CORRESPONDENCES
    The first step in writing a spell is to research the correspondences that relate to the subject of your spell. These would include which gods or Goddesses to invoke, what colors and plants to use, which planet the spell falls under, and anything else that will strengthen the spell. This book is full of such information.
    If your topic has numerous correspondences, select those that seem most meaningful or powerful to you. A spell can be simple or complex, but it must be specific. You cannot achieve your intended result unless you clearly build it into the spell. If the spell has a time factor, include that as well:
            This spell shall lose its force
            When the Moon has run its course
CREATING SPELLS
    The easiest way to teach you how to write a spell is by example. Study the correspondences in the Love section of this book, then consider these example spells:
Spell for Bringing Love into your Life:
Aphrodite is an appropriate deity for men or women to appeal to:
                   I in She and She in me
                   Aphrodite of the Sea
                   O mighty Aphrodite,
                   Let love find me!
    The strongest spells employ things and actions as well as words, so you could complete the spell in this way:
    Get five pink or orange balloons (heart-shaped ones, if you like). Write your name on slips of red paper with silver ink. Put one in each balloon before it is filled with helium. Do this on a Thursday. Attach peacock feathers to each balloon and tie them to your altar overnight. Scatter herbs of love on the altar.
    Burn five pink candles and rose, patchouli or other appropriate incense (away from the balloons!). Using the list of god/desses from the Love section, invoke those deities who grant the type of love you hope to find. Pray. Take the balloons outside on Friday and separate them. Release them one by one, as close as possible to the place where you live.    As you release each balloon say:
                  I in She and She in me
                 Aphrodite of the Sea
                 O mighty Aphrodite,
                 Let love find me!
    A similar spell could be created with a net, if you live near the ocean
or a mighty river.The symbolism there would be 'I cast my net upon the waters', and Aphrodite could be invoked in her Fish Goddess aspect.
    If you wish to attract a lover rather than love, perform the spell over a bowl of fruit: figs to attract a female lover, bananas to attract a male one, both if youíre hoping for an orgy. Charge the bowl with the spell, then eat the fruit. Wear something orange for several days thereafter.
Spell to Find a Husband:
    The Egyptian goddess Hathor grants husbands to those whom she loves. Gold and turquoise can be used to invoke her, so this spell uses such a necklace.
    Cast this spell at midnight, on a Friday, when the moon is waxing or full. Decorate the altar for a love spell. Use roses and the color red. Include an image of Hathor, if you can get one. Place the card of the Emperor from a tarot deck at the center of the altar, atop the pentacle. Cast a circle. Swing the necklace like a pendulum, back and forth over the card,
as you say:
              Send me the Emperor, the good king of my life,
              The man who will love me as both witch and wife.
              Make him kind and never cruel,
              Let him treasure me as a jewel.
              Give me a home and give me a hearth,
              A safe space for worship and freedom from want.
              Send me the Emperor, the good king of my life
              The man who will love me as both witch and wife.
    Repeat this seven times. Close the circle. Wear the necklace until a husband appears. (Guys could craft a spell that invokes Ah Kin, who brings wives to bachelors.)
Spell to Attract the Attention of the One You Desire:
               By the four posts of my bed
               I turn your head,
               I turn your head.
               By my loins and by my thighs
               I draw your eyes,
               I draw your eyes.
               With marjoram and a bowl of glue
               I make you think of me as I think of you.
               I cause you to look at me,
               I cause you to look at me
               I make you enchanted by what you see.
    Get essential oil of marjoram. Take a big orange candle and set it in a dish of glue on your altar. Cast a circle, light the candle and perform the spell, charging the oil with it. Keep the candle on the altar until the glue sets completely. A picture of the person, if you have one, could be set in the glue. Wear the oil as perfume until the spell works. Make a surreptitious trail of it from that person to yourself. Do this on a map if the person lives far away, and put several drops of the oil on your doorstep.
    Note that if the spell did not include the last two lines you might attract the person's attention without attracting her or him to you.
CLOSING
    The usual closing for a spell is, "So mote it be." I have no idea where that phrase originated. It might be nothing but pseudo-arcana, so I prefer to end spells this way:
                  I make this the Word
                  That goes forth and comes into being
    This manifestation closing, derived from ancient Egyptian sources, can be altered in any way you like:
                  I send this Word forth
                 And bring it into being.
RHYMES
                       "To bind the spell every time
                       Let the spell be spake in rhyme"
                             -The Wiccan Rede, by Doreen Valiente
    Rhymes have more power than blank verse because rhythm can be used to make magick. (A rhyming dictionary can be helpful here.)
LANGUAGES
    Spells can be written in any language you understand, ancient or modern, so long as they make sense. Your communication with the Universe is actually a psychic one. Mystical-sounding nonsense words will not work, unless you have a firm idea of what they mean to you.
INSPIRATION
    It might be difficult for you to get started in this if you are not accustomed to creative writing, but there are things you can do to unblock yourself. Use moonlight and white candles for inspiration. Pray to:
             Isis, Lady of Spells (Egyptian goddess)
             Ogma, for words of bespelling (Celtic god)
             Kamrusepas, Goddess of Spells (Hittite/Hurrian goddess)
             Thoth (Egyptian god of creativity, writing and magick)
CONCLUSION
    It isn't difficult to write a spell. Try it, and see what happens. Don't worry if your early spells aren't too effective. You'll get better at it with practice.