I will update this section occasionally with a new selection of free spells of a particular theme. Most of these spells are from other locations on the web and from books I have studied. Just scroll down to view each spell. For links to resources and excellent Wiccan, Pagan & other belief system related information please click here.

This month the spells and rituals discussed below are all relating to spirits, and psychic abilities. If you have any spells that you would like to see featured here please email me, or if you have any you would like to submit just email them to amita@magickrituals.com.

Click here for the Summer selection of "Protection Spells". Click here for May's "Glamour & Beauty Spells". Click here for April's "Money Spells".   Click here for March's Ostara Ritual and "Fertility Spells". Click here for February's "Love Spells".

A word about herbs - any herbs that are meant for teas, tinctures or love potions must be fit for human consumption. It's best to buy these herbs from an organic herb supplier (often they are available in grocery stores and health food stores.) You can find superb herbal mixes for all kinds of spell work right here at Vintage Luna's!

 

A traditional recipe for Dragon's Blood Ink 1 teaspoon Dragon's Blood Resin (powdered) 15 teaspoons alcohol 1 teaspoon gum arabic (ground) Soak the powdered resin in the alcohol until dissolved, then add the ground gum arabic. Filter through a cloth and store in a dark bottle. ___________________________________________________ Alternate Recipe 3-4 ounces of red or purple India ink 2 teaspoons Dragon's Blood Resin (powdered) 15 drops Dragon's blood oil Blend thoroughly. Filter and store in a dark bottle

For Improved Memory & Concentration Begin on a Thursday, perform for nine consecutive days. You may anoint the candle with psychic or a memory blend oil. Light a yellow candle and concentrate for a moment on its yellow appearance. Then say the following five times. "O cheerful yellow, Penetrate my mind Improve my memory Give me powers of great observation. May I remember all I seek to recall May my concentration be Perfect in all things big and small."

Seeing Auras An aura is an electromagnetic field that surrounds all living things. They can be seen; as well as felt, or sensed. Auras can reveal a persons emotional well being as well as physical state. There' is no one method to seeing auras, the method given below is my personal way. Some sources say that when reading an aura it's best to have a very dark black or red background, others say a white one. Try them all to see which you prefer. Next, the aura is generally strongest around a person's head, but it you don't have another person to try this with, your own head will work fine. Pick a point just beyond your hand and let your eyes go unfocused (it's very similar to the way you view a "magic eye" picture for those of you who know what that is). Eventually a thin white band will come into view. This is the first layer of the aura. Once you're able to view the white band, fix your gaze a little way beyond it. Eventually a colored band will come into view. Note, this stage is much harder to see.. Each color has a meaning which is posted below. RED: Energy, strength, courage BRICK RED: Anger DEEP RED: Sensuality CRIMSON: Loyalty PINK: Cheerfulness ,optimism ROSE: Self love ORANGE: Joy, vitality, balance of mental & physical YELLOW: Wisdom, creativity, spiritual GRAYISH YELLOW: Fear GREEN: Ingenuity, compassion ,growth PALE GREEN: Healing power GRAYISH GREEN: Pessimism, envy BLUE: Spiritual, idealistic, imaginative, intellectual GRAYISH BLUE: Melancholy ICE BLUE: Intellectual PURPLE: Spiritual power

Thoughtforms   Whenever we concentrate our thoughts, we draw psychic energy together. This is called a thoughtform. Usually the energy dissipates as soon as we break the concentration, but it is possible to purposely concentrate energy in this way, producing very strong thoughtforms. Such thoughtforms are vortexes or centers of psychic energy. They can exist as entities by themselves, at least for a while. They are basically inanimate, non-thinking forces. Talking to one is about as logical as talking to a chair. In this regard, thoughtforms are similar to elementals, ghosts, and spirits. All of these psychic entities consist of a psychic energy vortex which could be described as a localized field or as a discontinuity of the physical world. Psychic entities respond to certain electrostatic and magnetic fields, and to other energy vortexes. That is why they respond to magick ritual. Psychic entities are sometimes able to affect our thought processes. Thoughtforms and elementals, are usually not very smart. If they display any intelligence at all, it is limited. They are the morons of the spirit world. Their behavior is usually automatic, repetitive, robot-like (just like some people). We see that artificial elementals are little more than astral robots. Spirits and deities are more intelligent and volitional. Your mind follows your attention. Wherever you direct your attention, there will your thoughts go too. By directing attention to a specific place or purpose you focus mental energy upon it. For example: you're having lunch in a cafeteria crowded with people. It is a large place, and everyone there is talking at once, so that the room is a constant jumble of noise. You happen to notice a man across the room; he reminds you of someone. All at once he drops his fork and you hear it hit the table. But would you have noticed the sound of his fork if you had not been looking? No. Only by focusing your attention there were you able to pick out that individual event and associated sound. Another example: It is a dark night. You are walking and the only light you have is from the flashlight you hold in your hand. As you move the flashlight around, the beam of light from it directs your attention first one way then another. Now, the mind is something like that flashlight in the dark. And by directed attention, you point the mind to one place or another. As with that flashlight beam, you see where the mind is pointed; nothing more. The rest is 'noise'. Thus, we could define mental noise as anything not focused upon. In another way, noise could be considered as negative emotions, attitudes, and thoughts which make it more difficult to direct the attention. Your emotions follow your thoughts quite easily. Your emotions are not you, but are rather reactions prompted by your model and ego - like a performance or an act, while the real you watches. In a similar way, directing your attention toward a specific emotion will cause you to experience that emotion.

Contact Your Spirit Guide   Items needed: Altar Candle Day candle (whichever color for the day you be will doing your spell) (Monday-white Tuesday-red Wednesday-purple Thursday-blue Friday-green Saturday-black Sunday-yellow) Offertory Candles: 3 Violet candles, 3 White candles Tools: Athame to inscribe candles Props: Crystal ball or clear glass of water Incense: anise, cardamom, and coriander Oil: jasmine, lemon, rose, and sandalwood Bathing Herbs: cinnamon, frankincense, myrrh, and sandalwood Timing: Best done during the Mercury hour of the day, although any hour should work. Any moon phase is appropriate. Preparation: Breathe deeply and build a ball of protective light around you. While soaking in your ritual bath, meditate on the whole ritual: the steps you will take and what you wish to say to your spirit guide when you make contact. Ritual: Enter the circle in the Hour of Mercury. Light the incense. With the oil, dress the Altar Candle and the Day Candle while concentrating on the purpose of the ritual. Light your Altar candle and your Day candle and state your intent: "I am here to make contact with my Spirit Guide, and to acknowledge him or her." With your Athame, inscribe Violet Candle #1 with the word "Spirit". Dress it with oil. Light the Violet candle #1, direct your energies into it, and say: "Here do I light the first Lamp of Spirit. May its light reach out across the barriers from this world to the next. May it make contact with that World of Spirit into which we will eventually enter." Take your censer or incense wand and swing in around censing the whole area around the altar, while rhythmically repeating the word "Merge" and building up energy to focus. Replace the censer and pick up Violet candle #2. Inscribe it with the word  "Spirit" and dress it with the oil. Put it back on the altar, light it, direct  your energy into it, and say: "Here do I light the second Lamp of Spirit. May it's light also reach out across the barriers from this world to the next. May it make contact with that World of Spirit and help spread the light, illuminating the passageway between our worlds." Again, take the censer or incense wand and cense the entire area around the altar while chanting the word "Merge" Build up your energy to focus. Take violet candle #3, inscribe with the word "Spirit", dress with oil, charge  with your energy, light it and say: "Here do I light the third Lamp of Spirit. May its light also reach out across the barriers from this world to the next. May the light from these three lamps blend and grow, dispelling all darkness and lighting the way that my Spirit Guide may come to me and speak with me here today." Inscribe the 3 white candles with the word "Truth" and anoint each candle with oil. Light the 3 white candles in order of 1, 2, 3, and say: "Here do I build Truth. As these candles burn throughout this ritual, their power generates nothing but truth in all that transpires between this world and the next. Through these candles there is truth in all communications that come to me". Again, cense the entire altar area while chanting the word "Merge". Replace the censer and continue chanting. Sit comfortably while chanting, and gaze into the crystal ball, or the clear glass of water. Continue chanting until you feel it is right to let the chant taper off. Continue to quietly look into the crystal ball or glass, not trying to picture anything. Keep your mind blank, so whatever comes will appear will come in it's own free will. Gaze into the center of the crystal, there is no need to try not to blink. Look into the crystal and blink naturally. Try not to notice anything in your peripheral vision, just the center of the crystal. Eventually a face or figure will appear. This may take a long time, or it may appear almost immediately. If it doesn't come at all within approximately 20 minutes, abandon this attempt, extinguish the candles in the order in which they were lit, leave the altar set up, and try this ritual again in three days. You should have results within a month at most. When a figure does appear, ask if he/she is your Spirit Guide. You will hear an answer. You may not hear it out loud, or even see the figures lips move, but you will be aware of the answer. This is how most of your conversation will proceed. You will ask your questions mentally (or out loud) and the answers will be clear inside your mind. Ask if you have more than one spirit guide. If yes, ask them to appear also. You may ask anything you wish to know, but it is suggested to establish a connection first where your Spirit Guide may appear to you at any time, or at specific times, so that you can converse with other spirits through him/her. When you have finished speaking with your Guide, thank him/her, then sit for a moment with your eyes closed, meditating on all that you have learned. Extinguish the candles in reverse order to clear the circle.

Household Spirit Offering   When presenting your house spirits with offerings of incense, candles or what not; you can say this little chant: "Wraith of the house, Take heart and live, To every chamber This light I give, To every corner This breath I send Approve and favor my willing hand."