So this is a little off topic but what sort of prayers would a person say over Van Van oil.
Would a person use something like Psalm 119, some people think it is a general purpose Psalm.
Would you pray over it for 7 days or something.
I am thinking of creating some, or trying to.
My ingredients are:
Citronella Essential Oil
Sweet Almond Oil
Rose Essential Oil
Vertiver Essential Oil
Plamarosa Essential Oil
Cut Lemon Grass (dried herb)
I thought I might add some gold flake I have for cake decorating too, instead of Pyrite.
(any problem switching fake gold for real gold)
Now I need a prayer?
I like the idea of Psalm 119 BB
Its a Kabbalah thing, all the old grimoires would tell you that 119 is an all purpose Psalm. However, I think if the imagery of the Psalm works for you, any Pslam can do pretty much anything.
Today was my first day working on my water body. This will be difficult for me. So I did my meditations. I used to do the Cabbalistic Cross, invoking LRP, Middle Pillar, and somethimes a Cabbalistiic Cross at the end. But now that I have started the Primer, I do the witch meditations to get myself acquainted with the tradition. So now I do the daily grounding, then the orb of light, I usually will do a 7 Chakra meditation,
And
because emotions/dreams are hard for me I added a 15 minute guided "meet your emotions" meditation. You know the kind, they ask, where is it in your body, what does it look like, does it have a color, etc. I had to do something because this part of the course is going to suck. I have Complex PTSD and depression. But No Pain No Gain. I guess.
I am a little afraid of recording my dreams too. I have insomnia, so waking up is not the problem, but if I get up and write than there is almost no possibility of going back to sleep. So I will need to get used to being exhausted, or maybe I will extend the week out and do it that way. Also, most of the dreams I remember range from unpleasant to terrifying.
If you have any ideas on these predicaments or recommendations on guided meditations or really just anything at all , please let me know.
I feel you are very tense and wound up like a spring. Try Ariel's Vintage Lecture on Unburdening Yourself
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJyPHLHamqg&t=12s
There are also two of Ariel's meditations yu may find helpful - Healing with the Goddess and also Cauldron of Transformation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ej9WtMQKrO8&t=8s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzsQ4k9B148
We choose our thoughts after all and this is our true magical power. I think you are right about 119 - and it is a wonderful thing to know the psalms are there to help us.
I also had an isue with unpleasant dreams and Ariel advised I look thriough the unpleasant ness and see what was on tthe other side. Whic has worked - I do not know as yet what is on the other side but the unpleasantness has decreasd considerably.
I do hope this helps BBX
Yes it helps. And thank you. I will look at the meditations you posted. I chose a different one for tonight's effort before I read this. It was on meeting my shadow self. I liked it a lot better. I'm no stranger to childhood trauma.
I will look at Ariel's videos too. I like him. Of course he likes Psalms and Angels (heavy into mixed Cabbalah) so I like that but I think it is his voice. Its very reassuring.
Yes, I' d agree - Ariel has a very reassuring voice :)
Last week all the ingredients to make my oil finally arrived, they sort of dripped in, arriving at different times, but they finally arrived and I have being reading Psalm 119 over them. This is my 7th day of reading the whole thing. It takes 15 minutes and my jaw is tired when I am done (I read them out loud) but 7 is a good active number. So now I am going to think about mixing them all together.
Do you think I should go to a different psalm to read to them when I mix them together, or just stick with the sort of all-encompassing, all-around-good Psalm 119.
What is is your objective in doing this?
Just a general, all-around, life enhancement sort of oil, that smells decent.
You are working a little differently than I do. I'm not much for "charging" perfumes. But there's nothing wrong with it either. I would do it the way you feel compelled to. BB
Its not really supposed to be a perfume, although I would like it to smell good too, it is more of just a general good luck oil. I followed the Lucky Mojo recipe.
I actually mixed it today on the Full Moon, (except I am short 14 parts of lemongrass oil, but Amazon is supposed to bring it to me tomorrow) and have been reading your Blessing Psalms to it, (I did a search and through your Traditional Uses of Psalms and found all the ones related to blessings and took the ones I liked).
I don't know if it was a good idea or not. I usually have to do something, then see what I have done, so I can tweak it into being what I want. I am sort of a "hands on" learn from my mistakes kind of spell caster I guess.
Anyway:
As I progress through the course I am seeing more and more of my mistakes. The training has been very valuable to me. The foundation it provides gives me a framework to think about magick in so that I waste less time and effort. I have now started the Beyond the Basics part. Eventually I will get a handle on all this stuff. Thank you for all your help
(is thedcw going to be discontinued, I signed up there but it looks like you are trying to get everything on Facebook, is that correct? Do you prefer that I ask questions on FB?