Sending magick
Words spoken aloud into a strong wind, facing the direction of the one they are for. The wind delivers; do not call them back.
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Nature Power
Szél Atya
Father Wind · A Szelek Ura — Lord of the Four Winds
Breath of the steppe — messenger, scatterer, carrier of song and prayer.
Szél Atya is the great mover. He carries seed, scent, rumour and prayer; he scatters what is finished and brings what is to come. On the Hungarian plain he is felt more than seen — a personality in his own right, courted by horsemen, feared by mothers with washing on the line, consulted by anyone who needs to send a message no postman can carry.
“Whisper into the wind what you cannot say aloud. He keeps no secrets — but he tells them only to the one who needs to hear.”
Mágia · Magick
Types of magick worked in their name
Clearing magick
Opening all windows at dawn after illness, grief or quarrel, and standing in the cross-draught while it scours the rooms.
Weather petition
Whistling — softly, never sharply — to call a breeze. To dismiss one, hang a knotted cord in a doorway and untie one knot.
Áldozat · Offerings
What to bring
Szertartás · Rituals
Ways of meeting
Calling the Four Winds — stand at a crossroads or hilltop, turn to each cardinal direction and name what you ask of that wind: east for beginnings, south for ripening, west for release, north for endurance.
Write what cannot be said to a living face. Read it aloud into a strong wind, then burn the paper and let the ash go.
On a windy day, fly a kite with a wish tied to the string. Cut the string when it pulls hardest, and let him take it.
Igézet · Spells
Workings you can try
Folk workings, given in good faith. Approach with respect; results are theirs, not yours.
Whistled summons
To call a needed breeze on a still day, whistle three rising notes facing the horizon, then turn and walk seven steps without looking back.
Knotted cord of stillness
When you need quiet weather or a quiet mind, tie seven knots in a linen cord while exhaling slowly on each. Hang in a doorway. Untie one knot a day to return motion.
Szent színek · Sacred Colors
Their palette
- ◆Pale grey
- ◆Sky blue
- ◆White
- ◆Pale gold of dry grass
Szent számok · Sacred Numbers
Their reckoning
- ✦4 — the cardinal winds
- ✦7 — the knots of the weather-cord
Szabad · Do
Walk with them
- ✓Speak truthfully into him — he carries what you actually said, not what you meant
- ✓Honour high places
- ✓Let washing dry in his keeping when you can
- ✓Sing outdoors
Tilos · Don't
Do not cross them
- ✗Do not whistle sharply indoors — old custom says it calls storms into the house
- ✗Do not curse into the wind; what is sent returns
- ✗Do not try to bind him for long — he is not a kept god
- ✗Do not stand bare-headed in a north wind asking for favours; ask in shelter