New Worlds of Body, Mind & Spirit Since 1901
Use to select wands/other tools; burn in candle spells; add chips to charms/spells, etc. Alder: water magic, strength, foundations. Apple: love, spirit food, unicorns, beauty, regeneration, eternity. Ash: study, health, enhance magic, peace, re-birth, awakening, Underworld. Aspen: overcoming obstacles, intuition, Otherworld communication. Birch: purification, blessing, health, beginnings, vitality. Blackthorn: control, stimulus, chaos energy, obstacles, friction, challenges, coercion. Elder: cleansing, offering, Fairies, changes, evolution [never burn the wood]. Fir/Pine: prosperity, birth/rebirth, power, nobility, discretion, objectivity. Gorse: opportunity, wisdom, interaction. ...
Cultures worldwide have long incorporated small bags containing herbs, stones, and other sacred items as part of their belief systems, whether to ward off evil, protect them while traveling, or to attract positive elements into their lives. Egyptians carried amulets for protection and included them in their burial rituals. Native Americans wore medicine bags filled with healing herbs as well as protection items. African Americans collected "sticks, stones, roots and bones" inside flannel bags and called them "mojo" or "gris gris" bags, carried for protection, luck in business, or to ward off evil, among so many other uses. Whatever you call these bags—mojo, gris gris, conjuring ...
In my book Something Wicked, I spend a lot of time talking about negative entities such as demons and other creatures that creep into our world and are capable of making our lives a living hell. These creatures thrive on chaos and fear, and we as humans have no problem supplying them with what they need. With the condition of society in many places today, negative entities have an unlimited supply of energy to not only survive, but thrive and prey upon the living. So the question then becomes: what can we do to protect ourselves against these entities that are hell-bound to cause the ruin of humankind? There are many different ways people choose to protect themselves, and depending on ...
Protection magic is always a popular topic in magic circles. Many feel that people who are attuned with the world of magic emit a brighter energetic "shine," and are more visible, and therefore susceptible, to the less beneficial energies and influences in the world. If you are tapped into the current, you are bound to attract some not-so-helpful energies from time to time. Being more open and receptive to the world can sometimes be a difficult thing. The trick is knowing how to protect yourself. Just as in our emotional lives, putting up an impenetrable shield is not really an option. Sure, you're protected, but you're also closed off from all the good things in the world. Emotionally ...
