"The universe is such a strange and wonderful place that reality will always outreach the wildest imagination."
Arthur C. Clark

MAGICKAL TECHNIQUES

Working magick can take many forms and styles. My personal preference is simple spells. I believe that most of my magickal needs can be met with minimum ritual. This works for me. What works for you may require the whole shabang, including full dress, tools, and etc... The following are some types of magickal workings for you to try.

SPELLS

Spells are used for everyday living. They might be used in protecting loved ones while traveling, for finding your true love, in getting that perfect job, or in obtaining financial success. Regardless of its use, the spell worked need not be elaborate. You won't find any spells on these pages because I believe that spells are personal manifestations of magick. What you will find here is everything you need to make your spells.

RITUALS

Rituals are a more formal type of magickal endeavor. You might prefer to dress out yourself and your alter. Rituals are used to worship the God/dess, to observe the holidays and full moons, and to work serious magick. Rituals, like spells, should be designed by you for your specific needs. For more information about rituals, click here.

GLAMORING

A glamor (same root word as glamorous) is the illusion used to change your outward appearance. You can make yourself appear older or younger. You can make yourself appear to have a different hair or eye color. You can make yourself to boldly stand out or to blend into your surroundings. A glamor can be used to attract your special lover or to get that fantastic job. Like other magickal techniques, all you have to do is visualize and focus on the changes needed.

SHIELDING

Shielding is a magickal technique used to mentally protect yourself against magickal, mental, and (I believe also) physical assaults. Some people do this naturally. It is easy to learn and with practice, it becomes a low mainteinance part of your life. The basic technique is to simply expand your "aura"(inner energy)out to form a sphere around your body. I use this technique when I cast a circle. Some variations of this technique include blurring the shield to blend in with your surroundings (invisibility) and mirroring the shield (to bounce magickal attacks back at the assailant).

DIVINATION

Divination is the magickal art of foretelling the future of present paths. The future is quite mutable and not set in stone. Divination is used to see the most effective path to take for the desired outcome. Most "witches" use one or more different types of divination techniques.

There are many different ways to see the future. These include scrying mirrors, tarot cards, crystal balls, tea-leaf readings, palm readings, runes, pendulum readings, astrology, dream interpretations, ouija boards and much more.

GROUNDING OR CENTERING

Grounding is the magickal technique of getting rid of excess energies from your body. It should always be used after working magick, or after empathic healings(I found this out the hard way). The technique I use is to remove my shoes and stand or sit near a tree. I mentally feel the "bad" energy leave via my right side, while feeling the "good" energy passing in through my left side, cleansing my inner self. Although this is traditionally called grounding, it can be done with the use of any of the four elements. For the Earth-based person, use the method I described above.

For those with a "water nature" might prefer the soaking technique of immersing oneself in water and letting energies drain off, visualizing the cleansing action described with grounding.

Those associated with the Air element can cleanse their energies into passing winds, and those with a fire disposition can sit before a candle or fireplace to cleanse their energies. BACK TO INDEX