Wicca (25 page)
Disordered thoughts:
emotional tension, irrationality, confusion, doubt.
Woman:
a female influence, or a woman.
Man:
a male influence, or a man.
Gift:
legacies, promotions, windfalls; also physical gifts, psychic and spiritual gifts, sacrifices, volunteering, giving of oneself.
Comfort:
ease, pleasure, security, happiness, joy, a turn for the better.
Death:
the end of a matter, a new beginning, initiation, change in all forms, purification.
War:
conflicts, quarrels, arguments, hostility, aggression, anger, confrontations.
Protective Chant
Visualize a triple circle of purplish light around your body while chanting:
I am protected by your might,
O gracious Goddess, day and night.
Another of the same type.Visualize a triple circle and chant:
Thrice around the circle’s bound,
evil sink into the ground.
A Mirror Spell of Protection for the Home
Compose an altar. Place a censer in the center before an image of the Goddess. Have a twelve-inch (or so) round mirror there as well. Ring the altar with nine white candles. Burn a protective incense (such as sandalwood, frankincense, copal, or rosemary) in the censer.
Beginning with the candle most directly before the Goddess image, say these or similar words:
Lunar light protect me!
Repeat as you light each candle, until all are glowing. Now, holding the mirror, invoke the Goddess in her lunar aspect with these or similar words:
Great Goddess of the lunar light and mistress of the seas;
great Goddess of the mystic night
and of the mysteries;
within this place of candles bright
and with your mirror nigh;
protect me with your awesome might
while ill vibrations fly!
Standing before the altar, hold the mirror facing the candles so that it reflects their flames.Keeping the mirror toward the candles,move slowly, clockwise, around the altar, watching the reflected firelight bouncing off your surroundings.
Gradually increase your speed, mentally invoking the Goddess to protect you.Move faster and faster; watch the light shattering the air, cleansing it, burning away all negativity and all lines along which the ill energies have traveled into your home.
Charge your home with the protective light of the Goddess. Race around the candles until you’ve felt the atmosphere change, until you feel that your home has been cleansed and guarded by the Great Goddess.
When finished, stand once again before the image. Thank the Goddess in any words you wish. Pinch out the candles one by one, bind them together with white cord, and store them in a safe place until (and if) you need to use them again for this same purpose.
A Spell to Break the Powers of a Spell
If you believe that a spell has been cast against you, place a large black candle in a cauldron (or a large black bowl). The candle must be tall enough to extend a few inches above the cauldron’s rim. Affix the candle to the bottom of the cauldron with warmed beeswax or the drippings of another black candle so that it will not tip over.
Fill the cauldron to the rim with fresh water, without wetting the candle’s wick. An inch or two of the candle should remain above the water. Deep breathe, meditate, clear your mind, and light the candle. Visualize the suspected spell’s power as residing within the candle’s flame. Sit in quiet contemplation of the candle and visualize the power flowing and growing with the candle’s flame (yes, the power against you).As the candle burns down, its flame will eventually sputter and go out as it contacts the water. As soon as the flame has been extinguished by the water, the spell will be dispersed.
Break your visualization of the spell’s power; see it explode into dust, becoming impotent.
Pour the water into a hole in the ground, a lake, or stream. Bury the candle. It is done.
String Magic
Take cord, of the appropriate color, and shape it on the altar into a rune or the design of the object that you need: a car, a house, a paycheck. While you do this, visualize the needed object; raise power and send it forth to bring it to manifestation. So shall it be.
To Protect an Object
(from Morgana)
With the first and middle fingers, trace a pentagram over the object to be protected. Visualize electric-blue or purple flame streaming from your fingers to form the pentagram. Say this as you trace:
With this pentagram I lay
protection here both night and day.
And the one who should not touch
let his fingers burn and twitch.
I now invoke the law of three:
this is my will, so mote it be!
THIS SMALL LISTING
includes mail-order suppliers of Wiccan books, tools, devotional materials, music, herbs, candles and other items. Some catalogs are sent free; others require a small fee. Send a self-addressed, stamped envelope for information regarding catalog price (if any).
Many small businesses continue to appear. It’s a good idea to peruse the latest issue of Llewellyn’s
New Worlds
or
Circle Magazine
to find up-to-date mail-order listings.
Circle Sanctuary
P.O. Box 219
Mt.Horeb, WI 53572
Circle Sanctuary publishes
Circle Magazine,
formerly
Circle Network
News,
a publication of interest to Wiccans and pagans of all persuasions. Circle Sanctuary also offers Wiccan music such as
Circle Magick Musick
by Selena Fox and Jim Alan.Circle Sanctuary is full of resources—check out their website.
The Crystal Cave
415 W. Foothill Blvd.
Claremont, CA 91711
(909) 626-0398
Ritual jewelry, candles, censers, crystals, incense, herbs, oils, charcoal blocks, cauldrons, and many other items.
Eye of the Cat
3314 E. Broadway
Long Beach, CA 90803
(562) 438-3569
Ritual tools and jewelry, herbs and oils, charcoal blocks, books, candles, crystals, incenses, Goddess and God images.
Isis Books and Gifts
5701 E. Colfax
Denver, CO 80220
(303) 321-0867
Ritual tools, candles, charcoal blocks, books, moon magic incenses and oils, crystals and stones, ritual jewelry.
Magickal Childe
35 W. 19th Street
New York, NY 10011
(212) 242-7182
Ritual tools, candles, charcoal blocks, books, incenses and oils, herbs, crystals and stones, Goddess and God images.
Magick Bookstore
2306 Highland Avenue
National City, CA 92050
(619) 477-5260
Athames and other ritual tools, herbs and oils, candles, incenses, books, ritual jewelry.
Mermade
3314 Palomino Lane
Las Vegas, NV 89107
Fax (702) 384-0595
www.heartmagic.com/mermade.html
Scrying mirrors, incenses, and oils.
Appendix II
Wiccan and Pagan Publications
AS STATED BEFORE,
solitary Wicca can be a lonely path, but it needn’t be. Subscribing to such magazines and tabloids as the ones listed here is a way of connecting with others of like mind and of refreshing your spiritual experience.Additionally, many include contact ads or services to meet others of like mind.
Frequency of publication and subscription prices noted below were current as of this writing. Some changes may occur.
A great many Wiccan and Pagan publications are produced, so the list below is merely a sampling to get you started. The most complete guide to Wiccan groups is
Circle Guide to Pagan Groups.
It is published yearly by Circle Sanctuary and is $18.Visit
www.circlesanctuary.org
.