May I please submit three entries for:
Of Spells and String - Weavemaster
I found the inspiration for this on Pinterest so i decided to have a go. I cannot take credit for the woven circle.(I was wandering around the crafty boom boom section of Kmart here in Aus⌠as you do and I found them on clearance⌠so I was like yupsies yes please i know exactly what I want to do with youâŚ) Ok so weaving the pentagram made my brain have to work harder than I expected it to have to do lol. I donât know how many times I stopped and drew a pentagram in the air with my finger for something very simple my brain seemed to short circuit and there was a lot of ummm-ing going on. But we got there in the end. Weâve hung it in the hallway by the front door.
Meditation Magick â Magickal Meditator
I have been really trying to practice my mediation techniques. So I have been bit by bit buying myself a few guided meditation cds. I have heaps saved on my Spotify playlist but I just wasnât really connecting with any. So far with these I have learnt about the Earth Star Chakra and Soul Star Chakra. Mind blown. I am trying to make time once a week to find the time to meditate or just have some mindfulness. The more I do it the easier and more natural it seems to be becoming. So I am getting there slowly but surely.
A Healthy Dose of Crystals â Crystal Healer
I do have to end on a little bit of a sad note. Friday last week, so the 17th I had to say goodbye to Miles. My companion of 13 years. I had a day where I just knew he wasnât very well. This all started on Thursday the 9th - The only good thing about me being home in isolation with covid was I was home with my animals. That day I saw him have a funny turn. After consultation with the âcome to the house vetâ we think he had a mini stroke. So we ran a whole set of bloods. His heart was good, his kidneys were good, his liver was good. Whatever it was it was in his brain. So the vet prescribed him some anti-fitting medication. Then it was, see how he goes with that, then of heâs no better it might be off to the neurologist and an MRI to see what is causing it.
He was supposed to stay in isolation away from my other cats so I could get a wee wee sample. He hates being cooped up in one room. He loved stomping around the house. I kept him in the spare room for one night. He wasnât eating, he wasnât drinking, he wasnât going to the toilet. I managed to get 2 of his doses of medication into him -
Iâm sure many of my fellow coven members that have been owned by a pussy cat that trying to give a cat medication when they are too smart to eat it disguised in food is hard. I knew he hated me at that point so I decided to let him out of isolation on the Friday morning. I know it was against what the vet wanted - but he wasnât happy, I couldnât keep him like that. First thing he did when I let him out was he went and had a big drink. So I thought all was good until he decided that he hated me that much as mum and I were bringing in the shopping - he ran out the front door. Normally he asks to come back in after 10 minutes. This time he didnât.
I called and called and called. The winter weather has been horrible, so cold, miserable and so much rain⌠Friday, nothing, Saturday, nothing, Sunday, nothing, Monday, nothing, Tuesday, nothing, prayed to the full moon and Bast to please protect him and bring him home - even if I have to say goodbye - please bring him home, Wednesday, nothing, Thursday I come home from work mum said âthereâs someone on your bedâ he came home. He was so ill. He was skin and bones and so cold. I wrapped him up in bundles of blankets and sat with him in front of the heater. He wouldnât eat all the different things I tried, I couldnât get him to drink. Thursday night he slept on my bed, wrapped in his blankie under my arm, he purred all night long. We rushed him up to our usual vet the next Friday morning. As I was explaining the whole story the vet simply just asked⌠have you decided to euthanize him? I burst into tears and said yes please. Heâs suffering. So Miles went to sleep, crossed the rainbow bridge.
Bast and the Moon Goddess answered my prayer and my boy came home so I could help him and say goodbye. I get his ashes back tomorrow, so Monday. So for my entry into healing with crystals I would like to share my Rose Quartz and Chevron Amethyst angels that I bought just for Miles. For peace and love. This is where his urn will sit when he comes home tomorrow.
I was questioning every choice I made, letting him out of isolation, he ran away and came home worse than when he left, did I do the right thing by putting him to sleep? Should I have tried harder? The night I put the angels by his photo he came to me in my dreams and he looked healthy and he was purring. I think he was trying to tell me he was ok.
I was originally going to just share my little growing collection of the crystals that I am obsessing over at the moment: Amethyst, Chevron Amethyst, Lepidolite, Rose Quartz, Rhodonite, Kunzite and Rhodochrosite.
Amethyst - Dispels fears, soothes rage, eases the grieving process, provides clarity and balance. Amethyst balances out highs and lows, promoting emotional centering. It dispels anger, rage, fear and anxiety. Alleviating sadness and grief, it supports coming to terms with loss.
Source: âThe Power of Crystals: Your Guide to 101 Crystalsâ and âThe Crystal Bibleâ by Judy Hall
Kunzite - It boosts your sensuality, and can also help you to overcome resentment or a feeling of loss in any relationship break-up. Itâs high vibrational energy encourages letting go of fears and sorrows that prevent you from moving on, and for accepting the here and now. Kunzite enhances free expression of feelings, healing the mind amd heart, and allows you to be receptive to new gifts and opportunities in love.
Source: âThe Crystal Directory: 100 Crystals for Positive Manifestationâ by Sarah Bartlett
Lepidolite - Helps to stabilise mood and relieve stress and worry, assists with sleep disturbances. Believed to calm the mind and remove negativity, Lepidolite isba greatbstine for restoring self-value. A stone of acceptance and trust, it provides the wearer with a sense that they can let of of the past and move into a new phase or new beginning in their life.
Source: âThe Power of Crystals: Your Guide to 101 Crystalsâ and âThe Crystal Directory: 100 Crystals for Positive Manifestationâ by Sarah Bartlett
Rhodochrosite- Encourages feelings of love and acceptance, improves self-esteem, alleviats heartache, brings comfort and positivity. Rhodochrosite emanates one of the most tender and loving energies of any stone, soothing the heart and comforting the soul.
Source: âThe Power of Crystals: Your Guide to 101 Crystalsâ and âThe Crystal Directory: 100 Crystals for Positive Manifestationâ by Sarah Bartlett
Rhodonite- Helps heal the heart after a relationship break-up; promotes feelings of unconditional love and acceptance; encourages altruism, passion and purpose; supoorts personal change and transition. Rhodonite is highly recognised as an emotional healer and for acceptance of oneâs own emotional state. It grounds stabilizes and brings self-confidence in all love relationships.
Source: âThe Power of Crystals: Your Guide to 101 Crystalsâ and âThe Crystal Directory: 100 Crystals for Positive Manifestationâ by Sarah Bartlett
Rose Quartz - Provides support after loss or trauma of any kind, facilities the expression of anger in a safe way, softens the pain of grieving; helps with all personal healing and releasing stress. Rose Quartz is the stone of unconditional love and infinite peace. It is the most important crystal for the heart and heart chakra, teaching the essence of pure love. It purifies and opens the heart at all levels, and brings deep inner healing and self-love.
Source: âThe Power of Crystals: Your Guide to 101 Crystalsâ and âThe Crystal Bibleâ by Judy Hall