Wiccan & WitchCraft Information Blog

Visit Our Wiccan Store!

2012-11-18T12:59:00.000-06:00

Hello all,
It has been a long time since we have been posting on our blog, but this has been because we have been very busy establishing and running our new store location. If you happen to be in the area, please stop in and visit us! Our staff is very knowledgeable in all areas of spiritual and metaphysical practices and can help you if you need advice or counsel.

We carry numerous products including incense, tarot decks, candles, jewelry, statues, herbs, gemstones, and other spell supplies and ritual tools.

If you are not in the area, then be sure to visit our website: Moon's Light Magic-Wiccan Supplies
We ship all over the world!

Our store is located at:
Moon's Light Magic
169 W Irving Park Rd
Roselle IL, 60172

Some Clarifications

2011-12-14T23:42:00.002-06:00

Hello readers,
My name is Joseph and I am the owner of Moon's Light Magic.
I wanted to post personally on this blog because I feel that I need to express some important things to our internet customers, or individuals who order online through our website.

Having a wiccan/spiritual/occult shop is difficult because of the high demand of the products. You cannot just go to the local Walmart and pick up many of these items that we carry, obviously, so they are in high demand because they can be hard to come by.

Also, most of these products all come from the same vendors, and since there are only a few that make these kinds of products, almost all businesses involved in selling these items go to the same suppliers, which makes stock levels turn over extremely quick.

We carry over 9,000 different products on our website, and roughly 60% of these products come from overseas, with most of them coming from India and China. I wanted to let all our customers know that when items go into back order or run out of stock on our site, it can take weeks before they finally arrive. These products are mostly hand made by our vendors, and it takes time. Also, they are not shipped by plane to the US, they come by boat, which again takes a lot of time.

Our overseas vendors are also not that reliable with keeping us informed as to the status of the products. One week an item can be simply back ordered and the next it can be outright discontinued and we do not get notified that product is no longer available. This can lead to all kinds of complications when ordering online and you buy a product that says in stock yet when you get your order it is on back order. We automatically back order any product and wait for it to arrive then ship it right away to our customers as soon as it comes in

If a product is discontinued, or has gone from back ordered to discontinued, we WILL notify the customer right away and ask what they would prefer to do. A replacement item can be shipped in equal value, or a refund can be granted. If you do not hear from us, then please contact us and we will be more then happy to help you.

We are NOT in the business to stealing or ripping off our customers, if we did this we would be out of business because no one would want to shop with an unethical company. We are willing to do whatever we can to make our customers happy, sometimes no matter what we do this will not always be the case, but we do our best.

We are still a small company, our website has been online since 2007, and our new shop has only been in operation for a year and a half, and with the volume of orders we receive, with our small staff, we do everything we can to make our customers happy.

If you are a customer, have been a customer, or are thinking of purchasing from us and you would like to know the up to date status of items and products, please contact us and we will let you know if indeed it is currently on hand in our warehouse. We try our best to keep the stock levels on our site accurate and up to date, but with as many products as we have and the turn over rate of the products, this can be difficult to upkeep all the time.

We are at the mercy of our suppliers and vendors, but we do what we can to get the products to our customers as fast as possible.

We appreciate all our customers highly, without them, we wouldn't still be here today. Thank you for your time, and patronage.

Joseph Barresi
Owner of Moon's Light Magic

Moon's Light Magic Catalog Now Available

2011-10-26T13:29:00.004-05:00

Finally after many years and many requests, a Moon's Light Magic product paper catalog is available!

We are excited to finally have put together a paper catalog that features our best selling products which focus on the altar tools, wiccan supplies, and spiritual aspect of our product line.

The paper catalog is completely free, and if you are interested in obtaining a copy, please visit our website Moon's Light Magic Catalog and simply add the catalog to your cart. Catalogs are completely free, however, if you only want the catalog and the catalog alone, then the only charge is for the shipping and handling. For people who have other items in their carts and wish for a catalog, there is no other cost.

We will also be creating a PDF version of our FULL product line which will be available sometime next year. The PDF version will be able to be downloaded right from our website, or, we can also e-mail it upon request to anyone interested as an attachment.

We thank you for your business and support, and if you wish for catalog please vist our website.

New Lower Prices

2011-08-30T20:05:00.004-05:00

We have some very good news to report here at Moon's Light Magic and that is we are currently dropping prices on MANY different products we carry.

No, we are NOT going out of business, quite the contrary. Our new store location has been a great success for us so far, and we have loyal returning customers and new customers coming in all the time keeping us busy.

We have been able to lower prices by a DRAMATIC amount, anywhere from 5-20+ dollars on many products.

How have we been able to do this? Well there are several reasons but mostly we have been able to reduce costs and overhead enabling us to pass this savings onto our customers through lower prices.

Please visit our website for the new prices, and for any questions feel free to contact us!

Moon's Light Magic-Witchcraft Supplies

Wholesale Wiccan Supplies

2011-07-14T17:03:00.004-05:00

For three years now we have offered a wholesale program for those individuals who have businesses that sell wiccan, occult, pagan, and other spiritual supplies.

For those that may not know about what we do for wholesale, or those that are in need of a wholesaler, you can get over 9,000 different products from us at 40% off EVERYTHING in our product catalog.

Here is our wholesale policies:
Wholesale Inquiries: Wiccan Supplier does offer wholesale to resellers that have a valid TAX ID. After you enter all your information into our data base here on our website(Click "Log in/Register" at the top left of the site and then fill in all the personal information fields), we require that you send us your TAX ID or EIN number through an e-mail at orders@wiccansupplier.com. If you are an ebay seller, a professional psychic, or have a business through a flea market a social security number will work.

Once we have reviewed all your information you will then be eligible to purchase our products at wholesale pricing which is 40% off everything on our site. If you are a reseller we only ship through UPS and USPS for wholesale orders. Once we have approved you for wholesale we will notify you via e-mail. When you login to our site all prices will be shown as WHOLESALE.

Once you have been approved you will be notified by us that your account is active. Once you login to our site as a wholesale customer, the wholesale 40% discount will apply to all prices so that the prices that you see are already 40% off retail price.

There is no minimum to buy. You may buy as much or as little as you like.

Wiccan Supplier also has a drop shipping program for any individual or business interested in this means of shipping orders out to your customers. There are NO fees for this service, and if you are drop shipping simply enter your own billing information and then your own customer's shipping address upon check out and we will send out the items and products to your customer for you. Our business name and address does not appear anywhere on the packaging or invoice. Any product damaged or broken upon arrival on a drop ship will need to be returned to US so we can mark it off as damaged. We will either resend the same items to your customer for you and cover the shipping costs or we will issue a full refund to YOU our wholesale customer through paypal or through check by mail. If a drop ship customer receives any items or products that are NOT broken or damaged and is not happy with the product then we will follow your own company policy for refunds or exchanges.

For returns and exchanges we do NOT refund candles, herbs, and oils unless the bottle the oil comes in is broken or cracked. For candles, we will issue refunds only for jar candles but plain candles we do not offer refunds for. All other products may be refunded if received damaged or broken.

Discontinued Products: For discontinued products and items that we are no longer carrying and that you may have already on your web sites and would like to know which of these products and items to remove please contact us at orders@wiccansupplier.com and we will send you our discontinued items and products list through e-mail.

Out of Stock Products: For out of stock items we offer an RSS feed that you can subscribe to and you will updated by e-mail whenever this feed is updated when we do inventory. This includes updates on discontinued products, stock level changes, out of stock items coming back in and out of stock, and new products being added. The link provided can also be integrated into your website so that if you have programming skills you can make it to where our feed will automatically upload to your website with you not having to do anything. This means that whenever anything changes on our website it will also automatically update on yours as well. If you do not have programming knowledge you can contact our own web designer to help you integrated this feed into your site by contacting Angela www.aztechwebdesign.com.
For information on setting up your own wiccan, pagan or gift e-store utilizing our drop shipping program, please visit AZTech Web Design.
http://www.aztechwebdesign.com/wiccan-templates.php

Here is the feed link:

http://wiccansupplier.com/feed/products_feed_rss.xml

For further questions about the drop ship program please call or e-mail us.
Call:

1-847-466-7485 Between 10am-6:30pm, Central Standard Time, Monday-Thursday

Friday & Saturday we are available from 11am-7:30pm

For after hours voice messaging you can call us at 630-458-1244 and leave a message and we will attempt to get back to you within 24 hours

Phone Orders-We now are accepting orders over the phone. If you would like to place an order please call us at 1-847-466-7485 and someone will be happy to assist you.
Hours of Operation- Our store is open during the following hours:

Monday-Thursday 10am-6:30 pm CST

Friday & Saturday 11am-7:30pm CST

Sunday-CLOSED

We are also closed on the following holidays:

Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Thanksgiving Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, New Years Day, and 4th of July.
Even though our offices are closed, we normally have a representative on hand after hours to respond to e-mails M-F between 11am and 9pm

There is no catch to have a wholesale account with us. There is absolutely no minimum to buy, and we dropship for absolutely no fees at all.

If you are in need of wholesale, give us a call, or visit our wholesale website:
Wholesale Wiccan Supplies-Wiccan Supplier

Banishing Spell

2011-07-06T15:05:00.001-05:00

Here is a simple banishing spell to remove an unwanted person or unwanted negative energy from your life.

Tools

A black candle

A lighter or matches

Knife to carve into your candle (an Exacto knife can work)

Paper

Pen

Toilet or stream

A place where you can bury something in the ground.

Get four small pieces of paper and on each piece write the person's name or the name of whatever it is you need to banish. On the opposite side draw a pentacle.

Carve the same word and the pentacle on a black candle also.

Do what you would normally do as far as visualizing this thing or person being drawn away from you and ask the Goddess for assistance.

Light the candle.

Take the four pieces of paper and burn one, saying, "I banish ______ with the power of fire. So mote it be."

Bury another one in dirt, saying, "I banish ______ with the power of Earth. So mote it be."

Flush one down the toilet, saying, I banish ______ with the power of Water. So mote it be."

Then tear one into little pieces and throw it out your window, saying, "I banish ______ with the power of Wind. So mote it be."

Let your black candle burn down.

How to use an Altar Bell

2011-06-27T16:48:00.004-05:00

Altar bells play an important part in any ritualistic setting, especially in wicca.

The intention of an altar bell is to call attention to the gods or goddesses you are praying to.

With altar bells, they are meant to "vibrate" or to "attune" you to the gods or goddesses so that they can hear you in your prayers and ritual work.

Everyone has a preference when it comes to using their tools, but this example is a basic way to use an altar bell properly in your rituals.

Approach your altar and either sit cross legged in front of it or kneel before the altar. Close your eyes and begin your meditation, a short duration meditation to begin is ideal, just to get your energy flowing.

Next, open your eyes and take your altar bell and ring it gently once while saying a phrase such as "May the gods and goddess hear me." or "Such and such god or goddess lend me your strength." These are just examples, you can say anything you like that makes you feel comfortable.

Next, place the bell back on your altar and meditate once again, focus your energies to reaching out to your respected god/goddess and really try to FEEL like you are becoming one with their own energy.

One you feel you are making progress, open your eyes once again and take your altar bell and ring it once again with another phrase or "words of empowerment" such as "Please protect me during this ritual." or something similar.

Place the altar bell back on the altar and repeat this once again with meditating and then taking the altar bell and giving it one final ring with a phrase.

Performing this three times better ensures that your respected god/goddess will hear you and will be able to empower you for whatever ritual you may be wanting to perform.

Every so often it is also good to cleanse your altar bells and this can be quite simple. Since most altar bells are silver plated or made from brass, dipping them into water with some sea salt or salt in general for a few moments will cleanse your altar bell fairly well. Simply place it in a bucket with salt water for roughly 20 seconds and then remove and dry.

Another cleansing technique is to light a sage smudge stick and have the smoke go over the altar bell for several moments.

You may cleanse many different altar tools in this fashion as well.

If you are searching for altar bells or need more information, please visit our website.

Moon's Light Magic-Altar Bells

Love Spell

2011-06-24T12:32:00.003-05:00

Get a pink candle that will burn down in the amount of time you have to watch it burn down completely. You will have to inscribe it (see below), so it should be bigger than a birthday candle, and you will also have to watch it burn down to nothing, so it should not be a long-burning or large candle. A plain pink altar candle or, better yet, a pink "bride and groom" figure candle, will be good.

Prepare an altar and decorate it with items that are precious to you and to the one you love. Using a rose thorn from a white rose bush, inscribe the words "All my love come to me" 3 times on the candle. (If you don't have access to a thorn, you can use whatever is handy. Exacto Knives are good for carving candles.) Place the inscribed candle in the center of the altar and light it.

For the entire time the candle burns, gaze upon it and visualize your love coming to you in nakedness and beauty. When the candle burns out, collect the wax puddle that remains, wrap it up with the mementos from the altar and keep it in a safe place.

The result of this spell will not be "zombie" or "victim" thrall-love; but you will receive ALL the love that person has for you -- which may be less than, as much as, or more than the love you have for him. Accept the degree of love you receive with grace and tenderness.

If, at some future time, you no longer wish to receive that person's love, dispose of the ritual remains in a simple ceremonial way. Depending on your mood, the wax puddle can be burned on a fire, buried at a crossroads, thrown into running water, mailed to the person, ground to shavings and baked into a cake -- or whatever you feel is appropriate. But it is your responsibility to dispose of it if you no longer want to be loved in any degree by that person.

Easy Healing Spell

2011-06-23T16:07:00.004-05:00

Here is a quick and easy healing spell.

Supplies:

* 1 Blue Candle
* 1 oz. powdered ginger
* 5 drops eucalyptus oil

Directions:

Run a hot bath. Add the ginger and the eucalyptus oil. Light the blue candle and turn out the lights. Enter the bathtub, and soak in the bath water. Feel the waters cleansing you of the toxins in your body, and say:

Isis, Goddess who heals all
Release this (name illness: cold, flu, etc.) from me
Make me well again.

Chant this as you feel the toxins leaving your body. When you feel slightly shaky (this will happen!), drain the tub and visualize the toxins washing down the drain. Rinse your body and your tub with cool water, visualizing all of the toxins washing off of your body, and your body becoming free of what you were sick with.

Bring the candle to your room and immediately go to bed, keeping the candle light for a few minutes as you visualize yourself waking up feeling much better.

Need these supplies for this spell? You can get them at our store:
Witchcraft Supplies-Moon's Light Magic

Protection Spell

2011-06-21T11:01:00.005-05:00

Here is a spell we would thought we would post to help someone protect themselves from any negative spirit or demon. The importance of this protection spell is in the wording, which is very effective.

cast a circle on the ground all casters enter.. 1-? casters can be used( the more the more powerful).

Hear me knights of past, Knights of the ancient law. Hear me dead knights of an english tongue. Hear me knights lost in battle, who's blade did good. Hear me knights of old, hear me knights of lost souls. This night I invoke thee . I summon thee to my arms aid. Hear me knights, a new cause be given. Your body gone now spirit be. Hear me Dead Knights I invoke thee. By your spirit blade I invoke you. By your might I invoke you. By your spirit I invoke you. Come now , follow a new cause, I summon thee. Each of thee I enlist. I invoke you dead knights lost. Hear me and come to my aid. Hear me and fight at my side. Protect me from spirits harm. Fight my battles I say to thee. Hear me Spirits of lost knights , come to my aid, come to my side. Protect me from spirits harm. Protect me from spirits light. I invoke you. I invoke you. I invoke you. I invoke you. I invoke you.
Let my army be done.
Let it be .
Let it be

Black Blooded Heart

2011-06-21T10:31:00.003-05:00

We here at Moon's Light Magic are proud to announce the latest dark fantasy book from a small independent publisher named Midnight Rise Publications.

The name of the book is Black Blooded Heart and it is a great title! Here is some info on the book:

Valdimir...The Butcher of Antamor...the First Dark Knight...Morith's Chosen.

These are all titles of the villainous Valdimir, a once proud and just knight of Arathon that had once believed in protecting the innocent and punishing the wicked.

The first and only barbarian that ever became a knight, Valdimir had gained both fame and respect during his time as knight. All that changed when tragedy struck his life and he began to question his beliefs as a knight and began to turn towards the Death Gods for guidance...most notably, the God of Death himself, becoming his most devoted follower in life.

Having been killed over 300 years ago during the events of the novel The Curse of Silver Blood, Valdimir is brought back to life as a death knight, once again under the service of the dreaded Death God.

Valdimir's long absence from a hugely different world then when he had once lived begins to cause him to question his faith once again, even in death.

In this gripping and emotional story, Valdimir's life as a knight is fully described, as well as how he was raised from death itself to once again serve the will of Morith. From his joining the knighthood, all the way up to his grief stricken turn to the Death Gods, to the present time in Arator where Valdimir awakens, Black Blooded Heart is a dark and moving tale of a man who's soul has been tainted through life's brutal circumstances.

Will Valdimir once again bow down before Morith, or will he take his own path...forging his own destiny in a new world that still freshly remembers the atrocities and horrors he acted on in his former life?

This book takes place nearly 300 years after the events of Curse of Silver Blood, and is considered to be 10 years before the World of Arator's current time line.

We are promoting this book because we here at the store LOVE fantasy books and settings and we enjoy promoting indie authors and publishers, especially when their titles are so good.

We have the book available on our website here for those interested:
Moon's Light Magic-Black Blooded Heart

The book is $15.95 and is over 708 pages with two maps included.

Using Energy to Make Spells More Effective

2011-06-17T11:55:00.005-05:00

Energy is certainly the most important aspect when it comes down to rituals and spells, for it is, in essence, the basic building block that makes your spells and rituals successful.

Using energy wisely while performing spells and rituals is what really "makes magic happen" as it where.

In this posting, we are going to go over some helpful steps in ensuring that you make good use of the energy you will be putting into rituals and spells.

To begin, let us talk about meditation and how important it is for any form of ritualistic intent. The better and longer you can meditate the more effective you can utilize your energy.

Everyone is different when it comes down to meditation, and we all have our own methods as to what works and what does not. For those individuals who have trouble knowing how to make your energy flow through meditation, here is an example visual you can use.

Begin by imagining a blue field of glowing energy pulsing brightly within your mind. Keep this image focused for as long as possible, and imagine that the pulsing grows stronger and stronger the more you focus on it. If you feel comfortable that you have achieved a good visual, then begin to imagine that energy expanding out from the field and through your body.

A good way to know this is working for you is by feeling your body. If it begins to grow warm or you feel tingling sensations, then you know you are on track.

The more you perform this technique, the better it get in time, so we suggest that you practice it at least four times a week.

Using the above example to visualize energy flowing in meditation, we can take that method and then apply it to whatever ritual or spell we may be working on. For example, if you are performing a ritual to attract more money or wealth, you can imagine that blue field of pulsing energy in your mind, and then imagine yourself within that field with a pile of money, or, money slowly raining down on you from all over.

If you are using a candle with your ritual, you can take your hands and cup each side of the candle and imagine the energy in your mind flowing from you and into the candle. The more energy you can put into the candle, the more effective it will be as it burns down, releasing that energy you put into it so that it hopefully comes back around and grants you your intention or wish.

Energy can also be effective in protecting yourself from negative energies and psychic attacks. In order to do this, imagine the blue pulsing field in your mind and just picture that energy surrounding your body in an invisible bubble of energy, in effect, giving you a shield over your entire body that will repel these negative energies and influences.

These are just a few examples of the many things you can do further increase your energy output in spells and rituals. Many items can also be used to amplify or properly direct your energy such as wands, athames, amulets, and various talismans.

If you wish to search for these items, please visit our store:
Moon's Light Magic-Wiccan Supplies

Moon's Light Magic Membership Plans

2011-04-14T12:32:00.004-05:00

Moon's Light Magic now has membership plans available on our website for regular customers!
With membership plans you pay a one time fee then your account on our website will be activated for further purchases of between 10-30% off ALL of our products on our website. Do you practice regularly? Are you in a coven? Would you like all of our products at a discount rate? Then give this plan a try. Once you purchase the plan your account is activated for the discount, and after you login to your account ALL prices will automatically be set to that discount rate off retail price.
You can get more information and the different plans here:
Moon's Light Magic Membership Plans

Samhain/Halloween Sale

2010-10-30T13:17:00.002-05:00

Greeting everyone!
We know that updates have been rather infrequent lately but we have been busy with out new store location and our small staff just hasn't had the time to keep our blog updated. We will be adding new posts soon, but we wanted everyone to know we are currently running a Samhain/Halloween sale on our website that starts today and runs until the 5th of November. EVERY product on our website is 15% off so take advantage of the sale while you can.
Have a great Samhain/Halloween!

New Store Grand Opening!

2010-06-02T10:19:00.002-05:00

Moon's Light Magic Grand Opening Saturday June 12th.
169 W Irving Park Rd
Roselle, IL 60172
Hours: Mon-Thurs 10am-6:30pm
Friday & Saturday 11am-7:30pm
Sunday Closed (We will be open on Sunday June 13th for the Grand Opening)

If you are in the area we would love to see you in our brand new larger store location.

An Easy Love Spell

2010-03-14T15:18:00.002-05:00

Bring a New Love Into Your Life Spell

Best Night: Friday
Best Moon: Full

Things you will need:

1 sheet of lined paper(or parchment paper if available)

1 Red pen or marker

1 letter envelope

your favorite perfume

your favorite shade of red lipstick

a few Pink or Red flower petals

Write out the qualities you want in a lover on the sheet of paper using the pen.

Next spritz the paper with your perfume.

Fold the paper and place it in the envelope.

Now take the flower petals, hold them in your RIGHT hand. Envision yourself happy and in love, squeezing the petals tight in your hand. Keep envisioning this scene.

Drop the petals into the envelope. Seal the envelope closed and seal the whole spell with a kiss. Apply the red lipstick and kiss the envelope!!

Place in a safe place. NEVER open it again, if you do this will break the spell.

How to Use 7 Day Jar Candles

2010-03-06T17:30:00.005-06:00

7 day jar candles can be a great way for beginners to begin to break into the craft. Quick and easy to use these ritual candles are capable of bringing about ones desires pretty quickly if they are used properly.

7 Day jar candles come in all different makes and sizes including beeswax, soy, and plain paraffin wax. The common element in all jar candles is that the wax is self contained within a glass jar that not only keeps the wax from spilling out and making a mess when being burned but it also allows the candle to stay safely lit for several days in a row.

7 day jar candles can be used as a compliment with your other ritual tools or it can be used as a stand alone tool for a single ritual or spell. 7 day jar candles do come in various different flavors and intents such as for love, protection, energy release, astral travel, and many others.

There is no set restriction in using a 7 day jar candle and an individual can use them in several different ways. We will explain two of the more common methods for using these ritual candles in a ritual or spell.

7 Day Jar Candle Ritual Examples:

The first easier method to use a 7 day jar candle is to sit Indian style on the floor while having the candle placed in front of you about arms length away. Light the candle using your own symbolic meaning and once lit close your eyes and begin to meditate on your intention. If for example your ritual is for a new love then begin to imagine and FEEL the feelings of love and joy you would have being with another person in a happy relationship. It is important that the images you project within your mind are clear and strong and that feelings you radiate are POWERFUL.

Meditate in this fashion for 10-20 minutes and when you feel the energy coursing through you open your eyes and begin to stare into the candle flame once again imagining those images within your mind and feeling those feelings you would have. As you stare into the flame place your hands gently on either side of the 7 day jar candle so that your palms are flat against the glass container.

Begin to transfer your energies from yourself through your body, into your hands, and then into the candle itself. This transfer of energy will ensure that candle is charged and while it burns it will release that contained energy that you have transferred into the candle.

After several minutes of transferring your energy remove your hands and once again close your eyes. Begin your own way and methods of closing out your ritual and dispersing the energy that you built up during the ritual from your body.

Do NOT snuff out the candle and be sure that it remains lit. Pick up the lit jar candle and place it somewhere safe so that it will not topple or fall over such as a high dresser with a flat surface.

Keep the candle lit for seven straight days and try to ensure that it does not snuff out as the burning candle flame is releasing the energy you placed into the candle slowly over those seven days.

After seven days you can safely snuff out the flame of the candle and once that is done we would suggest that you wrap the candle in a dark cloth so it is completely covered and either store it away some where safe or you can bury it into the earth some where such as your back yard.

The other method for a 7 day jar candle is to perform the ritual as we described above but instead of keeping it lit for seven straight days you will perform this example ritual every night for seven straight days snuffing out the flame after each ritual. Therefor you would perform the above ritual and when you are finished you would snuff out the flame. The next night you would repeat this process and keep doing so until it has been seven days in a row.

Some things to watch out for while your 7 day jar candle is lit is the following:

If your candle is burning very quickly then this means that the energy you placed into the candle is extremely strong and it is quickly burning through the candle. This is not bad, this just means that the energy is being released faster and will come back to you more quickly as well (typically within two weeks).

If the candle is being burned slowly this means that the energy is being released slowly and evenly and will come back around to you gently and over time (typically within 30-60 days)

If the jar of the candle cracks while it is lit then this is a very bad sign and means that something went wrong during the ritual. If this happen you MUST remove the candle from your home and bury it immediately as the candle has been tainted with negative energy and if you leave it in your home it could bring about that negative energy onto you.

7 day jar candles can certainly aid you in many ways. And with so many different candles to choose from you certainly will not run out of any ideas on how to use them as they can be used for almost any situation in your life.

If you would like to see examples of 7 day jar candles or if you would like to purchase some you can do so here:
7 Day Jar Candles

The History of Wicca Part 2

2010-02-18T01:31:00.003-06:00

In 1954, Gardner published a book titled Witchcraft Today which became quite popular and pushed Gardner into the public spotlight. This exposure resulted in Gardnerian Covens being seeded all over England. Later books, The Meaning of Witchcraft (1959) and Gerald Gardner Witch (1960) furthered his public exposure, publicized his ‘Craft’ and Gardnerian Witchcraft continued to develop. In 1964, Gerald Gardner passed on, leaving the Witchcraft community with no public spokesperson. I suspect there was a struggle between those in the inner circle to take over where Gardner left off because it meant fame and money to do so. One such person was Eleanor “Rae” Bone. Rae was a former High Priestess in Gardner’s own coven, liked and respected by those who knew her, and not afraid of potentially negative public reaction. Do not be upset if you are not familiar with Rae Bone, most Wiccans are not aware of what happened. Rae never achieved the position of spokesperson for the ‘Craft’ community because a man with a real knack for media exposure outpublicized her. That man was none other than Alex Sanders.

Alex ‘King of the Witches’ Sanders

Alex Sanders was an English showman who knew what to do and say in order to get public recognition, even if it was not quite the truth. Alex claimed to have been initiated into Witchcraft by his grandmother while he was still a boy, having accidentally walked in on her while she was working ritual. According to one account, he claimed to have received his Book of Shadows (a very close copy of Gardner’s) by the age of nine.

In retrospect, it does not take long to see that Sanders’ claim does not quite fit with the history. The book that Sanders would have received was not written until at least 15 years after he claims to have received it. It appears that what most likely happened was that Alex Sanders had been a practicing ceremonial magickian when he, sometime around 1963, connected with a person from Gardnerian practice who provided him with a Book of Shadows. A few minor
modifications to the Gardnerian Book of Shadows and it became the ‘Alexandrian’ Book of Shadows.

From there the details are vague, but by 1965, only a year after Gardner’s passing, Alex Sanders was getting media exposure based on his claim to having nearly 2,000 practicing Witches in over 100 covens. Supposedly, it was these Witches who insisted that he take on the role of ‘King of the Witches’. Of course, this claim appears to have been fabricated as a way to take over where Gardner had left off as spokesperson for Witchcraft. It was through this series of events that Alexandrian Tradition was the first tradition to break away from Gardnerian. Alex gained much publicity through flamboyant media exposure in the late 1960s. Alex seemed to have quite a lot of luck getting young, firm and quite naked young female Witches to pose for media photographers. Of course, the media had a field day with this. Sensationalist stories about Witchcraft with nude pictures are a great way to sell newspapers. If a pretty girl can sell anything, it certainly worked for Alex Sanders, and what he was selling was himself. Soon Alex was a celebrity, and his media exposure brought thousands into the Alexandrian Tradition of Wicca.

Raymond Buckland

While Alex Sanders was busy in England, Ray Buckland was, rather quietly in comparison, bringing Gardnerian practice to the United States. From the mid 1960s forward, he and his wife seeded Gardnerian Craft from their home in New York. In 1969 his first book on Witchcraft A Pocket Guide to the Supernatural was released, followed shortly after by Witchcraft Ancient and Modern. Ray’s contribution to the development of Wicca far exceeds his seeding Gardnerian Craft in the United States.

Paganism Splits Away From Wicca

Unless you are completely new to NeoPagan Witchcraft, you have probably noticed that there is a fairly strong following of a religion called ‘Paganism’ that very closely resembles Gardnerian derived Witchcraft (Wicca). The fact that ‘Paganism’ exists as a singular religion is a curiosity because none of the definitions of Pagan refers to a singular religion, hence there should be no religion referred to as Paganism.

Since many aspects of this ‘Paganism’ are clearly from sources other than the old religions of Europe and closely parallels Gardnerian Craft, it is clear that Gardnerian practice was the source. How this came about is still a mystery to many. In my research, I have discovered what happened. I suspect that very few of the Pagans who practice this Gardnerian derived ‘Paganism’ religion are even aware that their religion is based on Gardnerian practice. Gardnerian practice requires formal training and initiation to ‘become’ a Witch.
In the United States during the late 1960s it was painfully clear that there was no way to meet the demand for training into Wicca using conventional methods.

Something needed to be done that would allow the masses entry level access to
the practice of Wicca. It was a violation of the ‘law’ of Gardnerian practice to simply package up instructions including a real Book of Shadows. In addition, without initiation by a High Priest or High Priestess, the person would not really be a Witch anyway (in the eyes of Gardnerian practice). This left the dilemma of how to handle the demand for entrance into Wicca. Somewhere around 1968, the solution was developed.

The plan was to send out a package of very basic instructions1 of a simplified form of Gardnerian Witchcraft without divulging the origin of the material. Since one cannot be a ‘Witch’ without initiation (at that time) then the practice of this simplified version of Witchcraft had to be called something other than Witchcraft. It was decided that the name of the religion would be ‘Paganism’ and the practitioners referred to as Pagans. It appears that, according to the plan, Wiccans were to be the priestly class and Pagans were to be the general populous. An organization that did not identify its origin as from Gardnerian Wicca was created to distribute the training material. From what I can gather, this ‘Paganism’ was quite successful. In fact, it appears to have been a little too successful, because it grew so quickly that it started replacing formal Wiccan coven practice. After all, why study and work through a degreed system to
become a Witch when it was easier to just ‘be’ a Pagan?

Lady Sheba

There was one person who complicated matters in Wicca, but whose actions eventually led to the general public having access to what they wanted all along, which was Gardnerian material. Her pen name is Lady Sheba. In 1971, Jessie Wicker Bell a.k.a. Lady Sheba sold her Book of Shadows (a close copy of Gardner’s) to a book publisher. Jessie then declared herself “America’s Witch Queen” following in the steps of Alex Sanders, but was never accepted as such. With the release of Lady Sheba’s Book of Shadows, many of the great secrets of Wicca were no longer secret. The laws and rituals, even those never to be divulged except to upper degree initiates, could now be purchased in book form by anyone for $2.95. Obviously, this did not go over well with those in Gardnerian practice.

Academic Scrutiny

In the early 1970s, Wicca came to the attention of the academic community and the history of Wicca came under scrutiny. The Lady Sheba Book of Shadows may have been the catalyst for the academic curiosity into Wicca/Witchcraft. The occult academics of the period would have been familiar with the work of Crowley/Regardie and spotted the obvious ‘similarities’ in the Book of Shadows. The result of the scrutiny caused quite a shock. It was revealed that major aspects of Wicca were either recently written or borrowed from Freemasonry, Ceremonial Magick and the books of Margaret Murray, Charles Leland, Israel Regardie and Aleister Crowley among others.

At the time, people practicing Wicca believed that Wicca was authentic Ancestral Witchcraft and thousands of years old. You can imagine their shock when they found out that this was not the case. At first there was a lot of academic bashing denying what was being said, then many felt betrayed and lied to by the Wiccan community. This began the downfall of the popularity of Gerald Gardner, a name that is now nearly a dirty word in the NeoPagan community, despite his
role as a founder in the movement.

Reformed Traditional Wicca is Born

It was in the mid-1970s that Reformed Traditional Wicca as we now know it today was being born. The father was none other than Raymond Buckland. The book The Tree: Complete Book of Saxon Witchcraft (Weiser, 1974) introduced revolutionary concepts into Wicca, the most significant being that it was possible to create a new tradition. The book was so revolutionary that many consider it the birth of modern Wicca. This book was the introduction of the modern tradition, Seax-Wica. Wicca was ripe for change, and the creation of Seax-Wica marked the turningpoint. Wicca began heading away from coven practice, ritual nudity, coven initiation, and emphasis on ritual magick, toward the Wicca we know today with solitary practice, self-initiation and emphasis on the spiritual aspects of the religion.

By the late 1970s, Reformed Traditional Wicca was in full swing. Several traditions followed Buckland’s lead in breaking away and established themselves as alternative forms of Wiccan practice.

Feminist Wicca is Born

It was also in this time period (late 1970s) when the feminist movement latched
onto the Goddess aspect of Wicca as a female oriented alternative to male dominated Christianity. Several feminist traditions started and with a bit of creative writing shifted their flavor of Wicca away from balance toward female deity domination.

Starhawk Breaks New Ground with Spiral Dance

Modern Wicca had another boost in available information in the late 70s from Starhawk. Her book Spiral Dance from 1979 has been required reading for hundreds of thousands of Wiccan students for over 20 years.

Janet & Stewart Farrar

If modern Wicca’s father was Raymond Buckland, then its Aunt and Uncle were none other than Janet and Stewart Farrar. Their books from the 1970s and beyond were a rich source of information in this, the middle era of Wicca. Janet and Stewart’s lineage is from Alexandrian tradition, although their writing leans heavily toward Gardnerian practice. One of their collaborators was Doreen Valiente whose lineage in Gardnerian Craft goes back to 1953. I suspect that their books in the mid 1980s were the solidifying force tying together all the haphazard information into cohesive form. To this day, their books are authoritative even among the most conservative Wiccans.

Eclectic Wicca is Born

With the late 1980s came an opportunity to make huge piles of money selling books teaching Wicca. With the new crop of authors came a new crop of confusion. If Wiccans are no longer going to practice in covens, why did they even need a tradition? Many of the late 1980s books fail to mention that there was even such a thing as traditions in Wicca, let alone describe the history accurately. The prevailing attitude became “Who needs a tradition? Let’s do whatever we want and call it Wicca!”

New Age Wicca

By the 1990s the book publishers were treating Wicca as a “New Age” religionand other practices having nothing to do with Wicca started being mixed in. Soon there were pentacle wearing Wiccans with Native American spirit guides, studying Yoga chakras, and practicing Reiki (an eastern healing technique).

Fluffy Bunny Wicca is Born

The 1990s was also the start of a dark time for Wicca. While it was a boom to the number of people claiming to be Wiccan, it was also the birth of the “Fluffy Bunny” many Wiccans of this decade’s generation were the most poorly educated and least dedicated of any group of Wiccans to date. Wicca Today Over the years, Wicca has mutated or developed from a secretive mystical coven practiced tradition to a modern alternative religion with solitary practice and self-initiation.

Although the history of Wicca has been tarnished by individuals of questionable character, the potential for it to shine does exist. That potential can be made reality if those in Wiccan practice shine as individuals, which when combined will be the shimmer of a respectable religion.

The History of Wicca Part 1

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he History of Wicca
Wiccan history is intensely complex and can be a little confusing. Two things to
keep in mind when reading: The term Wicca is defined herein as a form of NeoPagan Witchcraft based on the Witchcraft revival of Gerald Gardner and his group in the 1940s. The term Witchcraft is a much broader term referring to practices ranging from ancient to modern.

The Roman Occupation
Europe had religions before the invasion of the Roman Empire. The specifics are beyond the scope of this book. One thing important to note is that pre-Roman Europe had not one, but several religions. A History of Pagan Europe by Prudence Jones & Nigel Pennick covers a broad range of the old European cultures and their religions.

Published Routledge; (March 1997)

The Roman Empire gradually invaded and occupied Europe around 100 CE. At this time, the official religion of the Empire was still based on the Roman Pantheon (Greco-Roman Gods). European religions were not exactly displaced by the Roman invasion; many of the old religions were merged with Greco-Roman practices, but some survived semi-intact. Around 250 CE Christians were starting to get into positions of power in the Roman Empire. Although there were attempts to stop it, Christianity became the official religion of the Empire around 390 CE. With the Roman Empire in power in Europe, Christianity spread through the nobility and upper class. In the peasant class and in the rural areas the old religions survived,although perhaps in a form mutated by the Greco-Roman Pantheon.

The peasant and rural practice of the old religions continued like this for hundreds of years. This appears to have been accepted by the Christians because it was not proving to be a problem. However, by the 10th century it had become enough of a problem to get recognition. In 906, the official church policy (as stated in Canon Episcopi) was that these people were confused and “perverted by Satan” and that no one should follow them. This was the birth of the fictitious concept of “diabolical witchcraft”, namely witches worshipping Satan. Keep in mind a commonly accepted theory is that it was not Satan who was being worshiped, but rather the gods of the old religions. To the Christian Church, the old Pagan gods and Satan were the same.

The Dark Ages
By the 15th century things had changed for the worse. Pope Innocent VIII issued
a formal declaration that anyone accused of consorting with demons (practicing
anything other than Christianity) was to be arrested and tried (tortured convicted and
executed). That began what many call “the Burning Times”. The torture at the hands of the
Christians was unspeakable. It is not clear how many of those executed for “consorting” were actually practicing the old religions. It is very likely that some if not most of those found to be “consorting” were either unpopular people or those accused so they could be eliminated and their wealth and property seized.

The spread of the Burning Times into the United States is evident in the Salem trials of 1692. It is very unlikely that any of those accused, convicted, and executed for the crime of diabolical witchcraft were practicing anything of the sort. It is likely that it was just a symptom of the Christian paranoia at the time. 19th Century The 19th Century brings us to the early stirrings of Wicca. In the 1800s and early 1900s, historians and scholars, and I use the terms loosely, started researching and speculating about the practices of Witchcraft and the Witch trials of the earlier centuries. Some authors expressed that during the ‘Burning Times’ a form of an ancient fertility religion had been flourishing and was being systematically stamped out by Christianity which feared being overthrown. In almost all cases the academic quality of the research was... and I am being nice here... definitely substandard.

Gerald Gardner, Grandfather of Wicca
Gerald Gardner was an Englishman, a civil servant, and amateur anthropologist.Gardner had an interest in religion, the occult, and magick. Gardner studied a great deal on these topics, anything he could get his hands on, including much of the “research” mentioned above. In 1939 (after his retirement) Gardner made friends with, and was initiated into, the New Forest coven. The exact nature of the New Forest coven is uncertain, although it appears to have been a subgroup of occultists from a Rosicrucian theatre. Many books state or imply that ‘Old Dorothy Clutterbuck’ was the High Priestess of the New Forest Coven.

The best information available to date indicates that Old Dorothy was involved in the theatre, did own the house where the coven practiced, but was not involved herself. In 1947, Gerald Gardner was introduced to Aleister Crowley and the two had a few meetings that spring. Gardner had an interest in Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O.) which is, to my understanding, a magickal order1. In this year, Gardner received, most likely purchased, a charter from Crowley to start an O.T.O. encampment with the intent of reviving interest in the organization. It appears that Gardner had little luck in gaining an O.T.O. following or perhaps had a change of heart regarding promoting O.T.O.

Shortly after his return from a trip to the United States, Gardner’s emphasis appears to have shifted back to his earlier interest of Witchcraft. Somewhere in this period, most likely 1947-48, Gardner created a manuscript known as Ye Bok of Ye Art Magical possibly based on the operational grimoire from New Forest Coven. In today’s’ terms Ye Bok was the very first Book of Shadows, and its creation marks the beginning of Orthodox Traditional Wicca. In 1949, Gardner released High Magic’s Aid, which was a fictitious novel most likely based on the ritual in Ye Bok of Ye Art Magical. Although the book was a bit of a flop, it did establish Gardner as a known individual in the occult circles. It was also in this period when Gardner left New Forest Coven and started his own coven based on Ye Bok of Ye Art Magical. That new coven was the first Wiccan coven.It is possible that both of these events happening so closely together was not by coincidence. One theory has it that Gardner may have been thrown out of the New Forest Coven because of his writing the book.

At the time of the creation of the first ‘Wiccan’ coven, the religion was not called Wicca.It was referred to as Witchcraft or ‘The Old Religion’. In 1951 after the repeal of the last of the witchcraft laws in England, Gardner went public as a witch and started giving interviews as the ‘resident witch’ at a Museum of Witchcraft. In 1953 Gardner bought the Museum and shortly after met Doreen Valiente. Doreen initiated into his coven and shortly after became High Priestess. Doreen opposed how much of Gardner’s Book of Shadows was ‘borrowed’ from Aleister Crowley. Doreen helped rewrite sections of it developing the 1953 Book of Shadows to be used for years to come. Wiccan ritual (circa 1953) actually bore little resemblance to Ancestral Witchcraft because so much of the practice was ‘borrowed’ from other sources. Few Wiccans even today realize just how much of Wicca is not from Witchcraft. Here is an incomplete list of aspects of Wicca, which are known or believed to have been derived from sources other than Witchcraft:the degree system to reach Priest/Priestess status the term ‘The Craft’

· the term ‘Book of Shadows’
· the pentagram symbol
· the tool ‘athame’
· ritual in a cast circle
· altar at the center of the circle
· use of incense in a circle
· entering a circle from the northeast
· calling the quarters
· the elements Earth, Air, Fire and Water at the quarters
· most of the unnamed Goddess/God theology
· several of the rituals

Acorn Protection Amulet Ritual

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Acorn Protection Amulet
A charged amulet spell based on a system of Magick known as Ritual Magick. It
falls under the category of tasked energy magick.

Tools Required:
· Acorn
· Altar
· Pentacle (altar tile)
· Water bowl,
· Salt bowl,
· Goddess Candle,
· God Candle,
· Wand,
· Athame,
· Incense, and incense burner

Procedure:
Setup the altar in traditional fashion. Light the incense and let it fill the area around the altar. The incense serves as a cue that the space is being transitioned to magickal space.

Face East and say “Yae to the guardian of the East, join me and charge this area with the wisdom and energy of Air”.

Face South and say “Yae to the guardian of the South, join me and charge this
area with the wisdom and energy of Fire”.

Face West and say “Yae to the guardian of the West, join me and charge this area with the wisdom and energy of Water”.

Face North and say “Yae to the guardian of the North, join me and charge this area with the wisdom and energy of Earth”.

Calling the quarters

Some see this as drawing on the elements for energy in creating the circle. Others see it as a summoning of the elemental spirits for participation in ritual. Some with a background in Kaballah might be inclined to see it as summoning the Archangels.

Lighting quarter candles is common in some traditions. Some also ring a bell
and/or draw an invoking pentagram symbol with an athame. Take the athame from the altar and point it at the ground while drawing a circle on the ground starting at north and going clockwise (east, then south, then west, and then back to north). Set the athame back on the altar.

Casting the circle
The athame is used to direct energy to the perimeter and build the circle around you. Visualization of the stream of energy triggers the stream to flow. Pacing can be a little difficult. Sometimes moving too fast will leave it feeling half formed, while moving too slow can leave you feeling excessively drained.

Next light the God candle while saying... “oh great horned one of ancient mystery, join me bringing your wisdom and energy.”

Inviting the God to join. Consider the flame of the candle a torch to light his path to the circle or perhaps as a vessel for his spirit.

Next light the Goddess candle while saying... “oh great mother of all of the
universe, join me bringing your wisdom and energy.”
Inviting the Goddess to join. Also as above a torch to light the path or a vessel for
her spirit.

Pick up the acorn and dip it in the salt bowl saying “let this be cleansed with the
purity of earth”.

Before any amulet is charged with tasked energy, it is normally consecrated
(cleansed). The salt is symbolic of the element of earth and seen as a natural
purifying agent.

Dip the acorn in the water bowl saying “let this be cleansed with the purity of
water”.

This is the second half of the consecration. This time it is with the symbology of
the element of water, another natural purifier.

Set the acorn back on the pentacle.

The altar plate is the focal point of most altar-oriented rituals.
Touch both the candles (not the flames) drawing the divine energy into you. See yourself as glistening with white sparkly light.

Drawing divine energy. At this point, you are essentially tapping into the spirits of the Goddess and God. The drawing process is in a way like sipping on a straw except you are sipping with your fingers. The visualization of white sparkly light represents the charge of energy.

Pick up the acorn and hold it in your right hand. Visualize that sparkly energy going into the acorn. When you can see it in your mind’s eye, repeat the following 13 times:

“balanus, bona, phylacterium”

Pushing the tasked energy into the acorn. It is important to focus on tasking the energy at least as much as pushing the energy into the acorn. Tasking can be done with symbology or with words symbolizing the task. balanus is Latin for acorn, chestnut or date bona is Latin for good phylacterium is Latin for “to watch or guard”

Basically the phrase means “acorn good guard”. It isn’t an ancient phrase, nor need it be.

The repetition of the phrase 13 times is significant as the indication of the tasking process while charging. 13 times was chosen as plenty (perhaps excessive) and with the mystical association of 13 moons in a year and perceived by some as a lucky number.

Set the acorn down in the center of the pentacle.

Back to the focal point

Take the wand and draw a circle around the acorn three times saying “Bind this
spell to the amulet, as I will it, so mote it be.” Charging is only half of the task of amulet creation. The second half is binding the energy so it stays in the amulet.

The phrase “as I will it, so mote it be” is extremely common in this type of magickal work in that the magickian is now affirming that the magick will work. Note: mote = will, so the phrase means, “as I wish it, so will it be”.
Snuff the Goddess candle (blowing it out is okay only if you do not have a snuffer) and say “Thank-you M’Lady for your wisdom and energy”.
Thanks to the Goddess. NOT a dismissal, more like a goodbye type of pleasantry.

Snuff the God candle and say “Thank-you M’Lord for your wisdom and energy”.

Thanks to the God. As above, it is a pleasantry.

Face North, bow and say “Thank-you for your wisdom and energy”.

Face West, bow and say “Thank-you for your wisdom and energy”.

Face South, bow and say “Thank-you for your wisdom and energy”.

Face East, bow and say “Thank-you for your wisdom and energy”.

Thanks to the elements. As above, it is a pleasantry.

Cap the incense or douse it in water.

Starts the space on the process of returning to normal. Some people actually “take down” the circle.

As you can see, applying ritual to magickal practice gives it a sense of formality.
Do you need such a ritual to charge an amulet? No, but it may improve your focus.

Another aspect of ritual magick is when a group is working magick together. While free-form magick may be quite easy when you are by yourself, in a group it is far too chaotic. Having someone lead the ritual keeps everyone on the same task.

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Wiccan Beliefs & Theology

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Wicca is considered a polytheistic religion because it embraces two gods, namely
the Goddess and the God. In Wicca, the Goddess and God represent the balance
and harmony of nature, with the two generally being viewed as equals. The
Goddess is symbolized by the moon, the God by the sun.

Even so, Wicca is not as polytheistic as the old religions of Europe, which had
large pantheons of gods and goddesses. To fill in the gaps, the other goddesses
and gods are often included as aspects of (names of, or sides of) the Goddess or
the God. In essence, this is saying that all gods are the God, and all goddesses
are the Goddess. In this way, Wiccans may choose the gods of old that they are
drawn to and it is still perceived as worshiping the same primary deities.

The above refers to Orthodox Traditional Wicca (Wicca in its 1953 form). Some
of today’s traditions have a different theology. Some downplay or completely
eliminate “the God” deity from practice while others welcome the old gods from
Celtic, Greco-Roman, and Egyptian pantheons on their own behalf, without
treating them as aspects of the unnamed goddess and god.

Some descriptions of Wiccan theology may sound sexist compared to what is acceptable today. Wicca is a religion with close ties to both nature and fertility, and the sexes are a vital function of nature. Wicca is not demeaning to either sex. In nature, both sexes are essential to survival.

The Goddess

Because Christianity is a patriarchal religion (male god), people sometimes have
trouble relating to the Wiccan female god, the Goddess. With a little bit of adjusted thought about the role of gods, the Goddess being female can make a lot of sense.

The role of the Goddess is to bring and nurture life, which is very similar to a
woman’s typical role of bearing children and caring for them. All things of life are the children of the Goddess; hence, she is our mother, which relates well with a feminine deity image.

The God

The role of the God is hunter, protector, and provider, which is similar to a man’s
typical role in nature. Another significant role of the God is to fertilize the
Goddess so she can bring life. In their joining, the circle of life is completed and
that which is born lives and dies to be reborn again.

The Elements

Wicca treats the forces of nature with respect and mysticism. The role of the
Elements Earth, Air, Fire, and Water in Wiccan practice varies by tradition. Some
see them as terrestrial deities, others as aspects of the Goddess and God. The
alignment of the Elements with the directions North, East, South and West plays
a significant role in formal ritual.

Many traditions also regard a 5th element, Spirit. The element Spirit is often seen
as representing the Goddess and God although this too varies by tradition.

Beliefs
Wicca regards nature as sacred and magickal and is very much tied to the earth,
nature and magick. The holidays of Wicca, known as Sabbats, relate to nature
and its seasons, fertility and harvests.

Wicca is unique in that there are no long lists of rules laid down as to how we are
to live our lives. There are only two dogmas in Wicca that are common to all
Wiccan traditions. These two are the Wiccan Rede, and the Law of Threefold
Return. Beyond these two, the individual traditions have their own doctrines
and accepted beliefs.

The Wiccan Rede is “Do as thee will, an harm thee none”. The Law of Threefold
Return is “That which one sends into the world returns to the sender threefold”.
These are detailed in a later chapter.

Book of Shadows

The individual traditions keep their own doctrine of accepted beliefs and
practices known as a Book of Shadows. In Orthodox Wiccan traditions the Book
of Shadows is commonly kept secret and gradually revealed during the process
of the year and a day training. Reformed traditions generally publish their Book
of Shadows for anyone to read. In eclectic practice it is common to keep a scrapbook of personal practice and refer to it as a Book of Shadows. Some traditions also have practitioners keep a spell book which is referred to as a ‘Personal Book of Shadows’. Modern authors often confuse this with the tradition’s Book of Shadows. Most traditions have very specific rules as to what may be added to, or removed from their Book of Shadows.

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Cauldrons in Rituals and Spells

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Cauldron History

Cauldrons have long been used within wicca and witchcraft for many different purposes and from ancient times to current the cauldron continues to be a main stay within the craft.

So what makes a cauldron such a vital tool within wicca and witchcraft? Well there are many different roles a cauldron can be used for anything from cooking, to being used as incense burners, or even as a fire resistance pit for burning items for rituals and spells.

In wicca a cauldron symbolizes the womb of the Goddess and can also represent rebirth and purification through fire. The cauldron is considered a sacred vessel to the Goddess and so many individuals within the craft favor using it for this purpose.

In Celtic influenced wicca the cauldron represents the goddess Cerridwen and Celtic legend also tells of a cauldron that was useful to warring armies: dead warriors could be put into the cauldron and would be returned to life, save that they lacked the power of speech. It was suspected that they lacked souls. These warriors could go back into battle until they were killed again.

Cauldrons In General

Almost all cauldrons are made from cast iron as this material is highly resiliant to fire and will not burn or be damaged from the flames like other materials. Cast iron is also durable and strong and if properly kept clean and dried out after use will not rust that easily like other metals.

Many cauldrons come with lids and a metal handle useful for carrying and transporting them around either full or empty and the lids will protect the user from and the contents inside much like modern pots being used on the stove.

Cauldrons are excellent for cooking over camp fires or fire places and for centuries humans have used them to cook anything from stews and soups, to meat and beans.

Cauldrons can also be used as incense burners when granular or powder incense is burned within the cauldron. If charcoal and incense are placed within a cauldron and lit the incense will begin to burn and smoke and there is no fear of the heat or fire breaking loose out of the cauldron as the cast iron holds and abosobs the heat extremely well leaving one with a pleasant burning incense for quite some time until it burns out.

Cauldrons in Rituals

For ages within witchcraft and wicca the cauldron has been used for rituals and spell use. Not only are cauldrons excellent tools because you can use fire safely but they also allow for a myrid of different ingrediants and items to be burned in a ritual at the same time. Cauldrons are also well adepted at being used for scrying once filled with water. Below is an example scrying ritual to perform with your cauldron.

Example cauldron ritual and spell:
Fill a cauldron or large, black iron pot half-full of fresh water. Add a handful of Buttercup or Marigold petals. Light incense of Sage (also used for protection) or burn some Thyme. Stir the cauldron/pot gently three times while chanting: Into the threads of time I cast my thoughts, To catch a glimpse of what will be! O' Gods of Asgard, bring into my mind, The lovely gift of prophecy! Look deep into the cauldron and wait for visions to unfold. You don't request insight into any particular matter using this method.

Cauldrons For the Elements

EARTH Cauldron
Layer salt, wax shavings, three powdered or ground herbs, lighter fluid and ivy leaves in the cauldron while focus and chanting. Use a candle to light it. When the smoke starts to roll, extinguish the cauldron by putting the lid on.

AIR Cauldron
Using tongs, put a chunk of dry ice is a small glass or ceramic bowl and place the bowl on a cloth in the bottom of the cauldron. Allow the cauldron to smoke as long as the ice lasts. The mists create excellent images for scrying.

FIRE Cauldron
Cover the inside bottom with dirt or sand to dissipate heat. Light incense charcoal and add either salt-peter for flame and spark or flash powder for a different but spectacular effect. To assist in releasing or firing off peak energy, try using flash "bombs". Make a small pocket in a piece of flash paper, fill with flash powder and tie with thread. The "bomb" should be about the size of your smallest fingernail. The results are spectacularly bright, so use the powder sparingly. Don't look directly at the flash as you drop the "bomb" in the cauldron.

WATER Cauldron
At least seven days before the ritual, place equal quantities of three appropriate herbs in a pint glass jar. Fill the rest of the jar with Everclear (200 proof alcohol), cap tightly, and shake gently while concentrating on the purpose of the ritual. Add a chant if its feels right. Let the jar rest in a dark, warm spot and shake twice daily, charging with purpose. Before the ritual, place a fireproof ceramic or glass bowl in the cauldron. Pour in the herb mixture, being careful none spills into the cauldron. Light with a candle to produce a beautiful blue flame.

The cauldron, as the fifth elemental spirit, symbolizes inspiration, rebirth, illumination and rejuvenation. Use a Fire cauldron with salt-peter to cast a Circle. Use the mists of an Air cauldron for an initiation. Burn away hate, prejudice and negative self-images, with a Water cauldron. The Earth cauldron is ideal for indoor Beltane rites.

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