Spell for Letting Go

Merry Meet!

 The new year is a good time to let go of anything that no longer works for our benefit or stands in the way of you moving forward. Of course, the idea of the new year varies for many of us, but for me, it's part of the movement between Yule and Imbolc. 

This is a good spell to do during the dark moon, the time just before the smallest light of the new moon, but as with all of the practice, the timing doesn't matter as much as the intention and follow through behind the spell. The next dark moon is just around the corner.

Supplies

Parchment
Black candle
White candle
Fire safe vessel

Practice

Determine what you are letting go of and write it out on your parchment. Light the black candle and use it to burn the parchment you have written on. Recite the spell below as you use the flame from the black candle to burn the parchment, placing it in the fire safe vessel to allow it to completely burn. Light the white candle then snuff out the black one to signify that you have let go of the old to make room for the new.

Spell

I acknowledge that there are things that no longer work for me
I let them go
I willing make space for that which is new and healthy and productive
And let go of the old and unhealthy and unproductive
I acknowledge that there are things that no longer work for me
I let them go
I let them go
I let them go

Blessed Be,

Adapted from A Year and a Day of Everyday Magic by Deborah Blake