Post by Senbecc on Jan 27, 2007 18:48:18 GMT -5
One of the greatest area of inquiry in magickal work is that of spell crafting and ritual magic. The “hocus pocus” of movies and tv are often quite different than spell crafting in reality. It’s much less about eye of newt and leg of frog and really reflects a focused intention.
The thing to remember when working magic, making a wish, or angrily cursing at someone is that in magic traditions throughout the world, the point behind almost any spell crafting is to bring words into action. How we make our request for help, or how we focus our projected Will can have outcomes and consequences that are undesirable if the intention of the action is not shaped appropriately.
The phrase “be careful what you wish for, as you might get it” is one to keep in mind when crafting a spell. How you make your ritual request can cause the outcome of the ritual to be either more or less positive. The Wiccan Law of Three stipulates that whatever sort of energy you put out into the world will be returned to you threefold increased. To followers of such a belief, asking for action against a person is considered a bad idea, and instead asking for help overcoming a problem, or for patience to get through the situation is the recommended course of action.
Looking at the root of spells, they are very much like meditations or affirmations. Magic is most often someone trying to bring an act of Will into being. The mind is cleared, the intention is focused and some sort of ritual is enacted which reinforces the intention in the life of the person performing the ritual. Depending on the seriousness of the intention, the ritual actions associated can be quick and simple or require elaborate preparations and enactments.
A ritual can be as simple as sitting quietly, taking a few calming breaths and focusing your mind. Or it can involve days of cleansing and preparation with special foods, music, clothing, ritual objects and more. Spells can be requests for help, to give and receive blessings, for healing, for knowledge and guidance, or fertility and prosperity. In some traditions and belief systems, prayer and magical spells are indistinguishable from one another. In many spiritualities that utilize chanting, one perfect utterance of the proper phrase can transform the spirit instantly, raising consciousness and expanding knowledge. Depending on one's point of view, knowledge could be perceived of as magic.
Most all spells are asking for change. This change can be an “outside” change, something we wish to manifest in the world, or it can be an inner change, a difference in how we wish to be with ourselves and others. The more clearly we define what we want or wish, the more likely we will be able to manifest what we are asking for.
Writing the spell down in a Book of Shadows is good, especially for elaborate rituals and spells. Be sure to record all of your preparations, and to go back later and write down what the outcome of your magickal work was, not only what happened physically but how your feelings were around the situation.
www.bellaonline.com/articles/art33775.asp
The thing to remember when working magic, making a wish, or angrily cursing at someone is that in magic traditions throughout the world, the point behind almost any spell crafting is to bring words into action. How we make our request for help, or how we focus our projected Will can have outcomes and consequences that are undesirable if the intention of the action is not shaped appropriately.
The phrase “be careful what you wish for, as you might get it” is one to keep in mind when crafting a spell. How you make your ritual request can cause the outcome of the ritual to be either more or less positive. The Wiccan Law of Three stipulates that whatever sort of energy you put out into the world will be returned to you threefold increased. To followers of such a belief, asking for action against a person is considered a bad idea, and instead asking for help overcoming a problem, or for patience to get through the situation is the recommended course of action.
Looking at the root of spells, they are very much like meditations or affirmations. Magic is most often someone trying to bring an act of Will into being. The mind is cleared, the intention is focused and some sort of ritual is enacted which reinforces the intention in the life of the person performing the ritual. Depending on the seriousness of the intention, the ritual actions associated can be quick and simple or require elaborate preparations and enactments.
A ritual can be as simple as sitting quietly, taking a few calming breaths and focusing your mind. Or it can involve days of cleansing and preparation with special foods, music, clothing, ritual objects and more. Spells can be requests for help, to give and receive blessings, for healing, for knowledge and guidance, or fertility and prosperity. In some traditions and belief systems, prayer and magical spells are indistinguishable from one another. In many spiritualities that utilize chanting, one perfect utterance of the proper phrase can transform the spirit instantly, raising consciousness and expanding knowledge. Depending on one's point of view, knowledge could be perceived of as magic.
Most all spells are asking for change. This change can be an “outside” change, something we wish to manifest in the world, or it can be an inner change, a difference in how we wish to be with ourselves and others. The more clearly we define what we want or wish, the more likely we will be able to manifest what we are asking for.
Writing the spell down in a Book of Shadows is good, especially for elaborate rituals and spells. Be sure to record all of your preparations, and to go back later and write down what the outcome of your magickal work was, not only what happened physically but how your feelings were around the situation.
www.bellaonline.com/articles/art33775.asp