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the season of autumn. This would maximize
    your ability to connect your intention to the proper flow
    of energy. It is not always possible (or advisable) to wait until the ideal season to cast a spell. Timing your rites
    according to the movements of the moon is sufficient.
    I’m merely pointing out that if ‘you’ve been meaning to
    quit smoking (or whatever) and you want to use magic
    as an aid in this and it happens to be October; you have
    the best conditions in which to work your spell. During
    a dark moon in winter, on the other hand, would be the
    ideal time to banish unwelcome entities or harmful peo-
    ple; to send them permanently away from you. The dark-
    est time (of both the moon and season) would maximize
    your banishing abilities. Don’t worry though, that type
    of magic is almost never needed. I’m not trying to scare
    anybody, I swear.
    Another effective means of magical timing is to work
    according to the days of the week. Each day of the week
    has specific planetary and magical associations attached
    to it.
    Monday: The day of the Moon. An excellent day for
    psychic and dream work and connecting to Goddess
    energy.
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    Tuesday: The day of Mars. A great day for any work
    involving conflict, force, male energy, and action.
    Wednesday: The day of Mercury. A day for
    communication, divination, learning and mental
    improvement.
    Thursday: The day of Jupiter. The best day to work
    for expansion, influencing people in positions of
    authority and good luck.
    Friday: the day of Venus. The ideal day for love, beauty and friendship magic.
    Saturday: The day of Saturn: The day for binding and grounding magic.
    Sunday: The day of the Sun. The best time for
    connecting to God energy, success and wealth
    magic, strength and healing.
    Magical timing is only the first step in the spell cast-
    ing process. Determining the spell you want to use and
    gathering all the necessary ingredients and supplies for it are the next steps.
    Supplies
    To create some of the recipes in this book, such as the oils, you will need basic cooking items such as a pot, a spoon
    and a sieve (preferably a metal one) and also, jars with
    tight-fitting lids. Some of the spells in this book call for a

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    cloth charm bag. These are not usually available in super-
    markets, but a lot of the larger food/pharmacy/automo-
    tive/housewares/everything-type stores also have a fabric
    section and all you need is a 3 to 6 inch square of fabric in the chosen color and some thread, yarn or cord to tie it up. Barring that, any of the charm bags called for in the
    spells can be substituted with plain cheesecloth which is
    widely available in most regular supermarkets.
    You will probably notice that I have not included any
    incense recipes in this book. The reason for this is that I really wanted the scope of this work to be limited to magical items that could be made and used with only ingredi-
    ents obtained from the supermarket and incense has to be
    burned on specialty charcoal blocks. Also, a lot of markets sell prepackaged stick and cone incense now that could be
    purchased in a compatible scent and used in conjunction
    with a given spell as desired. Lastly, if you would prefer to make your own incense, you can craft your own recipe out
    of the ingredient listings given at the end of each chap-
    ter or you can modify an oil recipe (omitting the oil and
    other wet ingredients) from this book to suit your needs.
    The spells included weren’t designed for use with incense, but it can always be included if desired.
    When gathering such ingredients as candles and fab-
    ric, the color chosen can be an important decision. Color
    can play an important role in helping to keep all the energies of your spell in alignment.
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    Colors of Magic
    In many spells, you will need to work with items; candles, cloths, threads, etc. of various colors in order to further focus your intent and charge your spell with added power.
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