Spare's Technique is a method for creating sigils that was developed by Austin Osman Spare right around the turn of the 20th century. It involves creating a sigil using the letters in a written statement of intent.

First, the statement of intent is written on a piece of paper.
Traditionally, the statement begins with "This is my will…" or "This is my wish…" Though I've seen modern practitioners use "MY Will = …" etc. Or dispense with this part altogether.

Most modern practitioners who have dispensed with the "MY WILL" statement, avoid any statement indicating "wishing" or "hoping", lest one continue wishing and hoping.

The statement must be a positive statement, that is, the words "no", "not", "never", etc. should not appear in the statement. Instead of saying "This is my will that I will never get in a plane crash" you would write "This is my will; I travel safely by plane." Instead of "This is my will; That the flood waters do not reach my house." you would write "This is my Will, that my house be safe from the floodwaters".

It is also important that the statement be very specific to avoid any situations that could involve your Will coming to pass in a way that is unacceptable to you. The statement "I have a new home." Could be brought about by a serious accident that put you in a nursing home, or the death of a family member resulting in your inheritance or a transfer in your job that causes you to move out of necessity. Best to to state "I have purchased a three bedroom home in Birmingham." or "It is my Will to purchase a three bedroom home in Birmingham."

- but try not to use any extra words, be concise.

Next, Reduce the Statement to an Image
Remove all the vowels and write down the consonants, but only write down each consonant one time. You can convert numbers written as words into numerals if you like. At this time, you may also wish to convert the English letters into another language, an ancient or magical alphabet or whatever suits you. Or leave them in English as Spare did.

Combine the remaining letters into a single image. Use the lines from one letter to make the lines for another letter, put letters within letters, until you get the simplest image you can manage.

Voila, you have a sigil. Now forget about it.

Spare was not the first person to use this method. It is reminiscent of sigils used by Agrippa and sigils found throughout the world in various languages, including bindrunes. The technique has been further refined. Grant Morrison is credited with the most modern variant of this technique.

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