{"id":18459,"date":"2018-09-01T01:10:22","date_gmt":"2018-09-01T06:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=19033"},"modified":"2018-08-31T21:02:07","modified_gmt":"2018-09-01T02:02:07","slug":"spellcrafting-spells-rituals-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2018\/09\/01\/spellcrafting-spells-rituals-31\/","title":{"rendered":"SpellCrafting: Spells & Rituals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Balance<\/span><\/b><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Merry meet.<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Celebrations are often planned for t<\/span>he sabbats, but don\u2019t overlook the power these times add to magical workings. As the world hangs in balance, day equal to the night, we can use its balanced energy to regain our own balance before heading into the dark half of the year. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Gather the materials you\u2019ll use: a marker of any kind and a round disk. These can be the wooden ones found at craft stores, a jar or bottle lid, or the top of a deli container. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This spell can be done as part of a ritual in sacred space, or in any area in which you feel comfortable, perhaps adding incense and candles to set the stage.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Sitting in that space, let yourself relax and let go. Give yourself time to begin to feel the balance of this day and breathe it in, absorb it into every cell. If you cannot \u201cfeel\u201d it, know that it is there and imagine its vibration. See a sign that, to you, represents this state. It might be the yin yang or an infinity symbol, a line, an equal sign, a representation of scales, or anything else that can trigger the balance you are experiencing. Othello pieces are white on one side and black on the other, and I have used them in the past.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Channel that vision and energy into the sigil as you draw it on your disk. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Sit with it as you think about where you and your life things are out of balance. Does it involve discipline? Nutrition? Boundaries? Is there something you are missing? Something for which you have an overabundance? A situation that lacks its polar opposite for stability? Take the time to visualize each of them balanced. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Feel yourself come into balance on all levels, filled with peace and harmony.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

You can choose to add these words Mackenzie Sage Wright included in a Mabon spell she wrote that can be found on exemplore.com<\/a>:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAs yin is to yang, as dark is to light,<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

As male is to female, as day is to night,<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Find Nature\u2019s perfect balance within me<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

So I may live my life in harmony\u2026
\nby the powers of three times three,<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

this is my will, so mote it be!\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Carry the sigil anytime balance is needed \u2013 be it spiritual, physical, emotional or mental \u2013 and tap into the powerful energy put into the spell it on the equinox. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Although most powerful when done on the equinox, there is no reason this spell can\u2019t be done anytime of year.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Merry part. And merry meet again.<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

**<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

About the Author:<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Lynn Woike<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>was 50 \u2013 divorced and living on her own for the first time \u2013 before she consciously began practicing as a self-taught solitary witch. She draws on an eclectic mix of old ways she has studied \u2013 from her Sicilian and Germanic heritage to Zen and astrology, the fae, Buddhism, Celtic, the Kabbalah, Norse and Native American \u2013 pulling from each as she is guided. She practices yoga, reads Tarot and uses Reiki. From the time she was little, she has loved stories, making her job as the editor of two monthly newspapers seem less than the work it is because of the stories she gets to tell. She lives with her large white cat, Pyewacket, in central Connecticut. You can follow her boards on\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Pinterest<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>, and write to her at woikelynn\u00a0at gmail\u00a0dot com.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Balance Merry meet. Celebrations are often planned for the sabbats, but don\u2019t overlook the power these times add to magical workings. As the world hangs in balance, day equal to the night, we can use its balanced energy to regain our own balance before heading into the dark half of the year. Gather the materials you\u2019ll use: a marker of any kind and a round disk. These can be the wooden ones found at craft stores, a jar or bottle lid, or the top of a deli container. This spell can be done as part of a ritual in sacred space, or in any area in which you feel comfortable, perhaps adding incense and candles to set the stage. Sitting in that space, let yourself relax and let go. Give yourself time to begin to feel the balance of this day and breathe it in, absorb it into every cell. If you cannot \u201cfeel\u201d it, know that it is there and imagine its vibration. See a sign that, to you, represents this state. It might be the yin yang or an infinity symbol, a line, an equal sign, a representation of scales, or anything else that can trigger the balance you are experiencing. Othello pieces are white on one side and black on the other, and I have used them in the past. Channel that vision and energy into the sigil as you draw it on your disk. Sit with it as you think about where you and your life things are out of balance. Does it involve discipline? Nutrition? Boundaries? Is there something you are missing? Something for which you have an overabundance? A situation that lacks its polar opposite for stability? Take the time to visualize each of them balanced. Feel yourself come into balance on all levels, filled with peace and harmony. You can choose to add these words Mackenzie Sage Wright included in a Mabon spell she wrote that can be found on exemplore.com: \u201cAs yin is to yang, as dark is to light, As male is to female, as day is to night, Find Nature\u2019s perfect balance within me So I may live my life in harmony\u2026 by the powers of three times three, this is my will, so mote it be!\u201d Carry the sigil anytime balance is needed \u2013 be it spiritual, physical, emotional or mental \u2013 and tap into the powerful energy put into the spell it on the equinox. Although most powerful when done on the equinox, there is no reason this spell can\u2019t be done anytime of year. Merry part. And merry meet again. ** About the Author: Lynn Woike\u00a0was 50 \u2013 divorced and living on her own for the first time \u2013 before she consciously began practicing as a self-taught solitary witch. She draws on an eclectic mix of old ways she has studied \u2013 from her Sicilian and Germanic heritage to Zen and astrology, the fae, Buddhism, Celtic, the Kabbalah, Norse and Native American \u2013 pulling from each as she is guided. She practices yoga, reads Tarot and uses Reiki. From the time she was little, she has loved stories, making her job as the editor of two monthly newspapers seem less than the work it is because of the stories she gets to tell. She lives with her large white cat, Pyewacket, in central Connecticut. You can follow her boards on\u00a0Pinterest, and write to her at woikelynn\u00a0at gmail\u00a0dot com.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":210,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/210"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18459\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}