Archive for the ‘Elements’ Category

Spell to Find and Get a New Home

After applying for a new house to rent, I realized how stressful the approval process can be.
To ease my nerves I created this spell to send some energy towards getting the perfect home for me, whether it be this house or not.
Materials:

red candle (my sources point me to green or blue candles for home [...]

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House Purification

I’m currently planning to move into a new apartment, so a purification will be in order!
(( monthly during Waning Moon ))
Materials: salt (earth), water, white candle (fire), smudge stick (air)

Open windows.
Physically clean up the house with the intention of purification.
Empower your materials: “I charge you, tools of the elements, to sweep my house clean of [...]

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Finding Employment

Correspondences:

Elemental Energy: Fire
Planetary Energy: Mercury
Timing: Wednesday, New-Waxing Moon
Candles: red, white, orange
Incense: lavender, lemon
Music: bold, rhythmic
Herbs: cinnamon, galangal, jasmine, lemon balm, mistletoe, myrtle, nutmeg, roses, rosemary, sage, white oak, pepper, clove, ginger, yarrow, thyme, basil, orange, cedarwood, juniper, patchouli

Get a Job Herbal Charm:

green cloth/bag, silver coin, purple thread, pictures/word clippings representing what you’re looking for
bay laurel, [...]

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Decision-Making

Write each choice on a slip of paper.
Fold each twice and place on a table outside where there’s a breeze.
The last paper remaining/the last to fall is your best choice.
- Scott Cunningham, “Earth Power: Techniques of Natural Magic“

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Charging an Herbal Charm

Adapted from Starhawk’s The Spiral Dance:
Assemble all materials. Cast circle.
Light the appropriate color candle and burn appropriate incense.
In a mortar and pestle, grind all herbs to be included in charm. Visualize. Project images into herbs.
Gather herbs and other objects into cloth then tie with thread.
Breathe on charm to charge with air. Pass through candle flame [...]

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Bracelet of Personal Power

Materials: 5 beads and 5 candles (colors according to your elemental color correspondences), cord thin enough for the beads to go through, scissors
I performed this spell as part of my Ostara celebrations last year and wore it as an anklet until it fell off this Fall. I now keep its remnants with my guardian animal [...]

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A Handfasting Ritual

Here’s the ritual I mashed together when I was preparing to Handfast. I hope it provides you with many great ideas for your own!
Preparation
Mark off circle with flowers. Set up altar in center of circle Mark the directions with appropriate corresponding object. Lay a broomstick at the foot of the altar.
Creating Sacred Space: Sweep [...]

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Request a Phone Call

Materials: piece of paper, blue marker

Draw image representing air/transportation in middle of paper with blue marker. Hold paper with both hands and say:

“Element of Air, I would like (name) to call me if s/he wills. Please help me in sending this message to (name).”

Write person’s name under the drawing and [...]

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Getting the Truth

Materials: tiny piece of paper, pen, microwave

Write name of person you want the truth from on the small paper. If you don’t know the name, write “the truth”.
Fold paper up very small, place in microwave and say:

“Fire Giants, please send me the truth on (situation) [...]

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Candle Spellcasting

Cleansing

Trace a banishing pentacle over the candle, seeing a white light purifying the candle
Smudge with purifying incense or herb

Empowering

Ground self to earth power
Focus on intent as personal and earth energy move into candle
Seal with invoking pentacle
Carve sigils or runes while focusing on intent

Seal

Rub [...]

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