Magical Healing Techniques

by Lady Passion

HISTORY OF HEALING IN WITCHCRAFT:

Traditionally, healing was the Power to Bless of shamans, cunning men and village witch-midwives; they knew the minute, healthy details of their environment, and used their wisdom to ensure their tribe's survival, by and of the land. They explained the past, fixed the present, and prepared their people for the future. They birthed the babies, prophesied their destiny, assisted them when sick throughout their lives, and ultimately, conducted their death rites. They blessed crops and wells, flocks and cattle, tending to animals and people alike. They weatherworked...anything to promote and assist life. They battled with the astral tribal spirits, placating and opposing the tides of negativity of the group collective conscious. They healed in countless ways.

CONSIDERATIONS:

Person's type and level of need
Your ability or areas of specialization
Possible Karmic repercussions
Mundane law restrictions vs. Craft tradition of healing

TYPES OF HEALING:

Mental/Emotional (Counseling): Attentive listening, validation, divination, confrontation, illumination = enlightenment and transformation
Physical: Traditional incantation:

This is the spell that I intone: flesh to flesh, bone to bone, sinew to sinew, vein to vein, and ________ is made whole again.

TRADITIONAL METHODS:

Touch (taking the "fire" out)

Massage -- all purpose
Tantric -- sexual/emotional

Music ("soothes the savage beast")

Modes -- different types spawn different moods
Rhythm -- different kinds cause different energies
Lyrics -- Certain words create different effects

Tools

Receptive -- anything used to locate or diagnose a problem
Ex: pendulum, hands, shew stone, crystals, divinatory equipment and psychism
Projective -- anything used to cure an illness
Ex: herbalism, spells, charms, talismans, amulets, hands, wands, mojos, sachets, potions, brews, crystals, sigils, "voodoo" dolls, psychic defense, counseling techniques, dances and Cone of Power raising

Sympathetic magic ("like attracts like")

Ex.: Object or body parts of sick person (urine, hair, nail clippings, picture, sweat-soaked clothes, baby teeth) are chanted over, doused with water (breaks fever), burned, buried or hopelessly scattered in the winds (to prevent relapse). Scientific equivalent: Homeopathy and allergy therapy

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Latest update: 09 Jun. 1996