Love is in the Air!

It's Friday, which is ruled by Venus, the planet of love. The color that resonates with Venus is blue. This is a day to be used for the matters of the heart: familial love, true friendship, loyalty etc. It is not to be confused with lust ( that is the color red ), unless that lust is part of the deeper emotion. It is also a good day to appreciate yourself. Love of self comes before any other love can. I don't mean that you put your own desires before those of your loved one's. Just that before you can expect to be loved, you must learn to love you. Unless you can value and love yourself, how can you expect anyone else to?Isn't it much easier to believe a lover when he (or she) says they love you, if you know that you are indeed lovable? Love spells, such as 'make Johnny love me forever' are in my opinion, worthless and not to be indulged in. However, a spell to bring the love that the Universe has planned for you into your life is very valid. As are any efforts to make yourself more lovable.
And now, on to our Herbs for the day:


Brazil Nuts:
Used for fortunate love affairs. Carry one of these wrapped in cloth of blue - it will help True Love find you!

Butterbur:
Used for love divination and to raise one's spirits by increasing sense of hope and faith. Also Called: Bog Rhubarb, Butterdock, Umbrella Plant, Lagwort, Sweet Coltsfoot. Mix a small amount of this with lavender and put in a pouch of blue. Place it in your pillow so dreams of love will find you!

Well, that's it for now, and for those of you who are looking for love, ( and even those who are not):
Know that you are deserving of a healthy, happy love in your life - but you must begin with a healthy relationship with yourself.

Magic on Thursdays

It's Thursday, which is controlled by the planet Jupiter and resonates to the vibrations of the color green. The aspects of the planet are: fast money, finding lost items or people, gambler's luck, etc... So today is a great day for money spells, finding that library book you've misplaced, buying lottery scratch-offs, hearing from a long lost friend, relative or old flame, etc. Any kind of contests or competitions that fall on a Thursday will, with effort from you, go your way. I like to wrap the largest denomination of bill that I have in a nice big Bay leaf and carry it in my wallet. It seems that if I am open to it, money will just seem to find its way to me. It may not be huge money, but it's money I didn't have before!
Well, on to our Herbs for the day:


Basil:
known for it's use in love, exorcism, wealth, sympathy, and protection. Dispels confusion, fears & weakness. Drives off hostile spirits. Associated with Candlemas. Sprinkle an infusion of basil outside of the building where you hope to be employed for luck in a job interview (be careful not to be seen!) or in your business to attract money and success. Wear or carry to aid in attracting money and prosperity. I often put a dab of Basil oil on my money before I go out shopping. When I spend it, I always seem to make more to replace what I spent, or find an outrageously good, unadvertized sale, sometimes just a great rummage sale that has exactly what I didn't know I was looking for, but really needed :)
Also Called: Common Basil, Sweet Basil, St. Josephwort, St. Joseph's Wort, Tulsi, Tulasi, Krishnamul, Kala Tulasi, Witches' Herb, Alabahaca, American Dittany


Bladderwrack:
Known for use for protection, sea spells, wind spells, money, psychic powers, and attracting customers. Wear in a charm for protection during travel, especially when traveling by water. I have never used this herb, but have been told by others who have used it that it works very well as part of a travel charm.
Also Called: Kelp, Seawrack, Kelpware, Black-tang, Cutweed, Sea Oak, Sea Spirit


Well, I think that's all for now - I'm getting an urge to go play with my clay :)
Have a Blessed Day!

Count Your Blessings

Good Morning. It's Wednesday, which is ruled by the planet Mercury, who's color is purple. It's a good day to count your Joys and Blessings by dressing a purple stick candle or votive with anointing oil, burning some incense (I like either Frankincense or Copal, if I have the resins, but any good meditative incense will do), and writing down the things I have to be grateful for (big and little things). Then I meditate on them for a few minutes, then I burn the paper, which releases those joyful energies into the Universe. You can get all formal and Ceremonial with it if you like, but this is kind of a bare bones way to make sure that you are paying attention to the positive, wonderful things going on in your life -and therefor putting out the vibrations that will attract even more positive, wonderful things to you.
And now, your Herbs for the day:


Bay Laurel:
Used for purification, house and business blessing, and clearing confusion. Attracts romance. Place in a dream pillow for sound sleep and to induce prophetic dreams.
Also Called: Bay, Sweet Laurel, Sweet Bay, True Laurel, Lorbeer, Noble Laurel, Baie, Daphne
I like to take a nice whole leaf of dried Bay and, using a felt tip or roller-ball type pen, write the amount of money required for your bills or something you want to buy on it. Then add the phrase (or just the initials) Thy Will not My Will, or 'Be it for the Higher good', or some other 'escape clause'. Then visualize yourself having the thing or paying the bill. Then burn the Bay Leaf to release and draw that energy to you. Just remember the bigger or more important thing visualized, sometimes the longer it takes to manifest and during that time you must continue to behave as though it were a done deal!

Beet:
Love. Beet juice can be used as ink for love magic or as a substitute for blood in spells and rituals. As an ink for love spells I have found this to work rather well, but nothing, in my opinion, is as strong as your own blood for empowering a spell or ritual (unless you are using sex magic - and I'll leave it up to your imagination as to what works best for that!~).

Belladonna:
Healing & forgetting past loves. Provides protection when placed in a secret place in the home. Place on a ritual altar to honor the deities and add energy to rituals. **Note: Deadly poison, do not ingest or use on skin!!!* This is serious, guys. If you handle this herb(fresh or dried) wash hands thoroughly and wipe down with alcohol or discard any utensil used just to be safe!!
Also Called: Banewort, Deadly Nightshade, Sorcerer's Berry, Witch's Berry, Death's Herb, Devil's Cherries, Divale, Dwale, Dwaleberry, Dwayberry, Fair Lady, Great Morel, Naughty Man's Cherries

Please remember to post in the comment section of this Blog about Authors, Books/Movies you have found to be inspirational.

That's it for now. Remember:

If you change the way you look at things,
The things you look at change!

Herbs and More

Here are the Herbs for the day:


Allspice:
Money, luck, healing, obtaining treasure. Provides added determination and energy to any spells and charms. Burn crushed allspice to attract luck and money. Use in herbal baths for healing.
Also Called: Jamaica Pepper I like to keep a small pan of water with a tablespoon or two of this on the stove - it's especially great when 3 Bay Leaves are added. In the winter time it's a great smell first thing in from the cold outside as well! Use with Eucalyptus leaves and/or Menthol for stuffy heads. Put on a larger pan of boiling water and grab a towel and make a steam tent.

Azalea:
Happiness, light heartedness, gaiety, first love. Note: Poisonous, do not consume. ** This is serious! No teas, tisanes or even balms made of this stuff!**

Banana:
Fertility, potency, and prosperity - I get it-phallic shape = male potency (look out little blue pill!)

And that's all for the Herbs today. Let's move on to other things.
If you were paying attention a few days ago, (and judging by the response, not many of you were), I had posted a topic for discussion. The topic was Ouija Boards. That is still open for comments, but I'd also like to begin a new topic. The new topic is :
Inspirational Authors and Books
Just go to the comment area and list 1 or 2 authors or books that you have found to be inspirational (not just informative, although that's good too), and a little blurb about what you found to be valuable about the book or author in general. For starters - not only because it was excellent but also because it's so recently on most of our minds, let's just assume that the book and movie THE SECRET is already on the list. Let's build a Must Read list that is filled with titles and authors that are Spiritually Uplifting and Inspirational. Movies can be included as well.
I'd like to start the list with a movie I saw with Fred and Sandy a couple of years ago (Jeez - has it been that long?) It is called Where the Bleep Are We? I don't remember the author/producer. But it was a captivating movie about the vibrational aspects in the Universe and how to tap into them for success, love, etc. in our lives.
If you find that someone else has listed your book/author, go ahead and mention it again, with your own take/opinion of it. This could end up being a lively, spirited discussion that has the potential to help all of us along our Paths, so please get involved by going to the comment link and posting your book/movie, etc. Read what others have posted at the same time, you might find something you haven't come across before.Later on, after we get several books up, I will add some links to purchase these books at a good price.

Well, that's all for this morning. have a Blessed day and remember:

When the vibrations you put out say "I need Money, I need Love, I need...(fill in the blank), What the Universe responds to is NEED - and that's what is attracted to you - the NEED and nothing else!!!

For LOEC Members (and all of Mel's friends)

Yesterday was declared Mel's Day by LOEC and we met at the Wolf Street property to celebrate Mel's Day. These are the pictures I took - now don't forget, I have previously admitted to being a lousy photographer~!