Love Spells and Self Esteem

Frank — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:52:34 +0000

One of the most common questions that I hear is something along the lines of, “Is there a way / spell that will make someone want to be with me / love me?”
Well, the short answer is, “No – there is not.”
One of the core precepts of the Wiccan faith is to harm no other. If you are weaving spells or intoning rituals which are meant to sway the minds of others, then you are by definition harming them.
Free will is one of the most precious gifts we have been granted. Spells and rituals that are designed to infringe upon that free will and force others to do things by your design, instead of in accord with their own will, steals that most precious of gift from them.
In addition, whatever feelings or desires that they manifested for you would never be real or honest, but would instead simply be the manifestation of the magics. Would you really want to be with someone under those circumstances? Never really knowing if their feelings for you were genuine – or simply the product of magic?
So, in this particular case, my best advice to you is to take the time and put in the effort to do things the old fashioned way. After all, anything really worth doing is certainly worth doing right. If it is meant to be, then there is no need to rush or hurry things – and you will be much happier in the long term from having not done something you would likely regret.
However, all of that being said, there is no reason that you cannot seek to improve certain things about yourself in order to make you more attractive and desirable to those around you. And well, without question, one of the most desirable traits that a person can possess is a well deserved sense of self-confidence and self-esteem.
To that end, here is a spell that I have found to be very helpful in bolstering both of those qualities….
A Spell to Encourage Self Esteem
Lacking that happy knack of making friends easily? If you are asked to a party, do you stand around like the proverbial wallflower while everyone else is engaged in happy conversations and the sound of everybody else’s laughter fills the room? Or maybe your career is stuck in a rut and you see no way to make that break for yourself to get ahead? If you think, “That’s me!” about any of these, then maybe the answer lies in a lack of self-esteem and the following will help:
You will need:
A bath
Lavender essential oil
Jasmine essential oil
An essential oil burner
Seven green oak leaves (Basil can be used if oak is out of season)
One purple candle
One yellow candle
Purple thread
An envelope
First, start a warm bath running and drizzle some of the lavender oil into the water.
Next light both candles and sit them near the bath.
Float the leaves in the bath and climb in.
Breathe in through your nose and hold it for a count of seven. Breathe out through your mouth for a seven count. Repeat this process six more times.
As you breathe in, visualize your lungs filling up with warm, golden light. As you breathe out, see your frustrations in your breath and watch your anger, pain, and all of the other barriers that stand in your way float away with each exhalation.
Now, totally relaxed and at ease with yourself, visualize a spot of golden light above you. Watch it get bigger and bigger before it floats down and your body is enveloped in its warm glow.
At this point, repeat the following:
“I have a contribution to make.
I have words to say.
Let others hear the words I speak.
And take self-doubt away.
And let it be done, that it harm no one.”
Repeat these words six more times before leaving the bath and snuffing the candles.
Thread the oak leaves onto the string and then hold them up to the light and repeat the previous verse one last time.
Fold the leaves into the envelope and place the envelope into your handbag or wallet.
End the ritual by burning the jasmine oil in the burner and letting the scent of it waft over you, removing any last traces of self-doubt.

Rose Ariadne has been practicing ancient forms of Witchcraft for over 25 years. Get more info about love spells here: http://www.askroseariadne.com/editorials/love-spells-and-self-esteem.html
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Frank — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:53:41 +0000

THE POINT IS JUST THAT I DON’T SEE THE POINTThe point is just that I don’t see the point:However much one wants to be turned on,Ecstasy can put things out of joint;Yearning is for what will soon be gone.Each can choose content or discontent;All are happy, if they would be so.Revelation isn’t Heaven sent;Out of what you are comes what you know.Forget, then, the pursuit of the sublime.There is no thing that’s needed – all is here.Happiness will settle in, in time,Enduring, though the weather may turn drear.One must plod to plow, and plow to plant.X marks the heart, where lies all one could want.A VALENTINE IS NOTHING LIKEA Valentine is nothing likeA chocolate or a rose.For in a week these shall be gone,But Valentines remain. If love were always sweet to tongueOr fragrant to the nose,Each day would be like Valentine’s,And we would go insane. A Valentine just hangs aroundWaiting to be kissedLong after special days have passedAnd every days are here. So one is wise to choose one wellAnd chocolates to resist.For in the midst of maniaIt’s nice to have one near.LOVE IS NEVER EASYLove is never easy, butIt turns life into song.There is no bit of circumstanceThat love cannot transform. There is no weary momentOf anger or despairThat love cannot convert to graceAnd render whole and fair. How passionate the paradiseThat comes from knowing wellThat someone in your happinessFinds pleasure for himself. How sweet the gift of giving toSomeone who gives to you,A selflessness that gives to selfMore self than self is due. With all the searing madness ofThe world from day to day,And all the dreary sadness thatNo joy can take away, There is one truth more beautifulThan anyone can bear:That two can trust that when they turnThey’ll find the other there.YOU HAD ME FOR A NIGHT, THEN TURNED AWAYYou had me for a night, then turned away,Inspiring a love you didn’t want.I was a fairy you might unenchantTo show yourself that you could have your way. And now I’m left with all the shame of loveThat unashamed took pleasure in your joy.You used me as a fake, erotic toy,Not caring much what I was thinking of. The worst is that I long for your caress.I know you’re just annoyed, which drives me mad! But knowing how completely I’ve been hadDoes not, alas, make me want you less.ONE NIGHT I SAW AARONOne night I saw Aaron,The next he was dead.Now I can’t rememberThe last thing he said. There is no reason,No reason at all,Why this one last thingI need to recall. The last night I saw him,He, Mark, and I,I had no ideaHe was going to die. It was just the usualBasketball game,Joking and cheering,All just the same.The Earth should have screamed,Some song should have played,Some mark should have told us,All gross and decayed. But the game simply endedAnd we left the gym.And that was the lastI’ll see of him.LEST YOU LEAVE YOUR OPTIONS IN THE SUNSHINELest you leave your options in the sunshineUnprotected from night’s bitter shade,Now you may take them on the lunar wind,Alive to phantoms vivid as your faceReveling in front of reason’s door.Nor could your own inventions offer more,Even those transfigured from your race,Which, privatized, seem downsized, somehow thinned.Yet here is all the wealth the past has made,Each relic dipped in age-old vintage wine,A treasure-trove of comedy and graceResting where your faith must go forth blind.COULD I BUT GIVE YOU COMFORT IN MY DEATHCould I but give you comfort in my death,How might I tell you what you meant to me?All I did, both night and day, was love you,Rulers of my kingdom and my heart.Like gods, at last you claimed my painful breath,Opening the door to mystery,The final gift of all the gifts you gave me,Taking what I could no longer give youEven if I tried with all my art.

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Love Spells and Self Esteem

Weekly Poems: Chinese New Year, Valentine’s Day, Love, Sadness, Teens, Religion, Animals