ON AUGUST 15, between 3pm and 6pm, Julia Gillard may feel a sudden draining of her energy. She'll shrug it off as a sign that the demands of campaigning are catching up with her. And she'll be right.

On that Sunday, Melbourne witch and high priestess Lizzy Rose and her coven will invite Ms Gillard's energy into their magic circle to speak about ''her intentions of where she is taking the country''.

Ms Rose says her divinations ''will prove to us whether Julia is going to govern through ego or through her heart space''.

If Ms Gillard, an avowed atheist, passes the ''heart-space'' test, Ms Rose says she'll get the endorsement of her Order of Wisdom, Learning and Light.

''We're not trying to recruit her against her will,'' she says. ''We see her as a high priestess anyway, regardless of her atheism.''