Visualization is an important skill in successful magic. If you can create a clear image of what it is you need, it will be easier to draw it into your life. Visualization skills can be used to draw something into your life, and they can also be a powerful technique to learn more about yourself.
One nice way to create a spell using visualization is to create an "image collage". For a week or so, collect images from magazines, newspapers, or where ever you find them. The image should have some element of your need that appeals to you. Each day, find one image to add to your file. Used as a tool for self-exploration, the image can be:
-Something you like about yourself
-A long term dream or goal
-A short term dream or goal
-Something you'd like to do
-Something you'd like to improve
-An idea you'd like to explore
-Something that inspires a sense of beauty
-Something that inspires a sense of love
-Something that inspires a sense of wonder
Or, collect images that relate to the need you wish to fulfill. For example, if you are looking to find a new home, you would cut out a picture of the “perfect porch”, the perfect mountain view, the perfect breakfast nook, the right paint color, etc. While you're at it, cut out any strong, powerful, positive words or messages that appeal to you and relate to your need.
Each day, hunt for this image. Trust that the universe has a message for you, and will send you the right image. Be open, and look for it. It will come. It might be in a magazine, or online, or elsewhere. Wherever you find it, make sure you can get a hard copy of it, and cut it out. When used as a tool for self-exploration, you next need to closely examine each image that you selected. At the end of each day, examine this image and then write at least one page (longhand) exploring why this image has meaning for you. Write whatever comes to mind about this image. Don't worry about grammar, punctuation, or wording. This is a process, not an end result. It doesn't need to be a masterpiece.
When you have a nice pile of words and images, start to assemble them into a collage. This is not an art project that will be judged or graded, so leave any perfectionist tendencies at the door. As you glue and paste the images down on a piece of poster board, imagine that you are drawing the perfect “home” (or whatever the need) into your life. Feel the weight of inevitability draw this fulfilled need to you.
A chant can be helpful, and a powerful way to keep your energy up as you work. "This is my “home” as I need it to be, As I create, reveal it to me... This is my “home” that I call unto me, So I request, so mote it be..." (obviously, change the words to suit your needs)
This will help to put your energy in motion, and to clearly focus your needs and desires. Trust that the universe will provide you with whatever you need. It's just a matter of letting the universe know about it.
This exercise, although simple, can have a powerful impact. However, in order to get the maximum benefit, you should be consistent. Make a commitment to doing this each day. Searching for the image helps train the mind to stay in the present and become sensitive to the subtle nudges we get from Divine. Writing about each image daily keeps your focus inward on your quest for development. I can promise you that you will learn things about yourself.
~Flame RavenHawk
July 28, 2002