> On Tue, 03 Oct 2006 02:00:32 +0100 Dirk Bruere at NeoPax
> gmail.com> exploded onto the scene and screamed incoherantly:
>

>> blu wrote:

>>> ... toward desired results.
>>>
>>> In the past 30 years I've tried about everything. Candles seem to work
>>> fairly well for small things. ie: attention from someone from the opposite
>>> sex, for instance or to send serenity to someone in need. What I've done
>>> when this is my goal is this:
>>>
>>> (note: If you feel that inscribing the person's name on the candle is
>>> necessary or will be more potent, feel free..)
>>>
>>> Outside. Always outside. Touching the Earth, sitting half-lotus (my right
>>> ankle refuses the full-lotus much to my dismay).
>>>
>>> Holding the candle in my right hand, I call upon my goddessess, gods and
>>> whoever I figure will work well with this particular magick. I ask them to
>>> please forgive my interruption of their otherworldly pursuits, to look
>>> down upon a Child of the Mother Gaia, and to listen to her wishes.
>>>
>>> Going into a meditation, I do a mantra on what I desire -all the while
>>> holding the candle. I've *felt* the power that *is* flow into the candle..
>>> it's an awesome thing to touch the eternal *IS* and to be a conduit for
>>> it. After the meditation is finished, I light the candle, preferrably
>>> facing the general direction of the person who this is intended for. And
>>> I've lately only used votives, white, unscented.
>>>
>>> Still sitting on the ground, watching the flame, I go back to the mantra
>>> of my desire. Staring at the flame, I picture in my head the serenity
>>> coming down on the person I'm doing this for (or the attentions of the
>>> person, etc) Never stopping the mantra, never taking my eyes from the
>>> flame, I continue this until the candle burns down and the flame
>>> extinguishes on its own.
>>>
>>> Namaste to the god/esses, full breath blown out in the general direction
>>> of whoever... and thank the god/esses and the eternal *IS* .. and that's
>>> about it.
>>>
>>> Of course, this is a very basic, magick 101 thing.. but I want to start
>>> out slow here.. see what my reception is, the reaction I receive. And I'm
>>> pretty sure that a mixture of Zen Buddhism and generic magick is new to a
>>> lot of you, so.. I'm taking it slowly.

>> A lot easier just to take her to a candlelit dinner and say nice things.
>> The results last longer as well.

>
> That would be an excellent option if
> a) s/he were anywhere within 100 miles of me
> b) all I wanted was "attention"
> c) I've found that I can send a lot of serenity to those in need this way
> d) What works for one may not work for someone else
>
> Obviously, the mundane works just as well or better up front and close.
> This was meant for long-distance relationships. Perhaps I wasn't clear
> about that. My apologies.
>