Spiral

Basics

How to use this guide

Each page is a different field of magic (with the exception of this page and the resources page). The first listed spells are the easiest, and they get hard and harder the further you go down. Please try to learn the basics first, as you need to learn how to walk before you run.

Here are some things to remember to stay safe!

Not Everyone Online is Your Friend

Please remember that not everyone online is a safe person to trust on your journey. Some people could be predators, both in a physical sense, and in a spiritual sense.

Not All Spells Online are Real

...Or do what they say they do. The worst example I've heard of is people putting malicious spells online on purpose. But sometimes people just make things up they think are real spells and put them online. Most of the time these spells do nothing, but sometimes they can cause negative effects like bad luck.

Keep Your Limits in Mind

Just like with exercising, don't expect to do one days worth of practice and be able to do the equivalent of running a marathon. All of these spells are designed to be easy and not take that much energy, but it still isn't a good idea to start out trying to do them all day. If you start to feel weak or get chills, stop and eat something.

Don't Just Rely on Magic

Magic is not the be all end all, and it should not the only tool in your box. Is it awesome? Yes. But don't just assume that a love spell will find you a lover if you never leave your room, or a glamour spell will clear your acne if you never wash your face. You have to put in effort.

Keep in Mind Free Will

Each person has there own desires and will. To that end, this website will not be giving instructions for spells that defy free will such as love spells targeted towards specific people. This isn't a magic thing, this is an ethics thing.

Watch Out for Cults

People who have learned magic are very valuable for lots of dangerous groups, from cults to covens. Some of these groups are reputable. Some are not. Do your research and if a group seems to demand an unusually high amount of control over a group, often justified as a matter of life or death, run the other way.

Magic is Personal

Your magic is specific to you. As such, while some spells work mostly the same across different people, some spells only work for specific people. It is reccomended that you determine your own strengths and biases to determine what kind of spell work best for you.

Have Fun

Magic is a way to connect to and gain control over yourself and your surroundings. So why not have fun with it? Making yourself happy is a wonderful way to connect to your magic.

Common Vocabulary

• Magic: the ability to use energy, yours or others, to affect yourself and the world around you in ways that cannot be explained with conventional science. If spelled "magick" it refers to the Crowley tradition of chaos magick.
• Field of magic: a specific group of magic. Like how chemistry is a specific group of scientific learning.
• Practioner: the person using magic. This term is gender neutral.
• Practice: An individual practioner's study and usuage of magic.
• Book of Shadows: a practioner's personal book detailing their journey into magic. Can be a physical book, an online database, or something even stranger.
• Altar: a dedicated space to practice magic. This can be an actual altar in the home, a space in the garden, or even your bathtub. Some people have altars containted in a box that they can set up and take down as necessary.
• Ritual: a type of spell created through specific steps in a ceremony.
• Wicca: a religion started in the 1950s centered around witchcraft. You are not required to be a Wiccan to do magic, but most resources commonly avaliable for learning magic are from Wicca traditions.
• Tradition: a particular framework that practictioners use to understand and use magic, one that was created by others and passed down to new practioners. It may be religious but does not have to be. Having a tradition may be useful or constraining, based on who a practioner is. It is not necessary.

Beginner Exercises

1. Meditation: starting a mediation habit is the first thing a new practioner should do. Mediation helps people gain self control, knowledge over themselves, and better ability to control their energy.
2. Sensing Energy: All things in the world give off energy. Meditate and try to feel this energy. If you find you can sense one particular type of energy, that may be a sign of talent in that area.
3. Grounding: Grounding is a mediation technique designed to connect you to the world around you, and allow you to borrow to world's power to supplment your own. One way to do this is go out barefoot, then imagine the world's energy drawing up your feet into yourself.
4. Learn How to Research: Although this website is intended as a starting point for new practioners, it cannot be the sole source of information. Furthermore, relying on someone else to spoonfeed you knowledge is a surefire way to limit yourself and your abilities. Being able to do reseach is not only useful for learning magic, but is an important life skill to have.