Witchcraft: Daily Practice - Day 3

What Is Stopping You?

Something that you might find useful is to take a look at what is stopping you from moving forward with your spiritual journey. Even if you are just beginning rather than reconnecting, it can be helpful to make sure no obstacles are blocking your path before you start. You cannot bring in all the good stuff if you are carrying around lots of baggage; there simply will not be any room.

Work with releasing and clearing herbs, plants or crystals. These can be made into a spell pouch to carry with you or pop on your altar. They can be given as offerings on your altar, too, or used as a focus each day to help you let go and release blockages on your spiritual journey. Cleansing and releasing foods can obviously be eaten with the intent, but some of them are also useful in spell working.

Releasing and Cleansing Spell

My go-to type of spell is candle magic, so here I have included a spell working structure for you to pick and mix to create your own releasing spell. Tailor it to suit you and what items you have to hand.

You will need:

A spell candle in black or white.

A candle holder.

Matches or a lighter.

Carrier oil for dressing the candle, such as coconut, sesame, or almond.

Dried herbs from the suggested list above.

A needle, skewer or knife to carve.

Petition paper.

Pen.

•             Carve a symbol into your candle to represent letting go; a waning crescent moon or the water element triangle work.

•             Dress your candle with oil, rubbing the oil from the bottom of the candle up towards the top to indicate releasing energy.

•             Roll your dressed candle in crushed herbs after charging them with your intent to release and let go.

•             Set your candle in a safe holder.

•             Take your petition paper and write your intent, something along the lines of ‘I release and let go that which holds me back and no longer serves me, allowing me to move forward with positive energy’.

•             Fold the paper and slip it under the candle holder.

•             Light the wick and sit watching the flame; visualise any blockages disappearing and old stagnant emotions and bad cycles being released.

•             You could say a chant at this point, perhaps: ‘Flame and fire, this candle release, purify now, and my worries decrease, teach me how to just let go, with this magic I will go with the flow’.

•             Say the chant six times.

•             Work the spell on a waning moon phase or at sunset to boost the energy.

•             Saturday is the best day of the week for banishing and cleansing.

•             Allow the candle to burn out safely.