalwood. Also, leave a

pen and pad by the bed to record your dream.

Third: Prepare your dreaming philtre. To 1/2 cup distilled water

add 3 drops white winek, 3 drops gin, 3 drops apple vinegar; stir

with a rosemary twig.

Fourth: Prepare your physical body and notify your subconscious

mind. Prepare an amatory bath of the following herbs. (Leaders,

please note: YOU are represented here; Miz Lyz, sorry, there's no

violet, but there's no WILLOW either LOL)

Bath herbs or oils, equal parts: lavender, peppermint,

rosemary, thyme, and powdered poppy seed.

After you have placed the sachet under your pillow and kindled the

incense, step into the bath and fantasize to your heart's content.

When you are relaxed and sleepy, dry yourself and drink the potion,

affirming nine times your intention to recall your dream.

When you awake, write down the dream and meditate upon it. Your

dream will predict your lover and your course together.

CELTIC STARS LOVE CHARM. In any moon phase except the dark, search

the stars for the formation of Ursa minor and Ursa major (big and

little dippers). When you find them, encircled by Draco, say:

"Great bear, small bear, in the serpent winding,

Hear thee now my simple prayer, Love I may be finding."

By tradition, the first person you meet the next day will lead you to

your future love.

(I do not reccommend you use any of the jinxing or harming recipes. It is just a resource. If you use them it is just your karma. Be warned!)

MAGICKAL ITEMS AND WHAT THEY ARE USED FOR

Graveyard Dirt: Use for destroying an enemy, slowly and

painfully..

Goofer Dust: A mix of graveyard dirt and various other items.

Used for enemy tricks, also.

Coffin Nails: Use for enemy tricks, too.

Magnetic Sand: Make enemies obey your commands.

Pyrite: Draws money with it's luck.

Sulphur Powder: Creates jinxing, crossing, drive away, and

other means things to your enemies..

Raccoon Love Bone: Attracts love into marriage if kept in

house, and when gambling attracts money.

Lucky Hand Root: Draws luck and helps in making decisions.

High John The Conquerer Root: Brings commanding power, draws

luck, gains personal mastery, stregthens nature, and brings success

in business and financial stuff.

Rabbits Foot: You know what this does!

Alligator Tooth: Brings good luck in games of cards or

gambling.

Alligator Foot: Good luck in money making decisions, gambling

luck, and helps in businesss problems.

Rattlesnake Rattle: Brings power and bravery.

Angelica Root: Wards off evil, brings good luck, good health,

and a peacefull home.

Cats Eye Shell: Helps in court cases, to win, brings good

luck.

Pyrite: Good luck, good fortune, get a job, and brings luck

in money matters.

War Water: Brings strife and sorrow to an enemy.

Four Theives Vinegar: Bring confusion and dissent to enemies

Talisman for Air Travel-have a gold disc inscribed with the following

words:

"Swiftly, Safely in the Eye of God," and wear it about your neck on a

chain.

Talisman to Protect your Apartment-What you must do is go to a farm

where there are horses and casually san the barn area until you eyes

light on a discarded horseshoe. Check it out. If the nails are still

in it, or lying close by, it's especially lucky (as the vibrations

are still whole and effective). The horseshoe is an ancient good luck

talisman, and when used properly it will ward off any evil that might

try lurking in the door of your apartment. When you have acquired

your horseshoe, take it ome with you and find a nice spot over your

fron tdoor to hang it. Nail it up so that hte ends of the horseshoe

are pointing downward.

Talisman to Make you Fleet-Footed- wear a chain with a bird in flight

on it (made of silver or enameled in white), and your swiftness will

amaze you.

Talisman for Business Success (Egyptian)-to help ensure success in

business, have the Egyptian hieroglyph, which means "to be powerful"

cast in gold, and wear it on a chain.

Talisman for Business Success (African)-a figure of a lion with a

ball grasped in its teeth (have it made in gold)

Talsiman to Enlarge Your Intellect-molded in gold ( or it may be

engraved on a topaz) it is a sunburst with a coiled snake in the

center

Talisman to Make a Judge Friendly- on parchment, draw one circle

inside of another. In the ring created between the two circles, write

Heaven protect me and keep me safe from all evil and injustice. On

the inside of the inner circle, write in a circular fashion : Keep me

safe from injustice and ignorance.

Talisman to Protect you Health from others (Arabian)-On a piece of

paper write the following and hang it on a chain:

Turn away evil eye,

Back to my enemy

Talisman to Maintain Hope- wear, pinned to your clothes, a cluster of

gold olives

Talisman to Keep Away Scandal-carry with you a little pouch of black

satin in whic you've put a pig's knuckle, a myrtle leaf, a white

feather, a bit of knotted black thread.

Talisman for Sexual Potency-seek out a man who goes hunting and ask

him to bring you the foot of a hare, if he shoots one. Then have the

foot mounted and wear it on a chain about your waist (next to your

skin). The hare's foot is the protector talisman of sexual potency.

Talisman to Acquire Wealth- wear a talisman of seven gold rings on a

gold chain

Talisman to Preserve Your Youth-wear a sarsparilla root on a chain

next to your skin.

Talisman Spell For Employment

You will need a key. This is an important talisman as it symbolizes

a door to be unlocked or locked. Take a small metal key of

traditional key shape and place it on your spell table or altar.

Write the name of the person to receive the job on a piece of paper

and place it under the key. Light a white candle and place behind the

key and paper. Recite these words:

Key, key, you are the power

through the Lady and of the Lady here in me.

And here I say,

give this man/woman (insert name here)

the employment he/she desires.

Open the door for him/her,

open the door of his/her desire.

Let the door be open so he/she may enter

upon that work which satisfies

her/his need and will and

fulfill and bless his/her days.

This is your message

this is your aim.

This is your power

which now begins.

Allow the candle to burn completely down. The key should then be

given to the subject and worn on a chain or yarn or braided thong

underneath the clothing. If the person is honestly seeking

employment, this spell should only take a week or so to manifest.

Sigils - A symbol of a desire, goal, concept or name condensed.

As the sigil is made, energies, desires and goals are transferred into the symbol which will then be held in the mind. This is done to free the spell caster to concentrate more deeply on raising energies rather than focusing on why he/she is casting a spell.

To make a sigil simply write out a name, sentence or concept of intent and try to condense it by illiminating repetitive letters. What you will have left with is what you need to work with and form into a symbol. This further condensing is done by taking the remaining letters and blending letters that look similiar into one, like M and N or I and T or E and F, etc... What you will work out is a personal symbol for the concept or name in your mind. As you work out the sigil the magick is already working because you are investing and focusing your energies into creating this symbol. This symbol can be made from your native language or a magickal alphabet. This symbol can be written down on paper or etched into a tool or candle. It can be drawn upon in your mind while concentrating on a spell. There are many uses for it.

Step one: Fold down about 3/4 inch at the top and bottom, cut ends to create the pocket for the drawstring. Stitch straight across at both ends.
Step two: Fold fabric in half with wrong sides on the outside and right sides together.
Step three: Stitch along sides of bag, stopping at the stitching line for the drawstring pocket and allowing about a 1/2 inch seam allowance.
Step four: Turn the bag right side out. Using a 10 inch piece of matching rat tail cord, thread the cord through one side of the pocket, turn and come back through the other side. Knot the ends of the cord.

Purchase 1/2 yard of fabric in light yellow. Cut a piece 12 inches by 18 inches. Fold the fabric in half with the right sides together so that it is 12 inches by 9 inches. Stitch around the edge with a 1/2 inch seam allowance, leaving a 2-3 inch opening at one end. See diagram.
Turn pillow right side out and stuff with herb mixture. Do not overfill, it should be soft, not tight. Fold seam allowance into opening and stitch closed. See diagram.