Magic Monday

[ecosophia]

 As noted on the blog last Wednesday, instead of an "ask me anything" post this week on ecosophia.net, I'll be hosting a "Magic Monday" today. What does that mean? It means "ask me anything about occultism, and I'll post an answer here." Since this Monday is a busy day for a lot of people, being sacred to two popular religions -- Christianity on the one hand, and Consumerism on the other -- if comments trickle in on Tuesday et al., I'm not going to be a stickler for the point. 

That said, have at it! 

***PLEASE NOTE: as of midnight, 26 December 2017, this Magic Monday has packed its tents and gone away. If you have questions you haven't posted yet, please save them for the next Magic Monday on January 1!.***

Comments

Re: Protection against accidental curses

[(Anonymous)]

Ah, of course, I forgot to specify my friend's attitude towards magic.

Both of them are comfortable with things such as creative visualization, candle magic, Wicca-style spellcasting, magical baths, natural magic. They would probably be fine with amulets, but I don't think they have sufficient magical skill to successfully create one. However, neither of them is comfortable working with deities and other spiritual beings, so something like the LBRP is probably out.

Re: Protection against accidental curses

[ecosophia]

Okay, in that case, have them take a black candle, write the words of Jill's curse on the candle with a sharp object, and then light the candle saying, "As this creature of wax dwindles, so will your curse, Jill. When the candle is gone the curse will be gone." (This can be gussied up, turned into a poem or chant, or what have you.) Then burn the candle all the way down to the socket; any leftover wax should be gathered up and put piece by piece into the melted wax of a burning pillar candle, and allowed to burn up. After they do this working, have them take a protective bath, washing down from head to toe -- the old classic hoodoo bath of cold water with salt, vinegar, and a teaspoon of cayenne pepper is good for this. Some of the water should be taken out and thrown on the roots of a strong tree immediately after the bath.

Oh, and the next time Jill says something like that, they should respond at once by saying, "If you make negative predictions like that, the bad things you predict will come to you instead." They should go on to say that Every. Single. Time. she engages in her habit of cursing in their presence, until she gets so sick of hearing it that she stops.

This is not a minor thing. Jill's behavior is one of the things that ordinary people (as distinct from theologians and inquisitors) used to mean when they used the word "witch."