Spells & Wishes

Isn't the point of spells to grant wishes? Yes, but even wishes take work. If someone else is performing the spell for you, or if you're just tossing a coin in a wishing well, you still have preparation and follow up to do for the wish to work. Energy flows along the path of least resistance wether it's electricity, water, air, pressure or magick. Saying a wish will never come true creates a block to the energy of the wish. It's like putting up a damn to block the wish from getting to you and affecting your life. So before doing a spell or asking for a wish, you must truely believe it will work. You must be open and ready for it to work. Not being ready for a spell to work is a mistake even the most advanced witch can make.

I'm a fan of the tv series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. On the show Buffy is killed and Willow, a powerful witch, plans a spell to bring her back to life. The spell works, and Buffy comes back to life where she was left. In her grave. Before doing a spell or asking a wish, be ready to receive it! After completing your spell or wishing, let it go. Release the energy with the confidence it will do your will. Then forget about it. Don't worry or be negative about it. That will only work to pull the energy back to you, creating fractures in the energy and possibly dissolving the effectiveness of your spell or wish. A common rule in witchcraft is to not speak of a spell once it is done, at least until the sun sets again.

A Goal Without a Plan is a Wish

Core of Self

If you can't control yourself, how do you expect to control your magick? Control doesn't mean having no emotions - Spok was not a magical creature. Often times working up emotions can be a way to raise power. However, to affectively aim and release that power towards our intention we have to remain in control of ourselves. Becoming hysterical raises chaotic energy, but if there's no bubble holding it together or orb it's being fed into to throw towards our objective, what good is it? The best way I have found to control myself while connecting with an emotion to feed my work is by a method I call "Core of Self".

"Core of Self" is my way of dropping into myself. I can feel emotions, thoughts and energy swirling around me, but the center of Self is like the eye of a storm. There is peace and certainty there. Before starting energy work ground and center yourself - find the Core of Self. Cast your Circle or define what you will feed energy into, then reaching outward, raise the energy around you. For some spells I will raise energy within myself, then lift it up and out; but for some spells I find it may be safer to raise the energy outside of my core. This technique is a delicate one - the greater the power, the greater the control you need. It's like creating a whirlpool in the ocean.

To protect your core Self from the energy you raise, because sometimes the intent of your spell is not one you wish to absorb for yourself, is done through protection magick. Strengthening your aura and creating layers of inner walls is necessary to separate the core when need be. There are several protective meditations I will do to accomplish this. All protective meditations I have come across work to strengthen the outter most layers of aura and mind. To strengthen the inner ones and to create new layers within yourself, you must learn to travel inwards.

Focus on pulling your energy from the room around you down into yourself. Then step by step draw the energy from your extremeties towards your stomach. Move your consciousness from your head to your stomach. Find yourself walking on a path. Is this path lit or is it dark? Is it outside or inside a structure? Note details using all your senses. This path leads you to a door. Open it and enter your core, the dwelling of Self. This is where I have found my Self; the inner part of me that many would describe as my guide because it is not in human form. I do not consider it my guide because it is part of me. Explanations are not necessary, spoken words are not necessary. Mental images, emotions and energy are our forms of communication. There is no distinction between me and Self except what I perceive; it is not an extraneous spirit.

First practice "Core of Self". Then do protective meditations working from your core outwards to strengthen Self and create layers. Then when it is time to do magic, you can slip as far back into layers of Self as you want to raise deeper magic and to control yourself. Your emotions and outward motions can become highly energized without losing control of your inner Self, thus allowing you to focus your will. This is a tool a High Priestess will find especially useful.

To be Queen Means Ruling the Swarming Hive

Why Didn't My Spell Work?

Now everyone who has ever tried spells has had them fail from time to time. What causes this? You researched the moon phases, bought the right tools, gathered the perfect herbs and carefully wrote your own spell. You performed it flawlessly, but it still didn't work. Don't worry, this happened to me last month! It doesn't mean you're a horrible spellcaster, it means you have something to learn. What a great opportunity!


The most common reasons spells don't work are:

• Doubt
• Rejecting
• Second Guessing
• Outside Interference

The solution to each of these is easy, but takes continuous practice and daily discipline:

• Use the Magickal Mindset - it IS possible!
• Harness the Law of Attraction
• Let it go
• Empower Yourself.

Self-confidence is often the first, and most difficult, obstacle to overcome. If you write a spell and are thinking, "This is crazy, it can't work". Then set up your tools and cast your Circle while thinking, "Why would the universe give this to me?" Then perform the spell while concentrating on, "I don't deserve this", why do you think it would work?? Every step of the way you're broadcasting to the Universe reasons why your spell shouldn't work, why the Universe shouldn't care, and that you don't deserve it.




So remove the obstacle - change your mindset by retraining your brain to the Magickal Mindset. Throughout the day periodically stop and ask yourself, "What was I just thinking?" Recall your last few thoughts. Then ask, "Was that how an effective witch thinks?" If it wasn't, then reword the thought so it is, and then ACT on it. How many times a day do you think "I'm tired" or "I'm lazy"? Picture a powerful witch. Are they tired or lazy? No! They're energetic and strong. Think "I'm energetic" and "I'm powerful." Become aware of what you're thinking and change your thoughts. "Cogito, ergo sum - I think therefore I am" - Descartes




As you change to the Magickal Mindset encourage yourself by harnessing the Law of Attraction. What you put your energy to will be what comes back to you. "Where your attention goes, your energy flows." Human beings are giant magnets emitting electromagnetic waves, often seen and described as an aura. This energy wave acts as a magnet affecting the world around us. If we concentrate on what we want, it will be drawn to us - and vice versa, so be conscious of where you're directing your energy! We can draw things into our lives by visualizing, hearing, smelling, feeling and gratefully accepting anything we desire. This is the basis of spellcraft. For a more in-depth explanation of how to harness the Law of Attraction, check out "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrnes.


Humans are a unique magnet,  in that we can reverse our polarity in a heartbeat. If you've begun to attract something to you then start thinking "it'll never happen." Well, it won't! You just switched from attracting it to rejecting it. Once you've performed the spell, let it go. The end of a spell is always releasing the energy you've built up out into the universe to do your will, right? Don't yank back what you just did all that work to release! Let it work for you. This is why it is tradition after completing a spell or ritual not to speak about it till the next day, and often to never discuss it.


"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." - Eleanor Roosevelt. The same is true of your magick. Another person's thoughts, feelings or beliefs can't stop, diminish or alter your spell unless you give them that power. This means two things:

1. Don't talk about your spell. They can't coax you into doubting yourself if they don't know about it.
2. Monitor your magick. Routinely cleanse yourself and always shield your spells. As you cast your spell, form a shield of pure confidence around it. No one else's energy is strong enough to break through it - if you believe it, it is so.

If your spell didn't work, be truthful in your review of it. Did you doubt? Did you reject it? Did you second guess? Did you empower others to work against you?

Use the Magickal Mindset, Harness the Law

of Attraction, Let It Go, & Empower Yourself!

Why Do Spells Work?

Some claim that by standing before a candle and reciting words they can change how their boss sees them or stop someone from gossiping about them. Sound like mumbo-jumbo? Well, if they don't know how to raise, direct and control energy, it is. Saying "magical" words on a dark night by candle light doesn't make one a witch, and it won't make a spell work. There is a lot that goes into spellcraft that is, to some, surprisingly quantum physics based.


The theory of quantum entanglement is that two objects can become "entangled". When one of their states is altered, the other's state is altered, even if they're nowhere near each other. This is the basis for correspondences - actions in the universe being symbolized by colors, words, numbers, etc in magick. 


A witch practices and trains to learn to attune to energies, like the vibration of a red rose, and amplify that energy. They then direct this controlled energy to a willed purpose, such as amplifying the vibration of the red rose that corresponds to passion, then directing this "passion" energy to attracting a lover.


So a spell done by a novice who is only dabbling probably won't work - might as well just pray. A spell done by someone who can sense energy, is attuned with themselves, and who is attuned with nature has a high probability of working.


Spells work because witches know how to amplify, manipulate, and control energy through the use of correspondences to change the universe - they use quantum physics as naturally as balance when dancing. You don't have to understand quantum physics to be a witch and have your spells work, but it does make gaining the confidence in yourself to do a spell a lot easier. Plus for those who think witchcraft is silliness, knowledge of quantum physics can bring a new appreciation for the powers a witch holds.

Witchcraft is a Craft - it is a delicate balance of art and science.