Soulcraft & Personal Power Time

י' באדר תשס"ז

Keeping meticulous records of spellwork allows one to discover his or her personal power times when spells and rituals tend to work well, when focusing and raising energy is easy, when distractions are few, and when magickal impact is greatest. Power times may be specific hours, days, moon phase, moon sign, astrological sign, planetary influence or other factor. Keeping detailed records allow one to analyze the data to bring out a pattern of time favorable to one's unique soulcraft.

Spell Data Template Update

Spell data template updated to include documentation of planetary hour and halachic time spell is performed.

Recordkeeping & Spell Data Template

Arin Murphy-Hiscock (Power Spellcraft For Life) writes:

Spellcrafting is very similar to working in a lab; you have to keep track of everything you use, how you use it and in what proportions, how you combine it, and the results, in order to be able to replicate the experiment at a later date. Record keeping is crucial: it allows you to go back and do a postmortem of sorts on your spell to understand why it succeeded, or why it didn't. If you haphazardly toss stuff together, and something goes dreadfully wrong, then you won't be able to refer back to the spell in order to undo it.

Records allow you to analyze the data in order to ascertain times of personal power for you, to change small things in order to understand how each component influences the outcomes, to use a proven successful spell again, and to rewrite a faulty spell, among other things. Records also document a very personal journey through the world of enchantment and transformation.

The collection of notes and records will become a valuable reference as you evolve as a spellcaster.

Modified Basic Spell Template

Crafting A Spell

identify goal or desire
examine the context
evaluate the repercussions
refine the specifics of need or desire
decide on a time
decide on a method
choose correspondences & components
create central symbolic action
write text of the spell
write list of required materials

Casting The Spell

set up
purify
dedicate the space
state your purpose
raise & release the energy
ground
release the dedicated space
record the experience
reinforce the spell with action

Recording Spell Notes

name of the spell
date and time performed
halachic time
planetary hour
moon phase
calculations (if any) & other astrological data
location
how long it took to cast the spell
weather
your state of health/mood
purpose of the spell
invocations utilized (if any)
tools & ingredients required
full text of spell or ritual
your immediate reaction/observations
short term results
long term results