Magic When You Need It

brown paper specified in many spells; buy a pack of lunch bags or use supermarket shopping bags that you've cut to size.

book's spells suggest invocations or incantations. Use them if they feel comfortable and natural for you, and if they accurately convey your sentiments. It's crucial that you never feel silly, self-conscious or foolish at any point during your spell. Change the words if you like, so that they more accurately and intensely express your desires. Speak simply, clearly, and concisely. Your words need not wax poetic or rhyme.

hese components include colors, numbers, words, stones and botanicals, plus the elements: Air, earth, fire, and water.
Words hold tremendous power: choose them carefully and thoughtfully. Some of this

, something like the proverbial chemical reaction

When in doubt, access your intuition!

: Be prepared! Perform prevention spells before emergencies arise.

Disasters that have already occurred.
Potential disasters.
Therefore, spells are either reactive or preventative.

Magic performed to increase something (hair or money, for example) is best timed to begin with the waxing moon, the New Moon.
Magic seeking to decrease or lose something (like debts or bad neighbors) is best timed to coincide with the waning moon, so start at the Full Moon.

Any time is the right time to perform emergency magic.

inger over spells. To give your intuition freedom to reveal your magical solutions, allow yourself as much space and quiet as possible. Once you've initiated a spell, pay special attention to your dreams, the context where inspiration so often appears and where prayers are often answered.