Magick is a beautiful thing and something I not only have immense respect for but also use in one way or another almost every day of my life. However, I thought I’d pass on these three simple tips that I use which help me significantly strengthen the magickal workings I perform.

For me, magick is a way of harnessing my own inner energies and those of the universe around me to bring about a specified outcome. The key is having the specified outcome. though in the first place.  If you don’t have a very clear, very well defined and easily articulated outcome, how on earth will the universe know exactly what you want? It’s a bit like saying that you want to take a drive. But where to? If you don’t know where you’re going, how will you know when you’ve arrived? Similarly if you can’t really describe exactly what you want from your magick, then how will the universe know what to get for you?

So tip number 1 - Before you start, really make sure you have absolutely clearly defined your expected outcome. For me the easiest way to do that is to write it down. Even dot points will help, What exactly are you expecting? What colour is it? When will, it happen? What date? What size is it? What model is it? What does it look like? What does it feel like? What exact impact does it have on your life? The dot points are obviously determined by what the magick is about but essentially the key here is to be absolutely specific.

Tip number 2 – Write those dot points down on a Post-it note or something similar and stick it to your bathroom mirror or somewhere similar where you’ll see it every day. Magick comes about as a result of focused thought, concentrated energy and that focus, that concentration, that repeated and continued referral to your desired outcome makes the magick that much more potent. Depending on what it is you’re doing the magick for, you may need that note up there for a day or so, a few days, several weeks even. If for example you’ve decided to use magick to help you lose weight then you may need that note up there for a few weeks or even moths to keep you tightly blinkered to your weight goal and to keep the magick clearly focused on that outcome. The more you see that outcome in front of you, the more the universe knows how important it is and this magnifies the effort to bring it about.

Tip number 3 – Double check again why you want the outcome of your magick. This is probably the most important step you will ever use in magick and if you never do anything else, please do this. Ask yourself again why you want this particular outcome. Why do you want to lose weight? Is it because you want to be healthier? Then OK but perhaps then you should also be asking for better health. Is it because you want to feel happier about yourself? Nothing wrong with that at all but perhaps that’s what you should actually be asking for. What I’m saying here is that sometimes we get caught up in doing magick to bring about the easy bandaid solutions rather than addressing the real and often harder underlying issue. If all we ever do is try and solve something with bandaid solutions, we’ll soon run out of bandaids and the wound will remain and what’s more, may gradually become infected.

Smiles and blessings,

Amethyst