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The Basics of Tools and Rituals
Never cast a circle if you are feeling in the least bit unwell. It takes
considerable powers of concentration to do this and even if you are the
slightest bit off-colour, you will find it difficult to focus properly on
events in hand.
First take a soothing bath, using appropriate essential oils to scent the
bath water and light candles of a colour suitable to the spell to be cast so
that you can bathe in the relaxing glow of candlelight. As you let the
waters soothe you, wash away the cares of the day and get yourself in
the right frame of mind to weave spells. When you are ready, dry
yourself with the thickest towel you have and dress yourself in the
clothes you intend to wear to weave your magic. Many practitioners of
the art don clothes of a colour associated with the spell to be cast. For
example, if they are planning to cast a spell that calls for a red altar cloth,
red altar decorations and red candle, then they wear red clothes. It is not
essential to do so, but they find that it strengthens the magic to be made.
Many magic makers who look to the East for inspiration, charge their
chakras before casting their circles. These are the seven energy centres
that lie along the spine and in the head, each of which picks up and sends
out its own special energy.
The one at the base of the spine near the tailbone is called the root or
base chakra and is concerned with the basic physical needs of food and
shelter. It is associated with the colour red.
Orange is the colour connected to the sacral chakra which is just below
the navel and is thought to be the one connected to sexuality and
emotions.
Just above it, in the solar plexus, is the chakra whose energy helps us
make decisions and take responsibility for the outcome. Yellow in colour,
this chakra also encourages creativity.
The heart chakra is green and controls the giving and receiving of love.
The fifth chakra is at the throat. It is involved with communication, both
spiritual and physical, and is blue in colour.
There are two more chakras, one between the eyes and one at the top of
the head. The chakra that sits between the eyes is on the site where our
third eye, the seat of clairvoyance and psychic visions, is thought to be
situated. The third eye chakra is associated with indigo or blue.
The last chakra, the crown chakra, is situated at the top of the head.
White in colour, this chakra connects believers to the All, the deity which
they aspire to be part of.
To open the chakras before making magic, believers visualize each chakra
in turn (starting with the base one and working up) as a wheel of its own
coloured light spinning round and round, each one supplying the energy
for the next one to open. When all the chakras are open they are said to
The seven chakras
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