About the Author Christopher Penczak is an award-winning author, teacher, healing practitioner, and eclectic witch. His practice draws upon the foundation ofmodern witchcraft blended with the wisdom of mystical traditions from across the globe. He has studied extensively with witches, mystics, and healers in various traditions to synthesize his own practice of witchcraft and healing. He is an ordained minister, herbalist, flower essence consultant, and certified Reiki Master (Teacher) in the Usui- Tibetan and Shamballa traditions. He is the author of several books, including The Inner Temple of Witchcraft, The Temple of Shamanic Witchcraft, Gay Witchcraft, and Magick of Reiki. Llewellyn Publications Woodbury, Minnesota Copyright Information Instant Magick: Ancient Wisdom, Modern Spellcraft © 2005 by Christopher Penczak. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any matter whatsoever, including Internet usage, without written permission from Llewellyn Publications, except in the form of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. As the purchaser of this e-book, you are granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on screen. The text may not be otherwise reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, or recorded on any other storage device in any form or by any means. Any unauthorized usage of the text without express written permission of the publisher is a violation of the author’s copyright and is illegal and punishable by law. First e-book edition © 2012 E-book ISBN: 9780738716206 Book design by Donna Burch Cover art © BrandX Pictures & Digital Vision Cover design by Kevin R. Brown Editing by Andrea Neff Interior illustrations by Gavin Dayton Duffy Llewellyn Publications is an imprint of Llewellyn Worldwide Ltd. Llewellyn Publications does not participate in, endorse, or have any authority or responsibility concerning private business arrangements between our authors and the public. Any Internet references contained in this work are current at publication time, but the publisher cannot guarantee that a specific reference will continue or be maintained. Please refer to the publisher’s website for links to current author websites. Llewellyn Publications Llewellyn Worldwide Ltd. 2143 Wooddale Drive Woodbury, MN 55125 www.llewellyn.com Manufactured in the United States of America Special thanks to my husband, Steve, my parents, Ronnie and Rosalie, Leandra Walker, all of my students, and most especially Laurie Cabot. Contents List of Exercises List of Figures Introduction Chapter One: What Is Instant Magick? Chapter Two: The Anatomy of a Spell Chapter Three: The Worlds of Magick Chapter Four: Instant Magick Spells Chapter Five: Spell Crafting Chapter Six: Advanced Instant Magick Chapter Seven: Instant Healing Chapter Eight: The Magickal Life Appendix 1: Correspondence Charts Exercises Exercise 1: Altering Consciousness Exercise 2: Sensing and Manipulating Energy Exercise 3: Elemental Connection and Balance Exercise 4: Spirit Guides Meditation Exercise 5: Weaving Meditation Exercise 6: Rising Through the Chakras Exercise 7: Rising Through the Planetary Spheres Exercise 8: Programming Instant Trigger Exercise 9: Higher Self Connection Exercise 10: The Inner Temple Exercise 11: Heartbeat Control Exercise 12: Breath of Fire Exercise 13: Cooling Breath Exercise 14: Positive Breathing Exercise 15: Negative Breathing Exercise 16: Elemental Breathing Exercise 17: Pranic Breathing Exercise 18: Pore Breathing Exercise 19: Inner Temple Healing [contents] Figures Figure 1: Elements on the Pentagram Figure 2: World Tree Figure 3: Om Symbol Figure 4: Astrological Wheel Figure 5: Web of Life Figure 6: Chakras Figure 7: Planes of Existence Figure 8: Ten-Pointed Star with Planetary Symbols Figure 9: Tree of Life Figure 10: Banishing Pentagram Figure 11: Astrological Glyph of Mercury and Venus Figure 12: Hand and the Elements [contents] Introduction Contrary to the title, Instant Magick is not a quick book of spells that requires no energy, effort or imagination. Instant Magick is not one quick, easy open package designed to make your life perfect with a few herbs, crystals or candles. Magick doesn’t work that way, though we often wish it would. Magick is a path of transformation, healing and awareness. Instant Magick is a book that will help you weave the natural energies of life through your will, words and visions into a transformation. The initial results can seem instantaneous. You will an event to occur, and it occurs. The process of magick is to explore your will, your wants and desires, and through it, to weed out the unwanted, unhealthy and unnecessary desires to find your true will, the desire of your soul. I’m a practical person, and think the exploration of your true will should have practical applications. The traditions of magick I have studied are about learning to go with the flow of nature, and gently shape it to aid your journey. The knowledge of magick can simply be the difference of learning when to swim with the stream of life, rather than against it. The spells of Instant Magick are not your typical pagan or ceremonial spells. They don’t involved complicated rituals. They don’t involve altars and magickal tools. You don’t need candles, special ingredients or exotic symbols. I love those spells, and have used them before, and will use them again, but there are many times in life you need to tap into your energetic awareness and create change. You can’t always get to your altar, and many times, you need magick in your car, at work or on the run. The spells here are accessible at any time, through meditation, visualization, words and intent. Many practitioners gain a greater awareness of energy as they practice traditional magick, and learn to adapt their will-working techniques to many different traditions. They do magickal working similar to Instant Magick, yet most only teach and talk about specific traditional spells with traditional recipes.