Well
this is a new category for my blog and I am very pleased with the idea; I am
hoping it will inspire me to post more about the daily magicks I practice,
perform and live. Some days it will be a focus on the magick of a particular
correspondence or association – this may be a particular day, colour, planet,
tree, etc., within these posts I will show, describe and/or explain how I utilize
the subjects energies in workings; at other times it will be a specific
working. As this is the first one, I am going to post about Sundays – being the
first day of any given week, I thought it most fitting for the occasion.
Correspondence & Associations
Category
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Correspondence or Association
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Ruling Planet
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Sun
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Magickal Time
|
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Element
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Fire
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Angel
|
Michael
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Astrological Sign
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Leo
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Colour
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Gold/Yellow
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Incense
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Cedar/Frankincense/Lemon
|
Number
|
6
|
Metal
|
Gold
|
Meditational Focus
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Beginnings, Renewal, Growth
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Deities
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Helios, Brighid, Ra, Mithra, Apollo
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Gemstones
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Quartz, Diamond, Carnelian, Amber. Citrine, Tiger’s
Eye
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Herbs & Plants
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Marigold, Sunflower, Cinnamon, Calendula,
Heliotrope, Buttercup, Cedar, Beech, Oak
|
Magickal Intent
|
Agriculture, Beauty, Hope, Victory,
Self-Expression & Creativity, Success, Fame, Promotion, Wealth,
Prosperity,
|
Magick on Sunday
A Sunday Circle
The creation of a circle,
as I have mentioned in other posts, can be wonderfully tailored to a specific
association – when I am choosing to create it with Sunday particularities, I
will use the information above to accent it. For example, I would use a quartz
or citrine tipped wand, preferably made of the Oak or Cedar wood which
corresponds to this day and when walking my circle to cast visualise the circle
forming of golden energy, like rays of the sun. Physically, I would mark it
with other crystals associated with this day, most likely Carnelian or Tiger’s
Eye; I also use an incense blend to physically cast, using a combination of
cinnamon, calendula and cedar chips.
Sun on Sunday
I find absorbing and using
the energy of the Sun, whether it is shining or not, a delightful addition to
Sunday magicks. There are several practices I use on a Sunday before
I perform magicks, preparatory exercises:
The Sun
Salutation
Submerge &
Emerge
(a combined grounding and
centring process).
This is almost a
meditational process in itself but I consider it more a visualisation. It can
be done with any of the elements but as this is a post about Sundays, I will
use fire as my element of choice. It may seem a strange concept to use fire as
a catalyst of grounding but it works for me and so I use it often.
Ø Find a place outside where
you will not be disturbed. This should be somewhere you are surrounded by the
elements as much as possible.
Ø Close your eyes and find
the calm place in your mind where you are granted access to the unseen.
Ø Your astral body will do
the journeying from this point. Set it to step forward as if moving into an
invisible elevator… this takes you from your physical body. With your thoughts
projecting your astral body, expand an echo of your aura around it.
Ø Allow yourself to sink into
the earth; keep the elevator metaphor going if it helps. Your astral body
descends through the layers of soil, deeper and deeper. Take time to do this,
sense everything and as you descend toward the centre of this planet we call
home attune your energy so it aligns with that of the earth. Let the
surrounding element absorb from your astral body and the echo of your aura all
of your scattered, negative or discarded energyThis will prepare your energy
for what is to come.
Ø As your journey continues,
you will feel the molten heat of the earths centre reaching out to meet you…
let it guide you to its liquid fire. When you reach the golden core, don’t
stop; keep sinking until you are immersed in it.
Ø Let the energy emitted from
your molten surroundings swirl, swish and sway around you; really feel the energy
of being at the centre of the earth
Ø Mirror the lava’s ability
to be a perpetual and powerful core by opening your solar plexus chakra and
drawing the ability in. Let it glow within the chakra, see how it reacts with
your energy, feel how it changes the flow before the two energies assimilate
within the chakra allowing you to feel connected completely to the earth and
its fiery core.
Ø When you are ready to
return to your physical body, close your solar plexus chakra and begin your
ascent back through the earth. Notice if the added ‘fire-power’ changes the
journey? My personal practice with this particular technique made me notice the
reds in the soil more and feel the vibration of the molten depths below me.
Ø Before reaching the surface
and your body, use the new fiery power of your solar plexus to centre yourself
as if your entire energy field is oxygen-based and that fire blazing in your
solar centre is consuming it.
Ø When you break the surface
and return to your body, you will be more grounded and centred than you can
possibly imagine… ready to work with all the energies of the Universe.
Drawing
Down the Sun
To see my ritual for
Drawing Down the Sun, please follow this link
