Revenge is Sweet Grass

In Cape Breton we had a saying for people who started trouble with others just for the sake of being evil: digging your own grave.  Here in Newfoundland, I have heard many people say to others in anger they will end up in a ditch.

 

 

Well this is a spell for those who have these negative types of people in their lives and neighborhoods.  It isn't evil, it just magnifies the actions of those who are malicious in reverse, so they cause harm to themselves.  I have a soldier's mentality: I like to protect the good.

Remember the ingredients I asked you to pick up?

Stones

Branches

Old glass 

Candles 

Sage 

Sweet grass 

Quack grass

Thistle root

Flowers

Catnip

Pearly Everlasting 

Playing Cards

Ribbon

Take your sage, grasses, branches and create little nests - one for each window if you can.  

Tie a ribbon in the color of your choice around a deck of cards.

Place some small pieces of old glass inside the nests.

The flowers can be small bouquets, but must be placed where they greet you.

Make a bouquet of some of your house flowers mixed with the pearly everlasting to bring to work.

Stones need to be placed, carefully, at the edge of the negative persons property.

Clean and boil thistle roots. Feed the water to plants on the edge of your property, facing the road.

The pieces of thistle can be dried and hung in a small mesh sacs or put in compost.

With every step your enemies take to bury your efforts to get ahead, 

The ground beneath will soften and their feet will feel like lead,

From your sleep your thoughts will loosen,

From their mind shall be their end

Spade in soft grassy earth

Raise a cup to feed the dead

Protected is the good one's hearth

Clubs or diamonds, cups of mead.

Now go and be successful!

The Root of the Problem

People have been eating potatoes for thousands of years.  There are other roots that are beneficial, nutrition-wise and medicinally as well. The roots of the cinquefoil plant are full of more vitamins than potatoes.  The roots of dandelions and chicory can be washed, chopped up into small pieces and brewed like coffee beans; dandelions restore natural sugar balances in the body; chicory aids in lowering blood pressure and internal inflammation. For fortune telling, roots can also be useful.

The burdock plant (most people associate it with the aggravating burr seed capsules that stick on their clothing) is useful for detecting love triangles.  Mix the juices from the root of this plant and that of a catnip plant to see who is truly in love with whom.  Catnip and burdock leaves are also great for making teas that restore the body's immune systems.  These plants are great to have around on sunny windowsills for their positive energy forces.

Lavender and purple clover are like the amethyst stones of the plant world.  The roots of these can be crushed and the juices strained from them to use in a spell that reveals where potential pools of opportunity abound.  They are also great to have growing alive in places where creating, producing, or selling take place as their scents add to clarity of the mind.

For hexing and determining motive's that are not pure, use the roots of the strawberry plant.  Strawberries are vitamin filled little berries.  Their leaves can be made into tea, but only fresh and dried, not wilted.  Wilted strawberry leaves contain a chemical that can interfere with the body's ability to clot blood.  The roots are short but they do hold juices that can be strained into a mixture to reveal the root of people's actions.

Karma and the Witch

I just wanted people to think about Karma for a moment. I used to envision people's vehicles breaking down whenever I was upset with them, thinking nothing could happen to me because I didn't have a vehicle  of my own. When I did get a car, however it was constantly needing to be fixed.

Sometimes Karma works differently. For example I don't slander people. I have kept my mouth shut recently because of needing to keep my job when my conscience screamed from inside that was wrong, what a fellow employ did in lying about someone else. Now that employee is lying about me. So I need to not worry about clearing my own name but the name of the one first sullied by my silence.

Now some very evil, manipulative people seem to get away with things they truly shouldn't. Don't fret over this. It is when they least expect it that Karma will strike, like a Cobra in the dark. Be the good force that acts as a catalyst for good things to happen to good people and bad thing to happen to bad people.

Is witchcraft evil? Absolutely no! Can you harm someone with witchcraft? Absolutely yes! Can you help people with witch craft? Absolutely yes!  Should you? Who am I to say?  Is it wrong to say nothing to abominable people when you know death or disaster is at their door? No, because that would interfere with Karma.

Seedlings by me, Gipsie Lee

We are made from trees,       So it shouldn't be                So hard to see                    That we are seeds

Like small twisting flags,     Like horns upon a stag,  They call us hag;                   Silk they call rag.

Our earth mother smiles    Our sun father whiles         We roam for miles             Then fit like tiles.

Our place on the floor,         We create a green door    Gifts not a chore                 Life to explore.

                                                                              

Simple Water Spell

Ingredients

Large black ceramic bowl
Dried mint leaves
Tablespoon of beach sand
Piece of unlined white or beige paper
A pen
Moonlight
Sunshine

This spell should be done in the evening under the light of the moon, but you might wish to practice writing in Runic prior to setting it up. You can do it in English or whatever other language you normally use but, please use your left hand to write things down if you are right handed and right hand if you are left handed.

Take your bowl outside and pour gently into it a pitcher of water until it is half full.
Staring at the moon, sprinkle the grains of sand over the water surface.
Gently sprinkle a pinch of dried, crushed mint leaves onto the water's surface in a swirling motion.
Set the water where the moonlight can shine into it where it won't get bumped.
Take out your pen and paper.

Write:
I am looking for a clue
A mirror in the seas
For time is merely water
Reflecting back at me

Take your note, whisper gently "Thank You" across it and lie, it writing down, onto the water's surface.
Leave overnight.
In the morning, place the paper carefully in the sunlight to dry, careful not to tear the paper.
Leave until dusk.

Take the water from the bowl and offer it to your closest thirsting plant.
At dusk take the paper and examine the images upon it.
If you like take a pic and send the image to me to decipher.
Goodluck.
Have fun!

(collected rain water works best)

Green and Red Silverweed

I thought I discovered a new species! A hybrid between a strawberry and a buttercup plant. It thrived along Newfoundland roads amongst the gravel like a strawberry, with its long red extenders linking plant to plant. Bright, shiny, waxy buttercup flowers beamed up from frothy leafs. But alas! While it most likely is the result of cross species pollination, it has existed for hundreds of years. It's like biscotti all over again.

The roots of my discovery were boiled, dried and used by Aboriginal North American tribes as a medicine plant or winter food, this plant is now called Cinquefoil or Silverweed, (not to be confused with Shrubby Cinquefoil which was typically a source for tea.) It yields a high amount of vitamins and minerals, despite my fear it might be poisonous, given the buttercup contains toxins, which eaten in large quantities can be fatal. Leaves, and flowers were not used.

Today, there are commercial versions of strawberry tea. It is important to remember that wilted strawberry leaves contain a chemical that can interfere with your blood's ability to clot. Only use fresh leaves when making home brewed tea.

Lion's Teeth

Dandelions or dents de lions "lion's teeth" are considered lawn pests in most neighborhoods. Their brilliant yellow flowers and saw tooth leaves areusually mowed down. But these are a very useful plant. They are a tad bitter, but loaded with nutrients. You can basically eat any part of them.

The leaves and stems of the cinquefoil plant are full of calcium. The flowers have a long lasting, pleasant aroma, and they are considered protective "omen" plants.  In fact, keeping these bright little shrubs along your borders is said to increase productivity within.

This evening I will be trying a blend of cinquefoil, dandelion, and bunchberry leaf tea. The bark of the cinquefoil and the roots of the latter two  can also be made into a coffee type of drink. Dandelion roots help stabilize blood sugar; while, cinquefoil and bunchberry  can lower a fever and bunchberries (fully ripe and cooked) can reduce pain.

So what prophetic properties do they possess? Stay tuned to find out! 

Using Candles To Snuff Out Negativity Spots

First, make a circle of small pebbles in the middle of your kitchen table.  In the center of that circle I want you to place a blue dish full of water.  Next, take your candles and light them only in the corners of the room, five at time.  Little tea candles are fine.  Watch for the movement of the flames.  If the flames come towards you, in a certain corner, that is where the negative energy is settled.  You need to place your positive symbols here.

Birds, particularly ravens, are symbols of wisdom and patience. They must be accompanied by trees, so place a plant, indoor tree, photo, painting or drawing of a tree there.  Ravens love the colour blue, so be sure to place a blue pillow, bouquet of blue flowers, a blue curtain, or even some blue mugs near the raven images.  Watch your flame reactions.

Flames pulling towards you in another corner?  Remove any dark range or red.  Draw some runic symbols onto some fabric and hang it along the wall.  If you have sunlight shining in that corner, place a cactus plant there.  Take a vase or interesting glass jar and fill it with uncrushed coffee beans of your favourite aroma.

Smoky quartz and rose quartz are supposed to appease spirits and allow for positive energy to flow. Do not put these together, however.  Instead, make little piles of rose quartz along window ledges or mantles where their cheery colour will be seen.  Take the smoky quartz and place these near the base of your candles. In the direction that they flicker, make certain to  place a token of a cat.  Ancient cats hold more power.

Incorporating a painting with pinks, yellows, soft greens and blues; setting a vase of brightly coloured flowers on a table or setting a brightly patterned quilt over a chair can dispell worry wells.  Place your deck of cards, a favourite book or photo album in this corner.  You should feel comfort when you step in this area.

Now test what you have done with a candle!

Wiccan Witch

I just wanted to share a little blip about Wicca.  You don't have to be out there casting spells on people, or building candlelit shrines to Celtic deities, partaking in covens or witch gatherings (although some gatherings can be quite fun).  Basically, to be Wiccan is to understand that there is life force in things that perhaps you did not consider to be of equal living value with yourself as a human being.  So in Wicca, we believe that all living creatures have an equal right to live, to have homes, communities, families.  What you wouldn't do to your friend Marybeth's four year old son, you wouldn't do to a baby seal, baby bear, baby moose, etc.

Now, I love my cat and she eats mice and birds and I have no problem with that.  I have no problem with humans that hunt for food either.  Some people are inclined to be hunters.  It's just senseless destruction of territories, murdering animals for pleasure, polluting the environment out of laziness, and teaching those bad habits to the next generation that drives me mad.

What I wanted people to know, is how positive being a Wiccan can be.  First of all, your whole philosophy of life changes. (Was raised a Christian, but never got confirmed because my mother and grandmother couldn't understand why people were worshipping a god that would throw a child in a lake of fire for not swearing allegiance to them.  They were Celts.  I am so glad they were Celts).
My place is special in this world as a human, not because I am the master of every other creature, but because I have enough intelligence to act as a positive catalyst.

I can cut fruit in half and take the seeds or pits out and plant them so that more fruit trees grow more quickly.  I can gather grass plants and spread them out where the ground has been trampled down, so livestock can graze.  I can plant flowers for my own enjoyment that benefit bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, bluejays.  If my vegetables are being eaten by insects, I can introduce some ladybugs to the crop to eat them.  I can build barns to shield my sheep, horses, cows and goats from the harsh winter winds.  I can share my food with pets and wild animals alike.

I can use my intelligence to create ways to harness the wind and sun for energy.  I can choose what I have and what I save and use it to make things more productive.  I can be unbiased and kind when others have been brainwashed by their religions to make them hate one another. I can act, not out of fear of "Sin" (who was actually the son of a King way back when, the Jews and Romans didn't like) or "Hell" (who spells her name with only one l)

My god is the Allfather, Odin.  My people were created from trees, not clay. My duty is to learn as much as I can about as much as I can; to strive to be the absolute best I can be both physically and mentally; to create and share what I have created; and to write, so others can reflect on things I have done, pondered or said.

Necessary Items against the Unnecessary Evil

I realized that after finishing my last blog post, I needed to help those out there with "softer, kinder" energies to protect themselves against emotional energy bullies.  It isn't just fortune tellers who end up with migraines from dealing with these types of people, if they aren't properly handled.  So, I have a list of items for you to pick up.  These don't have to cost a cent - don't you love Wicca!

Stones
Branches
Old glass
Candles
Sage
Sweet grass
Quack grass
Thistle root
Flowers
Catnip
Pearly Everlasting
Playing Cards
Ribbon


Images of: yellow, pink, peach flowers (if live ones not available); water in all its forms; ravens or other majestic birds; trees, alive and healthy; cats in historical art form, wildcats or domestic varieties; and stones, particularly those with runic inscriptions upon them, but photos or paintings of interesting stones will do as well.

So go on your treasure hunt first, and then I will instruct you how to use these items.  Happy hunting!

When the Bitter Come A Knocking

     Fire.  It is hypnotically beautiful.  It illuminates, provides heat, creates life. In the form of our great ball of fire, The Sun, it has a magical energy that heals depression and internal cancers. When dealing with certain types of people, however, using even a tiny amount of fire energy via candles during a session can actually cause energy overload.
     The flickering of the candles, though, can provide a warning for the fortune teller.  They will be more active than normal, twist and bend away from the person who has this extra charge of negative energy about them.  At this point, the medium should snuff out the candles, place a glass of water before the negative persons place at the table and smudge the room.

     I have dealt with these people, several times; they carry a lot of anger, have ill intentions, avoid self blame and bounce negativity towards those in their immediate surroundings.  When you have, say, three people at your table and even one is casting their energy off, it will exaggerate whatever emotions the other two individuals are dealing with at the time. 
    The medium should be very careful how they explain what the cards are trying to say, in this case, because the reaction to any advice is now "charged".  Be prepared to have an "unimpressed" attitude cast at you, the fortune teller, from the negative "fire" energy people.

     

Ulcers, mosquitoes and idiots

Burrs. They stick on your clothing, they grip hair, they hide by steps and attack furry dogs...so when trying to use a bit of witchcraft to rid myself of an irritating human burr I believed burning the little spiky seed pods, together with other selected herbs and ingredients would work.

Ha! He became more obsessed with my daughter than ever. So I looked the plant up in my Edible Medicinal Plants of Canada book; it's full of healing properties for skin disorders and the Japanese have been purported to use it for sexual medicine. Another book, claimed certain aboriginal tribes in Canada used it's juice as a love tonic. This was not a break up plant! (It seemed so counter intuitive!)

There were other species that offered hope, so I prepared dishes of crushed herbs in tiny candle holders wherever we didn't want him to linger. He started to get the hint- but his reaction was to knock them over with a poker and run (obviously he gave me far too much credit ).

Then I started placing natural insect repellents under my daughter's mattress. I had no Spicebush so I substituted lavender, wintergreen oil and allspice. Dried sage I mixed with the heart shaped leaves of Shepherd's-Purse. He found the little herb bags because of their aroma and accused me of trying to hex him.

They began arguing more...it was working!

But ironically enough, it was when the creepy fellow mistook my jar of dried catnip for weed, that he left for good - with ALL of the catnip.