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The Ultimate Book of Spells is essential
reference for anyone wishing to take
control of their lives and become
confident in the art of spell making.
The book includes over 250 spells
and techniques, covering every
aspect of life and spiritual
development. Whether it is creating
opportunities for love, doubling
your money or protecting your
teenage daughter, there is a spell
for everyone.
With sections on the folkloric
history of magic, astrology,
divination and mysticism, The
Ultimate Book of Spells provides the
reader with a complete background
to the art of magic. The complex
social and cultural influence of
spells is revealed, as well as their
power to enrich and transform
modern lives.
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A complete guide to using magic
to improve your life and the
world around you
Pamela J. Ball
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This edition published in 2007 by Arcturus Publishing Limited
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Contents
INTRODUCTION 6-7 MYSTICISM AND MAGIC 170
Exploring Mysticism 171
FOLKLORE 8 Neo-Alexandrian Hermeticism 171
Festivals and Feasts 9 Gnosticism 171
Geomancy 14 Kabbalah 173
Feng Shui 14 Philosophia Occulta 174
Sacred Geometry 17 Alchemy 174
Rosicrucianism 176
PRINCIPLES AND COMPONENTS 18 Hermetic Order of the
Defining Magic 19 Golden Dawn 176
What is a Spell? 20 Shamanism 177
Different Types of Magic 23 Celtic Religions 184
Working Magically 24 Druidism 187
Components of Magical African Religions 190
Working 27 Witchcraft and Wicca 193
Deities and their
ASTROLOGY 90 Worship 205
Astrological Power 91 Paganism 224
MAGIC AND DIVINATION 100 SPELLS PREPARATION 226
Spiritual Development 101 Getting the Best from your
Divination 101 Spells 227
The Tarot 102
Playing Cards 112 COMPENDIUM 252
Crystal Gazing 117 Friendship, Love and
Scrying 119 Relationships 253
Dowsing 121 Health, Healing and Wellbeing 267
Psychometry 122 Money, Luck and Career 287
Palmistry 124 Protection 301
Numerology 131 A Pot-Pourri of Spells 317
I Ching 135
Dice 143 MAGICAL DREAMING 328
Runes 145 Inspired Dreaming 329
The Ogham Alphabet 153
Tea Leaves 160 CONCLUSION 349
The Oracles 167
Phrenology 169 LIST OF SPELLS AND TECHNIQUES 350
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Introduction
The desire to change and improve that which
we have has been around for many thousands
of years, if not since man first walked the earth.
Magic and spell working have always been a
part of that, and indeed still are today. Anyone
who practises any form of magic, including
spell working, needs to be grounded. This
means having both feet firmly planted in reality
and also having a basic knowledge of what
magic is and is not, what spells can and can’t do
and what – with practice – you can do with the
tools, information and knowledge you have.
This book sets out to give you that information
in as succinct a manner as possible.
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INTRODUCTION
THE FIRST SECTION tells how magic and Before we show you how to use your dreams
folklore are intertwined and have been to achieve and/or enhance your magical results
since antiquity, whilst the second defines there is the spells compendium to give you a
magic and its different types, spells, and the taste of what it all means. Although there are
various components and tools necessary for many spells and techniques sprinkled liberally
magical working. A basic knowledge of throughout the book, in the compendium they
astrology is tremendously helpful in knowing are laid out in categories, these being
when to perform magic and when to cast spells, Friendship, Love and Relationships; Health,
as well as how to understand people, and the Healing and Wellbeing; Money, Luck and
next section gives information on astrology, Career and Protection. Some spells do not fit
particularly Western, including the Sun signs, easily into these categories, so there is also a
planets and houses. section called Potpourri which will help to
We then introduce and explain the importance widen your perspective still further.
of divination and spiritual development in Each spell has an introductory paragraph
magical working. Divination was originally an with information as to what type of spell it is,
attempt to discover what the gods intended the best time to carry it out and which
for mankind, not just a way of reading the discipline it comes from (if known). We then tell
future. The methods we have included are far- you what you will need: candles, incense,
ranging and cross many cultures. from the special tools or objects, then give you the
Ogham Alphabet in Norse culture to the Tarot method to use. Some spells require incantations,
with its roots in Egyptian magic, taking in such some invocations and others simple actions to
things as scrying, palmistry and phrenology make them work, and this is laid out for you.
along the way. Lastly we tell you what to expect; results can be
Next we come to Mysticism and Magic which unpredictable, and sometimes conspicuous by
delves into the myriad spiritual beliefs that their absence.
allow us to practise magic. Again spanning If a spell doesn’t work for you in the way that
many, many years you learn a little about the we have suggested, it might be that your
thinking behind magic, among other things intended result does not fit into the overall
how the Jewish Kabbalah has given rise to scheme of things. Do try it again on another
many magical principles, how and why occasion and use your intuition to decide what
alchemy developed into the sciences and what might be changed or adjusted to suit your
part shamanism plays in our understanding of personality. Have confidence in yourself and
spell making today. never be afraid to experiment.
Spell making is such an individual craft that Popular acceptance of magical powers and
nobody can or indeed should be so bold as to spell making will always be mixed. Some
try to tell others what to do. However, in some people will accept unquestioningly, others will
areas it is useful to receive guidance and we search for alternative causes and others still
next cover how to prepare yourself and your will remain concerned by the manifestation of
working area (sacred space). Following this are such powers. For some people these powers are
the best times and correspondences for spell part of everyday life and it is for each
working, particularly astrological and colour. individual to decide whether or not they wish
Finally in this section, we advise on the best to develop and use them.
ways for constructing your spell and rituals It now merely remains for us to wish you
also showing you how to record your methods health, wealth and happiness and the hope that
and results. you enjoy your spell work and its results!
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Folklore
The majority of people who are new to spell
working will acknowledge that for them common
sense backed up by practical action is normally
more productive than theoretical or mystical
thinking. In magical working, as in everyday life,
when we have to handle a wide range of
circumstances, common sense in dealing with
them will normally produce the best results.
However, when we are confronted with the
unusual or difficult, or are faced by extreme
anxiety, even the most practical-minded among us
will theorize in order to make sense of what is
happening. We have not moved such a long way
since those times, in the distant past, when our
ancestors and people around the world routinely
believed that if the crops failed then the gods must
be angry. Practices carried out then are still with
us in the form of many of the festivals and feasts,
which still have relevance in the societies where
they began. Some of you may choose not to use
the spells in this section, but they do offer a return
to basics and give fascinating insights into how
our ancestors dealt with everyday challenges.
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FOLKLORE
Festivals and therefore became agents of this assimilation
process. The mixing of liturgical, medical and
folklore medicine was a whole medley of ideas
Feasts
as to how nature functioned.
The line between these ideas was very unclear
– rite blended into medical practice or was
FOLKLORISTS BELIEVE THAT the first festivals mixed with apparently magical, and certainly
arose because of the anxieties of early ceremonial, pre-Christian practices. This
peoples who did not understand the coming together is evident in a charm ritual for
forces of nature and wished to placate them. blessing the land, the Aecerbot ritual, which
The people noted the times and seasons when was performed yearly and is still retained
food was plentiful or not and reacted centuries later on Plough Monday (usually the
accordingly. Harvest and thanksgiving festivals, first Monday after Epiphany – 6 January).
for instance, are a relic from the times when Originally an Anglo-Saxon fertility ritual, it
agriculture was the primary livelihood for the was gradually Christianized. In this agricultural
majority. Festivals also provided an opportunity – or field – remedy for witchcraft, four pieces of
for the elders to pass on knowledge and the turf were taken from the four corners of the land,
meaning of tribal lore to younger generations along with other agricultural products such as
and give them the opportunity to let off steam fruit, honey, herbs and milk as well as holy water.
in an acceptable yet controlled way. Certain words (such as ‘grow’ and ‘increase’)
General agreement exists that the most were said in Latin over these goods. The
ancient festivals and feasts were associated with individual turfs were then anointed and blessed
planting and harvest times or with honouring along with the fruits of the farmer’s labour, taken
the dead. These have come down to us in to church and placed carefully under the altar.
modern times as celebrations with some The priest then said four masses over the altar.
religious overtones. Harvest festivals are still The turf was placed back in the ground before
carried out in many Christian churches and sunset, along with four crosses marked with
celebrate the fullness of the harvest. Among the the name of the Apostles. Similar words and
most attractive are the harvest-home festivals in prayers to those above were said, including a
Britain where, in the autumn, parish churches specially written prayer calling on God, the
are decorated with flowers, fruits and vegetables. earth and heavens to help in bringing forth the
Harvest suppers where a community join power of the earth for a successful crop. The
together to celebrate the bountiful harvest have ritual was closed by the owner of the field
their beginnings in the pagan beliefs of the three turning around three times while reciting
harvest sabbats (Lughnasadh, Mabon and Christian prayers. There followed a similar
Samhain) belonging to the Wheel of the Year. ritual for blessing the plough using herbs and
You will find techniques for celebrating these in other sacred items. The strong similarities to
the section on the Sabbats on pages 196-204. the rites calling upon Mother Earth and the Sun
God in pre-Christian rituals are quite marked.
The meeting of pagan and Christian Historic customs are often perpetuated in
Ways of dealing with problems within the seasonal festivals. One example is Homstrom
community, which used a blend of Christian (celebrated on the first Sunday in February),
and pagan rituals, was partly a product of the which is an old Swiss festival exulting in the end
interaction between Christianity and paganism. of winter with the burning of straw people as
Pagan belief demanded rituals that appeased symbols of the end of Old Man Winter or the Old
their gods while Christian thought required God. A similar sort of festival has recently been
that there was a focus on only one God. This revived in Scotland round Lammas-tide.
meant that such rituals belonging to the Wheel Following the success of the 1970s film The
of the Year had to be accommodated into a Wicker Man, which highlighted an ancient pagan
more acceptable framework. The local clergy festival, today this gathering has been given new
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