Blooming Cliffs | Milos Lach

Foggy Redwood Forest

(Marin, California - 6/2015)

The Other Side (II)

When making sigils

redhead-forest-nymph:

don’t use future tense. 

Instead of “I will be successful” write down “I am successful”.

The future tense only means that your goal will never come to you, because it’s stuck in the future forever and there is no point in time when it should come true. Unless you write “I will be successful when I am thirty” the future will never come, because you have no fixed point in time. 

If you write it in future tense you’re basically saying “nah, no big deal, this has time…” and your subconsciousness will postpone it forever. If you say that you are something there is not other option but to fulfill your wish and work towards it. Your sigils are stronger that way.

Purple Guardians by Andrei Verdeanu

Serenity by Clint John

Elemental Anxiety Meditation Masterpost

This is a series of four different meditations based on the four classical elements. 

Fire meditation Air meditation Water meditation Earth meditation

They stand alone, so you can choose to do any single one. You do not need to do them all.

What does “exit the meditation safely mean? Are these dangerous?”

These meditations are not dangerous. Whenever you get in to a very relaxed and imaginative state, it is always good to come out of it slowly so things won’t be jarring or unpleasant. 

Offerings To Entities

Different spiritual entities prefer different offerings of food, drink, incense and other items. Do your research as to which your particular deity, spirit or guardian prefers. Some general guidelines are as follows:

✰ To Nature Spirits: Offer bread, grain, fruit, cheese, beer, tobacco, and quartz crystals. Burn sage as incense.

✰ To Garden Spirits: Offer fruit, honey, bread, water, milk, and flowers. Burn bay laurel as incense.

✰ To House Spirits: Offer bread, oil, salt, fruit, wine, beer, and milk. Burn pine or rosemary as incense.

✰ To Ancestor Spirits: Offer food and drink from your table. Burn caraway as incense.

✰ To Threshold Guardians: Offer bread, barley, and wine. Burn juniper as incense.

✰ To Deities in General: Offer bread, beer, wine, and milk. Burn frankincense resin as incense.

*The Smart Witch.

Dockey Wood, Hertfordshire, England by TRM1967

The use of poppets in folk magic goes back to ancient times. Though the material of choice back then was wax, practitioners have adapted through the ages to make poppets out of anything handy; plant material, yarn, and cloth.

This method of image magic can be used for any number of goals that you can think of, but the poppet is generally used to represent a person; what is done to the poppet is done to the person in sympathetic magic. The inside of the poppet should contain a representation of the subject of the spell (hair, nail clippings, picture, or even their name on paper), and can include other items that are involved in the goal (herbs, stones, etc), and other stuffing as needed like cotton, wool, or plant materials.

Even if you can’t sew, there is a simple way to make a poppet. - You’ll Need:

- How To:

*tressabelle.wordpress.com

Super tutorial for a simple cloth poppet!

Fairy Garden

Water Meditation to Manage Anxiety & Stress

Elemental Anxiety Meditation Masterpost

This meditation requires no  tools at all. Try starting out by doing it somewhere comfy and private, and then when you get the hang of it , it may be much easier to do when you are out and about.

This meditation has the potential to be:

Spend a few moments to visualize what your anxiety or stress looks like. You may feel that your stress is a tight red sphere in the middle of your chest, or that your anxiety is a neon yellow sign flashing in your head. You may identify your stress or anxiety by touch, smell, taste, shape, or any number of ways.

When you are ready, imagine you are standing by a pool of water.

It could be an oasis in the desert or a hot spring in a forest or steaming jungle, or even a frosty icy pond in the arctic. But it is filled with a special kind of water.

Firstly, this water is nearly the opposite of your stress or anxiety. If you stress feels like a red sphere, this water is a wonderful fluid turquoise. If your anxiety is neon yellow, this water is deep blue and gentle. This amazing water can take on any form you desire that is most fitting to your needs.

But there is more to it - this water comes from a very special and spiritual source, and it has every sort of natural medicine to heal you. It carries minerals to soak your tired body in, but also powerful Nature energies of the purest and most gentle healing, that will ease your body and mind and make them healthy again. And best of all, at this special place, time does not exist. You can spend hours and hours here in just a few moments of the physical world.

When you are ready, get in the pool of water. There is a perfectly comfortable seat in the natural sides of the pool. Let the water flow around your body and be aware that it will immediately begin to heal you and transform the negative energies around you in to positive or neutral ones.

If you want, slip below the water and breathe in deeply, releasing all fears. The water will go in to your lungs, but you can still breathe perfectly fine. From your lungs the water will go in to your blood, and throughout your entire body, transforming any negativity within you and healing your body. It is very comfortable underwater and if you like, you can look around to see any fish or plants or other flora and fauna.

Breathe comfortably. The water will automatically take away negative energies and heal you. Try looking up and seeing the outside world above the pool. Right now you are detached from it, in a safe place where nothing can bother you or find you. If you wish, try becoming water itself. You can freely flow and move, you can go up in to the sky and rain down. You can slip and slide through rivers and explore the depths of every ocean. Or, try becoming very large, so that the Pacific ocean is nothing but a little pond for you, and nothing is out of your control. I like to become very small, and find a cozy shell on the sandy pond floor. The shell is hidden by plants and inside is the perfect watery fairy-room where I can sit and for as long as I want without fear of being discovered or bothered by any problems at all.

When you are ready, leave the meditation or do more activities if they feel right. Try practicing this meditation so that you can do it even while you are walking around or at work or school. When you are feeling stressed or anxious, reflect back on the meditation to try and relax.

tl;dr

Tho’s Notes: This is a temporary fix to burn away existing stress or anxiety. Stressors or triggers in your life will cause more bad feelings. This meditation is not intended to stop stressors or triggers.

{a walk in the woods} #3 by xcentris 

Woodland Scene with Floral Foreground (1865) watercolor with gum heightening, gouache, iron gall ink and pen, over graphite underdrawing on slightly textured, moderately thick, cream wove paper | Léon Bonvin - 1834–1866