Spells and Magick

Casting Magic Spells
Magic Spell: A specific and deliberate attempt
to harness and manipulate the energy following
a formula or direction. A conscious, formalized attempt to manipulate magic power and energy
in order to achieve personal goals.
Magic is the manipulation of Earth’s naturally occurring energies in order to provide you with the abundance, success, prosperity, love, health and happiness you desire. Magic spells are deliberate, specific attempts to connect to and control the Earth's energies following a specific formula or general direction.
Magic spells can be dramatic, shocking or, quite frankly, mundane. What differentiates a random series of actions from magic spells is your intent, desires and goals. Magic spells are a conscious, formalized attempt to manipulate magic power and energy in order to achieve your personal goals.
Before you perform an act of magic, you must be certain – absolutely clear – on why you are doing it and what you hope to achieve. Determine why you are planning to use magic in every case, and consider whether you really have attempted to attain your goals through non-magical (mundane) means. Consider whether your actions will be for the good of all, and not merely in your own self-interest. Are you absolutely sure that your magical action will not harm anyone? Then proceed!
Once you are ready to use your magical energy, you must be able to concentrate. You must be able to focus intently and visualise the magic. What you want to happen must be perfectly clear in your mind.
When you perform a magical act, you will build up a massive amount of energy with your powers of concentration, then, when that energy is most intense, you will send it out to work for you.
My goals here are to explore, discuss and share different facets of magic, from the historical to the practical. These goals include:
Casting Magic Circles – Altar placement, cleansing of sacred space, calling of entities, when to cast a circle and working of magic within the circle.
Spell Casting – Drawing the positive, invocations, creativity, gestures, writing your own spells, empowering talismans and performing magic for yourself and others.
Celebrations – Sabbats and Esbats, the Wheel of the Year, ritual content for celebrations and solitary celebrations.
The Moon – Drawing Down the Moon, Full Moons and New Moons, seasonal moons, and waxing and waning moons (and what spells are best performed when).
History – The history of witchcraft, historical spells, historical elements of rituals, and celebrations and holidays.
Deities – The Goddess (Lady) and God (Lord) in particular, with information over time on pantheons and deities (Egyptian, Celtic, Greek, Hindu, Roman).
Elements – Earth / Air / Fire / Water, summoning elements, elemental magic and spells.
Nature – Natural energies, nature festivals, natural – versus – human-made holidays, and healing crystals and traditional healing herbs.
Formulary – Recipes for magical oils, charged waters and potions, and for ingredients needed in spell casting and ritual baths.
Magical tools – Athames, cauldrons, Books of Shadows, rituals, brooms, bollines, candles, chalices, crystal balls, stones and crystals, wands and magic mirrors.
Herbs – Herbs for healing, nutrition, body care, relaxation and aromatherapy.
Everything else beautiful, positive, sacred and appropriate to magical wisdom – chakras, feng shui (a complimentary discipline), thoughts for a successful magic mindset, Solitary and Eclectic Witchcraft, scrying, our place in the universe, and the stars and planets.
Lessons taken from the business world that will help you to be successful – planning, managing your time, understanding your energies and why you (and your magical spells) are more effective at certain times a day, body language, mental discipline, willpower and attracting positiveness to yourself