Spellcraft vs the Secret

The book and movie The Secret were based on one Universal Law, and that is the Law of Attraction. When the aforementioned were released there was a flood of people working on changing the ways they think, and making vision boards in order to have the things they want in life as opposed to lacking these things. As a magic practitioner, it was a bit amusing to see all these people, many who are hostile towards magic, actually begin to practice deliberate magic. Vision boards are actually sympathetic magic.

Here we are years later, and most people still do not have the things they want in life. The Law of Attraction seemed to only partially work. Some things materialized right away, a few others more slowly, and even more never became reality at all. So why not?

The reason is, that not only do you need to change you conscious thoughts, but you need to connect with your subconscious mind as well. It’s how you deep down feel and believe about something that will manifest in your life. So if your thoughts are on getting wealth, but that little voice says “yeah, right”, or you get that little clench in your gut, it ain’t happening.

Magical practitioners from all over the world have undertood that to make magic happen, you must talk to your subconscious mind and your emotions in a language that it understands. You must resonate with your objective. Your subconscious mind is like a child, and it likes to play. So colors, scents, and such speak to it at a deeper level.

Logically speaking we do magic all the time, and are continuously manifesting our reality with not only our thoughts, but our deep down beliefs. We shouldn’t need tools, just our thoughts. But alot of the time the child within just don’t buy it, and that often hurt or frightened child will thwart your positive thoughts. So how do you get the child within to be on your side? With play! When you go through the process of choosing herbs, oils, stones and candles, your inner child is having fun. Your child within is getting to take part in the process. Does that mean that it still won’t have the last word? If you phrase things right, and pretend that it is so even for a sort time, that little voice may believe in the possibility rather than be a naysayer. You can put what you believe to be reality aside for a few minutes, and just pretend that you can do this spell (whatever it is) with success. You could visualize “what would it be like if…” When done with your spell move on to something else entirely and forget the spell. Allow the magic to work. You’ve already done your part.

Another benefit to using tools is that each ingredient adds it’s own energy towards your working. Colors, herbs, oils, stones all have their own energy, so when you use them, you are adding more energy than your own to the mix.

Another ingredient that helps many people is incorporating spirits into your spellwork. If your subconscious doesn’t have faith in your abilities to accomplish a task, it may have faith that a spirit can do the job. If this is the case, when you do your spell, pray to the spirit you relate best with, be it Pagan Gods, Christian Saints, Jesus, or dear old deceased Uncle Joe.

Always notice your gut reaction and little voice when you make a statement. That will allow you to see if you are in tune with your goal or not. If not, work on your attitudes about it on a daily basis in addition to doing your magic. Avoid focusing on negative things that happen in our day to day lives, because we just create more negativity when we do that. But if we start focusing on the positive in our day to day lives, the positive will begin to increase. How many times have you seen someone have  something bad happen to them, and they follow it with a statement of “that always happens to me”. They’ve just placed themselves in the role of a victim who the Universe likes throw curve balls at. They would do better to shrug it off as “things happen”, and place their focus on something positive. The old adage of “energy flows where attention goes” is true. The more you focus on the positive, the more your energy body will expand and more and more positive things will start coming your way. But it’s not all conscious thought, but subconscious as well. So adding spells and tools can prove to be very helpful in getting what you desire.

And if you get some reults, but not the results you wanted, celebrate! Don’t think “it didn’t work”. Think “yes, it worked!”, and then you can proceed to do it a little better next time. If you are doing a spell for money, and found a $10.00 bill on the street, but didn’t win the lottery, see it as a success rather than a failure. You DID get money! Just as a business may grow their profits slowly, you may need to do the same with your magic. Aim for things you believe you can have and let it grow over time with smaller successes turning into bigger successes.

By Draiga Wolfsong
www.MysticCauldron.com

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