Hate in the name of Jesus Christ

It saddens me to write this blog this morning. I use the blog sometimes as a tool to help me gather my thoughts and get my feelings out, as there are some issues which I do not have an empathic outlet for.

It hurts, when a family member takes the position that you are to be discarded from their lives because you do not believe the same things that they do. A relative, who I would describe as very close, has been growing increasingly distant because I do not conform to the "correct" cookie cutter lifestyle that they all subscribe to. You know that one...girl grows up meets boy, lives happily ever after with 2.3 children, sends all to the right Catholic private schools, goes to church every week, sticks to the marriage whether its healthy or not..gives the ultimate sacrifice of giving up themselves to take care of the husband and the kids......the type of life we were taught was the "correct" way to live.

I am sure they sit around that table at lunch central and list all the atrocious things I have done...divorced, moved in with a man, had children for two....threw the man out too.......oh the shock and horror!

Recently, the individual sent what I would describe as gay bashing hate mail, and asked several of our family members to pass it on if we stand up for Jesus Christ. I am sure Christ is "turning over in His grave" as they say here.

A few of us, in protest, questioned the individual's justification for it, and replied to the email expressing our thoughts and beliefs. The long and short of the matter ends in me being chastised for "lack of belief" and the individual "blessingly" attempting to manipulate as one would a child. Needless to say I responded.....as gently as I could, that I refuse to spread hate mail, and yes it irks me when Christians use scripture to justify hate and prejudice. And..I also have every right to believe what I believe...whether it is defined or not.

But the long and the short of it is that if you are asking me to hate in the name of Jesus, or to spread hate in the name of Jesus...then I would not ever subscribe to your idea of Jesus Christ.


House rebuffs claims of Religious Right in hate-crimes vote.(PEOPLE & EVENTS): An article from: Church & State

Wait a minute! I've been here before!

Talk about being trapped in a cycle. I am creating a book which pulls together essays from my blogs and journals, and had to browse through them to pull out the appropriate material. Most of my journals have mundane stuff and griping. Its how I relieve stress sometimes. But what was glaringly obvious is that, even after 5 years, the issues which I had then are the same issue I have now.

I haven't grown? I haven't moved forward? Such a revelation gave me another headache instantly! As if I hadn't already been battling headaches enough!Themes which came forward are:
1) Didn't like managing and working for people
2) I wish for enough money (in the millions) so that I could pursue my dream
3) The blissful state I feel when doing my biggest love and wishing I could do it full time

You know, I could kick myself. I haven't done anything in five years to say that I have moved on from those issues or grown. I saw where I kept going around and around in circles. Leaving the job, trying to start a business, not having enough money, having to go back to work, hating the job, leaving the job, trying to start a business, not having enough..... you get the point.

I know that I have to work for myself. I know that I can. What I have to plan is the products which I can create using these images that I paint. I also need to find some way to cut down my expenses to make it more feasible. Hmmm.... I must break this nightmarish cycle. Its starting to feel like a really bad dream.

Is the Universe trying to tell me something???

So recent events have had me wondering if the Universe was trying very hard to send me a message. Firstly, I was hit by this nagging desire to head further than I usually do for some shopping this weekend. All week, mind you, thoughts about whether I needed windshield cover added to my insurance policy flooded my brain. Heading up the highway with my friend, there was a loud "PAX" from nowhere, and a bird shaped crack appeared on the windshield of my car.

The following day, friend and I were delayed from going shopping again by a flat tire. While fixing the tire, we discovered the culprit was a large galvanized nail stuck right into it. I didn't really give it a second thought.

Wednesday...watering my plants (which I do everyday) I noticed a nail...similar to the above in one of my planters. Odd....I water this everyday and never saw that before. Could one of the children put it there?

Today, while waiting for my friend's car to be washed, he suddenly pounces on the windscreen and announces the culprit who caused the crack was still on the windscreen....and it was the head of a large galvanized nail.


So is the universe trying to send me a message? According to Liber 777, nail is associated with hook, or connection, the thing which hold it together. The body part which it corresponds to is the ear, of which both of mine have been paining quite strangely. I had just put it down to stress.

I am opening the floor to suggestions as to any hidden meanings here. Maybe someone could open my eyes?

Spell For Scorpio's Moon

~Magickal Graphics~

Wednesday 28th April will see a full moon in Scorpio at 8:18 am
I am posting spells which use this energy.

Moon in Scorpio. Spells involving secrets, power and psychic growth. It is also a good time to understand what issues need to be let go of, or they will drag you under


On a moon-in Scorpio Night to illuminate a secret bright
Mark a black Candle with the rune-sign Peorth.

Consecrate with Geranuim oil, that black candle for your toil
To bring hidden secrets forth.

Cast your circle good and clean, call the quarters to the scene
See the secret hidden behind a veil.

Allow the candle to burn through, the secret is revealed to you
The spell it will not fail.

Chant in the present that you see the secret’s veil now falling free
And all which is hidden is clear.

And it harm none so mote it be, is used as a precaution’ry
To keep your conscious clear.


This is my own spell. Enjoy and use it wisely. Not all secrets should be known.


Moon Magick Sitehttp://www.moonsmuses.com/moonphases.html

Family Relations

How do you handle a person who is supposed to be your guide and encouragement, but instead seems to delight in unsettling your peace of mind, or making you believe that your life is all wrong?

How do you handle a parent who seems to take delight in gloating when things go wrong with you?
How do you handle it when, whenever you are happy, they seem to want to ensure that you are rocked from your secure place?

This is definately a toxic relationship. No matter who the person is, anyone who fits this pattern cannot possibly have your best interest at heart.

The attempt to put distance between myself and this person has failed many a time. I have almost reached the stage of asking this person not to come near me again. The only thing is that I fear I may be over-reacting.

Again, I am reminded that my emotions are my own. It is my own fault that I allow this person to unsettle my peace-of-mind. It is my own fault that I allow this person to control my emotions.

Trapped - again

My life seems to be going in cycles. I have a clear picture of what I want it to be, but I seem to be reliving the same issues over and over again. Somehow, I keep feeling it would be different, but keep ending up in the same emotional and mental state. Feel clipped, my mind feels restrained. And then the madness starts setting in as I desperately try to twist and turn out of anything that feels restrictive.

And you know what....
Nothing is going to work.

Nothing is going to bring the thing which will release me from these mental bonds...except me. I have to work through the mental bonds and break every one of them. This blog, is my therapy sometimes. I have dreams that do not include a management board, a Cheif Operations Officer or a Deparment team. My dreams, are of my mind, and colour and canvas. And days alone converting an abstract concept into a two dimensional image.
I have been fighting for years. Struggling with several escape routes, always hoping it would be better, and always ending up right where I am. A yearning for freedom, for release from the ties that bind. A yearning to wake up every day and only focus on things that excite me. A yearning to get up everyday and have things that excite me. Otherwise what's the point?

What's the point of working your ass off, making sacrifices, and then having freedom only when you are too old to enjoy it fully? What;s the point of waiting around for a time when the responsibilities are not nessecary any more, waiting to live your life with resentment growing and growing? What's the point?

Freedom, happiness and peace of mind is so important to me. But no one seems to see that inner pain that I scream in silence tied down with all these chains.
Imagine being a bird, chained to a dry leafless tree, watching all the other birds fly away. That's how I feel......thats how I feel.

Elemental Magick- Fire Magick-Candle Magick

The Element of FIRE is the part of the psyche that consists of all that is energetic, vitalizing and invigorating. Fire energies are transformative. Think of the action of fire, it destroys and cleans for new growth. It also is passion, spontaneity and dynamism. FIRE is said to be Purifying, destroying, energetic, sexual, and forceful. Its essence is Hot and Dry, and its qualities are also projective.
One of the most effective forms of FIRE Magick is Candle Magick. Candle Magick works by the principles of colour associations, and one of the olde Magick Laws of “Like Attracts Like”. You choose a candle, the colour associated to your spell / prayer’s goal. You “charge” this candle with the energy of your intent with an oil and by rubbing it in a particular way, and marking the candle with runes, symbols etc. By rubbing the candle, the vibrations that are coming off of you, for your intent, are vibrating the candle’s molecules in the same way. Burning the candle causes these particles to be released into the air, seeking out other “like” particles and drawing them to you….the source.

The colour association is what the colour means to you. Colour associations are affected by cultural factors, the example of one being the use of white in the West for weddings but white being a colour of mourning in some Eastern countries.
The method for candle magick is as follows:
Choose the candle colour according to your goal. (See Colour Associations) If in doubt you can use a white candle as the universal colour. Next, choose an oil to consecrate the candle with. It can be an oil associated with the goal (would be best) although if these are not readily available, I use a base oil like olive oil or almond oil (check your local drug store). You would also need to know what runes and symbols are associated with your goals. I also like to burn some incense to help me focus while doing candle magick. Also, prepare two chants, one to dedicate the oil and candle to the deity of your choosing, and the other to state the intent of the burning.
Sit quietly with your candle, oil and matches. Make sure you will not be disturbed. Cleanse your space, clear your inner space (your mind) Lift the oil up cupping it in your hands and say a chant like:

This oil now charged with (Goddess/God’s) power

To Bless this spell I do this hour

Thank thee (Goddess/God) for lending me your power

To Bless this spell I do this hour.

Put the oil aside and take the candle. Mark the candle with the runes and symbols of your choice. You can also repeat the chant above, replacing the word “oil” with “candle.”
Next, quiet yourself again, and make sure that your mind is focused on your goal. Picture yourself living in your goal. You already have it, see yourself having it. Harness the emotions of having it. You must feel the gratitude, the elation as you visualize yourself with having your goal. When you have reached that emotional state, dip your fingers in the oil, hold the candle in your power hand, and rub the candle from bottom to the center, then from top to the center. It is a good Idea to mark your runes in the center to have a point of reference when oiling the candle.
While rubbing your candle chant your “Intent Chant.” This would be the chant you have made up to go with your spell. An example would be the following chant to find the answer to a problem:

I know the answer

The answer is near

My mind now opens

The answer I hear.

And it harm none, so mote it be.

Make sure you are still visualizing your goal. See the molecules in the candle being charged with the final outcome of your having your goal. See yourself having it. Put the candle down, light it. Keep visualizing your goal. Meditate on having it, and harnessing the emotions from having it for as long as possible. Look at the candle flame if you need a point of focus. The longer you can focus on the image, the better. However, you must know how long you can meditate for and stop before your mind loses the image.
When you find yourself being unable to hold the image, thank the Deity, and place the candle where it can burn right through. Leave it to do its work. Clean up your other items.

When working spells your mind MUST be tuned to the result of your goal. The Power within you is driven by your emotions of having it already. Meditation assists in keeping your mind on any focus for extended periods of time. If you find you cannot focus for longer than five minutes, then stop after the five minutes. Never allow your mind to wander off of the intent/goal for your spells. Five minutes of sharp focus is more powerful than one hour of mind wandering on and off the goal.

Also, I must bring up a caution for people who want to use magick on others. Remember that “Like attracts Like. “If you choose to attempt to control people, you may find yourself being controlled by people. We are all granted with Free Will, and this force within us is what guides us and drives us along the path. There are lessons we need to learn in this incarnation to push us into our next level of Spiritual Evolution. When we interfere with others, we not only prevent them from going along their normal path, we also prevent them from learning any lessons which assist them in growing spiritually. We cannot decide what is best for them. We…from our level down here…cannot have a sense of the bigger picture.
Work spells always with yourself as a point of focus. You can always change yourself, that is your Power.

There are many forms of Candle Magick, and many creative ways to use candles. These two books are only two of what is available.

Air Magick -Clarity Tea

Every so often I experiment with teas and throw together two or three plants into a brew.


 The intent behind creating the tea is always at the back of my mind, and I try to find ingredients with that purpose. Thus Clarity Tea was born one day when I was feeling hot, harrassed and my mind was all over the place.
What does this have to do with AIR MAGICK? Well mental processes are usually associated with AIR. When my mind was all scattered, I did think of doing a spell, and thought I'd better just create the tea instead.


So sip this brew when you feel the need for a cool, calm head which is open to the ALL. I find it is good for meditation, clarity and increasing intuition. It relaxes the body, but the mind remains clear.

Ingredients (makes three cups)

1 quarter cup of grated carrot
1 quarter cup of basil leaves washed and loosely packed
four cups of water

Bring water to a boil and add Basil and Carrots. Immediately turn down heat to the lowest flame and allow to simmer for one minute.
Stir Deosil and chant three times:

My mind's connection clear
My direction's clear
In the All's knowledge I share

My mind is calm and clear
My intuition here
In the All's knowledge I share

Use after AIR spells or New Moon Spells

Elemental Magick - Air Magick - Clarity Spell

Meditation Clarity Spell
This spell requires at least half an hour. Do this exercise after a ritual bath or shower.

You need
Broom/Besom
4 small ceramic saucers
4 charcoal blocks
Frankincense grains, Air incense or incense sticks
Chalk
Cushion –yellow and purple preferably

Prepare charcoal blocks and place in saucers. Cleanse your ritual space, marking your ritual circle.
As you sit/ kneel in the center of your circle, face the east and mark the symbol of the element AIR. In the center of the symbol, place a saucer and while sprinkling the incense onto the charcoal block say:
AIR cleans
AIR clears
Clarity is here

Face South. Mark the symbol for Fire. Place the saucer in the center, sprinkle your incense and say:
FIRE cleans
FIRE clears
Clarity is here

Do the same with WATER and EARTH, marking each symbol to the west and north respectively; changing the chant each time.
When all the incense is lit, sit in the center of your circle. Close your eyes and visualize the AIR saucer and the incense burning. Visualize the incense clearing away any disruptive THOUGHTS, till your vision is one pale yellow screen. When you can visualize this clean yellow colour, turn to the south.
Facing south, visualize all the disruptive PASSIONS being cleared away by the incense smoke, until all that can be visualized is a clear red screen. Nothing but pure FIRE energies can exist in your body, only passions for the good of all.

Do the same for WATER (west) and EARTH (north), again visualizing all the disruptive EMOTIONS, and MATERIEL distractions being cleared away by the incense smoke to leave a clear blue and citrine colours respectively.
Go through each element again if needed, until all the colours visualized are clear.
Continue to meditate for as long as you wish. Thank your deity for the power to do this for yourself.
Open your circle, and clean up.

I usually finish this with some Clarity Tea, which I would post in another blog.

Elemental Magick-Earth Associations in Magick

To work Earth Elemental Magick, you must understand the things associated with its vibrational energy. For information activities connected to Earth energy, see previous blog post: http://cocyeabroomstick.blogspot.com/2010/04/elemental-magick-part-one.html


The following is a List of items associated with Earth:
EARTH
Direction: North
Season: Winter (For Caribbean, Use the Solstice Dec 20 - 23 or Nov-Dec)
Moon: Dark
Best Time of Day: midnight
Colours: Citrine, Browns, Olive green, black
Magickal Tools: Pentacle, Stones
Sounds: Drums, steel drums
Creatures: Dog, wolf, deer, ox, bull
Nature Symbols: Stones, fossils, seeds, salt, earth
Trees: Pine, Cypress, guava, Breadfruit, Tambran
Herbs: Sage, thyme,chives, garlic, ginger
Incense: Myrrh, patchouli, musk
Minerals: lead, emerald, coal, onyx
Tarot Card: Pentacles, The World, The Hermit
Signs: Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn
Archangel : Uriel, Auriel
Star: Fornalhaut
Elemental Creatures: Gnomes, Papa Bois,
Goddesses: Ceres, Demeter, Gaia, Mah, Persephone, Nephthys, Prithivi, Rhea, Uni
God: Adonis, Athos, Cernunnos, Dionysus, Pan, Tammuz.
Caribbean Centered: Planting rituals, grain scattering (rice bags)
Magickal Phrase: To Be Silent
Ritual Forms: Burying, planting, making images in dirt, clay or sand, carving sigils or runes.

Please also keep in mind that associations are sometimes specific to the individual’s culture and experience. If there are any items that you associate with earth’s energies; please feel free to use them in your work.

Elemental Magick-Water Associations in Magick

To work WATER Elemental Magick, you must understand the things associated with its vibrational energy. For information activities connected to Water energy, see previous blog post: http://cocyeabroomstick.blogspot.com/2010/04/elemental-magick-part-one.html



The following is a List of items associated with WATER:

WATER

Direction: West

Season: Autumn(For Caribbean, Use the Autumnal Equinox or August - September)

Moon: Full Moon

Best Time of Day: Dusk
Colours: Blues, Blue-greens, white, silver, orange
Magickal Tools: Chalice, bowls, calabash, gourds, mirrors, cauldrons, coconut shell bowl
Sounds: Bells, cymbals, triangle, chimes
Creatures: Frog, turtles, dolphins, fish, crabs, conchs
Nature Symbols: water, seashells, sea pebbles, coral, water-plants, sea-weed
Trees: Willow, ash, Coconut Tree, Calabash tree, Bamboo,
Herbs: sea-weeds, chamomile, fennel, aloes, cucumber, watermelon
Incense: Jasmine, Rose
Minerals: Silver, turquoise, sapphire, aquamarine, moonstone, pearl, jade, quartz
Tarot Card: Cups, Hanged Man, The Moon, The Priestess
Signs: Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces
Archangel : Gabriel
Star: Antares
Elemental Creatures: Sea Dragons, Mama D’lo, water sprites
Goddesses: Aphrodite, Isis, Ceridwen, Mari, Selene, Luna, Artemis, Xochiquetzal
God: Dylan, Ea, Llyr, Neptune, Posiedon , Oceanus, Osiris
Caribbean Centered: River or sea side rituals.
Magickal Phrase: To Dare
Ritual Forms: Tea making ceremonies, ritual bathing, washing, water offerings

Please also keep in mind that associations are sometimes specific to the individual’s culture and experience. If there are any items that you associate with water’s energies; please feel free to use them in your work.

The healing power of water

Hand-blended Oil: Elemental Water

Elemental Magick- Fire Associations in Magick

Elemental Magick – Fire Associations in Magick

To work Fire Elemental Magick, you must understand the things associated with its vibrational energy. For information activities connected to Fire energy see previous blog post: http://cocyeabroomstick.blogspot.com/2010/04/elemental-magick-part-one.html




The following is a List of items associated with FIRE:
FIRE
Direction: South
Season: Summer (For Caribbean, Use the Summer Solstice June 21-22nd or the period May - July)
Moon: Waxing Moon
Best Time of Day: Mid Day.
Colours: Red, Orange, Gold
Magickal Tools: Candles, Sword, spirit flame, incense
Sounds: Stringed instruments, including quatro, Mandolin, Box-base
Creatures: Snakes, Lion, Ram,Lynx
Nature Symbols: Flame, Lava
Trees: Oak, Hawthorn, Chaconia, Bouganvilla, balisier, Mango
Herbs: Basil, Bayleaf, garlic, rosemary, aloes, orange, ginger
Incense: Frankincense, cinnamon, basil, orange- peel, ginger
Minerals: Gold, copper, iron, hematite, flint
Tarot Card: Swords, The Sun, The Emporer, The Tower
Signs: Aries, Leo, Sagittaruis
Archangel : Michael
Star: Regulus
Elemental Creatures: Dragons, Pheonix, salamanders, centaurs
Goddesses: Brigit, Vesta, Diana
God: Frey, Hephaestus, Horus, Logi, Vulcan.
Caribbean Centered: Burning Incense at home or in ritual
Magickal Phrase: To Will
Ritual Forms: Incense burning, Burning images, words or herbs, candle magick



This list is not a complete one. There are quite a number of charts which list associations which can be found when googled. Items which are specific to the Caribbean are difficult to find, and are still being compiled

Elemental Magick- Air Associations in Magick

In order to understand what you must use when working AIR Magick, you must know the “associations” to AIR. These would be items, with the same vibrations as the AIR Element, or activities associated with AIR. For information on these see previous blog post: http://cocyeabroomstick.blogspot.com/2010/04/elemental-magick-part-one.html





The following is a List of items associated with AIR :
AIR
Direction: East
Season: Spring (For Caribbean, Use the Spring Equinox March 20-22)
Moon: New Moon
Best Time of Day: Dawn
Colours: Yellow, Purple, Silver, White
Magickal Tools: Wand, athame, incense, Pestle (mortar and pestle), Staff
Sounds: Wind instrument sounds, bird calls
Creatures: Birds and Winged Insects
Nature Symbols: Feathers, fragrant flowers
Trees: Elder, Eucalyptus (temperate) Yellow poui, Silk Cotton, Portugal, Lime (Caribbean)
Herbs: Mint, Lavender, rosemary, thyme, Fever Grass, Lime buds
Incense: Sandalwood and lemon
Minerals: Mercury, aventurine, topaz
Tarot Card: Wands, The Fool
Signs: Gemini, Libra, Aquarius
Archangel : Raphael
Star: Aldebran
Elemental Creatures: Sylphs.
Goddesses: Aditi, Arianhrod, Cardea, Nuit, Urania
God: Enlil, Mercury, Thoth, Zeus.
Caribbean Centered: Smoke Ceremony done by Amerindians
Magickal Phrase: To Know
Ritual Forms: Tossing objects into the air or into the wind, numerology, incense burning, breathing, meditation, singing and chanting, numerology and writing or drawing, divination.




This list is not a complete one. There are quite a number of charts which list associations which can be found when googled. Items which are specific to the Caribbean are difficult to find, and are still being compiled.