My Sabbats are going to be a tiny bit scattered as I hadn’t
started this blog til after Yule and I plan on covering each Sabbat as it makes
an appearance throughout the year. In order to avoid confusion, I would like to
post a link to this blog which lists each of the Sabbats in order and gives a
description of each. Those of you that are familiar with the Wheel of the Year
need not bother with it; however, many new witches will find this helpful! Many
of you are probably part of covens or are working toward your initiation. You
will have many celebrations of the Sabbats to look forward to as well as people
to guide you in proper practice. The rest of you are probably solitaries, like
me * impish grin*.
I would like to point out that there is nothing wrong with
being a solitary BUT it definitely makes the learning curve slightly more
daunting without anyone to guide your steps. I had an absolutely fabulous
mentor named Neil (not his Pagan name of course). With that in mind, I hope
that the pages of this blog help guide your steps much as Neil guided mine.
I would like to start with some advice on what to avoid. Not
all Pagan websites are created equal. In fact, a good portion of them are
complete rubbish. Many new witches are eager to look for spells to try, and do
so online. While there are some good resources for this, there are many that
sell hoaxes. On top of this, even the sites that advertise free spells contain
half spells. This can be very dangerous. Most witches include a catch-all in
spells that they craft to ensure that the energy put forth does not produce
effects that are undesirable. Such a catch all can be as simple as “an it harm
none, so mote it be” which is what I, myself, use. It really depends on the
witch. Furthermore, these spells do not
take into account moon phases, seasons, and many other things besides. Often
these websites include spells to “transform into a vampire” or “flying spells”
even spells to destroy one’s enemies. First, magic cannot go against nature. It
is, after all nature. You cannot simply spell yourself into being a vampire
with the simple and rather absurd spells found on the internet. Either you are,
or you aren’t. As a witch, I can’t see why you would want to inflict such a
curse upon yourself anyway. Spells for physical flight are also highly unlikely
to work. I won’t say that they are impossible, but the simple spells produced
here will not achieve that affect. Lastly I want to focus on spells that
inflict harm, such as “spells against your enemies” or “revenge” spells as they
are often labeled online. Even if these spells were complete spells, a true
witch would never use them. Why? Because
three times what you send out returns to you. Most of these spells are pretty
nasty and mean. Would you want three times whatever that would be? I certainly
wouldn’t.
As a witch it is in your best interest to learn how to craft
spells of your very own. And this may take some practice before you get used to
it. Spells are a lot like cooking (which isn’t to imply that everything happens
over a boiling cauldron…though I don’t want to rule that out), there are
ingredients and intent and sometimes, if you aren’t paying attention, you may
not get the results you had desired. That is why it is often best to start
crafting small. The ingredients to which I am referring include: moon phase,
time of day or night, season, herbs, the correct tools, candles, crystals, and
a number of other things. That isn’t to say that you will need EVERYTHING known
to witch, but knowing what tools to use and how to use them is the biggest part
of crafting your own spells. The other part is figuring out how to put it all
together in an order that makes sense, and articulating your will or intent
(aka the chant). In the Book of Shadows section I will include a post on
various magical tools, basic herbs and their uses, moon phases, basic crystals
and their uses as well as crystal care, candles and color. All of these things have their own energy
which can lend themselves to your purpose.
Check the Book of Shadows section tomorrow for these descriptions, as
well as for the promised Imbolc ritual ideas!
Always
~S
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