Michael from the US asked how to make an altar.

Here's a simple 7 step method to make a real working energy magic altar and some tips on altar offerings and how to make sure your altar gets more powerful over time, rather than becoming ever more confused.

Why are people (old and young, from near and far) interested in magic? What do they find exciting and what are they looking to find in the study of magic? Here are some very personal answers for us to reflect upon and enjoy - and inspire us, too!

*There is a lot of magic in this article - energy, in other words. Just reading it makes me tingle, every time. Well worth seeing/reading/doing (again, and again).

Here is a new New Year's Spell/Ritual which really is quite magical on many levels. Giving the base pattern for the New Year Spell plus various ideas how to personalise it, do it with or without ingredients, alone or in a coven etc.

The base pattern used in this New Year's Spell can be used for many other purposes of wish fulfilment (wishing spell), goal setting, reality creating, healing and other magical & pure energy magic appplications. Happy New Year to all!

Winter Solstice is on December 21st and a very special time for a very special spell. Here is an extremely powerful Winter Solstice Spell which can be done by a single person without any spell ingredients of any kind; this Winter Solstice Spell can also be performed in a group or coven. You can do this Winter Solstice Spell indoors and outdoors; and the basic energy magic of this can also be evoked at any time of the year. One of my personal favourites, enjoy!

What better activity for the night of All Hallows Eve than to perform the traditional Ghost Dance?

Here is the Ghost Dance MP3 with instructions to do your own Ghost Dance for Halloween.

Magic Astro - Days to watch for your star sign September 2011, Celtic Tree Of The Month, Void of Course Moon Schedule for September 2011, Magic Astrology Forecast for September, day by day.

What have the stars in store for us this month ...?

If you look into an old book of spells, what you won't be finding in there is how to be successful on the World Wide Web! Magical websites? Spaces? Facebook pages? Can we put magic to work to get more visitors, get more likes, more sales?

I asked that very question and the result is this awesome set of 7 magic meditations for the WWW!

Folk in magic and especially beginners tend to obsess about following the tradition of doing certain types of work at certain beneficial times of the various natural cycles within which we exist. Unlike the more complex astrological, moon, year or day/month cycles, sun phases are actually far more basic, more powerful, and sun phases are easy to remember and very clearly natural.

A simple but effective luck spell, an old gypsy spell that may have a thing or two to do with the reknown "luck of the Irish."

You don't need a wand or any paraphenalia, all you need is a penny for luck - and a little bit of magic :-)

August 8th at 8pm is the World Energy Awareness Event. It is a global effort by energists around the world to work their magic at the energy levels to have more people awaken to the fact that there is energy, there is magic in the world, and that far from being Satanic in some bizarre way, it is not only completely natural and right, but also essential to learn, understand and study the energy worlds as a proper human being who lives life in accordance to the laws of the Universal Creative Order.

You can find out more about WEAE here: http://energy888.org and now, here are 3 Spells For The World to choose from: A Simple Wand Spell - Simple Pendulum Spell - Simple Fire Spell (also good for groups).

Welcome to our new Magical Astrology column with intuitive psychic medium and magical astrologer Sherry MacBeth aka ShadowFae. Sherry writes:

The Astrological Sky in August is strong, beautiful, and determined! August starts off with Mercury entering its retrograde cycle from August 2nd till the 26th. We start off in hard-working Virgo and then move backwards into playful Leo. So August is going to be a good time to take a step back from the chaos of the outside world and make time to play, do a clear out, make preparations for the coming autumn. We also have a good energy for home improvements, family tasks, and paying attention to our emotional needs as Mars moves through Cancer starting August 3rd and up till September 18th.

Summer Solstice this year is on June 21st at 17.16 GMT. That's the moment when the sun stands still and listens - and a perfect moment for a special spell. Now in all magical workings from the dawn of time, the Sun has had a special place as the single most powerful physical existence in our lives. Sun magic, one might say, is therefore the most powerful form of magic if you want to make changes in the material world. Which is why Hitler adopted the Sun rune (aka the swastika) as the symbol for his party ... and material changes they made ...

Please Note: You can do this spell at any time the sun is shining, all year round!

This energy magic Soul Love potion has a fun origin - an Xtra Magic subscriber mailed in and asked how much of the Gypsy Rose Love Potion one should drink before love comes into one's life. Ooops! In the olden days, love potions were made to be given to an intended, so they would marry you ... Three drops, at that ...

However, that gave me the idea for a love potion you can drink yourself. More love is always better than less love!

Here is a metaphoric Native American trance dance for Fat Women - The Dance of the Fat Women.

Full length trance dance experience - let the Medicine Man lead you in a magic dance of change, freedom and beauty.

Enjoy!

Magic Color Meanings Of White, Yellow, Orange, Red, Purple, Blue, Green, Turquoise to help you answer the question of which color candle you need for which kind of spell, or which color a ribbon should be, or a ceremonial robe, or the flowers you add to a magic potion ... and then some, of course ...

Here is a full energy magic color chart with the meanings of the colors, color exercises and more.

How To Make A Juju. Magic Doll, Basic Poppet Or Moppet -  Moppet Making Made Easy with SFX :-)

You can use the same basic technique with anything, from washing line to jungle vine, from straw to fabric, from metal wire to silk cord, and make your juju, moppet or poppet in any size at all.

Jujus, worry dolls, magic dolls, poppets or moppets have 1001 magical uses, so be inventive!

There are many things that were known only about a hundred years ago that have become lost, and the secret language of the flowers is one of them. In days gone by it was held an important part of women's education to know home remedies, about the qualities of plants and this had a large metaphysical component.

Just knowing that there is a secret language of flowers changes many things; and of course has many applications in practical as well as esoteric magic and energy magic.

When I was but a squirt in Germany, it was quite common on New Year's eve to enjoy the good ritual of melting tin in a ladle over an open fire and then dropping the liquid metal into a bucket of cold water. You would then fish it out and divine the year ahead by the shape the tin has taken. These tin divination pieces were also held to be good luck charms for the whole year and I knew people who collected them; others melted them down and used them again; others still threw them into a river or the sea as a part of the ritual.

Happy Valentine's Day, everyone! If you have a lover or a love interest, you'll be sorted; but if you don't, don't be sad. Perhaps today is the day to do something about it; to find out if you're ready for a new relationship. Here is an interesting take on catching a new partner using interior decoration in a magical way. Enjoy!

A winter solstice meditation - just like a lucid dream, if you can make it real, is IS real, and real magic, at that.

Here is a special  Winter Solstice Meditation for you to enjoy that will bring you closer to your friends, guardians and angels and if you allow yourself to step inside, then you will really receive 12 beautiful gifts that will bring you joy, and more besides - enjoy!

Happy Solstice, everyone!!!