My favourite episode of Bugs Bunny is the one where Bugs turns
into a witch and says: “We ride vacuum cleaners now”. It is true
that the vacuum cleaner can be substituted for a broom to do a
spell. For instance, one way to get rid of negative energy in
your home would be to sprinkle sage leaves or salt all over the
floor and as you vacuum picture all the bad vibrations being
sucked up and removed along with the real dirt. I recommend you
do this after a nasty person has paid you a visit or a tragic or
upsetting event has taken place in your environment. The old way
would be to sprinkle salt all over your floor or some kind of
commercial powder and sweep the astral detritus away with a
broom and out. Lightly sprinkling salt onto the floor and
vacuuming your house in a counterclockwise direction during a
waning moon is a good idea. Think of it as a kind of
Techno-Banishing Spell. Another modern convenience, the common
household drain, can also be used for a banishing spell. Every
time you rinse out your sink, picture all bad energy in your
life going down the drain as well. Picture your burdens,
troubles and bad habits swirling down the drain. There is a
spell using blueberries that is used for removing rivals and
obstacles in your path. As you crush the blueberries in your
hand you are supposed to watch the blue juice swirling down the
drain. An automatic disposal unit can be used in the same way
using various vegetables. For instance, a classic spell to
create impotence is to take cucumbers or carrots and mulch them
in your automatic disposal unit. Potatoes, which are
historically used to make poppets, (a crude form of voodoo doll)
can be carved into the shape of a person or into a symbol of the
thing you want removed from your life and crushed in the garbage
disposal the same way. You don’t have to spend a whole lot of
time carving symbols out of potatoes and wasting perfectly good
food. In general, whenever you mulch, crunch, destroy, rinse or
throw something down a drain, visualize a problem in your life
disappearing along with the waste material. The toaster is also
a Techno-Witch’s best friend. With a knife lightly carve a
symbol representing what you would like to happen into a slice
of bread or a frozen waffle — a heart for love or the amount of
money you need to receive The toasting represents the cosmos
“warming up to the idea”. All cooking practices are a form of
magic. When the waffle or toast is ready, slather it with
butter, to smooth your way and honey to make sure your wishes
“stick” to you. Jam, particularly strawberry-rhubarb, is good
for a love wish. Then eat it to symbolize bringing the magic
into your life. The blender is a useful Techno-Witch tool for
both gathering and banishing energy. The idea of a blender is to
mix and mingle different elements … so you can take various
ingredients (refer to the Magic in Food article on this site) to
create love potions using different ingredients. For instance
blending strawberries, which is a love food, with vanilla ice
cream (also love) with a touch of cinnamon (speed) could bring
you a quick romance. Bring money to you by pulverizing spinach
(money bringing) with cream (represents the smoothing of your
path) to make a prosperity soup. If you are angry, you can also
use the blender to pulverize elements as described above. A lot
of the effectiveness of magick relies on your intent and your
ability to visualize the outcome. In the old days, witches used
mortar and pestles to grind magical elements and release their
essence into the aura. These days you can use a blender, chopper
or even a coffee grinder. The stove has always been a witch’s
best friend but the microwave is the ultimate tool for the
Techno-Witch. The microwave is great for producing accelerated
results. One prosperity ritual involving the microwave is to
cook a bag of microwave popcorn and while each kernel pops, you
make a point of yelling out a wish or desire. You can do this
cooking popcorn as well, but I hear the microwave brings faster
results. You can also use your television set or radio to
practice the ancient art of bibliomancy and scrying. Only
instead of using a book, you are using sounds… I guess I would
call this Tvomancy or Radiomancy. Basically you ask a question
and then randomly flip the radio and listen to what dialogue
comes out first. You can do this too, using the television
remote… ask the question and the first image or dialogue that
comes to mind contains your answer. This is a form of
Techno-Fortune Telling. Next article I will tell you how to be a
Techno Witch using functions on your computer.