Rain or storm spell for drought, dry spells, and/or excessive heat.
items:
- storm (or rain) water
- freshwater shell (I used an apple snail shell, but a something like a mussel or other shell would work. if you don't have one sub with a saltwater/estuarine shell and see how it goes!)
- Any charm that you can hang, preferably one that invokes imagery/symbolism of water or rain
- 2 more shells (salt or fresh. I used ones with open faces)
- silver bell
- sea glass (blues and greens)
- salt (epsom or sea salt preferred)
- large/medium feather of a water fowl (grey or white preferred)
- clear quartz (optional)
- offering dish (optional, really for presentation and clean up)
prep:
1. Set up the freshwater shell on the offering dish (or table) and keep it stable with a ring of sea glass (optional: single clear quartz or clear sea glass at front).
2. Place the charm in the shell with rope/thread/ribbon draping towards you.
3. Place the silver bell at the "north" of the dish (imagine the dish as a compass) and place your other two shells on either side of it.
4. Put the feather in front of you with the quill end nearest to your dominant hand.
5. Have the salt in a small container you can pinch into.
ritual:
1. Breathe deeply 3 times with eyes closed to center yourself. You can also create a circle or do any other grounding exercises at this time.
2. Make a circle around the inner rim of the offering dish (or table) with the salt and get this meaning across with words: "salt, mineral of the oceans, protector and cleanser"
3. Pick up the feather and stir the energies to the metaphorical north (treat the offering dish like a compass). I did this with my eyes closed as it lessens distractions. You will repeat this action for each cardinal direction and get this meaning across in order:
"I beckon rain from the North, to soak the rich earth"
"I beckon rain from the East, aided by its winds for a swift arrival"
"I beckon rain from the South, as the heat of is your creator, and it is the heat you will abate"
"I beckon rain from the West, as all waters merge and must complete their cycle"
I find it important to use "will" rather than might/should as to bolster the confidence behind your intentions. Feel free to alter and add to this wording as much as you like for it is already loose and use this time to invoke any specific deities or spirits as I did not.
4. Place the feather down gently, breathe, and say "after I have rung this bell 3 times, whenever I hang this charm where the sky can see, it will intice rain for as long as it hangs" (be thoughtful of wording and your intentions here, loopholes are very easy to accidentally create, so set clear parameters that aren't too outrageous)
5. Ring the bell with steady motions. It's important that you get 3 clear rings, so if you try to ring it once but the sound isn't great, try until you have 3 satisfactory chimes.
6. Once you have placed the bell back down, close your circle or breathe to realign any energies.
And that's about it! I tried this today and we got a good spell of rain (with thunder and everything!) even though there was no predictions for it this whole week. I'm hesitant to do a spell for storms as I live in a hurricane-prone region and it's that time of year, but feel free to replace "rain" with "storm" or whatever wording feels specific to what you desire. I kept the wordings here intentionally vague/loose because it's important to use words that you mean something to you.
Let me know if you try this and get anything out of it, or how you changed it! It's the first spell I've posted here so I'm interested to know.
