They then dance, drum, chant, or perform various other ritual gestures, in order to raise the energy and extend it upwards.
[2] When the state that these actions create has reached a peak, the ritual leader will signal the group and the energy is released upwards and the cone is “sent” towards the goal.
The cone of power is used in Wicca because it is believed that through work, Wiccans can raise energy from their bodies that can be directed towards their magical goals.
Gardner, the founder of the Gardnerian tradition of Wicca, who wrote in his early writing that his New Forest Coven performed a cone of power ritual to keep Hitler’s troops from invading Great Britain.
The methods taught to increase the success are grounding and centering energy, creating a sacred space, specifically a circle, and training to focus attention on the stated goal of the magical ritual.
This enables the achievement of the ecstatic trance required to release the energy upwards and send it to the stated goal.