Lesson 3

Invoking Deities, Spirits and Elementals:

Invoking forces will actually call them to your circle and altar for their help and their presence. You will most likely not see them, but they have a tendency to manifest themselves as breezes, noises, talking, moving objects or nothing at all. If you see no signs of them, it does not mean they are not there.

Why might you want to cast a ritual of this sort? Say for example you have chosen Pan as one of your Gods. You may want to give him notice that you have done so and from time to time, give him thanks. Perhaps you need help with a spell you are casting for the healing of a family member and want the spirit world to aid you.

Invoking Deities:

Perform Step One & Step Two.

Place some deity incense on your burner and chant the following for about ten minutes: " (Deity's Name) come forth, I call you. (Deity's Name) hear me. Come forth this night, arise to this your altar. I call you." Light the white candle and say, "This is my offering to you (Deity's name). Come forth oh great one."

Take your athame and point it at the mirror and say, " Let this tool be your entrance into this world. Come through (Deity's name), hear me." Place the burner with the deity incense in front of the mirror while saying, "May no harm come to me or anyone as you travel in this world.

Come through, come through, come through. (Deity's name) arise." Close your eyes, raise your arms up and say, " (Deity's name) are you with me?" Wait for a few minutes until you get a sign.  This can be an actual voice, a bump on the wall, a breeze, or anything out of the ordinary. If you do not get a sign, Repeat: "(Deity's name) are you with me?" up to a total of seven times. If still no sign, say, " (Deity's name) I release you back to your world. May you do no harm to me or anyone on your way. "So mote it be".

If you do get a sign Open your eyes and say, " Deity's name) I welcome you to this world. I honor you." If the deity is before you ( though rare, it does happen), be blessed! Do not fear this. If nothing is standing there, but you have gotten a sign, just keep going. Sometimes the deity will talk, cause bumps, or what have you. Just keep going.

Tell the deity why you have called it (be sure to use it's name as you address it), such as, ' I need you Pan to accept me as one of your own.', ' I need you Hecate to bring wrath upon my neighbor, (explain why), ' I need to know if Jack is true to his word', etc.

Or you may continue with a Sabbat, moon rite spell, etc., to make your magick even more powerful. At this point , it is safe to assume the deity has heard you. Say, " (Deity's name) I release you back to your world, may you do no harm on you way to me or anyone else. "So mote it be" 

Perform Step Three.

Invoking Spirits:

Perform Step One & Step Two.
Light your spirit incense while saying, " Spirits of the astral world, open the gates. Come forth." Chant for about 10 minutes, "Come forth spirits of the astral world." Light the white candle (not the altar candle) while saying, " Spirits thee I invoke, hear me on this night." Take your athame and point it at the mirror while saying, " Use this tool oh spirits.

Open the gate and come through. Hear me." Take your burner with spirit incense burning, place it in front of the mirror while saying, "Come forth spirits, I call you." Look deep into the mirror directly into your eyes. Wait for the mirror to turn black, then say, " Use this gate oh spirits. Come forth, I invoke you." Close your eyes and say, " Spirits are you here?"

Wait 5 minutes for the sign. If no sign comes, say, "I release you spirits of the other side. May you harm no one on your way. Return to where you came from. "So mote it be"  Perform Step Three.

If you get the sign, say, " Welcome great spirits, I honor you." Tell the spirits what it is you are after or why you have called them then say( You can even ask their names, you may get a verbal response.) " I release you spirits of the other side, may you harm no one on your way. Return where you came from. "So mote it be."

Perform Step Three.

Invoking Elementals- (Earth Energies)

Perform Step One & Step Two.
Light the elemental incense and say, "Earth, Air, Fire , Water, gather here in front of me." Light the white candle ( not the altar candle) and say, "I summon you from all the corners of the earth. Arise earth, arise air, arise fire, arise water." Place your hands in the form of the upside down triangle. (This is called the earth form)

While visualizing the triangle glowing brown say, " Earth hear me, come forth." While visualizing the triangle glowing white say, " Air hear me, come forth." While visualizing the triangle glowing red say, " Fire hear me, Come forth." While visualizing the triangle glowing blue say, " Water hear me, come forth." Hum for about 5 minutes. State why you have summoned these energies. Perform Step Three.

There is no sign from this invocation because it involves earth energies, not an entity of any type. These energies are very powerful for use with any purpose. If other invocations scare you, you are safe to use this one, due to no manifestations at all.

Creating and Projecting Thought Forms Thought forms are spirits you create for the purpose you choose. Thought forms are very powerful and potent when done correctly. Many people use them without even knowing it. If someone is angry with you in a way that they send thought forms out against you, those thought forms can often work, bringing you bad fortune.

The same can be done with love, fear, or most other emotions. Thought forms can also be used to project something or an area , even to help you pass a test. There is no end to the uses of these little creatures. However, it is only fair to warn you, if you create a thought form against someone and that someone happens to be a Witch with enough knowledge and know-how to reverse it, it WILL be coming back to you.

 If, by chance, you choose to create this negative type of form, do your ground work first. Do the wax and water rite to see if this person is a Witch or has enough psychic energy to backlash this form, or even call upon a God or Goddess to find out.

 I am not going to lecture anyone on the morals or Karma of magick. I have found that everyone does magick whether they realize it or not in common day-to-day life. Who is teaching them to do this? More importantly, who is teaching them NOT to do this?

You will need:
1. your tools
2. altar candle
3. white candle for calling, black for banishing.
4.incense

Setup- Place your tools in their usual place. Think of why you are creating this thought form. You must have a form for this thought form to use. This may be some kind of creature, a man, a woman, or whatever you choose. You may draw it on paper as best you can remember it.

Creating A Thought Form

Perform Step One & Step Two.
Visualize your thought form standing in front of you. Raise all the energy you can to create this form. Tell the form what it is you want it to do. Perform Step three, but release the energy up, not down.

Many people believe you must tell the form when it should have the task done by, and then follow up with a ritual to dissipate the form. This is untrue! When the form completes it's task, it will dissolve on its own with no help from you. Most of the time the form will wear out in a week or so, so if you want it to keep going, do the ritual again in due time.

Telepathy-
Everyone is a psychic, whether they believe it or not. Anyone can do magick, but only those with the knowledge and will can control it. Have you every said the same thing at the same times as another person does, without any reason why?

Have you had a song stuck in your head for no reason, then later someone else starts singing or humming the same song? This is a form of telepathy: reading other people's thoughts, even from a distance.

To develop this is not easy, but it will come with patience and practice. Below are a few methods of working telepathy.

Method One:
Stare at someone, not letting them know you are doing this, and clear your mind. Try to push out all thoughts and emotions, or simply visualize a black wall. The first thing you see, feel or think may be the thoughts of that person. Keep doing this for some time, then try it on someone you know. Ask them what it was they were thinking about.

Method Two:
Lay down and close your eyes. Visualize someone you know, not where they are or what they are doing, just them. Imagine their Third Eye (the third eye is in the lower center part of the forehead, just above and between the eyes) open up and visualize yourself traveling into that third eye.

At that point, blank your mind and let the thoughts, feelings and visualizations take over. This is one of the best methods. This is a form of Black Magick, but used in a positive way, it can be converted to White Magick. You can place thoughts, feelings, and hallucinations into someone's mind.

It takes quite some time to master this, but it can become a very easy yet powerful tool. Telepathy can be used to find things out or place thoughts into someone's mind. "Black" Witches use this to curse and control people, while "White" Witches use it to heal and comfort people. There are many other ways of using Telepathy, but what I have shown above is the easiest and most effective.

Psychic Workings:

Psychic workings is a form of Divination. Witches mostly use this to read a person, it can be done anywhere at any time. This practice becomes helpful when meeting someone new, dating, etc. It is very simple and takes real no practice, no steps and no tools, need is one : the most easy and effective.

Reading:

Get within five to eight feet of the person you wish to read. Visualize that black wall again. Clear your mind of all else. At that point, whatever you see, feel or think is accurate. The reason why this works is because we give off the energies of our souls. As many personas as we put on, this energy of our souls is the real us. We cannot hide from this. When you use this technique, you are pulling in that persons energies for just a moment and letting go. That moment is all you need.

Divination:

Divination is the correct term for reading the past, present and future. There are so many forms of it, I cant list them all. From the course thus far, you have learned tow divinations: Wax and Water, and Mirror Divination. The next step is to design your own set of reading stones.

Reading Stones:

Reading Stones have been used by practitioners of the craft for many centuries. Little is taught about them these days, even though they work better than tarot cards. Some call these stones "Runes". In a related way they are. You can use the stones to ask questions, read the past, present or future.

Draw a small symbol that you will recognize for every word that follows: love, money, trouble, death, luck, protection, peace, worry, family, friends, power, travel, health, inspiration, perfection, anger, Happiness, lust, evil, home, animal, karma, intuition, male, female,
child, work, pain, pleasure, trap,

You will need to find or buy 30 flat stones, along with 26 flat stones for the letters of the alphabet. (total=56) Paint all of your symbols and the alphabet letters on the stones. Keep your stones in some kind of basket, but be sure to keep the symbols separated from the alphabet.

Consecrate your stones by following the steps: STEP ONE, STEP TWO, STEP THREE, & STEP FOUR.

Using The Stones:

Perform Step One & Step Two. Light some Divination incense. Hold your palms up over the basket and visualize glowing white. Chant for 5 minutes, " Astral ones hear me, bring your sight to me." Ask your question.

Take the basket and shake it. Let the stones fall to the ground. Red only the stones that fall face up and only those that touch each other.

(Example: Female touching peace and home might mean a female has made the home peaceful. Trouble touching work and money might mean poverty or someone is getting fired soon. Female touching power and intuition might mean she is a Witch., etc.)

If you need more information: Place your hands over the alphabet basket and visualize the basket glowing white. Chant the same chant and shake the basket. Let the stones fall to the ground. Read only the stones that fall face up. ( you many need to interpret them.)

Examples: aerfclu= careful, pelh= help, bok= book, etc.)

Perform Step Three.

Tarot cards are also useful but that in itself is a complete course. If you must use Tarot cards, remember two big tips. Use your intuition and first impression of the cards.

 Traveling & Working In The Astral World

The astral world is where we go when we die. It is not heaven or hell. It is not an eternal paradise or eternal damnation, but there are lower astral places that so-called "demons" inhabit.

The astral plane is energy. It is where all of our thoughts and dreams both come from and go to, and we too will one day end up there. It is a place that is exactly what we believe it is- nothing more nothing less.

This is why some who have near death experiences believe that they have seen Jesus, find themselves roaming around their body, or see dead relatives. What you believe is what you will see and experience. Believing that a pleasant existence will follow your human life eases your fears and gives you peace, believing that your consciousness will be stuck with your body in the coffin will get you just that. You too will see what you need to.

Ghosts are souls who made it to the astral world. All souls must go to the astral world, there are no lost souls, but for whatever reason, they have returned to our plane. Some are evil and some are not. The evil ones can gain enough astral energy to affect our plane, causing destruction or disruption.

The positive ones try to help their grieving loved ones, or whatever they might choose. Most of us have had an astral soul or ghost around without even knowing it. It is very common for souls to return.

The easiest way to see the astral plane is to dream. Dreams are the essence that your mind uses to connect to the astral plane. You can have experiences and even meet other entities there, Through dreams, you may see the future or astral souls who open these up for you, bringing you knowledge that you might need.

To effectively venture and work in the astral world, you need to master astral meditation. Presuming you have been meditating for some time now, you are ready to replace your old mediation with this new one.

The reason for this is that you are now initiated and have been practicing for some time. You need to make strong contact with the astral world. This mediation, used as STEP ONE, will attune the astral world to your work and the benefits tenfold.

Astral meditation is now Step One.

Astral Meditation-

Choose a quiet place and have a robe ready. ( you can make or buy a robe, any color you choose) From now on, whenever you do any ritual, spell or ceremony, wear this robe. Put on the robe while saying, "

Astral light hear me." If you have chosen a God and/or Goddess, say their name(s) now. If you have not chosen a God and/or Goddess, simply say, " Deities, spirits, and powers that be, hear me." Sit on the floor and close your eyes. Visualize a bright white light shooting down from the skies into your third eye.

Visualize your whole body glowing. Repeat this visualization for each of the following colors. Red, blue, green, brown, orange, purple, pink, and black. Open your eyes and say, " I call the powers, I lead the way." Clap your hands and say, " So mote it be".

To travel or work in the astral world, perform your astral meditation before the words " So mote it be." State what you want to see or know about the astral world. Go to sleep, but keep a pen and paper next to your bed so you can write down what your dreams revealed to you, that will be your answer. You should be able to effectively do this the first time you try.

Evoking Deities, Spirits And Elementals

This chapter is one of the most feared and honored subjects in Witchcraft. Evoking means to call deities and spirits to appear before you. You never have to do this if you choose not to. Make sure that you are ready to do this if you do in fact choose so. You must be initiated and have been practicing the craft for at least three months.

Some Witches take ten or more years to reach this point. Some say that this is dangerous. The only dangers involved are your fears and beliefs. If you believe that something can happen ( whether good or bad), It can. Take this to heart and don't play with evocation; use it only in extreme cases.

Some Witches evoke spirits before ceremonies and rituals. You choose why you wish to do this. I am merely teaching this to you because this is a complete course in Witchcraft and evocation is part of it.

You will need:
1. evoking incense ( wormwood & basil)
2. soil or dirt from a graveyard
3. a compass Setup- Use your normal altar setup and place the items for the evocation anywhere you choose.