Spells for Beltane: Healing Spell for Depression, Pain and a Broken Heart

Holidays are usually festive, but sometimes bad things happen that cast a shadow over the occasion. There is no need not to celebrate Beltane; and there is no need to force yourself to be merry if you don't feel up to it. If you have sorrows this Beltane, take the opportunity to help heal yourself.

This spell is not going to solve all your problems for you. Indeed, magic doesn't always work like that- there are many things that must simply run their course. Magic can be a help for you to get through things, but it cannot make your life perfect and worry-free. If you are grieving a dead loved one, it will not bring her back; if you lost a lover, this is not going to make him love you again; if your life has seemed to go to pieces because of bad choices or unfortunate circumstances, this spell won't magically put the pieces back together.

What it will do is help you cope, so that you can pick yourself up and move on to whatever is next. It will not make you deliriously happy again overnight; it's not a drug. It will help to ease some of the hurt so it won't weigh so heavily upon you. It will help you pull yourself together, pick up and continue with your life, which can prevent further problems and damage.

This healing spell can be done without the set-up or ceremony of a formal ritual; if you are a kitchen Witch, or a Pagan with little ritual interest, or a Wiccan who just doesn't feel up to all the hoopla, this can work well for you. Just cleanse and prepare yourself and your space for spellwork as you normally do.

However, if you are holding a ritual, these spells can fit neatly into it. It can easily be adapted for group work as well.

Petition Spell for Healing:

You'll need a small, heat-proof pot, such as a cauldron or an old kitchen pot; a white candle; an apple; a cinnamon stick; a pinch of thyme leaves; a kettle of hot water; a cup; a pen; some paper; a bowl of water (water from a natural spring or blessed water is ideal; if using tap water, add a teaspoon of table salt); daisies.

Set up your table or altar. Put the candle in the holder, unlit, to the left. Set your heat-proof pot behind it. Set the bowl of water on the right. Snip the daisy heads off the stems and set them afloat in the water. Place the paper and pen in front of you.

Go get yourself ready; meditate, ritually bathe, center yourself, pray, open your chakras or whatever you normally do to prepare for a spell.

Put on the kettle and bring water to a boil. While it is boiling, add 1/4 apple, 1 cinnamon stick and a pinch of thyme leaves to the cup. Add honey if you need your tea sweetened as you will be drinking this. Pour in the boiling water and stir. Light the candle.

Sit at your work place and take the pen and paper in hand. Think about the things that are making you feel bad, and begin writing exactly what bothers you. Allow it to flow. Don't hold back. Get out anger, pain, fear- whatever comes. If the tears begin to flow, let them. Use as much paper as you need. Don't stop. Just write, either in essay form, or a list, or random words and doodles, of what is bothering you.

When you feel you have given all you can give to this writing exercise, fold up the paper, hold it in the candle flame. Once it begins to burn nicely throw it into the heat-proof pot. Watch it burn, knowing you are ridding yourself of all the excess negative emotions that are making life hard to handle, that are making it too hard to pick up, heal and move on

Sit and breathe a while, regaining your composure. You should feel as though you have just purged your emotions and are drained.

Dip your fingers into the bowl of water. Splash yourself with it to cleanse yourself of these negative feelings, sprinkle it on yourself, or take a washcloth and wipe yourself down if you desire.

Drink the tea, filling yourself with healing, peaceful energies to restore harmony to your mind. Take a few deep breaths and it is done. Dispose of the ashes in the dirt somewhere. Pour the daisy water on top of it.

You may feel completely drained yet refreshed after this spell; take a nap or take it easy for the rest of the day. Tomorrow will be a better day.