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So I'm reading the Odyssey and I found in book 10 Circe uses her wand to control the men she changes into pigs. It's the only thing I've found thus far that uses a wand. If I don't find anything else can I use this?

It is bloody hard to find a wand spell.

Also, I did see a few spells which say "All your altar tools" which to me could be seen as a wand-ish spell. But I rejected it because well... I don't have an altar and I don't have tools. So being that it could just be me trying to push a wand into that equation - I decided to find something else.

Sorry no awesome stupid spell from that one book this time. :<

Author: Judika Illes
Title of Source: The Encyclopedia of 5000 Spells
Spell Name: Prophetic Dreams ( 8 ) Mary Magdalene Rosemary Wand

Note: Since this is performed on a Day - particularly July 21st, and has no summoning or anything in attempts to manifest Mary Magdalene [after all it's the next day that's the feast day], I'm not considering this against my rules.

It's like spells that must be preformed on the Full moon, at least that's how I see it.

Feel free to argue otherwise.

/end note

The British dream oracleis simple to accomplish but reserved for one night only: the Eve of Mary Magdalene's feast day (The Night of July 21st).

1. Blend wine, vinegar, and water in a bowl beside your bed.
2. Soak a rosemary wand in the bowl; then gently shake off the excess liquid.
3. Place this wand between your breasts and go to bed without saying another word, to produce prophetic dreams.

QFT!

I saw a few in the book you got yours from, but none that jumped out at me from a start. I'm still looking. If I don't find something other than what I found in the Odyssey I'll use that as I do consider it a spell of sorts.

Honestly, not even sure what I'm going to do for this. Also I keep thinking it's Wednesday. heart

This spell can be used several different ways because it it used to charge a tool with dark energy during an Esbat. I felt it was very important not to leave out the beginning paragraph because it relates to why she does what she does. Some parts I have left out, but because this is a full Esbat Ritual.

Author: Ann Moura (Aoumiel)
Title of Source: GREEN WITCHCRAFT III -Balancing Light &Shadow-
Spell Name: -Dark Moon Ritual- Consecration of a Dark Aspect Tool

Various tools may be dedicated during a Dark Moon for use in dark aspect rituals. A gourd with seeds inside is useful for shaking during meditations that take the practitioner into other worlds. It can also be used in dark-focused rituals for calling upon the Dark Lord and Dark Lady - the God and the Goddess in their aspects of chaos, death, transformation, and passage into new life. The gourd is shaken by the crook of the neck with one hand and patted against the palm of the opposite hand in a circular fashion. Other tools that may be consecrated during a Dark Moon are the black mirror, crystal ball, Tarot decks, stones, crystals and even Familiars.
Here is a sample Green Witchcraft ritual for the Dark Moon that includes a ritual for consecrating a tool. A Craft Name is one others may know you by, but the Working Name is known only to the Witch and Divine, so if you are working with a group use your Craft Name.
Candles are set at the Quarters (North, East, South, and West) and may all be purple (inner eye), White (purification), or black (protection), (place them so they will not get knocked over or melt onto carpeting or floor), or you may want to use four rocks, gems, or stones placed at the Quarters.
Light an incense that is not overly spicy or floral, although lilac is an exception as an evening scent (some pre-packaged scents include names like Night Lady), or burn mugwort herb.
Have the following items on the alter: three purple or black candles in a triple candelabra or in separate holders (right side for the God, left side for the Goddess, and center for both), incense and burner you can carry, matches, small bowl of wayer, small dish of salt (rock or sea salt), a pentacle (best if wooden or tile), a cup or goblet containing dark fruit juice or blackberry wine (or elderberry wine, cassis liqueur, or Opal Nera, a liqueur of elder and anise), a small cauldron, a purple or black votive candle and holder, a piece of dark fruitcake, or other dark cake or bread, candle snuffer, anointing oil, knife (athame), wand, and tools to be dedicated.

Dark Moon Esbat (Beginning)

Sweep the circle deosil (N-E-S-W) with the besom (but not one made of broom or Scotch Broom if you work with an Otherworld companion; straw, grasses or leaves are fine), and say:

As I sweep this circle, may it be cleansed and made ready for my work.

Clap your hands three times, and say:

The circle is about to be cast and i freely stand within to greet my Lady and my Lord of Shadows.

If using candles at the Quarters, light them by taking the center alter candle around the circle to each Quarter candle, moving deosil (clockwise: N-E-S-W) and saying:

I call upon the Light within Earth to illuminate and strengthen the circle (envision the magma core, the molten center of the Earth).

I call upon the Light within the Air to illuminate and strengthen the circle (envision the aurora borealis, the Northern Lights formed by the Earth's magnetic field, and seen as the curtains of light in the night sky).

I call upon the Light within Fire to illuminate and strengthen the circle (envision the blue/white of the flame).

I call upon the Light within Water to illuminate and strengthen the circle (envision the blue/white lights of bio-luminescent sea creatures at night).

If using stones at the Quarters, move around the circle in the same manner, but raise up the candle at each stone and use the same invocation (a different color/type of stone for each Quarter could be used to emphasize the essence of the represented Elemental).
Return to the alter, place the candle back in its holder, take up the knife, and say:

I draw this circle in the presence of the Dark Goddess and the Dark God to be a place where they may manifest and bless their child, (Craft Name or Working Name).

Walk around the circle widdershins (counter-clockwise: N-W-S-E) with the knife lowered, envision a blue light shooting from the tip to from the circle boundary, and say:

This is the boundary of the circle in which only love shall enter and leave.

Return to the alter and put the tip of the knife into the dish of salt and say:

Salt is purification, preservation, and life. I bless this salt to be used in the cirle in the names of the Crone Goddess and the Dark God, (Names such as Hectate and Cernunnos, or simply use those terms).

Add three portions of salt to the water bowl (you are creating "holy water"), using either the tip of the knife or your fingers, and say:

Let the blessed salt purify this water for use in this circle. I consecrate and cleanse this water in the names of the Crone and Dark Lord, _____.


Take the consecrated water bowl and sprinkle water from it around the circle, moving widdershins (N-W-E-S), and say:

I consecrate this cirfle in the names of the Crone and Dark Lord, ____. This circle is conjured a Circle of Power that is purified and sealed.

Return the bowl to the altar, take up the censor and move around the circle widdershins to cense it, then return it to the altar.

Put a drop of anointing oil on your fingertips, make a Solar Cross on your forehead, then a Lunar Spiral over the Cross, and say:

I,_____, am consecrated int he names of the Dark Lady and Dark Lord, _____, in this their circle.

Call the Quarters by taking the wand and addressing the Quarters of the circle where the candles or stones are, holding the wand aloft (or if you are dedicating a wand in the ritual, use another wand, or your power hand) with arms open at each site, and saying at the appropriate Quarter (N-W-S-E):

I call upon you Elemental Earth (Water, Fire, Air) to attend this rite and guard this circle for as I have body and strength (blood and feelings; fire of life; breath and thought), we are kith and kin!

For Elemental envisionings, you might see a wolf for Earth, an owl for Air, a phoenix for Fire, and a sea serpent for Water.

Return to the alter and use the wand, or your power hand, to draw the symbol of infinity (the figure 8 laying on its side) in the air above the alter - This is used as a symbol for working between worlds {feel free to use a different symbol if desired; one that still holds the same meaning} and set the wand down {if you are using a wand}. Pick up the knife in both hands and raise it over your head and say:

Hail to the Elementals at the Four Quarters! Welcome Lady and Lord to this rite! I stand between the worlds with love and power all around!

Next are the Libations of Greeting. pg 38 {I do not use this section because at the moment I work only with elementals}
Consecration of the Dark Aspect Tool

Using the knife, inscribe the tool with the magical symbols you have selected, and with your Craft Name in runes, ogram, or other suck alphabet used in magical practice.

Consecrate the tool to the Elementals by sprinkling it with blessed water and passing it through the incense saying:

In the names of the Dark Lady and Dark Lord, _______ , I consecrate this (name of item) to be used in my practice of the Craft. I charge this by the Elemental Earth and Elemental Water (sprinkle with salted water); by the Elemental Fire and Elemental Air (pass through the incense smoke). This tool is now by Elemental powers bound to aid me in my work. So mote it be!

Set the tool on the pentacle and say:

Great Lady and Great Lord, together in the darkness of this Moon, veiled from my sight yet seen with my inner sight, you dwell within for you are endings and new beginnings, the death that leads to new life; you are the Promise and the Love Manifested. Let this tool be imbued with your power to aid me in my dark journeys.

Light the votive candle from the center candle, and say:

Let this small light illuminate the dark path to the Realm of Shadows.
Then pick up the tool with your right hand, hold it up, and with the left hand held so the palm is parallel to the ground, say:

Lord of Shadows hidden within the Lady of Darkness, together they hold the darkness in Balance. He is the Passing, She is the Passage, together they move from life into life. With my hand in theirs, I call upon them to share their presence with me and pass dark power into this (tool) that it may be sanctified to serve me in my dark journeys.

Envision the dark energy shooting up from the ground, into the palm of the left hand, traveling through the left arm, across the shoulders into the right arm, up the right arm into the right hand, and into the tool.
Set the tool on top of the pentacle and kneel so that both palms now rest on the ground and say:

As what is sent returns, so I return to you the power so graciously sent to me. My (tool) is sanctified through Power and Grace, through flesh and blood, and made ready for my use. So mote it be!

Stand and remove the tool from the pentacle, but keep it on the alter; snuff the votive candle and say:

The path is closed; darkness returns to the Shadow Realm.

If no consecration of the tool is involved, simply leave out the parts involving the tool and invocation for the consecration of the tool and continue to the Dark Moon Esbat with what follows next.

(Basically the Cakes and Wine, Farwell the Elementals, the Lord and Lady, Ground and center, and return to your every day events)

Adaptation 1:

For a start I would not adhere to specific timings. I would go on instinct, when the time feels right to perform the working. I also hate overly complicated things and like to keep things simple.

Supplies:
Bucket
Ice (snow is better)
Tea lights
Incense (I would probably burn a sage, ceder and dragons blood mix)
Tool to be dedicated (wand in this instance)

Step one: make sure bucket is clean

Step two: Set incense burning and light altar candles

Step three: Fill bucket with ice/snow

Step 4: Place wand in bucket of ice/snow making sure it is fully covered. Set the tea lights on the ice and light them, put your hands on the sides of the bucket and say "With ice and fire I purify this wand."

Step 5: Visualize your energy seeping into the wand as you hold your hands on the side of the bucket. Hold the visualization for as long as possible. When you can't hold it any longer take your hands off the bucket and leave the bucket in place until the snow/ice melts. Once it's melted, snuff out and remove the tea lights (some tea lights float like floating candles) fish out the wand, dry off the wand and leave on the altar. Pour water out over the garden plants.