Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Astral Travel and Divination Enhancement

Today's post will center on helping oneself achieve better Astral Travel and Divinatory experiences. Some of us are born naturally inclined and gifted with a high degree of clairvoyant and medium receptiveness, while some of us need a bit of fine tuning and training. It is believed by many that every human on this planet has untapped potential to harness and use the power to divine the secrets of the unknown in both past and future tense, as well as present moments in time, and to travel beyond one's physical body into realms that only Spirit can go. Astral travel is the ability to leave one's physical body via soul separation and go to places, people, and other spiritual realms that our physical body cannot achieve, to learn about our past, present and future selves and the scenarios which will or have already played out in our physical world. This is often accomplished while asleep, or during deep meditation, it is often called a OBE , or a out of body experience. People have died physically and reported seeing themselves floating above or standing beside their "dead" body , watching the scenery, and then they are jolted back in to their bodies. We have all had the "falling" sensation upon waking up from a heavy sleep and finding we feel like we have ran a marathon or been dropped from a great height, this is your soul bouncing back into your body after it has been out wandering. Some of us have had very vivid dreams where we were somewhere with someone or there was vivid scenery that looks and feel as if you are wide awake and actually experiencing it as like you are in a movie, or watching it from the sidelines, or you are taking part in the actions and watching yourself perform actions and going through events..in a way you are, or you might possibly be finding yourself in the situation at a later time and date in the "real" world that you already live in.  Most of us will not remember very well what we were doing or where we were before we wake up, this is the hard part of Astral Projecting and Dream work. Teaching oneself to have clairvoyant visions and experiences can be done while either awake or asleep, and is a different process. Empaths have the ability to see and feel and experience others emotions and personal vibes, and also energy and vibrations in the atmosphere and in the people and places around them, spiritual mediums have the gift to see, feel, or experience some type of contact with spirits of the deceased and spiritual energies meant to guide them towards a conclusion to a question or situation that needs clearer answers, either about themselves or a person or situation for whom they are asking to be guided towards revealing answers. I created a special oil, made from a partial 300 year old Gypsy recipe, and tweaked it a bit to add in my own ingredients, to aide myself in my own ventures, and I want to share it with you all, This oil is to be kept in a dark bottle, placed into  dark cupboard or drawer or something where it is sealed away from sunlight, sunlight reputedly ruins the oil and its properties, so best to keep it in a dark space. It's purpose is for delving into the dark mysteries of the Veil, and most divination practices are best done at the new Moon and the few days before and after the New Moon. This is a potent oil, I have personally had physical sensations while making the oil itself, and after the oil was steeped properly. It causes the eyes to dilate if applied to the Third Eye area, you may feel light headed or drowsy, and while you are sleeping it creates very strong and vivid dreams, it literally physically and spiritually opens you up to receive clairvoyant and psychic reception.  I strongly advise to not drive or operate heavy machinery or do anything else that requires a focused conscious while working with this oil. If adverse effects such as a rash or swelling or anything remotely allergic occurs while using it on your skin, stick with using it in other external ways. I understand everyone is different and some may or may not have a unwanted reaction to some of the strong herbs used in this recipe.




Solitary Shadow's Divination / Astral Travel Oil.
1 Tps of Dittanny of Crete
1 Tps of Mugwort
1 Tps White Sage
1 Tps of Damaina
1 Tps Wild Lettuce Leaf
1 Tps  each of Lavender, and Jasmine Flower
1 very small High John Root, crushed
1/4 tps each of  White Copal, Dragon's Blood, Frankincense and Myrrh Resins ground fine.


This herbal mixture is to be placed inside a cup and to it will be added 4 oz each of 100% pure olive or almond oils, and this will be gently heated in a  pot of gently boiling water, or in a double boiler for exactly 9 minutes, it must be gently steaming , and all herbs, roots, and resins stirred briskly to ensure it all mixes properly, but do not allow the oil to boil. Set it aside to cool and bottle everything roots, herbs, and all, and allow it to sit for at least 30 days. This is to be made on a New Moon and usage can begin on the next New Moon. If you want to use just the powdered herbs as a incense or addition to charm bags, sleep aide satchets, and spells, it can be used immediately. Makes about 4 tablespoons of powder.   


It will have a strong floral and greenery type scent that lingers for a good while. I left my herbs and resins inside my oil bottle and it will turn a dark brow/green shade over time, this does not affect the use of the oil, however if you want to strain yours that is fine. The oil can be used on your body, on spell papers and candles, inside prepared charm bags, and a drop or two used onto your divination tools. In my experiences, the scent and properties of the oil both opens me up to receive clairvoyant and empathetic messages, whether asleep or awake, as well as attracting spiritual contacts as spiritual entities seem to like both the scent of the oil and herbal preparation. I hope everyone finds this to be a useful and stimulating recipe and I hope everyone that uses it has great experiences like I have. I have to go for now I have tons to do.. **Blessed Be To All** 

Friday, January 10, 2014

Great Developments Are Taking Place!

I am excited and have been in a great mood all week! The Gods and Goddesses and all Higher Powers are surely smiling down on me lately!  I have been busy social media hopping to publishers and advertisers to add my book "The Darkened Path Book 1: The Burden" to their lists,  I have seen wonderfully positive developments for my friend and I am so relieved and happy for him, that is a huge weight off my mind and for his too! Things in my life lately seem to be falling slowly into place on a lot of levels and I am very happy with that. I have made new friends across the world and suddenly have a lot of social support and that makes me feel great inside! So busy I have been , that I have not managed to complete the Better Business spell I posted about over New Years holiday. With all this excitement and buzz floating around me I may not actually need it but I am going to finish it this weekend. Why not add extra rocket fuel? It just might get me boosted to the stratosphere! I am about to publish a new website from webs.com and I will have that done by the weekend and when I get it finished I will post the link for that too!  Inside it will be a showcase of my book, a  small web store for some of my Pagan products I make here in my home, links to my blogs I have here on Google, and snippets of other things. This is going to be a short post, I have tons of other things to do this weekend, so to all my readers, Bright Blessings!

Sunday, January 5, 2014

First Spell of The NewYear.

Hello Everyone and Blessed Be! I hope everyone had a wonderful New Year Holiday? Mine was very exciting and eventful.  I won $20.00 on  a one dollar scratch ticket. Things have moved forward by a giant leap in my personal life as well. I fervently hope things continue to progress in that positive direction on both accounts. I did not get to perform or practice any magical anything on the actual New Moon as I was not at home. So now the New Moon is steadily progressing into the first quarter, and my intention is to do some financial assistance work, I need another full time job really soon, and I am going to file taxes the minute my W-2 arrives. I also need some of these little side jobs of mine to pick up some business and customers. there is another New Moon on January 30th, so we are all going to be blessed with a double time to begin new ventures for this year and make it count! my first spell for this year will be a Better Business Spell. This will be a spell you can place in a red or green charm bag and carry with you, or place it inside a jar and keep it in a stationary position.

Stones you will need:1 each of Citrine, Red Carnelian, Gold Tiger Eye, Malachite, 2 green or gold Lodestones. You may also use many other, green, yellow, brown or red stones that symbolize money growth and prosperity. Clear or yellow Quartz may be substituted as can Jade, green or red  Adventurine, Fools Gold, Cryophase Agate, Red Tiger Eye, Copper pieces, flecks or real gold or silver, or nuggets, Ruby, is a very prized wealth and success drawing stone. Yellow Diamonds can also be used if one can find or has them. Be sure to study the properties of your chosen stones first to ensure they are the right fit for your spell.   

Miscellaneous Items : 1 written spell paper with your name, birthday address and other identifying  information and the name and address of your business. If there are more than one business or work that you do, add every name and address even if you are self employed. This works for emails of business, links and online forms of your business , anything that constitutes a place of business.  1 medium to large red or green drawstring bag, you can sew your own or buy one.  For the stationary spell you can use 1 mason jelly jar or larger pint size. 1 small key charm or a skeleton key. 5-7 Cowrie Shells, $5-7 Dollar Bills, or same amount of other currency, 5-7 real silver or copper coins pennies made before 1983 are pure copper, 2 green 6" candles, or one 7 day green jar candle, sometimes you can find "Better Business" fixed specialty candles those are great too.

Herbal and Root ingredients: 1 tps allspice powder or 5-7 whole berries, 5 bay leaves, 1 tps basil, 1 tps bergamot, 1 tps calendula petals, 1 tps calamus root, 1 string of devil's shoestring, 1tps of five finger grass, 1 tps queen of the meadow root, 1 small high john root,1 whole Lucky Hand Root,  1 small piece of jezebel root, 1 tps of powdered sugar, 1 whole nutmeg or 1 tps powder, 1 tps pure vanilla extract or 1 vanilla bean pod, 1 tps rosemary, a twig sized piece of rose of Jericho flower, 1 tps vertiver root and 1 tps of wintergreen. 1 small clump of Spanish moss.

We will start this spell by placing our two candles side by side of a small dish, or place the 7 day candle behind the dish , onto the dish will go your charm bag or jar.  Inside the bag or jar we will wrap the spell paper with the Spanish Moss and place the clump of Spanish Moss inside the bag, followed in layers by the Stones and Miscellaneous Items, and then covering those items with the Herbal and Root ingredients. For the bag you may place the loose herbs and powders and roots in a organza pouch so they do not spill and leave the Miscellaneous items in the bottom of the bag. For the jar we will layer the items one by one together starting with the spell paper that has been wrapped in the Spanish moss and adding in the Stones and Miscellaneous items and layer the Herbal and Root ingredients on top. Both the jar and bag may now be sprinkled sparingly with your choice of 7 drops of money drawing oils and a fine dusting of powders and magnetic sand for the lodestones and 7 drops of 100 proof grain alcohol.  The magnetic sand feeds the lodestones an the alcohol is meant for spirit libation. Your jar or bag is now ready to be charged and you will anoint your candles with oils and dust them with money drawing powders and then light your candles on either side of your jar and invoke your chosen God, Goddess, or Spirit to bless and favor your endeavor. While your candles are burning they are charging up the bag or jar and the charge is complete when the candles go out. The 6" candles are made for a quick charge and this works fine if you need it in a hurry. If you are using the 7 day candle this will be when the 7th day is done and the candle is burned completely down. 

Place your jar in a safe place in your business where its power and influence can be seen and noticed by you, and your potential customers such as on your desk or near your work stations. Your bag can be tucked in your pockets or carried in your purse or bag while you are out  doing business with clients. Alternately you can set up your jar as a focal point in a altar setting and burn one small candle once a week or keep a 7 day candle burning near it while you are working. The jar and bag are to be opened up  once a week and sprinkled sparingly with more powders, magnetic sand, and the 7 drops of alcohol to feed and give it offerings so that it will continue to work like you need it too. The alcohol also prevents spoilage or molding of the herbal and root ingredients and acts as a preservative.  If by some chance the herbal and root ingredients are found to be growing mold, rot, or spoiling, you have to toss out everything, take your Stones and Miscellaneous items and cleanse them appropriately,  and wait until the next New Moon and start the process again. This is a sign that something is working against your business success and you need to find out what the problem may be. Before attempting to recreate the jar and spell bag again, a cleansing of the business space and yourself to remove negative intentions and vibrations brought on by others and by potential spiritual attacks against you and your success is recommended. If the jar breaks, cracks, shatters or is damaged in some way that no one physically caused this is also a bad sign and needs to be remedied ASAP.  Happy Lucky Business and Blessed Be!!