MENTAL TEMPLES

Mental temples are similar to mental magick, except you will cast our circle and perform all of your magick using only your mind. You will build this temple any way you wish, and do any type of ritual, ceremony or spell there. When you use a mental temple, you don't have to worry about someone catching you doing your spells.
You will need:
1. Only your mind

THE CEREMONY
Find a quiet place and sit there for a moment. Perform STEP ONE. Close your eyes and visualize a temple. Make this temple any way you choose. The only thing you need to visualize are your altar and tools, they have to be there. Open your eyes. Do this and STEP ONE repeatedly for a few weeks, visualizing your temple, so that you know this temple by heart. Perform STEP THREE mentally when finished.

COLOR MAGICK
As in lesson 4, Candle magick, the color that applies to the candle applies to your magick, such as visualizing white can be used for any calling purpose white magick. To effectively use color magick, you should use your mental temple ( or regular circle casting if you prefer). Color magick is a simple yet powerful way of casting spells.

TO USE COLOR MAGICK
Perform STEP ONE & STEP TWO. Visualize the color of the magick coming down from the skies to your circle. (refer to lesson 4 for the candle magick colors) Visualize this color swirling around you for a few minutes. Now say what you want to happen. See this color swirling and project the color. Perform STEP FOUR. Perform STEP THREE.

WEATHER SPELLS
To cause the weather to change and listen to you takes a lot of practice. The weather is not something that subdues easily. Through this technique, you can cause the wind to blow hard, rain to come, clouds to part, most anything that weather causes, even a tornado. Witches of old used to use this way of causing winds to blow so that ships could sail on the seas, or cause havoc upon enemies using tornadoes or lighting storms.

THE SPELL
Perform STEP ONE & STEP TWO in your mental temple. At this point, say what you want to happen. Around your temple, visualize this happening, see it happening, see the actual result. Do this for about half an hour. Raise and project your energy. Perform STEP FOUR. Perform STEP THREE in your mental temple. Open your eyes and allow about one hour. Look to see if the weather is changing to your needs. If it is not, try the spell again.

CONTACTING DEITIES USING THE MENTAL TEMPLE
This type of contacting allows you to have a conversation of sorts wit the deity of your choice. This method is also used to worship or honor certain deities. Witches of old used this method to perform sabbat rituals. When the layman heard of it, they created the broomsticks for the witches to fly on and meet the devil at the sabbat. Yes, this really happened, except it wasn't the devil; the broomstick was her way of contacting the deity Pan. Research deities and find out which ones you wish to contact.

THE CEREMONY
Perform STEP ONE & STEP TWO in your mental temple. Scream the deity's name in your mental temple. Using any words you feel right, call the deity. Tell the deity why you are calling them. Wait for the deity's arrival and let your mind wander on its own. When the deity comes, simply talk to him or her. Let your mind go, the deity will talk back. Perform STEP THREE in your mental temple.

CHARGING YOURSELF
You already know what charging is in relationship with your tools. This ritual will charge YOU. To give your spells that extra punch, use this to charge you with energy from the astral world.

THE RITUAL
Perform STEP ONE & STEP TWO in your mental temple. Visualize a white light shooting from the skies above your temple down to your third eye. Visualize all this energy coming int your body. Do this until you begin to tingle. Perform STEP THREE, but do not release the energy. At this point you may cast your spell in either the mental temple or regular. You will be using this energy also.

ELEMENTAL MEDITATION
This meditation should not replace the astral one you use as STEP ONE. Elemental meditation is done in your mental temple; it calls the elements into you, causing your power to rise. It should be done after the full moon rite and performed every month. It is a boost to your magickal muscles and keeps them focused- you need to do this.