Power is not for the Weak Hearted

Dear Neophyte,

If anyone lays a hand on someone I love, everything they hold sacred is forfeit. I suppose the magic I would have to wield in order to get satisfactory results would have to be ‘dark’ or ‘negative’ (polarity, not EVIL). 

I’m amazed and disgusted by people’s lack of a backbone these days. Maybe you aren’t vocal about your beliefs. Maybe you would keep quiet if this country outlawed freedom of religion. Maybe you would ‘witness’ to me that it is bad for me to disregard ‘harm none’. I would like to point out that everything you do and everything you have and everything you hold dear is yours because someone ELSE was harmed. If you can’t accept that, maybe Witchcraft is not the path for you.

The purpose of Witchcraft is to ensure that you are not that person.

There are much more fluffy religions out there. Religions that deny the truth that some day you are going to have to grow a pair (brass breasts or balls), suck it up, and deliberately cause another harm in order to ensure that you and yours remain comfortable and happy.

Lesson 1: You are allowed to choose YOURSELF over SOMEONE else. This is not evil and to deny this is to be out of touch with reality and the facts of life.


Salutations,
Sesh

Sewing and Stitching Magic

Dear Neophyte,

It’s just a button, and yet it’s so much more.

One could use mending as a magical sewing of a family unit together. One could sew a spell into clothing. You can make the button itself a charm for attracting and warding. You can scratch a sigil on the back of the button or buy a new button with a sigil already on it. You can MAKE buttons out of polymer clay if you were the creative type, and stamp anything you damn well please onto the front of them.

If you have a choice, you can pick a thread color or button color to go with the purpose. You can choose a material or metal that corresponds. You can choose a day and a time. You can sew the button on to match a rune if you so choose. Just sew the thread in the shape of a rune if you are able, or just imagine you are sewing the rune on if you can’t get it exact. 


Blessings,
Sesh

Codes of Conduct

Dear Neophyte, 


This is a rough draft to a personal Cod of Conduct that I have plans for:

~ I am a Priestess and Child of the Gods. I am a manifestation of the Divine. I am a Lady. I am Royalty. I am worth the best of everything.

~ Everyone is a manifestation of the Divine and should be treated as such. The Gods are not perfect.

~ I am Queen of my Domain. As Queen, it is my royal duty to rule with compassion, understanding, patience and tolerance.

~ As a Priestess, I offer the world the beauty of my body, of my heart and of my soul. I cleanse my corner of the world.

~ I accept responsibility for my Kindred family. I deny them the ability to care for themselves so I take care of them. Kindred are aspects of the Divine.

~ I pray for what I need and desire. I will ask for Divine help. I will apply the given advice. I realize that failing to do so will only cause more grief.

~ I wear what I wish.

~ I am worth nice clothing, yummy food, good perfume, expensive place settings, sexy shoes, choice locations and expensive jewelry for simply getting out of bed.

~ I am worth nice stuff, comments, reactions and situations. I don’t deserve to be treated badly, no matter how I have floundered.

~ I have standards and will keep them. Certain things are beneath me.

~ I am a Southern woman. I walk like I own the world. Posture matters. Head up and shoulders, back elbows at your sides.

~ If I criticize, I do it gently and with purpose.

~ I keep my head in anger. Everyone is a child of the Divine.

~ I speak kind words in showing that I care.

~ I listen and an aware of what I say.

~ I strive to be truthful, to myself and those around me.

~ My word is my bond. A Priestess does not break her word.

~ I will keep my grievances to myself lest I make empaths ill.

~ If I have an issue with something, I will not dwell on it. I will speak of it and fix it.

~ When I am faced with a situation I will remember this: Be particular.

~ I accomplish things in a timely manner by doing them when they need to be done.

~ I take the less taxing measure of prevention in order to avoid the over-taxing measures of curing.

~ I am responsible for the environment in my home, my community and the world. I will fix what is in front of me, and then I will expand.

~ I am mindful of where my food comes from.

~ I use my power to make life better for me and mine. I am Power, I am Change.

~ All power I have is used wisely, for it is only lent power.

~ I take pride in my religious beliefs and practices.

~ Like calls to like. Negative attitude, magic and people.

~ I am true to myself, though Hell shall bar the way.

~ If it is worth seeing, hearing or doing, I want to see, hear and do is now.

~ I follow the Witches Pyramid: To know, to will, to dare and to be silent.

~ I act from love, not fear. It is my responsibility to be honorable in my dealings.

~ I create.

~ Arden is busy climbing past all the other apples to get to me. But he is coming. The Gods have already sent him.

~ I always try to apply the highest ideals of my beliefs, even if I don’t succeed perfectly.

I will dance like nobody is watching

I will dream like I will life forever

I will live like I will die tomorrow

I will love like it’s never going to hurt

End Cod of Conduct

"I might have been born just plain white trash
But Fancy was my name!"
~ Reba, Fancy

I was born into a wrold of hurt, anger, hatred and neglect, but thew my powers as Priestess of the Temple of Life, I can purify myself and my surroundings and allow the positive energies to flow in. I can turn from poor white trash into a Lady. THIS is my highest ideal. This is what I am striving foor.

My Code of Conduct is designed to provide healing for my past to ensure a healthy future.

Blessings,

Sesh

Four Thieves Vinegar

Dear Neophyte,


Four Thieves Vinegar is part of the standard magical arsenal of any self-respecting hoo-doo witch.  While there are several variations of this concoction, the simplest one is to just add garlic to vinegar and let it marinade for a month. 


Use Practical:  Anti-viral and anti-bacterial properties allow this to be used external and internally and around the home as a cleanser. Can be cut with water by half as a wash-down before going out into bug-infested area.  Key ingredients also ward of fleas and pests that carry diseases and may even ward off rats! 




Use Magical: Psychic protection, ward off spells of other witches, to enhance spells calling for vinegar and to remove unwanted enemies.  Sprinkle on their doorstep or smear on doorknob where they will touch it or serve it to them to get the ball rolling on getting them out of your life.  Make a wash to remove negative energy, and plague, after healing work.   Can also be used in healing to chase an illness away. 


Ingredients: 
Cayenne Pepper
Black Pepper
Garlic
Lavender
Sage
Thyme
Lemon Balm
Hyssop
Peppermint
Peppermin
wormwood
meadowsweet
juniper berries
rosemary
camphor
cinnamon
cloves
Elemcampane root
Wild Marjoram
Cloves
Angelica
Horehound
Camphor
Rue
Nutmeg
Acetic acid


Instructions: Mix any combination of the herbs and cover with apple cider or white wine vinegar.  Let sit for 1 month to 6 weeks, shaking daily.  Strain out old herbs and end of soak or they will start to dissolve and be nasty.  You can alter the ingredient list to make it taste or smell according to your wants. 


Lore of Four: Tradition says that only four herbs can go into the mixtures at a time and it must be heated and cooled and boiled for four min on four days and used four times to achieve effect.  One for each thief. 


"How I made mine: 
Cleansed, invoked and bless both the garlic and the vinegar and as I made it chanted several times:

“I charge you now to banish all pests,

Let my itchy kin know some rest”

I kept this change up as I charged it for as long as I felt it was making the potion stronger.

I worded it like this so that I could not only spray it on my cats in between baths but also use it on the furniture and on clothing if I have to. It will keep ALL my ‘kin’ free of biting fleas. Warning, though, it does smell and smell strongly. Since vinegar is one of the key ingredients in a sauce we put on our rice, it made me have food cravings to smell it. Since I don’t want to change the smell-association, I will be using this sparingly."

What I could have done differently, if I had the information at my fingertips, is to use more correspondences:

Day

Time

Moon Phase

Color of Bottle

Food color the vinegar (mine was already red)

Number of Ounces of Vinegar

Number of Garlic Bulbs used

Correspondences of when Garlic Was Picked

Number of Times Garlic Was Pressed

Number of Times Bottle was Shaken or Stired to Mix

Number of days between swirling.

I also should have grounded and centered before starting, maybe cast a circle around myself to contain the energy, but I was pressed for time. Didn’t want a wakeful roomy to walk threw and disturb me since I was in the kitchen. It was a rather spur of the moment working. The good thing is that the moon is waning so the banishing phase of the moon is covered. 

Lastly, the quote of the day:

The kitchen table is the Altar in the Temple of Life.

                                                                                                                                                                                               

Froggy Kisses,

~*~ Sesh ~*~

Note: It's been almost a year since I made this and it's still in the cabinet.  Because of how god-awful strong it is I only used it once for it's intended flea-getting-rid-of purpose.  I also forgot to strain the garlic out and now it's kinda gross looking.  It still smells ripe as heck though!  And since it's only got garlic in it, I wonder if it's edible...

Either way, I know just who I need driven away with this since I cant bring myself to subject my poor kitties and house mates to the smell :(

Also, Four Thieves Vinegar has a lot of ways it can be used and it's worth reading up on.  It's a natural insect replant, air cleanser and body cleanser for working in a sick room.