Category: Magical Defense

Hera

11/19/2018

Greetings folks. I hope the day is treating you well. For those of you who celebrate Thanksgiving, good luck to you where the week's processions are concerned.

Today's post surrounding the empowerment of women is a bit darker, and a bit less serene in its way. I'm here to talk some about a Goddess who was repeatedly wronged, as she essentially became the gold standard of fighting to keep her husband despite his rather numerous iniquities. For those of us who are aware of Grecian stories, Zeus' unwillingness to keep his bits in his toga is a rather well-understood point. As such, I am here to speak of Hera.

Hera's husband tended to mess around rather frequently, to the point where she was consistently driven into a rage as a result. Zeus did a fair bit to earn her ire, but through all of this she remained loyal to him, punishing his lovers but always serving him fairly and faithfully despite his many acts against her. Hera is essentially a goddess of monogamy, marriage, fidelitous love, and righteous jealousy, being willing to fight tooth and nail against other lovers and the spawn of those illegitimate liasons.

Thus, if you're in a position where you must fight for your husband or boyfriend, seeking to defend your relationship since outside forces, Hera can be invoked and brought to bear in a meaningful way. If you find that someone's interested in taking your man, call out her name and bring that influence into play such that she might help you to convince him to stay AND incline your rival to take her leave.

To invoke her wrathful form against those who would enroach on your relationship or marriage, lay out a bed of cumin, place upon it a candle and then light in Hera's honor. Say the following words of prayer:

"Hera, great goddess so famed,
Help me to hold onto my claim.
Another seeks to steal my spouse,
Bringing strife and discord into my house.
Render (name of your partner) obedient unto me,
And from this parasite (the name of your competitor) set us free."

Burn a photograph of your enemy in the flame. Then, fold up your partner's image, bind it in red string, and burn the ends of that string in the candle lit in Hera's honor. Carry it in your bra until your competitor has been dealt with.

Hera will, if so inclined, handle this matter for you.

Do note, if she does not do so, then you must understand that she did not see your hold on the man in question as valid. If this happens, then you've been given a clear sign to move on. This will inform your interactions with him going forward and give you the opportunity to leave behind that which does not serve you.

Regards and luck,
-SE

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Endurance

9/18/2014

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I spend a great deal of time watching people. I find it interesting to observe their behaviors because it affords me the ability to better understand what makes people tick. In turn, I get to figure myself out and better grasp how magical things work.

That people-watching habit of mine has come in handy over the years. Now is one such time, as I've come to notice that as a general rule, people are having a great deal of trouble, emotionally and otherwise. Things are happening that are making folks very unhappy, with no concrete or happy end in sight. I've found myself giving the advice "endure this, as it'll pass" time and time again over the past few weeks.

And that's the long and short of it: "This too shall pass". Pluto's movements have been wreaking havoc in people's lives. We've seen it before, with Mercury's retrogrades causing communication problems or Mars causing folks to fight, but for some reason Pluto is so much worse....so much stronger. Observing this and feeling the strain has caused me to come to some interesting realizations, to be sure.

This post is partly to share those realizations, partly to offer comfort, and also to offer advice and services to those in need.

Pluto is something like Saturn's shadow, astrologically speaking. It speaks of the deep mind, of the Jungian Shadow, of constraint and barriers, and perhaps more importantly of our breaking points. Where Saturn shows us how far we can go before we are pained, Pluto illustrates where our "Rock Bottom" is. It shows us that we are human, confronts us with our mortality, and threatens to do us and everyone else around us in. It contributes to the breaking down of connections with others with a sort of fiery, hellish glee, and it ensures that we feel alone. Its spirits take from you until you feel like there's nothing left, and if you let its essence do so, it will consume you. Only the strong and endurant survive and get forged anew. Those that persist find themselves with a better grasp of their faculties, having been hardened, toughened, and sharpened by the brush with "the Void".

With that in mind, the positive end is that this retrograde is coming to a close on 9/22. After that, give it a week or so and things should normalize.

For those of you who are magically inclined and thus skilled enough to do the work on your own, I suggest that you work to reclaim what was lost and focus on reaping the rewards due on account of having gotten through this. You can use the following sigil to do so:

For those of you who lack the ability to do magic on your own or wish to complement your own work with the assistance of an accomplished sorcerer, I am offering a bit of magic. I call it the "Mark of the Bold", and it is a bit of spellwork that I have created as a result of my years of practice and study.

The Mark is a rite that embeds energy and intention into your sphere, your energy field, and your very being. Its not unlike a spiritual tattoo, and its purpose is to set you apart from the rest. Its partially a glamour and partially a blessing, and the goal and intention thereof is to effectively make you special. The purpose is to make you look and act the part of one who is successful and able to walk his or her own path in as victorius and triumphant a manner as possible.

I will be offering this at the price of 150$ until the 27th of September. After that date, it will be available as a one-off working at a much higher cost. I would suggest jumping on this opportunity if this sounds like something you can use. You can purchase the working below.

Best of luck and warm regards,

SE

*Note: Special discontinued on 9/27/2014*

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Magical Grids

5/31/2014

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I've realized I've been a bit lax in sharing pertinent ideas and practices here, over the past few months, so I thought it time to post a bit. With that in mind, I've been contemplating & experimenting with the idea of using magical grids, mandalas, and so forth when doing work for quite some time now. The idea first struck me many years ago, and I lazily pursued it at the time, only to have my interest rekindled by Gordon over at Rune Soup when he talked about Sigil Shoaling. This pattern of pursuing the idea, then losing sight of it, then pursuing it again has repeated on and on for many years now, and so I am making a conscious effort to put it into practice once again.

As I do so, I am finding that several things happen. Firstly, the vibrational feel of the working picks up considerably. Secondly, this causes results to manifest more quickly. And thirdly, it just feels right; something clicks into place and suddenly the individual workings that felt very much alive to start rapidly develops palpable depth and breadth. The workings begin to dance with each other, develop their own music, and then go on to live as if they're villagers that have shuffled out into the world.

Incidentally, since I started doing this, I now get asked if I'm a musician every other day or so. I love and adore music, but lack the aptitude to create it outside of the creation of sung or whispered charms and such.

Getting back to it, grids, as I'll call them here, can be crafted and shaped in any number of ways with whatever materials you so choose. You can use numerology, sacred geometry, aesthetic balance, elemental associations, astrological meanings, tarot cards, playing cards, bones, runes, psephoi, colors, and so on and so forth until you've built up a truly impressive and massive magical grid (how's that for a tongue twister, eh?).

Above is one such grid that I use in my home alongside other workings. When inclined to do so, I often elect to branch out from what you see above and connect this grid to smaller gridded workings like you see below.

The possibilities, potentialities, and arrangements are pretty much limitless in theory. In reality, they are limited by space and materials. In my case, I limit the size of the workings to 2 altar tops' worth for the sake of not making too much of a mess. :)

When setting up such a system, its useful to take the intention, available materials, and available space into account. Don't go above and beyond what you can feasibly control, lest it bite you on the rear end at a later date.

I suggest starting small, first by considering the numerical value you want to utilize. I am partial to letter-based systems of divination a la psephoi (aka the Greek Alphabet Oracle) and the runic Futharks, planetary, and elemental magic, so I tend to arrange grids around those ideas.

If I were to make a fire-related grid for spiritual illumination, I would utilize the numbers 3 and 7, as they strike me as being active and relatively fiery in nature. I'd utilize 7 different types of materials, be they sigils (Fire symbols from various books, the tattva for fire, picture of a salamander), oils (Fire From Heaven, Bend Over, Commanding), vegetebilia (Cinquefoil, ash, Blessed Thistle, Devil's Claw) mineralia (obsidian, glass, tempered metal, or fire agate), candles (red, orange, jet blue), charms (against Evil Eye, dragon pendant, all seeing eye), animalia (lawfully and humanely harvested bones, sinew, misc. viscera from salamanders, geckos, fire-bellied toads, coyotes, rattlesnakes, vultures, scorpions, mountain lions), uttered or written prayers, energy work, and so forth. I tend to use whatever is available to me - you may or may not have certain limitations, so use whatever you're comfortable with.

Were I to utilize Lunar magic, I'd do the same thing with the numbers 5 and 8. For Jupiter work, I'd use 4 and 7, and so on and so forth, mixing and matching to my heart's content.

With any luck, this post will have provided you with plenty of ideas for magical workings that you could do in the future.

Enjoy your Saturday, folks!

SE

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Protection Work

3/3/2014

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Over the years, I've encountered a lot of different, strange occurrences. They've more or less become the norm for me, and as a result, I've discovered that its incredibly important to keep up with both protective and purificative work to ensure that I stay in ship shape - you can't be very helpful if you're under attack, as your focus is shifted elsewhere.

Protective magical work takes many forms, can be done in a nearly infinite number of ways, and is more or less effective depending on what's going on. Some workings provide a bigger safety blanket, whereas others only work on small things. The jury's out on what's the most effective, as bigger workings don't usually get that specific - I find that they usually have small cracks that stuff can get through, as you're only as well protected as you are specific.

With that in mind, I thought I'd write up an article on various means of protecting oneself, including rituals, prayers, an incense blend, and some generalized insight.

These are the most common forms of protective magic that I am aware of:

Prayers
Sigils
Runes/Bind Runes
Incense blends
Crystals
Witch bottles
Apotropaic statues
Candle magic
Talismans

In this thread, I'll be discussing sigils, prayers, and an incense blend that can be used to do different things. My goal is to provide you with building blocks, and It'll be up to you to weave your own system from there.

To start, one of the simplest things you can do is to create a sigil for your intended purpose, inscribe it onto a talisman, and then carry said talisman. The use of the physical object will naturally ground your magical work in the physical realm, thereby making it considerably more effective here.

You can formulate sigils however you like. Some prefer to use an alphabet of desire, others use runes, alchemical symbols, or other drawings, and others just doodle whatever feels right to them. No one method is the best - its just a matter of what works for you.

As an example, here's a general protection symbol:

If you decide that you want to get more specific, here's a fiscal protection symbol:

As you can see from the above symbols, they are relatively simple and uncomplicated at first glance. Trying to break them down and make sense of what each individual component means, however, will take you a fair deal of time to accomplish.

Once comfortable with the above two, you can venture in to working with and managing the energies of something like this hypersigil:

Make no mistake, the above is not for general use and would probably be rather harmful for anyone who tried to utilize it without understanding exactly what it means. The point in showing this, however, is to cause folks to understand that there are many different levels of magical work one can do. Some of it is simple enough, and other workings are far more intensive.

The more complex a mechanism is, the more energy it takes to power it - its simple physics, taken to a metaphysical level.

Once you've got your base sigil in hand, your next task is to consecrate it. This can be done in any number of ways, but prayer and incense are the most common.

Prayers can take many forms. Some are brief and concise, whereas others are terribly grandiloquent and long. You could utilize the Orphic Hymns for an appropriate spirit, or you could simply write your God, Goddess, spirit, etc/whatever a letter asking for assistance while providing an offering. It is, again, up to you.

One such prayer commonly used by Christians is St. Patrick's Breastplate, which is about 1600 years old (according to some sources). It's as follows:

"I bind unto myself today the power of God to hold and lead, His eye to watch, His might to stay, His ear to hearken to my need: the wisdom of my God to teach, His hand to guide, His shield to ward; the Word of God to give me speech, His heavenly host to be my guard.

Christ be with me, Christ within me, Christ behind me,
Christ before me, Christ beside me, Christ to win me,
Christ to comfort me and restore me, Christ beneath me,
Christ above me, Christ in the hearts of all that love me,
Christ in the mouth of friend and stranger.

I bind unto myself the Name, the strong Name of the Trinity, by invocation of the same, the Three in One, and One in Three, of Whom all nature hath creation; Eternal Father, Spirit, Word: praise to the Lord of my salvation, salvation is of Christ the Lord. Amen.

I bind myself to God's power to guide me, God's might to uphold me, God's wisdom to teach me, God's Eye to watch over me, God's Ear to hear me, God's way to lie before me, God's shield to shelter me, God's host to secure me...Against the snares of demons, against the seductions of vices, against the lusts of nature, against everyone who meditates injury to me, whether far or near, few or many."

Another common prayer is Psalm 91:

"The one who lives under the protection of the Most High
dwells in the shadow of the Almighty.

I will say[a] to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust.”
He Himself will deliver you from the hunter’s net,
from the destructive plague.
He will cover you with His feathers;
you will take refuge under His wings.
His faithfulness will be a protective shield.
You will not fear the terror of the night,
the arrow that flies by day,
the plague that stalks in darkness,
or the pestilence that ravages at noon.
Though a thousand fall at your side
and ten thousand at your right hand,
the pestilence will not reach you.
You will only see it with your eyes
and witness the punishment of the wicked.

Because you have made the Lord—my refuge,
the Most High—your dwelling place,
no harm will come to you;
no plague will come near your tent.
For He will give His angels orders concerning you,
to protect you in all your ways.
They will support you with their hands
so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
You will tread on the lion and the cobra;
you will trample the young lion and the serpent.

Because he is lovingly devoted to Me,
I will deliver him;
I will protect him because he knows My name.
When he calls out to Me, I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble.
I will rescue him and give him honor.
I will satisfy him with a long life
and show him My salvation."

If you're not Christian or Jewish, and would prefer to use something that doesn't invoke the Judeo-Christian god's name, you could just as easily use another prayer instead.

For example, a common one for Muslims is from Abu Dawud 2/89:

In Arabic (transliterated):
"Allaahumma 'innaa naj'aluka fee nuhoorihim wa na'oothu bika min shuroorihim."

Translated to English:
"O Allah, we ask You to restrain them by their necks and we seek refuge in You from their evil."

If you are from a Hindu or Tibetan Buddhist sect, you could use the mantras for a specific Bodhisattva or deity depending on who or what you follow. I frequently use the following blurb of my own creation during my work:

"Maa Ji, I ask for your compassion and aid in this, my time of need. I find myself surrounded by foes who seek to do me harm and my weapons are not sufficient.

Lend me your aid and trample my foes. Cut the heads off the wicked, as you did Brahma and suck the life out of these demons!

Om Kalike Shakti Hum"

In following with my own gnosis, after offering such a prayer, I almost always follow with physical offerings to attract the attention, aid, and favor of the spirit in question.

This is where incense, oils, perfumes, candles, and so forth come in. To stick to the script, so to speak, this is one of the blends I use as an offering and protective incense:

1 part dragon's blood (daemonorops or dracaena/calamus genii- do not use croton!)
1/2 part benzoin
1 part lavender flowers
1 part copal
1/4 part rue
1/4 part asafoetida
2 parts rose petals

Use a mortar and pestle to grind up each part until you've achieved your desired consistency. When done, you're welcome to add a couple of drops of rose absolute to really oomph up the mixture, but that's not necessary.

This mixture is meant to be burned on a charcoal disc like the 3 Kings brand - this can be found in your local metaphysical shop or online with a bit of searching.

Feel free to experiment and branch out as you feel inclined to do so. Be careful and consider the properties of the herbs and resins used so that you don't include something that can be used against you. Myrrh, for example, is a wonderful substance when used properly - if you load intention into it, it tends to work for you, but if you don't, it can be twisted and used against you by someone who knows how to do so.

Now you've got the basic tools necessary to craft your own protective workings. Mix them up and experiment. Should you require further advice, you're welcome to hit me up and ask away.

Regards,

SE

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