Arin Murphy-Hiscock - Spellcrafting: Strengthen the Power of Your Craft by Creating and Casting Your Own Unique Spells

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Contains material adapted from the following title published by Adams Media, an Imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc.: Power Spellcraft for Life by Arin Murphy-Hiscock, copyright 2005, ISBN 978-1-59337-272-9.

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As an experienced spellcrafter, you understand the basics of magic. You recognize the magical energies that flow through the world. You know how to use simple spells to create real change. But you may have reached a point where you want to know more, where you want to really understand the how and why behind each basic step. Now is the time to customize your magic and imbue your spells with the full power of your personal energies and desires. You are ready to begin crafting your own spells that are tailored to you and to your unique situation.

Spellcrafting will help you do all of this and more. Inside these pages, youll find an in-depth approach to connecting with natural energies, crafting and casting a spell of your own making, and mastering the optimal timing to cast your spell. Youll also learn how to raise your personal energy before your spell, establish a network of spellcasters, fine-tune and expand on a spell youve used in the past, and understand and use the complexities of spellcasting to suit your own unique needs.

At its core, spellcrafting is about reassessing your life, isolating the obstacles, and striking a new balanceall while drawing upon natural energies to achieve your goals. You cannot interact with the energy of the world on a daily basis and at the depth required by spellcrafting and not be changed by it. And, as your magic grows stronger, youll find that personalizing your spells only further empowers your practice, reflects your positive inner changes, and helps you evolve and grow into your best self.

To define the concept of a spell, lets look at what it isand what it isnt. In examining the basic steps involved, you can begin to understand the function and purpose of a spell. The popular areas usually addressed by spellcasting are introduced, as are suggestions for various creative uses of spells. Also explored are the many benefits and opportunities for growth and positive change within your life by crafting and casting spells.

Simply put, a spell is something you do with intent and awareness to create change. It consists of a set of symbolic actions performed in the physical world to initiate change on a higher level. A spell seeks to redress the balance of a situation by introducing new energy or redistributing the energy already present.

A spell on its own is not a religious act. Spellcasting is a method of using energy to bring about some sort of change. Many religions use spells or a form of energy transfer or energy management as part of worship. However, spells arent unique to any one religion. They are often described as a form of prayer, but there are subtle differences between prayer and spellcraft. First of all, prayer to a higher power implies that you honor that higher power, and that an established relationship exists between you, which enables you to call on that higher power for aid. It also implies that the higher power possesses the wherewithal to fix the situation. On the other hand, spells use the abundance of energy around us in the world to catalyze change. Its a more active process than prayer.

In a spell, you are the agent of change; you call upon your own resources to gather and direct energy instead of employing a separate agent, such as a higher power, to accomplish the task. Dont misunderstand the phrase more active processheartfelt prayer raises a lot of energy on the part of the practitioner. In fact, partnering a spell with some form of prayer is a very popular practice in several cultures. What it comes down to, though, is that prayer is a religious act, whereas spellcraft is secular. When you cast a spell, you acknowledge that your actions are the ones responsible for creating change.