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Arrange for some time to be alone and undisturbed; an hour would be about right. If you have music available, put on something that is calm, serene, and meditative. Take a relaxing bath, imagining strongly that you are cleansing not only your body, but also your soul and spirit as well. Dress in costume, or wear jewelry that has a particularly "magical" feel for you. You will need a clean, flat surface to use as an altar to lay out the cards for your spell. An out-of-the-way table or dresser top that will remain undisturbed for as long as you need it will do. The illustration to the right gives an example of how you could set up a Tarot card spell with cards and accessories. Set out an ...
I remember the first time I tried to write a spell of my own. I sat down with paper and pencil and a vague idea of what I wanted to do. But that was it: there I sat, without much idea of what to do next. The results were more difficult than satisfying, and it took several more tries after that one before I began to have a feel for what I was doing. As for my spellwork throughout the learning curve? It wasn't too good. At times, I turned to prewritten spells to save myself any more frustration. Most of us magickal people work with spells, charms, or rituals on a regular basis, and many of us are perfectly happy to pull out a spellbook and use a formula that someone else has already ...
Even at the very first suggestion of warmth in the air, spring feels like the world is waking up and brings with it a feeling renewal and rebirth. Possibilities abound and seeds, both literal and metaphorical, are planted with high hopes. What cards in the tarot represent the energy of spring better than the Aces? Almost every tarot teacher and author expresses the same sense when they write about Aces. Take a look at a few: Rachel Pollack, author of Rachel Pollack's Tarot Wisdom: Regarding the Rider Aces: "a gift of the spirit. In each card, a hand emerges from the cloud and hold out the emblem of the suit, as if we just need to reach out and take it." Joanna Powell Colbert, ...
The Secret was published in 2006 and shows no sign of waning in popularity, with more than four million copies sold and thousands still selling every week. The Secret made the law of attraction a global phenomenon by teaching us all what amounts to a simple principle: like attracts like. Think positively, and you will attract positive things to you. Some would say the book is problematic because it involves a whole lot of glitz and very little instruction about what such a potentially powerful principle really means to us on an individual level. Understanding the law of attraction intellectually may be a pretty simple affair: you put good thoughts out, you get good stuff back. But ...
