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geekywritings · 3 years ago

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Rise of a Queen - Nikolai Lantsov x OC PART 12

The end of the war could have marked the perfect beginning of a fairytale for Nikolai and Taya. He was Tsar, the Darkling had been defeated, Ravka could finally breathe again and the couple could start focusing on their relationship. But the reality was no fairytale.

Only days after the crown had been placed on Nikolai's head, he became swept up in the responsibilities of a ruler. Endless meetings, balls, travels, and negotiations began, along with the much-needed rebuilding of the cities that had suffered during recent times. Whenever he was in the palace, there was always someone there requesting his attention or calling him to a meeting or following him with paperwork. Though more often than not, Nikolai was absent from the capital, traveling around his kingdom to meet his people and mend relations with West Ravka. It felt as if sleep or a peaceful meal had become a luxury a king could not afford.

Taya wasn't fairing much better. She tried to help Nikolai whenever she could, but she was soon also swept up in the Saadovska affairs. She had inherited the family fortune, but also her father's businesses. And there were more of them than she had ever expected! Not only did her family own several remarkable fabric businesses in Ravka, they also held shares of companies in Fjerda and Shu Han and had close business ties with Kerch traders. Furthermore, there was more land in her family's possession than anyone in all of Ravka could even imagine, including large estates and even simply lands for agriculture. It was so much that Taya spent a good few weeks trying to wrap her hand around it all before starting correspondence with her father's former business partners. Some of them were kind and understanding, but there were also those, who refused to work with a woman or tried to cheat her. For Taya this meant a lot of studying. She would spend many nights in the library, reading up on economics and business practices or former contracts until Nikolai would come and carry her back to bed after she had fallen asleep. Whenever he was not around, this task fell to Andrej or one of the twins.

Ultimately, the couple didn't have much time for romance. Ravka was like a child that required constant attention and within the first years, Nikolai and Taya felt burnt out. Yet at the same time, they couldn't feel happier. The country was flourishing, steadily gaining stability, military strength and even some recognition. So although Taya was usually the one pushing them to work more, it was her who announced one morning: "We need a break."

Nikolai had returned from a long journey to the West just the day before and still looked incredibly tired even after a good night of sleep. "What do you suggest?", he asked, his face still half-buried in the pillow. "That we run away?"

Taya chuckled, as she sat up, running a hand through his hair. "I don't think we'd get very far.", she admitted. "But I do think we can take a vacation for a couple of days without Ravka falling apart again. Besides, there is this small estate by the sea I want to visit."

"Estate by the sea?" Now Nikolai's curiosity had been piqued and he slowly half sat up as well, hazel eyes staring at her full of interest.

"Yes, apparently it has been in my family's possession for quite some time. My great great grandfather bought it for easier business with the local fishing industry. And it would be my chance to see the ocean for the first time."

Although she had joined Nikolai on several of his journeys, none of them had taken her all the way to the sea, which she longed to finally visit. "Let's do it.", Nikolai agreed, suddenly fully invested in the idea. "We will tell everyone today and be on our way by the evening."

Taya loved his enthusiasm and spontaneous nature and she nodded enthusiastically. "I will take care of packing.", she said, already mentally going over everything they would need for the short trip.

It was with a newfound energy that the two started their day, making sure that everyone knew about their departure, while also preparing for the journey. Tolya and Tamar insisted on coming along, but Nikolai refused. He wanted some time alone with Taya and where they were going, they would need neither servants nor bodyguards, he figured.

Everyone was so taken aback by the Tsar's sudden decision that nobody had much time to argue or raise concerns. And by evening, Nikolai and Taya were ready to depart. They hadn't packed much and could easily take one of Nikolai's smaller aircrafts, where he took care of navigation, while Taya kept the airship going. Traveling at night was difficult, but also much safer.

The sun hadn't even risen when they arrived at the small estate on a hill, overseeing the sea and the nearby fishing town. It was a two-story building beaten by the rough coastal weather, but still in good condition. Surrounding it was a garden full of wildflowers and tall grass. It was clear that nobody had tended to this place in quite some time. Using the key she had found in her father's study, filed correctly to the matching estate, Taya opened the door, revealing a dusty hallway, smelling of sea salt and stuffy air. At least they found that the place was equipped with working lights.

Leaving their luggage in the hallway, Nikolai and Taya just explored, opening all windows to air out the place. There was a parlor downstairs, as well as a study, a kitchen, three servant rooms, and a storage chamber. Upstairs were bathrooms and generous bedrooms, offering a stunning view of the ocean. The sunsets from this place would be quite the sight, Taya thought.

The furniture had been covered in sheets to prevent them from dusting, but they would still need to air out all linens, pillows and covers the next day. "Seems like your ancestors were quite the passionate sailors", Nikolai announced, as he joined Taya upstairs. He had found some old photographs and paintings in the study, showing her grandfather and great grandfather in this estate together with sea captains or standing in front of ships themselves.

Taya looked at them with interest, seeing them for the first time. "I didn't know that. But maybe it explains why I always wanted to go to sea.", she ran a finger over one of the photographs, realizing how much her grandfather resembled her father. A pang of pain shot through her, but she didn't allow it to take over. She would make her family proud by doing her best to carry on their legacy instead of shedding tears.

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After two days, Nikolai and Taya had settled into their little sea estate. Seeing as the linen had continued to smell of stuffy room, Taya had simply brought fresh ones in town. Not wanting any servants to disturb their peace, the couple took care of everything themselves and Taya discovered that she knew nothing about actual housekeeping. But it was fun to learn and try, even though the first meal she attempted to cook ended up being more burnt than edible.

Nikolai caught some fish, which they roasted over a fire and that tasted better than anything Taya had eaten in a while. Still, they decided to start eating in town to be among people and see what they lived like. Taya had bought some local clothes, allowing the two to blend in and for Nikolai to go unrecognized. It was lovely, living a normal life without duties or burdens.

"One day, when we are old and grey, I hope we can sit here and watch the sunset as well.", Taya said on the last evening of their stay, when the two were sitting in front of the house by the cliff, waiting for the sun to turn the ocean into the stunning shades of orange and purple Taya admired.

Nikolai smiled at her. It would be a lovely future indeed. "And who will be running Ravka?"

"Not us, for sure.", she replied with a laugh. "I suppose it would be our son."

A son. Nikolai had never thought about children before. He had been too busy being Sturmhond, getting the crown, fighting a civil war or just being Tsar. But now that she had said it, the vision would not leave his head. What would their son look like? Would his hair be darker? And whose eyes would he inherit? He hoped it would be his mothers, for he loved the blue more than he could put into words. He also hoped he would have Taya's personality, far more suitable for a ruler.

"If we do have a son, let's name him Mikhail. After my father.", she suddenly added. It was common for a prince to carry the name of a former ruler, an ancestor from the father's side, but Taya was ready to break with that tradition.

"Mikhail... I like it.", Nikolai said finally, his arm sneaking around Taya, as she leaned her head against his shoulder. "Though if he ends up anything like us as children, I feel sorry for us already." Both laughed and then just enjoyed the spectacular colors of the sunset before them.

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After the trip, Nikolai returned to work with newfound purpose and energy. He wanted to build a strong Ravka for the people and for the future. He wanted a stable country should he and Taya indeed have a son one day. He was also more determined than ever to finally marry the woman, who had been by his side for so long.

"I have an important task for you.", he announced, as Genya entered his office one afternoon. "But I must ask for utter discretion."

"Of course.", the redhead vowed, looking more and more intrigued.

"I need you to plan something"

"A Wedding?!", Genya almost squealed. "Your wedding?!"

Nikolai didn't even have a chance to answer before Genya rushed forward, both hands slamming on his desk. "I have everything thought out already.", she announced. "I have been planning this since your coronation. It needs to be a grand affair, of course. Worthy of a Tsar. But it definitely needs personal elements. I'm thinking of a lot of blue highlights to symbolize your time at sea and Taya being a Grisha and..."

"Genya... Genya.. slow down.", Nikolai spoke, even though he felt almost guilty interrupting her. She seemed so excited and he was glad to know that he had so many people behind him.

"Oh, I apologize."

Nikolai smiled, shaking his head. "No need. But what I specifically want from you is a design for a ring. Traditionally, Taya would get the Lantsov Emerald, but that is off the table.", he explained. "But I don't just wanna choose something from the treasury. I want something especially made for her. Something meaningful."

So it wasn't a wedding, but Genya was still excited nevertheless. "Oh, I will think of something!" It would be blue, she thought, but it definitely needed elements of green to hint at the traditional emerald. Without a second to waste she got to work, while Nikolai went back to planning on how he could ask Taya to marry him again.

The last proposal had been a lousy one, he thought. Absolutely not worthy of a future Queen and especially not worthy of someone like Taya. She wouldn't like an over-the-top gesture, he figured, but it had to be special nevertheless. Perhaps the finished ring would offer more inspiration.

He had no idea that he would not be asking Taya for quite some time...

#nikolai lantsov #nikolai lantsov x oc #nikolailantsovxoc #Grishaverse

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sabrinasgrimoire · 5 years ago

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Crystal Studies: Amber

Other Names: Elektron (Greek)

Description: Amber can come in many colors ranging from yellow to red. It is a unique crystal because it comes from a biological process instead of a geological process, as it is fossilized tree resin. A good tip to figuring out if you have real Amber instead of a fake is rubbing your thumb over the surface for a few seconds then smelling to see if it smells like pine. Other ways to judge the authenticity of Amber are as follows: Amber will be warm to the touch because it is a poor conductor, and Authentic Amber will float in water, while other fakes will sink

Formation and Composition: Like previously mentioned, Amber is the fossilized resin of evergreen trees. Most of the Amber on the market comes from a now extinct species of pine found mostly in the Baltic region. The resin from these ancient trees slowly hardened over time to create stones of resin, sometimes capturing organic life and preserving it within the stone! We have many examples of this happening, especially with insects.

Location: While there are many deposits of Amber around the world, the most significant ones are in the Baltic region, where the extinct pine found its home. This includes countries like Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Latvia, Poland, Norway, and Sweden.

Cleansing Method: The main caution with Amber is that it is very fragile and light weight, so don’t go throwing it around! Besides that, it is safe to cleanse in any method of choice, and is safe to use in direct infusion elixirs.

Physical Healing Properties: Before talking about the healing properties of Amber, I would like to point out that crystal healing should never replace a visit to your doctor. You can use it as a supplement, but please go to your medical professional! That being said, Crystal Healers use Amber for the healing of physical ailments including increasing vitality and energy levels in the body, stimulating the digestive system, and speeding up the body’s natural healing process.

Emotional Healing Properties: Amber is a stone linked to the Sun, and therefore encourages those things within us. It has a happy vibration, bringing the sunshine back into our lives after a dark period. Amber helps us find our purpose and reason for doing things. That can be a life’s purpose, or just the motivation needed to finish a project. It is also a powerful stone for helping our relationships, encouraging love and affection either platonic or romantic.

Meditation: Amber has a very ancient energy that may be beneficial in meditation. It connects us to the earth and our ancestors who reside within it. This makes it the perfect stone for exploring past lives through meditation and connecting to our own family and relationships in the past, present, and future.

Divinatory Meaning: In dreams, Amber can indicate a journey on your horizon. In other divinatory practices, Amber represents a chance romance. Think carefully before pursuing this however, especially before you give up a reliable relationship for a new and exciting one.

Magickal Properties: Amber is one of the oldest gemstones used for jewelry. We have found Amber talismans dating back to 8000 BCE! Due to its warm temperature, Amber is often seen as possessing the life force of the earth. It has been used in ritual and magickal practices to represent the Mother Goddess and other deities. It is also a fossil, not a stone, making it perfect for workings dealing with time and history. It is also associated with the element of spirit because it was once living. In traditional Wiccan circles, the High Priestess wears a necklace of alternating jet and amber, representing the God and Goddess respectively. Amber is also said to be the traditional stone of Witches, and supposedly amplifies their powers. This is why Amber is great to have on hand during magickal workings! It will amplify the effects of any spell or ritual.

History and Folklore: Perhaps one of the most famous myths about Amber is that of the Norse Goddess Freya. It is said that the Goddess of Love and Beauty adored beautiful things, especially jewelry. One day as she was walking, she wandered close to the border between her land and that of the dwarves. She saw that they were crafting a beautiful golden necklace. Taken by its beauty, she asked them if she could buy it. The dwarves said no as it was very special to them. Freya was taken aback, and asked what she had to do to own the beautiful necklace. The dwarves said that she could buy the necklace with her love by marrying each dwarf for one day and one night as payment. Freya agreed. When she returned to her kingdom, she hid the necklace in shame for what she had done. The trickster God, Loki, found the necklace, showing it to her husband Odr, who was very angry with Freya for betraying him. Odr left to wander the earth for eternity, and Freya never saw him again. It is said that Freya too wanders the earth looking for her husband, crying tears of Amber.

Correspondence Chart:

Zodiac: Aquarius, Cancer, Leo, Sagittarius

Solar System: Mercury, the Sun

Days: Friday, Sunday

Element: Fire, Earth, Spirit

Energy: Yang, Projective

Chakra: Solar Plexus

Number: 1, 3

Tarot: Chariot, Death

Direction: East, Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, West

Goddesses: Amberella, Danu, Elektra, Freya, Jurate, Persephone, Nehalennia, Sekhmet

Gods: Apollo, Njord

Issues & Intentions: Activation, Ambition, Balance, Beauty, Calm, Clarity, Courage, Creativity, General/Solar Energy, Fear, Fidelity, Grief, Spiritual Growth, Happiness, Harmony, General/Emotional Healing, Honesty, Illumination, Increase, Knowledge, Life, Longevity, Attracting Love, Luck, General/Angel/Black/Solar Magick, Manifestation, Memory, the Mind, Improve Mood, Motivation, Patience, Peace, Pleasure, General/Mental Power, Protection, Purification, Relationships, Romance, Sleep, Spirituality, Stability, Stimulation, Magickal Strength, Stress, Success, Transformation, Warmth, Wisdom, Witches/Witchcraft

#amber #crystals #grimoire #witchblr

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magickdonehere · 5 years ago

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Herb Correspondences (Part 1?)

1. Robinia pseudoacacia (Black Locust):

a. Uses

i. Can be compared to the Blackthorn tree (Prunus spinosa), as they have many similarities.

ii. “Entangle” evil in the thorns.

iii. Balance, play between life and death. The flowers contrast with the thorns and poison.

iv. Connected to Fae, death, and the underworld.

v. Cursing/hexing

vi. Can be used instead of having Blackthorn shipped

vii. Defense, blessing, cursing, fertility, power, Binding, prosperity and strength, resistance, endurance.

b. Toxicity?

i. The leaves, seeds and inner bark contain chemicals (robin, roninine, and robitin) which are toxic. Flowers are considered edible if handled correctly, but you shouldn’t consume them just to be safe.

c. Correspondences?

i. Lightning

ii. Masculine/Mars/Fire

2. Mint

a. Uses

i. Money, healing, strength, endurance, luck, travel, death, hope

b. Toxic?

i. N/A

c. Correspondences

i. Was used in funerary rites in ancient Greece, along with rosemary and myrtle. They did not only ease the smell of decay, but was also representative of the hope in the afterlife.

ii. Named after Minthe, a naiad/water nymph. She fell in love with Hades, and Persephone intervened and turned her into garden mint. (this is one version of the myth, there are many different versions).

iii. It is associated with the river Cocytus in the underworld (River of Wailing).

iv. Hecate, Hades

v. Masculine/Mercury/Air

3. Cayenne

a. Uses

i. Banishing, hexing (creates pain/anxiety), cleansing, love, passion, protection, quick action, repels negative energy, strength, courage.

b. Toxic?

i. No, but don’t use in too large of quantities

c. Correspondences

i. Masculine/Mars/Fire

4. Black Pepper

a. Uses

i. Banishing, hexing, strength, protection, confidence, attack, works well with “Venus herbs” (because it is a Mars herb).

ii. Get rid of/cast evil

b. Toxic?

i. N/A

c. Correspondences

i. Masculine/Mars/Fire

5. Onion

a. Uses

i. Protection, fertility, cursing, clairvoyance, male virility, absorbs negativity.

b. Toxic?

i. N/A

c. Correspondences

i. Isis (was used in connection with her and the afterlife in Egyptian mythology)

ii. Masculine/Mars/Fire

6. Daises

a. Uses

i. Blessings, faery work, lust, luck, love divination (he loves me/he loves me not), friendship, courtship/relationships

b. Toxic?

i. Not as far as I could tell, but maybe don’t eat them? Not a good idea tbh.

c. Correspondences

i. Feminine/Venus/Water

7. Oleander

a. Uses

i. Love, potency, lust, sickness/disease, bad fortune, cursing/hexing

b. Toxic?

i. EXTREMELY!! Use gloves when handling and under NO circumstances consume it!! It can and will kill you!

c. Correspondences

i. Feminine/Saturn/Earth

8. Pansies

a. Uses

i. Divination, love, weather, rain, dreams.

b. Toxic?

i. Idk, just don’t eat it okay

c. Correspondences

i. Faeries

ii. Feminine/Saturn/Water

9. Aloe Vera

a. Uses

i. Luck (especially around the home), healing, beauty, things relating to the moon, and protection.

b. Toxic?

i. N/A

c. Correspondences

i. Feminine/Moon/Water

ii. Venus/Aphrodite

10. Creosote

a. Uses

i. Endurance, rain/water, cleansing, grounding, and healing.

b. Toxic?

i. Just stay on the safe side and don’t eat anything.

c. Correspondences

i. Masculine/Jupiter/Fire&Water

11. Celery

a. Uses

i. Lust, mental powers, concertration, male virility.

b. Toxic?

i. N/A

c. Correspondences

i. Masculine/Mercury/Fire

12. Jasmine

a. Uses

i. Happiness, harmony, love, moon/night, peace, divination, dreamwork.

b. Toxic?

i. Star Jasmine (Trachelospermum jasminoides) isn’t, but other types can be. Look it up before you do anything.

c. Correspondences

i. Feminine/Moon/Water

13. Cinnamon

a. Uses

i. Astral projection, clairvoyance, divination, creativity, defense, dreams, love, lust, power, money, riches, success, wealth.

b. Toxic?

i. N/A

c. Correspondences

i. Masculine/Sun/Fire

ii. Aphrodite/Bast/Helios/Mercury/Ra/Venus

14. Lavender

a. Uses

i. Love, protection, cleansing, peace, happiness, sleep, fertility.

b. Toxic?

i. Water down essential oils

ii. Just don’t eat it, or put it on your pets. I really shouldn’t even have to put this.

c. Correspondences

i. Masculine/Mercury/Air

ii. Saturn

15. Cilantro/Coriander

a. Uses

i. Lust marriage love healing

b. Toxic?

i. N/A

c. Correspondences

i. Masculine/Mars/Fire

16. Iris

a. Uses

i. Beauty, friendship, happiness, love, luck, pleasure, sexuality, youth, inner truth, creativity, intuition, meditation.

ii. The three petals represent Faith/Wisdom/Valour.

b. Toxic?

i. Poisonous, especially to animals

c. Correspondences

i. Aphrodite/Iris

ii. Feminine/Venus/Water

17. Potato

a. Uses

i. Grounding, protection, stability.

b. Toxic?

i. N/A

c. Correspondences

i. Feminine/Moon/Earth

18. Garlic

a. Uses

i. Protection, luck, lust, money, repelling things.

b. Toxic?

i. N/A

c. Correspondences

i. Masculine/Mars/Fire

ii. Ares/Hecate

19. Pomegranate

a. Uses

i. Wealth, prosperity, divination, fortune, a blood substitute, connected to the underworld.

b. Toxic?

i. N/A

c. Correspondences

i. Masculine/Mercury/Fire

ii. Dionysus

iii. Demeter

iv. Persephone

v. Hades

20. Mulberry

a. Uses

i. Divination, willpower, wisdom.

b. Toxic?

i. N/A

c. Correspondences

i. Masculine/Mercury/Air

21. Basil

a. Uses

i. Money, prosperity, abundance, binding, banishing

b. Toxic?

i. N/A

c. Correspondences

i. Masculine/Mars/Fire

ii. Loki

iii. Dionysus

iv. Ares

22. Rose

a. Uses

i. Love, lust, innocence, confidence, trust, divination, healing, romance, sexuality, protection, happiness.

b. Toxic?

i. N/A, just don’t eat them -_-

c. Correspondences

i. Feminine/Venus/Water

23. Cacti

a. Uses

i. Protection wards curses endurance personal growth chastity

b. Toxic?

i. Can eat some, just check.

c. Correspondences

i. Masculine/Saturn/Fire

24. Sage (any)

a. Uses

i. Cleansing, courage, earth magick, Fertility, grounding, hex removal, longevity,

b. Toxic?

i. Just don’t eat it

c. Correspondences

i. Masculine/Jupiter/Air

ii. Zeus/Jupiter/Chiron

25. Sandalwood

a. Uses

i. Healing health protection spirituality

b. Toxic?

i. Just don’t eat it or anything

c. Correspondences

i. Feminine/Moon/Water

A/N: These were chosen as they’re just what I have in my area personally, but if anyone has any requests for specific herbs/plants or would like a part 2, feel free to message me.

Also, in general, just don’t eat anything on here, except for the obvious foods (like potato or garlic), I don’t recommend eating any of these. A “N/A” doesn’t necessarily mean it isn’t toxic to people or animals, it just means I couldn’t find anything (and I don’t consume anything I make, so I don’t usually have to worry too much about that).

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tipsycad147 · 5 years ago

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Colour Correspondences

Written and Compiled by George Knowles

Colour plays a powerful role in ritual Witchcraft and Magick. Colours are carefully considered and assigned to all aspects of Spell making, Ritual magick and Festivals.

Colours have symbolic associations representing occult powers, and have their own energy frequencies that emanate specific influences. Careful consideration needs to be given to colour correspondences when used with Candles, Clothing, Symbols, Deities influences, Planetary influences, Zodiacal influences and Magickal Days. The use of colour is also important to our meditation and visualisation techniques.

Below is a list of colours and their associations. For further associations and correspondences see:

Black - Is used to invoke the power of Saturn. Contrary to popular belief, black does not indicate evil. Far from it, black is the absence of colour. It is protective and symbolises the night, the universe and the lack of falsehood. Black is symbolic of the blackness of outer space and considered the ultimate source of divine energy.

Black is used for dealing with such matters as: Binding, Patience, Stability, Neutralisation, Material Gain, Protection, Karma, Death, Manifestation, Structure’s, Reality, Laws of society, Limits, Obstacles, Tests, Handwork, Real Estate, Dentists, Bones, Teeth, Farm Workers, Sacrifice, Separation, Stalkers, Murderers, Criminals, Civil Servants, Justice, Math’s, Plumbing, Wills, Debts, Financing, Discoveries, Transformation and Relations with Older People.

Blue - Is used to induce the power of Jupiter. Blue is a Goddess colour and the colour most associated with the elements of water.

Blue is used for dealing with such matter as: Wealth, Joy, Opportunity, Abundance, Elevation, Tranquillising, Aligning, Business, Logic, Gambling, Social matters, Political power, Material wealth, Publishing, Collage education, Long distance travel, Foreign interests, Religion, Philosophy, Forecasting, Broadcasting, Publicity, Expansion, Luck, Growth, Sport, Horses, Legal matters, Doctors, Guardians, Merchants, Psychologists, Charity, Correspondence courses, Self-improvement, Research, Reading and Studying. Also used to attune to the Goddess in her Oceanic aspect.

Brown - Is the element of Earth and is symbolic of endurance and animal health. Brown it a good colour for Grounding, Solidifying and Strengthening. It is also used for matters dealing with Material Increases, Eliminating Indecisiveness, Improving Concentration, Study, Telepathy, Increasing Financial Success, Locating Lost Property and anything to do with Animal matters.

Green - Induces the power of Venus and is symbolic of the Earth’s elements. It is used to influence such matters as: Herbal Magick, Luck, Fertility, Physical Healing, Balance, Prosperity, Courage, Change, Material Things, Peace, Harmony, Relationships and Success. Also used for Romantic Love, Friendship, Beauty, Soul-mates, Artistic Ability, Affection, Partners, Alliances, Grace, Luxury, Social Activity, Marriage, Decorating, Cosmetics, Gifts, Income, Gardening, Architects, Artists, Beauticians, Chiropractors, Dancers, Designers, Engineers, Entertainers, Fashion, Music, Painting, Poetry, Courtship, Dating, Household Improvements, Planning Parties and Shopping.

Gold - Induces the power of the Sun and is used to attune with the God. It brings Self-realisation and Inner-strength. Gold is used for such matters as: Health, Success, Careers, Goals, Ambition, Personnel Finances, Advancement, Drama, Fun, Authority, Figures, Law, Fairs, Crops, Totem Animals, Volunteer and Civic Services, Promotion, Men’s Mysteries, Children, Buying, Selling and Speculation. Also used for Physical Strength, Achievement, Healing Energy and Divination.

Pink - Induces the power of Venus but can be used to influence Mars. Pink represents: Love, Friendship and Harmony. Pink is also used for such matters as: Passion, Partnerships, Swift Movement, Action, Energy, Sex, Physical Energy, Sport, Muscular Activity, Cutting, Surgery, Buying and Selling Animals, Gardening, Woodworking and New Beginnings. Also Honour, Morality and the Emotions.

Purple - Induces the power of Mercury and influences Occult Forces, Hidden Aspects and Secret Dealings. Purple is used by those who work with pure divine power (Magicians, Priests and Priestesses) and those who wish to deepen their spiritual awareness of the God and Goddess. It is also used for such matters as: Wisdom, Healing, Communication, Intelligence, Memory, Education, Correspondences, Phone Calls, Computers, Messages, Students, Merchants, Editing, Writing, Advertising, Signing Contracts, Siblings, Neighbours, Kin, Accounting, Clerks, Critics, Music, Editors, Journalists, Visual Arts, Hiring Employee’s, Learning, Languages, Visiting Friends, Legal Appointments and Astrology. Also used for Spiritual Development, Intuition, Ambition, Progress, Occult Wisdom, Psychic Ability and the Third Eye (Divination).

Red - Induces the power of Mars and can be used to influence Saturn. It is used when attuning with the God in his fiery aspect. Red is the colour of Vitality, Power, Strength and Courage and is Invigorating, Motivating and Passionate. It is used to influence such matters as: Passion, Partnerships, Courage, Action, Physical Energy, Aggression, Sex, Physical Energy, Sport, Guns, Tools, Metals, Police, Soldiers, Combat, Confrontation, Business Deals, Buying and Selling, Mechanical Things, Repairs and Hunting.

Silver - Induces the power of the Moon and can be used with Mercury influences. It is used to attune to the Goddess while bringing the ability to respond to life’s energies. Also used for such matters as: Wisdom, Healing, Communication, Intelligence, Memory, Education, Correspondences, Phone Calls, Computers, Messages, Students, Merchants, Editing, Writing, Advertising, Signing Contracts, Siblings, Neighbours, Kin, Accounting, Clerks, Critics, Music, Editors, Journalists, Visual Arts, Hiring Employee’s, Learning, Languages, Visiting Friends, Legal Appointments and Astrology. Also used for Spiritual Development, Intuition, Ambition, Progress, Occult Wisdom, Psychic Ability and the Third Eye (Divination).

When attuned to the Goddess, silver is used for such matters as: Lunar Magick, Meditation, Psychic Development, Success, Balance, Warding off Negativity, Intuition, Dreams, and Astral Energy.

Yellow - Induces the power of the Sun and can be used to attune with the God. Also used to influence such matters as: Health, Success, Careers, Goals, Ambition, Personnel Finances, Advancement, Drama, Fun, Authority, Figures, Law, Fairs, Crops, Totem Animals, Volunteer and Civic Services, Promotion, Men’s Mysteries, Children, Buying, Selling and Speculation. Also used for Physical Strength, Achievement and Healing Energy.

Yellow is also representative of the Elements of Air, and as such is used for such matters as: Divination, Clairvoyance, Mental Alertness, Intellectual Growth, Prosperity, Harmony, Energising and Creativity.

White - Induces the power of the Moon and is used to attune with the Goddess. Can also be used with Venus and Saturn. Pure dazzling white light can be called upon to bring about: Realisation, Intention, Insight and power itself. It is also used to influence: Psychic Pursuits, Psychology, Dreams, Astral Travel, Imagination, Women’s Mysteries, Re-incarnation, Short Trip’s, Spirituality, Full moon magic, Purity, Protection, Truth, Meditation, Peace, Sincerity, Justice, Warding off Doubts and Fears.

Orange - Induces the power of Mercury and is sometimes used for solar energy. Representative of the God, it can be used and combined with other candles to simulate their actions. Also used to influence such matters as: Health, Strength, Luck, Vitality, Business Goals, Justice, Success, Ambition, Personal Finances, Buying, Selling, Speculating and Authority Figures.

Violet - Induces the power of Jupiter. Can be use to influence such matters as: Intuition, Self-improvement, Wealth, Joy, Opportunity, Abundance, Elevation, Business, Logic, Gambling, Social matters, Political power, Material wealth, Publishing, Collage education, Foreign interests, Religion, Philosophy, Forecasting, Broadcasting, Publicity, Expansion, Luck, Growth, Sport, Horses, Legal matters, Doctors, Guardians, Merchants, Psychologists, Charity, Correspondence courses, Research, Reading and Studying.

Indigo - Induces the power of Saturn. Indigo is the colour of inertia and is used to stop situations or people. Use in rituals that require a deep meditational state. It can also be used to influence such matters as: Binding, Patience, Stability, Neutralisation, Material Gain, Protection, Karma, Death, Manifestation, Structure’s, Reality, Laws of society, Limits, Obstacles, Tests, Handwork, Real Estate, Sacrifice, Separation, Stalkers, Murderers, Criminals, Civil Servants, Justice, Math’s, Wills, Debts, Financing, Discoveries, Transformation, Relations with Older People and for Warding off slander.

Lavender - Induces the power of Mercury to influence Occult Forces, Spiritual Development, Psychic Growth and Divination. Also used for such matters as: Wisdom, Healing, Communication, Intelligence, Memory, Education, Correspondences, Phone Calls, Computers, Messages, Students, Merchants, Editing, Writing, Advertising, Signing Contracts, Intuition, Ambition, Progress and Occult Wisdom.

Sources:

Candle Magic - By Phillip Cooper

Wicca, A guide for the Solitary Practitioner - By Scott Cunningham

Encyclopedia of Wicca & Witchcraft - By Raven Grimassi

To Stir a Magick Cauldron - By Silver Ravenwolf

https://www.controverscial.com/Colour%20Correspondences.htm

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COSMETIQUE ASTROLOGY

The Libido Fuels Spiritual Growth, Intelligence, and Beauty. Don't Sever Yourself from it. 🔥🐍

The lunar masses prefer and relish hypocrisy and duality when it comes to sexuality, the libido, and the female body. These masses seek to punish, criticize, degrade, and demonize anything that pulls on their libido, stirs their animal nature, and make them feel out of control of themselves. For this reason, often times it is the women who are most in touch with their sexual power who are most violently criticized, simply for refusing to hide their unique sexually-centered strengths and suppress their magnetism to protect others. All of the comments on social media that are violently judging models, instagram models, and sexualized women follow the same pattern, which revolves around beauty or sexuality as being inherently "morally" bad, and implying that there is a trade off in a spiritual sense if you are physically attractive or enjoy your form. The idea pushed on women like it is the gospel, not by complete and satisfied people but by those who are bitter, is “I’d rather be self-realized than beautiful.” Or, “I went to college and am smart so I don’t have to degrade myself and show my body.” as if a female had to be ugly to liberate themselves, or that having plain features or an unfit physique is necessary to go to college. This link between beauty or sexuality and stupidity is all done as a mental censor on their part, and has no basis in scientific studies or physical reality whatsoever (in fact, science proves quite the opposite; in reality, science confirms the doctrine implicit in the Sanskrit language that a persons vibrational and spiritual essence is perfectly represented in their physical form). True female strength isn’t the sacrificing of beauty to attain “higher” things of the intellectual or spiritual realm, but of embracing femininity and its power so fully that you laugh at people’s attempts to suppress or shame your unique beauty and body and you show them that, instead, aligning yourself with your feminine power

and severing yourself from these childish & primitive dualities actually brings you the #spiritualgrowth & intelligence that they will never have. It brings fast transformation and growth fueled by the fire of your satisfied, uniquely expressed libido (connected as well to your improving intuition) growing hotter and stronger in response, burning away your dualistic perspectives, hangups, and jealousy. This all relates to the fact that the chief difference between true occultists or tantriks and the common masses is that tantriks do not create a distinction between reality and their sexual libido, but actually worship the generative force for what it is. An Occultist understands that their balanced sexual desires are inherently connected to Truth, and the root of all life and goodness. This underlying sexual foundation behind any relationship is actually the basis of the relationship, just as the Muladhara center is the base of the body. In reality, the male body is projecting and its first “attachment” to a female is to her form, which then leads to deeper levels of love. if a man chooses a woman only rationally and is not attracted to her body, he is living in a fantasy without having made the first important energetic connection for the male sexual flow, and this is why masturbation to porn is rampant in sexual relationships. There can be no stable relationship without a pure and strong sexual foundation, and everything else grows out of it. All emotions and even the intellect are powered by the sexual foundation, and if there is a false sexual foundation, the relationship will not last no matter how much you want to delude yourself. Sex is the primary and first consideration for a romantic relationship and if there is not sexual compatibility, there is no hope of spiritual development, because spirituality in a nutshell is the control and worship of your sexual energy.

This is why a big part of spirituality, especially in the modern world, revolves around returning back to the truth and root of reality, which revolves around one’s own sexual energy, due to modern society spinning so much illusion and falsehood around this subject and driving a huge wedge between a person and their own life-force. From an elemental perspective, it must be understood that the Earth element is the most complete element, being a condensation of all the preceding elements. The earth element is, of course, shown as our physical body, which becomes beautiful only if we have elemental harmony. A truly “beautiful” person has the intellectual capabilities of having a harmonious air element, the emotional articulation and communication skills of a harmonious water element, the drive and ferocity of the fire element, and the stability and sensuality of the earth element. All of these internal elements then go on to produce beautiful physical features, the air element creating subtlety and length to the appearance, the fire element creating luster and vibrancy, the water element creating magnetism and charm, and the earth element creating voluptuousness or muscular size. Without the corresponding internal virtue, there simply cannot be the physical or external sign of beauty. On the contrary, any distortion of the physical form is a result of an internal moral defect. A person who is always angry or never angry will have a distorted fire element and lack bodily luster in the case of a weak fire element, or will develop acne or oily skin from an overactive one. This is the theory and practice of #Ayurvedic treatment, which teaches a person to achieve and maintain an elemental balance and harmony within their own body for health. This is also the basis behind exercises in #Occultism like the observation of the elemental "tides" that flow at the different times of the day, and also of rituals that utilize visualization of the elements to balance them like the "lesser banishing ritual of the pentagram”. In Freemasonry, we find the metaphor for spiritual practice being likened to the shaping of a crude, ugly stone into a beautiful and perfect one.

This metaphor is most appropriate and the crude, ugly state of the stone initially represents our own #Muladhara center and libido, which must be worked on carefully through our spiritual practice to refine into into a perfect and balanced one. This "cornerstone" is like our libido, the foundation of our practice, not something to be thrown away or neglected. So, you will aways find that Adepts who are the truly "spiritual" people, are not frigid individuals with no life force, but very sexual in a refined sense, and possessing beauty. Upon viewing most individuals who place a severe division between libido and moral goodness, they often look unshaped or unsculpted or dull, in that they neglect their own vitality in fear or hatred of their libido. On the contrary, those who embrace the foundational fires of the libido are “burned” and shaped in accordance with its harsh truth, producing distinct vitality, symmetry, and beauty. This is why #Tantra and Occultism are elitist in nature; it is not that they exclude the common masses from worship, but that the masses exclude themselves from their own dualistic mentality towards sex. The masses fear their own sexual nature and so view the idea that it is holy as blasphemous, and so think Tantra or Occultism is impure or debauched. An Adept indulges the senses and engages in sex in a way that produces liberation, and so they do not fear it or anything else. In Hermetic Qabalah, if we examine the Tree of Life diagram, the sexual foundation is known as Yesod and this sits directly below the center known as Tiphereth or “beauty ”. In this way, it is explained that any expression of sexuality that is not directed towards beauty or #Tiphereth leads eventually to imbalance and evil, due to the departure from the middle pillar of equilibrium, and balance which these two centers sit on. CLAIRE NAKTI

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[caption id="attachment_63915" align="alignnone" width="620"] Photo: Pond5[/caption] Now that all the big fall races are over and the weather is getting colder, most people are ready to pack away their sneakers and hibernate. While some consider the winter an off-season, it’s definitely not the time to slack off from training. “Many runners simply take the winter off, but this is a huge mistake,” says Jason Fitzgerald, USATF-certified running coach. “Taking a season off — or barely running at all — prevents most runners from progressing.” Take elite Saucony-sponsored runner Tina Muir, for example. After running the Chicago Marathon in October 2014, Muir has spent time working on the little things to make her a stronger runner like building strength, improving her form, and practicing yoga. “This downtime between racing is the best time to do it,” says Muir. “You can’t throw a lot of this work in when you’re training hard since your muscles are already fatigued. And, this way, you don’t have to spend half the spring and summer getting back into shape.” RELATED: Hate Running? 25 Ways to Learn to Love It In fact, the winter is the perfect time to build a solid foundation for running. “Figure out what your weak links are and to focus on those things,” says Jay Dicharry, director of the REP Biomechanics Lab, author of Anatomy for Runners and USATF-certified coach. “It’s not good enough to just have a strong engine. You need to have a strong chassis too — mobility, stability and strength. That will give you a better body to run with.” So, what’s a runner to do when the temps start dropping and workouts get moved indoors? For starters, focus on these seven key areas this winter. These exercises will help you figure out the right way to move so that you’ll be ready for a strong season of running once the weather warms back up. RELATED: 3 Running Drills from Olympic Sprinter Tori Bowie

7 Tips on How to Run Faster by Spring

1. Maintain Your Base

No matter the season, you want to maintain some level of base fitness. Ideally, you’ll want to keep logging the same amount of miles you’re used to. “If that’s not possible, reduce mileage by 10 to 20 percent. It’s a good way to stay in shape while being on a mental break from harder training,” says Fitzgerald. Reducing intensity is fine, too, just remember: “These aren’t junk miles,” says Dicharry. There are three important things that happen in your body when you train at approximately 60 percent of your maximum heart rate, he says. First, you build capillaries, the smallest blood vessels in your body. More capillaries means more efficient blood flow to your muscles and greater surface area for oxygen to transfer from your bloodstream into your tissues. Second, you build more mitochondria, the energy powerhouses of your cells. More mitochondria means more energy you can use, Dicharry explains. Third, you teach your body to regulate its blood sugar levels better so that you use your energy stores more efficiently. RELATED: 7 Expert Tips for Pacing Yourself on the Run

2. Build a Strong Behind

Many runners are plagued with inactive glutes and weak hips. Due to the inordinate amount of sitting we do in our daily lives, our behinds tend to be unresponsive, compromising their ability to do their job when we need them, like during a race. In fact, research shows that weak hip and bum muscles are often to blame for running injuries. In terms of mechanics, strong glutes help you drive off the ground in order to run more efficiently. Single-leg glute bridges are a great way to strengthen this area. During the exercise, “Ask yourself, ‘What muscles do I feel working?’ Most people will feel it in their lower back, or their hamstring will cramp,” says Dicharry, which isn’t good. “You want to learn how to move and drive from your hips to lift and stabilize the pelvis. If you’re having trouble isolating your glutes, Dicharry suggests imagining that you are squeezing a quarter between your butt cheeks as you raise your hips off the floor. “It seems like a simple exercise, but if you can’t master the basic bridge, you’re going to do everything else incorrectly,” says Dicharry. Add in clam shells, hip hikes and lateral leg raises and you’ll be on your way to building a strong bum. RELATED: 6 Butt Exercises Every Runner Should Be Doing

3. Improve Your Posture

Your mother was right: Good posture does matter. According to Dicharry, balance, alignment and posture all directly impact our running ability and form. “Most of us stand back on our heels and lock out our knees. We just ‘hang out’ in our posture,” says Dicharry. “When you stand like this all day, you’ll start to run like this, too. And, poor posture can inhibit your hip strength by half.” In order to stand up tall, you first need to find a neutral position in your spine. Stand and become aware of where the weight is in your feet. “Then, drop your breastbone and the front of your ribs down and you should feel the weight shift off your heels to the other parts of your feet,” says Dicharry. “Most people will feel like their muscles must work to maintain this position.” Practice proper posture all day — when standing, sitting, walking and running — so that it becomes second nature and you can maintain this position even during a hard workout. Muir also suggests doing drills to help you concentrate on your form, which translates to more efficient and faster running. Muir’s favorites include high knees, butt kicks and side shuffles. RELATED: 6 Exercises That'll Seriously Improve Your Posture [caption id="attachment_63916" align="alignnone" width="620"] Photo: Pond5[/caption]

4. Build a Strong Core

Having a sturdy center helps improve stabilization and allows your lower body and upper body to communicate more effectively. “The runners I’ve trained who have focused on this have performed much better,” says Cheri Paige Fogleman, trainer for Daily Burn 365. “A strong core gives runners an advantage in that your form doesn’t break down when you get tired.” Fitzgerald’s “bread and butter” core workout includes everything from planks and side planks to modified bicycles and bird-dog exercises. He recommends doing a routine like this two to three times a week. RELATED: 6 Core Exercises to Make You a Stronger, Faster Runner

5. Practice Toe Yoga

Your feet play an important role in running. Not only do they absorb the impact upon landing, they also help generate the force required to propel you forward when you run. Yet, according to Dicharry, many runners have weak feet and poor foot coordination. How can you make your feet more resilient? Practice toe yoga! What exactly is toe yoga? It’s learning how to move your big toe and little piggies independently of each other. Keeping the ball of your foot on the ground, lift up just your big toe while your little toes remain on the floor and hold. Then, drive your big toe down into the ground while you lift up your little toes and hold. “One of the most helpful things to do is to learn how to use your big toe,” Dicharry says. “Being able to drive your big toe down is a critical skill. You’re isolating the muscle in the arch of your foot. Its only job is to stabilize the arch.” RELATED: How to Score Perfect Running Form Like the Pros

6. Try Something New

Aqua jogging, stair mill, spin class… “There are so many other modalities that can support running,” says Fogleman. If you’re not training for a race, it’s a great time to switch things up. “The more things you do that are different, the better athlete you become,” says Dicharry. If some form of cross-training isn’t already in your weekly routine, mix in your favorite low-impact activity (or try something new!). Just one hour a week can pay dividends come spring.

7. Hit the ‘Mill!

Don’t want to run outside? No problem. Try the treadmill hill workout, featured below, from CLAY Health Club + Spa. It will build glute and leg strength as well as increase fast-twitch muscle fibers. The result: You're able to run farther, better, faster and stronger. RELATED: 20-Minute HIIT Treadmill Workout to Get Fit, Fast

Your Winter Treadmill Workout

Before you start, you’ll need to determine your speed and incline for the workout. Find your goal pace-per-mile for the desired incline — six percent for this workout — and corresponding treadmill mph setting. After you finish your warm-up, step off the treadmill belt and bring your speed up to your hill sprint speed and your desired incline. Step back onto the belt to begin your hill intervals. [caption id="attachment_63922" align="alignnone" width="620"] Photo: Twenty20[/caption] Originally published December 2014. Updated December 2017. Read More Why I Started Running — And Never Stopped 9 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Started Running 50 Running Resources for Speed, Strength and Nutrition

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Candle Magick

Lit candles help create a mystical and magickal atmosphere during a ritual. They bring the element of Fire, and can be used to release or initiate something. The flame, of course, can also be used to ignite incense or burn materials. The light of a candle can also serve as a beacon for invited spirits. However, the colour of a candle will have an effect on what type of energy it brings to the ritual, and thus some colours are better for particular kinds of spells. Below is a list of candle correspondences by colour, where you can choose which one(s) feels most appropriate for each situation, spell and ritual. (If you don’t have the right candle, using a white candle will generally cover your needs – since white contains all colours – but it helps if you visualise the desired colour throughout the ritual.) You can also carve symbols, runes, initials and more into the candle – things that represent the result you wish to achieve.

(Note – for the candle to have the most effective and focused energy, remember to cleanse, consecrate and charge it. There is a section detailing these steps in The Essence of Magick.)

Candle colours

White contains all colours. It symbolises purity and innocence, and the Maiden aspect of the Triple Goddess. Use for purification, peace, healing, truth and sincerity, cleansing, spirituality, clarity, wholeness and joy. It can also protect, repel negative energy, relieve tension and aid in meditation.

Yellow is the realm of intellect, inspiration and creativity. Use for confidence and charm, persuasion, wisdom, mental strength, concentration, communication, memory, logic and learning. It stimulates your personal power and self-esteem, and promotes cheerfulness and an optimistic outlook. Use it to invoke or represent the element of Air.

Orange is energising and promotes stimulation, joy and success. Use for good fortune, prosperity, power, action, energy building, and courage. Aids in legal matters, achieving goals, cleansing negative attitudes and bringing in happiness and enthusiasm. Also used for attracting friends and inspires emotional healing.

Pink represents all variations of love – friendly, romantic, spiritual, and universal. Use for love magick, compassion, forgiveness, joy, harmony, sensitivity, emotional and spiritual healing, and self-love. Promotes spiritual awakening and opening of the heart.

Red is the colour of fire and passion. It represents activity and action, blood, love, sex, fertility, potency, power, vitality, and courage. It instils energy and strength and can thus be used for health, vigour and defence. It also symbolises the Mother aspect of the Triple Goddess. Use it to invoke or represent the element of Fire.

Purple is a highly spiritual colour and is associated with psychic abilities, spiritual awakening, and ancient wisdom. It is the colour of the third eye chakra where your psychic vision and inner eye reside, so purple can be used to open your third eye in order to invite visions and enhance intuition. Use also for spiritual protection, healing, respect, honour, wisdom, purification, sensitivity, progress, spiritual growth and dissociating from the ego. Meditate regularly with a purple candle to reduce stress or insomnia.

Magenta is used to facilitate quick changes and fast results in spell work. ��Burn with another candle to increase the energy of that candle’s purpose and intent. Also used for exorcism and spiritual healing.

Blue is a soothing colour and is connected to spirituality, inner peace, and harmony. Promotes wisdom, truth, tranquillity, rest, healing, serenity, patience and kindness. Burned for dream magick and prophetic dreams. Encourages loyalty, understanding, and a peaceful home. Use it to invoke or represent the element of Water. Meditate with a blue candle to help focus your mind.

Turquoise is used for stress relief, focus and intellect. Aids in storing knowledge, improving memory, and finding logic in any situation.

Green is associated with nature, growth, and fertility, and is a symbol of the Goddess and her green earth. It is also a colour often linked to money and financial success. Use for luck and prosperity, abundance and generosity, earth magick, physical and emotional healing, rejuvenation, and renewal. Assists agriculture to encourage a good harvest. Use it to invoke or represent the element of Earth.

Brown is the colour of earth, and holds a grounded, balanced vibration. Assists in clear thinking and decision-making. Promotes concentration, intuition, material gain, wealth, common sense, and stability. Also encourages intuition and telepathic abilities. It is said to help locate lost objects. Also used to protect and heal animals.

Silver (or grey) is a neutral colour and can be used to deflect and neutralise negative influences. It brings protection against otherworldly entities, stabilises energies, and promotes inner peace and serenity. Also a symbol of the Goddess, and can be used to invoke any female deity.

Gold is associated with the God and solar deities. It is believed to attract the powers of cosmic influences. Encourages success, wealth, communication, persuasion, victory, masculine energy, and confidence. Use when invoking any male deity.

Black absorbs all colours, and is often used to absorb or banish negativity. It reverses curses and hexes. Use for protection, banishing, repelling black magick, and ridding of bad habits. It enhances inner strength, resilience and self-control, and can be used in meditation to delve deeper into the unconscious. Also burned for powerful healing and support through loss and grief. Represents the Crone aspect of the Triple Goddess. (INFORMATION FROM

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[BIC] Here are the crystals and there uses to her [BIC] AGATE [IC] Eases stress and pain of a loss. Reduces anxiety. [BIC] AMBER [IC] Fossils from pine tree resin, they add strength to magick and spells, attract love and increase beauty. [BIC] AMETHYST [IC] increases spiritual awareness, used in all workings for peace, love, happiness and protection, used in divination and psychic work. [BIC]APACHE TEARS [IC] Apache Tears are "transparent" black obsidian. It is said that these are the tears that Apache women cried when warriors did not return from battle. Simply hold them up to a light or the sun and you can see through them. Good for Protection, grounding, good luck, and they may used for divination. [BIC] AVENTURINE [IC] increases mental powers, perception and creative insight, gambler's stone. [BIC] BERYL [IC] Attracts Deep Romance and Love. [BIC] BLOODSTONE [IC] increases physical strength and courage, brings victory in the courtroom, used to banish, exorcise. [BIC] CARNELAIN [IC] Promotes self-confidence and peace, eases depression. [BIC] CLEAR QUARTZ [IC] Holding or increasing energy [BIC] CORAL [IC] Protects against the evil eye, all spells intended to harm the wearer, natural disasters and unfortunate occurrences. [BIC] DIAMOND [IC] Reconciling differences between those who have quarreled. This stone is said to symbolizes peace, fidelity and opulence. [BIC] EMERALD [IC] Precognition and the ability to see into the future. It is said to nurtures love and beauty, and turns all negative spells back to the sender. [BIC] FLUORITE [IC] Reduces emotional involvement, used to gain perspective, increase mental power. [BIC] GARNET [IC] Enhances strength and endurance, protection, healing, enhances self-esteem and encourages success in business. [BIC] HEMATITE [IC] Legal Matter, Victory, Healing [BIC] JASPER [IC] Can protect from pain and guard one's independence. It is said to bring the wearer good fortune and protection from the controlling influences of others. [BIC] JADE [IC] Good Luck, Protection from disease or Evil spirits. It is said to enhance one's occult powers. It presents serenity and immortality. [BIC] LAPIS LAZULI [IC] Stimulates wisdom, truthfulness, psychic awareness, healing. [BIC] LEPIDOLITE [IC] A calming stone, this is carried for peace, spirituality and to drive off negativity. [BIC] LODESTONE, GREEN [IC] Draws money, employment, strengthens loyalty, used in bindings [BIC] LODESTONE, RED [IC] Draws love, friendship, strengthens loyalty, used in bindings [BIC] MALACHITE [IC] Draws money and protection, guards wearer from danger [BIC] MOLDAVITE [IC] Form of Tektite. Made when meteorite hit the earth thousands of years ago,...it's getting very rare, as it is only found in a small region of Russia. Said to have links to extraterrestrial energies and will greatly enhance the power of other stones. Brings you into communication with your higher self. [BIC] MOONSTONE [IC] Draws love, hope and protection, promotes unselfishness and helps settle disputes, induces prophetic dreams. [BIC] OBSIDIAN [IC] Used for grounding and centering, divination, and increasing spirituality [BIC] OPAL [IC] Good luck, and extra mental powers [BIC] PETRIFIED WOOD [IC] Good for past life work, nervous conditions, and grounding. [BIC] ROSE QUARTZ [IC]Draws love and happiness. Helps heal broken heart. [BIC] RUBY [IC] Qualities of Power, Loyalty, and Courage [BIC] SAPPHIRE [IC] Radiate Gentleness and Peace. It is said that this stone helps bring Justice and truth to light [BIC] TIGER'S EYE [IC] Draws wealth and money, protects travelers, increases clarity of thought. [BIC] TOPAZ [IC] Give protection to warriors, has the qualities to put demons to flight and vanquishes the evil spells of sorcerers. Can be used for Divining purposes. [BIC] TURQUOISE [IC] Believed to bring love and courage. It is said to be a protector against violence in thought and deed. Also good for reducing bodily and mental tensions. [BIC] ZIRCON [IC] Attracts fame and fortune. It is considered to be a wishing stone. It is also a protector against accidents or natural disasters. ♒♒♒----------------------------------------------------------♒♒♒ [IMG=AHD] ♆♆♆----------------------------------------------------------♆♆♆ [BIC] Favorite Colors: [IC] Black [BIC] Favorite Animals: [IC] Cat [BIC] Favorite Mythological Creatures: [IC] Dragon [BIC] Favorite Flavors: [IC] Cheese [BIC] Favorite Foods: [IC] Chicken Nuggets [BIC] Favorite Drinks: [IC] Whiskey [BIC] Favorite Movies: [IC] Annabelle [BIC] Favorite Music: [IC] Pop Punk [BIC] Favorite Bands: [IC] 30 Seconds To Mars [BIC] Favorite Songs: [IC] City of angels 💠💠💠----------------------------------------------------------💠💠💠 [IMG=YQ2] ⚹⚹⚹----------------------------------------------------------⚹⚹⚹ [BIC] Accent: [IC] British [BIC] Alignment: [IC] Good [BIC] Song : [IC] Better Of Dead - Sleeping With Sirens [BIC] Backstory [IC] Born to Zatanna Zatara and John Constantine Deanna was brought into the world. She trained with the JLD and was happy [IC] She grew up getting training from both her parents. She turned out more like her father then her mother. [IC] Deanna became a demon hunter. She went against a demon that was to powerfully and she was dragged to hell. [IC] once in hell Deanna was tortured and raped by Lucifer. Because of this she gave birth to his child. Daniel, Deanna was saved from hell by her father but unfortunately she had to leave Daniel behind. [IC] Aswell as a demon hunter Deanna has a singing career. She mainly.sings punk / Pop punk. She performs magic on stage as she sings . [IC] Deanna is a Satanist, she gets defensive when people say that she harms animals and little children. When she doesn't . [IC] Sometimes Deanna does magic shows but she always has a different crystal to her power . During the shows she wears the corresponding crystal to the magic she will be using

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Pagan Definitions

Pagan Terms and Definitions

Acolyte: one who attends or assists in a ritual, service, or procession.

Adept: a person who is skilled in magic, witchcraft, or mysticism.

Air: one of the four (or five) elements; element of the East; associated with intuition, learning, thought, and knowledge.

Alchemy: a branch of High Magic developed in the Middle Ages which sought to magically and/or chemically turn base metals into gold through the use of a Philosophers Stone; also known as transmutation.

Alexanderian: A traditions of Wicca descended from the teachings of Alex Sanders, the "King of Witches."

Altar: a flat surface used for religious, spiritual, and magical rituals, preferably of natural material.

Amulet: a magically charged object that deflects specific energies, usually negative, to protect the bearer.

Angel: a spiritual being who acts as a messenger between the Divine and physical realms.

Animal-Psi or Anpsi: psychic phenomena involving animals and humans.

Animism: the belief that the divine is within everything.

Anoint: to smear or rub with oil

Arcana: the two halves of a tarot deck; divided into Major and Minor; Major consists of 22 trumps while the minor consists of 56 suit cards.

Arcane: ancient or secret wisdom.

Archetype: universal images and symbols commonly used to represent deities in forms that we can understand.

Aspergillum : a bundle of fresh herbs or a perforated object use to sprinkle water before, during, or after a ritual for purification purposes.

Astral Plane: an invisible world parallel to our own often used for travel.

Astral Projection: the process of separating your astral body from your physical one to travel in the astral plane.

Astrology: the study of the effects of the movements and placements of planets and other heavenly bodies on human lives and behaviors; a form of divination.

Athame: a ritual blade, usually double edged which a black handle; it is never used to cut anything in the physical realm.

Aura: life energy that surrounds all living things.

Balefire: a traditional bonfire held on the sabbats, especially Beltane.

Banish: the magically send away or repel, especially negative energies or entities, from a person, home, or ritual area.

Bell: ritual tool used to invoke directional energies, ring in the sunrise on a sabbat, stir up energies, or frighten away faeries and harmful spirits.

Beltane: a fire festival falling on May 1st that celebrates fertility, fire, and abundance.

Besom: witch's broom often used to sweep away negative energies from a space, as a protection symbol, or as a guard to doors cut in a magical circle.

Bind: to magically restrain.

Black Magic: negative magical used to harm or manipulate someone, something, or a situation; sometimes referred to has the "left hand path."

Blessing: the use of magic to benefit an object or being.

Blood of the Moon: a woman's menstrual cycle which is also her most powerful time, especially if it occurs on or around the full moon or new moon.

Boline: a white handled knife used for practical purposes such as cutting herbs or inscribing candles.

Book of Shadows: a book of magical workings which sometimes includes spells, rituals, and magical lore; also know as a BOS. See grimoire.

Burning Times: a reference to a period during the Middle Ages when many witches and non-witches were executed by the church or by public officials for supposedly practicing witchcraft. Some estimates state as many as nine million people were killed while others offer more conservative numbers. By the end of the period, it became a favored means for officials, neighbors, and families to get rid of personal enemies or any unwanted person in the community, especially powerful women.

Candlemas: another name for Imbolc; the first of the fire festivals falling on or around Feruary 1st to usher in spring.

Call: to invoke divine forces as in calling quarters.

Cardinal Points/Directions: North, South, East, and West.

Cartomancy: divination through the use of cards. See tarot cards.

Cauldron: a three-legged post, often of cast iron, used to cook potions, for scrying, and as a censure; symbolizes rebirth and the Goddess.

Censor: a heat-proof container used to burn incense; associated with element Air.

Ceremonial Magic: school or method of magical that places emphasis on long, complex rituals; often referred to as ritualism.

Chakras: the seven psychic centers of power associated with different parts of the body in the Tantric system of anatomy; often associated with a color.

Chalice: a cup used in rituals to represent water and the feminine principals of creation.

Channeling: a New Age word for mediumship; involved allowing a spirit or entity to speak through the individual.

Charge, To: to infuse an object with personal power.

Charm: an object that has been charged with power for a specific task by saying an incantation over it.

Circle: a sacred place in which a ritual or magical workings takes place; also used to describe a group of witches or Pagans who work together in an informal way.

Clairvoyance: the faculty of perceiving things and/or events in the future.

Cleansing: the process of removing negative or unwanted energies from an object, person, or place; can be accomplished through a variety of means such as burning sage or sweeping with a besom.

Cone of Power: psychic energy raised and focused by an individual or group mind to perform a specific task or to achieve a purpose.

Consecration: the act of cleansing, blessing, and charging an object or place with positive energy.

Correspondences: sets of ideas, concepts, and beliefs about objects, sabbats, plants, animals, or colors.

Coven: a group of thirteen or fewer witches who work together in an organized fashion to perform magical workings and religious ceremonies.

Covenstead: the place a coven meets.

Craft, The: a old term used by Freemasons to refer to their activities and beliefs; currently used by Neo-Pagans and modern Witches to refer to their activities and beliefs. See witchcraft.

Crone: aspect of the Goddess represented by an old woman; associated with wisdom, waning moon, crow, black, Mabon, and Samhain.

Crystal: stones associated with various properties used to enhance magical workings. See gemstones.

Cult: a system of religious devotion toward a particular figure or object; often used negatively.

Curse: magical spell to harm an object or being.

Daemon: a spirit or being below the Gods in power.

Dagger: ritual knife used to sever psychic bonds, cursing, initiating, and exorcising.

Damping: lowering the power level of psychic energy fields.

Dedication: a ritual in which a witch dedicates his- or herself to the craft and vows to study and learn all that is necessary to reach adeptship.

Deity: a god or goddess.

Demon: a personification of evil; an entity of an evil and destructive nature.

Demonology: Medieval science of studying demons.

Deosil: clockwise direction; symbolic of life and positive energy and magic. Pronounces jostle.

Divination: the magical art of using tools and symbols to find hidden information about the past, present, or future; often uses psychic talents. See runes and tarot cards.

Dowsing: a technique of using a rod or pendulum to find underground water, minerals, or anything invisible; can be used to magically find a person, place, thing of element.

Drawing Down The Moon: a ritual performed during the full moon to empower oneself with the moon's essence.

Drawing Down The Sun: a lesser-known and lesser-used ritual performed to empower oneself with the sun's essence.

Druid: a person who practices druidism; derives from drui which means "oak" and "solid and true;" modern day druids follow ancient and contemporary wisdom; have a reverence for nature, especially oak trees, knowledge of astrology and divination, shamanic journeying, and healing.

Dualism: a religious doctrine stating all spiritual forces are split in two.

Duotheism: style of religion in which there are two deities, usually of opposite gender.

Earth: one of the five (or six) elements associated with stability, wisdom, knowledge, strength, growth, prosperity, and North.

Earthing: connecting with the Earth's natural energy, usually through the feet. See grounding.

Earth Magic: a form of magic which draws on the powers of the Earth.

Earth-Mother: female personification of the life force of the Earth. See Gaia.

Eclectic Witch: an all-purpose term applied to Wiccan and witchcraft traditions that don't fit into any specific category; usually pull from a variety of traditions, making the craft their own.

Elementals: personification of the elements. See gnome, undine, sylph, and salamander.

Elements, The: earth, air, water, fire, and spirit.

Empath: a person with the ability of apprehend the mental and emotional state of another individual.

Enchantment: the state of being under a spell.

Entity: a being, spirit, or living creature or its personification.

Ethics: a part of philosophy dealing with matters of "right" vs "wrong."

Esbat: a ritual performed on the full or new moon.

Evocation: to call something out from within.

Exorcism: severing an unwanted psychic connection within an object, person, or place; dismissal of an unwanted spirit, demon, or ghost.

Fairy or Faerie: a small being of human form with magical powers; may be invisible or visible.

Faerie Burgh: a mound of earth that covers a faerie colony's home.

Familiar: an animal that has a spiritual bond with a witch; may be on physical or astral plane.

Fates: the three goddesses who preside over the birth, life, and death of humans.

Fire: one of the five (or six) elements associated with the west, creativity, destruction, and power.

Folk Magic: the magical practice of projecting person power and energies into natural objects to bring about desired changes.

Folklore: traditional sayings, stories, faerie tales, or cures with a particular locale.

Folktale: a story handed down among a people.

Gaia/Gaea: the personification of Mother Earth. See Earth Mother.

Gemstone: stones associated with various properties used to enhance magical workings. See crystal.

Ghost: spirit of a dead animal or person existing in a nonphysical manner.

God/Goddess: masculine/feminine aspect of a deity.

Gnome: an earth elemental; correspond with the direction North; insure the stability of Earth and offer a rooting or grounding quality when called upon. See earth.

Green Man: another name for the God; often represented as a face surrounded by or made of leaves; associated with fertility.

Green Witch: nature-based and earth-oriented form of witchcraft which draws on folklore, folk religion and folk magic.

Grey Magic: magic that is neither black nor white; morally neutral; not performed for specific beneficial or hostile reasons.

Grimoire: a compilation of spells, ritual information, formulae, correspondences, history, and all other magical information; does not contain journal entries or outlines of magical workings.

Grounding: the process of centering one's self with the Earth before and after magical workings, rituals, or astral experiences.

Hag Stone: stones containing a naturally occurring hole; believed to provide protection against diseases and evil.

Handfasting: a Pagan wedding.

Hearth: a fire place and the surrounding area; symbol of one's home.

Hearth Witch: a witch who performs magic in and around the home, usually centered around the hearth and kitchen; often healers.

Heathenism: a Pagan religion focused on Germanic beliefs, usually Norse, with the basic premise that everything spiritual is also practical.

Hedge Witch: a form of earth-based witchcraft that is shamanistic in nature; the main function for a hedge witch is to be a mediator between the spirits and people; commonly referred to as wise man or wise woman; often healers.

Herbalism: the study and use of plants for medicinal and magical purposes.

Horned God: one personification of the God; not to be confused with Satan or the Devil. see god.

Horoscope: a forecast of a person's future and their character based on the relative positions of the planets and stars at the time of the person's birth.

Hypnosis: an altered state of consciousness where one's bodily and sensory control, suggestibility, and the ability to concentrate are increased. See mesmerism.

Imbolc: the first of the fire festivals using sympathetic magic to usher in spring. See Candlemas.

Incantation: words used during a ritual or spell that are chanted or sung.

Incense: ritual burning of herbs or oil during magical workings or rituals to better help the witch(es) attune with the goal of the working.

Initiation: the process of being introduced and admitted into a coven; usually done as a ritual.

Invocation/Invoke: summoning of a deity or supernatural force, usually in ritual form; to call energies into one's self.

Jew-itch: a term coined by some pagans of Jewish descent who are seeking the pagan roots of Judaism.

Karma: the belief that one's thoughts and deeds are counted for or against them or added to their spiritual path across multiple life times. See Threefold Law.

Kitchen (Cottage) Witch: a witch working in or around the home to bring peace and harmony to them and their families; usually healers; focus on magical workings in the kitchen, especially regarding food. See Hearth Witch.

Kettle: a vessel used for boiling liquids or cooking food.

Lady: another name for the Goddess. See Goddess.

Lammas: the first of the three harvest festivals falling on August 1st; a celebration of the harvesting of grains; fresh bread is baked and blessed from the first harvest of wheat. See Lughnasadh.

Litha: a festival held on Midsummer when the sun is strongest; honors the Sun, strength, and vitality. See Midsummer.

Lord: another name for the God. See God.

Lughnasadh: See Lammas

Mabon: a mid-harvest festival honoring the changing seasons and the second harvest; often referred to the pagan "Thanksgiving."

Mage: a general term for anyone performing magic. See magus.

Magi: Zoroastrian priests; powerful magicians.

Magic(k): the projection of energies to bring about a change using focused will and emotion.

Magic Circle: a sphere constructed of personal power around a witch or coven in which magical workings are performed; protects the witch(es) from outside forces.

Magician: general term for someone performing magic.

Magos: the Greek word for "magi."

Magus: singular form of "magi."

Maiden: the first aspect of the Triple Goddess; symbolizes new beginnings and creation.

Mantra: sounds used for as an associational device or to induce trance.

May Pole: a phallus symbol of Beltane; often danced around on Beltane.

Meditation: a mental exercise such as reflection or contemplation for the purpose of reaching a heightened spiritual awareness.

Medium: a psychic who is able to communicate with various spirits.

Mesmerism: a form of telepathic interaction which consists of suggestions backed by the insistent power of the sender; Charles Dickens was also famous for practicing mesmerism.

Mesopaganism or Meso-Paganism: a general term for a moment that started as a way to revive what their founders believed to be the best aspects of ancient pagan ways.

Midsummer: see Litha.

Monotheism: a style of religion following only one deity.

Mother: the second aspect of the Triple Goddess which symbolizes motherhood and fertility.

Mundane: worldly, ordinary, common, or simple; often refers to the physical plane.

Mystic: one who practices mysticism.

Mysticism: the belief that one can directly connect with a deity or truth through meditation and intuition.

Myth: lore about any land or peoples that makes up their mythology.

Mythology: a collection of myths.

Mythos: a myth or mythology; a set of beliefs or assumptions about something.

Necromancer: a magician who specializes in summoning spirits of the dead.

Neo-Paganism: a modern religious movement that incorporates beliefs and ritual practices from traditions outside the mainstream (pagan sources).

New Age: the mixing of metaphysical practices with a structured religion such as Wicca.

Nine Herbs Charm: a old English charm used to treat poison and infection; one of only two Old English mentions of the herb Woden.

Numerology: divination through the use of numbers and numerical values of letters.

Occult: "hidden;" applied to a range of beliefs and activities that are outside mainstream religions and philosophies; can refer to anything secret, magical, or supernatural.

Old Religion: a name for Paganism that pre-dates Christianity; sometimes used as another name for Wicca.

Oracle: a priest or priestess acting as a medium through whom advice and prophecy is sought.

Ouija Board: a board containing letters, numbers, and the words yes and no which is used for divination and speaking with supernatural beings.

Out of Body Experience: one's consciousness being outside one's physical body as during astral projection.

Ostara: a festival on the Vernal Equinox to celebrate spring, new life, and sexuality.

Pagan: general term for follower of magical, shamanistic, and polytheistic Earth-based religions.

Paganism: a term used to describe religious and spiritual practices that are not Christian, Judaic, or Islamic.

Paganing: when a baby is presented to the God and Goddess and given a craft name; at the age of 13 the child can choose their own name.

Paleopaganism: general term for the nature-based faiths of tribal Europe, Africa, Asia, Americans, Oceania, and Australia.

Palmistry: divination using the folds and other features of the hands; palm reading.

Pantheism: belief in many deities as simply aspects of a single source.

Pantheon: a collection or group of deities in a particular religious structure.

Paranormal: supernatural or unusual.

Pendulum: any small object on a string use in divination.

Pentacle: a pentagram surrounded by a circle.

Pentagram: a five-pointed star representing the four (or five) elements; used in magical workings for variety of purposes.

Polytheism: belief in the existence of many unrelated deities and lesser beings.

Poppet: anthropomorphic (human-like) dolls representing a particular person in magical workings.

Priest or Priestess: a cleric who is a leader of a given religion, cult, or coven.

Projective Hand: generally your dominant hand; hand from which personal power is sent from the body; the hand in which tools such as a wand or athame is held.

Prophet: a person who speaks for a deity.

Psychic: see Medium.

Quarters: the four corners and/or watchtowers in a magical circle.

Receptive Hand: the hand through which energy is received into the body; usually the opposite of dominate hand.

Rede: the basic tenet of witchcraft according to Wiccas; "An it harm none, do what thou will."

Reincarnation: the belief that one has lived before in another lifetime and will continue to live again after physical death.

Ritual: an ordered sequence of events, actions. and directed thoughts designed to produce an altered state of consciousness or bring about a desired change.

Runes: a set of symbols that are used in divination and magical workings.

Sabbat: one of the eight festivals celebrated by witches. Include Samhain, Yule, Imbolc, Ostara, Beltane, Litha, Mabon, and Lammas.

Salamander: elemental of fire; associated with the direction south, energy, passion, and power.

Samhain: the pagan new year; celebrated on October 31; a time for honoring the dead and the Crone; final harvest festival.

Scry, To: to gaze into an object to still the conscious mind and contact the physic mind.

Scrying: a form of divination in which one gazes into an object until visions appear.

Seer: one who can see the hidden.

Shaman: a medicine person and medium who uses astral projection to enter the spirit world; represents the human world in the spirit world.

Shamanism: the practice of shamans; usually ritualistic or magical.

Sigil: a magically oriented seal, sign, or glyph used in magical workings.

Skyclad: the act of performing magical workings or rituals in the nude.

Smudging: a traditional Native American method of burning sacred herbs to produce a smoke cloud to cleanse and purify prior to a ritual or healing; not to be confused with smoke cleansing used by most witches.

Sol: another word for sun.

Solitary: a pagan who works and/or worships alone.

Solstice: the two times of the year when the sun reaches an extreme northward or southward motion; June 21-22 and December 21-22.

Sorcerer or Sorceress: term used to describe a man or woman who uses magic.

Spell: a magical ritual often accompanied by spoken words; does not have to be religious in nature.

Spiritualism: a religion based on the belief in life after death; usually use mediums to contact the dead.

Sprites: disembodied spirits, elves, daemons, or dairies; often associated with sylphs. See sylph.

Staff: a ritual tool corresponding to the wand or athame.

Summerland: the pagan "heaven;" land of the dead.

Supernatural: rare, unusual, or different; paranormal in nature.

Sword: symbol of the element air; used for directing energies and for severing psychic bonds or links.

Sylph: air elemental; associated with the east, knowledge, intelligence, and communication.

Sympathetic Magic: the concept of like attracts like; the most common way spells are cast.

Talisman: an object charged with personal power to attract a specific energy or outcome to the wearer; not to be confused with an amulet.

Tarot Cards: a set of 78 cards which feature pictures and symbols used for divination.

Theology: the study of religion; concerns the nature of the deity and the deities relation to the world.

Threefold Law: a Wiccan karmic principle that energy released, both negative and positive, will return to the original source three times over.

Tomte: a Scandinavian house gnome or elf with a long beard, conical red cap, and no taller than three feet; protects their families estate, including property, animals, and house; loves honey and milk.

Totem: a natural object or animal that has a spiritual significance to an individual or group and is adopted as an emblem.

Tradition: any various sects of Wicca, witchcraft, or paganism.

Trance: an altered state of consciousness, usually undertaken to connect with the astral or spiritual plane.

Triple Goddess: one goddess in all of her three aspects. See Maiden, Mother, and Crone.

Undine: water elemental; associated with west, emotions, and purification.

Universe: all existing matter and space.

Vampire: a person who is undead and survives through the eating of blood.

Vibration: oscillation of a fluid or energy given off by all natural objects, living and nonliving.

Vision Quest: using astral projection or bi-location to accomplish a specific goal.

Visualization: the process of forming mental images; used in the craft to increase personal power, direct energy, and set a goal for a spell or ritual.

Voodoo: a religion practiced in the Caribbean and southern United States which combines elements of Roman Catholic ritual and African witchcraft; characterized by sorcery and spirit possession.

Wand: a ritual tool used for directing energy; representative of fire in some traditions.

Warlock: a derogatory term referring to a male witch; translates to "oath-breaker" or "liar;" arose during the Burning Times.

Water: one of the four (of five) elements; associated with the direction west, purification, intuition, compassion, and emotions.

Web Weaving: networking with other witches and pagans through conversations, emails, blogs, message boards, etc to gather information and assist each other.

Wheel of the Year: full cycle of the seasonal year.

White Magic: magic performed with "good" intentions; benefit the parties involved and do not bring harm to others.

Wicca: a modern Pagan religion with spiritual roots in nature; belief in and worship of the God and Goddess; practice witchcraft; very ritualistic; believe in Threefold Law,

Widdershins: counter-clockwise motion; used for negative magical purposes such as dispersing negative energies or banishing.

Witch: one who practices witchcraft; describes both male and female practitioners.

Witchcraft: the craft of a witch; uses magic in conjunction with personal power and the energies of stones, herbs, colors, etc, to bring around a desired change; not associated with Satanism; not a religion but a practice.

Witch Doctor: a medicine man/woman or shaman who uses magic to heal, divine, and protection others from "evil."

Wizard: derives from "wys-ard" which means "wise one;" originally referred to someone who was wise; sometimes used to refer to a male who practices magic.

Wyrd: concept of fate or person destiny in Anglo-Saxon culture; modern English word for weird.

X: a place holder; a magical symbol used in place of an unknown or secretive object.

Xenophobia: a fear of what is new, different, or strange.

Yin-Yang: Chinese symbol representing polarity and the connectedness between opposites.

Yule: festival held on the Winter Solstice (shortest day of the year) to celebrate the birth of the God, the coming of light, and the Holly King.

Zen: Japanese school of Mahayana Buddhism that emphasizes the value of meditation and intuition; total state of focus that incorporates a togetherness of mind and body; peacefulness.

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La Famille Lafay

La Propriété de Lafay

The Lafay estate is as sharply divided as is the current owning family, an unforunate consequence of the split attention lavished onto it. The sprawling manor home is itself a dim and dark place, sumputously furnished, with the large window drapes seldom drawn and heaving tapestries, lavish rugs, and dark paintings decorating its interior. It is a thick and oppressive space, though every inch of it is in technical good taste. It is a refined space of honor and history and very much beholden to old customs--the domain of the Marquis, who watches over all from within. Despite the few rooms offering reprieve (the sitting parlor and a few bedchambers among them), the space is far from an easy one.

And yet the grounds of the estate are quite charming, bright, and well-kept. The garden and orchard are in good order, the plants are healthy and lively--spritely, even, invested with the very essence of bonne vie itself come spring--the lawn well-manicured and the trees all neatly cut and shaped. This is perhaps because the world outside of the manor was one cherished by its youngest occupants, the Lafay children, and is now kept up by gardners and caretakers of their choosing. Many a pleasant afternoon can be spent out of doors on the estate’s sprawling gardens, if the manor’s interior can be stomached for long enough to pass through it to the gardens.

Philipe Lafay The Marquis de Lafay

A hard and universally intolerable old man, the Marquis’ health has long been failing him; alongside his now-ailing strength and inability to sleep, the Marquis has developed a rattling cough. Those close to him both fear and hope it will be his undoing.

If there was a time when the Marquis was not so cold and distant as he is now, it is in the far past, perhaps reaching even into ancient history. For all his adult children’s lives, he has never been anything but cold, reserved, distant, strict. More concerned with ettiquette and appearance than warmth of feeling or sincerity to self, the Marquis has ruled his family with an iron fist, seeing to it that they get the finest of education, present themselves only in the best of fashions (postures, speeches, attire, decorum), and always at the price of their mental, emotional, and sometimes physical stability.

In spite of harsh words and harsher ways, the Marquis has managed to keep his family alive, well, and out of debt, often at the expensive of a disowned or disinheirted relative or two. At present, his son-in-law Gabriel Allard and his children stand as the heirs of the Lafay estate and fortune.

Sabine Lafay The Marquise de Lafay

The Marquise is a lady difficult both to like and dislike. She is tepid and waifish, seemingly always either lackadaisal, lackluster, lacking in energy, or all three. A thin woman, she is often mistaken for being quite sickly--and sometimes she even is. While she can amuse, when she so chooses, with her rather lukewarm wit, she keeps mostly to herself. She takes no stand for or against her husband, her children, or even her own person. She is as removed as her husband, yet is not nearly so aloof: only distant.

As may be surmised, she is hardly a presence--noticed or missed--in the lives of those around her.

Adelaide Allard The Countess de Allard, former Countess de Lafay

The eldest of the four (known) Lafay children, Adelaide is a laughing, vivacious presence, known and loved by many--herself included. Although vain and self-involved, she is never intentionally cruel; thoughtless and sometimes unkind, but never cruel. She is a radiant woman with a personality to match, all shimmering laughter and bouncing curls, bright eyes and fluttering eyelashes. A flirt and a coquette, Adelaide is not above toeing the line of propriety, particularly at large social gatherings like parties, operas, symphonies, and social dinners.

Until the time when she met her husband, Count Gabriel Allard, Adelaide’s younger brother was the apple of her eye. She doted upon him as one might a favored pet, dressing him and giving him lessons in literature far above his then-tutelage, showing him the art of dancing, hapischord, and even of her needlework (which was good, but far from elegant). Adelaide was courted, wooed, and married in short order, despite her coquettish ways, and has since been happily the Countess de Allard. She seldom visits the family or the estate again, and always at either the cajoling of her husband or out of guilt and sympathy for her younger siblings.

Robine Lafay The Countess de Lafay

The only younger sister her brother ever knew in person, Robine was griefstricken at his disownment and subsequent absence from her life. A small girl, both in stature and in size, Robine takes the whole of the world onto her thin shoulders. She is by far the most level-headed of the Lafay children, excelling in mathematics and music especially. After her brother’s excommunication from the family and the birth of Cecelia, and lacking her elder sister’s guidance, Robine acted as the best sister she knew how to, withstanding the worst of her father’s ire in Cecelia’s place. She is protective and loving, kind and well-spoken, charming and sincere, with a smile to make the flowers grow and a voice to make the boulders weep.

She is also the most diligent in her work, from her childhood studies to her painting, needlework, music, and correspondence. She kept in the most constant contact with her brother, and as a result was the most hurt when her father (unbeknownst to her) blocked their communication--when her brother, in short, stopped replying. Robine is now of a suitably marriagable age and will do whatever is in the family’s best wishes, even if it is not in her own, or her heart’s. She straddles a fine balance between dreaming optimism (especially in her high hopes for compassion and the human spirit) and concrete realism (especially in her future prospects).

Cecelia Lafay The Countess de Lafay

The youngest of all the Lafay, known and otherwise, Cecelia is a wild and puckish spirit, with all the force of her sisters’ charms and a hard determination all her own. She is a force to be reckoned with; strong-willed and stubborn, she has all of the Marquis’ steely impetuousness and none of the graces of his station. A wild and exuberant girl, chatty and warm-hearted, Cecelia would sooner follow in her brother’s footsteps than those of her mother, either sister, or even her father. She hopes to explore the world someday and has yet to realize that she can hardly do so without some proficiency in math...or reading...or languages...or music, or needlepoint, or any of the other things which currently bore her.

There is a rumor, as vicious as it is scandalous, that Cecelia is in truth as in spirit more her sister’s daughter than her mother’s. Robine has gone to great lengths to be more of a mother to the girl than the Marquise--yet it seems doubtful that dark-haired, dark-eyed Robine could have given birth to so light and fair a child.

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phynxrizng · 8 years ago

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COLOR AND CANDLE MAGICK

Color and Candle Magic

Every color has corresponding magical significance, each color possessing a unique vibration, attribute, symbolism, and influence.

RED: Fire, strength, health, vigour, courage, energy, vibrancy, driving force Survival, will power, career goals, fast action, attracts and magnetises Lust, passion, sexual love, physical desire Danger, enemies, war. It is the color that represents the South quarter element of fire.

PINK: Healing, healing emotions, spiritual healing, femininity, banishing hatred Unselfish emotions, honour, service, compassion, caring, nurturing, peace, morality Romance, emotional love, family, friendship, affections

ORANGE: Encouragement, adaptability, stimulation, vitality, energy, stamina, mental agility Attraction, kindness, encourages fun, luck, fortune Prosperity, plenty, success, business, career, ambition Justice, legal matters, selling, taking action

YELLOW: Air, The Sun, activity, creativity, imagination, visualisation, unity Knowledge, learning, concentration, confidence, insight, knowledge of healing, memory retention Persuasion, charm, eloquence, comfort, joy, travel Alters dark mental mood swings, breaking mental blocks, selling yourself. It is the color that represents the East quarter element of air.

GREEN: Earth, fertility, growth, rejuvenation, herbal healing, physical healing, tree and plant magic Employment, ambition, personal goals, prosperity, success, finances, luck, charity, harmony Counteract greed and jealousy. It is the color that represents the North quarter element of earth.

BLUE: Tranquillity, peace, calm, patience, understanding, reassurance, guidance Spirituality, devotion, Inner Light, inspiration, wisdom, creativity Sincerity, honour, loyalty, truth, health, cleansing, emotions, harmony Psychic work, meditations, astral projection, prophetic dreams, protection during sleep. It is the color that represents the West quarter element of water.

MAGENTA: Use where immediate action and high levels of power or spiritual healing are needed

GREY: Balance, neutrality, erasing, cancelling, neutralising, confusion

COPPER: Passion, money goals, professional growth, fertility in business, career manoeuvres

PURPLE: Amplification of other energies, power, success, idealism, independence, ambition Wisdom, high ideals, recognition, piety, sanctity, sentimentality Psychic ability, protective energy, psychic manifestations, Third eye, meditation, astral projection Male energy, spiritual protection and healing, tension, sadness.

BROWN: Earth Influence, grounding, concentration, telepathy, eliminates indecisiveness Stability, attune with trees, protection of familiars, pets, and animals Locate lost objects, hesitation, protection, special favours, friendship, material increase BLACK: deep levels of the unconscious, deep meditation, protection, to get rid of nasty habits Negation, banishing evil or negativity, repelling, binding, loss, discord, confusion, shape shifting. Black is also one of the traditional colors of the Samhain sabbat and the Goddess in Her Crone aspect.

WHITE: You should always burn a white candle with spells to ensure the purity of the Spirit. White may be used for any other colour, spirituality, sincerity, virginity Spiritual enlightenment, truth seeking, build purity, spiritual strength, contact spirit helpers, balance the aura, healing, peace, cleansing, defensive magic, and physical energy, the Goddess, higher self, consecration, meditation, divination, exorcism, the full moon, clairvoyance

SILVER: The Mother Goddess, the moon, purity, values, female energy, treasure The unconscious mind, helps develop psychic abilities, astral energies Psychometry, clairvoyance, telepathy, intuition, dreams Removes negativity, encourages stability, communication

GOLD: The Father God, the sun, cosmic influences, male energy, conscious mind, intelligence Attracting happiness, activity, heal and rejuvenate, wealth, financial wisdom, winning

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CANDLE MAGIC

One of the easiest of the natural magic arts is candle burning. It is simple because it employs little ritual and few ceremonial artifacts. The items nescessary for candle magic can be purchased at any department store and the rituals can be practiced in any room. Most of us have performed our first candle magic as children. Blowing out the candles on our birthday cake and making a wish is magic. This custom is based on the three magical principals of concentration, will power and visualization. The child who wants his wish to come true has to concentrate (blow out the candles), visualize the end result (make a wish) and hope that it will come true (will power). The size and shape of the candles you use is not important. However, highly decorative, extra large, or unusually shaped candles may cause distractions and an inability to concentrate on the work at hand. Most prefer to use candles of standard or uniform size. Candles sold in different colors for domestic use are ideal. The candles should be previously unused. The reason for this being, vibrations picked up by secondhand materials or equipment may disturb your magical workings and negate their effectiveness. Some prefer to make their own candles for ritual and magical use. This is practical, because not only does it bestow upon the candle your own personal vibrations, the mere act of making your own candle is magically potent. Candle wax and molds, together with wicks, perfumes, and other equipment; can be purchased at some department stores. The wax is heated until liquid and then poured into the mold through which a suitably sized wick has already been threaded. The wax is then left to cool and the mold is removed, leaving a perfectly formed candle. Special oil-soluble dyes and perfumes can be added to the wax before the cooling process is complete to provide suitable colors and scents for a particular magical ritual. Stores, which sell candle-making supplies, may also provide do-it-yourself books explaining candle making to the beginner. Once you have purchased or made your ritual candle it has to be oiled or 'dressed' before burning. Dressing the candle establishes a psychic link between you and the candle through a sensory experience. By physically touching the candle during the dressing procedure, you are charging it with our own personal vibrations and also concentrating the desire of your magical act into the wax. The candle becomes an extension of your mental power and life energy. When you dress a candle for magical use, imagine that it is a psychic magnet containing both a North and a South Pole. Rub the oil into the candle beginning at the top and work downward to the halfway point. Always brush in the same direction downward. This process is then repeated by beginning at the bottom and working up to the middle. The best type of oils to use for dressing candles is natural. Some occult suppliers will provide candle magic oils with exotic names. If you do not wish to use these, you can select oils or perfumes from your own sources. Virgin Olive Oil is suitable for this purpose. Oil soluble perfumes, sold by craft shops for scenting candles, may also be used. The candles you use can be chosen in accordance with the magical properties of color. The simplest form of candle magic is to write down the object of your working on an unused piece of paper. You can use colored paper, which matches the candle. Write your petition on the paper, and as you write down what you want to accomplish through candle magic-- a new job, healing for a friend, a change of residence, a new love affair, etc.-- visualize your it coming true. Visualize the circumstances under which you might be offered a new job, imagine your employer telling you that your salary has been increased or conjure up a vision of your perfect love partner. When you have completed this, carefully fold up the paper in a deliberately slow fashion. Place the end of the folded paper in the candle flame and set light to it. As you do this concentrate once more on what you desire. When you have completed your ritual, allow the candle to have completely burned away. You do not need to stay with the candle after the ritual, but make sure that is in a safe, heat resistant holder where the hot wax will not cause damage or fire. Never re-use a candle, which has been lit in any magical ritual. It should only be used in that ritual and then allowed to burn away or returned to the Earth (buried) afterwards. If you are conducting a magical ritual, which involves two people (such as a healing for a person some distance away), then the second person can be symbolically represented during the ritual by another candle. All you need to do is find out the subject's birth date and burn the appropriate candle for that zodiacal sign. These are as follows:

ARIES RED TAURUS GREEN GEMINI YELLOW CANCER SILVER LEO ORANGE VIRGO YELLOW LIBRA PINK SCORPIO RED SAGITTARIUS PURPLE CAPRICORN BLACK AQUARIUS ALL COLORS PISCES MAUVE Numerology Colour Associations

1=Red

2=Orange

3=Yellow

4=Green

5=Blue

6=Indigo

7=Violet

8=Rose

9=Gold

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goo-witch · 8 years ago

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Cord Spinning (Working Towards Patching Holes in the Veil)

A Durational Performance by Goo-Witch (Shelby Burchett) and Robin Kosel for Flesh Crisis at The Drugstore, Curated by Jessica Borusky

The Veil is the barrier between this world and other non-physical planes- worlds of spirits, magical beasts, alternate realities. The past year has brought on extremely negative, surreal, chaotic, and otherworldly experiences for many people. Many practitioners of the magic community attribute the events of the recent past to the 'thinning' or total collapsing of the Veil.The Goo-Witch seeks to provide a platform of communal power and unified identity through creating small spells via 'cord magic’.Cord magic is a very old form of magic that is often overlooked. In traditional cord magic, Cords are braided together while concentrating on a desired end. The Goo-Witch will continuously spin cord throughout the evening while focusing her intent on positive and radical change, inclusion, and feminine power. Viewers will be encouraged to add to the community cord that the Goo-Witch spins by choosing materials from the space that represent their own magical intent for the year to come and adding it into the spun wool.The spinning of the magical cord will be a continuous performance throughout the year- collecting as much positive and powerful energy from others to begin to patch the Veil and protect those who have felt the effects of it's thinning.Magical elements to add into the wool: Cascarilla: spiritual projection and shielding, invocation Lavender: cleansing, happiness, healing, good luck, meditation, stability Bay leaves: warding off evil, stopping unwanted interference, anti-jinx Onion: prosperity, endurance, protection, banishing, ending bad habits, dispel anger in others Geranium: love, acceptance, bringing balance, release anxiety, combats depression Rosemary: healing, protection, purification, strength, stress relief Clove: protection, exorcism, love, money Lemon Grass: anti-enemy, ant-jinx Sage: cleansing, healing, money, prosperityColor Correspondance: White: Safety, protection, transformation, enlightenment, connection to higher self Black: creation, rebirth, absorbing energies, patience, binding, stability, neutralizing forces Brown: Security, friendship, animal magic, endurance, grounding, strengthening, solidifying Blue: Increase wisdom, wealth, joy, opportunity, patience, peace, truth, loyalty, meditation Orange: relieving depression, increasing opportunities, mental alertness, breaking down barriers Shots by Jason Zeh

#goowitch #goo-witch #spinning wool #wool spinning #drop spindle #womans work #material magic #performance art #drugstore #kcart #artkc #witch #magic art #witch art #spinning art #caim

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psychicmedium14 · 8 years ago

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Which Gemstones Are Best For Your Zodiac Sign?

Gemstones and crystal healing is not just a new age philosophy; in fact, this alternative method of treatment has been around for centuries, dating back to the Sumerians of Mesopotamia. Gemstones and crystals carry with them a strong vibration that allows healing to take place in the body, and each crystal contains unique properties that correspond to different areas of the mind and body. We have gathered information about some of the most powerful, therapeutic gemstones and crystals below so that you can start using them in your daily life to raise your vibration and just feel better overall. However, make sure to get raw gemstones and crystals if possible, as these have the greatest healing power since they haven’t been polished or altered in any way. HERE’S HOW GEMSTONES AND CRYSTALS CAN HEAL YOUR BODY: Abalone Shell – These unique gemstones helps increase feelings of peace, compassion, love and beauty. It also helps to create harmony and balance in relationships. It corresponds with the solar plexus chakra and the astrological signs of Aquarius, Cancer, Pisces, and Scorpio. Agate – Agate increases mental clarity and stability. It carries a gentle energy with it, and infuses love into all the chakras. It corresponds with various chakras and astrological signs depending upon the color of the gemstone. Ajoite – This powerful crystal works to eliminate negativity from the mind and body, and assists in the transformation of the collective consciousness of humanity. This mineral merges the heart and throat chakras so that one can speak from his or her heart. It corresponds with the throat chakra and the zodiac sign Virgo. Alexandrite – assists with regeneration, courage, and self-esteem. Aligns with the heart and throat chakras and the astrological signs Scorpio and Gemini. This is a very rare gemstone that opens up love in one’s life and makes dreams more powerful. It also allows the Law of Attraction to work more quickly and seamlessly in one’s life. Amazonite – helps with expression, balance, and inspiration. Aligns with heart, throat, and third eye chakras as well as the zodiac sign Virgo. It attracts success and abundance, and can also block electromagnetic pollution from phones and computers. Can be used to connect with Spirit Guides, as well. Amethyst – corresponds with third eye and crown chakras, as well astrological signs Pisces, Virgo, Capricorn, and Aquarius. Provides protection and purification, as well as assistance in falling and staying asleep. It relieves stress, promotes inner peace, and can alleviate headaches, nightmares, and eyestrain from working long hours on a computer. Ammonite – a beautiful, spiral shaped earth healing fossil that helps activate Kundalini and increases strength. Corresponds with the third eye chakra and Aquarius and Cancer zodiac signs. Apache Tears – made of volcanic glass, this translucent variety of obsidian assists with forgiveness, grounding, and protection. It offers release from emotional trauma, a shield from energy vampires, and allows one to move on from past pain. Corresponds with the root chakra and zodiac signs Aries and Capricorn. Aquamarine – These gemstones provide protection and safety on long voyages, helps with communication, and enhances intuition and knowledge. Corresponds with the heart and throat chakra, as well as Aries, Gemini and Pisces zodiac signs. Aragonite – helps with grounding and connecting to the Earth, as well as increasing concentration. Helps those who struggle with patience and stability. Primary chakra – root. Astrological sign – Capricorn. Astrophyllite – These gemstones assist with releasing old, harmful thinking patterns and programming, and increases spiritual awareness. Helps with astral projection and lucid dreaming. Chakra – crown. Astrological signs – Cancer, Scorpio, Capricorn. Bismuth – These gemstones help heal all chakras and corresponds with the zodiac sign Aquarius. It helps with visualization, resilience, and loneliness. Bloodstone – These gemstones work to purify and detoxify the body. Removes energy blockages, increases energy levels, intensifies creative energies, and reduces fatigue and mental fog. Great for working the the root chakra and Aries, Libra, and Pisces. Calcite – increases ambition and removes old energy patterns. Cleanses all chakras and increases mental awareness, performance, and clarity. Great for distance healing and those born under the Cancer zodiac sign. Carnelian – helps dispel fears about death and the afterlife, and boosts creativity and compassion. Chakra – sacral. Astrological signs – Cancer and Leo. Cavansite – assists with inspiration, intuition, and self-reflection. Astrological sign – Aquarius. Primary chakra – throat. A beautiful teal stone that increases the connection to the Divine Oneness in us all. Covellite – activates the third eye and increases frequency of dreams and feelings of unconditional love. Helps with harmony and the cultivation of a positive mindset. Primary chakra – third eye. Astrological signs – Libra and Sagittarius. Cuprite – encourages one to become more generous and altruistic. Helps one become more independent and resilient. Primary chakra – root. Astrological sign – Aquarius. Dioptase – eases pain and mental stress, increases prosperity and attracts abundance. Opens up a channel for remembering past life memories. Primary chakra – heart. Astrological sign – Sagittarius, Scorpio. Emerald – a vibrant green stone that attracts love and loyalty into one’s life. Encourages bonding, deeper communication, and courage. Primary chakra – heart. Astrological signs – Aries, Gemini, Taurus. Fluorite – there are many different types of fluorite, but in general, this stone helps with cleansing negative energy, balancing the chakras, and provides mental clarity and access to higher levels of intuition. Primary chakra – varies by color. Astrological signs – Capricorn, Pisces. Garnet – illuminates the darkness in the soul, transforming it into light. Helps ease depression and ignite the fire in the soul that drives the will to live a prosperous, happy life. Primary chakra – root. Astrological signs – Aquarius, Capricorn, Leo, Virgo. Gold – attracts positive energy and abundance. Increases self-confidence, wealth, and creativity. Chakra – sacral. Astrological sign – Leo. Halite – Primary chakra – heart, sacral. Astrological signs – Cancer, Pisces. This is where salt comes from, and in addition to providing valuable nutrients for the body, it cleanses the aura and absorbs negative energies. Hematite – helps one realize his or her life purpose by aiding in the Ascension process, protects against electromagnetic pollution, and provides overall protection and grounding. Primary chakra – root. Astrological signs – Aquarius and Aries. Jade – assists with the ability to lucid dream, attracts abundance and prosperity, and provides harmony. Chakra – heart. Astrological signs – Aries, Pisces. Jasper – provides protection, balance, and enhances creativity. Reduces stress and helps turn visions into action. Chakra – varies by color and type. Zodiac sign – Leo. Labradorite – enhances intuition and provides greater access to psychic abilities. It can help heal old emotional wounds and assist one in recalling past life memories. Increases self-esteem and assists in creating positive change. Chakra – third eye. Astrological sign – Leo, Sagittarius, Scorpio. Malachite – amplifies positive energies and cleanses all chakras. Aids in manifestation and bringing toxic emotions to the surface. It’s also a highly protective stone, absorbing pollution and guarding from radioactivity. Primary chakra – heart. Astrological signs – Capricorn, Scorpio. Meteorite, Canyon Diablo – aids all chakras and astrological signs. Completely metallic and therefore emit a strong frequency that is helpful in evolution of spirituality and consciousness. Used frequently to communicate with those who have already passed, or spirit guides in other realms. Regarded by many cultures as a sacred gift from the gods. Mexican Fire Opal – attracts more zest and prosperous ventures into one’s life; enhances vitality and vigor. Increases intuition and helps with life transitions. Chakra – solar plexus. Astrological signs – Aries, Leo, Libra, Pisces, Sagittarius. Moonstone – activates the Divine Feminine within and aids with inspiration and intuition. Encourages one to go deep within and uncover previously hidden strengths and wisdom. Chakra – sacral. Astrological signs – Cancer, Libra, Scorpio. Obsidian – this is basically volcanic glass, and although the colors vary, black is the most popular for grounding and healing. It protects one from hostile and negative energy, and blocks low, harmful frequencies encountered in energy vampires. Releases old emotional pain and past wounds, and allows the wearer to begin truly healing and reaching his or her full potential. Chakra – root. Astrological signs – Aries, Capricorn, Sagittarius, Scorpio. Onyx – a stone of strength and protection, as well as support in difficult times. Aids in transforming negative energy and upgrades emotional and physical stamina. Chakra – root. Astrological signs – Capricorn, Leo. Quartz, Clear – wonderful for all chakras and zodiac signs, this is one of the most popular and versatile among all gems and crystals. It helps to connect you to your highest self, enhances the user’s vibration, and assists in manifesting intentions. Quartz, Rose – corresponds with the heart chakra and zodiac signs Taurus and Libra. Facilitates empathy and forgiveness within the heart, and is the master stone of unconditional love. Opens the heart to all forms of love, and can assist in healing a broken heart. Many use this stone to attract romantic love in particular. Ruby – another powerful heart stone, ruby increases emotional awareness and empathy. It helps the user see the Divine Love present in everything in the Universe, and can help one express their love more freely and openly. Chakra – heart. Astrological signs – Aries, Leo, Cancer, Sagittarius, Scorpio. Sapphire – in general, this gem provides inner tranquility and uncovers hidden spiritual knowledge. It is also used for protection against negative energies, and can open up a channel to connect with angels. Chakra – throat. Astrological sign – Virgo. Selenite – wonderful for activating the third eye and for anyone with the zodiac sign Taurus, this stone provides protection and peace, as well as access to the higher realms.

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fadedpastel · 8 years ago

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Leo/Virgo Cusp: Individuals born on the cusp of Leo (the fifth Sign of the Zodiac) and Virgo (the sixth Sign of the Zodiac) are ruled by both the Sun and the Planet Mercury. The attributes of these two combined Signs result in a good-natured disposition and natives who are inclined to take life easy, being well-satisfied with both themselves and their station in life. These cuspians make for good neighbors who would never dream of meddling in the affairs of others. Usually highly intelligent, Leo/Virgo subjects are methodical and inclined to be hard-workers. Indeed, this particular cusp combination has produced some exceedingly successful physicians and teachers. The Leo/Virgo cusp combination, also known as the Cusp of Exposure, corresponds symbolically to the period of human life at around the age of thirty-five. Here, there is an interesting blend of the introvert and the extrovert...a mix of the practical and earthy qualities afforded by Virgo coupled with the more intuitive and fiery traits of Leo. The end result is often a quietly inspired individual who keeps his or her light within. Some of these cuspians emit a muted or even nondescript first impression which often conceals a far more flamboyant tendency. Others come across as exhibitionists, but are really sensitive and private individuals. There is a tendency here to hide certain personal qualities or facts...possibly for years. Nevertheless, the inner flamboyance is apt to emerge periodically in even the most introverted of these cuspians and during such occasions, they will reveal themselves to the world, totally aware of what they are doing. Many Leo/Virgo natives eventually come to realize that self-concealment is futile since the more they attempt to hide, the more those around them appear to be taking notice of what they are are (or are not) doing. By aiming to be more transparent and allowing others to see what they truly are instead of going into hiding, these cuspians may well be able to even out their swings between introverted and extroverted behavior. Leo/Virgo natives born into unremarkable surroundings...or at the bottom of the social ladder...can sometimes be late starters in the struggle to move up in the world. Even when such ascension is initiated, it is only through tremendous tenacity and willpower that they can maintain momentum. Indeed, it is not unusual for these cuspians to succumb to their worst fear...a life of boredom and mediocrity. The belief of Leo/Virgo subjects in themselves is frequently inversely proportionate to the belief of the world in general regarding these individuals. In short, as soon as they begin to gain self-confidence, it seems as though others begin to take less notice of them and while applause is not crucial to these cuspians, they do possess a burning sense of their own worth no matter how quiet or self-contained they may be. It is characteristic of these individuals not to reveal the truth about themselves or make grand displays of their real inner feelings until they attain their goals, whether such goals be social or professional. Indeed, it may well be that this desire to divulge can be the fuel which powers the drive toward a goal, since those who reach the top and have carried lifelong secrets are prone to be found out...and usually through their own statements and behavior. To some, this tendency is perceived as a peculiar blend of narcissism and masochism...a strange mixture of self-indulgence and punishment. In truth, these natives are a rather curious blend of intoverted and extroverted tendencies...modesty coupled with flamboyance, for example...and a capacity to see both the large and small picture in almost every situation. Thus, they are often outstanding observers and judges of character. They know how to watch in silence without drawing attention to themselves. In addition, they frequently excel at recording their impressions in thought or word and then expressing them at a later date after long periods of rethinking. Associates and co-workers are likely to depend upon the judgment, objectivity and brilliant memory of these natives and when they are able to achieve emotional stability, Leo/Virgo subjects can be the most dependable and reliable of friends. It should be noted that there is a danger here for Leo/Virgo cuspians to alternately use concealment and revelation as a weapon or ploy to get their own way and they need to realize the childishness and non-productivity of such games. The solution to this often comes when they meet just one person...or a very few...who are willing to accept them exactly as they are. Thus, through acceptance, love and trust, these cuspians can eliminate the need to play "hide-and-seek." Unfortunately, emotional immaturity is apt to plague Leo/Virgo natives until they fully accept the challenges associated with attaining adulthood. Subjects of this cusp combination are never altogether happy or content with less than the very best and finest of furnishings for their homes and this love of nice things is also likely to extend to their choice of wearing apparel. In short, these natives are extremely fond of elaborate displays in dressing and, at times, may well carry this fondness to undesirable extremes. Leo/Virgo cuspians possess the vitality and ambition to be successful in their endeavors and are industrious and efficient when working for a good cause. In addition, they are are practical, logical and immensely creative. They are also gregarious and social, being fun-loving souls who live life with much enthusiasm. The natural leadership found in many of these subjects, coupled with their administrative prowess, helps to ensure that any project undertaken will be successful. These are people who are very good at understanding the deeper meaning of what others say. They rely on logic rather than emotion in making decisions and are reliable and diligent individuals. However, they can sometimes appear "picky" or overly critical toward those who are not as discriminating. Being decisive and direct, the Leo/Virgo cuspian is optimistic regarding personal successes. They do have a tendency to exaggerate problems and overreact to stumbling blocks, but are generally positive people with an inherent pride and streak of stubborness which keeps them from giving up. These individuals have the ability to analyze and then take appropriate action. They are selective and discriminating, but are constantly and quickly moving. The personality of these cuspians is warm-hearted and outgoing. They are cheerful, self-assured, studious and sensible in business dealings. It should also be noted that the female Leo/Virgo native in particular is likely to be easily convinced by arguments set forth in a plausible and persuasive manner. In this combination, the exuberance afforded by the Sun (planetary ruler of Leo) combines with the quickness that Mercury (planetary ruler of Virgo) applies to the analytical ability of the Virgo make-up. The result is an individual blessed with an intuitive nature wherein the Sun brings out the favorable aspect of Mercury, while the inherent Virgo harmony counteracts the chief weakness of Leo natives...indolence. Here, the Virgo curiosity is tempered by the sympathy of Leo, making for individuals who are open and above-board in their dealings. However, these cuspians can suffer through their own self-importance. The more the good points of these subjects, then the quicker they are to recognize such through their ability for self-analysis. Thus, the egotism of the Leo/Virgo native is apt to swell proportionately and the fact that such is justified only makes it worse for them if it rouses the animosity and jealousy of others. Leo/Virgo cuspians tend to be good actors, writers and lawyers, but less likely to excel in the field of medicine (a traditionally favorable Leo career) due to the over-sympathy of their highly imaginative minds. However, these individuals will meet with success in the business world and possess great executive prospects since they are sufficiently forceful to command interest and respect. In short, they apply a methodical attention to detail and adhere to a practical and well-organized routine. Leo/Virgo cuspians are good organizers and tend to be quite popular people who are even inspiring at times. The closer an individual is to the Leo side of this cusp, then the more basic will be the Leo traits, with the influence of Virgo turning such traits toward a practical application not usually found in the basic Leo nature. However, as this cusp moves toward the Virgo side, the inherent Virgo characteristics rapidly takes over, although good nature will persist and produce willing workers. Although skeptical of extravagent claims and promises, some Leo/Virgo subjects are prone to fall victim to gambling and may well be brash and extravagant at the gaming table. They also tend to be rather health-conscious and may be quite concerned with diet and hygiene. However, this interest in health usually ensures that these cuspians take good care of their mental and physical selves. In their leisure time, Leo/Virgo individuals prefer to play in groups rather than going solo. It is less important to them that the exercise be interesting, so long as it is effective and social, and their perfectionism coupled with physical strength will make these cuspians strive to excel in whatever sport they choose. Within this cusp combination is found the passion and fire of Leo absorbed by the earthiness of Virgo and thus, turned to generative uses. These subjects are in great sympathy with nature. In short, they are "children of the soil" and adore the sun and fresh air. These are cuspians who are at their best mentally and physically when they can live an outdoor life. They are fond of outdoor exercise and outdoor pleasures, finding considerable enjoyment in the care of lawns, plants and gardens, etc. In terms of ailments, Leo/Virgo cuspians are most susceptible to disorders of the stomach and circulatory system. With regard to relationships, Leo/Virgo cuspians are devoted but can, on occasion, be rather jealous souls. However, they are not particularly flirtatious. The greatest strength of Leo/Virgo cuspians is probably to be found in their creativity, attention to detail and inherent desire to be of service. They will pick up on the "little things" that others most likely miss, and thoughtful gifts or unique solutions to problems are second nature to those who fall under the influence of this cusp combination. In addition, the committment of these natives to help others makes them one of the most giving characters to be found in the Zodiac. The most important lesson to be learned by Leo/Virgo natives is to curb the desire for display and smug self-satisfaction. As with all cusp individuals, these cuspians tend to be attracted to others born on the cusp...particularly those who fall within the Pisces/Aries and Taurus/Gemini combinations. Overview: -- Possess the fiery, energetic and aggresive traits inherent in Leo -- -- Possess the rational and meticulous traits inherent in Virgo -- -- Tend to be highly secretive -- -- Able to accurately determine the right time to do something -- -- Experts at the art of effect -- -- More discriminating than most individuals -- -- Less overtly sensual than most individuals -- -- Reluctant to allow others to share in personal feelings --

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These ancient symbolic seals may hold the key to deepening your connection to your yoga practice.

We often see statues of ancient yogis, gods, and goddesses sitting in meditation and holding their hands in certain positions. Or we may go into a yoga class in which the teacher encourages us to sit in silence with our hands perched on our knees, index fingers touching thumbs, and wonder: What do these hand gestures have to do with meditation? Turns out, quite a bit.

Hasta Mudras—literally meaning seals, stamps, or gestures—are sacred hand movements that have been used for thousands of years in many different traditions as a way of deepening one’s practice and awakening the power of the Divine. Today, Hasta Mudras continue to be important tools to free up energy (prana) and direct it to areas of the body that need healing. Every mudra has a particular purpose and moves the energy in a specific way throughout the body to create subtle physical, mental, and emotional changes. For example, if you come into your meditation practice feeling agitated or anxious, placing your palms face down on your thighs will usually calm and ground your energy. If you feel sluggish or sleepy, a palms-up mudra might enliven you.

Nubia Teixeira, founder of the Bhakti Nova School of Yoga and Dance, says that our hands are an extension of our hearts and connect our innermost thoughts and prayers to the outside world: “They are how we reach out, touch, express, heal, work, cultivate, cook, paint, write, play music, and hold one another,” she writes in her book Yoga and the Art of Mudras. So it makes sense that Hasta Mudras can help you positively direct your thoughts and actions to bring beauty into your life and the world around you. Mudras can help you “evoke the presence of a great goddess within you so she can empower you physically, allowing you to feel her force and echo her voice. With this personal experience imprinted in your heart, you can then be empowered to be your strong, true self,” Teixeira writes.

Yoga, as well as Buddhism and other spiritual traditions, teaches that all reality is made up of five elements collectively known as tattvas—earth, air, fire, water, and space (or ether)—and that the relationship among them informs how all cosmic life unfolds. It’s a divine composition at play—or, in the case of imbalance, at war—within each of us. Mudras are a valuable tool to create harmony among the internal tattvas and help you focus in on whatever aspect of your life feels challenging.

According to Ayurveda, the sister science of yoga, each finger on either hand connects to and balances a different tattva. So when you assume a mudra, your fingertips create an energetic circuit that simultaneously connects and stimulates the elements associated with those tattvas that you wish to activate. The thumb, which corresponds to fire, offers the warmth of the breath. When the index finger (which is linked to the air element) touches the thumb, it enhances the movement of the breath throughout the body; the middle finger (space or ether) and the thumb together increase spaciousness; the ring finger (earth)-thumb connection (also called Mother Earth Mudra) brings a sense of stability; and finally, the pinky finger (water) joining with the thumb can improve circulation.

Then Teixeira offers a practice that invites you to explore how these hand gestures can change your experience of yoga asana, get the prana flowing, and perhaps awaken a deeper sense of self-awareness. Teixeira begins with a simple ritual, the Lotus Flower Offering, which is a salutation to akasha (ether), the most subtle of elements. Invoking ether with this mudra and reciting the accompanying prayer while sitting in Half Lotus allows you to open space for the other elements to creatively expand.

LOTUS FLOWER OFFERING

Sit in Ardha Padmasana (Half Lotus Pose) either on the floor or with hips elevated on a blanket. Cross your right leg in front of your hips, placing the top of your left foot on your upper right thigh. Place your right foot under your left knee, switching sides on different days—sometimes with the right foot on top and other times the left.

This mudra, Alapadma, represents the offering of a fully bloomed lotus flower, or poola. Open your hands wide, and then gently curve your fingers to create a round shape like the petals of a lotus flower.

LOTUS FLOWER OFFERING

Silently offer the following prayer: “With gratitude in my heart for the blessing of becoming and for the certainty of returning, I take refuge on your ethereal lap, oh Mother, and I ask you to please whisper your messages to me and allow me to foresee what you want me to manifest.”

KAPITTHA AND SUCHI MUDRAS

SARASVATI BIJASANA (STANDING) WITH KAPITTHA AND SUCHI MUDRAS

The mood for this pose is sweetness. It represents Sarasvati Devi, the riverine goddess of knowledge, music, and art, bringing her waters of inspiration to cool the pain of separation.

Mudras

Begin with both hands in loose fists. With your left hand, form Kapittha Mudra by resting your thumb gently against the tip of your index finger. This pose represents Sarasvati Devi holding the top of her celestial instrument, the veena. Use your right hand to form Suchi Mudra with index finger pointing straight out and thumb relaxing on top of the middle finger, suggesting Sarasvati Devi plucking the veena strings.

Asana

Stand tall with your feet slightly turned out. While bending your knees, transfer your weight to your left foot and cross your right knee behind your left. Look over to your left side, pointing your right foot to the sky while sitting a little deeper into your hips. Hide your right knee behind your left as you move your hips a few inches to the left. Now add the position of your arms and hands: Your left hand should be aligned with your forehead, with the tip of your index finger pointing toward you. Your right hand will hover in the air, in line with your right hip. Point your index finger toward the center of your body.

SARASVATI BIJASANA (STANDING) WITH KAPITTHA AND SUCHI MUDRAS

Prayer

“May I flow on your riverine streams of inspiration, held by your hands of wisdom, and become capable of appreciating your art.”

SIMHAMUKHA AND SUKACHANCHU MUDRAS

SARASVATI BIJASANA (SEATED) WITH SIMHAMUKHA AND SUKACHANCHU MUDRAS

Mudras

In this pose, the goddess is holding her veena with slightly different hand positions. The left hand forms Simhamukha Mudra, the lion’s-face gesture, with the thumb and little finger pointing up. Meanwhile, the index, middle, and ring fingers point toward the face. The right hand is in Sukachanchu Mudra with all fingers circled like a wheel—the thumb and middle fingers touching.

Asana

Standing while holding your mudras, cross your right foot in front of your left, leaving 12 inches between the feet. Bend your knees, and sit on your left heel or foot as you bring your left knee to the floor. Cross your right leg on top of the left. Repeat on the other side.

SARASVATI BIJASANA (SEATED) WITH SIMHAMUKHA AND SUKACHANCHU MUDRAS

Prayer

“I meditate upon you, Sarasvati Devi; your light awakens my intellect, your beauty awakens my heart; your voice transports me into the divine reality.”

This pose represents Sarasvati Devi soothing our souls with her music. It lullabies us into remembrance and reunion.

UTTHITA HASTA PADASANA WITH BHRAMARA MUDRA

Bhramari Devi is the goddess of the bees. This pose calls upon her strength and power.

Mudra

Take the nail of your index finger to the base of your thumb. Connect the tip of your middle finger to the tip of your thumb, stretching out the ring and little fingers for Bhramara, the bee mudra. The high vibration of a bee, its sounds, and its effects on our environment mean that this hand gesture is associated with the crown chakra and higher realms.

Asana

Stand with weight evenly distributed between both feet, and engage Bhramara Mudra in your left hand, keeping your arm relaxed. Lift your right foot (option to use a belt for support), then stretch your right leg out to the side. Keep your hips even and down as you lift your leg and find your balance. Then lift your bee hand gesture above your head, and shift your gaze to your hand.

Prayer

“Bhramari Devi, may I hear your sweet subtle sounds reverberating upon my crown chakra and clear my mind. May I open my crown chakra and connect with the highest, where I can remember creation and channel creativity.”

ARDHA PATAKA MUDRA

ARDHA PARIGHASANA WITH ARDHA PATAKA MUDRA

This pose symbolizes your ability to bridge differences and distances and links the spiritual to the material.

Mudra

Hold your palms flat, then bend your ring and little fingers inward while extending your index and pointer fingers. This mudra—Ardha Pataka (half flag)—represents the banks of a flowing river upon which we will build our bridge.

Asana

Come into kneeling position, pressing the tops of your feet down. Bend your right knee at a 90-degree angle, then open it to your right side, placing your foot on the earth with your toes pointing to the right. Bring both hands into Ardha Pataka, then rest your right elbow on your right thigh and lift your right hand to heart level. Raise your left arm up above your head, palm down, as you bend deeper to the right. You can look forward or add a slight twist by shifting your gaze to the sky. For a more challenging variation, straighten your right knee, centering your right heel on the earth, and point your toes skyward.

ARDHA PARIGHASANA WITH ARDHA PATAKA MUDRA

Prayer

“May I be a bridge for those who feel separate from you, Divine Mother. May I provide peace to others with my words and comfort to others with my actions.”

PUSHPAPUTA MUDRA

ANJANEYASANA WITH PUSHPAPUTA MUDRA

This pose collects the waters of purification from the spiritual realm to cleanse your eyes and mind.

Mudra

Bring your palms flat with fingers together, then bend your fingers slightly to make the shape of a bowl. Bring the outer edges of both of your hands to touch.

This is a mudra of giving and receiving; it means a “handful of flowers.” As you hold it, imagine that you are inhaling and taking the light into your heart via your hands. As you exhale, offer the light of your heart to the world.

Asana

This pose is named after Hanuman as Anjaneya, the son of Anjani, a beautiful Apsara (celestial dancer). This expression brings a more feminine embellishment to Hanuman’s asana and honors Anjani’s beauty. Kneel, then step your left foot forward, aligning your left knee over your heel. Lower your hips to a Low Lunge while bringing your hands to Pushpaputa Mudra. Slightly bend your back to open your heart to the sky.

Kneel, then step your left foot forward, aligning your left knee over your heel. Lower your hips to a Low Lunge while bringing your hands to Pushpaputa Mudra. Slightly bend your back to open your heart to the sky.

ANJANEYASANA WITH PUSHPAPUTA MUDRA

Prayer

“As I inhale, I receive abundance. As I exhale, I give generosity.”

FLOWER MUDRAS

Hastas (hand gestures) that embody flowers can help you close your practice and reflect on the beauty of nature.

A flower is the epitome of creation. It offers itself fully and presents itself openly, which teaches us to share our gifts without restrictions. In the impermanence of life, we can all offer the unique and full authentic expression of our souls to benefit the world.

Tambula Mudra

Tambula Mudra symbolizes seeds sprouting during the spring. Stretch your index finger forward and place your thumb at its side, curling your other three fingers toward the center of your palm.

Pushpa Mudra

Pushpa Mudra represents the blossoming of a flower. Bring your thumb, index, and middle fingers together, curling your ring and pinky fingers toward your palm. Then bloom by opening up your thumb, index, and middle fingers.

Hamsasya Mudra

Hamsasya Mudra mimics picking a flower, either to smell, offer, or place in one’s hair. Connect your index finger with your thumb, then open your other three fingers.

Padma Mudra

Padma Mudra symbolizes a full-blooming lotus flower. Start with your hands in Prayer Mudra. Connect the heels of your palms and sides of your thumbs and pinkies, opening your ring, middle, and index fingers out in the shape of a lotus flower.

About the author

Nubia Teixeira is an author, yogini, teacher trainer, and Odissi dancer. She has devoted herself to teaching different aspects of yoga for more than 30 years. This article has been adapted from her book, Yoga and the Art of Mudras, ©2019, with permission from Mandala Publishing. All rights reserved. Learn more at nubiateixeira.com.

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