{"id":8416,"date":"2013-07-01T01:10:04","date_gmt":"2013-07-01T06:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=8711"},"modified":"2013-06-23T04:39:56","modified_gmt":"2013-06-23T09:39:56","slug":"simple-spells-and-rituals-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2013\/07\/01\/simple-spells-and-rituals-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Simple Spells and Rituals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi everyone happy 4th of July!\u00a0 And that is the backdrop for this month&#8217;s article.\u00a0 As every Witch knows, sufficient raising of energy and visualization are imperative for successful spellwork.\u00a0 Although the 4th of July isn&#8217;t a wiccan holiday exclusively, this particular day raises everyone&#8217;s sense of independence and freedom, so I have always thought it was the perfect time for an &#8220;Independence Spell.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>All of us at one time or another have had things in our lives that do not serve our highest good, and just seem extremely difficult to get away from, that is the purpose of this spell.<\/p>\n<p>The first item needed for this spell is an easily handled firework of some kind, a sparkler, Roman candle, or any type of item you can purchase easily, and legally, that results in some type of really visual display.<\/p>\n<p>Secondly, take the item of your choice and place it on your altar.\u00a0 Obviously you would not want to use any candles close by.<\/p>\n<p>Cast circle Widdershins, it so happens that the moon is waning which is perfect, and use whatever your usual quarter calls are, invoke whichever deity or deities you usually call upon if any.<\/p>\n<p>Your intent is to empower your chosen item with the energy to remove whatever your obstacle may be.\u00a0 Once this has been done to your satisfaction, use the following words, putting your applicable issue and whatever type of firework your using in the blank spaces:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">I&#8217;m declaring Independence Day<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">As the day I am set free<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">From_______ which has been vexing me<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">This ______ I now empower<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">And the hold that this has had on me<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Will be gone in a spark filled shower<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">From this time forward<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Everyday is Independence day for me<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">I&#8217;m taking back my freedom now<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">As I will so mote it be.<\/p>\n<p>Open circle and release as you usually do, and then whether you choose to set off your firework, either at that time or later in the day, raise and hold the visualization that the display is destroying what you empowered it to destroy.\u00a0 In my mind the actual visual of seeing the empowered item do it&#8217;s thing is a truly freeing experience.<\/p>\n<p>Have fun removing whatever vexes you with an extra &#8220;bang&#8221;!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi everyone happy 4th of July!\u00a0 And that is the backdrop for this month&#8217;s article.\u00a0 As every Witch knows, sufficient raising of energy and visualization are imperative for successful spellwork.\u00a0 Although the 4th of July isn&#8217;t a wiccan holiday exclusively, this particular day raises everyone&#8217;s sense of independence and freedom, so I have always thought it was the perfect time for an &#8220;Independence Spell.&#8221; All of us at one time or another have had things in our lives that do not serve our highest good, and just seem extremely difficult to get away from, that is the purpose of this spell. The first item needed for this spell is an easily handled firework of some kind, a sparkler, Roman candle, or any type of item you can purchase easily, and legally, that results in some type of really visual display. Secondly, take the item of your choice and place it on your altar.\u00a0 Obviously you would not want to use any candles close by. Cast circle Widdershins, it so happens that the moon is waning which is perfect, and use whatever your usual quarter calls are, invoke whichever deity or deities you usually call upon if any. Your intent is to empower your chosen item with the energy to remove whatever your obstacle may be.\u00a0 Once this has been done to your satisfaction, use the following words, putting your applicable issue and whatever type of firework your using in the blank spaces: I&#8217;m declaring Independence Day As the day I am set free From_______ which has been vexing me This ______ I now empower And the hold that this has had on me Will be gone in a spark filled shower From this time forward Everyday is Independence day for me I&#8217;m taking back my freedom now As I will so mote it be. Open circle and release as you usually do, and then whether you choose to set off your firework, either at that time or later in the day, raise and hold the visualization that the display is destroying what you empowered it to destroy.\u00a0 In my mind the actual visual of seeing the empowered item do it&#8217;s thing is a truly freeing experience. Have fun removing whatever vexes you with an extra &#8220;bang&#8221;!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":111,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8416","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\/111"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8416"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8224,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8416\/revisions\/8224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}