Furie - Spellcasting: Beyond the Basics

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Spellcasting Beyond the Basics: The Next Steps to Better Magic 2016 by Michael Furie.

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Names: Furie, Michael, 1978

Title: Spellcasting beyond the basics : the next steps to better magic /

Michael Furie.

Description: Woodbury : Llewellyn Worldwide, Ltd, 2016. | Includes

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To Dray, to my family and my friends, many
thanks for the love, support, and advice. Blessed be.

Contents

Part One: Magical Theory

: Know Your Magic

: Know Yourself

: Know the World

: Know the Heavens

: Know Your Craft

Part Two: Magical Practice

: Protection

: Divination and Psychic Development

: Love Magic Taken to the Next Level

: Money Magic Taken to the Next Level

: Allies and Helpers

: Healing

: Defensive Magic

: Weather Magic

Part Three: Ingredients & Recipes

: Magical Recipe Book

Introduction

I n my previous book, Spellcasting for Beginners, the basics of magic were explainedwhat magic is and a variety of spells designed to harness and direct that power. While this is not exactly a direct sequel to that book, it does venture a bit beyond the basics. It isnt necessary to be a practicing Witch or even to have read my earlier work, but it is a good idea to know basic magical procedures such as casting a circle, setting up an altar, dressing candles, and timing magic according to the moon phases. Experience with things like candle spells and visualization is helpful too. Even still, I have tried to incorporate enough basic material to offer a starting place for any practitioner so that Spellcasting: Beyond the Basics is wholly inclusive in itself.

This book goes deeper into the practice, answering such questions as: How does magic really work? and How do I work with familiars? It includes further expansion of the structure of ritual, how to really do things like psychic influence using a scrying mirror as a window to the Otherworld, and how to become truly spiritually centeredprobably the most important goal of any spiritual practice. This book also contains loads of new spells and rituals that were a bit too advanced for a beginners book. The text is not only a deeper exploration of the material presented in previous work, but also a foray into other areas of magical life such as remote viewing and why Witches work outdoor rituals around bonfires and trees.

Topics that will be covered include such things as merging with the elements, shifting consciousness through the different brainwave levels from beta down through to delta; how the stars, planets, and zodiac can play significant roles in spell work; ancient metaphysical laws and tenets concerning the natures of energy and matter; and how to use all this knowledge for the benefit of yourself and others. Lesser used practices such as sending out etheric tendrils, creating a nocturnal servitor, and weather magic (often considered taboo) are covered with working methods as well as the potential goals for these techniques. Both protective and defensive magic are examined as well as healing and strengthening work, psychic development and divination, and of course the two most (arguably) frequent magical goalslove and money.

This book is divided into three parts: magical theory, magical practice, and ingredients and recipes. As magic is a natural art that uses spiritual forces, the magical theory section covers topics such as the different forms of manifestation work; techniques for self-awareness and meditation; altered states of con sciousness; connecting to the natural world; planetary and stellar information; and the Hermetic laws that aim to describe how matter, energy, and thought operate within the universe and how this knowledge can be used in magical practice. The beauty is that once these lessons are taken to heart, even the simplest spell becomes a more advanced working as the way magic is approached becomes fuller and richer in depth.

The section on magical practice covers all the practical techniques and spells with chapters divided by intention. There are classic rituals and methods included as well as special spells such as the Princess and the Pea ritual and the Elements of Self-Esteem rite to provide a variety of options for different magical goals.

The final section includes the recipes and herbal information for the different oils, incenses, and potions called for in the books spells and rituals. Following is a Latin name (scientific genus species) cross reference, a full index, and bibliography. If you have practiced magic for a while and find yourself yearning for moreexpansion into the wider magical worldI hope you will find this a welcome guide.

Part One

Magical Theory

This section moves into intermediate magical training topics such as timing, intent, emotion, focus, energy raising, and projection. It also covers broader topics such as integrating magic into our regular lives and how to shift our consciousness into different brainwave states at will. Planetary magic, natural laws, aura viewing, transplanting of consciousness, and the structure of ritual is covered in this section, but before we can understand how to best use the variety of energy and power at our fingertips, we must first know the ways in which magic brings about manifestation.