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Chronicles: Akashic Records, long hair, and bitcoin

I’ve recently read two books on accessing the Akashic Records, and attempted to do so today, twice.

The first time was in the shower, while I was doing my glamour ritual. I didn’t ask any particular question, so the records showed me the present moment. Me in the shower. Except with looooooong hair.

The second time was about an hour after the shower, and this time I asked a specific question regarding how to proceed with the story I’m writing.

Since April 1 I’ve been going live on facebook to sing a benediction, and I added my pay links in the description in case anyone wanted to tip me. Nicholas from Pittsburgh (currently in Brooklyn) yesterday sent me a link to download cashapp, which I’d been resisting downloading up until now. But I went ahead and downloaded it. About six hours ago I did my first live with my cashapp handle posted, and shortly after I got my first cashapp tip of $10 from Joi from Brooklyn (currently wherever she is, but probably still Brooklyn).

The answer I got from the records regarding how to proceed with my story was bitcoin (!!!) which happens to be a thing cashapp makes it easy to invest in, so I went ahead and invested my first $10. They told me to invest all the cashapp tips I make for the next 38 days. Why 38? That number has been following me around for the last few weeks. It’s like every time I look at the clock, it’s 5:38 or 9:38 or Something:38. According to Joanne, the numbers 3 and 8 resonate with the Ascended Masters and wealth manifestation respectively, which makes me think it’s applicable here. Also, (and this is the tidbit that made me think this was worth chronicling), 38 days from now is May 25, which is the day before the full moon in Sagittarius.

I would usually find investment scary, especially without a broker. Here’s why it isn’t: the records showed me an image of the rum on my protection altar, which, after it has been offered to my protection spirits, gets turned into vinegar. The metaphor is imperfect, but the meaning is pretty clear to me.

That being said, I just checked on the progress. Yes, it’s only been there about three hours. I’ve lost about fifteen cents. I’m ok with it.

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Recipe: Intention sticks

Ingredients:

  • cinnamon (the kind for burning)
  • 3-10 bay leaves
  • baker’s twine or embroidery thread
  • (optional) basil, lavender, or any other herb that corresponds with your intention

Process:

Choose a number of bay leaves that corresponds with how long your cinnamon stick is. If it’s a short stick, only use three bay leaves. If it’s a long stick, you may be able to use 9 or 10 bay leaves.

Write your intentions on the bay leaves with a sharpie. You can write the same intention on each one, or you can vary them, but it will be more powerful if you keep them all at least thematically similar. Also, you can write your intentions in words, symbols, numbers, sigils, or however feels most powerful to you.

Boil the bay leaves in a pot of water for at least five minutes. (This is a good time to do a bay leaf and cinnamon boil but don’t use the same piece of cinnamon.)

Measure a piece of baker’s twine about the width of your arm span.

Align one of your wet bay leaves with the bottom of your dry cinnamon stick. Tie the bay leaf to the cinnamon with bakers twine, and wrap the twine tightly around both.

Continue wrapping the twine around the cinnamon stick, adding more bay leaves as you go up.

When you reach the top, work your way back down. Tie the two ends of the twine together at the bottom.

Set the intention stick to dry on a rack for 7-10 days or until the bay leaves are completely dry.

Uses:

  • Hold one end of this stick over a candle and let the smoke carry your intentions into the spirit realm.
  • Leave it smoldering in a fire safe bowl or abalone shell while you meditate on your manifestations.
  • To make an offering to your spirits/deities/ancestors, write intentions like “gratitude” and “worship.” Hold this over a candle while you commune with your spirits.
  • For a love spell, use rose petals instead of bay leaves (if they’re fresh you won’t have to boil them first), and write the names and birthdays of the lovers on the rose petals.
  • For a money spell, write money sigils or the amount of money you need on the bay leaves and wrap the cinnamon in a basil leaf before adding the bay leaves.
  • For a protection spell, tie a rosemary branch to the base of the cinnamon and wrap the bay leaves around both. Use it like you would a smudge to bless and cleanse your house.
  • To manifest peace, tie a lavender branch to the base of the cinnamon and wrap the bay leaves around both. If you only have lavender leaves, wrap the bay leaves around the cinnamon stick and wrap the twine around both. When you get to the top, wrap the lavender leaves around the bay leaves and cinnamon, and wrap the twine around all three to work your way back down.

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Recipe: Herbal Leo Moon Water

Because I so rarely repeat a recipe exactly the way I did it last time, I’m making the executive decision to repost the recipe every time I change it. Because it’s my grimoire and I can do that shit. Also it helps to keep track of what worked and what didn’t. So with that said, here’s my herbal moon water recipe for the Leo moon.

Ingredients:

  • mason jar
  • water
  • rosemary (dried)
  • chamomile
  • 3 bay leaves
  • sigil
  • coins

Process:

I taped my sigil to the bottom of the jar, facing inward. I wrote intentions on both sides of each bay leaf and added it to the jar, with the rosemary, chamomile, and coins.

I filled up the jar with water, capped it, and left it in an east facing window over the full moon in Leo.

Uses:

  • add to glamour magic potions (<= this is the one I’m going to do)
  • dilute castile soap
  • add a spoonful to the water in a diffuser
  • bless/cleanse your witchy tools
  • use as a floor wash to bless your house
  • pour over your head as a spiritual bath

This is a full moon in Leo, so it’s particularly good for glamour magic, but it will also hold some of the influence of the sun/Saturn/Jupiter conjunction in Aquarius and the Uranus/Mars/Lilith conjunction in Taurus. Keep this in mind when deciding how to use your moon water.

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Spell: Wealth and abundance

Ingredients:

  • fresh basil
  • 3 bay leaves
  • cinnamon stick
  • money
  • hot water
  • jar

Process:

Add some amount of money, both bills and coins, to a jar. Make the amount of money add up to something numerologically significant, like your birthday (e.g. $6.09 if your birthday is June 9), or an angel number like $2.22.

Write your intentions (can be “money” or “wealth” or “abundance” or some such) on each of the bay leaves and add them to the jar. You can also use this sigil:

https://www.tumblr.com/poiesismoon/175359089106/wltcher-i-am-being-gifted-money-a-sigil

Add the basil and cinnamon and then fill up the jar with hot water and cover it. Leave it until it cools down, or let it sit overnight.

Strain the liquid into a different jar. Pour it over your head slowly while you’re taking a shower. While you’re pouring, repeat your favorite money mantra. If you don’t know any, you can use this one from the Psalms:

Wealth and riches shall be in her house: and her righteousness endureth for ever.

– Psalm 112:13

…or you can use this one, also from the Psalms:

The queen shall joy in thy strength, O Lord; and in thy salvation how greatly shall she rejoice!

Thou hast given her her heart’s desire, and hast not withholden the request of her lips. Selah.

For thou preventest her with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on her head.

She asked life of thee, and thou gavest it her, even length of days for ever and ever.

Her glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon her.

For thou hast made her most blessed for ever: thou hast made her exceeding glad with thy countenance.

For the queen trusteth in the Lord, and through the mercy of the most High she shall not be moved.

– Psalm 21:1-7

There are many.

This spell can be done in conjunction with any glamour magick spell to amplify its results.

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Spell: Bay leaf and cinnamon boil

I usually do this spell while I’m melting leftover wax to make new candles, but it can be done at any time for any reason.

Ingredients:

  • water
  • 2-4 bay leaves
  • cinnamon stick

Process:

Write your intentions or draw your sigils onto the bay leaves. Add this, the cinnamon, and the $100 bill to a pot of water. If you need your intentions to manifest very quickly, also add ginger or black pepper. You may also add any other herbs that correspond with your intentions.

Set it to boil, and once it’s boiling, lower the flame. Let the mixture boil in an uncovered pot for at least fifteen minutes. Add more water when the pot starts to get low. Occasionally stir clockwise while chanting your intentions.

Either discard the water when you’re done, or keep it for some other purpose. (I wouldn’t drink it, but if you intend to drink it, don’t write anything on the bay leaves. Because you’d be drinking sharpie ink. Don’t do that.)

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Chronicles: A visit from Money and Pleasure

I felt drawn to the basil-cinnamon smudge today. I felt drawn to the Money deity from that course I took with Carolyn last year. Adjua Luna doesn’t mind that. She’s friendly with all deities. Some days ago I bargained with her. Bargained is the wrong word. I “talked back” to her? Regardless, I demanded a small monetary win, just big enough and direct enough to be obvious that it was from her. I got my response in the form of an unexpected $20-ish royalty check.

I’m still not sure how to talk about my money situation. I don’t know if I should actively manifest with my words, or if I should describe what I see. This was a problem when this blog was private, and even more so now that it’s public. Maybe that’s not the point. Maybe money and how I choose to talk about it isn’t the point.

But if it’s not the point, why was I called to burn the basil today? Why was I drawn to her today?

I’ve also burned the last of the Jupiter-Saturn candle. It burned down to the clip, but left a blue and black cliff on one side of the candle holder. I removed the clip and stuck in a vanilla votive, which has melted into an ivory-blue-black melange of colors, scents, and intentions. The complicated dance between expansion (Jupiter energy) and structure (Saturn energy), leaves cliffs and cracks for the softness of the vanilla (feminine energy) to smooth over. This was after I was admonished by the god of Pleasure for ignoring her even for one day. She held a hand against my throat and whispered cruelty into my face as she sometimes does. I only notice her when she’s direct. It was she who wanted the vanilla candle.

So what’s next after a sign and an admonishment but to do the thing I’ve been called to do?