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Showing posts with label wand. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wand. Show all posts

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Consecrating a Wand

Spell Type: Out-Obj
Pref: Out-PM; FM

Equipment:
Wand
Cup, Wood, Clay, or Ceramic (E)
Firestarter (F)
500mL Water (Wa)
1 Egg (Li)
THC

Take the wand. Walk out onto an open field. Face West, select the most level part of the field.

As soon as the moon rises, get down on one knee. Stretch your wand-arm forward and using the tip of the wand, draw a circle on the ground in the direction of your wand-arm (if you are right-handed, trace in a clockwise direction). Do not lift the wand until it reaches the exact point you started from, thus closing the circle.

Again, using the tip of the wand, dig a small hole in the center of the circle, and plant the wand in it, so that it points directly up.

Place your mouth near the wand tip, and whisper to the wand the following prayer:
Father Almighty
This is my wand
An extension of my arm
An extension of myself
May it magnify the power I naturally possess
Then raise your head over the wand and spit on the wand tip, making sure that your spit drops on the wand's center. All this should be performed without getting up from your kneeling position.

Leave the circle, and take note of the time.

Come back when the moon is directly overhead. Do not step into the circle you traced earlier. The second half of the spell will be performed from outside the circle.

Raise the egg over the wand, and repeat the prayer, this time addressing it to the moon, not to the wand. After the prayer, crack the egg over the wand tip, and make sure the yolk drops on the wand's center, so that it drips over the sides of the wand.

Using the firestarter, blaze up the THC, and every exhale of smoke (Wi) should be directed towards the wand. Try to blow the smoke over the entire wand. You can place your head close to the wand, but no part of your body may touch the ground inside the circle.

When the THC is consumed, and all the smoke has been blown, leave the wand again. Come back in the morning when the moon is gone from the sky. You may now step inside the circle. Pour water over the wand, to wash away the sticky residue. After that, point the wand to your forehead, close your eyes, and repeat the prayer one last time.

(Warning: you may look really stupid when doing this, so it's best to do it alone.)

Sunday, April 20, 2008

Full Moon

Tonight is the peak of the full moon.

The full moon lasts for three nights. The fullest full moon is on the second night, which is tonight.

Magical lore has always mentioned the power of the full moon, but most people refuse to recognize the power of that satellite out there in space. They think it's just an etymological coincidence that the word lunatic derives from the Latin word for moon.

The thing is, it's okay for those people to take the moon for granted, because the moon is an untapped source of power, and the fewer the people who can tap into that power, the better.

Light is energy. Energy has a mark, which can be measured. Like sound waves, light waves can be graphed visually. Different light sources emit different signatures. As the sound wave of a dog's bark is different from the sound wave of Lionel Richie's voice, so is the light wave of sunlight different from the light wave of candlelight.

Now moonlight is simply reflected sunlight. But because it is reflected, it does not have the exact same properties as sunlight because of the reflective surface, which is moon rock. So of course, moonlight will be totally different from sunlight.

Light is one of the strongest magical elements, but the ones used the most in magic are firelight, moonlight, and---not as popular---sunlight. A huge percentage of spells are designed to be cast in the moonlight. But in order to maximize the power of the moon, you must first learn and understand the behavior of moonlight. You literally have to "feel the magic in the air". It is a skill that requires a lot of training.

In order to cast really powerful nighttime spells, your wand must first be consecrated for nighttime use---that is, under the light of the full moon. The spell for consecrating wands varies between spellcasters, but there is one basic structure or flow that must be followed.

If you already have a night-ready wand, then now would be a good time to try casting spells which require a full moon (not all spells require a full moon; some are designed for the half, crescent or new moons). If your wand is not yet night-ready, and you don't know the consecration spell, I'll publish the spell on the next full moon. And if you don't have a wand yet, you have twenty-eight days more to get one.

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