Some spells are written over hours or even days.  Items are collected, intentions well set, thoughtful and carefully laid out.  Some spells are written while you’re crying on the couch.

This is a spell for a broken vehicle, took me all of 15 minutes to write in my shorthand.  Walked to the back and grabbed some basil for cleansing and clearing and black obsidian for protection.  Carved a earth protection ruin on them, added the basil, lit a small gold candle and my earth candle and recited the spell.

Magic doesn’t always have to be a full production.
 

Spirits of earth, I call you now, Come forward and assist this witch in her hour
Mundane things she does have, that are coughing and choking and being sad
The chariot wheels are mired down, and its horses cry belching black and bad sounds
This witch sheds tears in this moment of pain, for her beloved ride is life sustained
Spirits of earth, hear me now, and comfort the witch in this hour
Blessings counted she's safe and home, please let this problem be controlled
Minimal expense and may solutions come fast, so this witches problems don't last
Let the chariot be fixed and come home soon, to speed this witch around her world
Safe and sound, Happy and free, Relieve the witch of her worries
Spirits of earth, hear me say, as this witch stands before you this day
Humbly asking, as a friend, for any assistance from the earth kingdom.

I light four candles, for the four directions, as I read my meditation.  Then I write slips of paper with things I want to bring to me or do better than I have done in the last month.  One slip for each direction.  Air for something mental or focus, fire for the drive to do that ignored thing, Water for self care be it emotional or physical, earth for my home, my pets, my "cave".  Then I burn each paper in the candle for that direction.  Blow the candles out each night till the last when I let them burn down.  

The candles are 20 minute menorah candles.  I do the ritual for three days, day before, day during and day after new moon.

​In the dark of the night when the moon hides in light
the earth sits between this witch and her Sheen
left to the dark her powers do stir and light her own path with the future as lure
new beginnings she sees in the edge of her sight, her heart beats fast at this new light
what will come in the following days only the universe can truly say
ground now in the dark of the light and pierce through the earth with smooth delight
First to the moon then to the sun drawing power and love for what is to come
What new thing will you engage on your path and way to the next moon phase

We have all been there; That break up.  That friend who keeps asking for just a little too much and finally has to go, that Significant other that you've been with for a couple years and although it isn't bad, it just isn't all that great.   Letting go, even when it's the right choice, maybe especially when it's the right choice, is the hardest and strongest thing we do in our adult lives. I wrote this spell to help support myself in my decision to walk away and/or let go. I actually wrote this many years ago but it has been true and fast.

The spell can be as complicated as you wish or as simple. This spell was aligned to the elements. Each element represents something in me, a portion of my thought process. I wrote the spell to speak to each one of these different elements in myself and to remind myself that there was a reason I walked away and that there was a reason I got into the position to begin with.
 
This flame for the passing pain and the passion for the possible
Water flows and emotions grow for love of self and respect of my soul.
Earth hold me stable assure me that I am able to see the past clearly and grasp my own mortality.
With this Breath I released all oneself enemies
I lift my mind above all else and regain my love of self.
 
I start in the South with fire. Fire is passion and it is generally what is hurting the most. From the fire element in me I want to look forward to all the things that are possible now that the problem has been removed. Not specific things but just the possibilities of more pleasant days now that I am moving on. I generally light a candle for the South.  I like a 20-minute Birthday candle, whatever color matches my mood.  if I'm going full out ritual, I will get out all the candles and do a nice bathroom thing for my spa moment.

Water is emotion and so I looked to myself for the love that I deserve.  Basically, give myself a warm hug from the person who loves me most in the world, me.  If I'm going full out I will draw myself a nice warm bath and add a little moonwater. Most of the time, I just drink 8 ounces of water which my body needs anyways.

Earth element is my stability my roots. From this I ask exactly that, root me and more than anything remind me why I walked away. There is a reason I'm putting myself in this much pain and just because I'm having second thoughts right at this moment does not mean that it is the good choice. If I'm doing full out ritual I will add herbs to my back, lavender maybe some eucalyptus. Rose petals. If I'm in five-minute mode I normally will light my candle outside and stand with my feet on the earth.  Spread some rose petals around the base of the candle and with some Rose Quartz.

Then finally air. Air for me is that self-Babble in your brain. Sometimes it's great!  It does a lot of great work for me and is mostly the reason I get paid. At a time like this it's a bunch of self-doubt and me telling myself things that might or might not be true, but this is just not the moment to be going over self-analysis. For this one if I do full out ceremony I will put on Shalimar.  Shalimar is a name brand perfume that my mother wore.  To me it's the smell of love. For you maybe add a nice oil essence to your bath or even just breathe deeply several times.

I slowly turned to each corner, and I say the words really feeling them and thinking them and going over these meanings in my mind. I do this for as long as the candle burns or as I said about 15-20 minutes. If I'm doing full ceremony in the bathtub. I will meditate for 15 or 20 minutes, then either get out or turn on my tablet and find something fun to watch why I soak and enjoy my bath.
 
Rising tide floats all boats.
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If you see anything helpful here please take it with you and incorporate it. If you want to copy it exactly, please do so. If you want to share it, please do, just don’t claim it as yours.
 
 

I have seen a lot of discussion lately over moon water, when to charge it, how to charge it, whether you can charge it if it's overcast or freezing out, etc
Most of what is written is a direct copy from universetoday.com and is considered general knowledge.  The image is from NASA.
“NASA’s Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope captured these images of the Moon’s gamma rays. In this part of the electromagnetic spectrum, the Moon is actually brighter than the Sun. That’s because the Sun produces most of its energy in other parts of the spectrum, though it does emit some gamma rays, especially during solar flares.
Most gamma rays in our Solar System come from distant sources like quasars and active galactic nuclei (AGN.) The Moon is an indirect source of gamma radiation, and produces gamma rays through its interaction with cosmic rays.
Cosmic rays are a type of high-energy radiation that for the most part is produced outside our Solar System. They’re produced by things like supernovae and active galactic nuclei. When cosmic rays strike matter, like the surface of the Moon in this instance, they create gamma rays.”
Tree leaves, clouds, snowstorms, glass, wood or anything of that nature it's not going to affect your moonwater at all. You can leave your moonwater in a window or even in the middle of your house if your roof is wood. The gamma radiation will pass right through it and right into your water.
Why is the full moon higher in gamma radiation than any other time? Easy the full moon is closer to space than it is to the sun.  The moon is a massive chunk of rock and as space radiation comes in it actually curves ever so slightly and is attracted to the moon especially if the moon is blocked from all of the other radiation coming off of the sun.
So is moon water a thing? Personally I think so we can actually measure gamma radiation so you know it exists and we know it exists in certain ways and at certain times, we know it effects living things.   Since a good portion of witchcraft is intention and belief. I think moonwater is a fine representation both mentally and physically of the changes that occur inside our minds during the full moon.
The last thing I see is people being all upset that their moonwater isn’t out on the exact full moon night or even worse (in their minds) not taken in before the sun rises. If you look up the exact time of full moon it will depend completely on where you're standing on the face of the earth. The full moon actually only occurs for a few seconds to you specifically and that one spot on the earth. However, I personally believe that any time in a three day stretch, the day before the day of or the day after your gamma radiation fill will be pretty much the same.
Does the sun affect your full moon water? Completely ridiculous. Gamma radiation is not affected by sunlight. And if you look up the exact time a full moon for you about half the time it's occurring in the middle of the day anyways.  February 3rd 2023, full moon actually occurred at 1:30pm in the afternoon for Tampa FL.   

Many of us have spaces that we create To work in. Some of us are lucky and we get to dedicate an entire room, some of us only have a room, so only get to dedicate a small corner. I am one of the lucky ones and not only have a full house but a large yard in which to write my spells, enjoy nature, and overall live the lifestyle that I want.

In many of the religious practices you'll find ceremonies for creating a circle to work magic in. When you are working with groups they will generally have ceremonies or rituals that are basically designed to get the entire group on the same page, at the same time, all working in the same direction. But what if you are solitary? What if in your religion or in your practice you don't have a preset way of creating this space and the circle thing just isn't for you.

What I have done is created a table candle. The object of this is to indicate to my mind that it is now time to do magic. Sometimes this is writing a spell, sometimes this is eating a meal. I could be reading or meditating. A place to be creative and magical.

Step 1; decide on your intent.  I wrote the spell for the table candle with the purpose of setting a location where I could sort out my day, let my left and right brain relax and exercise together, create, and where I can eat and absorb nutrition and feel grateful for my life.  The reason I chose a candle is because it is easily movable. Sometimes I like to sit outside, I often camp, and at these times I can easily take my candle with me and light it wherever I'm at.

Step 2 how am I going to communicate this idea to my subconscious mind? And Step 3 gathering the stuff to physically show the intent; go together on this one.

 In this specific case I'm using a black candle. Black is not a color, black is the absence of color. It is a void waiting to be filled up with whatever you want. Maybe today is all fire, driving to get stuff done. Tomorrow might look like a water day, relaxing day of self love. Lighting the candle is how I activate this thought process. It’s what says to my brain “Now is the moment that I'm going to sit and do the thing”. I wrote the spell to use a black candle several years ago. As time went on I now often use a purple candle, like the one shown here. The Color Purple represents to me personally power clean power energy that has no intent or no specific purpose.

I have colored marbles in the bottom of the vessel for the candle to sit on.  I align my spell work often to the four elements earth, air, fire, and water. The marbles are green, yellow, red, and blue to represent the elements.  Each of these elements represents specific things to me. Earth grounding stability it's the part of my brain that deals with the mundane. Air intelligence paying those bills getting that thing done so that my plans come together. Fire drive and ambition. Water heart balance emotions taking care of myself.

My container is a large glass open topped vessel. I like glass, you can also see easily through it and the most important feature is it's completely fireproof. I'll often light my candle, then wander into the other room go get tea, possibly wander outside forget what I was doing and start to weed for 15 minutes. Candles should never be left unattended and my solution to this is to leave the candle in a completely safe environment. There is nothing with the candle in the jar but the marbles, the candle is not dressed with oils of herbs.    It is void, completely balanced.

Lastly I sat down to write the spell from the part of my brain that represents earth,  I want stability and grounding. From the part of my brain that represents air, I would like intellectual focus. From the part of my brain that is the fire, I would like to see ambition and drive. And the part of me that is water, needs to be balanced and conscious of my heart and emotions.
 

Ground my thoughts and help me see a stable path and true reality

Lift my mind, focus so clear, my mental intellect engages without fear

Burning bright, my ambition ignites, to focus my drive and bring my thoughts alive

All things with balance, let me have heart, not only for myself but for all of my arts

From the black of the void, this base I start, to light the way, and focus my arts.
 

Whenever the candle needs to be replaced, I get out my spellbook, welcome my new candle and say the spell again. Other than that it's just an easy lighting of a candle whenever I feel the need to be closer to my arts.  I do it almost daily. 
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This is how I created my prosperity spell, I hope that people find something useful here to help them create their own magic.  Please copy as much as you wish, just don’t sell it or claim it as yours; my knowledge is free to anyone who finds it useful.

First, I decided who I was going to address my request too. Is it going to be asking a God for help? Is it going to big a search into yourself and your own mind? In this specific case I am going to ask my ancestors for help. My ancestors were very prosperous people and I believe that our ancestors want the best for us, especially our close family.

Step 2 How you're going to communicate your intent to Step 1. In my case my ancestors are Celtic. I have a special affinity for the elements; earth, air, fire, and water. We are also a family of scientists and engineers so I have an affinity for using items that help me align my mind with my intent that are not religious based.

Step 3 Collection of the ideas symbolism items whatever you're going to use to represent your intent. For me I am going to request from my ancestors that they help me live a better life through being more prosperous. This might mean gaining new friends or gaining new business associates or as simple as just finding a $20 bill. Whatever my ancestors see as raising me up using prosperity is what I would like to ask their help with.

The items I chose to represent my intent of prosperity is as follows:

A small gold container that used to hold my father's sweet and low packets and sat on his kitchen table for as long as they HAD sweet and Low. My father has been the number one provider of the most important things in my life; from financially to emotionally, and by using this container I feel much more connected to him. I suggest you use a container that matches your intent or your symbolism. 

The coltsfoot, almonds, Jasmine, star anise, cinnamon, and rice all represent prosperity in different cultures and different backgrounds and most importantly to me. These are also all items that I happen to have in my home. Use the items that match your intent to you. If you want to cross reference with google, do it! The object of these items is to give you personally a mental connection to your intent. Star anise and Jasmine in my background are very much connected to prosperity. In your family maybe it's olives, maybe it's a lock of hair from your first born child, the object itself is not as important as the intent you can connect with it. If for a year you have seen cinnamon being the thing to do for prosperity now cinnamon is part of your basic subconscious connection to prosperity.

I own a Bay tree that I have grown for 15 years. I took four Bay leaves from this tree one for each of the four elements. I took four ruins; one for water (luck), one for fire (wealth),  one for air (manifest potential), and one for earth (long term success, gardeners ruin) all representing prosperity. I drew one on each Bay leaf.

I have a green container that is filled with salt and herbs and stones that I create it almost 40 years ago. Every couple years I redo the spell mixture and put it back into the green jar to be used whenever I need it. In my world this is sort of like a battery pack sitting on the shelf waiting to be charged up. Like a salt shaker of prosperity intent.

There is a small silver charm badly tarnished of a prayer bell that I found in my backroom while hunting for the coltsfoot. I do not know where it came from but I decided to include it on a whim. My ancestry is long and multi cultural. Use what you have, use what talks to you, all you're doing is looking for things that when you glance at this spell in the future it connects to your intent.
Then I sat down and wrote the spell. I make a list of the things that I'm trying to accomplish to help structure the spell.  The verbiage I use I tried to make universal to my practice. Perhaps next time I do this I'll use a different vessel or different herbs depending on what's on my shelf so I try to make the written spell flexible to cover all things that might occur in the future. When humans repeat a task it becomes easier for them, they slip into it like brushing their teeth. I tried to do this with my spell work reusing a groove that I've already created in my mind.
 
To my ancestors I call this day
Hear my wish and assist me now to live a life of joyous hours
To have all strife in manageable degrees and the happy moments outweigh all of these
May people that surround this witch be good and just and equally fit
To share and what Bounty might come from this witches Kingdom
I call now to boost my gains while hurting no one and causing no shame
Towards a higher self my intentions are set may this be spoken chest cause no regrets
As I give to the world what gifts I have let my own life rise up and come into my hands
 
Some things about the spell. Asking for no strife or no work for a return is unrealistic, even gods have their limits and all things work in balance. Be realistic in your spell writing.  When I wrote this spell I had every intention of sharing it and where it came from and its foundation. This spell and the work I put into producing it are my “payment” my way of balancing what I'm asking for.  I'm always careful to include my spells a hurt none line or two. In this case I asked that no one else suffer for my gain. I also realize that I am not an island people work for me I require other humans to be prosperous so I have included in my spell a request from my ancestors to help surround me with good people.

Rising tide floats all boats.
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If you see anything helpful here please take it with you and incorporate it. If you want to copy it exactly please do so.