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Dear Friends,

Today, I want to talk about one of the most important things for a person to have in life.

They are your beliefs., and your principles.  But it’s not enough just to have them… you need to be able to stand behind them with conviction – with heartfelt emotion.

There are so many different branches of Witchcraft… some people consider some of the branches “religions”… some consider them “belief systems”… and some consider some of the branches “philosophies”…

…and some people just want to use their hidden energies to bring them their selfish desires in the form of Love, Money, and other things.

But no matter what branch of Witchcraft you choose to follow, no matter what path you take in this world – part of “finding yourself” and increasing your connection to Magick energy is to find your beliefs, and stand behind them.

“Feel” them – with everything you hold dear.

What types of “beliefs” should you have?

That’s a good question, and one that deserves a good answer…

Examples of beliefs that you have range from the deities you “believe” in and celebrate, the general philosophies you have about life, your beliefs in what happens when you “cross over”, beliefs in your morals, your beliefs in the celebrations of life and our beautiful earth…

And in order to develop these beliefs in who you are, and what you “do” – you’ve just got to know what the options are… and you need to do your research…

…and you may be very surprised about how your beliefs may change as you do your research.

What deities do you want to celebrate?  Do a little research on “who” they are, and what they represent…which ones “resonate” most with you – and the person you wish to be (or already are)?

What is important to you?  What do you believe happens when you “pass away”?  How do you believe Magick should be used?  What moral standards do you hold yourself to in the working of your Spells?

When you get a chance, do some exploration on who you think you are… a good way to do this is to follow the “internal sacred space” exercise in one of the lessons in my Magick Mini Course.

I’ll post it for you here in just a second.  Do it… it’s a great way to “firm” your beliefs, and rid yourself of negativity.

Make sure to listen to the interview that Ash did with one of my best friends “Robyn” on the beliefs of “Pagans” – she also gives a little insight on a special will that may be important for you to create…

Before I give it to you though, I want to urge you to see Al Gore’s new documentary about global warming…

What Is Your Belief About Global Warming?

No matter what stance you take on this issue, it’s important to see it so that you can consider this very important issue.

Do you believe that global warming is as disastrous as he claims, and that our world may be damaged beyond repair in just 10 short years?

Or do you think it’s “hype”?  I have my belief… and it’s important to get in touch with yours.  After all, it’s our world we are talking about – the source for all of our powers and energies… the source for our lives, and that of our children.

That being said… here’s the “Internal Sacred Space” exercise I’d like you to find some time to do over the weekend…

Creating Your Internal Sacred Space

It’s your Internal Sacred Space that is the “fuel” behind every kind of Magick
you ever do.  So let’s do something that a lot of Witches never get around to doing. 

Let’s set up your Internal Sacred Space now…

1.  Find a quiet place where you can sit down and concentrate. Preferably outside on a nice day, but you can also find a quiet place in your house where you feel at
peace. Grab a pen and a piece of paper of clean 8 ½ x 11 notebook paper, sit in a
comfortable position, and close your eyes.

2.  Take a few deep breaths and think of emotional and sacred things in your life.
These could be fond memories, certain people in your life, emotions, feelings,
important objects, places, etc.

If you think of negative things, immediately “sweep” them out of your mind. When you are done, you need to only be left with all of the sacred things in your mind. Relax, and concentrate until you feel you are “ready”.

When you open your eyes, let your list fall out of your pen and onto the paper. Just let it flow. I want you to write down everything in a list. Be as detailed as you
possibly can about each sacred thing you can think of. (Remember, these are sacred things to YOU, and they can be anything that brings positive emotion into your heart)

When you are done, turn the paper over.

3.  Now, close your eyes again and think of everything that is NOT sacred to you.
Think about your biggest long term problems, things that irritate you, things that
make you sad. Nobody is perfect, think about your flaws as a person. Think about
anything that brings negative emotion into your heart.

Once you have brought them all into your mind, open your eyes and write them all down on the back of the same paper. All of these negative things will keep you from creating your sacred space.   You will soon find out how to keep them out of your sacred space so that you will have a true place of power within you for spell work.

Fold up the paper and get ready for the next step…

4.  You’ve now got your lists. On the front you have a list of things that are
“sacred” to you. On the back you have a list of all things that are NOT sacred
(the things that bring negative emotions into your heart). Now, you will need to
gather a few tools to use to finish the building blocks of your Internal Sacred
Space.

Gather the following items:

* White candle in a holder

* Matches, or a lighter

* A glass (or ceramic) bowl

* A glass of water

Set them all up in front of you…

5.  When you are ready, light the candle. Let it become your focus. Feel the heat
and energy coming from the candle. Visualize it’s energy surrounding you, enveloping you in it’s light and warmth. Let it’s light fill the aura around your body. See this light purifying your energy, filling your heart with it’s pure, white glow.   After you feel warm and pure from the light of the candle, take the paper and unfold it.

6.  Slowly read the list of sacred things aloud. Allow yourself to pause between
each one and think deeply on it. When you have gone through your entire list, say
the following aloud, and with purpose:

“These Sacred things that I see
Make them all a part of me
Help me raise the energy!”

Now visualize each item from your list rising up off of the paper to brighten the
white purifying light around you.

7.  Next, fold the paper back up without even looking at the list of negative things.
Gently hold the folded paper into the fire on the candle (be very careful not to burn yourself or anything around you). Once the paper catches fire, drop it immediately
into the bowl.

Now say aloud:

“Cleanse the Space inside of me
And rid all negativity
I accept no less -
So Mote It Be”

8.  Now watch the flames carefully as they burn the rest of the paper while you
focus on feeling your positive sacred energy full of grand emotions. Feel the energy again, surrounding you and cleansing your space with white purifying light, filled with all of your sacred things.

9.  Pour some water into the bowl to put out the rest of the flames and ash to
“cleanse” all the negativity from your space. Now snuff out the candle.

You have now set up your basic internal sacred space that you are going to build on in the future. When you first set up your sacred space in this way, do this once a  week for 4 weeks to reinforce it and grow the power of your space. (you can write down different things, or the same things every time)

Going forward, you are going to want to do this once a month to keep your sacred
space clean so that your Magick will work to it’s fullest and won’t be tainted with
negativity.

Next week I’ll be giving you a special interview on an “opinion” that may upset some people – but that is very important to “look at” for yourself.  It may save you in the future…

Brightest Blessings,

Bright Blessings,

Rose Ariadne

Your Warm And Caring “Resident Witch In Charge

P.S.  If you have a friend or family member that could benefit from these lessons,
please send the lessons to them.  You can either email the lessons to them, or just
tell them by using this special webpage:

http://www.rose-ariadne.com/tell/tell.cgi

P.P.S. If you want my limited edition life’s work, go here for ordering information – I don’t believe anything like this has ever been done :

http://www.masteringmagickwitchcraft.com/

P.P.P.S. And don’t forget to listen to the special interview on the blog!

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Dear Friends,

First of all, I hope you are all enjoying the brand new website:

http://www.askroseariadne.com

…starting next week I am going to begin answering at least 1 question per day (and don’t worry, if you have asked a question that hasn’t been answered yet, it is “in line” and I’ll get to it eventually…)

Ok, on to this issue of the newsletter:

Is Witchcraft Evil?

I was debating between a few different topics, and I picked this one because it is a question I get from a lot of beginners… but it is also important for experienced Witches to ask this question of themselves every day:

“Is Any Of The Witchcraft I’M DOING Evil?”

Let me start by answering the basic question asked by true beginners: Is Witchcraft Evil?

If you ask most high priestesses (or priests) they will tell you that Magick energy is a “neutral force” – it is neither good or bad, it simply depends on how you choose to use it.

How you USE IT defines whether it is Evil or Good at that moment.

I have a slightly different belief, and I’ll start this with a question of you:

Have you ever been in the forest, mountains, at the beach, or somewhere out in nature – and felt exhilarated?  As the sun beat down on your skin, and the colors of the environment reached out, grabbed you, and made you feel as if “life is absolutely beautiful”?

Almost everybody has had that experience.

There are some green hills above my house.  At the peak of one of the hills stand two trees.

On the weekends, I often walk up to the top of this hill and I sit under the trees.  The grass, so green and lush – and living close to the ocean, on a clear day I can see the islands stretching out in front of me like the hand of the Goddess.

The blue ocean water sparkling below… the lush hills around me, with grass gently tickling my leg.

In these moments, we are surrounded by Magick energy.  It sure doesn’t feel “neutral” to me.

It is in it’s natural state, swirling and shifting through our natural world – touching everything at the same time… “affecting us” in ways we can’t even begin to fully understand.

But one thing I do understand… if you let it – it feels absolutely wonderful!

My experience tells me that Magick energy is inherently GOOD.

Because Magick energy is good, using it to create good in your life (and the lives of others) is like paddling a canoe downstream – with the current.  It makes it all so easy…

But, if you choose to use Magick for “ill” – trying to control people, harm people, curse people, etc – not only will you be paddling “upstream” (against the current) in your canoe, but you will also suffer karma (usually worse than the “ills” you have created).

Using Magick to cause harm is much more difficult because I believe that the energy is good in it’s natural state.

Is Any Of The Witchcraft I’m Doing Evil?

No matter how long you have been practicing Witchcraft of any kind – this is a question you should ask yourself daily.

Always “check yourself” and what you are doing by asking if there is any way the spell or ritual you are going to do can be though of as “Evil”.  Are you trying to control someone against their will?  Is the selfishness of your desire going to cause another harm?

That’s why it’s a good idea to end any spell with the words, “An it harm none.”  And to REALLY feel this… you don’t want to cause another harm, but you also want your spell to work – and you are sending the energy out with the intention of bringing you what you desire-  while not causing harm to another.

Check yourself, and what you are doing – and put that line in your spells at the end before you release the energies into the cosmos…

Robyn’s Interview

You’ll have the pleasure of listening to one of my good friends Robyn speak about this very topic in the latest Witchcraft Interview (on the blog of course).

I had Ash do another special interview with her on this very important topic.  Listen, learn (even if you already “know” this), and make sure to go through the 4 questions on the quiz.

Next week, another interview, newsletter, and quiz – on beliefs and a special “will”…

Until then, I’ll see you over at http://www.askroseariadne.com!
 
Brightest Blessings,

Bright Blessings,

Rose Ariadne

Your Warm And Caring “Resident Witch In Charge

P.S.  If you have a friend or family member that could benefit from these lessons,
please send the lessons to them.  You can either email the lessons to them, or just
tell them by using this special webpage:

http://www.rose-ariadne.com/tell/tell.cgi

P.P.S. If you want my limited edition life’s work, go here for ordering information – I don’t believe anything like this has ever been done :

http://www.masteringmagickwitchcraft.com

Dear Friends, 

I am so happy to finally tell you all about my new website Ask Rose Ariadne!  Basically, anytime you have a question about anything related to Wicca, Witchcraft, Spells, or just life in general, feel free to ask me a question through the simple form on the website!

Go over right now and have a look:

http://www.askroseariadne.com

You’ll see that there is a “Click Here To Ask Rose!” button in the upper left column of the page – if you click it, you can ask (and have answered) any question in your little heart’s desire…

Make sure to explore all tlhat is offered on the site, and you can see answers to some of the other questions others have asked (and that I have already answered).  I plan to answer a few questions a day starting in about a week or so.

I am so excited to hear what you all think about it… and of course, I can’t possibly answer ALL of the questions, so if you have some knowledge about Magick, Wicca, Witchcraft, etc, please let me know here:

http://www.askroseariadne.com/friends-of-rose.html

I’m excited to give you all a little personal attention as time goes on…

Now…

On Friday be on the lookout for my next interview clip and Witchcraft newsletter… it’s going to be a surprise topic (yep, you guessed it, I haven’t decided what the topic is going to be yet… I am considering two different ones – and they are “doozies”).

I’ll let you know what it’s ready this Friday.

For now, grab your broom and fly on over to http://www.askroseariadne.com and ask your first question!

Brightest Blessings,

Rose Ariadne

Your Warm And Caring “Resident Witch In Charge”

 

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Dear Friends,

I am dedicating this issue to all of the people in desperate circumstances in life… the one’s who are still holding on to hope for the future – and believe that miracles are possible.

So many people I talk to are confused about what Witchcraft is really all about – and what the hidden energies of the cosmos can accomplish in one’s life.

I’ll start off quickly by saying, “It can do everything, and more.”  I am sorry to be vague, but it is true.

I’m sure you’ve often heard your parents say, “If you put your mind to it, you can do ANYTHING!”  We’ve all heard it a thousand times, and it is partly true.

If you “work” hard enough, and never give up, you CAN do anything.  But…

Imagine what you can accomplish when you harness the power of a hidden energy that has existed since the beginning – IN COMBINATION with “putting your mind to it”?

Talk about a double-whammy.  The results will amaze you, I promise.

Obviously, I have included another audio interview – I had Ash interview my good friend Robyn – and she has used Magick for almost everything I can think of… Love, Money, Friendship, Removing Curses, Protection, Divination, and on and on…

If you can think of a wish or a desire, I can almost promise Robyn has used Magick in that way.

Anyway, I knew she’d be the perfect one to pose this question to, so do NOT miss that important interview.

I want to use this newsletter issue to put my own “spin” on this question too.

First, let me say, it’s not as easy as snapping your fingers.  No, money won’t grow on tress.  No, you can’t make the perfect person appear in your bedroom out of thin air for a romantic encounter!

It’s not like “Charmed” or “Bewitched”.  That is fantasy.  But…

In many ways the “reality” of Magick is even BETTER than the fantasy…

Witchcraft gives you the very REAL opportunity to connect with something deep within you.  A chance to  bring REAL miracles into your life with the careful focus of this energy on specific goals – specific desires…

Sure, the selfish desires are there.  People use Magick to bring Love and Wealth every day – with success.  But there are even more important uses.

I have seen people cured of disease and sickness.  I’ve seen abusive relationships cleansed of negativity (even if that means “ending” the cycle of the relationship forever). 

…and I have seen Magick used to bring peace and happiness to others, and the world.

You’ll know when your spells work.  You will feel it deep within your heart – you won’t question it, you’ll just “know”.

So to answer the question… your Magick can accomplish anything you can imagine.  If you can “think it”, Magick energy can “achieve it”. 

An Example Of How I Am About To Use Magick – When He Goes Away…

Before I end this newsletter, I’d like to let you in on an up and coming “challenge” in my life… and it’s one that has the potential for a great sadness in my life.  I know there are greater problems in this world than what I am about to share with you – but I just wanted to give you an example of a common use of Magick for many.

I can’t imagine two people in this world being “closer” to one another than me and my husband are.  Of course I love my children more than life, but that is different.

My sweety and I share a very special bond.  It’s one of caring, trust, and the deepest Love.  I think the Goddess every day that I was able to find someone so wonderful – and perfect for me in every way.

Since we’ve been together, we haven’t spent more than a week apart.  That is all gong to change this summer…

He will be going to South East Asia this summer for 6 weeks, and due to my commitments at home, I will not be able to join him on his trip.

That leaves me and the kids here… and a gaping hole in my life.  6 weeks is a long time to be away from him.

It will be a difficult time, but I have already begun planning the rituals and spells I’ll be doing during this time – because I know that Magick can help ease the loneliness I will feel when he leaves.

I have a series of rituals planned that will bring peace and comfort into my heart by creating special bonds between my husband and I.  I will feel as if he isn’t so far away – and sometimes I’ll feel like he’s right there next to me…

I’ll also take some time to recharge my batteries and focus on myself.  I’ll take some nature walks with the kids, do some calming meditations, take beauty baths, and enjoy being with “myself”. 

And… I’ve always believed that true love starts with the love you have for yourself – so I’ll be doing many different variations of self love spells, which really is the “core” of how you feel at any given moment in life.

No matter what happens, if the love for yourself is strong, you can get through anything with flying colors…

…and on that note, I need to go give some of this “self love” to the dogs by taking them for a walk.  It’s a “gray” day, but I look at the positive – nice and cool – a break from the heat we’ve been having here.

Have a wonderfully blessed day, and enjoy the interview!
Brightest Blessings,

Bright Blessings,

Rose Ariadne

Your Warm And Caring “Resident Witch In Charge

P.S.  If you have a friend or family member that could benefit from these lessons,
please send the lessons to them.  You can either email the lessons to them, or just
tell them by using this special webpage:

http://www.rose-ariadne.com/tell/tell.cgi

P.P.S. If you want my limited edition life’s work, go here for ordering information – I don’t believe anything like this has ever been done :

http://www.masteringmagickwitchcraft.com