Magic Shadow Book

I will now guide you step by step through the process of shifting levels of consciousness, forming a pentacle circle of protection, casting and releasing your spell.

SHIFTING CONSCIOUSNESS

Sit in front of your altar and slowly close your eyes, relaxing your mind and body.
Once you feel sufficiently relaxed, start by counting down from fourteen to one. As you are counting, you may experience a tingling sensation. This is the process of your brainwave activity lowering from the beta state, which is the level our brain is in when we we are awake, then to the alpha state, which is when we are dreaming and therefore closer to our subconscious. Alpha is the level at which you are able to tap into your psychic powers and project your spells.

CREATING A PENTACLE CIRCLE OF PROTECTION

Once you have reached this level, you need to create a pentacle circle of protection around your sacred area. The purpose of this circle is to enable you safely to achieve your mental projections with no interferences from negative, unbalancing, inappropriate energies and forces.

To create your circle, you need to imagine that the divine powers which you have chosen for your spell have sent you a ray of silver light. This light is so bright and electrifying that you reach out with both hands and grasp it. The energy of the light will travel down from your fingertips to the palm of your hand and thence to the rest of your body.

Next envisage a bright silver circle forming around you. This circle should include your altar. Then, through your minds eye (sometimes called the third eye, behind the middle of your forehead), create an imaginary pentacle at each of the four geographical directions around your altar.

PURIFYING THE PENTACLE CIRCLE OF PROTECTION

Now that you have created the safety net around sacred area, you must invite healing energies to purify your circle. This can be achieved by imagining a second beam of light, which is bright blue. This will fill up the inside of your circle, so that it has the effect of enveloping you. This sea of blue will cleanse your circle and, at the same time, send healing energies into your mind and body. This should make you feel extremely relaxed and secure. Imagine all unsuitable energies being washed away.

Spend as long as you like adjusting to your circle. it should make you feel totally calm and your own strength. Once you feel ready for the task ahead, take a deep breath and slowly release it. Repeat this a few times.

Next, close your eyes, begin to look through your minds eye and repeat out loud:

I form this pentacle circle of protection in the name of the divine powers
(name the chosen deity/deities).
I heal and cleanse my circle, so that it is free of harmful and incorrect forces.

My circle is now ready and filled with
suitable energies for my magical work.

CASTING YOUR SPELL

Then cast your spell.
Place all your mental strength and power into the outcome of the spell.

RELEASING YOUR SPELL

When you have completed your spell, open your pentacle circle of protection by repeating:

By opening this circle,
I have freed my spell so that it is successful.
So it shall be.

Your spell is like an arrow which you have fired into the universe to land at the right point – and only the sacred powers know where that is. Once your spell has been released, you should prepare yourself to return to the beta level of consciousness.

RETURNING TO REALITY

Raise your arms into the air with the palms of your hands open. Imagine the silver light leaving your body. As it does so, lower your arms and run your hands over your chakra points (the power points of the mind and body) beginning at the top of your head and ending at your feet. Then push your hands away from yourself.

While you are performing this healing act repeat:

I have now given my mind body and soul a safe healing clearance. I am totally healthy and happy.

Finally start counting up from one to fourteen until you reach beta level.
Now that you are “back on earth”, spend a few minutes adjusting.

You have now returned to this word after successfully casting your first spell. It is important to remember, once a spell has been released, never to doubt yourself or the outcome of the spell. To introduce lack of faith in your own ability is to create a rod for your own back and will result in the weakening of your spell.

If you have followed my guidelines, you can be sure that your spells will triumph. The knowledge that you have accumulated, combined with the gift of faith and positivity, should give you a powerful boost. However, such a gift should be use wisely and with discretion for every good action is followed by a good reaction.

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