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Explore the Cycle of Eight, a framework for aligning with the natural rhythms of the universe. From the Wheel of the Year to the phases of the moon and daily solar energy, discover how these cycles can enhance your witchcraft practice and deepen your connection to nature.
Knot magic is basically using knots to bind your magic into some form a string. Knot magic is a technique you can use to find a focused, meditative mindset in order to project your desire into the universe.
Growing, observing, and working with plants is a pretty witchy thing to do. Communing with nature, connecting with plants and learning to understand them is magical and is the basis of many traditional practices and herbalism.
The Miracle Morning is a book and a lifestyle, which helps you design a more productive morning routine. In the time since I heard of it four years ago, it has really made a huge, positive impact on my life and I think it could help you too.
Food is essential. Some people take great delight in cooking and preparing meals while others find the activity to be a necessary chore. But when does cooking become more than just cooking? And what makes the difference between just throwing a few things together in a pot and creating magic?
We all gotta clean sometimes, whether it's to prepare for a spell or ritual or you just want to infuse some magic into your regular cleaning schedule. If you're feeling particularly witchy, you may wish to make your own cleaning products and infuse them your personal magical intent.
We can honor and celebrate our connection to the moon by monitoring as it waxes from new to crescent to quarter to gibbous to full and wanes through these phases in reverse back to new.
In order to experience magic in your daily life you need to make room for it. Every day can be magical if you make a conscious choice to embrace it. This post is full of tips and techniques that you can use to enhance and fulfill your life in enchanting ways, every day!
Empower yourself to live a magical lifestyle. You—and only you—have control over the things that happen in your life. Think about your own daily mundane activities. Is there a way you can make it magical?
Sitting is arguably the best way to practice meditation. This post includes a couple of postures to try sitting in while practicing meditation. Try the half lotus pose before attempting the full lotus pose.
Focusing on the breath is one of the most common and fundamental techniques for accessing the meditative state. Breath is a deep rhythm of the body that connects us intimately with the world around us.
A dedication ceremony is a ritual in which you dedicate yourself to witchcraft. It means that you are ready to devote yourself fully to the Craft whatever that means to you. This ritual should be yours and yours alone.
Setting aside time for meditation may be difficult. Start by setting a goal of how much time you’d like to spend meditating each day. The next step is to find the time.
When meditating, you will want a special place that you can escape to and connect with your own higher power. It will help recharge your energy and keeps you balanced. You can do whatever you want in your space: you can read, sleep, sing, knit, read angel cards and the list goes on.
There are many self-initiated witches. Solitary witchcraft is a valid, if challenging, path to take when entering the world of magic. You will need to do a lot of self-discovery. Here are a few tips for those who have decided to go alone.
The ability to focus and visualize will greatly increase the power of your magic. Learn to be calm. Learn to pull strength from within yourself. Learn to be still.
The final step before you are ready to cast a spell is deciding what method to use; there are a few to choose from. This will depend on what form you magical working will take.
Looking at the purpose and symbolism you’ve chosen you’ll want to choose materials. Materials allow your intent to be viewed in a physical way. Another way to think about this is bringing your intention down to earth.
Correspondences such as the four elements of magic, planets and signs of the zodiac can be used in your practice to add to your magical power. They should be treated as supplements to your own power.
In magic, it is true that you get what you ask for. Therefore, it’s important to ask for what you actually want. So before you do any magic, phrase your purpose in a single, clear sentence and make sure you now your personal ethics and limitations.
As I’ve said before, and I will certainly say it again, magic works because you are magical. There are, however, certain ways to give your own power more oomph. Now, we’ll look at four basic steps you can take to help make your magic work consistently.
Everything in this world has order and that’s what the Principle of Rhythm is all about. Everything in existence is like this: cycling, swaying, flowing, swinging back and forth. Everything is either growing or dying.
The law of polarity says that everything can be separated into two wholly opposite parts, and that each of those still contains the potentiality of the other. There is a balance between opposites. The Principle of Gender focuses on one specific energetic polarity: active and receptive.
The base of this principle is that nothing happens simply by chance. Everything happens for a reason. This applies to everyone equally, and you can often find the root cause if you look closely.
The differences between physical matter, energy, and spirit are the level at which they vibrate. Physical matter is a dense, low vibration and the Universe is at an infinite level of vibration. In between objects of the lowest vibration and the highest level, there are innumerable varying degrees of vibration.
The principle of Mentalism tells us that there is some higher power and the universe responds to our thoughts. Thoughts supplied with energy become reality. The ability to create, is a power that we share.
The principle of correspondence basically says that our current reality is a mirror of what is going on inside us. Therefore, our reality is a result of our inner most dominant thought.
Witchcraft is a Science, an Art, and a Spiritual Practice. The magic practiced in Witchcraft works in accordance with certain scientific principles and laws. Seven principles to be exact.
What are your interests and where is your focus? Where do you live and what materials are easily available to you? Discover what drives you as a person to get an idea of a natural way to merge magic into you daily life.
When it comes to magic…You KNOW you could be doing BIG things, but you have no idea what those things are, or worse… you just have no idea where to start! The #1 thing I hear from followers is that they want a clearly defined, STEP by STEP path to witchcraft. Meet Witchcraft 101!