Grimoire for the Apprentice Wizard

Class II: Becoming a Wizard

“You’re a Wizard, Harry—and a thumpin’ good one, I’d wager! —once you train up a little.

Didja ever make anything happen? Anything you couldn’t explain—when you were angry, or scared?”

—Hagrid (from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone—the movie)

A Wizard should be able to master self-control, share

freely, keep their environment clean, design their lives,

create sacred space, respect the beliefs and truths of

others, take care of their own basic needs, work effec-

tively with and without magical tools, face challenges

with confidence, create music, create art, walk respon-

sibly on the Earth, listen as well as speak, exercise

good judgment, take responsibility, grant kindness,

design a ritual, write a poem, balance accounts, build a

wall, help the vulnerable, comfort the dying, take or-

ders, give orders, shun ego reactions, act alone, coop-

erate in a group, solve dilemmas, analyze a new prob-

lem, do menial tasks cheerfully, program a computer,

cook a healthy meal, fight efficiently, avoid Witch wars,

cultivate a generous spirit, live courageously and die

gallantly. Elitism is for the insecure.

—Abby Willowroot

Above all else, a Wizard knows himself—what drives

him, and his weaknesses, for without this knowledge,

he is not a Wizard at all. —Rev. Pete Pathfinder Davis

Lesson 2: Your Apprenticeship;

my Mentorship

It is a common

magickal saying that: “When the Student is

ready, the Teacher will appear.” But, like all

Great Truths, the opposite is also true: When the

Teacher is ready, the Student will appear. Long before

there were ever schools, and still today in many fields,

people learned their crafts by becoming Apprentices

to Masters. For one who has spent a lifetime learning

and mastering an art, a craft, a trade, or a profession,

the time comes when he or she begins looking for a

protégé (PRO-te-zhay), or successor who will wish to

carry on the Work into the next generation. At that

point, a Master turns towards teaching, and accepts

1. Introduction: What a Wizard
   Needs to Know

ASKED SOME MEMBERS OF THE GREY

Council to make a list of what they

thought a Wizard ought to know

and be able to do. Here are some of

the answers. These things are true

of all the Wizards I know. To learn

all this is a lifelong quest, but for

you it will begin here, with your Apprenticeship.

A Wizard should...

Be a constant student of life;

See the Divine in Nature and Nature in the Divine;

Not say a word and be clearly heard;

Lead without force and teach without pride;

Take the most mundane things and surroundings,

sense their inner magick and be able to open that

window for others;

Stare into the dark infinity of the night sky and feel it

as an awesome source;

Love the beauty of paradox and be always be able to

see the cosmic humor in the darkest times;

Be a shapeshifter to blend in or be invisible if needed...

and make those around feel safe, and heard;

Maintain his calm center and clear mind when all about

him is chaos;

Open his inner eyes and really see;

Say “I don’t know...” and realize that is great wisdom,

that is okay;

Have compassion for all beings, and know when to be

a healer and when to be a witness;

Know that the secrets of magick are bestowed upon

the open-hearted;

Speak to the Gods and know he is heard;

Cast a sphere of protection and light;

Make up his own mind , walk his own path and never

follow another blindly;

Know the courage and power of nonviolence and the

swift strength of a keen mind;

Conjure a tale or myth that the moment requires to be

understood;

Know the plants and creatures of the wild enough call

them friends and allies;

See the God and Goddess within all and everyone;

Have a spirit that glows in the dark.

—Katlyn Breene

Corrected pages 3rd printing.1.p65 9 6/10/2004, 2:59 PM