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The Basics of Tools and Rituals
be in perfect balance and the practitioner in the perfect state of mind and
body to encourage good magic to be made.
At the end of the magic making, the chakras are closed, apart from the
base one and the crown one which should always stay open. Again,
visualization is used to do this. One way involves seeing each of them as
an open window or door. To close the chakras a beam of white light is
seen entering through the crown chakra, and moving through each door
in turn. As it passes through the third eye chakra the white light bathes
the door there with the violet light of which it is partly composed and
closes it. The beam continues to close each of the four other doors in the
same way and then flows out of the body as a beam of red light through
the base chakra.
Now, suitably relaxed after a ritual bath and/or with chakras open it is
time to open the circle. There are several methods of doing this. Wiccans
cleanse the space with their besom and use their wands to mark out their
circles. As they raise their wands in the air, they visualize a clear circle of
light moving upwards like a tube from the floor, and as they draw their
wands above their heads, the top edge of the tube comes together to form
a clear bubble which is the circle.
Non-Wiccans can sit, suitably dressed, in the centre of the chosen space
and imagine that they are slowly being surrounded by a circle of light –
white, blue or purple. They see it slowly forming a sphere within which
they can safely perform their magic.
To call in the elements, light a candle in each quarter of your sacred space
–
one in the east, one in the south, one in the west and one in the north.
As you light the east candle say:
May the element of air bless this space with light, love and air and
grant true love given and returned alike.
Repeat this in each of the other three quarters, asking fire to bless the
space as you light the south candle, water to bless the space as you light
the west one and earth to give its blessing when you hold match or taper
to the north candle.
If you can do this, your spells will be all the more effective. But there are
times in all our lives when the demands of time make this impractical.
Similarly, when a spell has been cast, each candle in turn – east, south,
west and lastly north – should be extinguished with a candle snuff or
between the dampened thumb and forefinger and the relevant element
thanked for blessing you with a loving and happy relationship. That
done, the spell weaving ritual should be brought to an end with the
words:
May the four powers give back to the universe any energies and
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