Well, it’s
February, and with Valentine’s Day soon approaching, visions of love come to
mind…and as I have written two magical Valentine’s Day stories this year, I was
thinking more along the lines of love spells! I do a lot of research into
pagan, Wiccan and paranormal magick, always on the lookout for some new spell
or ritual to spark my imagination and a new story. So here is a list of a few
things one could use for a love spell, or just to set the mood for a very
romantic evening.
1)Quiet
space. You need to be able to clear your mind, center yourself, feel the energy
of the earth and focus on what your intention is for the spell, or just focus
solely on the one you love.
2)Candles.
Candles are used not only to represent the element of fire, but since they come
in many colors they also have color correspondences. Red, pink or white could be used now,
representing passion, desire, harmony, friendship, romance, sex, enlightenment
and connection. Sometimes witches cut words representing the intention of their
spell into the candles, like the word passion or the name of the one they love,
and the candle has to burn all the way down for the spell to be complete.
3)Crystals
4)Oils
or Incense. These would again each have their significance. Ylang Ylang
encourages intimate feelings, and works well with either sandlewood which is an
aphrodisiac for me or rose and jasmine which are alluring to women. Look online
for recipes to add these scents to carrier oils and use them for a loving
massage.
5)Flowers
and Foods. Flowers and foods are the same way, having meaning, each of these
things all accentuating the main intention of the spell. Obviously roses are a Valentine’s Day
favorite. But, what about the foods? In Sacred Sex, Meredith made for Michael steamed
asparagus with lemon for increased hormone production and literal zest as well
as crab for sexual energy. For dessert
she made passion fruit salad with a sauce of orange for love, ginger for energy
and honey for sweetness.
Now, if one
were doing a spell, an alter, cauldron, wand an such would be used. But, most
importantly, a spell must have a very clear and very specific intention. The
more the witch can see what he or she wants in their mind, the better chance
the spell has of working. I would
venture to say though that this could be true of any date. Yes spontaneity can
be the spice of life, but there is also something to be said about taking the
time to plan an evening for the one you love.
And,
speaking of spells and love, I have two stories involving sex, love and magick
this Valentine’s Day.
Sacred
Sex Blurb:
Just a few
days before Valentine’s Day, Margaret visits her aunt’s craft consignment shop
hoping for a spell or oil, and any advice on how to re-connect with her
husband, Michael, who has become distant since losing his job. Determined to
save her marriage, she gets more than she bargained for from Aunt Minny, a
practicing witch. Armed with recipes to enhance love, a massage
oil type love potion, a new Valentine’s Day candle and a book
on Sacred Sex Rituals, Margaret prepares to seduce her husband.
But, his
initial reaction is not what she planned for…
Follow
Margaret and Michael on a holiday of love journey, a throwback to the kinky
pagan sex rituals once practiced long ago on this day before it was
named after a saint. You may want to take notes to enhance your own
Valentine's Day this year!
Love,
Creativity & Magick, A Steampunk Valentine’s Day Tale
Blurb:
All acts of
magick take on shades of gray in the end, especially for Emma, one of four
females witches who by birthright belong in the social circles of the
privileged upper ten thousand in London
Their
elders had taught them respect for their powers even when mixed with a spanking
amount of fanciful mischief. On the other hand, if a lesson was warranted, then
white verses black magick could be hard to define. Nowhere was the color of
steam more evident than in the matters of justice, a slippery term to define.
Yet, they’d made breaking the laws of society their mission. Most of their
nights at parties and balls were spent creating a magickal comedy of errors,
helping the uptight aristocracy side step their fastidious standards.
Only this
year, days before Valentine’s Day, a damnable day for women without suitors,
Emma is not quite sure what is happening to her. Something dark and seductive,
something not of this world, is luring her, possessing her, and she has no
comprehension of what or who the presence really is. But, when he does show his
face finally, and she feels him to be a nightwalker, she must fear not only the
threat he poses to her blood and to the energy or magick he can suck from her,
but also the danger he poses to her heart. After all of these days feeling him,
wanting him, she has to wonder if her feelings are just a matter of his
compulsion, if she is under this vampire's own type of magick.
To
complicate matters further, the vampire’s propositions are as exciting as they
are scandalous, to teach her how to power her magick with the overabundance of
sexual energy she bears. But, how he knows such things he remains elusive
about. And there is the added attraction that this vampire was a failed
inventor in life, one with a basement full of contraptions she finds she can
power through the use of her sexual energy. Valentine’s Day seems like it could
be all kinds of fun this year now.
Yet, in
these days of social unrest and out-of-control creativity, what is a witch to
do with a vampire? When Valentine’s Day rolls around, and a secret is revealed,
what will be left for her?
Kiki Howell
~where love
is a mystical thing~
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