The Herb Swaying Charm

The Herb Swaying Charm This charm allows you to respectfully and rightly take portions of plant and treeentities which will maintain their metaphysical potency for use in sorcerous works. The creation of Birch Water- a feat whose entire body of working is given later in this book- requires Birch bark and leaves; this Herb Swaying Charm will be a means of collecting those. Any extraordinary use you may have for the portions of a plant or tree, this charm will allow it to be collected in a preserved and wholesome state. The Herb Swaying Charm must be said while aware of one's bodily sensation, and in a spirit of reverence and respect for the plant-entity one is facing, viewing or connecting with via the bodily senses. To merely look with your eyes upon a plant's shape is to connect with it through the sense of sight. You might also be smelling the plant, or touching it directly. Whatever the case, you must always be in good awareness of your own bodily sensation, and if you can, allowing yourself to feel the sensation-field of the plant-entity. The strange words that begin this charm are the ancient Semoferas words which endow the speaker with the ability to speak to plant-entities of any kind. They lure and attract the wandering soul of the plant and render the human being's words and intentions intelligible to the plant entity. There is no known pronunciation of the Semoferas words; say them as best you can, in whatever way seems aesthetically pleasing to you. Without the power to speak directly to the plant's soul, ask politely and give a gift in payment for the portion of the plant you need, the entity can withhold its special virtues and powers from any part of its body wrongly or rudely taken. This charm helps to avoid that entirely. You must tangibly bring "gift and gratitude" to the plant-entity when you are performing this charm. Have not only a grateful heart, but an offering of whole cream, milk, honey, or your own blood to give the entity for the part of its body cream, milk, honey, or your own blood to give the entity for the part of its body you will be taking. Take what you need quickly and neatly after you say the charm and give your offering. Do not let what portion you take touch the ground before you use it. You must take the time to become aware of your bodily sensation and connect to the plant-entity with your senses before you say the charm and proceed with your taking, but you do not have to do a Breaching charm before this work. It is one of the few works that doesn't require such an effort at breaching to help reach the entity or entities you intend. You can perform a Breaching charm if you like- it certainly can't hurt- but it is not necessary.

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Lyaham, Lyalgama, Lyafar, Vyalurab, Lelara, Lebaron, Laasalilus. Be blessed and very strong, spirit of (plant or tree) In the names of those good spirits who are familiar to me, And in the name of the White and Holy Lady below, Gwynnevar, Great Grandmother to us both, The Queen of the Good Earth that has shaped our forms And our wandering souls. I come with respect and friendship to offer this gift to your nourishment, And ask that you bestow on me that portion of you that I require. And within that portion, I ask that you strengthen and preserve The power and virtue that you might yield to the world By your Fateful and wondrous shape. Let us be together in this pact of familiarity and benevolence And I as receive the aid I most need, So you receive of me gift and gratitude.