Comfort and Calm Balm: Send Your Worries Away

If you, like most of us, find yourself worrying more than usual, try this comfort creating blend:

Sandalwood, lavender and vanilla create a deeply relaxing blend with a warm and soothing scent.  Here is what you need to conjure up a deeply relaxing blend that will bring great serenity. 

6 tablespoons almond oil
2 tablespoons jojoba oil
10 drops sandalwood essential oil
1 drops lavender essential oil
5 drops vamilla essential oil 

Mix the oils together in a tightly capped blue or brown bottle. Shake well  and pour a bit into the palm of your hand to warm before using. Rub it lightly onto your shoulder and neck as well as your temples and wrists. Sit comfortably and breathe deeply with your eyes closed. Chant aloud:

Remove from me all worry.

Remove all stress in a hurry.

No more will I lack sleep.

No more will I weep.

Tranquility and calm, come to me now.

With harm to none, so mote it be.

Heal Your Anxiety Balm: Chamomile Calm

No doubt about it, we live in anxious times. Here's something you can do about it:

Pour 4 ounces of  almond, sesame or any unscented base oil into a blue bottle. Now add 4 drops of chamomile, and 2 drops of rose, preferably Turkish rose. Shake together. gently.   Take a candle, preferably in asoothing lavendar scent, and anoint it with the potion. Light the candle and chant aloud:

By my own hand, I made this balm.

This divine essence contains my calm.

By my own will, I made this charm;

This precious potion protects from all harm.

With harm to none and health to all.

Blessed be.

Anoint your pulse points –your wrists, throat, and heart, behind the ear lobes and behind the knees – with the unguent and bask in a sea of calm.

For reducing anxiety, or if you need a quick pick-me-up, these essential oils are also excellent:

Frankincense-marjoram-hyssop

Neroli (Orange Blosson) – Jasmine- nutmeg

Lemon-rose-lime—valerian

Mandarin-ylang-ylang

Stones That Soothe and Heal

If you suffer from stress-induced symptoms, try calming crystals:

 

Lapis Lazuli has been used to treat headaches for millennia. My dear friend Abby suffers from migraines and cluster headaches. I gave Abby some earrings with lovely blue lapis settings to help her with this chronic condition, and she has reported great success. These headaches can have many causes and triggers; my beloved amber essence oil was one until we figured that out! The main causes are stress, anxiety, and various food triggers. Oddly enough, amber in crystal form alleviated Abby’s heinous headaches, seemingly absorbing the negative energy. Amethyst and turquoise are also good for this. Several stones are good for stomach illness; citrine and moonstone create calm, in this case, that stops the stomach unrest from signaling the brain to have a headache.

The Right Ring Can Change Your Life: Crystal Magic

Did you know the right combination of crystal and how you wear it can change your life?

Your index fingers are indicators of achievement, and wearing the proper gem on that finger can really aid you in striving for your dreams. For wisdom, wear lapis lazuli. For greater love of yourself and others, try pearl, moonstone, or garnet. For success, wear carnelian. For a quiet mind and greater calm, wear sodalite chrysocolla, or turquoise.

Your middle fingers are about ideas and insight as well as intuition; the left hand represents the receiving of ideas, and the right hand represents action and achievement in your life. Wear stones on the middle finger only when you want to get a lot of psychic input from the world around you. For greater sensitivity and creativity, wear amethyst. To awaken your inner and outer beauty, wear ruby. To access your higher good and know your life purpose, wear sapphire or quartz crystal.

The ring finger is about creativity, and, of course, the ring finger on the left hand is your love center and a direct connection to your heart. For deep and loyal ties of love, wear diamond. To express your love, wear moonstone. To inspire creativity, wear emerald. To meet creativity goals, wear tiger’s-eye or cat’s-eye. For practicality in your work and art, wear turquoise. For service to your community and the world, wear opal. For serenity both within and without, wear ruby.

Pinkie fingers represent change. The right gem on your little finger can help you find and pursue new opportunities and change the direction of your whole life. This is a lot of power in one little ring! For better organizational habits, wear pearl. For unwinding and simplifying, wear turquoise. To bring new energy and new prospects, wear aventurine.

Seeking Serenity Spell:

We live in the age of anxiety. 


There is so much stress, bad news and soul-crushing chaos, it is hard to know how to get through each day. But here’s the thing; ancient wisdom is  the best way to approach to deal with modern troubles.

 Try the following tried and true rite. Take a piece of plain white paper, palo santo incense  blue candles, paper and a blue pen and have it at the ready. Palo santo literally means “holy wood” and it is a tree that grows in South America and is similar to cedar and copal. It is wonderfully grounding and also clears energy, including tension and disquiet.

Anytime you feel the need, light the candles and palo santo and  speak aloud the following affirmation spell:

             Begone  from me, worry and woe!

            I have the strength  to break free and the wisdom to know.

            As I breathe this sacred smoke, my calm will  grow.

            I call upon my inner guide to help me take it slow.

            My Serenity and tranquility will overflow.

With harm to none, blessings to all.

Repeat this three times while the candle burns. Inhale deeply ten times, Pass the pen and paper through sweet-smelling smoke of the palo santo. Now, Embrace your intuition and trust it with all your heart and write down what comes into your mind with the blue pen.  You may even feel tingling at the top of your head, which is a very good sign. Knowing the your inner truth from your soul guidance will  show you the way through stress-inducing times, Let go of anything that really doesn’t matter to you and your loved ones, Use the words of wisdom that came through as a guide for your life to sustain you through the stress and strain.

Summoning the Muses: Spell for Inspiration

Whenever you embark on a new life phase, a creative project, or personal ritual, you are further awakening to your destiny. 

The nine muses, daughters of Memory and rulers of creative endeavors, can help you find your true path. Here is a “field guide” to the muses to help you determine which one you should invoke for aid.

•   Calliope, “The Fair Voiced,” is the eldest of the muses and presides over epic poetry.

•   Clio, “The Proclaimer,” is the muse of history. She carries a scroll of knowledge.

•   Erato, “The Lovely,” has domain over the poetics of love and mimicry. She carries a lyre.

•   Euterpe, “The Giver of Pleasure,” plays a flute. Her sphere of influence is music.

•   Melpomene, “The Songstress,” wears the mask of tragedy, over which she presides.

•   Polyhymnia, “She of Many Hymns,” is the muse of sacred poetry. She wears a veil.

•   Terpsichore, “The Whirler,” had dominion over dance.

•   Thalia, “The Festive,” wears the mask of comedy.

•   Urania, “The Heavenly,” presides over both astronomy and astrology.

In truth, you can call upon any god or goddess with whom you feel a deep connection, but the muses can guide you to personal inventiveness. They will help you sing the song of you and express yourself through poetry, art, dance, theater, academia, music, communication—any way in which you need to reveal unseen and unknown sides of yourself.

Place an offering to your chosen muse on your altar or shrine—perhaps a verse of poetry or a drawing—that shows your gratitude and appreciation for all you have received and will continue to receive as inspiration from your muse.

The Goddess, in all her glorious incarnations, is the supreme creative force and brings all into being. Long before the birth of Christianity, people worshipped the Goddess who represents fertility, rebirth, wisdom, and life. Decide which muse you want to work with and chant aloud:

O [name of muse], wise and true,

I will walk with thee in the Elysian Fields and back.

Anoint me here and now.

Thanks to you, inspiration I will never lack.

Sacred Summertime: Mobile Altars

Outdoor altars are usually of a temporary nature and are all the more lovely for it—the beach is a wonderful place to set up a one-day altar on driftwood with seaweed and shells.

There, unless the beach is too crowded, you can commune with the water deities and seek your deepest reaches of spirit. Forest, farm, and meadow offer earth and sky and the sanctity of nature in which to build your altar.

In Athens during the classical period, the lane leading to the temple dedicated to the god Dionysus was called the Avenue of Tripods because it was lined with small tripod altars; this was a holy road indeed. Tripod originates in the Greek word meaning “three footed,” and these altars functioned as the sites of offerings. At Delphi, the revered oracular center, the Pythoness and her sisters prophesied from the sacred seat of power, a tripod.

 A three-footed altar is more practical for outdoor use than a regular four-legged table because it is stable on uneven ground. For your outdoor rituals, therefore, it’s best to acquire a tripod that will provide a steady surface for your ritual work performed out in the holy realm of Nature. During this season of sun and heat, the fullness of life and growth can be celebrated with colors of yellow, green, and red. As you travel on vacation, bring back shells and stones and create an altar devoted to this season of joy.