Hello JMG and thank you for this opportunity to ask questions.
Is there any danger from consuming elderflower cordial made from Elderflowers collected in a graveyard? The Elder tree was growing out of the middle of a broken 1800s tomb. In your Encyclopedia of Natural Magic I read that Elder is a source of magical protection and that Elder branches were placed near graves to keep the corpse from being inhabited by an evil spirit. But is there a danger of being inhabited by an evil spirit if you drink the cordial, which has gone through a process involving boiling water, lemons and vitamin C? I ask because since May/June last year my 25yo daughter has been suffering from self hatred, not wanting to be seen by people and has said that she just wants "the old me back" and I don't know what started this off. I'm grasping at straws here. I have done planetary charity to Mercury (with her permission) but she wouldn't wear a red amulet or consider doing the hoodoo bath. My divination on the question came up The Hierophant, The Devil and The Empress (from a full deck not just the Trumps)
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Graveyard influence
Date: 2023-04-24 06:22 am (UTC)Is there any danger from consuming elderflower cordial made from Elderflowers collected in a graveyard? The Elder tree was growing out of the middle of a broken 1800s tomb.
In your Encyclopedia of Natural Magic I read that Elder is a source of magical protection and that Elder branches were placed near graves to keep the corpse from being inhabited by an evil spirit. But is there a danger of being inhabited by an evil spirit if you drink the cordial, which has gone through a process involving boiling water, lemons and vitamin C?
I ask because since May/June last year my 25yo daughter has been suffering from self hatred, not wanting to be seen by people and has said that she just wants "the old me back" and I don't know what started this off. I'm grasping at straws here.
I have done planetary charity to Mercury (with her permission) but she wouldn't wear a red amulet or consider doing the hoodoo bath. My divination on the question came up The Hierophant, The Devil and The Empress (from a full deck not just the Trumps)
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