I am looking for a spell or ritual of some kind, that empowers me. If anyone knows any, please reach out! 
Thank you,
Ana
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Welcome to the Forum!
IDK of any myself as a Shaman, but have you looked in the web site?
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Hello Ana. I have some years of experience researching about empowerment, but because of some misconceptions (which occur frequently), you’d have to specify more clearly what kind of “empowerment” you’re looking for, since powers are very diverse and complex elements. In theory, someone could seek “empowerment" to the point of omnipotence (which would be a being with all powers, all possibilities, capable of doing anything). But as far as we know, in our current form, we’re not even close to that. Lol.
So everyone seeking more empowerment should first define more precisely what kind of powers they’re looking for and for which purposes since powers are numerous and have different purposes, not exactly a single thing called “Power” as some people call it sometimes. If you have something clear in mind, we can elaborate on that later.
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Terrific Tuesday ChaosWitch 
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I agree with Researcher, can you be more specific. I was thinking like affirmations; one of my favorite is:
- I am Vital
- I am Strong
- I am Unique
- I Belong
But, a little more info would be great to have a better idea of what you are looking for.
Lady Gene 
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Yes Gene, and actually, I have read more than that. For example, for those who are unsure about which powers to seek, one of the best advices for empowerment might be to seek powers that promote self-sufficiency. And there are some good reasons why they have reached that conclusion.
Firstly because many witches and wiccans say they are “loners”; therefore, seeking powers that help them become more self-sufficient and live alone and well can be very useful.
But at the same time, of course, powers of self-sufficiency can also be useful in social and even political relationships, because one of the best ways to help others is by making them more self-sufficient, so that they know how to become less dependent in order to live well too. It’s something like the saying, “It’s better to teach someone to fish than to just keep giving them fishes.”
And in any case, the pursuit of individual development is the foundation for the development of other social relationships in any way.
Self-sufficiency also has the advantage of serving as the foundation for an ethical philosophy, since someone who is more self-sufficient is better able to live alone and well within his or her own individual space; thus, no one bothers you, and you don’t bother anyone. In this sense, this can be considered an ethical philosophy of life—or at least an ideal value as a reference—especially for those who actually prefer solitude.
And some even say that we should help the people who bother us to become more self-sufficient, since troublesome people are almost always people who are dependent on others and don’t know how to be happy on their own in their own space.
But I think that one of the main problems with this philosophy, and from what I have read, is that perhaps we are destined to always be dependent on something external. As humans, we will never have the powers to become truly independent. Even experts who seek the powers of self-sufficiency need external elements, since they need food that has the power to keep them alive, a home that has the power to shelter them, weapons that have the power to defend them, vehicles that have the power to move them about more freely, and so on.
Supernatural powers—which could actually be our own internal powers—have not been proven to be truly effective. But at least this is one advantage of focusing on seeking powers, since there is no certainty regarding the existence of magic or deities, whereas powers do in fact exist in everywhere in our world, and even beyond. Some say that these elements are the ones proven to be closest to supernatural phenomena because although powers are abstract, they are everywhere and make everything move. Everything that exists—including ourselves—is the sum of all our potentials and possibilities (according to Aristotle, what we can be and what we can do) and our limitations and incapacities (what we cannot be or do).
And according to religions, it is precisely these powers that distinguish gods from humans, since gods are considered more powerful and can do things that we cannot. Even in religions such as Christianity and Islam, where God is omnipotent, one of God’s main characteristics is exactly omnipotence, meaning He possesses all powers. And this, if you think about it, means that even gods, even an omnipotent god, depend on powers to do what they do and be who they are.
And in a way, I have read that this is precisely what makes a philosophy of self-sufficiency a much better fit for “seeking power for yourself” than seeking to depend on deities, because someone who attains sufficient powers no longer needs a god to solve their own problems and save themselves. Of course, deities and spirits that can help us are welcome, but according to this philosophy, the most important ones would be the spirits that teach us to be more self-sufficient—and to no longer depend on them.
Anyway, I think this explanation ended up being a bit long, and there is actually a lot more to this philosophy (and there are even other, very different philosophies), but that would be a long story. I can write more about it futurely but I think this is enough for now, for those who are lost, like those ones searching for more power without knowing exactly why, or even worse, those who end up seeking powers mostly to oppress others. There are many cases like that. So now, anyone who had doubts knows that there is at least one path.
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