LESSON 3: BUILDING POWER/ GETTING STARTED
*see 1st beginners post for info on lessons*
After reading lesson 1 and lesson 2 you should have a mild understanding of proper breathing techniques for meditation and visualisation and also an understanding of feeling vibrations if you have practiced these skills already. If you feel confident and can say "yes I have practiced these small techniques and I now know I have inner power and know how to feel it"... then you can move onto step 3.
Knowing you have 'power' you can use in magic is the first step to start practicing some magic. Everyone has power but not everyone knows how to use it. Make sure you can successfully practice lesson 1 and 2 because those steps will help you 'feel' your magical properties.
I am going to teach you the first spell I learnt, and it is just a simple cleansing of sacred space spell. Doing spells, rituals, anything sacred to your own practice, has to be done in a cleansed, clean, sacred environment, for example you wouldn't want to invite deities into your space during an oracle reading if your space was messy and full of negative energies, just the same as you wouldn't host a dinner party for the queen and invite her into a dirty house
When I talk about bad energies I mean this: have you ever come home from a bad day and went into your bedroom, only to find a messy room that seems to be full of negativity, it could make you feel depressed but you have no energy to deal with the mess and lack of light after such a hard day right? Every time we enter a space we bring our energy with us, and often leave impressions of that energy behind even once we've left that space. Ever though of why hospitals feel sad and eerie when you enter them? Its not the building itself, its the events and energies left behind by people that make that space feel a certain way much like a church after a wedding or funeral, two opposite feelings but it can change the energy of that space. This is whh many witches wont let other people touch their tarot decks or crystals. When you come home to your sacred space, you bring all the energies you have picked up throughout the day with you. Have you ever woken up in a dark room that was a little cluttered and you felt a need to let some air and light in, and make your bed and then once you do you instantly feel better? Thats you changing the energies of the room.
So before inviting magical properties or creating a sacred space for practicing magic in, clean your sacred space/bedroom/attic whatever. Sweep, mop, dust, pack away unnecessary clutter. Once you have cleaned your space you can start the cleansing ritual to get rid of any negative energies and leave your space fresh and new to put your own good energies in.
For this ritual you will need: salt, water, candle, Incense.
You don't need to use these props but it helps with reinforcing the verses:
Walking around in a clockwise circle in the middle of your sacred space holding the lit candle say:
Candle, candle burning bright, cast out all not of the light, with your flame all shadows flee, as I do will, so mote it be (or so must)
Now walking in a clockwise circle again but holding the incense say:
Negative energies I blow you out, with scented smoke that wreaths about, all bad spirits no more shall be, as I do will, so mote it be.
Repeat the action with the water, sprinkling it around the room lightly, or use a spray bottle with citrus in it, say:
Water, water cleanse this space, that all bad energy leave this place, of evil may this place be free, as I do will so mote it be.
Now with the salt, throwing a pinch or 2 around say:
Creature of earth build a wall, build it strong and build it tall to keep all harm away from me, as I do Will, so mote it be.
Now place the candle, incense, water and salt in the middle of the room, let the candle and incense burn for a while, you may wish to meditate now or put on calm music and just relax in your cleansed space, visualising all bad energies leaving. Once you feel your space is cleansed of negative energy you can do anything magical you want!
You now have a sacred space to do magic with no negative energies to interrupt you. Does the space feel different?
Write down all your experiences when doing rituals or any type of magic to see how you've grown and how you can improve. You may need to practice this quite often to make it more powerful, and don't hesitate to change the words to something your more comfortable with if this incantation does not suit you. This space cleansing spell is great for beginning and learning as you can usually feel an effect right after its done! I had to do it at least 3 times my first go, because I didn't 'feel it' but once you feel it you will know its a cleansed space.
I hope these lessons have helped you if you had no idea where to start! And if you don't know what to do next, just practice lessons 1, 2 and 3 and you will soon enough feel as though you can take on some more advanced practices!
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