Practical Magic for Beginners

Brandy Williams is a Wiccan high priestess, a Pagan Magician, and a Tantric yogini. She is an elder in Coven of the Mystical Merkabah, which was founded in 1984. She has worked with the Golden Dawn group Temple of Light and Darkness and with Ordo Templi Orientis. She meets regularly with the Theurgy Forum hosted by Hercules Invictus, which brings teachers of theurgy together in public conversation. Currently she studies Shri Vidya with a private teacher. She teaches at magical conferences in person around the country and virtually around the world. She is also a master gardener and lives with two partners, three cats, and a dog. Visit her online at www.BrandyWilliamsAuthor.com.

"Easy to follow, this useful volume will aid anyone who wants to master the basics of practical magic."—Publishers Weekly"The key to magic is not talking or reading about it, but actually putting it into practice. In Practical Magic for Beginners, Brandy Williams presents the techniques and methods to do rituals and spells without focusing on any particular magical tradition, philosophy, or spiritual path. This makes Williams' book an ideal introduction to all of the basic concepts used in magic, including energy work, divination, and psychic development. "—Donald Michael Kraig, author of Modern Magick"The book is packed with practical exercises and practical, straightforward advice. Recommended to all beginners, as well as those of you with some experience, but who are finding it difficult to get results from the spells and rituals you are doing."—Avalonia.co.uk

• List of Exercises xi Introduction 1 Introduction to Practical Magic Introduction to the Author 4 ONE Moving Energy 9 TWO Expanding the Senses 19 Journals 23 THREE Sight 25 FOUR Sound 35 FIVE Feeling and Movement 47 SIX Using All the Senses  61 Be Here Now  62 Memory  62 Dreamwork  64 Psychic Development  67 Innerspace  72 SEVEN Working with Energy Fields  79 EIGHT Energies of Objects  93 Handling Objects  93 Cleansing  95 Charging  99 NINE Energy for Protection  101 Warding  103 Cleaning and Charging a Warded Space  108 Dismantling Wards  110 TEN Elements and Planets  113 Planets  113 Elemental Energy  119 ELEVEN Magical Timing  125 TWELVE Magical Processes  139 Frazer's Laws  139 Polarity Magic  140 Synthema  141 Energy Return  141 Contents Divination  142 The Pyramid  146 Ritual Results  149 Statement of Intent  149 Types of Results  150 Future-Pacing  152 Have Faith in the Rite  153 Assessing the Results  154 Dare to Dream  156 Ritual Space and Tools  157 The Circle  157 Ritual Tools  160 Tool Storage and Permanent Altar  165 THE RITUALS  167 The Ritual Outline  169 Find a Home  177 Get a Job  181 Get a Job Now!  186 Support of Your Colleagues  188 Need Money Now!  191 Prosperity  193 Take a Trip  197 Go on a Journey  201 Circle of Friends  205 Control Time  209 For Justice  212 Emotional Healing  215 Protection  218 Physical Healing  221 Healing Another  224 A New Love  227 Sustain a Love  231 Release a Love  234 Creative Inspiration  237 Find a Spiritual Path  240 Afterword  245 Glossary  249 Bibliography  255 Index  261