Spell – (noun) a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation. Synonyms: enchantment, trance

Spell – (noun) a series of words, thoughts and/or deeds that allows one to alter reality to various extents. If you’re under a spell, then what you do is out of your control. Your thoughts and actions are dictated by the spell.

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Since the Halloween season is upon us, I thought it would be fun to address the issue of spells. Perhaps you have felt, at some time or other, like you were under a spell that was manifesting something you didn’t want. Perhaps you repeatedly return to a place or person that isn’t good for you, all the while questioning your sanity. Perhaps you have experienced a series of accidents that seem more frequent than would ordinarily happen to one person. Or, you may blurt out inappropriate things even though you have had many talks with yourself to shut up. These things are more likely curses.

Spells are different from curses. Curses usually command the Universe to do harm to a person or group of people, often over a period of one or more generations. (Read more about curses in a recent article I wrote here: Ancient Curses Affecting You Today.

However, the purpose of a spell is to create a reality that has a different outcome than the current one.  Usually, it is to manifest a new reality or to cause, psychically, someone to behave in a way that s/he wouldn’t ordinarily behave. For instance, a love spell might be cast to make a particular person fall in love with the spell caster. A glamour, a type of spell, would create an illusion to confuse people and hide a person’s true face or character. A money spell would be to draw in prosperity.

Casting a spell requires tools to manifest one’s desires. A successful spells employs possibly a phrase or rhyme, plus including action. The action might mean lighting a certain colored candle, beating a drum, burying a piece of paper with the goal written on it, dancing, or drumming. So it involves a series of actions.

For instance, you might want a certain amount of money by a certain date. So you create a rhyme (rhymes contain power) like:

Just like bees to honey,

I attract money.

Money come to me,

and as I desire, let it be.

Then you could write down the amount on a piece of paper, light a green (for money) candle, and burn the paper with the candle flame to release the energy. You repeat the spell out loud several times.

Spells can be useful in attracting results. The important thing to remember when casting a spell is that it requires integrity. For instance, it’s okay to create a love spell to attract the perfect lover or partner or spouse. However, it is not acceptable to create a spell to influence a particular person to fall in love with you. That is interfering with that person’s free will. It creates negative karma and will come back on you.

So there you have it – a spell for Halloween. Enjoy the season.

The New Age crowd calls it manifesting. I call it magic. It’s the ability to create positive change in our lives and the lives of others.

If you are drawn to use magic, perhaps you want answers to the questions of the universe. You may desire the power to achieve your most important goals. You may want to live an enchanted life.

There are many ways to accomplish this, whether you are mildly curious or a serious seeker. As you begin, you will be stepping away from mass consciousness where citizens eat, sleep, go to work, consume and watch TV.  You will begin to see new possibilities in life.

First of all, it is important to define your goals. What do you want? I mean, exactly what do you want? Don’t say, “I want a relationship.” Say, “I want a relationship with a person who delights in travel. S/he values intellectual conversations. S/he delights in books or poetry or camping or laughing together….” You get the picture. It’s useful and powerful to write down specifics.

Then begin to focus on your heart’s desire. It is beneficial to sit in quiet meditation before working your magic. Take the time to ground or center yourself. Then, visualize what you desire.

“Effective spell work relies heavily upon focused intent and energy flow. Rhyme and symbols provide assistance in these areas. They help a practitioner focus on the intent of the work. This is important because nothing causes a spell to fall flat more than a wandering mind.”

                                           Everyday Magic – Dorothy Morrison

Words are some of the most powerful tools available for magic. By using them in a positive, affirming, repetitive way, we know that we can affect great change in our lives. Rhyming is frequently used in chants for those engaged in creating magic because rhyme has power in itself and provides more focus for the practitioner. Rhyming chants are the original form of positive affirmations. For example:

• I am healing fast
• The illness can’t last
• This (malady) is in my past

If you feel challenged to create rhyming chants, you can likely find the right one on the internet.

Most important, we must commit to integrity when we call on magic. Magic used to manipulate others creates bad karma. It’s okay to do use magic to find a lover, but a love spell to make a specific person fall in love with you has consequences. Also any magic to harm another will jump back on you.

The subject of magic is massive. In my newsletter, I can only cover a small amount of information. If you are curious about this alternate reality, I encourage you to explore further.

“We all start out knowing magic. We are born with whirlwinds, forest fires, and comets inside us. We are born able to sing to birds and read the clouds and see our destiny in grains of sand.”

“But then we get the magic educated right out of our souls. We get it churched out, spanked out, washed out, and combed out. We get put on the straight and narrow and told to be responsible. Told to act our age. Told to be grown up, for God’s sake. And you know why we were told that? Because the people doing the telling were afraid of our wildness and youth, and because the magic we knew made them ashamed and sad of what they’d allowed to wither in themselves.”

– Robert McCammon, author

Do you believe in magic? Magic is real and it’s all around us. Sometimes we notice it and, most often, we do not.

So why do we suppress our awareness of and curiosity regarding magic? Many of us have lived many lifetimes in fear of being different. In former societies, having magical abilities made one suspect. During the burning times, being branded a witch was fatal.

Striving to be “normal” or “average” in times past was imperative to avoid hostility and to stay alive. Today, being normal is a major limitation because it leaves no opening for magic to manifest.

Would you like to uncover your ability to have magic show up more often in your life with little effort? You are a creator. Your thoughts are powerful. With a little mental clarity and a few tools, you can create magic regularly.

First of all, it’s important to start acknowledging the times you already create magic. Stop now and spend a few minutes thinking about those times when there was synchronicity (perhaps you call it serendipity) in your life, and whatever you wanted showed up with no effort. Perhaps someone that you were thinking of called. Did you take time to acknowledge that you did that? Well, do it now. Claim and own your capacity to manifest magic instantly.

Next, start asking questions: “What are the amazing possibilities of (fill in the blank) happening for me?” Metaphysicians tell us the Universe is truly on our side and wants to give us whatever we desire. I have found that to be true. So, asking questions sets your desired outcome in motion.

Do not try to imagine how it will manifest for you, because that limits the avenues the Universe can take to fulfill your desires. Don’t crowd the Universe into a little box. For instance, you need $800 to fix your automobile. You ask:  “What are the infinite possibilities that I could have $800 for my auto mechanic this week?” The tendency would be to try to figure how it would come, such as parents stepping forth to help, getting a bonus at work, etc. If you remain open to all possibilities, that money can manifest in totally unexpected ways.

Finally, stop sabotaging yourself with doubts. When you doubt yourself and your magical abilities, ask, “Why am I buying into other people’s stuff? Who does this doubt, ridicule, and belittlement belong to? Not me!” Just say ‘no’ to the ‘what ifs’ and the ‘I cannots’. Allow magic to happen. It’s fun.

Be sure to tell me about your successes! Success with magic can start out slow, and you get better as you practice.