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SpellCastingGuide
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IntroductiontoWandSpells
Someofthemostpowerfulspellsarecastusingwandmotions.Spokenspellscanalsobeverypowerful.Inrealitythey
aretwoformsofthesamekindofmagic.Whencombinedtogethertheirpowerismultiplied.Someofthemostpowerful
magicknowniscreatedwiththecombinationofutteranceandwandmotion.
Tobecomeproficientinwandusageyoumustlearntheconnectionbetweenthemwaneme(wand)spellandthe
phoneme(uttered)spell.

Mwanemes
Allspokenwordsaremadeupofsoundsknownasphonemes.Similarlyallwandspellsaremadeupofmotionsknown
asmwanemes.Thefollowingchartshowstheconnections
TypeofMwaneme

Mwaneme

PhonemeSound
(fat)

clockwisecircle(1+)

clockwisecircles(3+)

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vowel

(far)

vowel

(rock)

vowel

(mouth)

dipthong

(stay)

dipthong

(try)

dipthong

(sort)

vowel

(put)
clockwisecircles(2+)

Typeof
Phoneme

vowel

(boot)

vowel

(her)

vowel

(sure)

dipthong

(nose)

dipthong

(toy)

dipthong

(up)

vowel

(until)

vowel

(bed)

vowel
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counterclockwisecircle(1+)
(there)
counterclockwisecircles
(2+)
counterclockwisecircles
(3+)
TypeofMwaneme

(three)

vowel

(fear)

dipthong

(bin)
Mwaneme

verticalflickup

horizontalflickright

verticalflickdown

horizontalflickleft

diagonalflickupright

diagonalflickdownright

diagonalflickdownleft

diagonalflickupleft
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dipthong

vowel

PhonemeSound TypeofPhoneme
(dust)

consonant

(bat)

consonant

(pot)

consonant

(tap)

consonant

(king)

consonant

(god)

consonant

(joy)

consonant

(yellow)

consonant

(fat)

consonant

(vine)

consonant

(hat)

consonant

(this)

consonant

(thick)

consonant

(sit)

consonant

(zap)

consonant

(ship)

consonant

(chip)

consonant

(television)

consonant

(mud)

consonant

(newt)

consonant

(king)

consonant

(loud)

consonant

(rock)

consonant
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(wet)

consonant

CombiningMwanemes
Justasitisimportanttosmoothlycombinedifferentphonemesoundsintoaword,itisimportanttoblendthemwaneme
motionstogethersmoothlyintoawandmotion.
Whenacircularmwanemefollowsaflickmwanemeitisimportanttomakeyourwandflowsmoothlyfromtheflickinto
thecicle(s).Forexamplewiththe"GAY"spellnoticehowthe

flickflowsintothe

"GAY"spell(

circle.

Alsonoticethatthedirectionthatthewandismovingattheendofthespellisdeterminedbythedirectionofthe
precedingflick.Thisistrueforanyspellwhichendswithacircularmwanemethewandmotionfollowingthelastcircleis
determinedbytheprecedingflickmwaneme.
Whenaflickmwanemefollowsacircularmwanemetheflickdeterminesthestartingdirectionofthemotionofthecircle.
Forexampleinthe"ASK"spellnoticehowthe flickdeterminesthestartingdirectionofthe circle.

"ASK"spell(

Alsonotethatwhentwoflicksfolloweachother,asinthe and
movesintothesecondflick.

ofthe"ASK"spell,thatthefirstflicksmoothly

Whenacircularmwanemeisbothprecededandfollowedbyaflickthentheflicksandcirclessmoothlyflowintoeach
other,asinthe"DAD"spell.

"DAD"spell(

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Noticethatinthe"DAD"spellthecircularmwanemeismorethanacompletecircleitisactuallyoneandahalfcircles.
Thisiscommon.Acircularmwanemebetweentwoflickmwanemescontainsatleastone,two,orthreecircles.For
examplethe and mwanemesarealwaysrepresenedbyatleastone(butlessthantwo)fullcircles,the
mwanemebyatleasetwo(butlessthanthree)fullcircles,andthe mwanemebyatleastthree(butlessthanfour)full
circles.Thisisalsoillustratedbythe"CHEESE"spell

"CHEESE"spell(

The"CHEESE"spell,whichcontains3phonemes(andtherfore3mwanemes),alsodemonstratesthatthewandmotion
isdependantontheutteranceandnotonthespelling.Wizardsfromdifferentlocalessometimesusedifferentspellingsfor
spellwords,butthemotionandpronunciationofthespellremainsthesame.
Remembertospeakthespelloutloudasyoucastit!Manybeginnersforgetthis.Thewandwillbemuchmorereceptive
toyourspellcastingifyouletitknowwhichspellyouarecastingverballyasyoucastit!
The"HELLO"spellbringsmanyoftheseconceptstogetherandisagoodspelltopractiseandgetright.Youwillusethis
oneoften!

"HELLO"spell(

Wandspellcastingtips
Holdyourwandoutinfrontofyou,eitherhorizontalorslightlytiltedup.
Beforecastingaspellbesuretowakeyourwandupbywavingitbackandforthuntilthemagicbeginstoglow
outofit.
Themagicglowshouldfaceupwards.
Tobeginthespelltapyourwandonceonafirmhorizontalsurface(yourfingerwillworkinapinch).
Aftertappingyourwandyoumustbalanceyourself(andyourwand).Whenyourwandisfeelingbalancedjustthe
tipofthewandwillglow.Ifmorethanjustthetipisglowingthenyourwandisnotyetfeelingbalancedtry
rockingitslowlysothatitfeelscomfortable.
Onceyourwandisbalancedyoumaybegincastingthespell.
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Remembertoenunciatethespellclearlyinthedirectionofyourwandasyoucastthespell.
Moveyourwandinonecontinuoussmoothmotionthroughthespellasyouspeakit.Youmustmoveyourwand
likeyoumeanit,orthewandwillthinkyouarejustplayingaroundandignoreyou!
Whenyouarefinishedcastingthespellquietlyholdyourwandlevelsothatthewandknowsyouhavecompleted
thespellandthereisnomoretofollow.Thetipofyourwandwillglowsteadilyuntilitrealizesthespellis
complete.
Whenthespelliscompletedyoumaywaveyourwandbackandforthorpointitinthedirectionthatyouwould
likethespelltotakeeffect.
Practicemakesperfect!

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