Ellen Dugan - Practical Prosperity Magick: Crafting Success & Abundance

Llewellyn Publications

Woodbury, Minnesota

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Practical Prosperity Magick: Crafting Success & Abundance 2014 by Ellen Dugan.

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First e-book edition 2014

E-book ISBN: 9780738740041

Book design and editing by Rebecca Zins

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Cover design by Lisa Novak

Fourth Pentacle of Jupiter by Llewellyn Art Department

Interior graphic element from 1500 Decorative Ornaments
CD-ROM & Book (Dover Publications, 1995)

Tarot images from Witches Tarot by Ellen Dugan; illustrated by Mark Evans

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Contents

Earth: Foundations & Fundamental Knowledge

Air: Happiness & Success

Fire: Illumination,
Transformation & Manifestation

Water: Letting Prosperity Flow

Attracting Abundance

Good Luck Charms & Coin Magick

Removing Obstacles
to Your Success

Herbal & Crystal Magick for Abundance,
Good Luck & Prosperity

Practical Magick

Specific-Needs Spell Guide

Herbal, Crystal & Metal Correspondences for Prosperity

Acknowledgments

Writing a book is like embarking on a journey. You think you know where it will take you and what to expect, but often the reality is very different from what you envisioned. The journey can bring frustration, but there is also a chance for wonderful surprises and personal lessons.

I would like to thank the friends who kindly shared information and offered support while I was on this particular journey: Charlynn, Chris, Christopher, Clyde, Dawn, Ember, Ethan, Heather, Jeanne, Jennifer M., Robbie, Sarah, and Tess.

Thanks also to my trainer, Aaron, a soft-spoken young man who challenged me while smiling and who has taught me that success is possible in all areas of your lifeeven physical fitness. All you have to do is be willing to sweat and work hard.

A few words of appreciation to my editor, Rebecca Zins, and to the team up at Llewellyn: Elysia Gallo, Bill Krause, and Carl and Sandra Weschcke.

Finally, with love to my husband, Ken, and our three children, Kraig, Kyle, and Erin. Thanks for always supporting me and, most of all, for believing that I can do anything I set my mind to. Love ya!

To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children...to leave the world a better place...to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.

ralph waldo emerson

Introduction

All prosperity begins in the mind and is dependent only on the full use of our creative imagination.

Ruth rRoss

How did this practical book on prosperity magick come to be? Well, our story begins a few years ago with one frustrated and annoyed Witch getting out of the house to take a break by checking out seasonal Halloween decorations. I was aggravated at yet another delay with a writing project, and in order to preserve what was left of my sanity, I had decided that a change of scenery was called for. As it was early September, I knew that the stores would be chock-full of fun seasonal decorations. With thoughts of my familys upcoming annual gothic Halloween party, I went to the store to check out the Halloween dcorjust to look and cheer myself up.

That year in particular had been a tough one financially for my family. My husband had been laid off for six months, and the savings I had so carefully put away for taxes was wiped out to pay for little things like the mortgage, health insurance, the car payment, and groceries. My husband had finally found a new job with good benefits a few months prior, but he (like so many others in this economy) had to take a large pay cut. Money at home was beyond tight, and I had started to think that I might need to go out and look for a part-time seasonal job after my book tour was over in late October.

With out-of-state events looming in my schedule, I could not imagine a prospective employer being willing to work around an employee who could not work most weekends. Also, I had been writing full time for the past seven years; its a little tough to get a job when youve been out of the workforce for that longand then there was the whole well- known author who is a Witch thing

I decided that my best course of action was to promote my online classes. A few months prior I had opened up a little online shop selling our handmade pentacles and jewelry. They had done well for us. I remember pushing away from my computer desk at home that day in September and deciding that, since it was a Thursday and a waxing moon, it would be a great time to do a quick little prosperity spell. I knew my husband would be on board for it, so I included him as well.

In my mind I thought the spell would increase online class sales and we would acquire more wholesale orders for the pentacles, and that maybe the magick would snag my husband a pay raise. I quickly gathered my herbs from the garden, rounded up my supplies, and started composing a spell verse in my mind. I set up a seven-day candle with corresponding crystals and the fresh herbs. I tucked a recent pay stub from my husbands new job into the setup, added one of our handmade pentacles and a class transcript, and got ready to cast.

As I was worried about our finances and impatient to get the spell rolling, I worked my magick quickly. I recall vividly that I said, I am willing to work for the money, Goddesswhatever it takes to improve the money situation so we can catch up on these bills.