Natural Magick Co-op: June 2013

Saturday, June 8, 2013

Magick by Type: Voudou and HooDoo

Voudou and hoodo Magick
are a rich and powerful set of traditions that have mingled with Western Occult traditions especially in the Southern US. Strictly speaking, Voudou, Louisiana Voodoo or Haitian Vodun are distinct from Hoodoo, which is also called Conjure or simply Rootwork. Hoodoo is more syncretized with Christian faiths, and is primarily a tradition of magick and spellwork. Voudou is an organized religious system in a family of African diaspora religions which are practiced primarily in Western African countries and the Western Hemisphere.

In the American South, and in New Orleans in particular, these religious traditions brought directly from West Africa and indirectly from Caribbean nations, especially Haiti, blended with Christian faiths and practices of French occultists and Native American spirituality into a rich gumbo of spirituality and magick. The African style of conjure magick must have seemed very logical and familiar to kitchen witch style spellworkers from or descended from ancestors from Western Europe, and subsequently many Hoodoo and Voodoo ingredients and formulas became next to indispensable in the Natural Magickian's herb closet.

Oils

Black Cat oil

High John the Conqueror oil

Van Van oil

Incenses

High John the Conqueror incense

Mojo Kits

Major Mojo mojo kit

(All the mojo kits)

Candles
Black Cat candles
High John the Conqueror candles
Van Van candles

Botanicals

Beth Root

Cinquefoil

Devil’s Claw

High John the Conqueror

Job’s Tears

Lucky Hand

Tonka Bean

Miscellaneous Mojo

Deity oils

Magick by Intentions: Success and Personal Power Magick

Success and Personal Power Magick are done as an expression of the right of each of us to achieve our Will in this World. It is the view of the Western Tradition that the individual has not just the right to self-actualization, but that society as a whole is served best by each of us striving to become our Higher selves. At the self-serving extremes this can lead to callous capitalism, but at its best it can create a universal respect for all people.

Success formulations will almost always employ the powers of Jupiter, Sun and Fire. They should smell rich and full and satisfying, and make you feel bold and confident.

Short List: Success oil, Power oil, High John the Conqueror oil, Power incense, Major Mojo mojo kit, Success candles, Success mojo kit

Oils

High John the Conqueror oil

Incenses

High John the Conqueror incense

Bath Magick

Witch Power bath herbs

Room Sprays

Aura Doctor room spray

Mojo Kits

Major Mojo mojo kit

Prosperity mojo kit

Success mojo kit

Candles
Dragon's Blood candles
High John the Conqueror candles
Success candles
Botanicals

High John the Conqueror

Mountain Laurel Beans

Deity oils

Chango oil
Zeus oil

Spirit Guide Oils

Lion oil
Wands

Friday, June 7, 2013

Magick by Type: Sabbat Magick

Sabbat Magick is devotional magick done for the eight NeoPagan holidays of the year: the Solstices, The Equinoxes, and the Cross-Quarter Days that are in between the Solstices and Equinoxes. While pre-Christian Pagans observed some but not all of these holidays depending on the region and tradition, modern Pagans have codified the Eight Sabbats into a cohesive system that honors and celebrates the beginnings and peaks of each of the four seasons. This roots the modern NeoPagan tradition into solidly Nature-based spirituality, no matter how fancy our altars and robes may be, or how climate-controlled and indoors our ceremonies are! For a full article on the meanings and traditions of each of the eight Sabbats, check out my article on Natural Magick Shop Sabbat oils here.

Short List: Sabbat oils set of eight, Sabbat incenses set of eight

Oils

Sabbat oils set of eight

Incenses

Sabbat incenses set ofeight

Brews and Teas

Aphrodite’s Beltane brew

Yule Mulling spice

Magick by Intention: Purification

Purification AND CLEANSING Magick is done as a matter of course, and also to prepare a person, place or thing for higher purpose magick to come. We have all come into contaminants, whether garden soil, industrial pollutants, disease or energetic "slime" which must be washed away for us to feel comfortable.

Purification magick will often take advantage of Water or Fire Element, and Sun, Mercury, and Moon Planetary energies.

Short List: Purification oil, Purification incense, Sunshine Fresh Housecleaning incense, Copal Blanco, Frankincense, Smudge stick, Ritual Purification bath herbs, Purification room spray

Oils

Incenses

Sunshine FreshHousecleaning incense

Bath Magick

Ritual Purification bath herbs

Room Sprays

Purification room spray

Miscellaneous Mojo

Florida Water

Deity oils

Saint Michael oil

Magick by Intention: Protection

Protection Magick, judging by the index of Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magickal Herbs (as I do on regular occasion), shows Protection to be THE biggest magickal concern by the sheer number of plants that have been wielded to defend Self, children, kin, home, property, beasts, crops, and the wide open landscape.

Where once we sought protection from beasts and the crueler aspects of Nature, we now more often seek protection from other humans, from the ravages of war and from the criminal element of our civilized lives. Ingredients of many protection potions will mostly draw from the Elemental power of Fire and Earth, and from the Sun and Mars Planetary power. Many will have a strong, pungent scent and tend to activate the mind and awareness of our surroundings.

Short List: Dragons Blood oil, Protection oil, Protection incense, Dragons Blood resin, Protection bath herbs, Protection mojo kit, Protection candles, Aura Doctor room spray, St. Michael oil, Archangel Michael oil, Bear oil, Wolf oil

Oils

Dragons Blood oil

High John the Conqueror oil

Incenses

High John the Conqueror incense

Red Sandalwood chips
Red Sandalwood powder

Bath Magick

Protection bath herbs

Mojo Kits

Major Mojo mojo kit

Protection mojo kit

Candles
Dragon's Blood candles
High John the Conqueror candles
Protection candles
Room Sprays

Aura Doctor room spray

Spell Kits

Spell to Protect Your Home

Spell to Protect Your Car

Kids’ Spell to Drive Monsters from a Closet

Pillows

Bogey Bye Bye dream pillow

Botanicals

Buckeyes

Cinquefoil

High John the Conqueror

Deity oils

Spirit Guide Oils

Photo yoinked from http://the-wolfs.webs.com/atruewolffamilypack.htm

Thursday, June 6, 2013

Magick by Type: Planetary Magick

Planetary Magick is a solar system sized body of magick which informs the largest part of the Western Tradition of Occult and Natural Magick. Like the Four (or Five) Elements, or the Phases of the Moon, or any other system, Planetary Magick is a way to divide, categorize and organize any power, ability or attribute. In this case a system was initiated by the ancient Sumerian people, who observing the sky day and night, were able to identify seven heavenly bodies that moved in rhythms different from the Stars, which rotate in unison.

These "Fixed Stars" or planets were correlated to seven gods and goddesses. These deities "ruled" the seven planets, now known to us as Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Sun, Venus, Mercury, and Moon. The Sumerians called them by the names of their gods, the Phoenicians by theirs, the Greeks and Romans by yet another set of names, yet, the functions of these deities, and the powers assigned to the Planets has remained essentially the same. The presence of a Planetary tier of correspondence is what I propose to be signature to the Western Tradition of Occult and Natural Magick.

Most practically important to the modern practitioner is that the Seven Planets have contributed one of the most widespread conventions of civilized life: the seven day week. Every day of the week, governed by its ruling Planet, indicates the most favorable day for any goal the Magickian has in mind. Please refer to my article, Planetary Magick, Ancient Magick of Time and the Music of the Spheres, or any other well composed treatise to guide you in years or a lifetime of exploration of the Planets. The Planetary days of the week, along with the phases of the Moon govern the creation of all Natural Magick Shop potions and products, from the planting of seeds to the harvesting to the grinding of incense or the dropping of drops of essential oils.

Short List: Planetary Oil package of Seven, Planetary Incense package of Seven

Oils

Planetary oil package of 7½ oz bottles

Planetary oil package of 71/8 oz bottles

Incenses

Planetary incense package of 7 ½ oz vials

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Magick by Type: Occult Magick

Occult Magick is a type of magick that could be defined (I'm giving it a stab at least!) as the sorts of magick that arose from and were developed and explored by secret societies. The word "Occult" means "hidden," and the reason for the secrecy was (and sometimes and some places most certainly still is!) that the Practitioners were practicing their art in the context of cultures that considered all magick to be, by definition, Evil. The occult magickians of the Masons, Rosicrucians, Knights Templar, and their spiritual progeny, the Golden Dawn, and modern day O.T.O. at times despise these unfair prejudices, and at times enjoy their notoriety immensely!

Occult magick is firmly rooted in the Western Tradition (arguably it is the foundation of it) and it also accepts tributaries of Egyptian and Kabbalistic magickal traditions. As a member of the Western Tradition, it shares with Natural Magick the employment of the Elemental and Planetary tiers of correspondence. Aside from "natural magick," occult magick will include more magick of entirely human construct or seemingly so, or "revealed" systems like Enochian magick, and the systems of angels and demons such as in the Lesser Key of Solomon.

Short List: Abramelin oil, Jewish Holy oil, Sorcery oil, Temple oil, Abramelin incense, Babalon oil, Solomon oil, Baphomet oil

Oils

Incenses

Bath Magick

Witch Power bath herbs

Mojo Kits

Defense Against the Dark Arts mojo kit

Major Mojo mojo kit

Deity oils

Anubis oil

Spirit Guide Oils

Magick by Intention: Money, Employment and Prosperity Magick

Money, Employment and Prosperity Magick together are a very large body of magick and material! It might be that the first magick property attributed to a plant was prosperity, because what else could the successful harvest of barley be? Working with the soil, with the seed that gives the bountiful crop, building our cities and granaries from the ground up could all be seen as a worshipful reverence for the Earth, and acknowledgement of our complete dependence on Her.

Any Prosperity magick potion or working will begin with an Earth Elemental basis. The gas giant Planet Jupiter, with its color like a gold coin, is the lead Planet, especially for matters involving growth and expansion. Water is also used, as we speak of "cash flow." Fire has it's place in Money magick, since there are aspects of power in wealth, and the lovely Planet Venus is a secondary Planet for profit, especially in job and employment formulations, which combine prosperity ingredients with ones for seduction. Venus and Jupiter are both in agreement about The Finer Things and The Good Life!

Short List: Good Job oil, Money oil, Jupiter oil, Prosperity oil, Prosperity incense, Money bath herbs, Good Job mojo kit, Money mojo kit, Prosperity mojo kit, Good Job candles, Money candles, Prosperity room spray, Spell for Money, Spell to Find a Job with Integrity, Ganesha oil

Oils

Incenses

Bath Magick

Candles
Good Job candles
Money candles
Mojo Kits
Good Job mojo kit

Money mojo kit

Prosperity mojo kit

Room Sprays

Prosperity room spray

Spell Kits

Spell for Money

Spell to Find a Job withIntegrity

Botanicals

Buckeyes

Cinquefoil

High John the Conqueror

Lucky Hand

Nutmegs

Deity oils

Spirit Guide Oils

Bee oil

Ghobe oil

Photo by MAClarke21

Magick by Type: Moon Magick

Moon Magick is a worship in it's own rite! Or a means to any end. What could be more magickal than the rise of a big Full Moon? As we learned to count the days of its cycle, the Moon is probably the first math teacher to humanity, and it taught us to make the first correspondences with a heavenly body: the affect of the phases of the Moon is easy to see in women's fertility cycles and in the tides of the Seas. From this very clear instruction, we were able to then get the idea to correlate the less obvious movements and affects of the other "Fixed Stars," or Planets. The Magick of the Moon, and its phases is actually a part of the Magick of the Planets.

The Moon plays a huge part of the Natural Magick process. As the heavenly body closest to the Earth, whatever is going on with the Moon has a much bigger affect on Earthy affairs than the more remote Planets, with the exception of the Sun, whose massive size and gravity, and radiation of energy, make it the most powerful Celestial Ruler. Moon's influence is a gentling of the harsher elements of space: without the Moon, we would not have regular seasons, a stable North and South Pole, and therefor tectonic plate movements and geothermal activity would probably be too violent to support life on Earth, and meteors of devastating size would pelt the Earth mercilessly. Is that enough reason to dance under the Full Moon? We owe a lot to our beloved Luna!

Just as any sort of magick can be divided into either of the four Elements, or into the powers of the seven Planets, so can all sorts of magicks be given to the rulership of the phases of the Moon. The New Moon brings any magick of freshness, beginning and newness, the Waxing Moon is for building on our projects, the Full Moon is the highest power and potency for magicks of fullness and achievement, the Waning Moon aids and magick of minimizing, reduction, making things go away, release. The Dark Moon is the mystery, a time for introspective work, or alternatively, any magick that is secretive or woeful in nature. Banishings and exorcisms also benefit from the Dark Face of Luna.

Oils

Dark Moon oil

Full Moon oil

New Moon oil

Moon Phases set of threeoils

Moon oil

Incenses

Full Moon incense

(Does anybody see a need for Dark Moon and New Moon incenses?)

Bath Magick

(Does anybody see a need for Dark Moon and New Moon baths?)

Brews and Teas

Deity oils

Spirit Guide Oils

Owl oil

Wolf oil

Magick by Intentions: Meditation, Wisdom and Mental Power

Meditation, wisdom and Mental Power magicks are done as an end to their own, but all magick done to discipline the mind and seek the guidance of our Higher Powers also recursively strengthens our magickal abilities.

The mind responds readily to certain scents which help bring about a meditative state, or a more active state conducive to memory and learning. Monks learned how to grind incense for these different effects, and temples and sanctuaries across the world became the go-to manufactury for incenses, perfumes, and other fragrant aids to mental discipline, prayer and self-improvement.

Short List: Meditation oil, Mental Power oil, Serenity incense, Study incense, Temple incense, Wisdom mojo kit, Wizard Vision smoke blend, Buddha oil, Wisdom mojo kit

Oils

Incenses