| Anyone can cast a spell, and you can cast a spell to | | | | Next, you must clean your Space to rid it of any |
| attract love into your life, or that special someone. | | | | negativity. Stand near your altar and close your eyes. |
| Many spell casters use a variety of ingredients or | | | | Breathe in deeply and hold. Exhale slowly and as you |
| correspondences, but you are the only essential | | | | do so imagine all the negative energy present being |
| ingredient in any Magic. There can be no barriers to | | | | dispelled away. |
| achieving what you desire -- if you believe. | | | | Now, Cast your Circle. |
| Much of Spell Casting uses the imagination, and this, | | | | Visualise a compete circle around you enclosing you in |
| together with belief, is a vital ingredient. If you can | | | | a perfect sphere that arches through the ground and |
| believe that you will achieve your desired results | | | | over your head, including your Altar, with you in the |
| strongly enough, that act is a magical ritual that will | | | | very centre of it. See your Circle as a barrier against |
| achieve your results. | | | | negativity. |
| To invoke the Magic to produce what you desire, | | | | With your Circle cast, you can invoke the energy and |
| visualise it -- as clear and specific as you are able. | | | | power that you need. |
| Spend some time with the images in your mind. Believe | | | | Standing before your Altar, with all the elements |
| now that you have achieved what you desire. Imagine | | | | represented, close your eyes then experience each |
| all the feelings and emotions that accompany it. | | | | and every one as it touches you. Use your imagination |
| Imagine how your senses will react. After a few | | | | and: |
| moments say to yourself: "So shall it be." | | | | For Fire, feel the warmth of the sun on your face |
| Choose a convenient time in advance. The best time | | | | For Air, feel a soft warm breeze on your cheek |
| for Spell Work is midnight. | | | | For Water, feel your hand in a mountain stream |
| Take a bath -- illuminated by candlelight. As you wash, | | | | For Earth, feel the warm grass beneath your bare |
| cleanse from you all your negativity, and all your | | | | feet |
| worries and anxieties. Cleanse yourself in the | | | | With your eyes still closed, imagine the power and |
| knowledge that you are preparing for a ritual of Magic | | | | energy and wisdom of the Universe flowing down |
| that will bring you peace and abundance, and what | | | | from the heavens into your head from above. |
| you desire most. | | | | When you are full, state your purpose to yourself. This |
| Go to a quiet place, anywhere where you will be | | | | is your wish or desired result. Remember it has to be |
| undisturbed. Take with you your Book of Shadows (if | | | | specific, positive, and believable. |
| you have one) or some paper and a pen. If you have | | | | Write it down in your Book of Shadows, or on a piece |
| a crystal or other focus, take this too. | | | | of paper. As you write it, state it. |
| Start by preparing your altar. Your altar can be | | | | To perform the Spell, hold your Focus in your principal |
| anything that will accommodate a candle, three small | | | | hand (if you have one), and state your desired |
| bowls, and your Focus (if you have one). A small table | | | | outcome again three times. As you state it, visualise it. |
| or box will do. Dress it with a plain or coloured cloth if | | | | When you have completed your Spell Affirmation, say: |
| you wish. | | | | "SO SHALL IT BE!" |
| Place your candle on the Altar and light it (make sure it | | | | Release the energy into the Universe by tensing all |
| is stable and won't topple!). The lit candle will represent | | | | your body and imagining a white light of energy |
| the element Fire. In one small bowl pour some water, | | | | bursting from you into the sky above as you relax. |
| representing the element Water. In one small bowl | | | | Next, release and ground yourself by dispelling the |
| place some salt, representing the element Earth. The | | | | Circle. Imagine this circle around you as before, then let |
| empty bowl represents the element Air. Thus are all | | | | it contract and disperse. |
| the elements represented on your altar: Fire, Water, | | | | Give grateful thanks for the abundance in your life -- |
| Earth and Air. | | | | you are free to go. |