One of the four brainwave patterns, the beta state is typified by patterns that repeat at the speed of 14-20 Hertz (cycles per second). People in their normal, waking consciousness are in the beta state. It is the brainwave pattern when you are focused on the outside world. The other brainwave patterns are alpha, delta, and theta.
Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Deborah Blake, author of several books, including Llewellyn's Little Book of Witchcraft and the new Llewellyn's Little Book of Spellcraft.
If you ask most witches if they use spells, they will...