Tried and True Methods that Work!

By Aliesha DeLacy

When we cast a spell, we are making a statement to the Universe, exclaiming that we want a certain something. We cast a

circle, light candles, perhaps chant the name of a God or Goddess, smudge ourselves with incense, and we expect results.

I have found two ways to maximize my results with spellwork, which I would like to share with you here.

Method 1: Flood Yourself With Your Desire

Flooding yourself with your desire means that it becomes your total focus. Your desire becomes your Magnificent

Obsession! If, for example, you have cast a spell to lose weight, there are several things you can do to maximize your

results. Firstly, you can make up a "Treasure Map" of success. Buy a large piece of colored cardboard, and cut out

pictures from magazines of fit people or articles about fitness and exercise. Find a photograph of how you look now and

paste that onto the page as well. For the centre, we will be focusing on what you want - which is a slim body. Mark the

centre in red, bold text with a huge X. Just below that, paste a picture of how you used to look, or draw a picture of how

you want to look. If you don't have very good drawing skills, cut a picture out of a magazine, and paste your face onto the

body. It doesn't have to be absolutely perfect. What you are doing is giving yourself visual cues. Every time you look at

your Treasure Map (place it onto a wall in your bedroom if possible, so you can see it every day when you wake up) you

are reminding yourself of what you want.

Next phase is writing down your desire. What exactly is it you want? Write it in your notebook or journal three times a

day. You can do this after breakfast, after lunch, and then before you go to bed. If you can do it first thing of a morning,

instead of after breakfast, that is even better. Before bed, and fresh out of bed in the morning, means you are still dopey,

and you can impress your desire upon a still sleepy conscious mind. This way, you are less likely to get any arguments

from yourself!

Always phrase your sentences in the positive. Make sure you leave out negative words such as "not" "no", or "don't".

Saying, "I will no longer eat chocolate" is not phrased as positively as it could be. Instead, try saying, "I desire healthy

foods only."

Remember to focus on what you want, not on what you don't want. That will help you phrase things a lot easier.

Therefore, even when you're framing a sentence such as, "I will no longer eat chocolate", you are still focusing on what

you don't want.

Third phase is read about what you want. Make sure your reading material is going to keep you focused on your desire.

Books by Anthony Robbins, or other self-help books that focus on the positive, are excellent. Read magazines that focus

on weight loss stories or fitness. If you're watching TV, try to mute any advertisements that have to do with food, or better

still, walk out of the room when the ads come on. That way, you get a bit of exercise as well!

Fourth and last phase is meditating upon your desire. In NLP, raising the eyes upwards and to the left means you are

remembering something from your past. You can use this as a tool to remember the way you were when you were slim. So

you can use open-eyed meditation to give yourself these cues to help you reach your goal faster. Or, you can construct an

image of how you want to be, and when you have that in mind, raise your eyes upwards and to the right. This is another

NLP cue.

You can use all the above in your spell work as well. You can have the Treasure Map in front of you when you start your

spell. After you've lit your candles, cast the circle, invoked the God/Goddess, you can then sit down in your sacred circle

and proceed to write in your notebook. You could also read a magick book while still in the circle about how magick works

or take another book and read that for half an hour. And before you close the circle down, meditate, using the NLP cues.

If you keep your focus on your desire, you are raising your vibrational levels, and that desire moves closer to you each

day.

The Second Way To Maximise Results

The second way of maximizing results is to do nothing. Yes, that's right. Sometimes, this may be the only thing that works.

If you're the kind of person who obsesses endlessly over things and worries, and the first method does not work for you,

then this method just might.

When you cast a spell, you are, in effect, placing a desire at the feet of the Great Spirit, stating what you want and then

having the expectations that it will come to pass. Using the first method helps you along in that desire, as you are focusing

on all the good things regarding your desire. The second method is for those who cannot focus on the good - you know,

the kind of people who always worry.

Some people need to just do the spellwork once and walk away. The hard part to this method is that you need to forget

about your desire, once the spell has been completed. If you keep thinking about it, and wondering how the Universe will

deliver your desire to you, you are not honouring the natural order of things. That's like asking your Mother for a bike this

Christmas, and instead of trusting her and knowing that your bike will be under the tree on Christmas Day, you bug her

every single day asking her how she will go about obtaining the bike. Or when will it be arriving. Or has she placed the

order yet? Or will she get the right color? You get the picture.

The Box Technique

So, with this method, you will be casting the spell once, and once only. Then you cannot think about your spell, or the

desired outcome. You must completely forget it, drop all expectations, do not talk about it, and just trust that the Universe

is working in its own way in its own time.

Cast the spell and put your heart and soul into it. Have a box handy that you have prepared beforehand and write down

your desire in ink. If you are casting your spell on a particular planetary day, use the color associated with that day. Gather

other things to place inside your box, such as corresponding herbs, metals, crystals, etc. Visualize your desire coming to

pass, and before the spell is over, place everything inside the box, and seal it with the wax from one of your altar candles.

You then need to put this box aside where you cannot see it and leave it be. Know that your spell has already been

successful.

Both of these methods have worked for me time and time again. For the most part, I use the first method, but when I feel I

might obsess over something because I have a time limit, or just can't seem to focus properly, the second method never

fails me.

Good luck!