What better way to start the new collection of magic images with the symbol for magic? Only, there's more than one ... Let's start with the basics therefore, global magic symbols that declare there's a magician here and magic is being done, such as the pentacle, the pentagram, the spiral and the energy magic symbol.

Sirka from Norway wrote: "I love the magic staff you used in the Leap Year spell. How do you make a magic staff? What do you use them for? And how is a magic staff different from a magic wand?"

Time and time again when I'm asked for a spell for this and that I end up telling the person, "You don't need to do a magic spell for this, you need to do some EFT instead!" EFT or Emotional Freedom Techniques is a baby-simple but highly effective self help treatment form to make changes to your energy body, and that changes the way you feel as well as the way you think.

For people who work in the blessed yet often perplexing realms of magic, EFT is extremely useful to overcome fears, limitations, anxiety, and generally speaking set a person free to do much, much more powerful magic all around.

When people think in terms of a "magic book" - do they think of it as a book that contains instructions about magic, a collection of magic spells, magic wisdom, secrets of the ages ...

... or could it be that the book itself is magic?

If you have ever felt that a book was more than the words it contained, that there was something "beyond the words" then I've got just the thing for you - a free teleclass on "the magic of the book".

I cannot imagine even trying to do magic without the extraordinary resources of Project Sanctuary.

Whether it is having a good relationship with your guardian angels, having reliable sprit guides that can advise and warn you too, having fantastic magic and healing habitats at your fingertips, or whether it is astral travel, psychic development or just knowing who you are as a magical person, Project Sanctuary is your one stop solution to more than a thousand times thousand questions, challenges and problems that naturally arise for magical people.

Suree writes:

Dear StarFields, I've been taught to go into an alpha state prior to doing magic, spells, rituals etc.

But I find I get very sleepy and drowsy. How can I raise more power for magic?

Here is a really important tip that all magicians need to HEED:

Don't overproduce your spells!

Find out how "piling on the magic" makes so many spells weak, pointless and ineffective, and what you can do to avoid that sort of magic failure.

A good, ongoing, working relationship with your guardian angel or guardian spirit is OF THE ESSENCE if you want help, work magic, or need powerful protection. 

I am constantly surprised at people who want to try and do magic without such support, and others who really should know better who just put in few requests with their guardian angels or guardian spirits once in a blue moon during a ritual - and otherwise totally ignore them! How rude!

Magic names are very important in magic, but they also crop up in the form of internet nicks and aliases.

• The right magic name can help you and the wrong one can practically curse you.

Here is what you need to know about magic names and what to do to find yours.

A really interesting and important part of magic revolves around magic guardians for protection of the home. A first choice for as long as humanity has been around is to use statues of animals to be magic guardians.

Of course, not every animal statue is magic, and not every magic statue is a magic guardian. Here's a report on a psychometry experience and some ideas of how to find and strengthen magic guardians of your own.

StarFields writes: It has taken me 30 years to write my own book on magic, Magic, Spells & Potions.

I would have never done this in the first place if I didn't have people from this site asking day in, day out, 365 days a year, "How can I learn REAL magic?"

So here's the story of Magic, Spells & Potions - and what it took to write a new book on magic.

Is it possible to do magic without any of the oh so many ingredients that are prescribed for even the simplest of spells?

What if you live in a situation where you can't be "seen" to wave wands and pentacles about?

Here is my advice for what do if you REALLY want to learn how to do REAL MAGIC ...

People are always asking me, "What do you have to do to be a real witch? A real magician? Where is Hogwarts? Point the way ..."

On this site I give many ideas for anyone who is actually serious about magic to get started, get practicing (which means to do something practical in order to learn something from it!) and have fun with magic.

Here is an important tip that does divide the wheat from the chaff - looking out for opportunities to do magic, and when one presents itself, to jump on it with both feet and take advantage - there and then!

Whether it's a hopelessly burned love potion, a candle that goes out at the wrong moment, forgetting the words, tripping over your robe or when your bowl of magic divining water gets tipped up by the cat, don't despair when spells go wrong!

A good magician takes whatever happens and turns it to their best advantage.

Here's what to do ...

StarFields writes: Apart from my interest in magic, I've spent the last five decades near enough trying to figure out how to "unlock the magic within" and get to the amazing resources of our higher self, our magical self and our energy mind which I know we have, but which seem so flighty and out of control most of the time.

Some magic recipes and witchcraft spells call for the addition of graveyard dust or graveyard earth; and the traditional way to acquire this is to visit a graveyard at an auspicious time for this endeavour, usually in the dead of night (!); to be guided to the right grave where the resident occupant is helpful to the magic endeavour; to scoop up some earth and run like hell before anybody sees you.

Sounds like tons of fun?

Yes, and it is, but there is a workable alternative for those who can't or don't want to hang around in cemeteries past midnight.

EFT - Unlock The Energy Magician Within

Sooner or later, people using the new energy therapies including EFT will come up against some inner blockages to really making the best of these wonderful new healing and developmental techniques - their own fears, doubts and blockages about "energy magic" in particular, and MAGIC in general. A lot of people are afraid of magic, or doing magic, even by accident.

Since I've posted the article on "how to make a poppet or voodoo doll", I've had lots of requests and questions about voodoo spells.

As I didn't know a thing about voodoo, I decided to educate myself on the topic. So if you want to know more about voodoo and voodoo dolls, here is an introduction - and an additional article on me making my very first voodoo doll!

Allisson writes: Hi, I'm 16 and I've only just got into magic. The problem is, I don't want to tell anyone because my parents would just think I was mad. I don't really get pocket money so I have trouble getting hold of certain books and ingredients to perform spells.

Are there any simple spells I can practice using basic household items to start me off? Thank you for any advice.