Spell Crafts: Creating Magical Objects (Llewellyn's Practical Magick) - Softcover

Scott Cunningham; David Harrington

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0875421857 ISBN 13: 9780875421858

Publisher: Llewellyn Publications, 2002

Synopsis

Feel the energy that flows through everything you do. Tap into that power! Carve a symbol, dip a candle, mix fragrant herbs, sculpt clay, and make your life all that you want it to be. When crafts are used to create objects intended for ritual or to symbolize the divine, the connection between the craftsperson and divinity grows more intense.

This second edition of Spell Crafts, the much-loved and oft-read guide to magical handwork, features new illustrations and a new preface by David Harrington. Learn how to create and use all of the following:

• Magical simmering potpourris
• A beaded psychic mandala
• Clay pentacles, plaques, and runic dice
• A shaman's arrow
• Sand paintings
• Corn Mother
• A magical spell broom
• Protective hex sign
• Witch bottles
• Flower garlands
• Spell banner
• Magic mirror
• Prosperity trivet
• Wheat weaving

About this title

About the Authors

Scott Cunningham practiced magic actively for over twenty years. He was the author of more than fifty books covering both fiction and non-fiction subject matter; sixteen of his titles are published by Llewellyn Publications. Scott's books reflect a broad range of interests within the New Age sphere, where he was very highly regarded. His seminal work, Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner, is one of the most successful books on Wicca ever published. He passed from this life on March 28, 1993, after a long illness.

David Harrington lives in Chula Vista, California and has a long-term interest in the mysteries of household magic.

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Introduction
There are many types of magical tools. This book doesn't include instructions for the crafting of knives and swords, censers, wands, and other tools of ritual magic. We wish to make that clear
right from the beginning.

It is, however, a guide to the creation and use of magical objects of a different nature. It's a book of craft merged with magic; of works of the mind and hand as well as of power. Within its pages lie instructions for creating a wide variety of unusual magical objects for an array of purposes―together with their ritual uses.

Magicians have always known that tools crafted with their own hands are more powerful than those made by others. During the creation process, specific energy can be placed within the object
to enhance its effectiveness. This is the essence of spell craft: creating and empowering objects during their construction (or directly afterward) for a specific magical purpose.

Magic is no great mystery save to those who have never investigated or practiced it. It's the natural process of moving energy from within ourselves (or within natural objects) to create positive change. In spell craft, some of these changes are physical (clay is shaped; yarn is wrapped; herbs are mixed). Other changes are internal (personal power is directed toward a goal) and external (the magic's goal is manifested in the magician's life).

Spell craft may seem to be a new idea, but it's as old as the day when a human first shaped a natural object to fulfill a spiritual need. The timeless magic that we've presented here still speaks to our kind. It calls to the innate human urge to create. Spell craft nurtures our need to shape natural materials as well as our lives into new and pleasing forms. It also links us with our ancestors, who lived in a far smaller, less complex world of forms and energies.

In taking up these spell crafts today, we can use the techniques of earlier times to bring order and happiness into our lives.

Spell craft is, therefore, unique. Still, it's as old as the hills, the stars, and the moon. The rhythms of crafters echo those of the universe and the multitude of cycles that swirl around us.

May all your crafts be magical.

Edition details

• Publisher: Llewellyn Publications
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0875421857
• ISBN 13: 9780875421858
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 216