The Magickal Cottage

I have been having quite a time of it lately! For a while there, a couple of weeks ago, I was having trouble sleeping and would be awakened in the dead of night with my mind racing. It took me a while to realize that it was the time of year plus a Mercury retrograde with some crazy eclipses and solar storms that were doing it to me. I had this feeling of impending doom that something horrible was about to happen! I finally figured that, being a medium, I was picking up on some restless spirits, and they were unhappy ones at that! This time of year is a prime time for the spirits to communicate and that’s what was happening to me. My psychic phone was ringing off the hook! When I finally started setting up extra shields at bedtime and calling in more angels I started to sleep better.

The period around Samhain or All Hallows Eve is a time when the barrier or veil between the dimension we live in and that of spirit becomes thinner or easier to pass through. The time of Beltaine in the spring is also such a time.  People are into the scary, spooky, Ouija board, horror movie mode big time! Combine that with the thinner spiritual veil, and people are just asking for some low energies to start hanging around and maybe causing trouble. There are also some impish, fun-loving entities who may find our parties and costumes attractive. The only time I seem to have orbs show up in photos is around this time of year when I am in costume and having fun. As I wrote about in a previous post, orbs are visual balls of light that indicate spirit presence. By keeping the mood light and fun I don’t think you are in too much danger of attracting something dark and harmful. Personally, I prefer to treat the time of Samhain as a time to honor my ancestors. It is a serious time for lighting a candle and saying some words of thanks for all the ancestors have done to protect and teach throughout the preceding year. I love dress up and trick or treaters coming to the house. I have a little witch who sits on the porch to greet the kiddies and they like to have their pictures taken with her.  And, of course, a real witch answers the door! What could be more fitting? This year we are having a costume party and I know it will be a blast. 

What I would like to recommend at this most spiritual time of year is to go easy on trying to contact spirits willy-nilly. I believe that spirit boards, also called Ouija boards, are a danger in that they open portals that are easy for spirits to pass through uninvited. Sure, you may be trying to contact Aunt Gertrude, but someone else may squeeze through instead. It’s a lot harder to get rid of a spirit than it is to invite them in, and there’s no telling what sort of mayhem they will cause in your life once they have attached themselves to you!

Pagans are generally a friendly group of people who are not into cruelty or harming others. Don’t even get me started on how the whole idea of a “wicked old witch” began! Dwelling on the macabre and cruelty, as a lot of horror movies do, is setting the scene for some scary spirits to come and feed off your fear. I know many people get a rush from seeing these movies and visiting over the top “haunted houses”, but just realize that the energy you give off when you experience that rush is sending up a beacon to some odd energies that you may not want hanging around you.

I don’t want to throw a damper on your Halloween fun! I love this time of year! Just be prepared to set up extra shielding and protection if you go hang around cemeteries. A good witch is always prepared. Oscar the Gargoyle will be watching over my house and yard as he always does.  Good ole’ Oscar!

I wish you the most blessed Samhain! Take time to honor the ancestors and enjoy this time of the thinning of the veil!

Blessings,

Sarina

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Monday Sept. 15 the moon enters its final quarter where we continue to focus on decreasing and removing the blocks and negative energies that may be inhibiting our ability to manifest our goals. Until the new moon in a couple of weeks we will continue this type of work.

On this day I would like to suggest working with the energy of one of the 72 angels of The Tree of Life who rules the days of Sept. 13-17. This angel’s name is Chavakhiah and if you were born on one of these dates, then Chavakhiah is one of your guardian angels. This is a very family oriented angel and with the kids going back to school and our bringing in the harvest for the winter months ahead we are focusing more on family. If you have wishes that center on helping to bring more harmony to your family life, or if you wish to create your own family, then take steps to remove the blocks to manifesting your dreams. Other areas governed by the angel Chavakhiah are: reconciliation, loyalty, appreciation, ability to bring out ancestral wisdom, humanities and social sciences, mediation, peacemaking, inheritance, donations, and sharing of possessions.

I suggest first starting with cleaning the house and doing a thorough cleansing both physically and energetically with smudging, incense, and candle burning. Next take a sea salt bath and see yourself cleansed on all levels. Then visually see your home and your aura filling with white protective light. You don’t want to cleanse your surrounding energy and create a vacuum to attract other unwanted energies, so always set up protection after you cleanse.

Now you are ready to work with Chavakhiah. Go to a quiet place and get comfortable. You might like to light a white candle and burn some incense. Angels love frankincense, myrrh, copal, rose and lavender incense, so those are go-to incenses when working with angels.  Ground and center yourself and take a few deep breaths. Continuing to breathe deeply, close your eyes and chant, “Chavakhiah, Chavakhiah, Chavakhiah”, as you exhale, then add what you would like help removing from your life. For instance, you might say, “Chavakhiah, Chavakhiah, Chavakhiah, please help remove all obstacles to family harmony in my home, in a positive way, harming none. “  Do this several times until you feel you are finished (at least three times). Close by saying, “Thank you, thank you, thank you. And so it is!”Sit in stillness and just be open to any angel messages you might receive for a few minutes. It would be a great idea to do this meditation each day through Sept. 17. You may start to notice signs and messages from Chavakhiah. Don’t be discouraged if things get a little worse in this area of your life at first, the energy to remove obstacles can at first meet with resistance but will eventually clear the way for improvement.

Happy Manifesting!

Blessings,

Sarina

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During the time of the new moon we made our wish list of those things that we most wanted to bring into our lives. As the moon grows larger, until it becomes full, it is waxing and is a good time to “grow” or “increase”. When you apply that idea to the things you want to manifest, the energy of this moon period will nurture and “grow” your wishes. Just think of the new moon as a time when you planted a seed. If you were to walk away and pay no more attention to the seed it might or might not grow. If you really wanted to make sure the seed grew, you would water it and protect it so that your chances of the seed becoming a mature plant would really increase. So it is with manifesting. Nurture your dreams and they are more likely to bloom and grow.

On Tuesday, September 2^nd, 2014 the moon will reach the first quarter of this moon cycle. This is an excellent time to do the following in regards to helping your wishes become reality:

If you choose, light a green or white candle and call upon the angels of the waxing moon.

Take out the wish list you made at the new moon and read it over.

Visualize your wishes one at a time as if they were already there in front of you on a mini movie screen.  As you visualize each manifestation raise your hands in front of you and send energy from your hands to the vision on the movie screen. You are “growing” your wish in this way. Be sure not to stress over a feeling of lack and anxiety at not yet having what you want. You must focus on the sense of joy at seeing that wish happen. Then imagine that you are breathing in the image on the screen and internalizing your wish. Go ahead, take a deep breath and breathe it in! Feel yourself vacuuming the vision right into your chest. You have just internalized the energy of your wish. Do this for each of your ten wishes on your New Moon Manifesting List.

Another technique that you can do, either in addition to or instead of the first technique, is to visualize each wish on the top surface of a glass of drinking water. This is almost like scrying, only you are consciously seeing your vision in the water. Give energy to the water vision with your hands, as in the first technique, and then drink the glass of water. This is also a good way to hydrate yourself! Being hydrated is especially important when you are doing work of a spiritual nature, but you might want to make sure the glasses of water aren’t too big, especially if you have ten wishes.

So there you have it! Give it a try, and see how much faster your wishes come true!

Blessings,

Sarina

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Use the Energy of the Moon to Revitalize Your Life!

The new moon phase is an excellent time to give birth to new ideas and projects. It’s also a great time to write a wish list of those things you would most like to bring into your life. Writing a manifesting wish list, along with creating vision boards can get amazing results. Give it a try! You may be pleasantly surprised at the positive energy you generate to help realize your dreams!

The next new moon manifesting should take place on: August 25 at 7:12 am PDT until August 27 at 2:54 pm PDT (refer to your time zone for your personal time to manifest)

The moon will be in the sign: Virgo

This sign makes it a good time to manifest in the areas of: Physical health/diet/exercise, work/job, efficient organizing, clear discrimination, helpfulness, order.

Set the scene by lighting a silver or dark blue/violet candle and burning some clary sage, lemon balm or honeysuckle incense. Call on Archangel Metatron-the hardworking, industrious, inventive, curious, serious, perfectionist to assist you in your manifesting since he works well with the Virgo energies.

Tips:

• The best time to do your manifesting is within 8 hours after the time given above (not before).
• Wish for no more than 10 things and not less than 2.
• You can rephrase a wish if you wish and count it as another wish (adds more power to that wish).
• You can only wish for yourself since we all have free will.:-)
• Handwrite your list, number each wish and sign your list.
• You can do whatever you like with your list short of throwing it away (examples: reread it every day, sleep with it under your pillow, give it reiki, whatever…)

Note that these are not affirmations (yang), but wishes (yin). Not, “I have lots of money” (present tense – yang);but, “Idesire abundance in my finances”, or “Iwant to easily attract financial abundance.”(being receptive – yin). You can still make positive affirmations anytime you want. Please do!

     Also create a vision board or treasure map!

Resources- There are lots of books on the subject on Amazon.com! And there are a lot of websites that sell software to make vision boards.

Best time to make a vision board: New Moon in Aries (most powerful), or any new moon will do also.

Supplies: Poster board, magazines, pictures, stickers, ribbons, scissors, glue

1. Set the scene with the candles and incense mentioned above for Metatron / Virgo
2. Set your intent to create a vision of joy for your life. You may focus on one theme or more than one theme.
3. Cut out images that cause you to have a strong, positive, emotional reaction.
4. Arrange and glue the images on your poster board in a pleasing design. The board should be something that always elicits a positive and even joyous reaction whenever you see it. You can glue a photo of yourself in the center of the board.
5. Hang your vision board in a place where you will see it often. Do not place it in a place where you feel others may criticize it or cause you to have to feel like you have to defend your board in some way.

Happy Manifesting!

Sarina 

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