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A Spell for Women of a Certain Age
Apart from giving birth, perhaps the most demanding time in a woman’s
life is when she is going through the menopause. The physical changes
taking place within the body are accompanied by all sorts of negative
emotions. This spell should help women who are going through or
approaching ‘the change’, enable them to see it as a transitory thing and
that they can emerge from it as ‘new women’ in every sense of the
phrase. The spell should be cast out of doors.
You will need:
Seven sprigs of broom
A length of orange ribbon
Two ears of wheat
A sprig of rose-hips or some hawthorn berries on the twig
Some fresh lavender
The petals from a red flower or, in autumn, some red leaves
Some sand
Seven ice cubes
A bowl
Bind the broom sprigs with the orange ribbon and put the broom they
form to one side for the time being. Lay the wheat on the grass, the
stems crossed. Put the rose-hips or hawthorn berries on top of them and
sprinkle them with the lavender. Sprinkle the sand in a circle, the radius
of which should be a little wider than your outstretched arms. Lay the
petals or leaves in a circle just beyond the sand. Use the ice cubes to form
a circle around the lavender-scented wheat and hips/berries. Kneel on the
ground, just outside the circle, then lean forward with your hands
touching the ground on either side of the sand/petal circle. Now lean
back and watch the ice cubes melt.As they do so, trace a hand three times
counter-clockwise around the circle, saying:
Tensions go with melting ice,
As I bless this circle, thrice.
Remembered pleasure. Forgotten sorrow.
Help me smile on my tomorrow.
And let it be done, that it harm no one.
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