As you become more proficient at using energies, you will find a need to link with nature spirits and spirits of the elements. These energies are very subtle and the incantations used in this spell acknowledge that subtlety.
You will need:
• BIRTHDAY CAKE CANDLES OF DIFFERENT COLOURS
• ICE CREAM STICKS OR NUTSHELLS SUCH AS WALNUTS
• WATER IN A NATURAL POOL, POND OR BOWL
Method: Use different colour candles to attract different ‘families’ of Dryad. Fix the candles into the half shells or onto the slivers of wood with hot wax. (This can be very fiddly, but be patient. Use half candles if this is easier.)
Light each candle with a blessing and float your boats on the surface of the water. Send loving thoughts to the Nature spirits and ask them to join you. You might use an invocation such as:
”Awake you spirits of the forest green
Join me now
Let yourselves be seen.”
Now sit quietly and just listen. Shortly you will sense the presence of the Dryads, often as there are strange rustlings in the trees or vegetation. You may feel them as they brush past you or play around you. Initially you will probably not be able to differentiate between them, but as time goes on you will sense subtle differences.
Half close your eyes and see if you can see them. Again don’t be too disappointed if nothing happens immediately, just accept that you will be aware of them eventually. Now, invite them to play with you:
”Come, Dryads all, come join with me
Explore Earth, Sky, Sand and Sea
Show me, guide me, take my hands
Together thus, we see new lands
New vistas, new horizons and knowledge of old
Come together, in power enfold.”
When they are comfortable with you, and you with them, thank them for coming and leave the area tidy.
You can leave the candles to burn out if it is safe to do so.
While it may seem strange to be invoking spirits of Earth or greenery, a little thought will show you that all living things are interconnected and this is simply one way of making such a connection.
