RITUAL FOR MENTAL CLARITY

If you are having difficulty thinking through a problem or issue, this spell can be helpful to clear your mind. It can cut through the fog and protect your ability to think clearly.

ITEMS NEEDED

• Yellow candle

• Candle holder

• Lemon essential oil

• Citrine crystal

• Matches or lighter

WHAT TO DO

• Center and ground

• Hold the candle in your hands and say:

Yellow candle be the light that clears the fog.

• Dab candle with lemon oil and say

Lemon bright, cut through the darkness.

• Hold the citrine between your hands. Visualize yourself confidently handling a problem. Rub a drop of lemon oil over citrine saying:

Yellow stone, lemon bright, be my insight.

• Place the citrine at the base of the candle and allow the candle to burn down.

• Carry the stone with you to benefit from its energy.

SPELL FOR MAKING LASTING CHANGE

Are you feeling a need to make a change in your life? Is it time to turn over a new leaf? This ritual will help you jump start and facilitate the new energy you need to start fresh. This ritual is for those who use sigils in your manifesting work.

ITEMS NEEDED

• Altar

• Green candle

• Nail

• Bay leaf

• Pen (for writing on bay leaf)

• 4 pieces of clear quartz crystal

• Cauldron or fire safe ash pot

• A chosen sigil for transformation (optional)

WHAT TO DO

• Use the nail to carve a sigil into the candle or use a Sharpie to write one word to describe the change you wish to come about.

• Draw the sigil on the bay leaf or write your desired change and place the leaf face down on your altar.

• Place the candle right behind the leaf.

• Place a piece of clear quartz on each corner of the altar.

• Using your dominant hand, grab the bay leaf and turn it over and over toward yourself seven times while saying:

This new leaf I turn and turn. My new life begins right now.

• Burn the leaf in the cauldron. Dispose of the ash however you like.

• Allow the candle to burn all the way down.

• As you develop new habits to support your change, you will undoubtedly be met with challenges. When this happens, close your eyes and recall the feeling of turning the leaf. This will serve as a mental charm.

HEART SOFTENING RITUAL

We are living in rapidly changing times. The challenge to process new energy takes its toll on even the most loving and forgiving heart. Whatever is happening in the outer world, it is important to maintain a loving and open personal space.

This is a ritual you can perform weekly to prevent blockage and hardening of the heart chakra.

ITEMS NEEDED

• Singing bowls or other sound healing music

• White, pink, green, or yellow candle

• Palo Santo spray, stick, or oil (optional)

• Mirror (optional)

• Photo of someone you love (optional)

• Soothing music (optional)

WHAT TO DO

• Sit comfortably at your altar, in a sanctuary, or some other safe and sacred space.

• Light candle and start the music. Burn, diffuse or spray the area with Palo Santo.

• Take a few deep cleansing breaths for grounding.

• If you have one, look in the mirror and say aloud or to yourself:

I am happy. I am healthy. I am peaceful. I live with ease and grace. I love you.

• Repeat several times until your heart feels full. If you have no mirror, simply repeat this affirmation.

• Next, look at a photo of someone you love, or visualize them in your mind's eye. Repeat this aloud or to yourself and send energy their way:

May you be happy. May you be healthy. May you be peaceful and live with ease. I love you.

• Next, imagine someone who who is familiar, but whom you do not have a close relationship. Your favorite grocery checker. The barista who takes your order every morning. The man or woman with whom you exchange smiles and nods on your morning commute.

• Repeat this aloud or to yourself and send energy their way:

May you be happy. May you be healthy. May you be peaceful and live with ease.

• This next step is very difficult. Do not misunderstand the purpose and power of herein. Remember, this is a heart opening and forgiveness exercise, not necessarily a love exercise. Visualize someone you hate or for whom you hold a great deal of animosity. You may or may not know this personally.

• Repeat aloud or to yourself

May you be happy. May you be healthy. May you be peaceful and live with ease.

• As a last step, visualize all four people, including yourself, and emit the highest vibrations you can muster.

• Allow the candle to burn completely.

HEALING BATH RITUAL FOR SICKNESS

ITEMS NEEDED

• Silver or White Candle

• Salt

• Healing Oil Blend or Healing Essential Oils of Your Choice

WHAT TO DO

• Take a silver or white candle, salt and a healing oil of your choice into the bathroom. By the candle's light, run a tub of very warm water.

• Cast some salt into the water and add a few drops of your chosen healing oil.

• Step into the tub and immerse yourself. Feel the warm water passing through the skin, penetrating your pores, purifying and sterilizing the sick areas of your body.

• Visualize black worms leaving the body. When you feel the worms in the water in great numbers, pull the plug and let the water drain out. While the water is draining chant:

The sickness is flowing out of me, into the water, down to the sea.

• After the tub is completely drained, stand up. Turn on the shower and bathe as usual to remove any traces of the sickness.

• Repeat as needed to speed your body's recovery.

HEALING BATH RITUAL FOR STRESS

ITEMS NEEDED

• 10 d. Olive Oil

• 10 d. Cypress Essential Oil

• 10 d. Lavender Essential Oil

• Sandalwood Essential Oil

• Yellow and blue candles

WHAT TO DO

• Run a tub of hot water. Add 10 drops olive oil, 10 drops cypress oil, and 10 drops lavender oil. Anoint your hands with sandalwood oil. Skim your hand over the surface of the water 7 times while saying:

Into this water, the power I send, Stress shall unwind, wounds shall mend.

• Light yellow and blue candles. Enter the tub and soak for at least 20 minutes. Visualize the vapor softening your stress and hurts and taking them away.

SELF-HEALING RITUAL

ITEMS NEEDED

• 1 yellow or white votive candle

• Eucalyptus or rosemary oil

WHAT TO DO

• Carve an image of the sun on the candle.

• Anoint the candle with eucalyptus or rosemary oil.

• Visualize warm, healing energy flowing into you or the person who needs healing. Imagine it moving into and through every part of the body.

• Visualize sickness moving out of the body, leaving in health and wellness.

• Say:

Healing light of love, fill me with your rays. Renew, restore, and burn away all illness with your blaze. Healing fire, fire of love, let your flames devour, every trace of malady, send me strength and power.

• Allow the candles to burn all the way out.

• Repeat this ritual as often as you wish.

RITUAL TO FIND ANSWERS WITHIN

FIND THE ANSWER WITHIN

This spell will help you find answers within. It invokes energies to help you solve a problem or discover innate abilities that you need at that time. It works best on a Thursday.

ITEMS NEEDED

• 4 dark blue candles (if the candle is dark blue, it represents depth deepness and accesses magick that cannot be reached easily).

WHAT TO DO

• Place one candle at each direction (north, south, east, and west) on a steady surface in front of you. In no specific order, light candles.

• Speak this incantation four times while the candles burn:

Fears and doubt, begone from me! I have the courage to break free. I have the wisdom to know, and the strength to grow. I call upon my inner guide to hear and see my truth. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. And so it is.

The key to this spell is conviction. Trust your intuition with all your heart and know you will soon see, have, do and be all you need to resolve the problem.

RITUAL TO BOOST YOUR CONFIDENCE

This ritual is for when you need a boost of confidence. Perhaps you have to speak in front of a group, or are going for an important interview. Maybe you are doing something for the first time and want to make a good impression. Whatever your scenario, this ritual will help steady your nerves and boost your self-esteem.

ITEMS NEEDED

• 1 orange spell candle

• Ginger essential oil

WHAT TO DO

• Anoint candle with ginger essential oil.

• Light candle and chant while staring into the flame and say:

A clear head and a smart mind. I leave nerves behind. With good ideas and sharp eyes. Nothing will take me by surprise.

• Repeat the chant at least 8 times; more if you feel so inclined.

• Allow the candle to burn all the way down.

BEAUTY BATH RITUAL

Feeling un-pretty? We've all been there. Here's a lovely ritual to call upon your inner beauty to shine outward for all the world to see.

ITEMS NEEDED

• 1 c. rose petals

• Vanilla candle or incense

WHAT TO DO

• Run a bath and scatter fresh rose petals in it.

• Light a vanilla candle or vanilla incense.

• Soak in the bath and meditate on the aspects you want to project out to the world (beauty, light, love, etc.) and say:

Earth, air, fire sea, let the Goddess' beauty shine through me.

BANISHING RITUAL

ITEMS NEEDED

• 1 Black Candle

• Banishing Oil

• Fire proof bowl or dish

WHAT TO DO

• Anoint the candle with the banishing oil of your choice.

• Light the candle and, sitting in front of the candle, write the name of the person or a brief description of the situation you wish to banish or free yourself from.

• Stare into the flame and set an intention to shift energy and do no harm to anyone.

• Repeat twice:

This candle I see before me, It's color so bright, Holds my needs of change in its light. I call in forces higher than I, To release the energy that is held inside. May it work for me in the most correct way, Causing harm to none as it leaves my stay. I call on you in perfect trust and love, To send me guidance from above. This I make happen with your help and my will, Take away this thing that brings me ill.So mote it be, three by three. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

• Using the candle's flame, burn the paper in a fireproof bowl. Bury the ashes away from your home.

ENCOURAGEMENT TO FINISH YOUR WORK

Feeling discouraged? If you are stuck or blocked in the creative process, set aside 30 minutes to brew a bit of encouragement in a cup.

ITEMS NEEDED

• White candle anointed with peppermint oil

• A spicy incense like cinnamon

• Sprig of mint

• warm milk

• cinnamon sticks

WHAT TO DO

• Light the candle and incense

• Warm the milk to just before boiling

• Pour milk into a white mug

• Add a sprig of mint

• Using a cinnamon stick, stir and say aloud:

• Herb of mint and spicy mead, today is the day I shall succeed. In every word and every deed. With harm to none, so mote it be.

• As you drink (don’t sip) the milk, close your eyes and visualize your progress or completion of the project or task.

• Keep the cinnamon sticks on your altar as a symbol of the power of encouraging words.

CONSECRATE YOUR MAGICAL BLADES

This ritual is a blessing to consecrate and prepare your (metal) blades for the successful spells and rituals on the horizon.

• Light a white candle and repeat these words:

Blade of metal so strong, you will serve me well and long. Spells we will craft; together we belong. Blessings and magic bind this song. So mote it be. And so it is.

• Store your metal athame and/or boline on the right side of your altar to keep them charged and bound to each other and to your frequency.

ATTRACT WEALTH

Gold is universally associated with abundance. This ritual is powerful under any waxing moon, but most powerful on a Thursday when the moon is waxing.

ITEMS NEEDED

• Waxing Moon

• 1 Gold Candle

• Peppermint essential oil

WHAT TO DO

• Anoint the candle with peppermint essential oil and light it

• Focusing on your intentions while looking into the flame and repeat seven times:

One coin here, another coin there. Prosperity is everywhere. I need some wealth, financial health. Just send me my share.

• Allow the candle to burn down completely

NEW HOME BLESSING

Are you planning a move into a new house or apartment? This new home blessing is a wonderful ritual to set and cement good intentions in every room of the house. It is best performed on the first night after moving in.

ITEMS NEEDED

• White candle

• Cinnamon stick

• Sage Oil

• Hot water

• Small spray bottle for misting

WHAT TO DO

• If you are a Reiki Practitioner who is attuned to Cho Ku Rei, begin by drawing Cho Ku Rei in every exterior door and window.

• Stand in the center of the home and light the white candle.

• Run one end of the cinnamon stick through the flame of the white candle a few times (until you can smell the scent of cinnamon).

• Add hot water and 10 drops of sage oil to the spray bottle while reciting

Sage of cleansing purity, bless my home. This is a place I/we love wholeheartedly. This is a place I/we live happily. Sage of cleansing purity, banish sickness and fear. Keep loneliness away. In this house, I/we welcome true friends.

• Walk from room to room and mist each room and closet 3 times while repeating the chant.

• For the next week, simmer the cinnamon stick on the stove to saturate the home with a sweet and pleasing scent.

• Discard the cinnamon stick in your front yard at the end of the week.

HOUSEWARMING SPELL FOR NEW HOME

This is a spell to bless a new home.

ITEMS NEEDED

• 2 Bundles dried hops or eucalyptus

• Green or brown ribbons

• 1 Brown candle

• 1 Cinnamon incense

WHAT TO DO

• Gather 2 bundles of dried hops or eucalyptus tied with green and brown ribbons.

• Hang the wreaths high on the doors. One on the front door and one on the back door.

• Walk through each door with a burning brown candle and a lit cinnamon incense.

Say:

"Home of my body, I accept your shelter. Home of my heart, I receive your blessings. Home of my heart, I am open to joy. And so it is. And so it shall be."

RELEASE ENERGY FROM AN ENDED RELATIONSHIP

Neil Diamond said a mouthful when he wrote, "Breaking Up is Hard to Do." Whether it's the end of a romance, separation of a friendship that no longer works for you, leaving a job, or severing a business partnership, relationship endings are complicated. Feelings of insecurity, sadness, anger, disappointment or melancholy can last for months. Your emotional health depends on your ability to appropriately grieve the loss and move on after a reasonable amount of time.

This ritual calls on the calming effects of chamomile to help you let go of energy that may be stuck after ending a relationship.

ITEMS NEEDED

• 1 light blue or violet candle

• 1 cup hot chamomile tea

• Small strip of paper

• Journal or writing paper (optional)

• Fireproof dish

WHAT TO DO

• Light the candle and prepare the tea.

• If you choose to do so, journal about the feelings and thoughts you wish to release.

• Sip on your tea as you write.

• When you feel you've reached a point of clarity, write your name and the other person's name on the strip of paper.

• Holding the mug of tea in both hands, inhale while saying to yourself, "My mind is clear."

• As you exhale, imagine all the unwanted energy leaving your body, spirit, and mind. You can imagine them floating into a dar gray cloud and blow the cloud away.

• Set down the mug and take the strip of paper in your dominant hand. Light the paper with the candle flame and drop it into the fireproof dish.

• As you burn the paper, say aloud, "I am letting my relationship with [person's name] go now."

• Continue sipping your tea until it is finished.

• Gently extinguish the candle.

• Scatter the ashes from the burned paper onto the earth or into a running stream.

• Give thanks for the healing support you've received.

BASIC SPACE CLEARING

This ritual is a wonderful no-fuss way to cleanse and bless one or many rooms in your home. The candle option works well for apartment dwellers because, unlike burning incense or sage, there is no strong smell for neighbors to complain about.

ITEMS NEEDED

• White candle or incense

• Candleholder or censer

• Salt

WHAT TO DO

• Using a white candle, identify a space in the center of the room where you wish to restore balance and remove negativity. Set the candle in the center of the room and, working clockwise, create a circle of salt around the candle.

• Light the candle and walk in a clockwise circle around the candle and salt, speaking words that support your belief system. For example, if you are Christian, you may recite the Lord's Prayer or Psalm 23:4.

• If you are more spiritual than religious, you may recite something like:

Creature of wax, creature of fire, listen to me, hear my desire. Cleanse this room by the power of three, and blast away all negativity. With harm to none, so shall it be.

• Leave the candle to burn for one hour. Vacuum or sweep the salt and discard outside.

• If using incense, light the incense and, while holding it above your heat and walking in a clockwise circle, say a prayer as suggested above or chant something like:

Incense, breath of the Divine, bless and cleanse this space of mine. Purge this place of negative energy. Allow the elements to work in synergy, to harmonize and maintain peace, for the highest and greatest good of all.

• Repeat above steps three times.

• Place the incense someplace safe and allow to burn out.

HARMONIOUS HOME RITUAL

ITEMS NEEDED

• White candle (purification)

• Pink candle (love, forgiveness)

• Cedarwood oil

• Cedar smudge

• Pitcher of salt water

WHAT TO DO

• Prepare for this work by first cleansing your aura with a spiritual bath. Ground your energy and form a shield around yourself and anyone else in the home.

• Work from the heart of your home. For me, it is the kitchen.

• Massage both candles with cedarwood oil and set your intention for emotional healing and the release of feelings and issues that do not serve a positive or useful purpose.

• Find a sturdy surface to place your candles and pitcher of salt water.

• Place the pitcher of salt water between the two candles. If you work with runes and/or sigils, draw your desired symbols on the candles or trace them in the pitcher of salt water. Reiki Practitioners, trace Sei He Ki (for mental and emotional healing) and Hon Sha Ze Sho Nen (to address issues with origins in the past) in the water.

• Light the candles and repeat these words until you feel balance being restored:

We are simply notes in a larger song. All our doubts and hopes carry us along. Voices in a chord souls in symphony, weaving long and short in perfect harmony.

• When you feel ready, light the cedar smudge and walk from room to room, wafting smoke into each corner.

• Allow the candles to burn out completely.

HOME CONSECRATION

ITEMS NEEDED

• Anointed white candles (spell or votive to allow them to burn out completely)

One of the following essential oils:

• Cinnamon

• Clove

• Cypress

• Dragon's blood (fragrance oil is acceptable)

• Frankincense

WHAT TO DO

• Rub your selected essential oil, undiluted, at the top and bottom of your front door.

• After anointing the door, walk through it and close it securely.

• With the remaining essential oil, anoint every other door and window.

• At midnight, light anointed white candles and place them in every doorway and window sill. Use spell candles or votives to make this ritual easier because you can allow them to burn all the way down.

• Your home is now protected with magick.

CELESTIAL PROTECTION FOR HOME

Here's a home protection ritual for people who enjoy artistic expression. You don't have to be a Picasso --- just have fun with it! You can diffuse marjoram essential oil to invoke its comforting, soothing and protective energy. Marjoram is also associated with prosperity.

ITEMS NEEDED

• White or silver paint

• 4 Black stones (rocks or gemstones)

• White or silver paint

• A paintbrush

• 2 white candles

WHAT TO DO

• You can perform this ritual at your altar, or anywhere in your home. The heart-center is a powerful space.

• On each stone, paint a 5-pointed star and allow them to dry.

• After drying the stones, light the two candles and place the stones between them. You can write your own incantation, prayer, or affirmation of protection.

Stones of Black and blessing star, protect our home from all harm.

• Place one stone in each direction inside or outside --- north, south, east, and west.

• This will also work if you place the stones in a single room, at the office, or carry one with you to work, in your book bag, wallet or in the car.