Spell creation...

[RubyRose]

I'm currently writing a spell, and was wondering if the phrase:

'This is my will,
So mote it be'

can be used, or is it redundant?

I'm asking this, because I rarely write my own spells, and I'm curious.

Also, when carrying out a spell, I'm wondering if both the Moon Phase and Time of Day, and the Day itself are important to creating a more successful spell.

I know some deities have a Day associated with them, as do Days in relation to properties, such as healing, protection or grounding etc.

Or is that all just up to the individual?

Blessings,
RubyRose

[Sylvan]

The phrase is fine, I've seen similar used in many books out there. :)

As far as timing goes, that's up to you. If you want to get into days of the week, planetary hours, planetary positions, etc, go for it. :) Me, I'd just be happy to do a spell during a decent moon phase.

[RubyRose]

The phrase is fine, I've seen similar used in many books out there. :)

I've seen in used in books and on the internet, I've also heard that its not always good to use it, so that's why I asked.


As far as timing goes, that's up to you. If you want to get into days of the week, planetary hours, planetary positions, etc, go for it. :) Me, I'd just be happy to do a spell during a decent moon phase.

I'll check this all out further and then I'll decide. I don't think I'll go deeper than the Day and Moon Phase, anything more than that and I'll end up getting confused.

Thanks.

[Garden of Eden]

I think it's fine... It's always worked for me, and generally speaking I don't use spells I haven't written (my teenage years have made me paranoid :p). It's just an affirmation of will... willing the spell into existance.

"My will be done." or "As I say, so shall it be." would work just as well...

[Fideal]

*nods* nothing wrong with the phrase. I think most people have their own preferences when it comes to 'closing statments' if you will. Use it in your spell, and if it works, keep it, and if it doesn't, drop it and find a new phrase to try. Personally, I like to use "As I will it, my will be done".

[RubyRose]

Thanks, I'll ponder it a little more ... but so far its sounds right with the spell.

[Romani Vixen]

Do you feel that the phrase is appropriate?

I see it as essentially saying: Through my willpower, this will happen!

It's totally what feels right to you.

[RubyRose]

Do you feel that the phrase is appropriate?

I see it as essentially saying: Through my willpower, this will happen!

It's totally what feels right to you.

Why am I seing a kind of double action happening here, like the same things being repeated unnecessarily!?

[tangerine_smile]

I'm currently writing a spell, and was wondering if the phrase:

'This is my will,
So mote it be'

can be used, or is it redundant?

I'm asking this, because I rarely write my own spells, and I'm curious.

Also, when carrying out a spell, I'm wondering if both the Moon Phase and Time of Day, and the Day itself are important to creating a more successful spell.

I know some deities have a Day associated with them, as do Days in relation to properties, such as healing, protection or grounding etc.

Or is that all just up to the individual?

Blessings,
RubyRose


i dont think it's redundant, but i wouldnt find it bad if it were either. i've found that being redundant in spell casting has helped me in some ways. saying the same thing in different ways helps me be explicit in describing the outcome i want. but perhaps the more experinced around here would know better then i do when it comes to this. as for moon phases, and day phases, i've found that connecting to the time and day that works best with the moon helps my casting along greatly. i find it realy helpfull to get the best day and hour that corresponds to the type of spell im doing (gives what i cast a bigger boost of energy).

but hey, if you'd rather not be a slave to day and hour, just wait for a nice full moon to do your spell work. even for banishing something, it seems to work pretty well. Theres a blue moon coming up this saturday i hear, and those are packed with even more energy then normal full moons, so i'd suggest casting you spell then :)

[Grey]

Well look at it this way, youve got a rocket and you want to hit a target a long way away. The more data you have the more accurate you are likely to be... but at the same time you could just as easily shoot from the hip and be just as accurate.
windspeed, exact distance and angel... planetary alignments, lunar phases and ley line activity... it doesnt hurt to have the extra info, but at the same time you can do without it.

As for the mote it be stuff... I always figured that was to tell your subconcious you were serious, and that you were done with the working... never needed it myself.

[DonovanJoseph]

i think the phrase is fine, and as for the timing, i believe in some senses it can be more powerful at different times. (ex. new moon is good for spells that imply beginnings, this makes sense to me because in a sense the moon is begining its cycle)

[PAGANFILES]

I'm currently writing a spell, and was wondering if the phrase:

'This is my will,
So mote it be'

can be used, or is it redundant?

I'm asking this, because I rarely write my own spells, and I'm curious.

Also, when carrying out a spell, I'm wondering if both the Moon Phase and Time of Day, and the Day itself are important to creating a more successful spell.

I know some deities have a Day associated with them, as do Days in relation to properties, such as healing, protection or grounding etc.

Or is that all just up to the individual?

Blessings,
RubyRose


mote (mot) aux.v. Archaic. May; might. [Middle English moten, from Old English motan. See med- below.]

Nuff said?

I'd probably say, "Done and do it," if I thought it was necessary at all.

Terry

[fay]

if you want to say it then say it. theres absolutely nothing wrong with it. you may want to reword it or you may not. i usually say in my spells, "as is my will, if it be yours, so mote it be". as im always scared of that wellknown phrase that we dont always know whats best for us.
as to timing etc, i think its pretty much been said. all those things can add energy to the spell and make it more potent but that doesnt mean that for your spell to work you must use these things. it depends on how much time and patience you have for that spell.
blessed be

[ObsidianShenKa]

Terry already stole my argument, that "mote" comes from "might", which adds a sort of condition to a statement which is supposed to be of affirmation and certainty.

I don't use "this is my will, so mote it be". If I absolutely need to say something, which I typically don't, I find myself saying "my will be done." And that's it, suffice to say.

It's just psychodrama, just like with any and all ritual items, accessories and procedures.

Cheers,
Obsidian