Words function in three major ways to change the way we think, act, and feel. Words Have Meaning The first, and most obvious way words can have an effect on us is through their content. Most rituals and the instructions for most spells are expository. They explain things so you can understand them. For example, in some basic Golden Dawn rituals, you are told to "circumambulate." This, on the surface, is simply walking around the magickal circle. However, when you study further, you discover that there is a purpose for doing this: setting up a "vortex of energy." In many books on Wicca and Witchcraft a similar description is given, only it is called a "cone of power." Most books on