This was the spell that one of the sister witches used to fight the Woggy Man in the television series Charmed. The Woggy Man represented Phoebe’s fear of what we know as the Boggy Man when she was a little girl, but when she spoke of him she pronounced it “Woggy Man”. The Boggy Man, or Woggy Man, signifies a dark shadow or image usually paramount for young children when left alone in the dark at night. Phoebe had to use the above spell as an adult woman to vanish the Woggy Man with her strength as a good witch presently, but fighting triggers stemming from her childhood fears of him. Of course she was successful in her power to banish the Woggy Man back to the basement of the family home where it could no longer harm her or others. Her struggle reminded me of our daily “battle” to ward off our own dark shadows trying to engulf us into old patterns of defensiveness, self-harm, and self-loathing. Just pay attention to how you may sometimes talk to yourself and how harsh and punitive you can be. (I do hope too that if you notice how hard you are on yourself with your self talk that you are appalled and willing to be a lot more gentle with yourself.) We all have the potential to be our very own Woggy Man struggling to keep us from the light of health that our authentic self really wants and yearns for. The battle within ourselves between dark and light. Wanting so much to show up as our real self only feeling the pull of past experiences of defeat and fear. How about this though. Allowing our authentic life (light) force to be present gives us more control and empowerment to handle all that life sends our way because we are present with self and that feels safe. Being non-present and disengaged makes us less safe and more powerless to handle things because we are not grounded and busy defending. We also receive confirmation when in this state we experience more inability to handle things, whereas, when we are present and with self we are more facilitated to handle things. Not to necessarily control or change things externally to us, but better able to handle and deal with things internally in a comforting and safe manner. So next time you notice your “Woggy Man” lingering in the shadows try to use your authentic real light force to shine through and keep him/her at bay.