64 Love Spells from The Immortal's Keep

Light your candle and the incense. Choose a particularly good childhood-memory. Hold the poppet in your arms and think -about the child you once were. Now treat the poppet as though it were a-child.

Say: "I name you (use your childhood name of nickname)"

Hold the poppet in your arms, croon to it, -rock it, and talk to it. Tell it everything you would have liked to hear as a child. Imagine that it talks to you and tells you how-it feels and what it wants. You may even hear your own childish voice.

Let your own voice change in response. Play with the poppet. Now become aware of your adult self again. Sprinkle the doll with a little salt water to cleanse away the negative past. Raise your own energy by whatever method you prefer breathing, colour, a brief-meditation or an appeal to the gods.

Visualize yourself pouring that positive-energy into the doll, which represents your-own inner self. Imagine the child you would have liked to-have been, and project that image into your doll. Continue until you can feel a change in the energy and you feel at peace.

During that time you may find that you are crying or laughing just like a child. This is-simply a release of energy and is perfectly acceptable. You may find that the poppet or doll begins to -feel vibrant and alive, glowing with white-light and love.

Kiss the poppet or doll. Wrap it in white cloth as you would a baby -and lay it to rest on your altar. Leave the candle to burn out. Leave your sacred space secure.

It is important that you give yourself time now to return to normal, so you will need to spend a little-time just appreciating the person you have become.Ground yourself by whatever method you choose,touching the ground, taking a walk, having a bath or-whatever you prefer. A nurturing activity such as-cooking is also good. You will probably find after this-technique that you tend to dream somewhat vividly, as-you uncover some of the joys and hurts of childhood.

To perform this spell, you must find a suitable shell in shallow water. Take the shell and dry it thoroughly. Draw your chosen symbol upon the surface of the shell. For healing, we suggest the Edhadh Ogham Stave:

Place the shell upon the shore so that the tide will bring the waves across the shell. When the shell is in place, draw a triangle in the sand, enclosing the shell completely. The symbol upon the shell must be facing upwards (towards the Moon).

Meaningful words, or phrases, may be placed upon the shell also, or simply written in the sand (inside the triangle). Finally, face the Moon and say the following words of enchantment:

"Goddess of Moon, Earth and Sea,
Each wish in thy name must come to be.
Powers and forces which tides do make,
Now summon thy waves, my spell to take".

Leave the area now and the spell is set. Once the waves come, then your wish will be taken out to the spirits of the sea. It will usually take about seven days for a -lunar spell to begin to manifest, but it can take as long as 28 days.

This type of magic is what we called little works and belongs to the folk-magic level of spell making.Take care to note the phase of the Moon (waxing forthe gain of something, waning for the dissolving of-something). You are using natural objects which to- the uninitiated mean nothing.

Visualize a circle of light around yourself. Hold the dark stone in your hands. Place it over your solar plexus. Allow the negative emotion, perhaps anger -and resentment, to flow into the stone. Try to decide what colour the emotion is, and how it arose in the first place. It sometimeshelps to counteract such an emotion bychanging its colour.

Raise the stone first to your forehead to signify clarity. Next, place it over your heart(this helps to raise the healing vibration to thecorrect level). If it seems right, use words such as:

"With this stone
Negative be gone,
Let water cleanse it
Back where it belongs".

This reinforces the idea of the stone holding your anger. Concentrate and project all your negative emotion (anger, resentment etc) into thestone. Visualize the emotion being sealed inside the stone. Take the stone to a source of running water in -the open air and with all your energy throw it as far as you can. It also helps if you can get up to a high place to throw your stone away, since this way you -are using Air as well.

Find a spot in which you feel comfortable -within your open space. It will depend on what you are attempting to -get rid of which spot is better. Be sure to take-plenty of time over choosing this until it feels-absolutely right. Settle yourself comfortably on the ground. Take a big deep breath and then breathe out. Your breath out should be slightly longer -than the in breath. Do this three times to clear your lungs

Now take a further deep breath and this time -as you exhale say as loudly as you can: "Ahh Ee Oo". Repeat the sounds at least twice more -increasing in intensity each time until you are actually screaming If you can, continue for two more sets of three (nine times in all, though six is fine.)

Finally sit quietly, place your hands on the earth or the floor, re-orientate yourself in your surroundings and absorb fresh energy as you-do so. Become aware of the sounds around you. Leave the area.

This is quite a powerful technique and you do need to be quiet for the rest of the day, so that you can allow the energy to settle. The technique is a good way to deal with the frustrations of your everyday world and often results in being able to look at things from a different perspective.

Charge all the ingredients before you begin. On a Friday morning or evening (the day sacred to the Goddess Venus) take a bath in sea salt in the light of a pink candle. As you dry off and dress, sip the strawberry tea. Use a dab of strawberry oil as perfume or cologne. Apply makeup or groom yourself to look your best.

Cast a circle with the willow wand around a -table on which the other ingredients have been placed. Light the second pink candle. Mix all oils and herbs in the bowl. While you stir, look at yourself in the mirror and say:

"Oh, Great Mother Earth,
Nurture and protect me now.
Let me use the strengths
I know I have".

Look into the mirror after you have finished mixing the ingredients and say:

"Mother of all things,
All that is great is mine,
Help me now to be the person I can be
and let me overcome my difficulty".

Put half the mixture in the pink bag and add the penny and crystal. Carry the bag with you until you feel you no -longer need it. Leave the other half of the potion in the bowl -in a room where you will smell the fragrance. Repeat this ritual every Friday, if you so wish.

Unfortunately, the break up of a relationship cantruly knock our confidence. This spell is designed to restore yours as quickly as possible. It does not matter who is right or wrong, simply that you areable to go forward with dignity.

Form a triangle on the ground with the three pieces of string so that the ends are just touching. Step into the middle of the triangle. Appeal to the Triple Goddess in her guise of -Maid, Mother and Crone. Use words such as:

"Triple Goddess hear my plea
I ask you now to set us free
Its not a problem I can alter
So help me now lest I falter."

These words put you in touch with your own -inner self which means that you make the decision which is right for you. Wait for a few moments to allow the energy to build up then raise your arms in a V shape (the Goddess position) and say: "So let it be."

Allow yourself time to consider the problem from all perspectives before making a decision as to how you should act. Each time you consider the position, remember to repeat the first two lines of the verse above.

Sit in front of the embers of a fire and gaze into them, concentrating on your lover. Keep your gaze fixed into the fire. With your left hand, throw some laurel leaves onto the embers.

As they burn say
"Laurel leaves burn into the fire.
Bring to me my hearts desire".

Wait until the flames die down, then do the same again. Repeat the actions once more. It is said that within 24 hours your lover will -come back to you.

Assign one article as the feminine person and one as masculine. Take the piece of pink ribbon, and tie the female object to one end and the male to the other, leaving a good length of ribbon between them.

Every morning untie the ribbon, move the objects a little closer together, and retie the - knots. Eventually the objects will touch. Leave them bound together for seven days before untying them.

By this time, love should have entered your life.There are several spells which make use of the idea that two people must travel along a set path. This one is used to signify the path of love.It also suggests in the tying and untying of the ribbon the freedoms there are in the relationship.

Using the burin inscribe one word of the -following phrase on each leaf: "Keep my true love with me ". Light the incense and in the container burn -the inscribed leaves with the correct order of speech. Whilst you are doing this, say

"Goddess of love, God of desire,
Bring to me fidelity".

The above uses the Element of Fire. To use -Water cast the leaves into a stream or other flowing water and say:

"Message of love, I set you free
To capture a love and return to me".

Ivy highlights the quality of fidelity. You should notuse this spell if you are not prepared to offer fidelity in return.

Place the petals, heart and coin or ring on the cloth and visualize the type of lover you are -looking for. Tie the cloth into a pouch with the blue thread -or ribbon, using seven knots. As you tie the knots you may chant an -incantation, such as:

"Seven knots I tie above,
Seven knots for me and love".

Hang the pouch close to your pillow and -await results. This charm is designed to draw someone towards you and does not guarantee that you will necessarily fall madly in love with the person who comes along- you have simply made yourself attractive to them.If this is so then be prepared to let the other persondown gently.