How to write a Spell

How to write a Spell

(I feel I have written this blog before but I can't find it so there you go).

Writing a spell sounds intimidating. Yet as your knowledge of magick grows and a deeper understanding of how magick works you can understand that each situation is unique and requires a delicate touch.

The formula for a successful spell is as follows:

Symbolic object+Connection+Power= Magick

The symbolic objects (or processes) are often the easiest part to obtain and are a creative part of the magick. It is important that the symbols are used with knowledge and are not muddled or mushed together.

Using natural things like stones (tiger's eye is a protective stone and is symbolic of an eye) wood and leaves and some black cord you could make a hundred different spells. 

A charm is a radiating spell that sits in a space. The more simple the intent the better they work.

If you don't know what your symbols are saying your "like attracts like" will be muddled you will get weirdness. That is not to say your magick won't work, but you might not get the desired results. This is where research and practice come in. This is why eclectic magick practices often have difficulty or patchy results. Their symbols are from everywhere and are not as defined as someone who walks a singular path.

The next thing you need is the Connection (Contagion) part. If you are doing a spell for yourself, that is easy. Anything from your hair, or saliva, tears can be used. If it has D.N.A you can use it. (Just because it is the connection doesn't exempt this from also being symbolic, choose your connection wisely). If you don't have a physical connection (an example of this would be my Aunty Anne got sick and though I haven't seen her in years I did some healing) you can (if you have the skill or practice) connect to the person on the astral plane (in The Veil). It requires a lot more work and journeying there while you do the spell. IF you are being bothered by someone it is easier because you can follow the thread back to them.

Power can and does come from many places. You need to be able to draw power into you and channel it into your work. You can use objects (tools mostly) that have great power to aid you, or you can use the power of a place (even if you are not there physically). Yet power from chanting, dancing, drumming and the like increases the power to put into the spell. It is free and easily available to anyone.

Magick is about winding your intention through the symbols and connections carefully and focusing the power (through the symbols) for an out come. You can choose to be very specific or very general. The middle ground tends to be the worst. If you don't care HOW a thing happens so much the better. The Old Ones are nothing if not creative (and with a very distinct sense of humor).

A decent witch can use anything to do this process. Though having a stock of herbs, woods, tinctures, essences, salts, rocks and so on helps. Much like cookery if you understand why an ingredient is in the mix you can use a substitute. So if you are using rosemary because it is cleansing you can use another herb or resin (rosemary and frankincense are often substituted this way); however if you are using rosemary because it is symbolic of remembrance, Aphrodite, or the sea you can not, nor should not substitute it.    

If in doubt you can always get so help or advice or buy a focus from someone who has done the leg work!

Bright Blessingsxxx