Home Altar's

 I love having altars all around my home. This is the altars right at the entrance of my home.

It includes little nicknacks I find threw-out the years. Crystals always play a part in my altars and sea shells.









The candle holder you see next to the Wizard was a gift back in 2001 from the first Wiccan I met. She noticed my pentagram and said "Bless it be", my eyes opened wide and responded with the same Blessing.

This past year I bought a large pink quartz heart which is right in front of my white quarts, a gift from my mother. Next to the quarts you can see a small bowl of sea salt with a cayenne pepper, not sure how that got there but when I saw it there I just left it there. I also put my crystal rings on the sea salt bowl when I come home from the worldly world.

A money tree and a feather my oldest son brought back from our last camping trip. And my most precious of all treasures, a large purple corral brought back form a La Habana, Cuba on one of my visits. It was found on one of my trips the the beach with my soul mate when in our honey moon stage. The yellow and green container is one of my partners Santos from the Orishas tradition.

This is the altar I keep for my ancestors, it includes the first two generations of witches in my family. My great-grandmother on my mothers side, mother of my grandfather, at the bottom left. My aunt Silvia the second generation at the top left, she is my mothers oldest sister. Her and I shared a birthday together, it truly was a special relationship in deed.

My aunt kept a life size statue of Venus in white porcelain at the entrance to her home. As soon as I saw this replica at a pagan pride festival I new I had to get it for her. I like to keep a candle burning most of the time, usually when I think of them and miss them or when I would like some help. A cup of water and a beer for my uncle at the bottom right who was a drinker. Every now and then I add some coffee or some wine or someones favorite food or drink.

Out of the broom closet

 I was never in the broom closet. When I first found my path back in 2000 I never looked back and I never denied my path.

Everyone I know knows the path that I follow, I do not come out and say it the first time we meet for the most part, but sometimes I do...."I'm a Witch". Im also a recovering Catholic and that religion did me great harm. I know first hand how damaging it can be for the image of a young women and her natural sexuality.

With that being said I will go into a most unpleasant experience I had just yesterday. It was the first day back form the Holidays and my co-workers asked how I spent them during lunch. I of course told them of my "Merry Yule in deed" (which you can read about below). One of my co-workers is a hard core Catholic she is even part of the youth ministry and the other is also Catholic by name only, a bit more open minded and less judgmental. She is doing her confirmation so that she can get married with her husband by civil law.

So there I was sharing my wonderful Yule and my hard-core Catholic co-worker basically turned her back at me and completely ignored me. That was not the problem though the problem was that she was sending lots of negative energy my way, I could feel it, it was bad. I found the need to run down stairs to the law firm where I did my internship where there are lots of high powerful women and most are on a similar paths as I.

I went to hug my friend Lana who has begun her Wiccan/Pagan path a few months ago. It was wonderful, we chatted for 15 minutes about her crystal shopping and her dreams. She actually dram with her spirit guide, a native from south america. Well, I told her it was her spirit guide, I think he is. Im glad I have women who walk similar paths close by.

My cousin and I actually talked about being out at work, she said she too works with a hard-core Christian who would not share an office with her is she new she was a witch. She said she does not feel it is her job to teach others about her path. I on the other hand am in your face about it, I want you to tell me something so I can give you my come back. Im a lawyer without a license so I look and create situations that will allow me to make a point. That is just the way I am.

I think Im going to have to talk to my co-worker about her attitude and the energy she sends my way. It is unacceptable in this time and place of our evolution.

Merry Yule in deed.

We spent the night at my favorite aunt's house and her three children my cousins, we now have kids of our own. My aunt's first child is my cousin Lillian a fellow witch. I'd say a bit more advance in her abilities although I have more book knowledge she is stronger then I, or at least I think she is.

She is a few years older then I and is my only family member who is openly a witch. Actually, she is the one that gave me my first set of Tarot cards back when I was 16 because they where new and she allowed me to play with them and I ended up over powering them, so that she ended up giving them to me. She is also the one who introduced me to the Cuban Babaloa I currently see. Anyhow, it is wonderful being able to share and talk to a fellow witch.

She made mention of her personal experiences she had when she went to Machu Picchu this past summer. She is a healer and her dream is to be holistic healer with the ability to look at you and know what ills you, currently she is a RN. She also made mention that she has been working with a medium and that she was told we are third generation witches. My grandfather's mother was the first generation, my aunt Silvia and my mom are second generation, although my mom is not a practicing witch she has the knowledge and every now and then she shares bits and pieces. In fact just yesterday we went to my aunts house together and she was the center of attention sitting in the middle of the kitchen with pen and paper doing numerology readings for the new year for everyone who wanted a reading. I saw it first hand while she calculated the numbers she would go into deep personal issues of the person sitting before her and gave them her wise advise.

It truly was a wonderful night with the bonfire and herb burning. Lillian also did a couple of card readings for me, she read my Angel cards and my Medicine Cards. In my Medicine Card I received the a message from the Antelope "If you feel stymied, momentarily lacking clarity or focus, call on Antelope
medicine. If you are balled up and twisted in knots, Antelope powers will speak to you of proper action and soon set you free. Many ingenious solutions to such problems are whispered by Antelope. Listen, and even more importantly, act. Surround yourself with the illumination and secret knowledge of Antelope. Combine this with action and you will overcome any obstacle or hindrance in your path. If Antelope is your Centering Tree and strong personal medicine, thank Great Spirit. Say what should be said. Your judgment is sound and your actions will be successful. Always listen to what Antelope has to say to you. For Antelope indicates a message of higher purpose. Antelope arms you with the Bow of Authority, and forces
you to act on behalf of self, family, clan, nation, and finally Mother Earth.

Antelope says, "Do it now. Do not wait any longer." Antelope knows the way,and so do you. Take courage and leap; your sense of timing is perfect. The time is now.The power is you."http://scottfoglesong.printandwebdesign.com/37-antelope.pdf

The Wand that didn't Work

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I just walked into my kid's room and put a way some books I just finished reading to them and I noticed that Miztli's (my first child) placed his Magick wand in his special place on his book case (that is where he puts all the important toys so they don't get misplaced).

You see a few weeks ago we went for a Saturday afternoon walk around our new neighborhood and Miztli found his Magick wand. He picked it up and gave it a swirl while saying, "my Magick wand", then he put it in my mommy bag. Can you tell mommy's bag is full of stuff, there you will find just about everything, from diapers to extra socks and snacks.

After coming back from our walk Miztli ran up stairs and went to his room, who to follow, but Tlalli (our youngest child). Miztli turned as Tlalli walked in and said "disappear" as he waived his wand. In unbelief he turned around and looked at me and said "it didn't work".

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Of course, that lead to a motherly lecture about good and bad, being naughty or nice and how sometimes we do get exactly what we ask for, so he shouldn't be wishing someone gone, specially when down deep inside you really do love the person. I guess we all have done that once or twice in our life.

By the same token I do think its kinda funny, not so much his intent of making his brother disappear, but the willingness of him to believe in a Magick wand. Of course what he knows about Magick wands is what he has seen in movie's and the such, so he sees Magick as something different then you and I.

Some of Our Work

 Red Corral 

Jade, Rose Quartz, Cherry Quartz and Amethyst

Rose and Cherry Quartz

Jade and Cherry Quartz

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Merry Yule

Entertainment

Sure, I like to watch TV. Most of all series about Magick, one of the series I recently finished on Netflix is Merlin.  It keeps my mind open to the endless possibilities and makes me wonder If I will one day be able to move the elements that way and if so what does it take.

I began to watch it again as it is very difficult to find something that is fun and entertainment for me. At the moment Im watching Robbin Hood, also on Netflix. Finished Monk, which is super funny, I think. In cartoons we (family) have watched Avatar the last air-bender a few times.

Do you have any recommendations for me? I dont think Im going to be able to watch a 3rd time around of Merlin.