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possession,
Newman’s investigation of the Martin house is unlike any other.,
and murder. When the evidence becomes overwhelming,
When author Rich Newman first arrives at the battered doublewide trailer deep in the Mississippi Delta,
it’s clear that this is no ordinary haunting. Called from Memphis to assist a local ghost hunting team,
long-buried memories from Newman’s own past come back to haunt him—memories he’d rather forget. Collecting physical evidence,
researching the violent history of the property,
Newman’s investigation of the Martin house has become his most terrifying and mysterious case. What starts out as a malicious assault manifesting as deep rumbling sounds quickly spirals into a story of obsession,
and sorting through the spiritual implications of demons
this type of working above all others MUST be
done with the ‘for the good of all’ intention added into
it. You really, really should never cast a love spell to gain the love of a specific person. While it is understood that this is unethical magic, that reason is all too often, an
insufficient deterrent. The call of “the one” that strongly yearned-for lover; seen only through the idealized haze of 121
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their admirer is frequently so powerful that all common
sense is overwhelmed and we give in to the temptation to
misuse our magic and cast a manipulative spell.
If we cast a spell to gain the love of a specific person
and we are successful in that goal; we are then extremely
vulnerable to suffering several different consequences. The first potential consequence we might encounter is, once
our idealized haze is pierced by the reality of having “the one” sitting in our living room hogging the remote and
burping the alphabet, we may decide that we don’t really
like them so much anymore and want to be rid of them;
only to find that they are deeply devoted to us and “would never leave us” no matter how much we wish they would.
A second consequence is; if we are casting a spell to gain the affection of a specific person, with specific qualities (that we think we enjoy), it may also attract a great many others who share those same qualities. Yay! Lots of hang-ers on that will all be fixated on you! Joy … the misery
of unwelcome attention. A third and perhaps, the most
difficult consequence is that when a person is “magically
captured” they are essentially bound against their free will and while they do not consciously realize this; subconsciously, they know it and will strike out accordingly. It is only natural to resent being bound and enslaved to another’s will. When someone is under magical influence,
they are ALWAYS subconsciously aware of it. Their mind may not be powerful enough to break the spell, but as a
defense mechanism it will resist. This resistance will show
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itself in continual arguments and episodes of conflict in
the “relationship” which will ultimately sour it and create a need for separation.
Don’t I make it all sound wonderful? Well I’m sorry,
but it is every Witch’s responsibility to warn against the misuse of magic in an authentic manner; explaining why
not to misuse your skills, instead of just stating a blanket
“don’t do it” which explains nothing. Now to the good
news; feel free to use magic to gain love as often as you
wish. Just make sure that you are not casting for a specific person. If there are certain qualities you require a potential love to possess, it is fine to include those as conditions of your spell; just use care. In a love spell, more than any other magic, it is imperative that you focus on how you
wish to feel when your goal is achieved. If you focus on how you want to feel, the feeling becomes the top prior-ity in the magic. This then overrides anything in the spell that would counteract bringing you that feeling. If you
combine proper feeling with “according to free will and
only for good” you have created your ticket out of magical mistakes (in most cases). As long as you avoid manipulation or dominance, everything should work out fine.
Okay, enough nagging and warning and guiding and
tutoring (and more nagging); time for the spells. Love
spells are fun, fabulous, magnetic, sexy, and luckily, really easy to make straight out of the grocery store! Let’s start with my favorite magical concoctions; brews.
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Brews
Ah, brews. Stirring the cauldron, cackling, tossing in
herbs, cackling, watching the steam rise, cackling, charg-
ing the mystical infusion, cackling, and of course, cack-
ling. Okay, maybe not so much cackling. Anyway, there are many liquids that have been associated with love, li-bido, and sex. Wine is one, as is mulled apple cider. This
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