Everything Under the Moon

I got over my fear of driving by shielding the living daylights out of my car. I encased it in a ring of candles, put in packets of protective herbs, sensed the whole thing, and washed it with water from Silver Lake. I also put some smokey quartz and black onyx beads around the rear view mirror, and...

I have a friend with an... um, intimate piercing. I'll ask her, she's a practicing witch and I value her opinion. she helps ME thrash things out when I'm befuddled, so... I'll get back to you. Oh, and friends of mine with piercings say that they tend to energize the chakras that the piercing is near...

Well mostly back. I haven't had much time for this blog thanks to wedding planning, some technical work I've had to do, going back and forth to Michigan to visit my grandma (who's now at a nursing home), and relapse. I also failed to get that Sprint internet everywhere thing working, thanks to my la...

Wolf, at risk of closing the barn door after the horsie has fled... chill out. First of all, Shaman here is learning how to choose his battles, and we can't lunge out of the gates fully formed as Athena (and others) have been blessed to have done. Have you ever heard of stratigic retreat? Yes, it's ...

Fireworks at best, dead critter at worst. Just as flexible as human nature, and the nature of the spirit world.

There are few absolutes in this world. Which is why we are so fond of them.

Ferula Sumbul: aka: Possibly Black (true) Spikenard or Muskroot Description of the raw material: fine, dark brown (almost black) smooth fiberous roots in powdered form. Ground, it looks like dutch process coco powder. It doesn't have the red tones that Yohimbe would. Grinds smooth and uniform rathe...

I was describing the seed pod, Hedge. I've never seen the plant. I got this stuff at the Ann Arbor food co-op, if that helps any.

Thank you, T.Guy! I have loved this plant for years, but never had the guts to eat it. The plant even asked me to, but I wimped out. Now I see that the spirit of the plant did not guide me wrong. I have to grow some! (yes, I know it's viciously invasive... I'll think of something...) BTW, invasive h...

Wow, shaman, you did a great job! Thanks!

I too love this book. I find it frustrating because there are parts of it (even the new version) that seem... unfinished. Mine has all kinds of notes and scrawls in the margins, and I would love to expand this book!

Killer exorcism tea; for those really bad "I'm cursed" days Ok, I know some people are going to think this is silly, but sometimes you REALLY need to kick that energy in the arse before you can get it moving. So this is what I do. Some people use many of the same ingredients for a hang-ove...

Hmmm, I thought spikenard had a different botanical name. If it IS spike, then I'm in luck!! :D I'd read somewhere that Ferula was a distant relative to asophetita. I bought some spikenard from my herb supplier, and it smelled NOTHING like the musky stuff I used, nor did it look much like it. The mu...

Ok, I think the safest overall method for this is drumming. Just be sure you keep guardians around to keep you safe. I use a bone knife and stone arrowheads in the four directions to protect my physical body, and a guide to keep me on track. I like Michael Harner's drum recordings, since I have yet ...

I grew up in Las Cruces, New Mexico. I may be as pale as they come, but LOVE spicy food! Most of my friend's grandmothers could make better Mexican food than anything I can get here in Indiana... sigh... Though there are a couple of places that give me... edible paliatives. One place even carries a ...

Well... if you'd charged your puppy with the energies of verve and cuteness just before you took the picture could have done something. But you presumably have that picture sent already. Though, telling your dog what a lucky fellow he is might help. Upping his luck quotient will be good for him, and...