Saturday Spellwork: Get Your Mojo Back

We’ve all experienced it – especially those of us who work in a creative field like writing, art, music, and so forth. Sometimes, the muse just goes away. Whether it’s writer’s block or whatever, we occasionally feel like we JUST CAN’T EVEN, because we’re not motivated, we question our skills, or we have lost our mojo. This spell is designed to help restore that creative spark and get you back on track.

Keep in mind that this is a spell that’s fairly freeform, and so there’s a lot of wiggle room here. Consider it a basic template, and tweak as needed – I originally wrote it for someone who was a singer, and having issues with finding his voice again after a long period of devastating personal problems. So, it’s written in that context, but you can make adjustments as you need to.

I thought about doing a healing spell to get rid of the cracking, squeaky voice, but it occurred to me that it’s part of the body’s natural process. I didn’t think eliminating it would be beneficial. Then I hit on the idea of hurrying the process along, and encouraging the new, confident voice to come and replace the one that had surfaced as a result of insecurities and low self-esteem.

A general note here about spellwork ~~ I don’t purify my space ritually, I just clean it, because I keep my home designated as sacred space. I don’t cast a circle, but I do lay out my Elemental Stones in my work area, which often times is my kitchen counter. When I am done, I don’t have a formal “I’m All Finished” ritual, I just clean up my stuff. If you want to do any of those things, go for it. This is just the basic spell itself, not the preparation.

First, find small things that represent the quality of the new voice you would like to have. For example, a scrap of paper with lyrics to your favorite song, or something that makes you feel like singing ~~ sand from your favorite beach, a token of someone you love, a rock from your favorite mountaintop, etc. Each piece should represent some aspect of what you see your voice becoming.

When you have them all, bind them together with knots in a cord. You could use dark blue cord to represent changes, or green to symbolize regaining something that was lost, or a combination of the two. Maybe even add light blue, which can be used for healing. I like to use braids when I’m doing cord magick, because honestly, they look cool.

While you are tying the knots into the cord with your items, visualize your old unpleasant voice leaving your body, and the new, strong one, developing and taking over once more. You could even say a few words, over and over again, as you are knotting, such as: “Awkward voice, harsh to hear, be gone within the season near. New voice stable, of one full grown, bloom within me as magic is sown.” Obviously, you don’t have to use these words, but maybe something along those lines. It doesn’t even have to rhyme, but I like words that do.

Since this is a constructive spell, I would do it under a waxing moon rather than a waning moon (I find that I like to do destructive stuff under a waning moon, seems to work better). You don’t have to wait until midnight, but I’d recommend going out when the moon is at its highest, or at least centermost, point in the sky. Light a dark blue candle, again, this symbolizes change. Drip a glob of wax on each knotted item in your cord, again repeating the words you used while knotting.

When you are finished, take the whole thing and hang it in a place personal to you ~~ your room, your locker, etc. Make sure that whenever you see it, you acknowledge its presence.