It’s taken me a while to finish this series, and I apologize for the delay. Perhaps you could say that it’s in accordance with the third part of that old saying, the “to be silent” part.

It’s commonly said that when working magick, it has to be done in secret. I’m sure some of this comes from the fact that there are those who don’t believe in magick, or in the power of spells (which are really just prayers). Secrecy is needed to keep people from being persecuted or experience negative consequences to being active in magickal workings. But the “to be silent” part also is borne out of other necessities.

The fact is that our words and thoughts take on a life of their own. If we think it, we’re creating it. So if we were to talk about our magickal undertakings to others, especially those who would doubt, their doubts would be acting against our own work. Our own doubts do the same thing. If we constantly think “Oh, I did a money spell, when’s the money going to come? I’m not getting any money.” then our own doubts are subtly undermining our working, like erosion during a hurricane taking away the beach sand.

We also need to give the universe space to work on our requests. We asked to have our magick spun for the best and highest good of all, didn’t we? Then we need to allow the space for that to happen. Our own ideas of how things should work out may not be what the universe has in store for us or thinks is best. It’s a be careful what you wish for situation. If we don’t allow our wishes to be very non-specific and very much up to the universe/God/Goddess, then we might be setting ourselves up for even bigger problems down the road.

It’s also a test of will, which is the middle pillar of the saying and the glue that holds it all together. Can we be quiet about something? It’s hard. Trust me. I’m a talker. LOL! (Though with the fibro fog, I’m good at keeping secrets because I totally forget them. *grins*) So to not say anything about a spell or ritual or goal is difficult. We want to tell. It’s bursting to get out of us. But, we are silent, for we know the magick has been done and the silence is the fuel that makes it get to work.