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~Latin for Witches (and a Spell in Latin)~

Lesson I – Introduction

We all love Latin. Latin is a majestic, beautiful and undoubtely melodic language. It’s based on Ancient Greek and it has been used for magical purposes for centuries. Lots of witches up to this very day use it for their magical workings, spellwork, rituals, incantations, etc. As we all know all romance languages (spanish, romanian, portuguese, french, italian, etc) originate from Latin, so if you happen to be a native speaker of one of the above languages, Latin is going to be a piece of cake for you. However, even if your mother tongue IS English, Latin is going to be fairly easy for you, too, so GOOD NEWS HERE. In fact, most english words originate from Latin, and some of them are precisely the same in english (words like status, ego, etc). But let’s cut to the chase, shall we?

We all know there’s something special, something majestic, something mystical, something mysterious about this language. So it’s no coincidence that people have been using Latin for their magical workings for so long. If you’re someone who does not practice Magick, you, too, are welcome to join us and learn Latin. If you’re someone who does practice Magick, you’re at the right place, because we will start from the very basics, and we will be crafting up spells in Latin from the very first lesson. SAY YES IF YOU LOVE THAT !YES, you read that right. So, let’s START at once and have some FUN!

OK. I do not like rambling so simple things first.

In Latin there are no articles whatsoever. So, no articles.

In Latin, the genders are three, masculine, feminine and neuter. Keep that it mind. We will not be focusing on grammar here so I won’t be boring you with it. But just keep that it mind for now but do not memorise anything. Right…

~SECRET TIPS AND TRICKS~ (Again, do not memorise anything. Just read, practice and have FUN since very soon you will be able to give your spells a very special and sophisticated… flavour.)

The Letter E is ALWAYS pronounced ‘EH’ as in TELL
The Letter C is always pronounced K as in crazy, crisp, cool NEVER like cease, cemetary.
The Letter I is always pronounced EE as in SIT, never like kite, spike.
The Letter G is always pronounced G as in great, garbage, never like gem, gibberish

ALL the other letters are pronounced exactly the same we pronounce them in English. SO, that’s easy to remember.

The very basics now: Let’s start:

Ego = I (pronounced EH-goh)

Tu = You (singular) (TOO)

Ille = He (EE-leh)

Nos = We (NOHS)

Vos = You (VOHS)

Now the verb to be… which is:

Ego sum (EH-goh SOOM) = I am | Ego sum Jason = I am Jason

Tu es (TOO – EHS) = You are (sing.) Tu es dives (TOO EHS DEEV-ehs) = You are rich

Ille est (EE-leh EH-st) = He is Ille est maleficus (EE-leh EHST ma LEH fee koos) He is a witch

Nos sumus (NOHS SOO-moos) Nos sumus malefici: We are witches. (NOHS – SOO-MOOS mah-LEH-fee-keeh) We are witches

Congratulations! You have just learned the verb to be and most personal pronouns. Easy, isn’t it? Well, Latin IS easy AND FUN!!! Let’s continue, but enough with introductions, let’s dive right in and check out an actual spell written in Latin. After we do that, we will be able to make our very own.

~COMMON WORDS that we use in magick and spells:

So mote it be (sic fiat) =( SEEK FEE-aht)

Voco = I call upon/ Summon = (VOH-coh)

Maleficus = witch (male –literally: evil-doer) / Malefica (female) Mah-LEH-fee-koos / Mah-LEH-fee-kah

Volo = [VOH-loh] I want

Prosperitas = Prosperity (proh-SPEH-ree-tahs) (the letter “I” is ALWAYS pronounced “ee” as in tee-hee LOL)

Habeo = HAH-beh-oh I have

Omnia = OHM-nee-ah = everything

Venite = Come! (imperative, plural form – command) VEH-nee-teh

Fortuna = Luck ( fohr-TOO-nah)

Dives = Rich (DEE-vehs) and riches

Now… let’s see an actual spell, one that contains most of the above words. This particular spell is for luck, prosperity and abundance. Let’s take a look.

Fortuna, Prosperitas et Abundantia Habeo Omnia. Pecunia venit ad me. Habeo omnia. Fortuna, Prosperitas et Abundantia Omnia, quae volo, Habeo(X3) Pecuniam, Fortunam, Abundantiam(X3) Dives sum, Totus sum, Habeo Omnia, Habeo Omnia, Habeo Omnia. Fortunam, Prosperitatem, Abundantiam Mel, cinnamomum et saccharum. Fortunam, Prosperitatem, Abundantiam Habeo omnia, quae volo, Habeo, Habeo, Habeo. Mel, cinnamomum et saccharum. Luxuriam, Prosperitatem et Abundantiam Dives sum, Omnia Habeo. Attraho pecuniam. Attraho opes, Attraho omnia, quae volo.X3 Habeo Omnia. Totus sum. Fortuna, Prosperitas et Abundantia. Pecunia venit ad me. Attraho dives. Attraho pecuniam. Attraho prosperitatem. Habeo omnia quae volo. SIC FIAT(X3)

Let us see what we already know and what is unknown. Most of the words used, you can definitely guess their meaning.

Fortuna, Prosperitas et Abundantia Habeo Omnia.

Fortuna = Luck

Prosperitas = Prosperity

Abundantia = Abundance

Habeo omnia = I have everything

Pecunia venit ad me

Pecunia [peh-KOO-nee-ah]= Money

venit [VEH-neet] = comes / is coming

ad me [Ad MEH]= to me

Omnia[OHM-nee-ah], quae[KWEH] volo, Habeo

Omnia = everything

quae volo = that I want

Habeo = I have

Mel, cinnamomum et saccharum.

Mel = honey

cinnamomum = kee-nah-MOH-moom => Cinnamon

saccharum = SAHK – hah –room => sugar

Attraho = ah-TRAH-hoh => I attract

Easy, isn’t it?

Please, Like, Share (or/and Reblog) this Lesson so other people can learn to use Latin, as well. If you have any comments, suggestions, recommendations, ideas, anything really, if you want to ask any questions, please by all means feel free to do so! Hope you enjoyed this lesson as much as I enjoyed creating it for you. Now try crafting up your own spell, make it simple! Test yourself and have fun!

Sources used:

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It might be worth noting that in Classical Latin, the consonant “V” is always pronounced with the “W” sound. Thus, “Voco” is [WOH-coh], and so on. It wasn’t until the shift to Ecclesiastical (Church) Latin, or what is considered Medieval Latin, that the letter “V” was pronounced as [V]. Might be helpful to those sticklers reciting Latin from ancient sources.

Here’s a short but handy pronunciation guide http://www.omniglot.com/writing/latin2.htm