{"id":22096,"date":"2020-04-15T18:10:58","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T22:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/?p=22096"},"modified":"2020-04-11T14:27:25","modified_gmt":"2020-04-11T18:27:25","slug":"earth-protection-spell-by-rowan-morgana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2020\/04\/15\/earth-protection-spell-by-rowan-morgana\/","title":{"rendered":"Earth Protection Spell an Excerpt from the Book \u2018Modern Wicca: Beliefs and Traditions for Contemporary Life\u2019 by Rowan Morgana"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><b>Earth Protection Spell<\/b><\/span><\/h1>\n<h1><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><b>Excerpt from the Book \u2018Modern Wicca: Beliefs and Traditions for Contemporary Life<\/b><\/span><\/h1>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<h1><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><b>by Rowan Morgana<\/b><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22113\" src=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/modern-wicca-cover.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"293\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/modern-wicca-cover.png 325w, https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/modern-wicca-cover-197x300.png 197w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 293px) 100vw, 293px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><u><b><span style=\"color: #231f20;\">I<\/span><span style=\"color: #231f20;\">ntention:<\/span><\/b><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #231f20;\">To<\/span> <span style=\"color: #231f20;\">invite<\/span> <span style=\"color: #231f20;\">the<\/span> <span style=\"color: #231f20;\">elemental<\/span> <span style=\"color: #231f20;\">Earth<\/span> <span style=\"color: #231f20;\">spirits<\/span> <span style=\"color: #231f20;\">to<\/span> <span style=\"color: #231f20;\">live <\/span><span style=\"color: #231f20;\">in your garden to protect and nurture it. Protecting a small part of your own garden counts toward<\/span> <span style=\"color: #231f20;\">the greater good of protecting and healing Earth. If every- one takes care of their little corner of land, a wav<\/span><span style=\"color: #231f20;\">e <\/span><span style=\"color: #231f20;\">of Earth-healing may begin. This spell is best done <\/span><span style=\"color: #231f20;\">under the light of the full moon.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22109\" src=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Earth-Spell-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"283\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Earth-Spell-1.jpg 283w, https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Earth-Spell-1-196x300.jpg 196w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 283px) 100vw, 283px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #231f20;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><u><b>What You\u2019ll Need:<\/b><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #231f20;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">1 very large stone<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #231f20;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Dried lavender and thyme<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #231f20;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Gold, red, blue and green ribbons each about 12 inches long<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #231f20;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">1 peeled twig about 12 inches long<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #231f20;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">4 birthday candles<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #231f20;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">A small dish of pure water<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #231f20;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">1 clear quartz or aqua crystal<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #231f20;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">A lighter<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #231f20;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">A small dish of earth or sand to hold the candles<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22110\" src=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Earth-Spell-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"283\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Earth-Spell-2.jpg 283w, https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Earth-Spell-2-196x300.jpg 196w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 283px) 100vw, 283px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #231f20;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><u><b>The Way:<\/b><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #231f20;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Clear a 12-inch circle in your garden of all debris and place the stone in the center.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #231f20;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Cast a circle. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #231f20;\">Sit quietly for a few moments. Close your eyes and visualize a glowing green mist enveloping your circle. Green is the magick color of Earth and elemental spirits. Visualize gnomes, sylphs, undines, and salamanders appearing in the mist, peeking at you from behind trees, plants, and <\/span><span style=\"color: #231f20;\">rocks. See them living in and around your garden with the stone at the center of their activities.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #231f20;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">When you are ready, open your eyes and sprinkle the lavender and thyme in a circle around the stone and say:<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #231f20;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i>I offer you these herbs as a circle of protection; may you live peacefully here.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #231f20;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Tie the gold, red, blue, and green ribbons around the top of the twig, then stand it upright in the soil beside the stone and say:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #231f20;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i>Sylphs, please accept this offering of air.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #231f20;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Arrange the birthday candles around the stone, light them, and say:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #231f20;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i>Salamanders, please accept this offering of fire.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #231f20;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Place the dish of water beside the stone and say:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #231f20;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i>Undines, please accept this offering of water.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #231f20;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Place the crystal beside the stone and say:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #231f20;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i>Gnomes, please accept this offering of Earth.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #231f20;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Spend a few moments enjoying the magickal energy contained within this enchanted elemental circle. This magickal place can become your center for spells and rituals to honor and heal Mother Earth. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #231f20;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">When you are ready, extinguish the candles completely, open the circle, and walk away without looking back. Know that your little corner of the world is now under the protection of the elemental spirits. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #231f20;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22113\" src=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/modern-wicca-cover.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/modern-wicca-cover.png 325w, https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/modern-wicca-cover-197x300.png 197w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1646116208\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1646116208&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=paganpages-20&amp;linkId=c0fdaa708cc97e3e9aa37b830059d57a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Modern Wicca: Beliefs and Traditions for Contemporary Life on Amazon<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=paganpages-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1646116208\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earth Protection Spell Excerpt from the Book \u2018Modern Wicca: Beliefs and Traditions for Contemporary Life by Rowan Morgana &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Intention: To invite the elemental Earth spirits to live in your garden to protect and nurture it. Protecting a small part of your own garden counts toward the greater good of protecting and healing Earth. If every- one takes care of their little corner of land, a wave of Earth-healing may begin. This spell is best done under the light of the full moon. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; What You\u2019ll Need: 1 very large stone Dried lavender and thyme Gold, red, blue and green ribbons each about 12 inches long 1 peeled twig about 12 inches long 4 birthday candles A small dish of pure water 1 clear quartz or aqua crystal A lighter A small dish of earth or sand to hold the candles &nbsp; &nbsp; The Way: Clear a 12-inch circle in your garden of all debris and place the stone in the center. Cast a circle. Sit quietly for a few moments. Close your eyes and visualize a glowing green mist enveloping your circle. Green is the magick color of Earth and elemental spirits. Visualize gnomes, sylphs, undines, and salamanders appearing in the mist, peeking at you from behind trees, plants, and rocks. See them living in and around your garden with the stone at the center of their activities. When you are ready, open your eyes and sprinkle the lavender and thyme in a circle around the stone and say: I offer you these herbs as a circle of protection; may you live peacefully here. Tie the gold, red, blue, and green ribbons around the top of the twig, then stand it upright in the soil beside the stone and say: Sylphs, please accept this offering of air. Arrange the birthday candles around the stone, light them, and say: Salamanders, please accept this offering of fire. Place the dish of water beside the stone and say: Undines, please accept this offering of water. Place the crystal beside the stone and say: Gnomes, please accept this offering of Earth. Spend a few moments enjoying the magickal energy contained within this enchanted elemental circle. This magickal place can become your center for spells and rituals to honor and heal Mother Earth. When you are ready, extinguish the candles completely, open the circle, and walk away without looking back. Know that your little corner of the world is now under the protection of the elemental spirits. &nbsp; Modern Wicca: Beliefs and Traditions for Contemporary Life on Amazon &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10008],"tags":[10371,10346,11316,10095,10049,10050,11514,10035,10436,10781,10368,10077,10242,11475,11141,11105,11513,10523,11142,10072,10470,11512,11448],"class_list":["post-22096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spells-rituals","tag-and","tag-author","tag-beliefs","tag-book","tag-book-of-shadows","tag-bos","tag-contemporary","tag-earth","tag-excerpt","tag-from","tag-life","tag-magick","tag-modern","tag-protection","tag-rite","tag-ritual","tag-rowan-morgana","tag-shadows","tag-spell","tag-spellbook","tag-the","tag-traditions","tag-wicca"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22096","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22096"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22114,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22096\/revisions\/22114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}