My Book of Shadows

I've been working on my Book of Shadows for several years now. I first found the book, as soon as I saw it I new it was meant to be my Book of Shadows. I've actually have worked on a few books.

I have my first Book of Shadows which I began right after I dedicated my self. It was a gardening book which had nice page decorations of the seasons. I still have it and it was wonderful working on it. I also have an internet Book of Shadows composed of printed material I found on the web.

But this is my favorite, it is truly special, as you can see. Each letter has been hand picked and carefully crafted. So far I have the title page as seen in the picture. The Books protection spell, and a couple of pages which are still in the drafting stages.

I have 300 pages in the book and so I have taken the time to draft an outline of the chapters and material I wish to cover in my book. I want to focus on goddesses around the world and Santeria/Orishas, herbs and crystals.

Last night I picked it up for the first time after a full year. It seems that just around the winter time I find the need to work on my book. Not sure why, maybe its because the sun is the farthest from the earth and I can get in tune with the moons energy. Im an Aries so I think that the sun being a male energy and Aries being a male energy might have some influence in me, dont know just a thought.

My four year old helped me glue some decorations, he was so exited. I explained to him that one day this book would be his. Wow, isn't that amazing.

On a Blue Moon

It was a summer night on a blue moon (the second full moon in a month, happens every two to three years. It is said that a blue moon has more power then a regular full moon.)

I was told by a Babalao (an African priest I see) that I should make an offering to Ochun (the goddess of the river) as she takes care of me. Because he knows there aren’t a lot of rivers in LA he sent me to the ocean as all rivers end in the ocean.

I planned it all out, and invited one of my best friend, who is a Christian but has an open mind. I told her to shower before we went and to wear white. We both did that. We planned to drive to Arizona that weekend to have a personal reading with the Babalao, so we drove from LA to San Diego. Stopped on a beach near there.

As we got out of the car and began to walk, I remembered I left my offering (white flowers). I turned back, while my best friend slowed down. As I walked back my friend was about 30 feet ahead of me. As I looked down the path way I saw a lady looking onto the sand the ocean being in from of me, she was looking to the side into the darkness. I remember thinking “what is she looking at, is her family there?”

As I came up to the place where she was at, something inside told me to look, because I had forgotten Well, there was no lady there instead there was a sign with the name of the beach. At that moment I called out my friends name and told her “I just saw a lady standing there”, she turned and said “no way, I did too.”

We told each other what we saw, a lady with long hair in dark blue or black dressing a skirt or long dress.

We went ahead and did all that we where there to do. And left. On our way to Arizona, we could not believe what we had seen and tried to explain it but couldn’t.

I told the babalao about it. He said that was Yemaya (the goddess of the ocean).

And that is the closest story I have to a ghost story. Was it a goddess or ghost? I don’t know.

My Magick wand

I went camping with my family a couple of weekends ago. As we go hiking, biking, camping and fishing when ever we get a chance. On our hikes we take some time to look at rocks, leaves and twigs. Every once in a while I pick up a walking stick to carry with me along the way and my 4year old does the same. There are times I pick up smaller stick to give them a swirl as if to command it to give me a sign, but they never did. Not until our last camping trip, when I picked up a long thin stick and gave it a swirl. I could not believe what I felt it was like a jolt of energy, the hairs in my harm raised and I felt the energy travel my body all at once. So, I tried it again, sure enough it happened again. I quickly told my husband, "I found my magick wand". He turned and ask me what I said so I told him, he responded "really". I handed him my wand and he felt it too. My wand is currently sitting in our alter in the entrance of our apartment. I look at it as I wash the dishes, I wait for a day I will have time to dress it and make it my own. It must be a special day and I must put a lot of thought into the making of it.