Fast Spells – Creating spells that produce quicker results

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Sometimes you need your spell to be fast. Sometimes that is the very reason you are casting the spell in the first place – you need the results to be quicker than average.

The secret to these quick spells is to put lots of energy into them. If you just use a standard spell and find as many ways to put power into it as you can (more candles or stones, more ritual activities, more powerful elementals…) the spell will be faster and also more powerful.

In this post I will explore a few ways targeted at making spells faster.

First things first, don’t forget to ask it to be fast. You would be surprised at how many people complain that their spell took too long to act but when I ask them what the spell was it didn’t even mention speed. You may also want to set a deadline to the spell or mark it in a calendar.

Another simple technique is based on visualization. You probably already use visualization for your spells. To use it to make a spell faster, see your goal coming true really quickly, as if fast forwarding, but imagine at the same time a clock is turning at normal speed.

Calling the totems of fast animals (like the hare, the deer, the cheetah and birds in general) or using their symbols in your ritual will also speed them along. Other speed symbols are feathers, clocks, calendars, finish lines and ribbons.

Asking your patron deities for help, even if they are not directly related to your goal, may also help. I have an habit of worshiping my patrons in every single ritual I do and I also call on them whenever I need help regardless of whether it is something in their sphere of domain or not.

Investing time and energy in your goal will also charge the spells. You can do spells that last 3 or 7 days, or alternatively, for a really quick result, do 3 or 7 spells a day. For this last option, simple spells like candle spells are better.

Creating a symbol of your goal and spreading it around the house will also help. It will charge your goal with power every time you see the symbol and think about it. As an added bonus it will also have the psychological effect of programming your subconscious mind.

If you use elemental magick choose fire and air, which are faster than earth or water, even though they are less stable and less predictable. Tools like candles, fires, red stones, feathers and incense represent these elements. Open spaces, clearings, mountaintops, volcanoes, and fireplaces are power places that relate to them.

For color magick, which can be used through candles, stones, cloths, and any other colorful tool you can think of, magenta is the color of speed. White, silver and gold will also charge your spell with power, producing more powerful results, often times quicker.

Because you want your spell to work as fast as possible you need to remove any blockings and obstacles in addition to attracting positive energy. A simple spell with black and white candles, some water and incense will remove curses and obstacles and purify you. This spell will prepare you to accept your goal.

One last tip; in magick practice also makes perfect. Practicing magick and manipulating energy (such as creating energy balls, astral projecting, or meditating) will grow your personal power. This simple method will make all your spells faster and more effective.

Candle Magick

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Principles of Candle Magick

Candle magick is perhaps the simplest form of magick: you only need a candle, you impregnate it with energy and, as it burns, it slowly releases energy directed toward your goal, more than doubling the amount of energy you put into it.

Candles are ideally made of bee wax with a determined goal in mind and the wizard himself crafts them. During the making of the candle, the wizard will imbue it with energy by visualizing his goal, chanting or other techniques described below.

Most of the times, however, we use candles bought at the store and manufactured along with thousands of other candles in a factory. And that’s ok too.

The one rule to remember is: one candle, one spell. Which is to say, only use one candle for one spell; if you don’t completely burn the candle you shouldn’t use the scraps for a different ritual (this is why I recommend you always burn the candle completely).

Finally, before we move on to the specifics of candle magick, it’s important to keep safety in mind. Don’t burn candles out in the open (particularly in the woods) and try not to leave a burning candle unattended unless you are burning it inside a metal pot, a fireplace, in the bath or you are using a safe candle. If you have a pet or children, keep them away from the burning candles.

Candle Magick Techniques

Candle magick is color magick in its essence: you pick a candle of the appropriate color, charge it, and then burn it. There are, however, many enhancements you can add to a simple candle ritual.

The first is using more than one candle. In this case you can use different colors that compliment each other (including white, which enhances other colors) and, importantly, arrange them in a proper shape (which you must draw either on the floor or on a support).

I like to draw a shape around the workspace and place white candles on it. Then, on the center of that larger shape, place the same shape using appropriate color(s) for the spell. Don’t leave the area determined by the larger shape until the end of the spell.

Choosing colors and shapes is discussed below.

The candle support itself can also be adapted to the spell. You can use a support with an appropriate shape (such as one mimicking a pile of books for knowledge, or a moon crescent for worshiping), color and even material (stones and metals have magickal properties too).

Other techniques can be used to enrich candle magick. Oil can be used to annoint the candle. You can engrave magickal symbols or call a deity when lighting the candle to ask for their help. Engrave herbs into the candle, spread them over the floor or even use them when crafting the candle.

You can also use the appropriate daylight or astrological time. And you don’t need to limit yourself to one-day spells – witches cast 3, 5, 7 and even 13 or 28 days spells.

If you are casting the spell for someone else you need an anchor of that person (such as a lock of hair, a personal object or a photo) to place in the center of the candles. If you don’t have one, use a blue candle (general purpose), a white candle (for purification or healing) or a black candle (for protection or cursing).

Finally, when you want to extinguish the candle use your fingers or a candlesnuffer. Blowing will cause the energy to blow away. Snuffing, on the other hand, will instead lock the energy in, ready for when you light the candle again.

Colors Correspondence

Candle magick and color magick are deeply connected. Here is my own correspondence table for colors, whether you are using them for candle magic or not. Remember that white can be used for any situation on itself or to enhance power when combined with other colors.

  • White: can take the place of any color and increases the power of other colors, cleans and purifies, opens paths, spiritual energies, truth, honesty, hope, new beginnings
  • Black: protection, calming, release, stability, responsibility, cursing
  • Grey: intuition, subconscious
  • Red: energy, activator, physical and sexual energy, power, love, hate, revenge, courage, energy, strength
  • Orange: joy, wisdom, luck, power, sexual attraction, stimulating, change, creativity, favors social interactions, revitalizes the body and fills you with energy
  • Yellow: confidence, optimism, enthusiasm, friendship, mental ability, creativity, imagination, inspiration, action, change
  • Green: relaxing, revitalizing, calms, growth, weddings, relationships, fertility, friendship, faith, peace, abundance and wealth, money, movement
  • Blue: refreshing, relaxing, intuition, harmony, comprehension, traveling, health, truth, happiness, peace, loyalty
  • Indigo: meditation, wisdom, devotion, intuition, protection and removing curses, reveals lies, past life, appeases karma, abandon bad habits, helps overcome trauma
  • Violet: meditation, balance, spirituality, wisdom, divination, dreaming, progress, remove bad luck, protects
  • Pink: compassion, love, friendship, healing, success
  • Magenta: increases any magickal power and makes spells have a quicker effect, good for quick changes and spiritual healing
  • Brown: common and practical senses, wealth, home, balance, focus, studying and memory
  • Lemon: purifies, eliminates bad energy
  • Turquoise: vitality, balance
  • Silver: wards negativity, victory, stability, psychic abilities, imagination, intuition, new beginnings, improves the effects of other colors, archetypal female color
  • Golden: luck, intuition, comprehension, divination, attracts deities and help from above, wealth, archetypal male color

Candle Positions Correspondence

Displaying the candles in a certain shape will increase the energy released. You simply draw the shape on the floor and place the candles on the vertices. Following is my correspondence table for the shapes I commonly use in candle magick.

  • Triangle: increases the effects of the color and purifies
  • Square: stabilizes, quiets and binds and concentrates the color
  • Cross: balances the elements and energies and facilitates absorption
  • Pentagram: strengthens the power of the spell and awakens spiritual energy
  • Six Point Star: favors cure of physical, mental and spiritual ailments, strengthens, protects and balances
  • Seven Point Star: balances chackras, calms and increases energies and is the best shape for healing

 

You can also use the shapes of the constellations for qualities associated with them, such as protection for Cancer, creativity for Sagittarius, or precision for Orion.

General Purpose Candle Spell

Here is a simple spell that you can use for any purpose by choosing a candle of the appropriate color (or a white candle).

Start by holding the candle between the palms of your hands. Focus on your goal and feel the energy flow from you, through your hands, into the candle, seeing it becoming impregnated with energy. While you charge your candle you can chant your goal or even just speak it out loud.

When you feel the candle is charged with enough energy, place it on the support and light it. Place your hands around the flame, forming a cup, and feel the energy being released from the candle while you see your goal being fulfilled.

You can meditate on your goal while the candle burns or simply leave it to burn. To perform a several day spell you don’t need to charge the candle again – just light it, hold your hands around the candle’s flame and see your goal each day.

To build a more intricate ritual (which, in my experience, gives better results if your goal is complex than if it is simple) simply add more candles forming an appropriate shape, use several colors, or use one or more of the techniques described above.

How do Witches Cast Spells?

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How do Witches cast spells?How do witches cast spells? If you ask this question you will get different answers: different witches have different methods to cast their spells, falling somewhere between the two extremes of chaos magick and ceremonial magick.

Chaos witches believe there are no rules. You take what works and when it stops working you change to something that still works. A chaos witch will just as easily work with the Celtic pantheon as with characters from Star Wars and she will jump from extremely complicated rituals to simple incantations as if changing her shirt. Experimentation is key.

Ceremonial witches, on the other hand, have a complex and rigid set of rules. There are several types of ceremonial magick, but casting a spell usually involves drawing circles and symbols, invoking powers and performing complicated ritual actions under a strict code and pantheon. Tradition is key.

Most witches are somewhere between the two extremes and describe themselves as elemental, natural, eclectic, white, black, or a host of other names.

But for all of them the important part of casting spells is the same: not the spells themselves but living your daily life as a witch. Being a witch is not just about casting a spell, it is about living as one with the magickal flow (whether it comes from nature or from technology) and imbuing every part of your daily life with magick to grow your power.

It is also important to distinguish between spells and ceremonies or rituals. Spells are directed toward a goal: you cast a spell because you want something. Rituals and ceremonies are meant to honor deities or respect traditions. Rituals may include some form of spell casting but it is not how most witches cast spells and the spell is not the purpose of the ritual. Witches have many different religions (and some have no religion at all) and thus different views on rituals and ceremonies.

That said, praying to a deity and building a relationship with her or him is a very simple form of spell casting used by most people. (continues below)

How to cast a spell

How to cast a simple spell

So, how do witches cast spells? Lets look at a more practical example.

The most important part of any spell is intent, or goal (see wishing spells). In order for a spell to be successful there must be a desire so extreme that it becomes a need. You must have a clear intent and believe in magick and that you can get what you want.

The rest of the spell is meant to direct energy toward your intent. Ceremonial witches will start by casting a circle (a magickal barrier meant to keep interfering energies away from your spell) and then use a series of tools to build the magickal cone of energy and release it. Chaos witches will also build up energy and release it, using tools as well, but following a more fluid approach.

As for the tools you should select, that’s what correspondence tables (found in virtually all Books of Shadows) are for. You will choose tools that are symbols of your desire in order to direct energy toward it. You will also need tools to release the energy (such as the athame, the wand or water).

Some examples of tools are incantations (spoken spells), candles, herbs, stones, oils, and many others. Even the phase of the moon or the season of the year can be used as a tool to direct your energy. More often than not, a witch will use a combination of tools, but like I said above the simplest spell is an incantation that can take the form of a prayer.

Do keep in mind that “how do witches cast spells” may not be the appropriate question. It is about belief. It is about desire and intent. It is about living as witch. It is not simply about how you cast a single spell.