\u201cThere will be no foolish wand waving or silly incantations in this class!\u201d \u2013 Severus Snape, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer\u2019s Stone<\/span><\/p>\n One of the biggest misconceptions about magic is that it\u2019s easy and sure \u2013 at least for those with the right genes. Wave your wand or mumble a few words of Latin or Sanskrit or Gaelic and whatever you want comes into being. Anyone who\u2019s attempted magic at even the dabbler stage knows this isn\u2019t true. <\/p>\n Real magic is hard work and the results are never certain. That\u2019s why in most situations you\u2019re better off with a mundane approach. But for spiritual work \u2013 inner work, affecting real change at the deepest levels \u2013 there is no substitute for magic (though other traditions may use different names for similar techniques). <\/p>\n During our Spring Equinox Wishing Well Ritual, I made a wish and put my intention and my will behind it. As I reported a few days later, so far so good. But even the best of rituals will start to fade over time, and I want this to build and grow until the change is self-sustaining. So last night I recharged the magic.<\/p>\n I stood facing East, watching the full moon rise over the treetops. I repeated my wish and my commitment to work to make it real. I repeated a visualization I did last week that has been successful so far. I added a new visualization to build on it and to create some much-needed change in a very specific area of my life (\u201cfuzzy targets yield fuzzy results\u201d). And I asked the Goddess and God for their blessing on my work.<\/p>\n I hadn\u2019t planned on doing anything beyond that, but as I was walking this morning, the full moon was still out, setting a few degrees South of due West. It seemed a good time to charge the magic further and repeat the visualizations, so I did. <\/p>\n