Prayer to the ancient ones

Ancient Mother of the Moonlight Bright
Who Lights the Way in the Darkest Night
Triple Goddess, Maiden, Mother and Crone
Ancient Father of the Forest, Rock and Stone
Green Man of the Wild Glade
Horned Hunter of the Sharpest Blade
Hear My Call...Hear My Plea
Hear Me as I Come to Thee
Lend Me Your Beauty and your Grace
Descend to my Circle, My Sacred Space
Lend Me Your Power, Your Strength and Might
Lead Me away from the Darkness and into thy Light
Give Me Courage as I Walk My Path
May I always find Thy Home and Hearth
Great Mother of Nature and all that I See
Hear My Words as I come to Thee
Great Father of the Rock, Mountain and Tree
Hear My Words as I come to Thee
May I Walk in Thy Blessed Love and Light
Guide My Feet through the Day and Night
In Thy Perfect Love and Harmony
With all that I am.....So Mote it Be!

Aphrodite, Greek Goddess of Love

Aphrodite was the Greek goddess of love and sexuality. According to legend, she was born fully formed from the white sea form that arose when the god Uranus was castrated. She came ashore on the island of Cyprus, and later was married off by Zeus to Hephaistos, the deformed craftsman of Olympus. Despite being married to Hephaistos, Aphrodite took her job as a goddess of sexuality seriously, and had a multitude of lovers, but one of her favorites was the warrior god Ares. At one point, Helios, the sun god, caught Ares and Aphrodite romping around, and told Hephaistos what he had seen. Hephaistos caught the two of them in a net, and invited all the other gods and goddesses to laugh at their shame... but they had none whatsoever. In fact, Aphrodite and Ares had a good laugh about the whole thing, and didn't particularly care what anyone thought. In the end, Ares ended up paying Hephaistos a fine for his inconvenience, and the whole matter was dropped.

At one point, Aphrodite had a fling with Adonis, the young hunter god. He was killed by a wild boar one day, and some tales indicate that the boar might have been a jealous Ares in disguise.

Aphrodite had several sons, including Priapus, Eros, and Hermaphroditus.

In many myths and legends, Aphrodite is portrayed as self-absorbed and cranky. It would seem that like many of the other Greek gods, she spent a lot of time meddling in the affairs of mortals, mostly for her own amusement. She was instrumental in the cause of the Trojan War; Aphrodite offered Helen of Sparta to Paris, the prince of Troy, and then when he saw Helen for the first time, Aphrodite made sure he was inflamed with lust, thus leading to Helen's abduction and a decade of war.

A festival was held regularly to honor Aphrodite, appropriately called the Aphrodisia. At her temple in Corinth, revelers often paid tribute to Aphrodite by having rambunctious sex with her priestesses. The temple was later destroyed by the Romans, and not rebuilt, but fertility rites appear to have continued in the area.

In addition to her association with the sea and shells, Aphrodite is connected with dolphins and swans, apples and pomegranates, and roses.

Hecate - Dark Goddess of Magic & Sorcery

Hecate (sometimes spelled Hekate) was originally a Thracian, and pre-Olympian Greek goddess, and ruled over the realms of earth and fertility rituals. As a goddess of childbirth, she was often invoked for rites of puberty, and in some cases watched over maidens who were beginning to menstruate. Eventually, Hecate evolved to become a goddess of magic and sorcery. She was venerated as a mother goddess, and during the Ptolemaic period in Alexandria was elevated to her position as goddess of ghosts and the spirit world.

Much like the Celtic hearth goddess Brighid, Hecate is a guardian of crossroads, and often symbolized by a spinning wheel. In addition to her connection to Brighid, she is associated with Diana Lucifera, who is the Roman Diana in her aspect as light-bearer. Hecate is often portrayed wearing the keys to the spirit world at her belt, accompanied by a three-headed hound, and surrounded by lit torches.

The epic poet Hesiod tells us Hecate was the only child of Asteria, a star goddess who was the aunt of Apollo and Artemis. The event of Hecate's birth was tied to the reappearance of Phoebe, a lunar goddess, who appeared during the darkest phase of the moon.

Today, many contemporary Pagans and Wiccans honor Hecate in her guise as a Dark Goddess, although it would be incorrect to refer to her as an aspect of the Crone, because of her connection to childbirth and maidenhood. It's more likely that her role as "dark goddess" comes from her connection to the spirit world, ghosts, the dark moon, and magic. She is known as a goddess who is not to be invoked lightly, or by those who are calling upon her frivolously. She is honored on November 30, the night of Hecate Trivia, the night of the crossroads.

Hestia, Greek Goddess of the Hearth

The Greek goddess Hestia watched over domesticity and the family, and was honored with the first offering at any sacrifice made in the home. On a public level, Hestia's flame was never allowed to burn out. The local town hall served as a shrine for her -- and any time a new settlement was formed, settlers would take a flame from their old village to the new one.

As the equivalent of the Roman Vesta, Hestia was known as the virginal daughter of Cronus and Rhea, and sister of Zeus, Poseidon and Hades. She tended the fires of Mount Olympus, and because of her devotion to her duty as hearthkeeper, she managed to stay out of a lot of the shenanigans of the other Greek gods. She doesn't appear in too many of the Greek myths or adventure stories.

Hestia took her role as a virgin seriously as well, and in one legend, the lustful god Priapus tried to take advantage of her.

As Priapus crept to her bed, planning on raping Hestia, a donkey brayed loudly, waking the goddess. Her screams woke the other Olympians, much to Priapus' great embarrassment. In some stories, it is said that Priapus believed Hestia to be a nymph, and that the other gods hid her by turning her into a lotus plant.
As a hearth goddess, Hestia was also known for her hospitality. If a stranger came calling and seeking sanctuary, it was considered an offense against Hestia to turn the person away. Those who followed her were obligated to provide shelter and food to anyone truly in need. It was also emphasized that female guests given sanctuary were not to be violated -- again, a grave offense against Hestia.

Hestia is traditionally represented by an image of a lamp with a perpetual flame. Today, some Greek reconstructionists, or Hellenic Pagans, continue to honor Hestia and all that she stands for.

A Spell to Win Someone’s Love

Please perform this spell with caution, and carefully consider the karma involved in messing with someone’s free will.

For this spell to win a person’s love, you will need:

Two red candlesOne gold candleOlive oilA piece of white cloth

Perform this spell during a full moon.

Take the olive oil and rub it into the candles, dressing them from centre to bottom and then from the centre to the top. Place the gold candle in front of you, and the red candles to either side of the gold one. Place yourself in a meditative state and think of the person whose love you wish to win. Immerse yourself in feelings of love and imaging drawing this person towards you. Now light the candles, and repeat the following incantation:

Here is (person’s name). This candle is him/her
This flame burns, as his/her spirit burns
I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine.

Let the candles burn down all night (be careful that they are in a place where nothing can catch fire!). Once they are burnt down to the ends, place them in the white cloth, and put it in a magical place, for example your altar. This will win the love of the person you wish to attract.

Read more: http://wiccanspells.info/love-spells/a-spell-to-win-someones-love/#ixzz3BcXzQH7X

A Spell to Increase Patience

Do you struggle with impatience? If so, try this spell to help you increase your patience.

You will need:

A cup or bowl filled with waterA blue candleEssential oil – lavender, palmarosa or jasmine

Cast your circle and light the candle.  Take ten deep breaths while gazing at the candle flame.  For each in-breath, imagine that you are inhaling the peaceful blue colour of the candle, and for each out-breath, imagine all your frustrations leaving your body.

Now take the bowl of water, and put three drops of your chosen essential oil in it.  Dip your fingers in the water, stirring slightly, and recite the following:

Blessed waters cool my spirit,
Fill me with your soothing peace.
Like the river I shall flow
Patiently, with joy and ease

Now blow out the candle and close your circle.

If you like, you can keep a bowl of water with the essential oil in it on your altar – if you feel impatient again, inhale the scent of the essential oil while repeating the incantation.

Read more: http://wiccanspells.info/simple-spells/a-spell-to-increase-patience/#ixzz3BcUVLeuY

Athena, Greek Goddess of Wisdom and War

Athena was born a child of Zeus by his first wife, Metis, a goddess of wisdom. Because Zeus was afraid Metis might bear him a son who was mightier than himself, he swallowed her. While trapped inside Zeus, Metis began to make a helmet and robe for her unborn daughter. All that clanging and pounding caused Zeus to suffer terrible headaches, so he called for his son Hephaestus, the smith of the gods. Hephaestus split his father's skull open to relieve the pain, and out popped Athena, fully grown and clad in her new robe and helmet.

The cult of Athena emerged very early, as part of her position as a patroness of the city of Athens. She became Athens' protector after a dispute with her uncle, Poseideon, the god of the sea. Both Athena and Poseidon really liked a certain city on the coast of Greece, and both of them claimed ownership.

Finally, to solve the dispute, it was agreed that whoever could present the city with the best gift would forever be patron. Athena and Poseidon went to the Acropolis, where Poseidon struck the cliffside with his mighty trident. A spring welled up, which amazed and impressed the citizenry. However, the spring was salt water, so it wasn't really of much use to anyone.
Athena then presented the people with a simple olive tree. Although it wasn't as impressive as a spring, it was far more useful, because it presented the people with oil, food, and even wood. In thanks, they named the city Athens. Some people in Greece still worship Athena and pay homage to her at the Acropolis.

Athena is typically portrayed with her companion, Nike, the goddess of victory. She is also depicted carrying a shield bearing the head of the Gorgon. Because of her association with wisdom, Athena is usually shown with an owl nearby.

As a goddess of war, Athena often shows up in Greek legend to assist various heroes -- Heracles, Odysseus and Jason all got a helping hand from Athena. In classical myth, Athena never took any lovers, and was often revered as Athena the Virgin, or Athena Parthenos. This is where the Parthenon temple got its name. In some older stories, Athena is connected as either the mother or adoptive mother of Erichthonius, after an attempted rape by her brother, Hephaestus. In some versions of the story, she is a virgin mother, who raised Erichthonius after he was given to her by Gaia.

In another tradition, she is known as Pallas Athena, with Pallas actually being a separate entity. It's not clear whether Pallas is actually Athena's father, sister, or some other relationship. However, in each story, Athena goes into battle and accidentally kills Pallas, then taking the name for herself.

Although technically, Athena is a warrior goddess, she is not the same sort of war god that Ares is. While Ares goes to war with frenzy and chaos, Athena is the goddess who helps warriors make wise choices that will eventually lead to victory.

Today, many Hellenic Pagans still honor Athena in their rituals.

Hera, Greek Goddess of Marriage

Hera is known as the first of Greek goddesses. As wife of Zeus, she's the leading lady of all the Olympians. Despite her husband's philandering ways -- or perhaps because of them -- she is the guardian of marriage and the sanctity of the home.

Hera fell in love with her brother, Zeus, but it wasn’t until she managed to get hold of some love magic from Aphrodite that he returned the feelings. It is, quite possibly, her deep love for Zeus that allows Hera to put up with all his mistresses - Zeus has gotten involved with numerous nymphs, sea maidens, human ladies, and even the random female farm animal. Although she begrudgingly tolerates his infidelities, Hera has been less then patient with the offspring of these mistresses. She is the one who drove Hercules -- the son of Zeus by Alcmene -- to madness, convincing him to murder his own wife and children in a fit of rage.

Hera's tolerance for Zeus' infidelities should not be interpreted as weakness. She was known to fly into jealous tirades, and wasn’t above using her husband's illegitimate offspring as weapons against their own mothers. Each of these children represented an insult to Hera, and she didn’t mind unleashing her wrath upon them. She also had no qualms about seeking vengeance upon other goddesses who felt themselves superior. At one point Antigone bragged that her hair was more fair than Hera. The queen of Olympus promptly turned Antigone's luscious locks into a nest of serpents.

Hera played a crucial role in the story of the Trojan War. At a banquet, a golden apple was presented by Eris, goddess of discord. It was decreed that whichever goddess -- Hera, Aphrodite, or Athena -- was the fairest should have the apple. Paris, a prince of Troy, was nominated to judge which goddess was most fair. Hera promised him power, Athena promised him wisdom, and Aphrodite offered him the most beautiful woman in the world. Paris chose Aphrodite as the fairest goddess, and she offered up the lovely Helen of Sparta, wife of King Menelaus. Hera was none too happy with the slight, so she decided that to pay Paris back, she would do everything in her power to see Troy destroyed in the war. She even drove her son Ares, god of war, off the battlefield when she saw he was fighting on behalf of the Trojan army.

Despite the fact that Zeus was always straying from the marriage bed, to Hera, the vows of her nuptials were sacred, and so she was never unfaithful to her husband. As such, she became known as a goddess of marriage and sovereignty. She was a protector of women, and is represented by such animals as the cow, the peacock and the lion. Hera is often portrayed holding a pomegranate, and wearing a crown. She is similar in aspect to the Roman Juno.

Gaia, the Embodiment of the Earth

In Greek mythology, Gaia personifies the earth. She was born of Chaos, and brought forth the sky, the mountains, the sea, and the god Uranus. After hooking up with Uranus, Gaia gave birth to the first races of Divine beings. The three Cyclopes were one-eyed giants named Bronte, Arges and Steropes. The three Hekatoncheires each had a hundred hands. Finally, the twelve Titans, led by Cronos, became the elder gods of Greek mythology.

Uranus wasn't thrilled about the offspring that he and Gaia had produced, so he forced them back inside her. As one might expect, she was less than pleased about this, so she persuaded Cronos to castrate his father. Later, she predicted that Cronos would be overthrown by one of his own children. As a precaution, Cronos devoured all of his own offspring, but his wife Rhea hid the infant Zeus from him. Later, Zeus dethroned his father and became the leader of the gods of Olympus.

Gaia herself caused life to spring forth from the earth, and is also the name given to the magical energy that makes certain locations sacred. The Oracle at Delphi was believed to be the most powerful prophetic site on earth, and was considered the center of the world, due to Gaia's energy.

The concept of an earth mother is not exclusive to Greek myth. In Roman legend, she is personified as Terra. The Sumerians honored Tiamet, and the Maori people honored Papatuanuku, the Sky Mother. Today, many Wiccans and NeoPagans honor Gaia as the earth, or as the archetypical embodiment of the Earth's power and energy.

Eros, Greek God of Passion and Lust

Often described as a son of Aphrodite by her lover Ares, the god of war, Eros was a Greek god of lust and primal sexual desire. In fact, the word erotic comes from his name. He is personified in all kinds of love and lust -- heterosexual and homosexual -- and was worshipped at the center of a fertility cult that honored both Eros and Aphrodite together.

There does seem to be some question about Eros' parentage. In later Greek myth he is indicated to be Aphrodite's son, but Hesiod portrays him as merely her servant or attendant. Some stories say Eros is the child of Iris and Zephyrus, and early sources, such as Aristophanes, say he is the offspring of Nix and Erebus, which would make him quite an old god indeed.

During the classical Roman period, Eros evolved into Cupid, and became portrayed as the chubby cherub that still remains as a popular image today. He is typically shown blindfolded -- because, after all, love is blind -- and carrying a bow, with which he shot arrows at his intended targets. As Cupid, he is often invoked as a god of pure love during Valentine's Day, but in his original form, Eros was mostly about lust and passion.

Demeter, Dark Mother of the Harvest

Perhaps the best known of all the harvest mythologies is the story of Demeter and Persephone. Demeter was a goddess of grain and of the harvest in ancient Greece. Her daughter, Persephone, caught the eye of Hades, god of the underworld. When Hades abducted Persephone and took her back to the underworld, Demeter's grief caused the crops on earth to die and go dormant. By the time she finally recovered her daughter, Persephone had eaten six pomegranate seeds, and so was doomed to spend six months of the year in the underworld. These six months are the time when the earth dies, beginning at the time of the autumn equinox. Each year, Demeter mourns the loss of her daughter for six months. At Ostara, the greening of the earth begins once more and life begins anew.

In some interpretations of the story, Persephone is not held in the underworld against her will. Instead, she chooses to stay there for six months each year so that she can bring a little bit of brightness and light to the souls doomed to spend eternity with Hades. 

A Healing Prayer

Irish Healing Waters

You will need the following items for this spell: 
Lavender 
Violet 
Rosemary 
Anointing oil

Take equal parts of lavender, violet, and rosemary. Empower them and then boil them in a pot with about a quart of water over medium heat. When the water is richly colored and the herbs are scenting your kitchen, drain the water off into a jar. A plain coffee filter works great for this. Place the jar in sunlight for an entire day to absorb the radiant energies of the sun. (You can do this on a Wednesday to add the healing powers of mercury to the spell) Occasionally look at the jar and add your own energies to it. Just before sundown fetch the jar and hold it firmly between your hands just below your naval. Feel your desire to be well filling the jar and with your minds eye see it glowing brightly as the sun. Chant these words until you have filled the jar with as much energy as it will hold.

By the herb and by the sun wellness and I are now as one strengthening energies now are merged. Baneful energies now be purged.

Anoint spots where illness lurks or on your belly if you are unsure where the source of discomfort lies. Or pour contents into bath water.

Prayer of the Native American

To the Native American belief, the Great Spirit was the creator, a supreme being, the all-encompassing mother. Among the Sioux tribe, the Great Spirit is often called the Wakan Tanka.

This prayer is said to ask for her blessing.

Chant the following:

''Oh Great Spirit, 
whose voice I hear in the winds, 
and whose breath gives life to all the world,
hear me! 

I come before you, one of your children,
I am small and weak. 
I seek your strength and wisdom. 
Let me walk in beauty and make my eyes ever 
behold the red and purple sunset. 

Make my hands respect the things you have made, 
my ears sharp to hear your voice. 
Make me wise, so that I may know the things 
you have taught my People, 
the lesson you have hidden in every leaf and rock. 

I seek strength not to be superior to my brothers, 
but to be able to fight my greatest enemy, myself. 
Make me ever ready to come to you, with clean hands and straight eyes, 
so when life fades as a fading sunset, 
my spirit may come to you without shame.

Channeling a Deity

You will need the following items for this spell:
Your Mind
A quiet place
Confidence

First, start by clearing your mind. We want to make room for the deity. Second, call upon the deity of your choice. If you haven't already, it would be more beneficial to offer your deity something as an invitation or a token to them. It could be a food, a trinket, anything!

You must have confidence to succeed at channeling. Without confidence, you wont know if its the deity talking to you or your yourself talking to yourself.

Feel the deities energy descend upon you. Let yourself be wrapped up. Let the deity into your mind. Remember, keep a clear mind. You will know when the deity talks or does something.

Herbs: Chapter 1

Aconite
Also known as Wolfsbane, it can be used to make a wash for ritual tools & space. 
Note: Poisonous, do not ingest. *Caution – Poisonous, do not consume*

Acorn
Can be used in charms or spells for good luck, protection, wisdom, and personal power. Sacred to Druids and can be used at the tip of wands.

Adder's Tongue
This herb can be used in spells and charms to stop gossip and slander or to promote healing. It has also been referred to as Serpent’s Tongue and is often considered sacred to those gods associated with snakes.

Agrimony
It is used in protection spells. It can also be used to reverse spells sent against you. It can also be used in “sleep” sachets that you place under your pillow to allow you a restful sleep.

Alder
Used for protection spells and divination. Associated with music and weather magic and sacred to Druids. A whistle made from the branch of an Alder tree is associate with the old superstition of whistling up the wind.

Alfalfa
Used in spells involving prosperity, money and to ward off hunger.

All Spice 
This herb promotes determination and energy. It is also used in spells and charms that involve money, luck and healing. Can be used to create a healing herbal bath.

Almond
Associated with wisdom, money, fruitfulness, and prosperity. It can be used in spells and charms or burned as incense to attract abundance. Be careful to specify what type of abundance you are seeking.

Aloe
Used for protection and luck. It can be hung in the home as a charm to attract luck and protection for those who live there. It can also be grown in pots and placed around the home to provide protection from accidents within the home. 

Amber
Used for protection from harm and success. Helps to clear the mind and bring prosperity. Burn as an incense to transform the ambient negative energy to positive energy.

Anemone
Protection and healing.

Angelica
This herb is an excellent one to use for protection against negative energy. It can also be used in healing & exorcism incenses. It can be used in purification and uncrossing spells. It can be used in herbal baths for the purpose of removing curses, hexes, or spells. Sprinkle around the outside of your home for protection of the home.

Anise
Use in a sleep pillow to prevent disturbing dreams. A good herb to add to purification baths. Can be used in protection and meditation incenses. It can be used as an incense during the invocation of Mercury or Apollo.

Apple
Sometimes considered the food of the gods. Apples play an important role in many mythologies and are tied to fertility gods. It is also considered the food of the dead and is burned at Samhain in honor of those who will be reborn in the spring. It is traditional to leave two apples in the woods when you are finished hunting as an offering to the Horned God. Apple wood is also used in the making of wands to be used when doing rituals dealing with the underworld. It is also considered a sacred tree by the Druids. Apple cider can be substituted for spells/rituals that require blood or wine. 

Arnica
An excellent herb that is used in salves for the healing of bruises and sprains. It can be applied to where there is pain and/or inflammation of the skin

Meditation Simplified

So here is a easy meditation technique........Meditation is one of the basic tenets, in order to be effective in magickal work, you will need to learn to enter a state of deep relaxation, a place of calm and balance to align yourself with the natural forces around you. As you learn to still your mind and enter this state of relaxation, you are learning to focus your mind, becoming centred, balanced and calm, you are learning mental discipline. It is here in your inner self that you will meet your Spirit self and your guide through your journey.

To reach a truly meditative state requires a lot of practice, and it is important to be patient and take your time. By using a meditation device repeatedly, such as incense, candles, chanting or drumming, you can condition your mind to enter a meditative state.
Basics - Meditation
Just some tips for those starting off...
1. Meditation should be carried out in a quiet room, preferably with some object for a focus point. Try using a pentagram for starters...being a Witch an all that!
2. Sit comfortably (you might be there for a while), in a chair or on the floor. The body should be completely relaxed with the head in a straight line with the spine.
3. Once you have achieved 1 & 2, and not before, the mind should be quietened and if possible stilled. An invocation to the elements should be performed before any meditation commences.
4. Breathing should be slowed down and lengthened, do not strain to keep to long or deep a breath. Slowly find a rhythm. Length and depth of breath will come with practice.
5. As the breath is taken, visualise an energy ( most visualise it as bright white light ) filling you, from the feet upward, as you exhale send it up through your head and then filling your magickal space ( most people create a dome above & around them with this energy).
6. Now look at the pentagram, relax, open your mind, see what comes into it, and think of the following things:
The uppermost point of the pentagram represents human awareness.
The lowermost points represent the four elements.
The continuous line is the energy of life itself unifying and connecting all things.
The pentagram symbolises our basic human instinct to be in harmony with the forces of nature.
Visualise yourself on the top point of the pentagram, connected to all the elements. Now spend a little time thinking about each element in turn.
As you continue to visualise yourself at the top of the pentagram, connected to the elements, notice that the real you, is greater than the sum of its parts...
You feel (Water)
You think (Air)
You respond, to the challenges of life (Fire)
You take responsibility, for yourself (Earth)
7. On starting of the visualisation there may be a feeling of descending or ascending. Just carry on.
8. On the termination of this feeling, you should have either some spiritual truth, if you have meditated without seed (the seed, being in this case the pentagram), or the answers to your questions of the seed (the pentagram).
9. This meditation may lead to astral projection and take you out of your body. If this should happen, try not to travel to far in these early stages.
10. Immediately the meditation becomes blank and its obvious there is no more information, it is time to return.
11. If astral traveling, immediately the vision becomes blurred, return to the body.
12. When returning, unless it is an emergency, return slowly. A quick return can harm.
13. Once safely back, take note of all you have seen, and conclude with thanks to the elements, each in turn.
Spiritual wisdom gained should be returned or used, for the benefit of humankind. This is my point of view anyway.
Remember those of you that are just starting, not to expect immediate results, practice practice practice

The Relationship Spread

Here is the spread:

Card 1:   Distant past.
Card 2:   Recent past.
Card 3:   Now.
Card 4:   Future influences.
Card 5:   External influences.
Card 6:   The querent's attitude.
Card 7:   Helpful energies.
Card 8:   Obstacles to be overcome.
Card 9:   Hope and fears.
Card 10:  Final result.

The Mirror Spread

This spread works primarily on existing relationships, but can assess anything from a budding love affair to an established partnership.   

It will often reveal inconsistencies between viewpoints - for example if the cards at 2 and 3 contradict one another, there is a need to re-assess and re-adjust points of view, or take into account the input of the other person.

Obstacles will sometimes produce very positive cards - look carefully under the surface if you find this, rather than assuming everything is fine!    

The probable result card is drawn with circumstances as they currently are - but if changes recommended by the reading are effected, then this final card can change.

Here is the spread:

Card 1:   The querent.
Card 2:   The way you see the other person in the relationship.
Card 3:   The way they see themselves.
Card 4:   What the person represents to you.
Card 5:   What you represent to them.
Card 6:   Obstacles within the relationship.
Card 7:   Strengths within the relationship.
Card 8:   Probable result.

Scrying - Oracles of Divination

Scrying is a method of divination and takes on many forms. Information received varies with the type of scrying one is using to get answers. Information can be objective, message given that are independent of the scryer - or subjective, determined or influenced by the scryer. Scrying can also be viewed as a form of mediumship, messages allegedly coming from another realm. This all goes to the scrying tool used and the interpretation of thesymbol shown. A dream dictionary is often helpful.
As consciousness is evolving, so too are the meanings of the symbols.
Scrying comes from the Old English word descry meaning "to make out dimly" or "to reveal." Adding the prefix/suffix 'be' (often 'gye' in Germanic languages), gives us the modern word 'describe'.

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Art of Scrying

Scrying can be an auto-deepening trance process that progresses in stages using tools such as a crystal ball, or other medium. Initially, the medium serves as a focus for the attention, removing unwanted thoughts from the mind in the same way as a mantra. Once this is achieved, the scryer begins a free association with the perceived images suggested, for instance in a crystal ball, by the tiny inclusions, web-like faults and/or the cloudy glow within the ball under low light (i.e. candlelight).
The technique of deliberately looking for and declaring these initial images aloud, however trivial or irrelevant they may seem to the conscious mind, is done with the intent of deepening the trance state, wherein the scryer hears their own disassociated voice affirming what is seen within the concentrated state in a kind of feedback loop. This process culminates in the achievement of a final and desired end stage in which visual images and dramatic stories seem to be projected within the mind's eye of the scryer, like an inner movie. This overall process reputedly allows the scryer to "see" relevant events or images within the chosen medium.
Scrying has been used for thousands of years by different cultures. Ancient Egypt used scrying in their Initiations. This included water scrying, dream scrying, oil scrying, and mirror scrying. One legend states that the goddess Hathor carried a shield that could reflect back all things in their true light. From this shield she allegedly fashioned the first magic mirror to "see."
Ancient Persia -- the Shahnama, a semi-historical epic work written in the late 10th century, gives a description of what was called the Cup of Jamshid, used in pre-Islamic Persia, which was used by wizards and practitioners of the esoteric sciences for observing all the seven layers of the universe.
Ancient Greeks and Celts practiced scrying using beryl, crystal, black glass, polished quartz, water, and other transparent or light catching bodies. Nostradamus is believed to have employed a small bowl of water as a scrying tool into which he gazed and received images of future events. Alchemists Edward Kelley and John Dee employed a form of scrying using a small crystal ball or shewstone - a piece of polished obsidion. The crystal ball and wax tablets used by Dee and Kelley are on display at the British Museum in London.
Scrying is the occult practice of using a medium, most commonly a reflective surface or translucent body, to aid perceived psychic abilities such as clairvoyance. The media often used to "see" are water, polished precious stones, crystal balls, or mirrors. Scrying, in this context, uses a "visual" process. There are some who believe the art of scrying is not limited to the use of "reflective" or "translucent" bodies only, but includes other media. Scrying has been used in many cultures as a means of seeing the past, present, or future; in this sense scrying constitutes a form of divination.

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Deadly Curse

You will need the following items for this spell: 

• light a black candle if you can 7 
• focus

Sit for five minutes and focus on how much hate you feel for the target. Convert all your insecurities, all your pain from everything, all the hate you feel for others, your joy, your stress, convert it all to hate for that person. Circulate the hate for five minutes, and say I curse you 27 times. 27 is an unlucky number. Do that at the same time. 
After that, have a cup with milk in it. Pour some vinegar and squeeze some lemon/lime in there too. Stir the potion counter-clockwise 7 times. 7 is the number of completion Say what you wish like I curse you Tommy, may all your friendships crumble and die then say So Mote It Be dispose of the chemicals in the soil, or water. No other way.

Blood Curse

You will need the following items for this spell: 

• Blood of yourself 
• Blood of the target 
• Jar 
• Needles 
• Black soil

Take a empty jar, put a few drops of your blood, use soil to cover the half surface of the jar.
Take the target blood, put it on the soil, chat the following:

The blood, listen to me, destroy this target, _____did bad things to me, I WANT HIM TO REGRET! DESTROY HIM NOW! I COMMENT YOU! SO MOTE IT BE! SO MOTE IT BE!

Plant the needles on the target blood, as many as you want. The more, the powerful. But if it is just a punishment, just maximum 9. When it reaches 10, than you are killing the target.

Curse Against Enemies

You will need the following items for this spell: 

• voice 
• enemies 
• You may use anything other items to make the spell stronger.

Chant the following three times:
Curse my enemies,
Curse my fears,
Curse those who have brought me tears,
Curse those who have done me wrong,
Make their punishment long and strong,
This is my will so mote it be.

Bad Luck Curse

You will need the following items for this spell: 

• 1 pentacle (whether it be drawn on ground or on paper or just simply wearing a pentacle necklaces or earring ect.)

Wear the pentacle or touch pentacle with you hands and say while picturing you victim "(victims full name) for hurting me you shall be cursed with bad luck as is my will so mote it be" say chant 2 times

Curse of Illness

You will need the following items for this spell: 

• Mouse or Rat 
• Slab of Concrete or Tree Stump 
• Poison 
• Ritual Knife 
• Fire

Get a mouse or a rat from a pet store, 
the ones they keep to feed snakes with are usually pretty cheap. 
Find a good work surface like a slab of concrete or a tree stump. 
Feed the rodent with poison, either generic rat poison or belladonna. 
Before it can die, slit it's throat with a ritual knife, 
and use its blood to inscribe the name of the target. 
Cut it open and remove the liver.
Lay the liver on the name of the person, 
and picture what kind of disease you want them to be afflicted with, 
cancer, leprosy, etc. 
Call out to whatever strong dark powers you have who will answer, 
and draw three circles around the name, 
then lay the liver over the name and burn it. 

This can be done as many times as desired.

Condom Curse

You will need the following items for this spell: 

• 1 condom 
• 1 rusty nail (substitute thorn if needed) 
• salt 
• black pepper
  
• black permanent marker

write targets name on condom with marker, visualize the target wearing the condom as you stab it repeatedly with nail/thorn saying:
"I prick you where it hurts the most, in your pathetic little host."

Sprinkle with salt saying:
"I salt the wounds so that they sting, each time you try to use that thing."

Now blacken with pepper saying:
"And now, I set a penile fire,
So when your hardened by desire,
It burns like hell with no relief,
Then shrivels up within your briefs,
And all that is left upon your mind,
Is how to cool your burning time."

Place nail or thorn in condom, secure with knot and dispose of in a public trash receptacle.

Cast a Voodoo Curse on someone

You will need the following items for this spell: 

• Cloth 
• Mud 
• Sticks 
• Pins 
• Incense sticks 
• Black candles
  
• Black kohl 
• And an object belonging to the person in question.

Apply some black kohl to your eyes. And some beneath your eyes as well. Make a doll out of the mud . It does not have to look perfectly like a miniature replica of the person but a close contrast is desired. Now cover the doll with a cloth. If you wish to dress the doll up its fine. Light the black candles near the doll and place the doll in the middle of the circle of candles. Now light the incense sticks and place them in a ball of mud. Let them burn and spread the smell around. Take the sticks and make a cross next to the doll. Place the object that belongs t the person or has been touched by them at the centre of the cross. Now chant the following lines and prick the pins into the doll. This will ascertain that the person in question has been suitably enchanted.

"As I drive pins into this doll may the man feel the pain the man in flesh and blood the man in vain"

To remove a curse from yourself

You will need the following items for this spell: 

• 1 pink candle 
• 1 green candle 
• 1 black candle 
• bowl of water 
• 3 drops green dye (food coloring works)

Be sure that nobody else can see you (close all curtains, doors, windows, etc.)
Now, get a bowl full of water and put 3 drops of green dye in it.
Now that you've done that, slowly tip the bowl over each candle allowing them to be
extinguished while at the same time chanting:
"Juina Shelt Fonsed."
You must do this very slowly and imagine the spell being lifted from your body and all the
good luck and fortune that will soon come to you and the evil that will go to the person
that placed the hex/curse upon you.

Curse of hell

You will need the following items for this spell: 

• a mirror 
• another person that hates the same person 
• a black candle 
• matches

strike the match lit (light the match) set the candle wick enflamed (light the candle) chant these words (you and your friend)

Thou who hath shunned me, thou who hath pained me may your soul burn to firey flames and ash
_______ i here by banish you to the flames of hell forever will you loose hope and love.

(you should both feel enraging power)

Strong Curse

You will need the following items for this spell: 

• 1 black candle 
• 1 wax sigil, photo, something in resemblance of him or her.

Say the following:

Curse [person]
There has been unfairness done to me.
I summon the elements I envoke them.
I conjure them to do my bidding.
The four watchtowers shall lay their eyes and minds,
There shall be fear and guilt and bad blood,
There shall be submission and no pity.
I point the threefold law against thee against
Thee it shall be pointed threefold,
A hundred fold is the cost for my anger and pain
Thee shall be blinded by the fear blinded by the pain,
Blinded by me binded by me Cursed by me So mote it be!

This curse shall be layed upon the victim while burning am image of the victim (wax sigil, photograph, drawing, anything) in the flame of a consecrated black candle. 

Curse of Fear

You will need the following items for this spell: 

• Image of person 
• Thread (any color)

This is the image of my would be victim
It I hang from a single thread
In a place no one shall see
Ill bring fear in the hear of him/her who shall harm me
He/she will be bind by fear from harming me further
He/she will be bind by fear from harming me at all
I will tie a knot in the thread when I wish secure the fear until I break it.

Curse of Destruction

You will need the following items for this spell: 

• Full Moon 
• Time: Midnight 
• Clear Voice 
• Total Concentration

On a full moon at midnight, go outside to the full moon and let it bathe you in its light. Then, lift you head and stare up at the moon while chanting...

"Moon, Moon, I call upon you,
Destroy (full name) I want him/her through,
Poison his/her soul, wither his/her mind,
Leave no part of him/her behind,
Let them cry and be in pain,
Let them lie and go insane
Make him/her think he/she is scum,
Make him/her wish death would come!"

Chant this two more times.

This person, after this curse is cast, will be in unbearable pain, mental and physical.

However, this curse will only last till the next full moon. During the next full moon you can renew this curse.

Use this curse wisly.

WARNING: RESPECT THE MOON OR ELSE THIS CURSE WILL NOT WORK!
TREAT THE MOON THE WAY YOU WANT TO BE TREATED!

Also, this curse might not work unless you really hate the person you want to cast this on.

Lastly, if this curse still does not work than you have no magic and should not even be looking at spells.

'As Long As I Live'' Fear Spell'

You will need the following items for this spell: 

Strong will power
Hatred
Not to be afraid to use black magic

This is a strong curse to be used on someone who has caused any kind of pain to you more than once and has rightfully earned your loathing. It makes them fear you for as long as you live, a fear so strong it can cause very extreme nightmares.

Fill the air around you with dark and/or chaos energy. Fill the air with you malice, hatred and anger. Get eye contact with them (it's OK if you blink) and send a duplicate amount of that energy around your target.
Chant:
"Hatred and malice and anger I feel.
My insane side has been fueled by you
Vengeance is just
And you are worthy of my punishment
Feel the force of my lost pain
Feel the force of my lost anguish
Let terror haunt you
Strip all defenses from you
As long as there is darkness in my heart"
Say this three time, it's your choice how loudly but your voice must show your contempt. Send all the energy you put into the air towards them and form a prison with it around them, then sink it into their soul. When this is done walk away, the curse is set once you are out of their eye shot.

Notes:
It doesn't unset the curse if they see you again after casting this.
If they have a shield up or try to block the spell, make it be consumed by the energy you put into the air.
I'm not sure if this curse can be sent back to you or not, be careful.
This spell is quite draining, make sure you have a lot of energy to use

'Black Curse Spell'

You will need the following items for this spell: 

Six unused black candles
Six nails
Six needles
Six pins / tacks
Two pieces of paper
Black pen / marker
Lighter / matches
OPTIONAL:
Six black pouches

A spell to curse another.

Draw a six pointed star on one of the pieces of paper. It will turn out to look like David's star, but it's not.

Now take the candles and put one at each point of the star, and do the same with the nails, needles, and pins / tacks. Rip a small part of the second paper off and write the person's name you wish to curse on it. It's best if you have first, last, and (if they have one) their middle name written down, this way it will be more effective. 

Light the candles in a counterclockwise motion. Make sure you know which candle you lit first, you will need to know this for the rest of the spell. 

Take the paper with the person's name on it and burn a portion of it in the first candle you lit, then burn another portion in the second candle you lit, proceed to the third one you lit, and so on. While doing this, say the following aloud, picturing them in your mind.

"By Demons and Angels,
By Gods and Goddesses,
I curse ________,
As a punishment for all the hardships he / she has put me through.
This black curse,
This black power,
I curse thee."

Only say the above chant once, otherwise it wont work. 

By the time you get to the sixth and last candle, the whole paper should be burnt to ashes. 

Blow out the candles in the REVERSE order in which you lit them, saying, "So mote it be!" when the FIRST candle you lit has been blown out.

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OPTIONAL:

Divide up the ashes from the burnt paper into six different pouches, and put one of each item you used (except the candles) and put one of each into different pouches. When you have done this you should have six black pouches each containing ashes, one nail, one needle, and one pin / tack inside of it.

Now choose one pouch and bury it on your own property, and take another and bury it close or on the person's property that your trying to curse. You should now have four pouches left. Bury the remaining pouches in different locations around your community. This will complete the Black Curse.

Curse an enemy/person you hate

You will need the following items for this spell: 

black candle
full moon
night time
true hate for the person

This will put a curse on a person for as long as you want.

You must be angry for this to work.
First, go outside between 10:00 PM- 3:00 AM.
Light the black candle, and frown while meditating about the person and what shall happen to them (put your chin above the candle flame, but not too close!) Then chant the following with emphasis: "I call upon the gods and goddesses of night and darkness. From now to (date of curse to end) I shall curse ______. Begin the curse tonight, they will (insert what will happen). I call upon thee, begin the curse (chant this part 3 times)!"
Then when you feel a signal that says yes, snuff out the candles and thank the gods and goddesses.

Peace and Light

You will need the following items for this spell: 

• Visualization

This spell can be used in times of stress and anxiety. Close your eyes and try to envision yourself surrounded by a white light. Say to yourself that this is a light of protection. Wrap your entire body in the white light. Outside the white light, add a golden light. This is the light of the Goddess, the one who moves mountains for us. Finally, envision a lavender light covering the rest. This is a light of comfort and peace. Repeat the following words as needed.


Light be bright within my soul
Emerge from night, safe and whole
Peace is mine at this time
Piercing dark, my light shall shine
For now, for more, and ever true
With light and love am I imbued