Beginners help

What do beginners start with?

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They start with the basics grounding and etc

I would start with why do you wanna practice magic or being wiccan and then I would start learning things about it like history basic info and then grounding and meditation and how to work energys

A lot of people try to start out with the basics of magick. It doesn't matter what path your study or practice. Everyone starts somewhere. The basics of magick can be different for everyone.

The basics can include,

Meditation

Energy Manipulation

Grounding/Centering

Visualization

Tools

Days of the Week

Moon Phases

Colors

Herbs

Circle Casting

Thats kind of what my basics are. but i like to look at them differently. :) I hope this helps you out some. .Start with meditation and visualization. When meditating it helps you focus and calm your mind. Its also a great too for visualization. This part is very important especially when it comes to casting spells or rituals.

Blessed Be!

Well, if you're serious about learning how to do magic and with starting from the rock-bottom then you don't start out by casting spells, you start out by learning how and why magic works.

You see, there is no such thing as an "easy" spell or a "beginner" spell. One either understands how magic works and has mastered the basics...in which case the magic will work..or you haven't done that sort of work..and no spell will work no matter how "easy" it seems.

Casting a successful spell involves much more than finding some spell on the internet or in a book, saying some words, lighting a candle, waving a wand of any of that sort of thing. In order for magic to work you need to understand how and why it works in the first place. Grounding and centering, visualization, focus and intent, energy manipulation, etc are all necessary first steps to even begin to have a chance at a spell actually working...and more importantly to prevent a spell from back-firing on you.

So, my advice for anyone who is truly serious is to start by reading a few books and practicing the exercises those books will give you. Once you have mastered the basics you won't need anyone to give you spells, you'll be able to create your own spells that will be far more effective than anything you find on the net. Here's the books I suggest:

"Before You Cast a Spell" by Carl McColman

"Spells and How They Work" by Janet and Stewart Farrar

"The Veil's Edge" by Willow Polson

"Modern Magick" by Donald Michael Kraig