Using Props in Magick

People have used props for thousands of years to assist in their focus during magickal workings. Poppets, herbs that burn and sting to induce pain and anger, stone circles, anything that would induce the right mood, help to incite and intensify the right emotions, and help to direct one’s energy and focus are known as "props."

One should be powerful enough to influence one’s environment using the power of one’s mind alone without having to rely upon props. Props definitely help in beginning magick as they provide a focus.

Advanced working with props is a different matter and requires infusing them with energy or binding thoughtforms or souls into them. Here is where props have real power and can become magickal assistants within themselves.