Love letters have always been instrumental in communicating and adding romance and passion to relationships. People find comfort in these relics and tend to hold on to them for long periods of time, reflecting on a love that was or still is being shared. The love letter speaks to nostalgic roots as humans dwell upon emotional connections and memories to soothe the mind and heart.

Message in the Bottle

This spell calls out to your long-lost love to come and find you. The idea of the message in the bottle is used to call for help from afar. You are summoning your love to come help complete your heart. The Lady of the Lake will bestow this message only upon the most worthy. Arthurian legend states the Lady of the Lake bestowed Excalibur upon the worthiest of men; think of your heart as Excalibur!

Ingredients

piece of parchment paper

red pen

rose petals

assorted red, pink, and white beads

glitter

1 small bottle with cork

1 water lily bloom

These ingredients encompass all aspects of love with the colors red, pink, and white. Red speaks of passion and romance. Pink speaks to pure love and happiness. White is the power of spirit to guide the bottle into the hands of your true mate. It also signifies a spiritual connection between the two of you. The water lily bloom is used as an offering.

• Construct your love letter. This letter should contain your love needs, wants, and expectations. It should be written from your heart. Tell your soon-to-be lover you are waiting with so much love to give and share. While writing, feel the energy you are charging flow through you, to your pen, and onto the paper, where the ink will empower your desire.

• Decorate your bottle with the rest of the ingredients to add more potency for beauty, love, and romance.

• Walk to the water's edge. While holding your bottle over the water, recite the following incantation:

  “Lady of the Lake, I summon thee,

  Reach up and engulf, take this message from me.

  Empower and send this message of light

  To only the worthiest of suitors, armor shining and bright.”

• Fill the bottle with water. See the Lady of the Lake rise up out of the water and transmute your message into energy. See the energy drain from the bottle, leaving only your ingredients. She will now take your message and present it only to the one worthy of your love.

• Set your offering, a water lily bloom, atop the water to thank the Lady of the Lake.

Valentine Love Letter Spell

In this spell, pour out emotions of love, romance, and passion to the one you desire. It is a heartfelt communication of this desire empowered to attract that special someone to share in romance. The letter and your words charm your way into your lover's heart. Ask the God Oghma for help in writing your letter. He is associated with the color orange for attraction, as well as all things poetic and lyrical.

Ingredients

parchment paper

dove's blood ink

quill pen

fixative spray

perfume or favorite love synergy

glitter

Valentine confetti

1 red envelope

red sealing wax

heart stamp

All these ingredients associate with that flair of romance and courtship in love letters. In the style of romantic passion and nostalgia, use dove's blood ink to scribe your letter and red sealing wax to emboss a seal with the heart stamp.

The rest of the ingredients are meant to add fun, color, and personalization. The perfume scents the letter to add just a bit more of your essence. Dove's blood ink and its connection to dragon's blood adds to any magickal working by accelerating and accentuating potency.

• Gather all your elements together. Ground, center, and feel the energy flow to charge your ingredients. Visualize these ingredients charged with bright white light. Empower this energy with the intent to draw in romance, love, and passion.

  Recite the following incantation before you begin writing your love letter:

  “Ohgma, god of the bards,

  Bless me with the right words to say what is in my

  heart, and on my mind, and on my lips.”

• Compose your letter. Pour out your heart's desire. May you speak truth and love and fill your letter with prose and poetics. Visualize all of your love being absorbed with each letter, word, and phrase.

• Decorate your letter. Add the fixative over the letter. Sprinkle and adhere glitter and magickal Valentine confetti. Finalize your decoration with a final spray and place it in an area where it can dry.

• When dry, taint with your essence by use of your favorite perfume.

• Seal the letter in the envelope with the red sealing wax and stamp. For an added air of mystery, send this message anonymously. If you do not have the courage to send your letter, burn it under February's full moon, asking the universe to send your message of love along and release the magick into the universe. Give thanks with orange-flavored cakes.

Because letters often prompt an anxious wait for a reply, this may trap you into dwelling upon your spell. Resist this temptation. Set it and forget it.