Claiming Your Authority is a hands-on somatic ritual that empowers you to take full ownership of your spells. By physically crossing out steps and declaring new ones, you actively reassert your influence over your magical work. This fosters confidence and clarity in your intentions.
Understanding Claiming Your Authority
Asserting control over your spells is crucial for ensuring their effectiveness. Claiming Your Authority is a technique designed to help practitioners reclaim ownership of a spell by engaging their physical presence and mental focus. As outlined in my book 5 Reasons Your Spells Don’t Stick, this method emphasizes the importance of active participation in the magical process. #
How the Technique Works
The core of Claiming Your Authority involves working with a script or spell outline. First, hold the script in your hands, focusing your awareness on each step. Then, physically cross out steps that no longer resonate or that you wish to modify. This act of crossing out becomes a symbolic gesture of releasing control or shifting the narrative. Next, declare your new intentions aloud. For example, place your hand over your heart and state: 'I release what does not serve my stated intention.' This statement affirms your authority and clears space for your new, empowered version of the spell. This process carries the principle of somatic magic—using physical actions to influence energetic outcomes. It transforms passive reading or following steps into active creation, aligning your body, mind, and spirit. #
The Role in my Framework
In Taylor I’s framework, Claiming Your Authority fits within techniques that emphasize personal agency and embodied magic. It complements methods like Anchoring the Intention or The Bridge Between Worlds by reinforcing you's role as the active creator of their magic. Such techniques are designed to deepen you's connection to their intentions and facilitate tangible results. #
Cross-Tradition Context
While rooted in modern magical practice, this connects to traditional ritual practices where physical actions symbolize mental and spiritual shifts. Whether in hoodoo, chaos magic, or ceremonial traditions, physically marking or altering ritual scripts is a powerful act of transformation and assertion. #
Practical Notes and Tips
- Use a dedicated ritual script or intention list for this to build familiarity and trust in the process. - Incorporate breathwork to deepen the physical act—inhale as you cross out and exhale while declaring your intentions. - Record your process in a magical journal to track how claiming your authority influences your spell success over time. - Combine with other techniques such as Anchoring the Intention to seal your new declarations into your energetic body. Practicing Claiming Your Authority regularly can help dispel doubts and reinforce your role as a conscious, empowered magician. It transforms the act of spellwork into a dynamic conversation between your physical self and your intentions. #
Final Thoughts
Embrace the hands-on nature of this to foster greater confidence and clarity in your magical practice. As I advocates, active participation and physical engagement are keys to more effective magic. By claiming your authority, you step into your power as a creator of your reality.
Hold the Script. Cross It Out Physically. Place your hand over your heart and declare: 'I release what does not serve my stated intention.'
— Taylor Ellwood, 5 Reasons Your Spells Don’t Stick
Claiming Your Authority is part of a framework of embodied and intentional magic. It connects with techniques that anchor and affirm your intentions physically, ensuring your spells resonate more and produce consistent results. Using this with practices like The Altar Edit or Space/Time Magic enhances your overall magical efficacy.
Source books: 5 reasons your spells dont stick