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How Does Magick Relate to Wicca?

Posted by on December 21, 2010 · 0 Comment

Magick has several ingredients, the three most important of which are: * It requires engagement with nature (which comprises of all those bounteous gifts offered to humankind by the grace of Deity), * It requires application of will (with Free Will one of the rare treasures afforded to humankind), and * Connecting with Deity (form of worship). The fusion of these three ingredients manifests change [...]
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How To Find The Right Witchcraft Path

Posted by on December 20, 2010 · 0 Comment

There are some web sites I recommend to help you find the right witchcraft path. The first is “Angelpaths” www.angelpaths.com. This is a beautiful and friendly site. You will meet many seekers on its forums as well as experienced witches. Here you will be able to interact, share experiences and ask questions. It is also an extensive Tarot site with loads of free information. As Witches [...]
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How To Use Magick Wands

Posted by on December 20, 2010 · 0 Comment

Invoking the God and the Goddess Stand in the centre of the circle, facing the altar. Raise the wand above your head using your dominant arm. Look at the tip of the wand. Say: “Goddess, Gracious Lady of Love and Light. I invite Thee to bless this Rite by being present here tonight.” Visualize a Silver Light streaming through the tip of the wand, thus entering the circle. Lower the Wand [...]
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Magick Potion Power: Fact or Fallacy

Posted by on December 20, 2010 · 0 Comment

When brewing the use of microwave for heating purposes is discouraged, as is the use of metal containers. These negatively affect the essence of the herbal material you use in your potions. Enamel, pottery and glass containers are recommended, as are conventional and traditional methods of heating. A very safe form of brewing is achieved when a glass jar is used and the mixture is left on sunlight [...]
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The Misconceptions Of Pagan Symbols

Posted by on December 20, 2010 · 0 Comment

The Mano Cornuto The Manu Cornuto is a hand gesture where the index and ring fingers are pointed upwards and the rest of the fingers held down by the thumb against the palm of the hand. In Wicca, the Mano Cornuto is used in some traditions as the sign of the Horned God and is used during ritual when invoking the God. The God is the masculine aspect of Deity and the Goddess the feminine aspect of Deity. [...]
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Modern Witchcraft: Tradition Re-invented and Renewed

Posted by on December 20, 2010 · 0 Comment

Deity Traditional Witches worshipped Nature as an all-powerful force instead of worshipping Deity. Wicca is polytheistic: Modern Witches worship a single Goddess and a God as female / male polarity, a single Goddess and God containing multiple aspects, or multiple Goddesses and Gods. The multiples can be derived from a single pantheon or from multiple pantheons in some cases. Days of Power In Traditional [...]
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Pagan Jewelry Energy

Posted by on December 20, 2010 · 0 Comment

Garter Strictly speaking, the garter is an item of clothing. Its use however is not to hold up stockings, but a symbol of status in many covens. It is traditional for the High Priestess to add a silver buckle to her garter when a Priestess leaves the mother coven to hive off a new coven. Of interest is that a cave painting was found dating from the Paleolithic era where a male shaman is depicted wearing [...]
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The Practices, Beliefs and Tradition on Faery Wicca

Posted by on December 20, 2010 · 0 Comment

Deities The Faerie tradition has many deities. The primary goddess is the androgynous Star Goddess. All the other deities – there are six – are aspects of the Star Goddess. These are: * The Blue God * The Corn Maiden * The Harvest Lord * The Great Mother * The Winter King * The Crone Guardians There are seven Guardians in the Faerie Tradition. They are the Cloud People, the Watchers or [...]
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The Relationship between Magick and the Craft

Posted by on December 20, 2010 · 0 Comment

Let us return to the statement that many ordinary people have unwittingly practiced the Art of spell casting. Here is an example: “John Walters is critically ill and has been admitted to the ICU ward of the local hospital. His wife and son are allowed to be with him. They take hands and pray to their Deity (for instance Jesus). They ask that John be cured. During the prayer they visualize a healthy [...]
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Safe Magick Spells You Can Cast

Posted by on December 20, 2010 · 0 Comment

The Money Tree Spell (courtesy Pappilon and Rev. Darkwolf) When to perform: Do this spell on a Sunday, either when the moon is waxing or full. For extra power choose the time of day when the moon is favorably aspected with Jupiter. (A copy of Llewelyn’s Moon Sign Annual is a great investment for any Witch to make). This spell is very effective if you feel strapped for cash. Ingredients: 1 Black [...]
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Traditional Witchcraft: How Was It Practiced During the Last Millenium?

Posted by on December 20, 2010 · 0 Comment

In Traditional Witchcraft, the full moon celebrations were the Sabbats. The days now celebrated by Wiccans as Sabbats, were Festivals. There weren’t necessarily eight Festivals celebrated by Witches. Many only celebrated the Equinoxes, the Solstices and Samhain. The Sabbats were considered to be of greater importance than the festivals. Whilst it is true that celebrating in Nature is a very [...]
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Trusted Places For Love Spells

Posted by on December 20, 2010 · 0 Comment

http://www.catanna.com/lovespells.htm Called the “Meditative Cat”, this is a positive, playful and fun site which will appeal to the young, the young at heart and cat lovers alike. Catanna, whose site this is, dedicated an entire section of ‘Meditative Cat’ to Love spells. She covers the lore of Valentine’s Day, offers some love advice and provides a couple of really [...]
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Voodoo: Beginners’ Spells

Posted by on December 20, 2010 · 0 Comment

No beginners’ section will be complete without some mention of Voodoo dolls and a few Voodoo doll spells to try out. Voodoo dolls are used to focus the concentration and the power of the practitioner. The colors of the dolls and the colors of the pins (if used) help to reinforce the spell cast. Attracting Success If you need to attract success, you could either use a voodoo doll made of green [...]
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White Witchcraft vs. Black Witchcraft

Posted by on December 20, 2010 · 0 Comment

Nothing prevents a left hand path magician from doing a healing spell and nothing prevents a right hand path magician from doing a negative spell aimed at protecting his or her family from malice. A‘form’ of Magick that was invented during the earlier days of the Neo Pagan movement is grey Magick. Grey can mean several things, the common of which are: * A spell cast with positive intent [...]
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Wicca Book Reviews

Posted by on December 20, 2010 · 0 Comment

To Light a Sacred Flame: Practical Witchcraft for the Millennium Author: Silver Ravenwolf Paperback, 300 pages Publisher: Llewellyn ISBN: 1567187218 Rating: 7 out of 10 Elder, Writer, Director, Healer, Mother. Silver Ravenwolf is either loved or despised … depending who you speak to. Fortunately for Silver, the latter is a small minority and their dislike purely stems from the notion that her [...]
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Wicca Herbs: Some Common Facts and Applications

Posted by on December 20, 2010 · 0 Comment

Herbs and the Planets Sun – Angelica, Bay leaves, Cedar, and Chamomile Mars – Basil, Blessed Thistle, Cayenne Pepper, and Cumin Venus – Burdock, Blackberry leaf, Chocolate, and catnip Moon – Camellia, Eucalyptus Leaf, Gardenia, and Seaweed Mercury – Caraway, Red Clover, Dill, and Fennel Seed Jupiter – Cloves, Dandelion Leaf, Dried Fig, and Hyssop Saturn – [...]
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Wiccan Beginner Guide

Posted by on December 20, 2010 · 0 Comment

Tools and Altars Read up on how to set up the altar you will use inside the Magick Circle. Read up about Wands, Staffs, Athame, the four elements, ceremonial jeweler, robes and so forth. Don’t just rush out and buy though. You can easily make most of the tools you will need. Signs and Symbols Learn to recognize the signs and the symbols of the Craft such as the pentagram, sacred spirals, goddess [...]
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Wicca Supplies: The What and the Where

Posted by on December 20, 2010 · 0 Comment

Occult Store There are some really wonderful occult stores in many towns and cities across the world. If you are in the fortunate position to live within reach of one of these, the trip will be worth the effort. The benefit of physically going to a store is that it is much easier to identify AND identify with a ritual object such as a Staff or an Athame – mostly because you are in a position [...]
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Guaranteed Love Spells

Posted by on December 20, 2010 · 0 Comment

If we are closer to our goal, and conditions are favorable to its achievement, then it is easier to push forth our energies to conform the Universe to our will. However, one tiny doubt, one little thought of negativity can change our intentions in a matter of nanoseconds. A spell usually works when all energies are aligned. The vibrations in the ritual space, the vibrations of the beings present there [...]
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Love Magick

Posted by on December 20, 2010 · 2 Comments

Spell to gain a man’s love (from Atharva Veda, Hindu sacred text ~ 200BC) Eat a spoonful of honey and chant: Of honey thou art begotten, do thou make us full of honey At the tip of my tongue may I have honey In my power alone shalt thou then be, Thou shalt come up to my wish! Sweet as honey is my entrance, sweet as honey is my departure With my voice do I speak sweet as honey, May I become like [...]
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