Crystal of the Week: Snowflake Obsidian – Holistic Experiment

Snowflake Obsidian is a gorgeous jet black colored stone with white or gray snowflake patterns on top of it. In addition to carrying the genetic properties of Obsidian, it’s considered a stone of purity, bringing balance to the body and mind as well as spirit.

This stone makes the user receptive before bringing them to their attention any ingrained pattern of behavior and gently releases emotional blockages. It makes isolation and loneliness empowering and teaches how to surrender in meditation and to value mistakes as well as successes.

Snowflake Obsidian shows the gift in every experience and promotes dispassion and inner centering.

Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual Purposes

On a physical level, Snowflake Obsidian is often used by people who have arthritis, joint pain, hardened arteries, cramps, injuries, pain, bleeding, circulation issues and can warm extremities. This stone can also be used for any issues with the veins and can also be used for detoxification and wound healing.

It can also be used for abdominal pressure, it balances the digestive system and can help with anything that has to do with ears and hearing as well skeletal issues. Snowflake Obsidian promotes a smooth skin.

On an emotional level, this stone can remove not only negative experiences in the environment but also one’s own negative emotions (anger, jealousy, greed, resentment, etc).

It’s often used for releasing “wrong thinking”, stressful mental patterns and fear, promoting compassion and soothing energy.

This stone helps to keep the user centered and focused when any type of chaotic situation presents itself. It removes negativity from a space or person with ease. Snowflake Obsidian draws emotions to the surface and helps examine harmful thought pattern. It’s a soothing stone and it’s often used by people who suffer loneliness and are in dire need of soothing energy.

On a spiritual level, Snowflake Obsidian is used to heal old karmic patterns and to dispel negativity. It’s a wonderful stone for those who are clairaudience and can be used for astral travel. Once you meditate with this stone, you’ll feel calm and centered and it will increase your sensitivity to energy. It’s also used as a protection stone during psychic work, promotes synchronicity, and positive transformation.

It’s often used for healing and releasing energy blockages and has a tendency to work quickly to move truths to the surface to be resolved in a positive manner. It’s often used for issues in the Root, Sacral and Solar Plexus Chakras.

Disclaimer: Crystal of the Week are a spiritual support to healing and are not prescription or healthcare information.

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Dragon – secretsoftheserpent

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I love the symbol of the dragon. The Greeks saw the dragon as enlightenment. The Gauls saw the dragon as sovereignty. The Chinese saw the dragon as good fortune. Christians made the dragon sinister and meddlesome because they were against learning. They made the keeper and bringer of wisdom a heretic. Stay tuned to this blog and you will see that christians did this quite often. Dragon comes from the Greek “draken”, meaning serpent. It is clearly seen in the word edraken, which means to clearly see. So serpent means one who sees clearly. Having clear vision meant you were wise.

The Dragon is a symbol of the four levels of consciousness. There are four levels of consciousness represented by the elements. Earth(body), wind(thoughts or mind), water(emotions) and fire(intellect). The wings of a dragon represent air. The claws represent earth. The scales represent water and the blazing breath represents fire. When you have mastered all elements of consciousness, you release, slay or control the dragon.
Whenever you see a dragon in a story, it has to do with enlightenment. You slay or release the dragon, so now you have mastered your consciousness. Save the girl (which is the feminine side of your brain) from the dragon to reach enlightenment. Slay the dragon that is guarding the treasure and the riches of enlightenment are yours. My favorite is to release or train the dragon by becoming enlightened. When you become enlightened, you are the dragon rider. Anyone who is a student of magic should see why magic and dragons are usually in the same story. I love myth. Really. I can’t get enough of it.

Now that you know what the dragon means in myth, I will give you the occult meaning. In Lemurian Magic I showed you that the Sphinx was created to show exactly when Egypt originated. The Sphinx was the head of a goddess and body of a lion. Showing the time between Virgo and Leo. Later the Patriarchs of Lower Egypt did not like the goddess symbol so they adopted the lion as their logo. Lower Egypt is also the red crown. This is why you see a red lion as a logo for royalty, religions and corporations. Yes the Judah lion is pointing to Egypt. They are showing the people in the know where their loyalties lie.

As I have said before, everything comes out of Egypt. Upper Egypt had the Cobra as their symbol and they also had the white crown. The Cobra refers to the goddess Wadjet. So the Lion refers to Lower Egypt and the Cobra refers to Upper Egypt. When the sides decided to work together out of necessity they combined the lion with the cobra and made the dragon. When you hear about or see a white dragon it is referring to Upper Egypt and the red dragon is Lower Egypt. Same goes for red and white serpents.

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ATMOSPHERE

SIMPLE SALT

Salt is one of the core skills any person engaged in magick especially beginners are encouraged to become familiar with.

Begin to learn when there are various rhythms in your home or many different types of vibrations surrounding you inside your place of peace and relaxation.

That need to go.

Think about who has been in your home lately of their own vibrations they have left behind in your home.

The room you entertained in and the people that occupied it.

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Crystal of the Week: Serpentine

Although it considered a common stone and is often overlooked, Serpentine or New Jade has a strong stone to work with. It is found in places such as New Zealand, China, Afghanistan, South Africa, The United States, and England and it’s associated primarily with the heart chakra.

Serpentine is a useful stone for aiding blockages in any chakras since it clears blocked or stagnant energies and it stimulates the arousal of the Kundalini energies. We’ll be talking more about Kundalini energies later on, so stay tuned!

This stone is known for helping the user understand the spiritual basis of their life and wonderful to help attract or manifest what we want in our lives.

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Sky Events 2017

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Hippocrates – ” Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food”

Herbs as Cleansers:

The disinfectant qualities of certain plants would have been of great importance to humans, and may have been one of the triggers for a recognition of the other medicinal uses of plants. A large number of ancient cultures used herbs and plants in the cleansing rituals and preparation of the dead. Throughout history, the burning of natural substances has been used for cleansing, healing and in spiritual ceremonies and rituals.

Smudging: Shamanic smudging or just ‘smudging’ is an age-old tribal tradition which has been used for centuries for cleansing and to create harmony and peace. There are many different shamanic smudging ceremonies, and different tribes use a variety of herbs for smudging. Smudging was used for centuries by the native people of both North and South America, Europe, the Middle-east, Africa, Asia and the Siberian shamans to open the doors of the soul to the spirit world. In all cultures, the burning of certain herbs and incense was seen as a way of gaining access to the soul and power of the plants for cleansing, purification, protection spiritual, ceremonial and magical use, the banishment of negative energies and creation of sacred space. In modern use, incensing is still used as a symbol of purification and sanctification.

One of the earliest recorded uses of smudging can be traced to ancient Egypt where herbs were burned in religious ceremonies, being mentioned on an inscribed tablet from Giza, Egypt, c. 1,500 BC. The Babylonians also regularly used smudge/incense extensively while offering prayers or divining oracles. It was imported to Israel in the 5th century BC to be used in religious offerings. It spread from there to Greece, Rome and India, where both Hindus and Buddhists still burn it in their rituals and at festivals. The smudging tradition dates back millennia and connects all traditional cultures, from the Native Americans to the Druids, from the Zulus to the Maoris, from Aboriginals to the Mayans, from the Chinese to the Balinese, which have age-old forms of cleansing and blessing rituals. Smudge (Incense) is widely used in Oriental religions (Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, and Taoism) and in the ceremonies of the Anglican, Roman Catholic, and Orthodox churches. Smudging can therefore be seen as a universal spiritual component that runs through and connects all the worlds great cultures and religions throughout time.

Read the entire article at the Source: Herb-Lore (Herbalism).

Crystal of the Week: Obsidian

Obsidian has no crystalline structure and is formed from molten lava that did not have time to form into glass. Often known as a powerful cleanser of psychic smog, it can shield against negativity and was often used as a scrying tool in the past.

As a protective stone, it shields against negativity and absorbs the negative energies from the environment. It is often used to block psychic attacks and negative spiritual influences.

It is often used for spiritual or healing work and it’s a wonderful grounding stone. Obsidian brings clarity to the mind and clears any confusion as well as constricting beliefs, it can also make it absolutely clear in what lies behind any mental distress or disease.

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That Magical Tree {January 2017}

Birch – Beith Ogham letter B … Ruler of the 1st Lunar Month 24th December – 20th January Powers: Purification, A Guardian of New Beginnings, Bringer of Hope,

The Druid tree symbol for the Bards

– ‘The Goddess Tree’ – ‘The Lady of the Woods’, the Birch tree, Betula Pendula is the bringer of promise, light, and new beginnings.

An elegant native of British woods, of all Northern European countries and of North America, the birch is tall, up to sixty or so meters in height, with a slender pale trunk. It grows in clearings, preferring sunlight, but is not fussy about soil and is very hardy although not especially long-lived.
The birch is known as a ‘Pioneer Tree’ – meaning that it can restart the colonization of woodlands after long-term natural disasters.

Its soft green deciduous leaves have serrated edges and are held on thin branches which move and bow in the breeze. Its striking white, peeling bark gives it a faery-like beauty in all its seasons.

As the sap rises in early March, it’s possible to cut the bark, tap the trees and use the sweet liquid collected neat and cold as a water, or as the basis for a birch wine or beer. (Find out how to tap for birch sap in the bushcraft video below).

In early spring the small male flowers develop into long catkins (pictured right) and the female flowers grow into tiny cones (pictured left).

The rest of the article at the Source: That Magical Tree {January 2017}