Lesson 1

Getting to know yourself and the natural world we live in, is important or anyone who is learning the Craft. It is important to find out what makes us tick, where we are emotional, what are our expectations of ourselves and others. How do we looked at the world of nature and the world we live in. Magick is not something we do, It is a way of life. How we view and relate to life is of deep importance. Do we act spontaneously to a situation, or do we think before we react. Do we insist on our own will, or are we willing to let the will of the divine work in our lives. Are we confident in ourselves, or do we need to improve how we think about ourselves. These are all areas that we must look at as we start to learn how to live a magical life.

To start off you will need to go to your local store, and buy 4 notebooks.. or binders and paper if you don’t have them at home. You will be using them on a regular basis. They will become your Dream Journal, Daily Journal, Book of Shadows, and Ritual/Meditation Journal. Yes folks you’ll keep a lot of records while practicing the craft. record keeping is important, they can be used later to see how you have grown in the craft, storing needed information for later use, seeing how our mind works when we sleep, and which rituals we get things out of and those we don’t.

DAILY JURNAL:

At the end of each day, write down what happened during your day, who you met and interacted with, your feelings of people places and things, what interesting things you discovered about yourself, and the world around you. The Daily Journal will help to track trends in your life and how your perception of the world changes as you grow and develop in the craft.

DREAM JURNAL

Keep this one by your bed. Everyone dreams, even if you do not remember them in the morning. The reason for a dream journal is to one, get yourself in the habit of remembering your dreams, two tracking your dreams to find out what kind of dreams you have. You should not try to interpret a dream journal in the beginning. Just keep one.

We dream for 4 main reasons. 1) Our mind is at play. 2) Our subconscious is trying to talk to us 3) A Higher Power is trying to teach us or tell us something 4) Prophetic dreams. By recording our dreams we can start to see what category our dreams fall into, and how we are effected by them.

Keeping a dream Journal 1) Keep it and a writing utensil by the bedside. 2) As soon as you wake,(this is the tough part) before looking out a window or anything(you can turn off the alarm)Take out your journal and write down your dreams. It is easier to recall them if the journal is written in as soon as you open your eyes. If you can’t recall your dreams write "This morning I chose not to remember" in time their will be more dreams remembered. 3) Put journal away and start your day.

BOOK OF SHADOWS

This is were you keep all the really neat stuff you’ll be learning and practicing. You’ll keep history’s theories, Herbal information. Lessons all that neat stuff. Were going to Start this book with this lesson:

1) Page one of your book: Title page 2) Leave next few pages Blank to put an index in. Each time you put something in your book you can index were you put it. 3) Write down what you think Magick and Wicca is Sign and Date it 4) On the Next page write down how you got o the point of wanting to learn Wicca, and why you want to learn Wicca Sign and date it. 5) Next page Title Discovering the elements: (and do the following exersize)

The five main elements we work with on a daily basis is Air, Fire, Water, Earth, and Spirit. Over the next week spend an half an hour or more OUTSIDE even if it’s raining, let yourself get wet and enjoy the rain. (Keep the book out of the rain though) Record all the things you see that are a representation of the 4 elements and what they are, record those things you see that are a combination of two or more elements and what they are, and the elements they combine.(HINT- all living things have the element of Spirit in them)

Next go INSIDE and look at a different room each day. Record the same in the house, include people, pets. and the occasional stray insect that enters our home.

At the end of the week right down what you think are the Qualities of each of the elements after your done recording it in your shadows. Type it up on the computer and send me a copy so I as a teacher can see and talk to you about it.

RITUAL AND MEDITATION JURNAL

Have this one handy, we will get into soon when we start into working with the elements and Spirit of the Universe

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