Ora North - Mood Magick: Wellness Spells and Rituals to Find Balance in an Uncertain World

Many of the clients I work with are looking for new and alternative exercises they can integrate into their life to help them feel more connected to themselves and the world around them. Ora Norths book, Mood Magick , guides readers through beautifully conscious activities that can help them to ground back into their life using the world that is naturally surrounding them.

Elizabeth Earnshaw , LMFT , owner of A Better Life Therapy, therapist at Actually, and author of I Want This to Work

YES! Finally, a book on magic that implements the most important aspect of our existence: the human body and everything that comes with that. I believe this is the one and only way to being successful in life, and Ora did an extraordinary job in writing this amazing book: clear, hands-on, and magical. A must-have!

Bara Cerna / Soviet Mercedes , money witch, demon whisperer, and international dominatrix

We are living through one of the most pivotal chapters in the more-than-human story. Now, more than ever, we need practices and poetry that remind us that magick is not only real, but the very medicine necessary for the disconnection that ails us. Ora North eloquently offers medicinal mood magick as an accessible and timely remedy to many of the common ills of modernity, and, to that end, this book is absolutely an essential read.

Danielle Dulsky , author of The Holy Wild , Seasons of Moon and Flame , and The Sacred Hags Oracle

Ora has delivered yet another powerful book that offers earth-based wisdom and a concrete set of practices for those seeking to create safety, steadiness, and sustainability in our overwhelming world. I will highly recommend this book and its empowering rituals to my clients as a foundation to their mental health and spiritual wellness routines.

Pamela Kowal , MS , LMFT , licensed marriage and family therapist, integrative psychotherapist, and soul mentor

Ora Norths beautifully written book, Mood Magick , is a unique compendium of spells and rituals for novice and advanced magickal practitioners. Im grateful Norths book is geared to readers with mental health challenges, especially since I have bipolar disorder. Yet, Mood Magick benefits anyone interested in exploring simple, powerful, elemental magick. North inspires one to reengage with life through thoughtfully designed witchcraft ranging from grounding and healing to creativity and passion. Mood Magick is a brilliant, innovative work!

Dyane Harwood , author of Birth of a New Brain

Ora North has done it againlike her last book, I Dont Want to Be an Empath Anymore , Mood Magick is an instant classic. Its grounded, accessible, kind, and written for the spirit of the timeshow to take care of ourselves in a world that often overwhelms us with information, sensory input, and unprecedented responsibilities for our survival. Anyone can benefit from integrating these rituals and practices into their everyday lives.

Arden Leigh , creator of The Re-Patterning Project, and frontwoman of Arden & the Wolves

Mood Magick tackles the thorny problem of mental health and magick when the world is filled with anxiety and uncertainty. Oras teachings are openhearted and practical, grounded in esoteric philosophy while being accessible and fun. These are bits of wisdom we should all learn when growing up to navigate the difficulties of life, but few of us do. Use the teaching of Mood Magick to find an ever-shifting balance in these challenging times.

Christopher Penczak , author of the Temple of Witchcraft series; The Casting of Spells ; and Buddha , Christ , Merlin

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: North, Ora, author.

Title: Mood magick : wellness spells and rituals to find balance in an uncertain world / Ora North.

Description: Oakland, CA : New Harbinger Publications, [2022]

Identifiers: LCCN 2021036238 | ISBN 9781684038909 (trade paperback)

Subjects: LCSH: Witchcraft. | Magic.

Classification: LCC BF1566 .N67 2022 | DDC 133.4/46--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021036238

Contents

Introduction

Witches have captured our imaginations for hundreds of years as wildly varying archetypes of healers, monsters, empowered feminists, evildoers, chosen ones, and mystics. Being able to span such a contradictory spectrum of morality proves just how powerful the archetype of the witch really is, even if we cant seem to nail down one solid definition or character. The witchs prevalence also hints at how accessible the power of the witch is to all of us, even if we cant quite figure out how to approach it.

For the purpose of this book, I describe witches as those who have a special connection to the elements of nature and choose to harness the elements powers and energies to understand the world and to create change. Witches are elemental philosophers with a scientists curiosity to understand and then apply. Although there are many different types of witches who focus on certain elements, practices, or deities, their goaltransformationis the same. Witches can have a solitary practice or practice with a group, often called a coven. There are many intricate hierarchies and training groups for witchcraft, but you dont need to be in a formal coven to use the tenets of witchcraft to improve your life and create peace and wellness. Wherever youre starting from is the perfect place to start.

The one thing that most people can agree on when it comes to the witch archetype is that the witch uses magick. How people perceive magick is often how they define what a witch is, and this is where some can get really hung up on concern or fear. I would ask that if you feel any resistance or fear of magick, keep an open mind to what Im about to tell you: magick may not be what you think it is.

Magick is a far more intimate and imaginative art than simply conjuring spells or calling upon spirits. More than anything else, the practice of ritual is a psychological practice, similar to meditation, prayer, poetry, or therapy. Ritual encourages you to reflect on your feelings and creatively make physical symbols of those internal feelings and experiences, thus connecting whats inside of you to whats outside of you in the world. This not only integrates your inner and outer worlds but it also creates a deeper understanding of your purpose and place in the world as both a spiritual being and a physical being. Its the basis of the magickal phrases As above, so below and As within, so without.

Magick is metaphor made real. Its feeling our sadness as water and pouring a chalice into the earth to represent the grounding of our feelings into stability. Its the realization that if we lack passion, we can light a candle and work with the flame to reignite our hearts. Its a practice of imagination, creativity, and spirit. Magick allows us to tell stories, even in very small ways, that connect us to our bodies and our internal worlds. By creating symbols of our feelings and experiences in our internal worlds and bringing them into the physical world through ritual, we bring those metaphors to life. We create magick. We shift the way we interact with the world, and in turn, the way the world interacts with us.