Swati Prakash

Top Tarot Healing and Wiccan Expert

Author: swatiprakash

  • Meditation – The Rise of Your Witch or Wiz Power

    Many people feel the need to learn meditation at some point of time.

    For this they go to ‘gurus’ and try to follow various techniques and styles of indian yoga with breathing or kundalini or some asanas …or western guided meditations …or tibetan chanting…or Reiki work… to name a few.

    In my opinion most of these people end up practicing various techniques of energy work that are very much on the surface level, but they have no idea what is meditation.

    I have seen people who have spent years in certain gurus ashrams but still have NO idea how to meditate.

    I have also gained training from several teachers of meditation, most just scratched the surface, some went deeper – NONE were truly magickal…and most of you are left struggling – somewhere out there on the surface – to find your way inside yourself.

    If you really want to meditate please do the following:

    – Stop thinking first

    really that’s difficult for most people but it is possible through training

    You need to totally relax your mind and enter a state of thoughtlessness

    You need to bring your mind under your control.

    Most of us were so far controlled by our minds. We thought all the time and that too without any will power over our thoughts. We were lost in the jungle or matrix of out thoughts, feelings, desires, health problems, emotions… and we got enmeshed and trapped in them. The ‘lower self’ ruled us. This is that part of us which made us feel like a ‘victim’ or our ‘poor self’ who is going through all the troubles of life, without any power, without any magic at all – we believed that to be us. We thought God was some invisible force controlling us from outside. We thought planets may be ‘controlling’ us. We thought our tarot cards were deciding our lives. We thought miracles were created by a force outside our control. We thought intuition is something that comes from outside to some chosen Prophets only. We were unable to access or channel the higher messages of the spirit who is the creator – God/ Goddess inside us. We thought we never can and never will be like Jesus – the son of God, or Krishna, or Rama, or Muhammed, or or whatever we believe to be worthy of following. We thought we need a messiah or savior – someone outside us who will come and make everything alright for us – for the world.

    We were wrong!

    Really all the above thoughts were put into your head through false and wrong types of religious or spiritual conditioning, from people who were brainwashed themselves through various group hypnosis they received in their institutions.

    To make matters worse, these unenlightened people taught you to fear your magickal self. To be afraid of spells, to think witches are horrible and witchraft is a dirty word. They taught you to relinquish your power and to be unwise (unlike a Witch or a Wiz who is wise). How else could they have got you to follow them. You were to be a follower… not your own leader. Because you were taught to mistrust yourself.

    If you were unmagickal so far its because no-one so far taught you how to really meditate because they themselves had no idea. You did not have the right guidance at all. You were asked to think, believe and adhere to somethings as a part of your faith or spirituality.

    Part of this was a belief that – because its bad to do spells or magick – you have no power over your thoughts, your emotions, your life and your situations.

    Now – when you learn to stop your thoughts at will you can then learn how to create the right thoughts as per your will. This will be the beginning of the rise of your Magickal power. You will stop being a hapless victim of circumstances and start being a Wizard or Witch.

    Meditation is the way to the Spirit which is the highest self – the inner self or the God/ Goddess or Consciousness. To think about inner self, God, Consciousness or reading about it, or listening to a Guru talking about it such as in a class, lecture or ‘satsang’ is not the same as really meditating on your own.

    Meditation is something that can only be done if you are meditating. Someone else can only guide you to the gate and you will have to walk through it and attain freedom from your mind.

    You will find that you are not just your thoughts. You are not just your body, breath, identity….You will begin to know who you are – Know Thyself – that is meditation.

    You are the creator of your thoughts, the creator of your feelings, the creator of your body, health, personality, character, life…

    This can be intellectually understood by you as you read this text but to really feel the power of your inner self – kindly meditate.

    Here is a technique that I teach in the Global Wicca Tradition:

    1. Close your eyes. If any sounds, thoughts, feelings or sensations are felt, just observe them – watch them come and go. This is called Observation state and also ‘Vipassana’. Do this for a few minutes…Hold on and go further as you are still not meditating….

    2. Next, draw your focus slowly to your breath and observe just your breath. This is Breath Observation or Anapanasati. You are getting closer to meditation but not there yet…. You are still focused on the surface or outer level experience of breathing.

    3. Slowly draw your attention INWARD across various levels. This way you are realizing that you not bound to the outer world. You are the observer so you are beyond it. You then observe the observer. This is called Witnessing. This happens across the following levels:-

    a) Firstly this means going through and beyond Earth level of self or your physical universe. Your surroundings, your body, breath, sensations are physical in nature. You get detached these – you just observe it ….and then you Witness it by observing the observer or yourself. You begin to know who you are. You are turning from a particle to a wave form now. Your world is less and less fixed and solid and more and more mutable or changeable.

    b) Then go into and beyond Water – or your emotional universe including your feelings which sometimes we wrongly believe to be helpless about. We can observe our feelings, know that we are beyond them and we can create or balance them. You no longer are a victim of your depressions or negative feelings. Now if you see yourself – you will find that you are an energy wave and this energy wave is getting to look more and more subtle and ethereal.

    c) Then go into your Fire or desires – are you just a victim of desire – or are you creator of desire. You can choose what is right. You can desire the good and un-desire what is un-useful. You are no longer a victim of habit, wants, egos or needs. Your energy wave becomes finer and more controlled.

    d) Then go into your Air or thoughts – you create your thoughts – they don’t just come to you. Your mind and your state of mind is in your control. You are no longer a victim of anxiety, panic, worry, stress or restlessness. You are in-charge of your thoughts. You as an energy wave are now more and more clear and pure and subtler.

    e) Finally you go into your Spirit self. You find that you are no longer an energy wave. You are the source – the creator of your own energy wave. You find your inner self – the creator. You create yourself – your entire self. This way you can   influence your entire body, mind, feelings and desires to be what you want. This means you create your Astral, Karmic or Causal nature at one level. And at another level you realize how what is Inside is creating and constantly the world outside. You are your Miraculous, Magickal self – with every single possibility in this entire universe being carried within you RIGHT NOW – like a seed which is empty but has everything stored invisibly inside. You can choose the possibility or the energy wave you wish to create right now and it will happen. This is the beginning of Magick.

    To learn more and practice – do join the course called Energy Healing Spells where we go very much in depth of the above and begin your magickal training.

    No matter which teacher or guru you have learnt meditation, Reiki or Pranic Healing or any other technique from – we prefer you learn this full course from us (from myself or teachers who are trained in my lineage at Magick) so that you are attuned properly and oriented properly into the Global Wicca Traition’s system. Just reading the notes borrowed from someone will not help. Only proper guidance and practice qualifies you to further educate or if you wish initiate yourself into our Tradition’s system. Because its good to start at the very beginning.

    More details on Energy Healing Spells on: http://www.tarotindia.com/professionalcourses

    Blessed Be

    Rev. Swati Prakash

    Head of Global Wicca Traition

  • Celebrate Nature and Heal Earth All Year, Every Year with Magick

    We all have the power to create positive energy vibrations and heal self and others through our beliefs, thoughts, feelings and intentions (and not just through outer actions). This is the basic essence of Magick or spirituality.

    Wicca is a modern religion that celebrates nature and propagates only positive spiritual/ magickal work that Harms None. It is the most positive and magickal spiritual system spreading over earth today.

    An Earth Healing Ritual is a magickal or sacred ceremony conducted by Earth Healing Temple to give healing to earth and all its creatures – conducted each year several times by the Earth Healing Tempe of Global Wicca (headquartered currently at Magick store, 16th road Mumbai 2265250328 fm 1130am-830pm).

    The rituals are conducted especially during the following Wiccan festivals or Faerie festivals of nature. In-fact you may be wonderfully surprised at how every mythical festival in various popular religions is based on the following basic logic of nature because it is the very base of every religion:

    Earth Healing Ritual Dates and Nature/ Faerie Festivals in Brief:

    21 June – Midsummer or Litha – Summer Solstice (Peak of summer and longest day- outer work such as tree or herb plantations)

    1 Aug – Lugnasadh or Lammas (First Harvest – time for blessing of first fruits and reaping what was sown)

    21 Sep – Mabon – Autumn equinox (Second Harvest – when night equals day, time for thanksgiving and blessing of grains)

    31 Oct – Samhain (Final Harvest – end of summer and preparation of inner spirit work on Hallows eve)

    21 Dec – Yule – Winter Solstice (Peak of winter – dressing of trees to keep their spirits warm, celebrating death of old winter god and birth of young summer god)

    1 Feb – Imbolc or Candlemas (Recession of winter – lighting of candles for healing and blessing of earth)

    21 Mar – Ostara – Spring Equinox (When night equals day, Celebrate fertility returning to earth with colors, rabbits and eggs as symbol of fertility)

    1 May – Beltane – Summers Start (Lighting of sacred fires to celebrate light and joy by dancing around maypole or trees)

    WHAT YOU CAN DO:
    As per the above dates and festival descriptions, you can by yourself or in a team, outdoors in summers and indoors in winters, join the Earth Healing Temple ‘astrally’ (through the power of your inner focus) and be a part of the ritual by following the steps below.

    Step 1: Ground yourself – let all unwanted or excess energies go to earth for recycling by feeling them leave your body through your feet

    Step 2: Shield yourself – Visualise a protective circle of white-blue light all around you and other participants if any to cover the ritual area.

    Step 3: Ask the Good Faeries (nature’s spirits who help heal the earth) to join you and state your intention for earth healing and say a positive affirmation for blessing of earth as follows-
    “With the power of the Good Faeries and all the people connected with the Earth Healing Temple, Earth is now blessed with positive energy. People are all working together for earth’s betterment. All of nature is blessed. All creatures of nature are happy and protected. Earth is green, beautiful and healthy. We are infinitely in a state of divine and perfect balance with nature. So Be It!”

    Step 4: Visualize a radiant green light filling earth, being absorbed in every particle of every creature or thing. At this point of time the energy created by the Earth Healing Temple’s ritual will be channeled into your sacred space for healing and blessing your personal ritual as well as all your trees (in case of plantation in midsummer month) or all your crystals, candles and herbs in case of other months such as Candlemas or Samhain . Feel the green light and its soothing effects for 5 to 10 minutes or more as required.

    Step 5: Thank the earth for everything earth has provided you always and state your intention to keep working towards earth healing. If any guidance comes from earth to you – such as a message from the universe on how you can help further, please make a note of it.

    Step 6: Perform the work suitable for the season around the appropriate days, even if the days are not exact:

    21 June – Plant blessed saplings. Just take some saplings and after they are energized with the above ritual, plant them in the right place where they can thrive and water them, ensuring they are guarded and maintained in future.

    1 Aug – Bless fruits of your choice with the above ritual, and offer some of them to trees in your area as a symbol of thanks and energy exchange in return of what the trees give us

    21 Sep – Bless food grains, corn or loaf of bread with the above ritual and offer some of them to trees in your area as a symbol of thanks and energy exchange in return of what the trees give you

    31 Oct – Bless some natural crystals of earth and sow the blessed crystals into earth or immersing them in the waterbeds or oceans to heal earth

    21 Dec – Decorate trees in your area, celebrate around the tree and hug trees to exchange warm loving energy between yourself and the chosen trees

    1 Feb – Light sacred candles to heal and bless earth and to exchange positive energy with earth

    21 Mar – Paint eggs and sow into earth with symbols and designs to convey your love to earth as a symbol of earth’s fertility returning. Also sprinkle flower petals or natural powders on trees and people (ask first) as a symbol of blessing of earth

    1 May – Light a small sacred fire and dance around a tree in your area or offer your own prayer of choice to the tree leaving red and white ribbons tied on the tree trunk for earth healing

    Step 7: Ground again and once again shield yourself before leaving the ritual space. If you are doing the above work in multiple areas and at multiple times, ground and shield before each ritual’s start and after each ritual’s end.

    If you like our cause, and if you haven’t joined us already, please visit www.globalwicca.com and join us. You can also take the Wiccan Oath and be part of the Global Wicca Tradition.

    Blessed Be and Thank You for Joining the Earth Healing Temple of Global Wicca Tradition!

    Rev. Swati Prakash
    Tradition Head and High Priestess

  • Magick: From Darkness to Light

    Magick: From Darkness to Light

    Ever since I launched Magick – India’s first Magickal and Wiccan store in the heart of Mumbai (Bandra West), I have seen many reactions from all kinds of people. Followers have lined up for remedies, help and solutions. Students have enrolled for a multitude of courses in spells, healing, divination and tarot. Dedicated disciples have recieved initiation into the Global Wicca Tradition. Skeptics and non-believers have started beleiving. Critics have turned to fans.

    There has been an absolute change in the spiritual and metaphysical scenario of the city. More people are rising in consciousness and awakening to their true inner power – the power to heal, help, the power to liberate from suffering, both themselves and others around them.

    Several healers are proudly calling themselves ‘witches’ and ‘Wiccans’. Some are even following in my footsteps.

    At the same time, we must not forget that the world was so far in darkness of ‘tamas’ (kalayuga) and is waking up like a little baby. A newly awakened being is still confused and dazzled by the  light.  One main feature of kalayuga is the presence of dark and manipulative people who are low in morals and ethics. Even in the world of ‘spiritual healing’ you will see some of those around.

    It is necessary to also check the credentials of the healer properly. They should be well acclaimed and knowledgeable. If they claim they are Wiccan, please ask for certifications – check which Tradition they are initiates of, or are they just a follower of a tradition, without having undertaken training…also if they are trained initiates check if their Clergy status is still valid – or were they cast out of the tradition. Remember Wicca is a Tradition based system. Check what sort of a Tradition the person is representing…are they truly doing good work. Just because someone says they are Wiccan – doesn’t mean they really are experts in Wicca. They may have just read a book or a website. They may be still learning. They may have taken initiation from a very vague source. Or they may not even know the true meaning of Wicca. There are ample cases of some teens coming together and practicing some dark arts and going around claiming to be ‘Wiccan’ whereas they do not even follow the Wiccan Rede of Harming None. There is a very well known ‘Wiccan’ author who claims she can bring you any man or woman of your choice – a totally non-Wiccan thing to do as it comes under the category of dark arts (Wiccans never do spells to attract specific person). Media and public were so far ignorant about whom to follow and whom to not.

    The good news is that all this is changing – people are being more careful about what type of spiritual healers they associate with. They no longer follow fake babas or negative black magicians or bad witches.

    I have found that people are careful about quality and ‘energy’ these days. They will seek the best and know how to follow their intuition to choose what is right for them.

    That  is why there is Magick at 16th road Bandra West, near Mini Punjab restaurant.  Tel 022 65250328 timing 1130am to 830pm. In this little store  you will find all you need to have a better life – in the form of stones and crystals, amulets and candles, spellkits, incenses and herbs. You can even get your cards read by experts who are fully trained and qualified by Tarot India Network, and get a spell cast for you by those who have been properly trained in the Global Wicca Tradition – so you know that you are in safe hands.

    Enjoy!

    Blessed Be

    Rev. Swati Prakash

    www.supermagick.com

    MAGICK, 02265250328

    from 1130-830 pm @16th road, Bandra West, Mumbai

  • From Prayer to Spells: Witchcraft is for the Enlightened

    At Global Wicca we are always trying to find ways in which we can integrate the philosophies of various religions into one single Enlightened perspective.

    All over the world people repeat the following Christian prayer to God – addressed as our Father:

    Our Father who Art in Heaven, Hallowed Be Thy Name
    Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will Be Done, On Earth as is in Heaven
    Give us this Day our Daily Bread,
    And Forgive us our Trespasses, As we forgive those who Trespass against us
    And Lead us not into Temptation, but Deliver us from Evil
    For Thine is the Kingdom and The Power and The Glory
    For Ever and Ever, Amen!

    The above is a prayer directed to what ordinarily will be assumed as an outside force – a higher force that rules the world address as a ‘father’ God who has created all of us and earth.

    However the period of ignorance and rote repetition of prayers is now over. Today people are awakening to see their inner God or Goddess. Many of us today understand that the ‘Father God’ we are referring to is no outer force. There is no ‘man in the sky controlling everything”.

    God is nothing but the inner self also called the Highest Self or Nature. It is the inner self therefore that we are always praying to and not some external entity. I prefer to call this our Divine Self. Our Divine Self manifests all over the universe, as Nature or the Goddess. This Divine Self manifests to perfection when invoked – eg. whenever we ‘pray’ or rather cast spells for the benefit of nature and self, thereby making the world a more beautiful place. After all a spell is nothing but a prayer – except it is enlightened – made in the knowledge and awareness that we are manifesting our life.

    So here is a version of the above Prayer – which is more of a Spell or Affirmation that will appeal to all of us who are enlightened and self-aware:

    I hereby Invoke my Divine Self.
    I Align myself with the Will of my Inner Divine to Manifest Divinity on Earth.
    I Right Now Channel the Abundance of my Inner Divine.
    I Forgive Myself and All Others Now through the Power of my Inner Divine Self.
    My Divine Self only Manifests the Good of All and Harms None.
    My Divine Self Manifests in All of Nature Now.
    My Divine Self is Infinitely Powerful and Glorious.
    So Be It!

    So, remember – every time you pray to any God or Goddess or higher force, you are actually invoking the inner power within you.

    Meditate and raise your inner consciousness. Be aware of the power you have inside. Be aware of your inner Divinity and beauty. Start performing spells now – and remember they are only to be used for the good of all concerned and to harm none – else you are not being your Divine self. Spells made without Divine and positive intent are worthless and un-magical. After all the word God or Goddess stands for Good.

    Blessed Be
    Rev. Swati Prakash
    www.globalwicca.com

  • MERRY YULE!! The True Ancient and Magickal Symbolism behind Christmas

    MERRY YULE!! The True Ancient and Magickal Symbolism behind Christmas

    Christmas Trees, Holly and Mistletoe, Santa….Everyone celebrates Christmas with these, but few realise the true and ancient significance behind their celebrations.

    Ever wondered why this season is so Magickal and why wishes are fulfilled now more than ever?

    At Global Wicca Tradition we are celebrating this season as YULE.

    Yule is the Winter Solstice (peak of winter), when night is longest and day shortest. Celebrated in end of December each year it represents the symbolic death and re-birth of Sun (as days will grow longer again soon after).

    Wicca is a modern religion based on pagan (ancient) nature worship. Wiccan magick is based on the invocation of ancient nature powers (gods and goddesses) that form the basis of all modern religious beliefs.

    Tree worship by decorating evergreens is also part of ancient pagan ritual kept alive in the modern world. Evergreens – Fir, Holly and Mistletoe all are symbols of eternal life. This is the real reason why you decorate a Christmas Tree and use these symbols.

    Its time people understood the true symbolism and significance of Yule as it helps us return to nature and eco-friendly life.

    The Old God of Winter (symbolised by an old bearded man) dies and is born as young again. He brings joyful tidings of Yule to one and all and is the Wiccan or ancient equivalent of both Santa (old god) and Christ (newborn sun).

    While God represents the Yang (masculine) external or visible aspect of divinity the Goddess is the Yin (feminine) inner hidden aspect of Divine – she is the Divine Energy (Shakti) one who gives birth to God or consciousness (Shiva). All mythology… of Vishnu, Osiris, Christ, whether Greek, Egyptian, Hindu or of any religion….all has roots in this ancent pagan and scientific Truth – that energy and consciousness (also called goddess and god) are the creators of the universe.

    Yule represents the return of light in darkness or the rebirth of consciousness. As we approach 2012 we are approaching a moment of great spiritual awakening in the world which is the theme of this year’s Yule celebration.

    As Yule stands for re-activation of consciousness, it is also a time for wish fulfillment and magick spells (spells are scientific – energy based formulae to activate our inner god and goddess power to manifest our highest good).  Your consciousness when awakened will help you learn how to work with Energy – the vibrations that compose every atom and subatomic particle – the vibrations that constantly create the illusion of solid or material life. You and your entire life and world is all composed  of vibrations….and you can craft yourself and your whole world by altering vibrational patterns…this is the science called Witchcraft. Just Know Thyself!

    At Magick, country’s first and foremost Wiccan store and temple, we are celebrating Yule as a tribute to 2011 to welcome 2012, a most magickal year. As we lit the Yule log fires this year in our celebrations at the Earth Healing Temple at Magick, Bandra West on 22 Dec, we bid welcome to the rising of the inner witch or wiz (wise one) in everyone.

    What You can Do in Yule:

    1. Worship a living tree (especially fir and evergreen) by decorating it (to give warmth to the spirits of the tree). Light a candle near the tree and make a wish for earth healing. Visualise a clean, natural, healthy and happy planet.

    2. Perform spells (spells are higher vibrational or focused prayers): try a spellkit for a planet, a zodiac or a Wiccan or Tarot spellkit at Magick which ready to use with all ingredients and instructions

    3. Work with magickal herbs such as mistletoe, sage and many more herbs available at Magick with instructions

    4. Redecorate your home or workspace with crystals and artefacts energised for your 2012 intentions (a wonderful range at Magick all blessed and energised by the High Priesstess)

    5. Create a new Book of Shadows and Diary for 2012. Choose from Witches Almanacs and Datebooks for 2012 at Magick

    Yule Specials at Magick, Sai Pooja, 16th road Bandra west, Mumbai 400050 include:-

     -2012 Witches Spell a Day Almanac

    – Fabulous Witches Datebook 2012

    – Faerie Wall Calender

    – War water, goofers dust,black destroyer, mystic skull, coffin nails, graveyard dirt, coffin charm for your protection from enemies

    – Pot of gold, money magnets, lucky pentacles, money spell pendants, Haiitian gamblers oil, million dollar oil, money growing root of life oil, for wealth creation – Marriage oils, Lovers candles, lovers bean, swallows heart, attraction oil, love magick spells for relationship success

    – All new gorgeous broomsticks, classy athames, new powerful wands, beautiful quills, parchment paper, dragons blood ink and new book of shadows for practitioners and learners

    – New Books on spells, faieries, rituals and Wicca plus Dvds for your education.

    – Spellkits – Love, Success, Healing, Fame, Prosperity, Luck, Protection. Transformation, Slimming, Beauty, Friendship, Peace…there is a spell for everything at Magick, just take a ready to use kits for beginners from Magick and start casting spells now.

    If you need lessons just enrol for our courses in Divination, Tarot, Healing, Spells, Wicca, Potions, Shamanism, Faeries, Psychic Defense and many many more…. 

    Magick 02265250328 at 16th road, Sai Pooja Building, Near Mini Punajab Restaurant, Bandra West, Mumbai 400050 (visit fm 1130 am to 830 pm).

    Blessings for a Very Merry Yule!

    Rev. Swati Prakash (High Priestess – Earth Healing Temple of Global Wicca)

    www.globalwicca.com

  • 11.11.11 Earth Healing Ritual by Global Wicca Tradition

    11.11.11 Earth Healing Ritual by Global Wicca Tradition

    On the powerful date of 11.11.11 join us for an Earth Healing Ritual to create a ‘Gateway to Avalon’ (a place from where we interact with faery and nature spirits to help earth and all its creatures).

    Date: 11 Nov 2011 (Friday)

    Time: 7pm

    Place: Gateway of India (Gate 2)

    We will sail into the Arabian Sea and conduct a full Wiccan ritual to heal Earth and raise consciousness for over one hour. Please invite friends and all those who may be interested.

    No charges to attend this event but your dedication to Earth Healing is necessary.

    Confirm on 9867859058 or swati@swatiprakash.com

    This is an initiative of the Global Wicca Tradition, a spiritual organisation founded by Rev. Swati Prakash (High Priestess) celebrating its third aniversary now. Our temple is called the Earth Healing Temple and is freely available for all at Magick, Shop2, Sai Pooja, 16th road, Bandra West (Tel 02265250328). Your patronage at Magick (India’s first and foremost magickal and Wiccan store providing spiritual remedies and solutions such as gems, crystals, amulets and spells) helps the temple in its running. All purchases made at Magick contribute to the operation of the temple and its Earth Healing Activities. Rs 100 from each purchase will be donated towards the Earth Healing crystals to be planted into the sea. Visit Magick, Shop2, Sai Pooja, 16th road, Bandra West (Tel 02265250328).

    Read more about the Gateway to Avalon and the Earth Healing Temple of Global Wicca at http://www.globalwicca.com

  • Need a Cure for Corruption? Here is mine…

    Need a Cure for Corruption? Here is mine…

    What is India talking about today, at breakfast, lunch and dinner, on social media and at office, day and night – Corruption and the fight against it…

    Its great that we are being more aware of this illness called corruption.

    We have also seen many talks and debates on the Lokpal bill that is supposed to enhance goverment accountability to citizens. Anna Hazare is the hero of the movement to put this bill in force.

    Now I am a witch, yes I am indeed. And my ways and methods to tackele corruption are a bit different and should I say WITCHY!!

    Let us visualise Corruption as a demon that has possessed India for ages upto now.

    Give it a name, a form, a colour, eg: BLACK demon called Baddie.

    Now light a candle of the chosen colour after carving the name of the demon in this candle.

    So let us assume you now have this black devil candle with the name Baddie carved on it.

    You now want to banish this demon of corruption

    Light the candle and reflect on what all this symbolises…

    What all has this demon made us do? Write it down on a blank paper with black ink (preferably parchment paper with black quill adn bat’s blood ink)

    for example:

    – Elections being rigged
    – Cricket matches fixed
    – Illegal swiss bank accounts
    – Goverment officials being unanswerable
    – Politicians ruling the citizens instead of serving them
    – Government offices being badly kept, lack of online, telephonic help, no call centres, no service attitude
    – HIgh rates of taxes and no justification of the same
    – No proper medical facilties, public healthcare, educational institutions provided to taxpayers – extremely poor quality in government facilities
    – Reservations, reservations for every seat – ensuring that the meritous candidates are neglected and rejected everywhere – all just to please specific votebank communties

    The list I am sure is endless and all citizens will join me in expanding the same…

    Wait a minute, its not over

    Corruption: Is defined by me as a lack of ethics. I do not see it as something that is only present in governments today. I see this as something plaguing the entire human world, down to the lowest strata of society…each and every individual.

    So, also write down what are we all doing that is corrupt – all of us, citizens of India, you and me:

    – Citizens enjoying the facility of easy bribe with which they get away with all kinds of illegal activities on a daily basis
    – Landlords taking black money as advance before signing rental agreements
    – Landlords taking blackmoney every month (undeclared income) in cash
    – Leading and reputed builders all over Mumbai openly asking for cash (upto or more than 40 percent of the house price, sometimes amounting to 3 or 4 crores of cash in black being demanded for a typical three BHK flat in Bandra, Mumbai)
    – Brokers charging indiscriminately high prices for rent and property sale to up their brokerage and therefore creating a racket that ensures that properly prices go high by 50 percent every year…forever
    – Openly cutting trees and chopping off huge parts of trees in the name of ‘pruning’ – BMC approved because some citizen wanted the tree to not obstruct his or her shop
    – People putting up ‘fronts’ to show their work and conducting illegal activities at the backyard.
    – Pirated DVDs being openly sold at every corner and citizens enjoying this facility
    – Telephone and SMS marketing companies easily purchasing client data from employees of various offices even though they are not authorised to part with this data
    – Poaching of the clients and contacts of friends and colleagues easily through social networking and through mobile networks
    – Employees openly stealing company information and also contacts to build their own independent activities
    – Employees doing part time or parallel independent ork while working for their company (even though it is not allowed)
    – Students betraying the teachers by circulating the teacher’s course materials to other students without permissions
    – CAs, public all bribing tax officers to evade taxes of all kinds instead of finding a legitimate solution to bring taxes down or to rationalise tax structure
    – People regularly lying, faking illnesses and avoiding work
    – Peopel using office property, telephones, etc for personal use without authorisation
    – People taking free houses under slum rehabilition scheme and selling off the same in lakhs and going back to slums
    – People stealing other people’s electicity and water supply specially in slums
    – IIllegal squatting on public land for construction of slums and illegal houses
    – people collecting ‘chanda’ for dahi-handi and ganpati and using it for other purposes
    – young citizens carrying banned drugs to parties and pubs regularly without shame

    Oh my goddess…another endless list!!

    We are so ashamed of our government, but not ashamed of ourselves!!!

    Our government and its policies all are reflections of ourself.

    Great sages have always said – ‘aham brahmasmi’ – we carry the universe within. Each one of us.

    If we have corruption inside then NO government, no bill, act, law, no Anna or Baba, no-one shall be able to be free us from the demon of corruption.

    Always remember that which is within you will keep manifesting around you again and again, in some form or another, unless you remove if from within.

    Do you first and foremost want to remove the demon of corruption from WITHIN?

    Yes…a feeble yes, or a strong YES!!

    Now you are ready to complete the spell.

    Burn this list in the black candle and burn the candle off as soon as you can. Dispose all ashes and remains deep into earth.

    Congratulations you have exorcised the demon of corruption, for now!

    Do not invoke it again.

    Shall we all look at ourselves in the mirror and say: we are free of corruption now? I hope you do, I just did…

    Let me know if you did this spell and how you felt about it.

    Be positive. Stay positive.

    Blessed Be!

    Lady Astra (Swati Prakash)
    @witchyswati on twitter and witchyswati on facebook
    http://www.swatiprakash.com

  • A Witch’s Spell by Swati Prakash

    Clear your mind and think good thoughts,

    Say affirmations, pray a lot,

    Practice kindness and compassion,

    Live your life with utter passion,

    Good intentions guide you through,

    And what you believe will come true,

    But you will Manifest for sure

    When you open up your Psychic Door,

    And use the Witch’s Power to,

    Deliver what is best for you,

    So light a Candle, chant the Words,

    Cast the Runes and mix the Herbs,

    Brew the Potion with emotion,

    Close your eyes and visualise,

    Feel the power, free desire,

    Earth and Water, Wind and Fire,

    Sweep the Broom and wave your Wand,

    And manifest the good you want

    Thank the Goddess and the God

    Learn the secrets of the Craft

    For words, thoughts, actions, all work well

    But nothing beats a Witch’s Spell

    – Swati Prakash (http://blog.swatiprakash.com)

    To register for courses or order your readings and spells visit www.tarotindia.com

     

     

  • A New Birth: (going from Muggle to Witch)

    A New Birth: (going from Muggle to Witch)

    Your ego believes that you are just the way you are and will always be the same person.
    Your ego makes you think you have just this one life to live fully and enjoy.
    And you fill up this life with all kinds of things, to satisfy all your desires…
    Running the rat race all the time
    You fill your days with meetings and appointments, and tasks to do,
    You fill your home with things to look at and feel proud of your gadgets…
    You do all this everyday…. and sometimes you take a holiday
    Once, twice or thrice a year, you will relax
    You join a meditation program or yoga class to find some peace
    You join clubs, associations, even spiritual ones, to find friends, and possible lovers,
    And once a year on your Birthday you cut a cake and call friends over…
    That’s celebration!
    of the muggle life…

    But for a Witch life is different!

    To be a Witch is to really LIVE
    For you cannot live till you know the meaning of life
    You see the purpose, the higher truth
    In all things, in all people, and in all of nature
    You connect with the sky and the earth
    You see the universe as your own expansion
    You cast a spell and see your own manifestation
    You see that nothing, absolutely nothing is beyond you
    You know that you can change and shape-shift into anything you want, you are flexible and mutable
    You see how everything is fine tuned into each other
    How the universe rearranges itself for you
    You make things happen… you really do
    When you are a witch you wizen up
    You have friends who truly care for you and not just show they do
    You know how to use your intuition
    You know there is always one kind of decision: the right decision
    And you are always in perfect balance
    Even when you think you are not
    For everything is so meaningful, even your temporary going out of balance has a meaning
    Your dreams are meaningful and you know how to interpret them
    You can read the future, not just in the cards, or stars, or teacups, but in your own reflection which is everywhere
    You see the Divine in everything, especially yourself
    You love being alone, you are never tired or bored of your own company
    You do not need a lover to complete you
    You study the properties of herbs, stones and oils and you know how to use them for the creation of everyday miracles
    Even the color of your curtains is wisely chosen, for its potential energetic impact
    You are NEVER superstitious, you only believe in that you KNOW to be true and scientific
    You know that science is not only things that you know but also things that you are constantly discovering, and spirituality is one of them
    You train your third eye, your second sight and your sixth sense as much as you can all the time, for you know that is the way you can observe the hidden realms
    You do not rely only on gadgets and machines; you try to use your entire brain
    You are really organized, efficient and you have fun doing your work impeccably
    You channel the energy of Love and Light
    You can guide, heal, inspire and lead
    You know how to stay away from trouble and negativity, not only that created by others but that created by yourself
    You can banish all evil, especially the ones lurking behind your own shadow of subconscious
    You can purify yourself and your intentions
    You can create and maintain goodness, first and foremost in your heart
    You are a person of integrity and you know that you always have a CHOICE
    You make the choice of that which is best for not only you but also for the Universe as a whole
    You realize that what is best for the universe as a whole will be best for you
    You include plants, animals, the natural elements, sun, moon and stars in your worship as you regard everything in nature as equally worship-able
    You have no problem worshipping the universal self as the ‘Goddess’ instead of always referring to it as the ‘God’
    You are aware that nature is the true expression of god and you have no shame in being your raw, natural self
    You love your body, your mind, your spirit
    You see no sin in lovemaking
    You smile a lot and you cry too, you explode with anger sometimes, but it is all because you are true to yourself
    You do not feel guilty in asking for the universe for what you want, because you know you deserve it
    You have self worth, self esteem and self love
    You forgive easily and fully, but you do not forget the lesson learnt
    You are honest in your dealings; you always settle your accounts
    You are original and creative in your ideas and work
    You say no when you know you should
    You are not desperate for anything, you know that time is your creation,
    You know you have infinite births and deaths and rebirths
    You are unafraid of anything, death being the least of them
    You do not play robot to anyone
    You are not a slave to any person, idea or belief system
    You are free, as you truly should be
    And your birthday is yet another day to celebrate, as you know you are born each day, by the power of your consciousness
    You hear the music of the spheres and you feel amazed by the synchronicities of life
    Your life is blessed with the awareness of who you are
    For you are a Witch and it is indeed a SUPER thing to be!

    CONGRATULATIONS on being one, and in case you feel you aren’t one yet, trust me you are not very far!

    Blessed Be!
    Swati Praksh (Astra Wishkap)
    http://www.swatiprakash.com

    Head Priestess – Earth Healing Temple
    GLOBAL WICCA TRADITION
    http://www.globalwicca.com
    Visit the above link regularly for courses and programs!

  • The Alchemical Gold in Magick and Wicca

    As I write this I have just conducted a little Alchemical ritual at the Earth Healing Temple of Global Wicca with a few initiates and guests at Magick and I felt that everyone who attended had some marvelous experiences.

    Alchemy as many of you are aware is the mystical quest of transforming base metals to gold (our lower nature to the highest self) with the philosophers stone that can turn lead to gold (actually the wisdom through which the self and any situation can be perfected) and the elixir of life eternal with miraculous healing powers (the true meaning being one of spiritual healing and freedom from karmic cycles of life and death) being popularized by movies and literature.

    There are three stages to the Alchemical healing and transformation.

    The first one (Nigredo or blackness) is the stage when we release ourselves from the darkness of ignorance, inertia or Tamas.

    Darkness is the absence of awareness, not necessarily the absence of light. Human beings have limited physical senses and there may exist several vibrations that we cannot perceive with those five physical senses. Human eye observes only matter because our receptors sense the light that reflects from the material into our eyes. Other species of beings may have different perceptions than us. What appears as darkness to us may actually be something that they can see and they can sense. What we truly need is deeper awareness and more extended sensory perceptions in order to truly make sense of the universe. We also need more understanding and wisdom to apply this awareness and knowledge in the right manner.

    When I was associated with the TV show – The Chair that had focused on spirit communication and healing, I was invited to a TV show in which scientific persons argued passionately with me regarding how spirits do not exist because we cannot see them. Truly it is interesting that a being scientific we can lack the understanding that there are millions of vibrations in the universe and the human senses are not attuned to perceiving each and every one of them. Dogs and cats often see many things that most humans may not. Bats and dolphins perceive vibrations that humans are unable to catch. A truly scientific person will actually appreciate this point. There was also a talk of why the spirits could  not be captured on camera. If you understand my previous point it naturally follows that ordinary human cameras are designed to capture ordinary vibrations that humans can perceive. Sometimes we get signs in pictures and videos of astral presence, however it is not easy for ordinary cameras to capture the same intentionally. Aura cameras have succeeded in capturing part of the astral energy fields of living beings and this is a remarkable achievement. However the truest and deepest awareness of subtle vibrations can only be felt in your heart and soul, something that a machine may not be able to replicate fully. The first stage in alchemical healing therefore is release ourselves from our limited perceptions and ignorance.

    This also helps us be aware of the vibrations we unconsciously carried within us for so long. Feeling, emotions, thought patterns and beliefs that were fear based and false are to be released. These may have escaped our actual awareness because often we get stuck at ‘positive thinking’ and really do not heal ourselves emotionally, astrally and spiritually which may be the requirement. The alchemical change begins with this.

    Around nine years ago in 2002 a black cat became my familiar. I had experienced the passing over of my father while continuing my practice of Wicca. The black cat evidently created phenomenal transformations in me healing me of any sense of mourning or loss and restoring my psychic energy, reminding me of the great unknown that I need to discover.

    The Nigredo as a stage in alchemical transformation also includes Rajas. That means moving from a state of inaction or lethargy to action. Lack of actions, laziness and procrastination is as important to banish as ignorance. Recently a raven that was no ordinary crow appeared at the doorstep of my Temple at Magick.  Still very young he was left there by someone who had tortured the creature and left it outside. The raven healed really fast after medication and energy healing. He found his family and vanished within a few days. Once again I felt deep transformations in the Temple. The entire aura of the temple was cleansed and purified. I felt that the energy and motivation in me amplified while negative energy was repelled from the doorstep of the temple itself very spontaneously. Those who did not want to work and perform their duties out of dullness just couldn’t stay.

    I have found that since the beginning of Magick, any kind of negativity just cannot remain for long there in the Earth Healing Temple and even if people get negative thoughts or intentions regarding the temple, or become disinterested or jealous, they are automatically expelled and healed till they can return and rejoin. I rarely have to perform a banishing spell as the energy of the temple at Magick is strong in itself.

    The second stage in Alchemical transformation (Albedo or whiteness) is to be reborn as a pure being of light or Sattva. We need to replace the darkness with our magickal awareness. Part of this stems from the fact that all the things and situations around us are the reflections of our inner self. The inner unconscious negativity manifests in the form of outer negative energy. Banishing is truly about releasing all that is negative within us, even if we are fighting demons, defending against black magic or exorcising evil. All the time it is our inner self that is being restored to balance. This balance truly comes about when we become empty of all negative energetic baggage that any person, situation or experience may have generated in us. We are now pure as light. We are filled with positive thoughts, feelings and beliefs. We forgive all others as every thing and everyone is an aspect of the supreme self who manifested in our life to teach us lessons. We thank everyone who has hurt or betrayed us knowing that it has only helped us learn how to remain a pure being in-spite of their negativity.

    We also learn how to attract and manifest only positive vibrations henceforth while being free of the influence of any negative energies, no matter how strong they be. Incidentally my familiar changed to a white cat when I was going through this change two to three years ago in end of 2008 at the time started Magick. I also had a vision of a white owl followed by a peacock in deep meditative dreams about a year before this. A peacock often indicates a stage in alchemical transformation when the white light within us splits into an array of all possible colors indicating our truly infinite nature and the innumerable possibilities existing in our multiple universes or parallel realities. You may gain psychic powers of several kinds. It is truly the nature of ‘maya’ being revealed to you. Of course it is not an end of your quest but only a new beginning.

    The third stage of Alchemical healing and transformation (Rubedo or redness/ gold) is when we become one with the golden light that we truly are. In this we are moving beyond Tamas, Rajas or Sattva to be at our highest possible state of consciousness.This is the alchemical gold that has been elusive to so many seekers.

    In 2009 when I was traveling I had a deep visionary dream of going underground to a goldmine. There were several people sitting on the cart that had to enter the mine but all of them fell off except me. A voice spoke to me and told me “you are now very very close to the alchemical gold”. The days after that have been totally transformational, professionally, personally and in every way.

    I felt this work was not achieved in days or months or even years, perhaps this energy comes from beyond time itself and is present with us always. The gold we seek is truly within each and every one of us. However we get distracted by the outer gold in our environment instead of seeking the inner gold.

    I felt practical results of my own deep alchemical transformation largely because all my prayers and wishes since 2004 have largely been centered on being an enlightened person who does good in this universe.

    I highly suggest that you pray and cast spells for deeper change within you than to merely seek prosperity, fame or romantic love, or to banish curses and evil on the outside. Those spells will be useful for the beginner in Wicca.

    The Global Wicca Tradition is however beyond this. Especially in the third degree of Global Wicca studies. A true mystic knows the value of seeking your own divinity – which is found not in ego, desires or neediness, not just in thinking positive or repelling negative, but in being beyond the positive and the negative which is the ultimate truth, to be absolutely free of all maya or delusion.

    As the Bhagvat Gita says,

    tribhirguṇamayairbhāvairebhiḥ sarvamidaṁ jagat |
    mohitaṁ nābhijānāti māmebhyaḥ paramavyayam || 7.13||
    The World deluded by these Three Gunas does not know Me:
    Who is beyond these Gunas and imperishable. (7.13)

    When you become nothing you attain everything. Then you realize the play of the universe was just a dream and you remain aware and enlightened at all times, unaffected by the positive or negative, being your truest self always. You do not ‘become’ God or Goddess, you are in permanent awareness that you are. This gold is indeed free of any pollution and always shines on.

    If all this sounds glamorous to you, like something you could impress others with or gain fame from, this inner gold will elude you. It is found only by those who free themselves of all these attractions and seek the alchemical gold for the highest purpose contained within your self.

    Any initiate who joins the Earth Healing Temple (attaining Clergyhood or Priesthood) is meant to seek this true gold within.

    Becoming a Wiccan, or adoption of Wicca as your personal religion is for anyone who is inclined and is freely available through your own study through books websites and other random sources including free membership to the Global Wicca Tradition.

    Initiation however is a sacred path only for those who are truly here to serve the goddess and be active in the higher mission of Earth Healing as a serving Clergy in the Temple. Anyone can be a Wiccan but not all need be an Initiate.

    It is not necessary to opt for initiation and to take our intense study program if you simply want to be a Wiccan by your religious beliefs.You can just read up on Wicca and the Tradition and freely sign up to associate with the Global Wicca Tradition on http://www.globalwicca.com

    An Initiate is a thoroughly trained and certified Wiccan healer and Priest(ess) of the Temple who works closely for the betterment of the Temple and for completing its sacred mission of Earth Healing.

    It was recently observed that several Initiates and students fell out of the temple, being tested time and again for their integrity and commitment. Most Wiccans were wary of dedicating the time and energy for the course. Some wanted but did not even make it till the first lesson, some fell out during the course and some after attaining the first degree or after initiation, because of their false belief that initiation is for their personal gain alone and that they need not give any service to the Temple. I often ask Initiates to reconsider their Clergyhood at anytime they feel their commitment wavering.

    The Alchemical gold is not for everyone to find, and The Global Wicca Tradition is for the true seeker and the true mystic who is free of vice or corruption and who becomes a pure channel of Earth Healing Magick.

    I wish you many successes in your quest and in your association with the Global Wicca Tradition.

    Blessed Be

    (*)

    http://www.globalwicca.com