FLEXIBILITY CAN BE A GOOD THING
But so is tradition. As much as the Crowd likes to bellow from the hilltops, “My magic, my way!” and “You do you!” and “We don’t need no stinking badges (or rules)!” doesn’t mean that there aren’t some rules worth following, or that there aren’t some things that are immutable….
SAINT RAYMOND, AKA SAN RAMON
I remember when I decided to begin working with the Saints. I was raised Southern Baptist, so working with saints was a new thing for me. I wanted to start an altar, but none of the saints really seemed to “speak” to me. So, I decided I would leave it up…
RANDOM MAGIC-RELATED BRAIN DROPPINGS
Besides sand, you can also use kosher salt or aquarium rocks in the bottom of your incense burner.
Cicada shells are really good additions to any type of transformation work as are butterflies.
Ant hill dirt is really good for employment, communication, and collaboration works.
Deer antler is good for protective works because they are pointed…
WHO COULDN’T USE SOME HELP?
As seems to be the case lately, somebody on FB will ask a question and I will supply an answer that is complete enough for a short article. Oddly enough, I am in the process of getting some certifications, so this works out well for me, too.
Get yourself a yellow or…
A NEW WORLD GRIMOIRE
In the work, The Long-Lost Friend, Johann George Hohman details some of the traditional customs and folk magic of the early German-speaking immigrants to Pennsylvania, AKA the Pennsylvania Dutch, and the “pow-wow” healers of the area. While not hoodoo, it is still similar enough in content to be useful and informative to one of a more southerly…
MAKE IT MEANINGFUL
I have many plants in my garden that I use for workings, in my products, and for cooking. I have a little ritual I observe when harvesting. I will gather the above ground parts of a plant when the moon is waxing to full. Alternately, I will gather the below ground parts when…
THE WAY I WAS TAUGHT WAS
The only time you “show your work” is in Math class. Also, if somebody is paying you to do work for them, then you show them that for which they are paying. But outside of those instances, you keep what you are doing to yourself. Why? Because they can’t influence…
A QUESTION WAS POSTED THE OTHER DAY
The question was simple: “What does it mean to perform protection in layers?”
“Layering” means have several works of protection going at once. Let me use myself as an example: I work with my Ancestors and ask for their protection. I have railroad spikes at the corners of my property,…
A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY
Okay, the other day on the FB, someone was complaining because their separation work wasn’t doing the trick. A poster then went in on the person saying it wasn’t working because they were not using the right materials. While I see, all of the time, people not using the correct herbs…
INTO THE BREACH
Ya’ know, I see a lot of bullshit floating around these days. Up until my late foray into the world of Facebook, I had no idea just how much. My interactions, to that point, had been with people who A) clearly knew their shit, and B) even if they were motivated, to a…