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Magic in Many Guises
negativity, and a brown one for those concerning the home. Yellow and
gold are appropriate for magic being made to rejuvenate, heal and spread
peace and happiness, while green cord is the colour to use if love, beauty,
fertility and wealth are the concerns of the spell. Orange is thought to
restore harmony to a damaged relationship. So does pink, which also
promotes love, friendship and fidelity.
The royal and priestly colours – purple, indigo and violet – encourage
psychic and mental healing – while red heals the heart when it is in
physically poor shape, enriches the blood and fires passion and sexual
potency. Sky blue lends itself to spells concerning study and learning and
those cast to encourage communication. White stands for purity and as
the colour is made up of all the colours of the spectrum, a white cord can
be used for any knot magic when a cord of the appropriate colour is not
to hand.
Silver cords have a special association for Wiccans to whom the power of
the moon is so important. If they were drawing on its power to make
knot magic, they would quite likely use a silver cord.
It is best to use cord made of natural fibre such as silk or cotton, but if
the spell has, for some reason to be cast as a matter of urgency, then
man-made fibre will do.
To cast a spell using knot magic all you need is a length of cord of an
appropriate colour. (You can braid three cords together to strengthen the
magic being made.) Consecrate it as you would everything else used in
spell weaving and focus your thoughts on the reason the spell is being
cast. Nine knots are tied altogether: the first at one end and the second
at the other end. If you are plaiting three cords together, when you tie
the first knot to prevent the braiding unravelling, say, ‘By knot one, the
spell is begun. May the magic run and run.’ And when the three cords
are bound together and you tie a knot at the finished end, say, ‘By knot
two it will come true. Made for me, or made for you.’
Those using just the one cord should say the same words when they tie
the first two knots.
The third knot is tied in the middle and the fourth halfway between the
new knot and the one at the right-hand end and the fifth between the
central knot and the one at the other end.
The cord is knotted for the sixth and seventh times between the fourth
knot and the end it is nearer to and the fifth knot and the end it is closer
to respectively. And the eighth and ninth knots are tied between the
centre knot and the fourth and fifth knots respectively.
As you knot, don’t let the aim of the spell slip from your mind.
Concentrate on it as you continue saying aloud:
By knot three, so shall it be
That magic powers flow from me.
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