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Magik Supplies
You do need more than just altar tools
Beyond your actual tools, you will also want to have a selection of other supplies on hand for spells or rituals. What you keep on hand depends on the kind of ritual work you plan on doing (love, prosperity, meditation, healing etc). There is practically no end to the number of elements you can add to your rituals. Whether you prefer to work with herbs, oils, candles, stones or any combination of these is up to you. Each item has a magickal association to it, and by combining similar items you add energy and focus to your purpose. Just tossing unrelated things together can scatter the energy of your spell. Love magick may not require the same ingredients as a prosperity spell would, but there may be some items that can be used for more than one purpose. Think of it as keeping a well-stocked pantry for magick. And as I have mentioned when discussion altar tools, you don't need to shop at any fancy shops for your supplies. Herbs can be purchased at the grocery store, or candles from the local dollar store
The Elements
Air, Earth, Fire and Water
The elements can be thought of as the building blocks of the natural world, but they are much more than that. Each of the 4 elements is associated with other realms as well:
Fire - love, passion
Earth - money, fertility
Water - emotion, psychic
Air - intellect, creativity.
These are just some basic examples. You can classify just about anything by their associations with the elements. Once you start mentally categorizing things in terms of the elements, you'll find a great deal of harmony and pattern in the world around you. Sometimes a fifth element (Spirit) is added into the mix. The power of the elements is often brought into the ritual circle when the Quarters are called during the circle casting.
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