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All About Gemstones by Dan Murphy

All people have known the power of stones in their lives even in the ancient times. They use these stones as talismans and amulets which bring fortune and good positive energy. They also protect them from evil spirits and accidents. Nowadays, many still believe in the power of stones, but people nowadays are more into gemstones which come in different colors and varieties, and each exudes energy which helps you become lucky in your everyday life. Gemstones are not just worn as accessories for women but they also bring positive vibrations which can help you in your life.

Your gemstone might not be similar to your friend or your loved ones gemstone. There is a corresponding stone which will help you block the negative energy that your problem might give you for different problems which you encounter every day. Knowing what the gemstone you need for the day will help you maximize your potential, and for you to have good luck in your life.

Most people incorporate gemstones on the month which they were born. Those who are born in the month of January, garnet and rose quartz are their lucky stones. Amethyst and onyx will bring them good luck for those born in the month of February. For People born in March, bloodstone and aquamarine are for them. Diamond is the lucky gemstone those who are born on April. May, emerald and chrysoprase will bring good vibes to them. Those who were born in June should have pearl and alexandrite. Red colored stone ruby will be best for people whose Birthdays fall on the month of July. Peridot and sardonyx are for August. Those who are born in the month of September, sapphire and lapis are just two of the stones. October, tourmaline and opal are for them. For November, topaz is their gemstones. And December, gemstones are zircon and turquoise.

To expect good luck in your everyday life, you should bring one of your birthstones wherever you will go. For women, you can opt to wear those lucky stones as a piece of jewelry. For men, you can put it in your pocket or in your wallet. You can also put some lucky gemstones in your room or in your office.

But don’t expect that these stones to work everything for you. They do not bring miracles; they are just there to help you catch positive energy in your life. Gemstones will help you attain the positivity and the luck that you need in your life. If you have a positive outlook and you are hard working, combined with your lucky stone, then you will surely succeed and you will get the happiness you always dreamed of.

Gemstones are good luck symbols which you can give to your loved one as a present in any special occasion. To add to the good vibe, which those gemstones provide, you can also give lenda do galo de barcelos to them.

Article Source: NewAgeArticles.com

Understanding Ghosts, Apparitions, Spirits, And Poltergeists by John Culbertson

In the non physical world interacting with our physical world there are ghosts, apparitions, spirits, and poltergeists.

Ghosts are spiritual presences that, through the use of energy, usually take on a physical form to interact with the physical environment. Most ghosts are not evil or bad, rather they are spiritual energies that have a message which they need to get across to someone. Many ghosts do not, in fact, even know they are ghosts and as such simply helping them to understand this is all that is needed for them to move on.

An apparition isn’t really a ghost at all! It’s more like a memory that, because of the intense emotions and circumstances surrounding it, has been locked into time and place. Thus, when you encounter an apparition, interacting with it does little to no good, because nothing is really there except for the memory.

For instance, let us suppose that a man and his wife are having an argument. The man takes out a gun and shoots his wife then turns the gun on himself. Many years later, people start to notice that there is a man with a gun and they hear the shrieking of a woman and this centers around one room of this home. What we have here is not ghosts, but rather apparitions. The memory of the event is firmly trapped in that particular room and when a certain amount of energy or a certain type of energy is present; that energy sets off that memory so that it plays out, like someone accidentally touching the start button on a VCR which starts playing whatever tape is in the machine.

This is sometimes called a residual haunting and the best way to end an apparition is via a good clearing, cleansing, and smudging of the area.

A spirit, unlike a ghost, usually does not take on a physical form, but exists around a person in a purely energetic form which is often only visible to someone with clairvoyance. Most spirits choose to interact with our world, to hang around loved ones, and to check in on us. Sometimes, like a ghost, they may not be aware that they have crossed over. It is usually spirits that a medium connects with.

A poltergeist, a word which means noisy ghost, is most often associated with things that people are truly frightened of. Examples of poltergeist activity include chairs moving or pictures spinning. The thing about poltergeists is that they develop due to all the energy that is in the environment. Most often, we see cases of poltergeist activity in homes that have children who are just entering their teens. All that pent up sexual energy and all the changing hormones produce energy that is often uncontrolled.

Uncontrolled energy is still energy and so what happens is that uncontrolled energy ends up making pictures spin and things move. When these children learn to control their emotions and energy the so called poltergeists stop being active.

The same can be true in any environment which contains a lot of high stress or high sexual energy. When this energy is not properly grounded it can create results here in the physical world.

What this basically means is that for an estimated ninety-five percent of the population that experiences ghosts, apparitions, spirits, and poltergeists, there is no real chance of harm coming to them.

Every now and again, on rare occasions, we do encounter in our physical world something of a darker type of energy that is altogether evil at its very core.These energies usually are not coming from any of the above, but rather are connected to some type of demonic energy that has been allowed into our world. Please understand the following about such energies. These energies, the majority of them, can only hurt people if the people they are preying upon allow them to do so. Likewise, it is not possible for a person to be possessed by such energy unless that particular person meddles with psychic or magickal stuff they don’t understand or they subconsciously want and therefore allow the possession to take place.

Attachments are more common than actual possessions. An attachment is a spiritual energy or entity that is attached to a person and/or vice versa. Attachments can form at almost any time, but are most often seen when a relative that a person was very close to crosses over and neither is ready for the crossing to happen. Understand, not all attachments are bad or negative. They are only considered bad if the attachment ends up interfering in a person’s life of if the attachment attempts to take over or control a person’s life. Thus, just because Aunt Betty wants a person to continue giving money to her children long after she has passed away doesn’t mean that person is obligated to do as they are requested.

There are various methods of ending attachments and dealing with possessions, but the scope of which is to much for this article. Consider reading a good book on psychic self defense for further answers to these topics.

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Article Source: NewAgeArticles.com

The Aura, A Brief Introduction by Ned Robinson

The Aura, also known as the Human Energy Field (HEF), is an energy field that protects our bodies. It is oval, like an egg, and extends 3 to 4 feet further than our physical bodies.

The power that makes our aura begins from within and from without our physical selves. Internally, it is formed through the vibration of our cells which generate a strong current of electromagetic energy that expands outwards, past the barrier of our skin. Externally, the universe creates energy that our bodies collect. The place where our aura connects with the collective energy is not unchanging but is in a continuous stream of give and take. When the aura is strong, our physical, mental as well as spiritual wellbeing is powerful. When the aura is sick or broken, our health is reduced.

Chakras
The interplay between our auras plus the universal energy is also effected by our chakras.

The 7 primary chakras and their location:

• Root – tail of spine
• Sacral – Tan T’ien
• Solar Plexus – navel
• Heart – heart
• Throat – throat/neck
• Third Eye – middle of forehead
• Crown – top of head

The word Chakra means ‘spinning wheels’. As our chakras spin, they also produce energy that interacts directly with our auras. When we are well, our chakras rotate freely, making a plentiful supply of energy. When we are not, our chakras decelerate, no longer giving energy back to ourselves. In acute cases, they may even rotate backwards and actually drain the energy away from us.

History

People have been seeing auras throughout the past. Back in the sixteenth century, the aura was referred to as the astral body. Then, in the eighteenth century, Anton Mesmer, hypothasizeda new theory of animal magnetism. To provide evidence for his theory, he administered a range of scientific experiments, unwavering to show others this phenomenon. His other experiments set out to prove the existance of a fluid-like, physchic ether that reacted to the movements of our astral bodies.

Then, early in the 20th century, Dr. Walter Kilner from St Thomas’ Hospital in London produced a machine to look at auras. He incorporated ultraviolet light to light up a faint cloud around the body. Unforunately, his experiments to utilise the machine as a method to diagnose illness were cut short because of the start of WWI.

Edgar Cayce, who is considered by many for being the “father of holistic medicine,” was also able to see auras. He used this gift when he worked together with his clients. He had learned to understand the aura’s shape, volume and color and what it meant about their physical condition. He dedicated what turned out to be the final year of his life composing the state-of-the-art reference book about auras together with his associate Thomas Sugrue. Sadly, Cayce died before the manuscript could be finished. As a result, instead of an extensive reference book, a twenty page pamplet was published entitled Auras: An Essay on the Meaning of Colors. Luckily, the excellent data in that report makes up for it’s diminutive size. It remains a popular reference guide to this day.

Seeing Auras

Possesing the ability to see and feel auras is an important part of energy healing. For example, I had a patient who was suffering from a persistent cough. She had gone to a health care provider, had an x-ray, but they could not find the reason for the cough. She then came to me for a Reiki session. Around a quarter of an hour into the healing session, I found that her aura had a big gap in it, directly above her chest. I used Reiki to repair the hole in her aura. When I checked up on her a few days later, she happily reported to me that her cough was gone. It has not returned to this day.

It isn’t difficult to learn to see auras. We don’t have to be born with the natural gifts of people like Edgar Cayce. With a little practice, you will be quickly able to see the aura’s first layer that is nearest to the skin. That layer is a faint, blue-gray and it radiates outward only about ½ inch. Then, as you practice and build up your abilities, you will be able to see the complete aura which extends 3-4 feet beyond our body.

I’ve written a free eBook intended to instruct you how to see auras. Click How to See and Feel Your Aura to get your free copy.

Please write to me through my website if you have any questions, comments or suggestions.

Ned Robinson is the creator of ReikiLotus, where he talks about Reiki, Buddhism and other spiritual pathways. He has been an energy healer for more than 10 years and teaches Reiki and Buddh

Article Source: NewAgeArticles.com

Hypnotherapy For The New Age by TarotMeister, CTM

There are numerous stories concerning hypnosis and hypnotherapy being unsafe, turning persons into chickens or other animals, people not having the ability to waken, and dishonest hypnotists exploiting their ‘vulnerable’ patients. On the other hand there are many who are steadfast in their confidence that it has helped them to modify their lives, helping them be successful in their goals. Millions of individuals affirm that hypnosis has benefited them with a lot of issues such as weight loss, smoking cessation, other habits and addictions, confidence, phobias, stress, triumph, IBS, and numerous additional concerns.

Many people are missing out on this effective, safe healing technique because they are scared to employ it. I am in hopes of dispelling their concerns by replying to these everyday inquiries about hypnotherapy.

“Can I be hypnotized?” Nearly everyone is able to go into a hypnotic trance. The only types of persons that can not be hypnotised are:

1. Those who have a psychosis or a thought disorder
2. anyone with a low IQ
3. anyone who does not want to be hypnotized. (It’s very easy to resist hypnosis if you want to.)

“What is a hypnotic trance?” It is an ordinary and relaxed state that nearly everyone of us encounter quite a few times a day. It regularly happens when we are driving. Have you ever driven somewhere and not actually remembered the trip? This also often comes about when you’re perusing a book or watching television. Occasionally you can be so absorbed in the book or television show that you aren’t consciously aware that somebody is speaking to you. Hypnosis is a method of focusing your awareness into an extremely narrow center of attention. The conscious mentality is so powerfully focused that additional influences aren’t being essentially scrutinized by the consciousness. We probably yet hear them, though we are not always attentive. A excellent example of this is once you are in a location where there are quite a few dialogues going on at once. They may well all sound akin to a loud mass of background sound. Nevertheless if somebody in any one of the discussions says your name, you can then focus on that discussion. So…How did you make out that someone uttered your name? Your subconscious mind (which is greatly more potent than your conscious mind) was paying attention to EVERY dialogue AT THE SAME TIME! That is maybe a reason as to why you can “just know” something. Your subconscious on occasion has taken it in while you were at least consciously unaware of it.

“What does hypnosis feel like?” When you are in a hypnotic spell you feel more physically and mentally relaxed. It’s a exceedingly pleasing happening, and you can tell you are notwithstanding in charge. You can heed accurately what is occurring around you, except if you desire to drift your awareness away. You become conscious that you may without difficulty stand up, converse, or move whenever you choose. Scores of persons, when they initially encounter a hypnotic trance, shift their fingers or hands to investigate if they can reposition them when they want to. At times a patient can be somewhat difficult to awaken. This isn’t a sinister occurrence as it has frequently been presented. No person has ever been trapped in a hypnotic stupor. It is more like the subject just “can’t be bothered” to wake up as their “trance” feels so enjoyable. Nonetheless they soon grow to be bored and will awaken reasonably soon. One trick the old hypnosis professionals practice is to notify the subject that they are charging for their time. It’s amazing how quickly the patient then wakes up!

“Is hypnosis dangerous?” A hypnotic trance is really an absolutely natural state that very nearly everyone goes into quite a few times each day. In 1955 the British Medical Association set up an investigation that favourably presented hypnosis as a superior remedial tool. It even suggested that it should be taught at medical schools. hypnotism was also accepted by the American Medical Association’s Council of Mental Health in September of 1958 as a safe and sound exercise with no dangerous side effects. Since then there’s been a stepping up in the formation of hypnosis societies for dentists, psychologists, and doctors. Nobody has ever been hurt by hypnosis.

“Can I be made to do things against my will?” You could never be made to do something contrary to your will or opposed to your value system. If this was in fact feasible, would there not be many criminals studying the skills of hypnosis in order to hypnotize bank managers to opening the vaults and giving over a generous sum of cash?! In a hypnotic trance, you wouldn’t unintentionally disclose your deepest secrets. You are even able to lie when under hypnosis, which is one reason why testimony in hypnosis is not acceptable evidence in a court of law. It is only used by police to help with the investigation. Somebody will just act upon suggestions which work for them in some way or bolster a desired change in behaviour. Anything else will simply be ignored by their subconscious. A good number of people acquire these misconceptions from seeing or hearing about a Stage Hypnosis show. Then again they fundamentally attain their results from showmanship, selection of the more outgoing people, and peer pressure.

“How long will it take before I notice a change? In one sitting, you can anticipate becoming more relaxed than you are right at this point. A large amount of persons don’t relax adequately, and some don’t ever seem to relax at all! Being more relaxed can improve a good number of the mental and corporal troubles that you might have. Hypnotherapists repeatedly have subjects report back to them that other people observed that they seemed to be more relaxed with having merely one sitting. In the past, hypnosis has appreciably helped troubles such as IBS, skin conditions, and addictions, only by using relaxation work. Hypnosis makes your goals a lot more emotionally compelling, and as a result increases your possibilities of lasting change. Depending upon the depth of your sitting and how repeatedly you have worked with your CD, you will make out suggestions for the coveted behavioural adjustments coming into your mind spontaneously.

TarotMeister is a Certified Tarot Master, ordained minister (since 1979) Doctor of Metaphysics, and metaphysical teacher who has made a lifetime study of all the metaphysical, spiritual, and occult arts and sciences. Visit his websites at: http://www.tarotmeister.com, http://tarotmeister100.gotop100.com, and Http://www.metaphysicalclassictexts.com.

Article Source: NewAgeArticles.com

The Astral Body: A User’s Guide by Sarah Enoch Green

Out of the temporary subtle bodies that we have been given for our current incarnation, the astral body is perhaps the one that has caused the most controversy amongst occultists. It is a body that needs our daily care and attention, as it is forever changing and unfortunately for most people, not for the better.

It is the body in which we will spend a considerable part of our post- mortem life, yet not many people are particularly interested in taking care of it properly, mainly because they are unaware of its presence but also because they do not know how interpret the signs that this wonderful body gives us on a daily basis.

The Astral Body is the seat of our emotional life and desire impulses, and for this reason is also called “emotional body”. We have developed this body during our evolution in the animal kingdom, as part of the evolutionary goal of our animal brothers is to strive towards individualization from their Group Soul, through the awareness of their individual needs and emotions.

In humans, where this individualization has already been achieved and is prominently marked, the evolutionary goal is to refine these primal needs and impulses to unselfishness and ultimately to nonexistence. This takes several lifetimes of spiritual work upon the Path of Initiation to achieve, but we only need to know a few key points in order to perfect our astral body and make a big difference to the quality of our lives. In truth, the astral plane as it is now (which is where the astral body operates) is man’s own creation.

As Alice Bailey wrote in her book “Esoteric Healing”: The astral plane has no factual existence, but is an illusory creation of the human family. From now on, however (through the defeat of the forces of evil and the disastrous setback suffered by the Black Lodge), the astral plane will slowly become a dying creation, and in the final period of human history (in the seventh root-race), it will become non-existent”.

This is good news, for we can mould and shape our astral body in any way we choose to; the bad news is that the complete disappearance of this plane is a long way off.

So what is it that is stopping us from moving forward in our Evolution as Beings of Light and what can we do to refine our astral body?
Wouldn’t it be so much better to spend time directly in our mental body upon death and interact with Causal Plane entities instead of slowly shedding our astral counterpart from the illusion and coarseness that we have accumulated during our earthly lives?

There are a few things to keep in mind that will greatly speed up our evolution and make this transition process so much easier.

The quality and intensity of our emotions colour the nature of our astral body and determine its rate of vibration. Most people in fact, by letting their emotions run riot in their lives, do great damage to the astral body that they have been given upon birth, and since it is the vehicle that they will find themselves in after physical death, they will end up inhabiting a weak and crippled Astral Body. Consequently, their transition from the Astral to the Causal Plane will be long and toilsome.

This matter is more serious than most people imagine. Emotions of a low vibratory rate such as anger, envy, fear, guilt and greed for example, coarsen our astral body to the extent that, if we do not struggle to overcome these tendencies whilst in incarnation, we will end up inhabiting the lowest regions of the astral plane because we will not be able to sustain the high vibratory rates of light of the Higher Astral, or otherwise called “The Summerland”. (for more info on the astral body see The Master Plan by MB Cooke)

The emotional body of most people is usually in dire need of healing, whether we are willing to admit it or not. There are certain afflictions that are directly connected with an imbalance in the Astral Body and that are given to us as daily reminders or signs that our Astral Body is weak and that it needs more care and attention from us.

These common complaints are forms of indigestion, nervousness, liver and stomach complaints, frequent nightmares (which tell us a great deal about the lower regions of the astral plane that we visit during our sleep and thus about the vibratory rate and attractor fields of our own astral vehicle). In short, anything related to the solar plexus chakra, the chakra of emotions, as it is the point of connection of the emotional body to the physical and it serves as a transmitter of its energies. The healing path to the Astral Body is through the 3rd chakra (the Solar Plexus), and an emphasis should be placed in governing and healing this chakra throughout our lives.

The other main factor that contributes to the deterioration of our astral body whilst in incarnation is the barbaric practice of the consumption of dead flesh. This was thoroughly explained by Hilarion through Maurice B. Cooke (Threshold: a letter for Michelle, Hilarion, M.B.Cooke):

“The body of the slaughtered animal is fraught with a large amount of fear and desperation, which results in the contamination of its astral counterpart, both of the animal and of the person who ingests its flesh. After years of consuming this astral poison, the astral body of the person starts to deteriorate, due to the toxins ingested from the consumption of astral corpses. Soon the physical body will start to
mirror its astral vehicle and the person becomes unwell, as the astral infirmities are filtered down to the physical.

This causes death at an earlier age than was foreseen for that soul. The rampant rise of colon cancer is directly proportional to the fouling of the colon by eating decayed flesh; the stomach, as said earlier, being the first portal to the Astral Body. If man is what he eats, then eating death in the form of meat brings death itself closer.

The Karma that is generated from slaughtering and inflicting pain upon the helpless Animal Kingdom (which was entrusted to our care to further its evolution through love) is also considerable and should not be disregarded. The day that animals will no longer find a grave in a human stomach will be a day of great enlightenment and evolution for mankind”.

The consumption of alcohol and nicotine is also detrimental for the health of the astral body. As Theosophical literature states, if a man was a heavy smoker, at death he will find himself literally paralysed due to the toxic accumulation of the nicotine in his astral body and it will take some time before he can move his astral limbs.

Needless to say, the dangers derived from the ingestion of alcohol have been amply enumerated by Annie Besant in her pamphlet “The Influence of Alcohol”.

Hilarion has added that this substance has the ability to lodge its toxins in the etheric and astral bodies, causing them to become frayed and weakened over the years. The over indulgence of alcohol causes a tear at the back of the Anja or third eye chakra, which can induce the inhabitants of the lower astral planes to prey upon the energy centers of the person who has thus abused this substance.

The astral body however, has great regenerative powers so long as it is not constantly weakened by the ingestion of astral poison caused by the consumption of fear generated by the animal before it is killed, or by the toxins of nicotine and alcohol. If the person abstains from the ingestion of these substances for a period of nine months, Hilarion says that the astral body is able to restore itself to a near perfect state. These changes gradually will filter down to the physical and become manifest and visible at our third dimensional level.

One can clearly see that the degree of health of our astral (and ultimately physical) body is given by the quality of our thoughts and emotions and by what we ingest. Just by paying attention to the quality of our life we can experience a great improvement in the next.

Sarah Enoch. Green is a spiritual author and a theosophist. At http://www.masterhilarion.com you will find the entire teachings of the Ascended Master Hilarion, Lord of the Fifth Ray, as channeled by Maurice B. Cooke in the world famous Hilarion Series. MasterHilarion.com is the official site of the great 20th century channel Maurice B. Cooke. Visit the website for more information about Hilarion, free downloads, Hilarion ebooks and audiobooks, special offers, limited edition books and workshop

Article Source: NewAgeArticles.com

From The Beginning of Time, People Have Traveled To Sacred Sites by John Bates

Why is it that people engage in a spiritual journey or spiritual retreats? From age-old stone circles and jungle-tangled pyramids to mountaintop shrines and gothic cathedrals, spiritual spots captivate us with a mystical energy. From the start of time spiritual tour has been common. Men and women have gone to sacred sites for cure, encouragement and direction. Typical American physicians may scoff at ideas that water from holy wells can treat diseases or that ancient megaliths can transport messages from the spirit realm, but the thought of mystical sites has been well-known to various societies for hundreds and hundreds of years.

The most ancient well-known pilgrimage spot is Mount Kailash in Tibet, which has long been a sacred travel destination for about 15,000 years. Trudging the 32-mile trail around Kailash can take roughly three days, at altitudes as elevated as 18,000 feet. Buddhists state the ritual circumambulation eliminates the sins of a single life time, and 108 times around Mount Kailash will allow you to make it to Nirvana.

South America’s best known spiritual spot, Machu Picchu, is a mountaintop citadel around 60 miles northwest of Cusco in Peru. One can find several hundred stone structures, constructed on terraces and linked by a maze of stone notches and walkways.

Boosted by the breathtaking natural setting, the mood of Machu Picchu is as mystical and motivating as any cathedral. A few structures, like the Temple of Three Windows, are constructed from large stone blocks that weigh as much as thirty tons and fitted together with no mortar. It is totally amazing to contemplate how such structure could have been done by a so called “primitive” culture, a lot of people believe to be pre-Incan by centuries.

Nowadays you do not need to get out of North America to visit spots renowned for miracles. In Chimayo, New Mexico you can find an adobe chapel where 2,000 devotees gather every Good Friday, and 300,000 travelers are drawn each year. In a little room behind the chapel, referred to as the “Room of Miracles,” is a floor hole by which devotees scoop out sand, believed to contain healing elements. The room’s walls are coated with hundreds of pictures and letters from pilgrims appreciative for the cure they declare, they got.

Sedona, Arizona also has been a spiritual travel destination since ancient years to the current time. Not just the area’s Hopi and Navajo, but people from as far as Central America and Canada traveled there for treatment and learning long before Europeans conquered North America. The site’s spectacularly-shaped red sandstone rocks are believed to give off magical energy in a way due to their high level of magnetic iron.

Sedona was inhabited by natives from the four holy directions: Yavapai from the West, Apache from the East, Athabascans from the North, and the Hopi ancestors from the South. This appears to be the way with a lot of spiritual travel places. They are at first identified as sites of natural earth energy, then, over time, the land is transformed by placing shrines, cathedrals, monoliths, stone circles etc. As centuries passed, as visitors assembled to celebrate or worship at the locations, they put in their own human energies.

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Article Source: NewAgeArticles.com

A question I get asked a lot is “What are the best Tarot card decks?” Well, “best” is a relative term. I don’t really think there is any such thing as “best” but I do agree that there are some decks that are more popular than others and maybe a little easier to understand. In this article, I’m going to briefly review the most popular and probably the most easy to learn Tarot card decks in the world today. Hopefully, after reading this, you’ll have a pretty good idea of what Tarot card deck you will ultimately end up with.

Without a doubt, the most popular and easiest to learn Tarot card deck is the Rider Waite Tarot Deck. This deck was named after the very famous occult scholar, Dr. Arthur Edward Waite. The deck was first created in 1910. He had the designs drawn by a very talented lady by the name of Pamela Coleman Smith. Pamela was a member of the occult society group called the Order of the Golden Dawn.

The deck itself is Read the rest of this entry »

Have you ever walked past a window and thought you saw something just beyond your sight? Something that made you stop and look again, only to discover there was nothing there? This form of divination has connections to crystal ball readings where the reader asks a question, and the seer looks into a ball of glass to find answers to their questions.

It works by scrying, or gazing into the reflective surface, and placing oneself into a trance-like state in order to find images or other signs within the tool. This helps the user define current events, or predict future elements within the life of the reader.

Many cultures have used this divining technique of crystallomancy for several years, although the use is not strictly confined to crystal balls, as water, smoke, glass and even the clouds have proven successful in finding images that are translated into the answers to questions, or receive messages about the future. Read the rest of this entry »

Here is a simple way to make your first ever rune set.
All you will need to do to get started is to get some fairly flat tumblestones polished, you know, the normal ones you can find in many alternative shops. The best stones i can recommend is clear quartz or rose quartz, rose is the preferred one, it is a stone related to love and all things positive. but feel free to take your choice.
For those who want to be more adventurous, why not take a stroll out into the woods or find a tree with a decent size log branch that is about one inch in diameter or maybe a little more, you will need very little tools to make them, a small chisel, a saw, but please be very careful, if you are more skilled then go ahead and burn the symbols into them, but if not leave it to someone in the know how who may be able to help you.
Another idea is, if you buy some dragons blood ink, why not paint the symbols with that? great for keeping away negative energies and cleansing, i think it would be a safer idea.
Some people like to add their own blood, this is not to everyones way of thinking, but if you want to stay really focused, therefore, i will give you an insight into the methodical ritual to go through as you are crafting these runes.

A: Take of the yew tree or the cedar, these are more of the recommended trees i was told to use during the time in my coven, do leave a crystal or a coin and ask permission of the tree to take from it, therefore by leaving something in return, you have given back.

B: Take the wood and dry the branch, gently in a normal temperature environment, or until the wood ins no longer damp, check to make sure.

C: Remove all of the outer bark from the branch, then, making sure that all outer traces of leaves and bark have been removed, place your branch in a vice, just gently or you will break your branch or mark it.
Get a small saw, cut into one 1/3 inch segments, you will need 24 pieces in order to make the futhark runes.

D: Seperate well on a prepared work surface, take a small chisel, but careful to take care of yourself when chiseling out the symbols, dont take the chisel too deep into the wood or you could end up splitting it, but just enough to engrave the surface of each one. Following that, sand the edges down incase there are sharp esges, making sure each piece is smoothed over, then set out.

E: As i have stated, if you do wish to take your own blood and add to dragons blood, you are placing your own DNA into each one, if you dont wish to do this methos, get a fine brush, and gently paint into the engraved areas using dragons blood ink, leave until the following day, if you wish to coat your runes, to protect or seal, then you can use a very light varnish to seal them, one coat only.

F: You will need a medium sized velveteen or cotton pouch for your runes to keep them in, put them in a place where they can be safe, out of the reach of others, as these are personal to you.

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If you dont want the hassle of making your own, just take a look around our shop, you will find an endless supply of runestones, some made from natural living items, i.e. trees, gemstones is a favourite, or if you wish to budget, we do sell glass beaded runes and pouches, there are also many books available, if i havent listed it just ask.