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Go to TopClassroom Main ListMain List IndexRandom Madness HomeMagickal Powders
Magickal Powders have been a part
of folk magic right back from the days of antiquity.
They consist of ground herbs which
are sprinkled around the ritual
area, or your place of
meditation, to enhance the potency
of your work as they release their powers.
Here are just a few examples of how the powders can be used.
Sprinkle them is a circle around you,
beginning and ending in the
East -- and moving clockwise.
Sit within the circle and
absorb the energies generated within.
Those of you who work with
Crystals, Stones, Tarot cards, Runes, etc ,
can add power to your ritual by
sprinkling an appropriate powder
around the crystal (or other magical aid)
as it rests on your place of working.
This will increase the power raised.
Sprinkle your powder around
burning candles to boost their energies.
Scatter a ritually appropriate
powder over the Altar before spells.
Sprinkle the powders on your altar in a
specific shape to use as points
of concentration for your visualization...
For Example, heart for Love,
Circle for psychism and protection.
Let your imagination be your teacher.
Go to TopClassroom Main ListMain List IndexRandom Madness HomeMagic Wishing PowderYou Will Need:
The Great Outdoors (This could be your back yard, a park, or forest)
Anything else you feel you need to personalize your wish.
You will need to craft the wishing powder ahead of time.
2 parts sage
1 part sandalwood
1 part tonka beans
Procedure:
Grind, mix, and empower.
If you're feeling adventurous,
customize your wishing powder to the wish you'll be making.
(Example: Crushed rose petals for
bringing love into your life).
Find a spot to make our wishes from.
Take a handful of the wishing powder
and begin concentrating on your wishes.
(Please do not put yourself in danger to make a wish.
A wish is just as powerful whether it's
made standing on a rock on the side
of a steep hill or standing in a field).
Put your energy and wish
into the powder you are holding.
When it feels like you can no longer
hold the energy, let it fly.
As the powder settles to the ground,
visualize your wishes joining with
the Earth, gaining power and strength.
As always, remember the Rule of
Three when making your wish.
After putting the energy out there,
it's impossible to call it back.
Remember the old saying, "Be careful
what you wish for, you may get it."
If you are worried about where to get
Tonka Beans (as needed for
the above wishing spell).
You can do an easy search for them
through any search engine to find them. V
anilla Beans/pods are a Substitute
Go to TopClassroom Main ListMain List IndexRandom Madness HomeExorcism PowderYou Will Need:
3 parts basil
2 parts frankincense
2 parts rosemary
1 part yarrow
1 part rue
Procedure:
Sprinkle throughout the house,
or any area needing a strong
purification and protection.
Love PowderPurpose:
Attracting love
You Will Need:
3 parts yarrow
3 parts lavender
2 parts rose petals
1 part orris root
1 part ginger
Procedure:
Sprinkle in an appropriate place
Go to TopClassroom Main ListMain List IndexRandom Madness HomeLaying Down Tricks with Conjure Powder
The practice of laying out protective, destructive,
or talismanic designs with sachet powders or salt
or saltpeter to accompany invocations or prayers
is particularly favoured by root workers who
follow the Kabbalist-inspired practice of
ceremonial magic. Working powders in patterns
differs from sprinkling because the powder-pattern
itself is what's important, not that
someone will step in or across the powder.
Conjures who perform candle spells and rituals
often lay out and appropriate sachet powder on
their altar in a design such as a star or cross
and place their candles at the vertices of the design.
In the down-home folk-magic tradition, laying down
tricks with powders is much simpler than among
Kabbalist-inspired practitioners. The powders
are usually put down in four inconspicuous little
piles in the corners of a room, with a fifth small
pile in the center, under the rug, in what is called
the "quincunx" or five-spot pattern. If the powders
are for love-drawing or marital fidelity, the fifth
pile will be placed under the bed instead of at
the center of the room. If one is working enemy
tricks, four piles of a do-wrong sachet like Graveyard
Dirt or Crossing Powder can be placed at the four
outside corners of the victim's home, but usually
anyone who works such tricks will want to sprinkle
the powders for a foot-track magic job too, not just
put them into a pattern. In a pinch, loose powdered
incense can be used to lay out diagrams and
designs after the manner of sachet powders.
Cross-marks, crosses in circles, and "wavy snake lines"
intended to hurt an enemy can be drawn with destructive
or get-away type powders on a sidewalk or street.
They are places in the foot path where the victim will
walk and activated by spitting into them while cursing
the name of the one for whom they are laid. This is a
form of "poisoning through the feet or foot-track magic.
Innocent people who walk over such marks often ask whether
they can be affected by such tricks. The answer is complicated:
some folks say that such a mark only affects the one for
whom it was "called," but most people never walk across
such a mess if they see one, because "you never know who
it was called for, and you just might get crossed
or hurt through your feet anyway."
Go to TopClassroom Main ListMain List IndexRandom Madness HomeDressing Altar Candles with Powders
In some families the dedication to sachet powders is
such that all candles are "double-dressed,"
first with oil, then with a sachet powder.
In my experience, the practice of double-dressing
candles is more commonly found among women
than among men, for what it's worth.
Go to TopClassroom Main ListMain List IndexRandom Madness HomeBlowing Sachet Powders
In Afro-Caribbean folk magic, powders are sometimes
blown to the four quarters of the compass to rid an
area of evil spirits. This has become especially
popular in America with the good luck
and good energy powders like.
You may also blow powders toward a person,
either present or absent. This practice is
found among Spiritual Church members more than
other root workers, in my experience. If the person
being blown toward is not present, blow in the
direction you believe them to be located,
or toward their home, if you know where it is.
Blessing and Peaceful Home. You just put
a little bit of powder in the palm of your hand
and blow to the East, South, West,
and then North, saying your prayer
or good wish while you do so.
This is said by many to bring a pleasant fragrance
to the room and settle out any bad conditions.
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