Spells
The Flower of Light
A Celtic winter spell to revitalize spirits when days are dark and gloom settles upon you.
With its bright yellow flowers, the Celtic tribes saw St. Johns wort (hypericum Perforatum) as a symbol of the sun's healing and life-giving power. It is a king among magical plants and protects against negative influences.
Needed -
A large circle of yellow cloth
St. John's wort oil
2 yellow candles
Yellow flowers.
Method -
Spread the cloth on the floor and sprinkle with a few drops of blood-red St. Johns wort oil. Anoint the candles with several more drops of oil, and divide the flowers into two main bunches.
Seat yourself in the middle of the circle of cloth and place each bunch of flowers on the edge of the cloth to either side of you.
Light the candles and place them at the edge of the cloth, in front of and behind you. Pick two full perfect blooms, and hold one in the upright palm of each hang. Focus your mind on the glow of the candle in front of you and chant:
"Oh healing light, surround me now, relieve my spirit's darkest hour."
Imagine the scented light being drawn from the candles into the flowers on your palms, and from there feel it permeating the whole of your body. Try to keep your concentration for about 20 minutes; when you rise the melancholy will fall from you. To complete the spell, take the two flowers in your hands and give them back to mother earth.
Career Care
An Annual English ritual to pave the way for a good career.
Although the oak and acorn are linked closely to the British Isles, the oak tree grows all over Europe. The ancient Druids planted sacred oak groves as guardians, and marriages took place under isolated oaks that also marked the boundaries of a district. In England, some still stand to this day. The native people of California revered the oak as their 'world tree,' the acorns symbolizing the cosmic egg, from which all life came, and the tree itself symbolizing the cosmic axis, sacred to the Earth mother. The acorn represents achievement and great effort; the oak tree represents durability, resolution, and truth. A Thursday with a waxing moon is idea for starting this spell.
Needed -
A green candle
A piece of green paper
2 acorns
A silver coin.
Method -
On a Thursday morning, light the green candle. Close your eyes and imagine the candles light holding you in a safe cocoon. Write your name on the piece of paper, followed by any ambitions you have for your career.
Extinguish the candle, and keep it for use later. For the whole day, keep the acorns, silver coin, and paper in a pocket or pouch close to you.
On returning home from work, light the candle again, and pass the acorns and silver swiftly through its flame. Wrap the acorns and silver coin in the paper and bury them in your garden, or another favorite spot. Repeat this spell at yearly intervals for continuing career success.
Spinning out another
A French spell to discourage unwanted attentions.
A Saturday night with a waning moon is ideal for this spell. Creeping Jenny (lysimachia nummularia) is an ancient plant originally found in northern Europe, but now available all over the world for use in hanging baskets. I ancient mythology, it symbolized dependency, perhaps because it clings prostrate to all it grows over, gradually swamping them with its fertile fronds.
Needed -
A lock of hair from each of you
A length of willow wood
A purple candle
A tendril of Creeping Jenny.
Method -
This spell is sacred o you only, so it must be kept secret.
Take a lock of your own hair and the hair of the person you want to discourage, and twist them together in a clockwise direction, repeating your own and the other persons name as you do so.
Spin the entwined locks of hair around the willow wand, also clockwise. Light the candle and draw the wand through the flame three times to bind them all together.
Wrap the Creeping Jenny counterclockwise around the wand, reciting the following chants, inserting the persons name;
"I bear not malice,
but cast out (name),
cast out (name)."
Hang the wand in the dark, secret place. As the Creeping Jenny withers and fades, so will the unwanted attetion.