Empathy's Book of Shadows


 
Salt Water Purification

Fill a cup (preferably your chalice) with water. With your athame, add three mounds of salt and stir widdershins.
Sit with the cup on your lap. Let all your fears, worries, doubts, hatreds and disappointments come to the surface. See them as a muddy stream that flows out of you as your breathe and is dissolved in the salt water. Allow yourself time to feel deeply cleansed.
Now hold the cup. Breathe deeply, and feel yourself drawing up the power of the Earth. Let the power flow into the salt water, until you can visualize it growing with light.
Sip the water. As you feel it on your tongue, know that you have taken in the power of cleansing and healing. Fear and unhappiness have been transformed.
Empty the leftover water into a running stream (or, down the drain if need be.)

Tool Cleansing

Need: White candle, bowl of water, bowl of soil, frankincense or sandalwood incense.
Light the candle and the incense. Pall the tool through the smoke, saying:
I cleanse you with the breath of Air.
Winds blown cold and winds blown fair.
Pass the tool through the candle flame. Say:
I cleanse you with the warmth of Fire,
Dancing flame and purifier.
Sprinkle with water. Say:
With Water I cleanse and give you life.
Babbling brook and surging knife.
Sprinkle with soil. Say:
I cleanse you with the depth of Earth.
Home of death and place of birth.
Take tool with both hands and lift it to the sky. Say:
Be free of negativity!
As I will so mote it be!
 
Confidence Spell

What you'll need: Shell, Yellow candle
Light the candle and hold it in your right hand. Say:
"Please give me confidence So I can be the best
I failed it once But now I will be better than the rest"
Pass the shell through the flame and say:
"May this be my lucky charm so my wish can come true"
Kiss the shell for good luck and pass it through the flame one last time and say:
"May my charm help me in all I do"
Consecrate an object
Need: Incense, white candle, bowl of water, bowl of salt, and item to consecrate.
Light some incense, preferably myrrh or patchouli and a white candle.
Take the item, cover it with salt, place your right hand over the bowl (unless your left handed, then use your left hand) and envision a white light leaving your palm and passing through the bowl, washing away all the negative energies. Then say:

Blessed Lord and Lady,
with salt and smoke I consecrate this tool in your name.
Let it serve me will.

Remove the item from the salt, shaking of the salt as you do so, pass it through the incense smoke, sprinkle it with water, then pass it through the candle flame. Your item is now consecrated.
 
Find a lost familiar

Light white candles of any size. Make sure you have a hair, feather (etc) of your familiar, before you say the spell. The spell may be done in any part of the moon phase, but sooner reciting of the spell will result in sooner finding of the familiar. Here is the spell:
What has been lost I call to thee
Much more than just good company.
Goddess and God, please lend your ears
Please help me find what I hold dear.
Blessed be! So mote it be
Drop the piece of your familiar into the first flame. Write down & memorize the spell. Burn the piece of paper and chant the spell until it is nothing but ash.

Finding a Spirit Guide

A "guider" is a spirit with the power to help you through difficult situations. They are not for revengeful purposes or any other sort of evil witchcraft, only to help one to see happiness and comfort.
On a piece of paper, write down what you need help with, then bury the piece of paper with some sage and lilac flowers while saying:
"I am one. Peace and comfort come to me in my time of need. Help me out o guardian spirit so I can move my life on forward to see you, to hear your call. Help me out; vanquish all of my fears and then disappear to help another one who is dear."
This has helped me and other witches through a rough time.

Spell for healing others

Light a blue candle and visualize the person who needs healing. When the picture is clear in your mind, target the area of disease and colour it bright red. Now visualize tiny workers brushing soft green paint over that spot. Hold the picture until the spot is completely painted over. Open your eyes and chant:
I hold you in my heart and wrap you in my love.
My circle of protection descends now from above.
And as I send this energy, all pain shall disappear
And all disease shall dissipate and shrivel up in fear.
The emptiness I now replace with fresh vitality,
so you may thrive upon the Earth in laughter, love and glee.
Bright blessings and good health, my friend, encase you from now on.
I ask that they watch over you and keep you well and strong.
Allow the candle to burn out.

Witch's healing candle spell

To help speed a recovery from illness, write the sick person's name upon a white human-shaped candle of the appropriate gender.
As you anoint it with three drops of myrrh or mint oil, visualize healing energy in the form of white light flowing from your hands into the candle and say:
In the divine name of the Goddess
Who breathes life into us all
I consecrate and charge this candle
As a magical tool for healing.
Place the candle on top of a photograph of the sick person and then light the wick.
As the candle burns down, concentrate upon the person in the photograph, willing him or her to be well again, and chant the following incantation:
Magick mend and candle burn,
Sickness end; good health return.

Protection Box

Need: A box with a lid; black paint and brush; secondary colour for runes; a picture of the person you wish to protect; appropriate herbs, oils and/or stones; incense and salt water; mirrors for sides, top and bottom of box (optional but added negativity repellent); black cord, string or twine (optional)
Caveat: Making sure the person in the picture is smiling or looking positive. If you're not careful, and put in a picture of the person looking droopy or sad, then you risk their being protected but always feeling depressed or down. You want them protected and happy about it!
The chants listed are just suggestions. Use whatever you feel best suits your intentions and situation.
Create your circle. Call the Goddess and God and any other deities you choose.
Paint the entire box black while chanting:
With this paint, I create a shield of protection for (Name)
That will banish all negativity, harm and evil from his/her life
While the paint is drying, cleanse, bless and charge your herbs.
When the paint dries, add the mirrors to the box if you so desire. Then with your secondary colour, paint a rune of protection on the inside bottom and around the sides of the box and on the bottom of the lid, chanting:
Protective Rune of (name), I charge you
Create a protective shield around (Name)
Place all ingredients in the box. Chant appropriate words according to your ingredients such as:
By the power of Earth, Air, Fire and Water,
I hereby charge these herbs, oils and stones
with the protection of (name).
May the keep her/him safe from all harm.
As I will, so mote it be!
Add the picture to the box and close the lid, saying:
For as long as this picture stays in this protective box,
so will (name) be protected and safe
Optional step: Wrap the string around your box three times, using three knots to secure it. This also offers the added protection of no accidental openings of the box if it should fall.
By the power of three times three
The spell is cast so mote it be
Thank the deities and open the circle.
Put the box somewhere safe where it won't get disturbed, or thrown out. Once you've closed it, don't open it or you'll break the charm you placed on it.

Spell to Reflect Negativity

You will need your magic mirror or a consecrated small round mirror,
a wide-mouthed glass jar, ashes, vinegar, a knife or something else sharp like a razor blade
or piece of broken glass, and an apple.
After sundown, set the jar before the mirror and place in it some ashes.
Fill it up about 2/3 of the way with vinegar.
Take the apple and carve into it something that will represent the person or the negativity which
follows or attacks you. Try and make it as clear as you can-while you carve, infuse the apple
with all of the negativity you perceive around you . Raise the apple above the jar and say:
"Evil send must come to rest
Reflect it back to who knows best
Energy spent for evil and bane,
Go back now from whence you came
Far away I send you this hour
May all your attempts to harm turn sour!"
Place the apple in the jar-for best results do this spell for three consecutive nights.
Magick Potion Incantation
The following magickal rhyme is a powerful witches incantation that can be used for any potion you brew-up, recite it while visualizing your intent within your mind's eye, you may repeat it several times out loud or to yourself:
Herbal potion, cauldron brew,
now be charged with magick true.
With intent I speak this charm,
all be blessed and none be harmed.
Ever minding the law of three,
This is my will, so mote it be.

Love Spell

It is a little difficult.
1. Lend an object to the person you are in love with.
2. If they fail to return the item quickly (which is a good sign), then obtain/borrow an object from them. A necklace is best-especially if it has a natural stone on it. However a watch, ring, book or any other personal item will do, especially if they carry it on their person.
3. Having obtained the object, keep it for 1, 2 or 3 days. If it is an object that will not be perished by water, place it in the most beautiful glass receptacle you can find, covering it with water. If water will damage the object, then either bury it in rock salt (or normal salt) in a glass container. Failing this, wrap it in a red cloth with three clear quartz crystals and then place in a glass container. If it is a very large object place it on a glass plate.
4: Prepare an altar in your favourite, most spiritual place. Place the glass container with the object in it on the altar. Leave for 3-4 hours in darkness at night.
5: The next night, place your favourite incense on the altar. Suspend the object above the burning incense, ensuring that the smoke flows over it. Leave in this position until the incense has completely burnt away.
6: Return item to owner. This should result in the beginnings of a relationship between you and the person--but be aware, the signs can be very subtle.


Candle Money Spell

An effective candle spell for wealth and prosperity utilizes two black candles since black draws in all colour and energy in the universe. Etch your name and the words "money", "wealth", "riches" and any other words of power along the sides of the candles. Then light the candles and grasp them firmly in your hands until you feel your pulse throbbing beneath your fingers, a sign that your aura is mingling with the candles’ auras and that your intentions are firmly grounded in the candles.
Project for what you want, saying,
"These candles bring me wealth and riches."
Say:
"In no way will this spell cause me to suffer any adverse effects!"
When finished extinguish the flame with a spoon, candle snuffer, or your fingers (not your breath, which will change the spell).
Begin this spell on Sunday, Thursday, or Friday as these days honour the sun, Jupiter, and Venus respectively.
Re-light the candles every night until the are completely burned down. Daily repetition will increase the spell’s effectiveness and your own prosperity consciousness.
Herb and Crystal Prosperity Spell
Money Spell
The following mixture can be used to bring prosperity and gain money in unexpected ways.
4 to 5 Tonka Beans
1 Goldenseal Root
1 Teaspoon Mustard seeds
3 Cups of Sea Salt
1 Clear Quartz Crystal
Cover the crystal in sea salt for 12 days, then run it under tap water to recharge its electrical force. Place it with the other ingredients in a bowl and hold it in your left hand. Go into alpha relaxation/meditation state and charge the crystal and the herbs to bring you money or wealth in a way that is for the good of all. Then place the ingredients in a gold lamé bag.

Blessing of the Book of Shadows
by Silver Ravenwolf

Hearken as the witches' word
calls to All, a gulf to ford.
Bridge the vast realities,
An it harm none, do as ye please.
Elements protect and guard this book,
From wandering eyes and prying looks.
Fill it with thine ancient power,
In this right and ready hour.
Powers of North, the East below,
Help me to live, to learn, to grow.
Lend your strength and stability,
To practice the Craft and with love be free.
Powers of East, the Wind, the Sky,
Watch over these pages with thine eye.
Your wisdom and knowledge, for these I do ask,
That this book be worthy of the Craft and its task.
Powers of South, Fire, and the Hearth,
Help these Shadows to prove their worth.
Infuse them with all your Healing and Passion,
So only good comes from the Work that is fashioned.
Powers of West, the Water and Sea,
Change and growth are granted by thee.
Bless these pages with all that you know,
That righteous readers may learn and grow.
And to the unschooled eye that see
Confusing words and sophistry,
Lead them from these sacred pages,
And bless their passage through the ages.
For free will of all,
And harm of none,
As I have willed it,
It is now done.
So mote it be!
 
Candle Weight Loss Spell

You get 1 white, 1 blue, and 1yellow candle. Light them all in front of a mirror and say this chant:

Lighter thinner
that I say
Make me my right size
this very day

When you finish this chant, pour the wax from the candles into a small glass with a new wick in it. Repeat this day after day until your new candle is made. Burn your new candle until it or the wind puts the candle out. When you're feeling overweight again light the candle and let it put itself out.

Weight Loss Spell

Meditate during the waning moon. Light a pink candle for self-love. Anoint it with the oil of your choice. Next light a brown candle, engrave the number of pounds you want to loose on it. Then visualize banishing the excess weight. Runes can also be carved on the candle if you wish and incense can be burned. Visualize the smoke taking the excess pounds away!!

Spell to Lose Weight

Take a piece of parchment paper and draw a pentacle in the centre. In each point write one word of
“Refrigerator Stay Invisible To Me”


While writing concentrate on yourself at the desired weight you have in mind.
Attach the paper to the fridge, until you reach your goal. Moon should be waning.

Cauldron Prophecy

Purpose: to call upon the Norse gods for prophecies revealed through immediate visions (sometimes these arrive later in the dream state).

Fill a cauldron or large, black iron pot half-full of fresh water. Add a handful of Buttercup or Marigold petals. Light incense of Sage (also used for protection) or burn some Thyme. Stir the cauldron/pot gently three times while chanting:


Into the threads of time I cast my thoughts,
To catch a glimpse of what will be!
O' Gods of Asgard, bring into my mind,
The lovely gift of prophecy!

Look deep into the cauldron and wait for visions to unfold. You don't request insight into any particular matter using this method.

Cloud Vaporization Exercise
Psychic Exercise

Works best on a full moon but can be done anytime. This is good for strengthening psychic ability. You'll be surprised at how easy it is.

On a beautiful day, when the sky is blue to make a cloud disappear, here's what you do. Pick a cloud of any size. Stare hard for a minute. Then close your eyes Open them and you will find the cloud you chose has begun to unwind. Focus hard, your energy send breathe into the cloud, don't let it mend. Before too long, you'll be done and your cloud will be gone.

Seeing Auras
How to See Auras

First of all, what exactly is an aura? It's an electromagnetic field that surrounds all living things. They can be seen as well as felt, or sensed. Auras can reveal a persons emotional well being as well as physical state. There's no one method to seeing auras, the method given below is my personal way.

First there's the background. Some sources say that when reading an aura it's best to have a very dark black or red background, other's say to a white one. I've tried both and found that for me darker is much easier. Next, the aura is generally strongest around a person's head, but it you don't have another person to try this with, your own hand will work fine.

Pick a point just beyond your hand and let your eye unfocused (it's very similar to the way you view a 'magic eye' picture for those of you who know what that is). Eventually a thin white band will come into view. This is the first layer of the aura. Once you're able to view the white band, fix your gaze a little ways beyond it. Eventually a coloured(s) band will come into view. Note, this stage is much harder to see, after a ton of practice I still can't see it every time. Each colour has a meaning which is posted below.

RED: Energy, strength, courage
BRICK RED: Anger
DEEP RED: Sensuality
CRIMSON: Loyalty
PINK: Cheerfulness ,optimism
ROSE: Self love
ORANGE: Joy, vitality, balance of mental & physical
YELLOW: Wisdom, creativity, spiritual
GREYISH YELLOW: Fear
GREEN: Ingenuity, compassion ,growth
PALE GREEN: Healing power
GREYISH GREEN: Pessimism, envy
BLUE: Spiritual, idealistic, imaginative, intellectual
GREYISH BLUE: Melancholy
ICE BLUE: Intellectual
PURPLE: Spiritual power

Spell to Switch Talents

You'll need:

one white candle

a glass bowl (or a chalice)

a few pieces of paper (white and green)

a pencil (must be pencil or anything organic. i.e. contains carbon)

Place the things on a coffee table (or something similar) so that you are sitting directly opposite to your friend. Write your full name on a piece of white paper, and get your friend to do the same. Place the two pieces of paper adjacently under the glass bowl, and light the candle. Rub your finger/s on the pencil so that you get some lead on your finger/s, and get your friend to do the same. Print your fingerprints on the same green paper as your friend (so the two of yours fingerprints are connected on the green paper) Chant the following together three times as you and your friend fold the piece of paper in halves as much as you two can.

"What's mine is yours; what's yours is mine.
Let our talents switch at this time.
As I send you my precious gifts
Bring forth to me your unique wits
I forbid you from causing harm.
Nor will I receive your harm.
As I will it, so shall it be.
Let our powers shine for all to see."

When you've got to the end of the third chant, your paper should have been folded into a stick form. Put it through the flame on the candle (both of you must be holding the piece of paper), and place it the glass bowl, and watch it burn. Imagine white light switching from both of you.


Self-Hypnosis

Below is a simple three step method for self-hypnosis.

STEP ONE - PRE-SLEEP TECHNIQUE

When you go to bed, starting tonight and continuing for the next seven days, just before you are ready to fall asleep, give yourself the following suggestion ten times:
"Every day in every way, I get better and better"
While you are saying the suggestion, imagine yourself in any way you can, getting better and better. In order not to fall asleep or to lose count, every time you say the suggestion press down with each finger of your right hand. Then, continue with your left hand until you have completed the suggestion ten times. This may be your first attempt at learning to effectively program yourself through suggestion. It is of the utmost importance to do this exercise every night without falling asleep until you have completed ten repetitions. You are beginning to establish a habit pattern of properly programming yourself by giving yourself positive suggestions before going to sleep. The next day, you will find yourself reacting very positively to that suggestion.

STEP TWO - INDUCTION

Continue doing step one, the Pre-Sleep Technique you learned last week. In addition, you are to do the following:
Twice a day - once in the morning or at noon, and once in the early evening - you will hypnotize yourself, stay in hypnosis for two to three minutes, and then wake yourself up. Here's how :

*Sit in a comfortable chair with your back supported.
*Focus your attention - effortlessly - on a spot opposite you, slightly above eye level.
*Take three deep breaths - slowly. As you inhale your third breath, hold it for three full seconds as you count backwards: three...two...one
*Close your eyes, exhale, RELAX, and allow yourself to go into a deep, sound, hypnotic rest.
You are to remain in hypnosis for approximately two - three minutes by counting down slowly from twenty - five to one. (Note: It will help if you allow yourself to visualize or imagine each number being written on a blackboard or shown on a computer as you count backward.) To awaken, just count forward from one to three - and you will awaken refreshed and alert, ready to go about your business in an energetic way. Do this exercise twice a day for seven days, after which you will be ready to give yourself beneficial suggestions.

STEP THREE - PROGRAMMED SUGGESTION

The third step in self-hypnosis is to be started one week after you complete the exercises for step 1 and step two. Once you start step three, you no longer have to do step two. For step three, you need a 3x5 card or a business card, which you can easily carry with you at all times. You are to write the suggestion you've prepared for yourself which meets the criteria of being positive, simple, believable, measurable - and it should carry a reward. Always state your suggestion in the present tense.

Again, sit down and chooses a spot opposite you, slightly above eye level. Hold the card in front of the spot and read the suggestion to yourself three times. Make sure the words on the card are believable to you and allow yourself to imagine accomplishing what is written on the card. Use your imagination. You have written your suggestion on a card - chosen your spot - read the suggestion to yourself three times - now, take your first deep breath. Exhale. Take your second deep breath. Exhale. Now take your third deep breath - hold it - close your eyes - count backwards from three to one. Exhale and go deep into hypnosis. At this point, instead of counting backwards from twenty - five to one, allow the suggestion to repeat over and over in your subconscious mind. At the same time, imagine that you are carrying out your suggestion. You'll find that at times the words start to break up and become fragmented. That's perfectly okay. The important words or phrases will come through to you. In approximately two - three minutes you'll have a feeling it's time to stop and wake up. (Note: this time was set when you established a habit pattern in Step two .) At this point, just count forward: one...two...three...open your eyes and go about your business, feeling refreshed and relaxed in every way.

Note: Give yourself time to allow the suggestions to take hold. It can take up to two weeks to start getting the benefits related to your suggestion.


 

 

 

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