Cleansing/Purifying Herbs (Spellwork)

Herbs are such an important part of your magick, the properties within those herbs can help your spell go that little further and can help to bind the spell together.  When we use magick we want to use tools that will enhance the spell, make it stronger so tools such as herbs infuse their intentions into your work, making it more stronger.

Fresh herbs are at their strongest and you can grow them in your garden or home and there are two options, use them fresh or dry them,  you can buy dried herbs from a shop/online (I buy mine at the moment as I haven't the room for the drying process, bought them online).  It's important you keep them labelled with the name and the property.  I would also suggest you invest in a book of herbs so you know which ones are poisonous/harmful as you really want to stay well away from those ones, a good book such as Scott Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs will tell you everything about the herb, magikal properties etc.

Thyme, Peppermint, Wood Betony and Rosemary are excellent herbs for cleansing not only yourself but your tools and altar space, you can sprinkle them over the altar or you can burn as a incense (in the mentioned book Scott tells you how to use as a incense, he also has a rather excellent book Oils & Incense which has many recipes and is rather handy to have) It's important to get things right when using oils, herbs etc to burn and you should above all think about safety to you so I highly recommend a good book)

A Love Altar

This is a Love altar and  it is used to attract love into your life or to make the existing bond stronger. We cannot make someone love us with this spell, that isn't how love works, love is meant to be given freely.

As with any spell, when you set up your altar use items you have in your home or garden, you can always collect items you see in shops, out in nature etc.

I have placed a lovely Rhodonite gem in the center, it is used for passion & resonance, Red Rose petals & Red Clover herbs both used for Love. How you use your herbs is up to you, some will sprinkle over the altar and others will put into a pot or even use with charcoal and burn.

"Love blossom, love bloom
love find me soon"

Repeat those words as you set up your altar so that the energy of love is in the air,

I always like to leave the spell up to the person who is performing it, do what feels right for you, light your candles, use your herbs, invoke Pan or Cupid or even Aphrodite and don't forget to speak those powerful words. 

Past Life Connection

**A altar to connect with past lives via your soul as this is where I believe the memories of past lives reside..... 

The yellow candle is to aid wisdom & visions,
The key is to unlock your soul, 
Clear Quartz will enhance all other crystals near it and also it can help to release blocked emotions and bring about calm, 
Turquoise will enhance intuition and will protect, 
Flourite will help you to master this new skill of unlocking your soul. 
The herb used is Coltsfoot and it is used for vision (place with charcoal and burn or sprinkle over your altar). 
I've used the wood for grounding and the Acorn & Owls are for protection, strength and wisdom. 

Maybe you just want a glimpse of a past life or maybe you want to go back and stay there for a while......Sit quietly before your altar and clear your mind as this will allow past lives to form within your mind, here is your spell.....

"With this key I unlock thee, what lays deep inside will now come alive, as I connect to my soul and the past that once was old, I ask now that it becomes clear and near" 

Always be careful with lit candles, I shall leave you to dress your altar how you feel it should be x

Colour Magick~Release or Embrace

Colours play an important part in our life, a colour can reveal much about us and what is going on in our life.  Take a look at the candles in the picture, take a deep breathe, take your time, let your eyes wander over each colour until you feel one colour calls to you.

It might be that you need to bring something into your life or release something from your life with regards to the colour you have chosen, only you will know which.

Colour Meanings

Black~ Consistency, Changes, Banish Bad Habits
White~ Protection, Peace, Spirituality
Green~ Healing, Finances, Fertility
Yellow~ Visions, Psychic Powers, Wisdom/Knowledge
Red~ Power, Passion, Strength
Orange~ Success, Legal Issues, Energy
Purple~ Meditation, Time For You, Release
Blue~ Sleep, Calm, Daydreams

You might want to take the candle colour you are drawn to and light it asking for release or embrace.  Words are powerful so why not write down what it is you want to say, for example if you are drawn to Red and you feel that the passion you have had for the artwork you have been creating has waned, disappeared and you keep putting it off then your Red candle might ignite that passion you once had for your creative side or maybe you are drawn to Yellow and wish to learn more but college or a online course seems out of your reach, light the candle and ask for confidence, ask for knowledge to grow as a person.......I usually do this kind of magick as a one off which is why I like to write what I need to say down on paper so that I don't forget anything, I then take a few moments to visualise what I want or need before blowing out the candle.

 **You don't have to light a candle, you can if you so choose just work on the part of your life that you might feel needs working on.  **This is meant as a guide to what colours mean, it isn't to replace medical assistance so if you feel you need to seek your Dr then do so.  **Always be careful with lit candles and don't leave unattended.

Stones Of The Godesses & Gods

Stones of the Goddesses are Diana and Amethyst, Isis and Lapis Lazuli, Hathor and Turquoise, Rhiannon and Rhodonite, Cybele and Jet, Selene and Selenite

Stones of the Gods~Apollo and Sapphire, Cupid and Opal, Mars and Onyx, Ra and Tiger's Eye, Dionysius and Amethyst....I don't have a photo at the moment as the Opal and Onyx are stones I used to own but gave away, I need to replenish my collection and once I do I will add a photo x

A New Year Update

Hello everyone,

Hope you all had a peaceful christmas and new year.  Just a quick update to let you know I will be blogging more this year :) so don't forget to bookmark my blog.

Rachel x

Who Am I

Mmm you know something I am not entirely sure I know who I am any more, the girl who looks back at me in the mirror has changed so much over the past few months and she isn't who I ever thought she might turn out to be either.

It's a fact that we change over the years, our looks certainly do but the important bit of us, that inner person well they change to don't they, sometimes slightly and other times drastically.  I guess we have to change otherwise we don't grow as person, we don't gain knowledge or even try new things but looking in that mirror I ask her who are you......

She doesn't seem to know either, I mean, there are traces of the old me and now and again the old me just pops up but something new has awoken, there's a new energy, knowledge of an existence and I feel on the cusp of something most amazing that I am fully intending to embrace but there is a small part of me that feels sad and I have to acknowledge that.  There she is, caught a glimmer then in the eyes but the sparkle is deep, more blue, more me, more her, her wings or should I say my wings have opened and need to fly.

She needs to focus more though I think, needs to settle in to her new life that is awaiting her by getting organized, by thinking how, what, why, when.....she knows though she needs to breathe and take it one day at a time, she cannot change her world in one day but she change prepare....I quite like what I see when I look in to her eyes and in to her soul, her journey is about to start soon and whether she is fully ready or not she knows deep down where her heart and soul belong, she has been finally called to go back home to where love, rebirth, hope, dreams, desires, positive, her, me are at xxx

Learning To Love Every Part Of Our Being

When you look in the mirror naked do you love what you see or so do you squirm and think oh my, probably a lot of us think the latter and so we cover up and try not to look in that mirror if we haven't got to.  Withdrawing any love or worth we have for ourselves from our soul leaves us feeling unfed, thirsty, drained and a grey cloud tends to cover us leaving our perspective slightly hazy and not bright enough to see through.

It is so important for us to accept and fully embrace Self love, worth and healing because it allows and encourages us to grow as a person and to be able to function on a level where we can enjoy a well balanced, happy and satisfied life and also be able to give out positive energies to those around you.  When we love or even like who we are our energy changes, our eyes light up and sparkle returns to them, our smile comes alive and our heart and soul sing loudly so that everyone can see and feel us.  This allows us to try our best at whatever life puts in our path, it can help us to do so much more than when we feel shrivelled and almost non existant.

For example you might have started a new relationship and you've both connected big time, time goes by and you start to worry because you are starting to let down those barriers and the person before you is seeing you for the beautiful soul you are but how are they going to react when they see you naked stood before them, in your head they scream and run off for the hills never to be seen or heard from again.  This is our vulnerability coming through because being naked is sacred, something that we share with someone  we love.   We are essentially letting down a wall, revealing what is hidden behind our mask and we want our partner to accept and love our body as much as they have accepted and love our soul and mind but we worry.

Chances are your partner loves you for you and will not run screaming but instead will take you in their arms so that you feel their love as it becomes a part of you and sinks deep into your very soul and together you will nurture each other as well as growing stronger.  I bet you though your partner might have some confidence issues too so maybe discussing how you feel as well is a good start.  I know relationships aren't based on just being naked so loving who you are is a must because if you love yourself then it will show and others will be attracted to your confidence and love of life.

Self healing can be brought in every day and all you need to do is make sure you spend time during the day being gentle with yourself, no negative comments on how fat you feel or how your hair is having a bad day, self healing means you need to heal your soul into seeing you as that amazing and beautiful soul you really are, hard at times yes I know but accept who you are, make some positive changes if you want to but above all know your self worth, feel the self love and embrace the self healing so that you live the life you want to live and feel the way you want to feel without negative getting in and putting a dampner on your day.  Let's celebrate our mind, body and soul as being the most amazing magick.