Ida Botha (idabotha82) wrote in the_spellbook, @ 2008-09-10 21:00:00 |
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Sunflower Spell
Sunflower Spell
To encourage a happy disposition
PURPOSE: To invoke happiness.
BACKGROUND:
The secret of true happiness differs according to whom you ask and where they are in their lives. Those who have walked the earth for many years and who have meditated greatly on the matter may claim that happiness lies finding peace within. People who have suffered, or witnessed suffering through privation, claim with equal validity that happiness resides within the simple things needed for physical survival: food, warmth, clothing, shelter, freedom, campanionship and love. Most often, the secret of true happiness lies within those who ask the question.
The spell is based on the power of our friend the sun to generate warmth, health and joy on the earth. The powers of Sol can sometimes be found concentrated in which herbs and plants, and perhaps nowhere more so than in the seeds of the sunflower.
Nutritionally speaking, sunflower seeds contain a concentrated property of sunlight - they are a good source of vitamin D. Vitamine D aids in calcium absorption and helps regulate our metabolism.
Since sunflowers in magical tradition represent the powers of the sun, the seeds carry in concentratd form Sol's ability to bestow health and happiness.
Here is how to cast the Sunflower spell...
You will need:
* One charcoal disk in a fireproof dish
* Matches or a lighter
* Frankincense
* One orange candle, 6-8" / 15-20cm
* Fifteen sunflower seeds
* One small pouch with a drawstring mouth
* One 26" / 65cm length of thong or fine cord
TIMING: Work on a Waxing Moon to attract happiness, and on a Sunday rules by Glorious Sol.
Casting the spell:
1. Cast the Circle.
2. Light the charcoal disk, and burn the frankincense. Light the candle and say:
"Sol invictus
You are honoured here
Shine your blessings
Upon your child"
3. Take five sunslower seeds and cup them in your left hand, then raise your right
hand, saying:
Your power
to pass to me"
Eat the seeds.
4. Take five more sunflower seeds and place them in the pouch, saying:
" Your strength
to abide to me"
Fasten the pouch, attach it to the cord, and place it around your neck, saying:
"Happiness reside within me
Happiness reside around me"
5. Carry the incense around the circle deosil (clockwise) three times. Bow your head to the candle flame, saying:
"Sol invictus
Blessed Be
May I give
As I receive"
6. Plant the remaining five seeds in the Spring, approximately 1/4" / 5cm below the surface of finely tilled soil.