Those who know nothing about the religion of Wicca or the various pagan paths that deal (not all of them do however) with magickal work are often curious about how exactly a 'spell' works. I once had a young woman in an english class as me how she can do a spell to get money. She wanted it right that second. To somehow magickally appear. Well, let me just wave my trusty wand that I have right here in my back pocket and bippity boppity boo! Money! It would be great if that were the way it happens, but it doesn't. And the young woman was very disappointed when I pointed these facts out to her. I guess I just wasn't the right kind of Witch for her.
But for those who are truly interested...a spell is a very focused and concentrated prayer. It is no different from any other person in any other faith sending their request out to the Universe, or God, or Source or what ever name you personally choose to use in reference of the higher power in your life.
Now I know this doesn't sound very glamorous or mystical. We ask for things to come into our lives all the time. The difference however, is what happens after the spell is complete. Every Witch does their spell-work differently. We all have some kind of alter where we place items to represent the various forces, energies and deities we wish to work with into a physical context for us. Many religions do this. Priests where specific robes and use specific tools during services; think of any image of the Pope. Their dress and tools are meant to put everyone into a specific state of mind. To open up your awareness to Source, to God. This 'mood' helps bring the collective thoughts whirling around into alignment with a specific purpose. Witches do the same. Our alters are very special and specific to us. To what visually brings us into alignment with our goals. Covens use this just as any church; to bring everyone into a focused alignment with the previously chosen goal of the particular gathering. By bringing our collective thoughts into alignment we add the energy and momentum needed to manifest our goal into our physical realities.
There is no right or wrong way to conduct a spell. If it feels right and good to you, then you're doing it right. But, there are plenty of online information, books and teaching covens and other groups out there that can help point any novice in the right direction. There is however, one stead fast rule that we all MUST adhere to. The Wiccan Rede, 'An it harm none, do as thou will'. We NEVER do any kind of spell work for the intention of harming or taking away from anyone or anything. We know that what we put out there will always come back to us. So if you do a spell to harm someone, bend someones will to what you want, to change someone or something by means of force to be what you want, you are working against the Rede. And trust me, it will bite you in the ass...big time. (More on that in a future post).
So once you have figured out what you want to do, focus your thoughts and project them out into the Universe...what's the next step? Your intentions in the present moment will determine how easily your desire will manifest. Say you did a money spell; if your thoughts and intentions following the spell-work are that of how you lack money, how you can't pay this or that, your spell isn't going to manifest any time soon.
You need to maintain the same good feelings after the spell is complete. You have to use your imagination to see your desire already manifested in your life. You need to FEEL rich NOW. If you keep thinking about the lack of money...you will always lack for money.
This also involves regular work on ourselves. We need to find an inner peace with ourselves and our present. It's the only way to see our desires manifest. To see our spell's work. Individuals from all walks of life and faiths do this to find their own inner peace. Many use meditation as a way of finding the peace they need in their present lives. This is the fastest way of doing it. When you slow down and quiet your mind, step within yourself, you see the world in a different light. You can travel anywhere you want simply by closing your eyes. Money isn't a problem, time isn't a problem, the day to day issues that appear in our physical realities are no longer issues. We simply are, and we can be or do or go anywhere. There are no limitations. Astral projection, meditation, communing with God or Source - all of these are accomplished through a meditative state. And the best part is that absolutely anyone can accomplish this with practice.
We must keep our projections (our thoughts) in alignment with our goal. It's all about Law of Attraction. Like attracts like - not the opposite. Want money...see and feel your richness now. Want love...see and feel your love for yourself and others now. Want a new job...see and feel your dream job now. We have absolute control over how we interpret the things around us. Other people don't make us sad, angry, heartbroken or any other emotion. We allow it. So if you catch yourself falling into a negative thought (basically - if you are no longer FEELING good), just stop yourself, take a deep breathe and rethink how you are viewing what ever it is.
Just because you had the thought does not mean you have ruined your spell. You have to allow it to have your undivided attention to build momentum in order to stop your goal from manifesting into your physical reality. So just work on catching the thoughts and bad feelings, breath through it and change the thought into a positive one. The more you practice this the better you'll get. And the better you get at it the more magickal your life will become because you will know exactly how to manifest anything you want into your life.
Happy Spelling!
Have any of you had a spell go horribly wrong or wonderfully right? What happened?
Blessed Be!
the Witchy Writer
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