I absolutely love magical tools.

 

I have a particular love of cauldrons… I won’t even admit to how many I have…

 

I’ve made wands, incense fans, and brooms.

 

My favourite tools are the ones I have for divination; Oracle and tarot decks, and I’ve even made my own decks, runes, and Ogham staves, and I have 100’s (and 100’s and 100’s…) of charms for charmcasting.

 

I have crystals and herbs, and oils.

 

I love to use them in my spell work and magic.

 

And yet…

 

You don’t need any of them.

 

The tools are great to have.

 

They’re fun to work with.

 

People often think that they need the tools to do their magical work.

 

But the tools aren’t magic.

YOU are magic.

 

The tools are there to help you connect with and direct your energy in your magical workings, but it’s you who brings the magic.

 

You bring the magic to everything you do and every tool you use.

 

You don’t have magic bestowed upon you.

 

You don’t earn magic.

 

You can’t buy magic.

 

You don’t access magic because you’re using a sacred tool such as the oracle cards, runes, or a wand.

You bring the magic, because you are the magic.

 

The tools, rituals or ceremonies may help you to access your magic, but it’s always there inside of you.

 

Your magic is always present, you just need to dismantle any beliefs or experiences that have hidden or removed you away from this truth.

 

There’s often fear or uncertainty around magic.

 

Misunderstandings about what magic is.

 

People thinking, they have to be born into magic, have a magical lineage, or have special skills.

 

But magic is just the ability to tap into the rhythms that flow around you and within you.

 

Of course, some people may access their magic with greater ease than others, just like some people may naturally connect to their intuition easily, but both are available to everyone.

 

And that’s why magic is a practice… because you need to practice.

 

Practice connecting to your own inner power.

 

Practice trusting your own power.

 

Practice connecting to the world around you.

 

Practicing knowing yourself deeply.

 

Practice connecting to your magic.

 

Practice expressing your magic.

Magic is the ability to change or influence the world around you.

 

Magic is created by accessing, trusting, and using inner power.

 

Magic is a co-creation between you and the world around you.

 

A creation of how you connect with, and work with, the world around you.

 

Your quality of energy and connection to your own inner magic, will influence the quality of energy and magic you bring to, and express, in the world.

 

A ‘so-so’ connection with, belief in, and trust of, your own magic, will inevitably create ‘so-so’ results.

 

A clear and confident connection with your own magic, will create clear and confident results.

 

You have everything within you to create the perfect magic for you.

 

People may have tried to convince you otherwise but it’s simply not true – you are the magic, you bring the magic, and you make magic happen.

 

To access your magic, you don’t need to call yourself a Witch, a Wizard, a Fairy, a Unicorn, or any other title.

 

You don’t need to dance naked under the moonlight, but that is kinda fun!

 

You don’t need to follow a particular path or believe in Goddesses or Gods.

 

You don’t need to be anything other than you.

 

And you don’t need to do anything other than what feels right and aligned for you.

 

Perhaps someone proudly claims the title ‘Witch’, and celebrates every Full Moon, New Moon, and Sabbat.

 

Perhaps the word ‘Witch’ makes someone else squirm, and they have no idea what phase of the moon we’re in, and no idea what a Sabbat is.

 

Neither of these people are better or more magical than the other.

 

Both have access to their magic; all they have to do is claim it.

 

Just like all you have to do is claim yours!

 

You are the magic.

 

Don’t let anyone, ever tell you anything different.

 

Just as Glinda the Good Witch, from The Wizard of Oz, says:

 

“You’ve always had the power my dear, you just had to learn it for yourself.”