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Witches, Pagans and other practitioners of magick aren’t the
only ones who cast spells. Writers and poets are also wielders of words and
energy in ways that create change.
Many of the words I write come from a place deep within. They
rise up from an inner well and are often charged with strong feelings (energy).
This is truer of some of the personal blogs, essays and poems I write than a
how-to article. But even there I’m casting a spell with the intention to infuse
the reader with something they didn’t know before.
There’s a reason we use the word “spell” to indicate putting
letters together to create words. Language was probably the first magical tool
humans created. Our experience is colored by the words we use. Our thoughts and
beliefs are made up of words. These affect our feelings which in turn influence
our actions. Our actions create our experience and situations. We are “spelling”
all the time.
As writers we utilize this tool to extend our influence.
With our words and works we can change hearts and minds. We move people with
what we write because we were first moved. If we don’t feel our words, other
won’t either.
The word made flesh isn’t just the creative power of the
Divine becoming form, it’s the power of our writings/spells to become not only
a real experience in the reader, but an influence that pours into the world
through the reader now changed.
