Magic Monday

[ecosophia]

It's just past midnight, so we can proceed with a new Magic Monday. Ask me anything about occultism and I'll do my best to answer it. With certain exceptions, any question received by midnight Monday Eastern time will get an answer. Please note:  Any question received after then will not get an answer, and in fact will just be deleted. (I've been getting an increasing number of people trying to post after these are closed, so will have to draw a harder line than before.) If you're in a hurry, or suspect you may be the 143,916th person to ask a question, please check out the very rough version 1.0 of The Magic Monday FAQ here. Also: I will not be putting through or answering any more questions about practicing magic around children. I've answered those in simple declarative sentences in the FAQ. If you read the FAQ and don't think your question has been answered, read it again. If that doesn't help, consider remedial reading classes; yes, it really is as simple and straightforward as the FAQ says. 

The picture?  I'm taking a momentary break from chasing down photos of my lineage. Today is the spring equinox here in the northern hemisphere, one of the holy days of the Druid calendar, and this is a photo of the spring equinox sunrise as seen from an ancient stone chamber at South Royalton, Vermont -- one of many astronomically oriented megalithic sites here in New England. The photo's courtesy of New England Antiquities Research Association (NEARA), which was gracious enough to send it around yesterday morning.

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Comments

Strange haunting

[(Anonymous)]

Dear JMG,
I have recently widowed friend who thinks he is being haunted by his deceased mother in law. She always wanted him for her favorite daughter, rather then the one he married. He has been having seductive and even erotic dreams about his despised sister in law. Two last week alone.

So, I got him to make a witch bottle containing nails, his urine and a penny dated this year to delight any future archeologists. That hasn't helped. Is this because the witch is in the afterlife herself?

He is a Christian so I told him to burn frankincense in his bedroom and to pray to the Archangel Michael to banish all hostile forces from his bedroom. If that doesn't do it, I am kind of stumped.

Do you have any ideas on how to proceed and what do you think of this haunting?
Maxine

Re: Strange haunting

[ecosophia]

Hmm -- that's interesting. Your friend might want to put a saucer of vinegar out in the bedroom as well, to chase off attempts by the mother-in-law to affect him.

Re: Strange haunting

[(Anonymous)]

Thanks,
Vinegar it is! How silly of me to forget something so basic.
Maxine

Re: Strange haunting

[(Anonymous)]

He could also try Florida water. That stuff is literally magical and purifies a room in a powerful, but gentle way.

Re: Strange haunting

[(Anonymous)]

It’s my experience that St. Michael always sends help promptly in an emergency, but I’m not sure what all he considers an emergency, other than something life-threatening. So if he doesn’t send help right away, keep trying, use the St. Michael prayer (can be found on the Internet) as well as your own words. Good luck!

—Princess Cutekitten

Re: Strange haunting

[(Anonymous)]

Hi Cute Kitten,
Thanks for that. I think this is less an emergency than simply creeping him out. I hope his prayers and the vinegar will do the trick.
Hugs from Maxine

Re: Strange haunting

[kimberlysteele]

I wrote an article about witch bottles a while back: https://kimberlysteele.dreamwidth.org/57108.html

Now that I re-read it, it certainly comes off a bit harsh. Nevertheless, I think the reasoning is sound: you may have accidentally created an etheric booby trap that ensnared him and possibly you. Nothing dramatic, of course, and nothing to get seriously worked up over. However, I would bury the witch bottle somewhere deep and start over by doing some protective magic for him. Is he on the Ecosophia Prayer list? Has he put up a geometric up by his bed? https://kimberlysteele.dreamwidth.org/26916.html

He should also consider doing a series of discursive meditations on his MIL, his existing emotions toward the "favorite" daughter (it would be very difficult to be completely neutral in such a case, and even hatred or animosity creates its own polarity and friction), and when he is ready, meditations on his widowhood, grief, and his deceased wife. My thoughts are that he can probably solve this gradually and gently via meditation if he is willing to do the everyday work of it.