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focus, you would burn two rose incense sticks or cones and one cinnamon. You can
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also do this with your oil mixes.
A Six-Incense Ritual For Love
Six is the number of Venus in her morning star aspect of love. You can use this
ritual for attracting love, for deepening a relationship, consummating it or
strengthening it during a difficult period, perhaps when everything appears to have
got into a rut. You can alter the focus of the ritual by varying the number and
type of each fragrance you use, for example whether your primary concern is to
increase trust, passion or encourage fidelity (use the incense list on page 139).
This ritual is best carried out early in the moon cycle, any time from when you can
see the crescent in the sky.
In the ritual, I refer to a pentagram, a magical symbol that can be used for
attracting energies or closing them down in ritual magick. Its uses can be varied
according to the way it is drawn. However, in this ritual, it is the shape that is
important, so just imagine the shape as illustrated overleaf, with its single point
at the top. Arrange five of your incense sticks as though on the points of this
invisible pentagram and put the sixth in the centre as the combination and
synthesis of the different powers.
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First, gather together the tools you will need.
* A candle of the appropriate colour for the type of love you wish to focus on:
pink for new love, green for increasing commitment and faithful love, or red for
passion and the consummation of love.
* A gold or silver ring or, if you prefer, one made of copper, Venus's own metal.
* A small white cushion or piece of white cloth.
* Six incense sticks of appropriate fragrances and separate holders to catch the
ash.
* Ivy or any green fronds; if you cannot obtain any, green ribbon will do. (Ivy is
a plant associated with fidelity and permanent relationships.)
Now begin your ritual.
* Place your ring in the centre of your altar, on the white cloth or cushion.
* To the left of it (towards the West, the direction of love and emotions), place
and light the candle.
* Take your incense sticks one by one, and light each in the candle, reciting:
Incense of love, incense of power, thus do I charge thee,
now at this hour.
Incense of faithfulness,
incense of truth, bring love
that will last, in age and in youth.
In sickness and sorrow, in health and in joy,
in wealth and in dearth, may nothing destroy.
* Beginning at the single (top) point of your invisible pentagram, light your first
incense, saying:
I light this incense
to bring love into my life
and the one who is right for me.
* Moving deosil, light and place the second incense on the next point of the
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invisible pentagram, saying:
I light this incense that I may give love where it will bring joy and bear fruit.
* Continuing deosil, light and place the third incense at the next invisible point,
saying:
I light this incense for the increase of that love and for mutual fidelity and
respect.
* Light and place the fourth incense, saying:
I light this incense for the marriages of mind and soul as well as body, in a union
that is beyond any legal bonds.
* Light and place the fifth incense, saying:
I light this incense that love will always be willingly given and received and
never become possessive or manipulative.
* Light and place your final incense to the East of the ring, saying:
I light this incense that love will be compassionate, ever supportive, accepting of
frailties and based on love of the real person, not worshipping the ideal of
loving, nor demanding the perfect lover.
You can adapt the pledges according to the focus you give the ritual and even
rewrite them entirely to express your purpose.
* Take the ring and pass it through the six incenses in turn, saying for each ring
of faith:
Love I pledge, truth I offer, care and kindliness. Ring of promise, love I ask,
truth I seek, into eternity if right may it be.
* Return the ring to the centre, and bind it with six loose knots of ivy or ribbon,
saying:
Do not bind,
join heart and mind,
Hold safe we two,
till life is through,
Love without end,
my dearest friend.
I call you - [name the person, or say 'love unknown'].
Again you can adapt the words. A pledge of fidelity is actually a very potent way
of attracting a new lover - perhaps someone who works close to you whom you have
not thought of in a romantic way.
* Let the candle and incense burn through and then collect the incense ash in a pot
or jar with a lid.
* Sleep with the ring and ivy next to your bed on the cushion and in the daytime
surround it with white flowers.
* When you have time, take the ash to the top of a hill or any windy place and
scatter it to the four winds, saying:
Go Free In Love And Return In Joy.
You can carry out the spell on a larger scale by placing the ring, the candle and
one large incense stick on your altar in the centre of the invisible pentagram.
Place the other large incense sticks on small tables, chairs or blocks at the other
points and work within the pentagram. You could even use garden incense and carry
out the ritual in a sheltered spot out of doors, maybe even picking your ivy and
white flowers during the ritual.
A Ritual For Harmony
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This ritual can be used when, for example, a colleague, family member or friend is
intruding in your life, but you do not want to hurt their feelings. It can be very
successful if you have received one too many phone calls or visits at inconvenient
moments from a friend or neighbour. It may help to ward off constant interference [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]