Playing with the Faeries

Playing with the Faeries

Saturday, December 31, 2016

HTS 30 DAY MAGICAL ITEM CHALLENGE-DAYS 27-28 (December 28-29)

HTS 30 DAY MAGICAL ITEM CHALLENGE-DAYS 27-28 (December 28-29)

Day 27-I just did some rune research for my sigils for the bowl.

12/28/16 Rune Sigil Work for the Bowl
OTHALA
RUNIC NUMBER 23
DEITY: ODIN
COLOR: DEEP YELLOW
ELEMENT: EARTH
ZODIAC/ASTROLOGICAL: FULL MOON
HEARTH, ANCESTORS, INHERITANCE
WARDRUNA-ODAL
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ALGIZ
RUNIC NUMBER 15
DEITY: HEIMDALL
COLOR: YELLOW
ELEMENT: AIR
ZODIAC: CANCER
PROTECTION, SAFE REFUGE, ROOTED AND REACHING FOR THE DIVINE
WARDRUNA-ALGIR
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FEHU
RUNIC NUMBER 1
DEITY: FREY, FREYJA
COLOR: LIGHT RED
ELEMENT: EARTH/FIRE
ZODIAC: ARIES
REWARD, WEALTH, NOURISHMENT
WARDRUNA-FEHU
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ANSUZ
RUNIC NUMBER 4
DEITY: ODINN/LOKI
COLOR: DARK BLUE
ELEMENT: AIR
ZODIAC/ASTROLOGICAL: VENUS
WISDOM, COMMUNICATION
WARDRUNA-ANSUR
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TIWAZ
RUNIC NUMBER 17
DEITY: TYR/TIW
COLOR: BRIGHT RED
ELEMENT: AIR
ZODIAC/ASTROLOGICAL: LIBRA
COURAGE, WARRIOR RUNE, NEGOTIATION RUNE
WARDRUNA-TYR
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WUNJO
RUNIC NUMBER 8
DEITY: ODINN, FRIGGA
COLOR: LIGHT BLUE
ELEMENT: ICE/WATER
ZODIAC/ASTROLOGICAL: LEO
HAPPINESS, EMOTIONAL SATISFACTION
WARDRUNA-WUNJO
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DAY 28 (DECEMBER 29TH)
Sage cleansing
Dragon’s Blood Incense
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Called in the Ancestors, Runevaettir, spiritual allies, and Odinn
Pulled the above runes
Galdr’d Ansuz and the above runes for the preparation.
Played the above video links as I carved my rune sigils.
9 rune sigils on the outside of the bowl-carved with dremel tool
Put the runes and herbs that I have been using in the bowl overnight for final infusion.
Thanked the ancestors, Runevaettir, spiritual allies, and Odinn for joining the blessing of the bowl.
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I had such a positive spiritual experience with this. I’m glad my co-founder and spirit sister Kimberly received this gift.  I wish her many positive things when she uses this prayer bowl.

Wednesday, December 28, 2016

HTS 30 DAY MAGICAL ITEM CHALLENGE-DAYS 23-26

HTS 30 DAY MAGICAL ITEM CHALLENGE-DAYS 23-26 (DECEMBER 24-27)
DECEMBER 24TH (DAY 23)
SAGE CLEANSING
JASMINE INCENSE
RUNEWORK WITH THE BOWL
CALLING IN ANCESTORS, RUNEVAETTIR, ODINN
SWING BAG 9 TIMES BEFORE PULLING
BREATH INTO THE RUNE BAG 3 TIMES
4 RUNES PULL
URUZ-STRENGTH RUNE
DAGAZ-COMPLETION
GEBU-GIFT
FEHU-WEALTH, GOOD LUCK
PLAYLIST:
WARDRUNA-URUR
WARDRUNA-DAGAR
WARDRUNA-GIBU
WARDRUNA-FEHU

DECEMBER 25, (DAY 24)
NOTHING WAS DONE

DECEMBER 26, (DAY 25)
SPACE CHANGE-ALTAR ROOM
DRAGON’S BLOOD INCENSE
BLUE CANDLE (HEALING)
SAGE CLEANSING
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CALL IN ANCESTORS, RUNEVAETTIR, ODINN
GALDR ANSUZ
SWING RUNE BAG 9 TIMES
CALL UPON ODINN AND RUNEVAETTIR TO PULL THE TRUE RUNES
BREATHE INTO BAG 3 TIMES
2 RUNE PULL
EIWAZ-CONNECTION, SPIRITUALITY
ALGIZ-CONNECTION TO THE DIVINE, MESSAGE, PROTECTION
DRAGON’S BLOOD IS OFFERING TO RUNEVAETTIR
PLAYLIST
WARDRUNA-EHWAR
WARDRUNA-ALGIR

DECEMBER 27 (DAY 26)
NOTHING OFFICIAL DONE BUT I WENT TO LOOK AT THE BOWL AND FOUND 2 COMPLETELY DIFFERENT RUNES IN THERE. EITHER I WAS OUT OF HERE IN MY TRANCE AND PUT THE WRONG RUNES DOWN OR THEY SWITCHED ON ME.
IHWAZ-MOVEMENT TOWARDS ENLIGHTENMENT, HARMONY, LOVE AND PEACE.
TIWAZ-LOYALTY, FAIRNESS, VICTORY

Saturday, December 24, 2016

30 Day HTS Magical Item Challenge-Days 12-22

30 DAY MAGICAL ITEM CHALLENGE- DAYS 12-13, 14-16, 17-20, 21, 22
Day 12 (12/13/16)
Ansuz Galdr
8-minute meditation playing while I’m pulling the cards.
Call on ancestors and spiritual allies to join ritual.
Help from Mister
No incense burned. I just cleansed with sage.
2 card pull
Fertility-fertile ideas and prayers, prayers that help with progress
Field around you that is bringing stuff to you, new ideas or new ventures.
Hope- Works with fertility for progress
Mister has his paw on me. Celtic/Pagan mix station on Pandora
Sally’s Song-Amy Lee
Lord of the Flame-Inkubus Sukubus
Everybody’s Fool-Evanesence
 DAY 13 (12/14/16-Full Moon)
8-minute mediation music
Ansuz galdr
Sage for cleansing
Call on ancestors and spiritual allies to join ritual.
Card pull
Destiny-can use as scrying bowl-holding the bowl while music plays.
Tranced easily with this ritual.
Hold bowl on my heart chakra. Very relaxed and fell asleep.
Songs
Orinoco Flow-Enya
Only Time-Enya
Croi Croga-Clannad
Day 14-16 (December 15-17, 2016)
I have no notes on these days. We stayed at a friend’s place and I wasn’t home..
 Day 17 (December 18th, 2016)
Mister-helper
8-minute meditation
Ansuz galdr
Call on my Ancestors and Spiritual Allies
Sage for cleansing
Jasmine incense
 Card pull
Fertility card-fertile mind or fertility ritual
 Songs
Feel Me Heaven-Enigma
Evening Falls-Enya
Filtered Sunrise-David Arkenstone
 Day 18 (December 19, 2016)
Sage for cleansing
Hold the prayer bowl while song is playing
 Card Pull
Shadow-bowl could be used for shadow work
Song:
The Memory of Trees-Enya
 Day 19 (December 20, 2016)
No ritual
Day 20 (December 21, 2016)
Winter Solstice
Magnolia Incense
1st day of Rune work with the Prayer Bowl
Added Mugwort
Ansuz galdr
Call Runevaettir, Ancestors, Spiritual Allies to join blessing of bowl, Allfather, Odinn (Galdr 9 times)
Swing rune bag 9 times before rune pull. Breath into the bag 3 times.
Rune Pull
Mannaz-humans, help from others, collective consciousness
Dagaz- completion
Uruz-Strength rune
Put the runes in overnight.
Songs:
Mannar-Wardruna
Dagr-Wardruna
Urur-Wardruna
 Day 21 (December 22, 2016)
No ritual work.
 Day 22 (December 23,2016)
8-minute meditation music
Call on the Ancestors, Spiritual Allies, Runevaettir
Rune Pull
Eihwaz-protection and motivation, connection, spirituality
Algiz-tree, protection rune
Laguz-healing, potential
Berkana-birth, metamorphis
 Holding the bowl while music is playing. Fell asleep
 Songs:
Lumenis-Delerium




















Tuesday, December 13, 2016

HTS 30 Day Magical Item Challenge-Days 7-11

Day 7 (12/8/16)
Materials:
Psychic Tarot
Prayer Bowl
Same herbs still in bowl
Music:
Tonya Threet’s Lullaby
Ansuz Cleansing Galdr
Call in the Ancestors and Spiritual Allies
 Cards:
Rest and Recuperate-Number 4, Rest and Recuperate, Healing energy sent to bowl. Emotional taxing experience and time to heal.
 Music:


Day 8 (12-9-16)
Psychic Tarot
Prayer Bowl
Same herbs still in bowl
Helpers:
Mister
 Cards:
Truth-See truth within yourself to find clarity. Share your spiritual truth.
Passion Ignited-Stir up your passion. Spirit card. New beginnings/ideas. Find your spiritual truth, your passion becomes ignited.
 Held the bowl to my heart chakra while listening to 1st song
While holding the bowl, I got some feelings of presence, enough that it jerked my head back. I asked the presence to not bother me unless it pertained to ritual.
While listening to 2nd song, flash of image came, shy looking fox or dog, very expressive face. Someone giving me a message.
Continued to listen to music-see links below


Day 9- (12/10/16)
Materials:
Psychic Tarot
Prayer Bowl
Same herbs still in bowl
Pagan Magic Incense
Music:
8-minute meditation app
Cards:
Sacrifice-Prayer work is a sacrifice, you are sacrificing your control of the situation.
Love Begins- Once you let go of control of the situation, you will be able to move forward with Love.
 Call in the Ancestors and Spiritual Allies
Listened to 8-minute Meditation app while pulling cards for bowl
Listened to Music-See links below for music

Day 10 (12-11-16)
Materials:
Psychic Tarot
Prayer Bowl
Same herbs still in bowl
Helpers:
Mister
Cards:
Emotional Loss-This is one of the things you would use the prayer bowl for. Healing of oneself.
Throat Chakra-Light blue, Sound: HAM, Element-Sound, Keywords: I speak
Emotional Loss healed by sound/music (Throat Chakra)
Listened to music-See links below for music


Day 11 (12-12-16)
Materials:
Psychic Tarot
Prayer Bowl
Same herbs still in bowl
Pagan Magic Incense
Cards:
Destiny-This is a useful card for using the bowl for scrying
Memories of Love-This is a useful card for using the bowl for memory recall.


Thursday, December 8, 2016

HTS 30 Day Magical Item Challenge-Days 4-6

Hollow Tree Society 30 Day Magical Item Challenge-Days 4-6
 I’m combining my journal entries because it’s getting too hard to do them nightly. So, I’m going to update my journal every 3 days.
I do a sound recording of what I do because it’s too easy to forget what I’ve done when I’m in ritual headspace.

 DAY 4
I cleanse my sacred space every day with sage and rotate different incenses. I also invite my ancestor and spiritual allies to join me in the ritual
 Dragon Blood Incense
 Did a card pull with my Psychic Oracle deck.
#2 Sacral Chakra card from Psychic Oracle deck.
Colors-Orange
Sound-Vam
Element-Water
Characteristics-Creative movement such as dancing and sexuality.
This is interesting because I have incorporated dance when I started working with the bowl.
The herbs also decided they didn’t want to be separated and mixed together. So, I put the card on top of the herbs overnight.
 Playlist:
Spineee by Gary Stadler
Close your Eyes-Bernward Koch
Nocturne for Guitar and Strings-Jerry LaRocca


DAY 5
I cleanse with sage and call in the ancestors and spiritual allies.
Dragon’s Blood Incense
Continue with herbs
 Card Pull
Heart Chakra
Color: Green
Element: Air
Characteristics: Unconditional love and healing
Playlist:
Sirena-Faun
Song and Dance-Blackmore's Night
An Toll Dubh-Runrig


DAY 6
I cleanse with sage and call in the ancestors and spiritual allies.
Dragon’s Blood Incense
Continue with herbs
2 Card Pull
Universe/Love Begins
Mummer’s Dance by Loreena McKennitt
Titanic Set by Gaelic Storm
Ordinary Miracle by Sarah McLachlan




Sunday, December 4, 2016

HTS 30 Day Magical Item Challenge-Day 3


30 Day Magical Item Challenge-Day 3

12/4/16

For my 3rd day of the challenge, I decided just to play some music and infuse the bowl with positive energy.

I cleansed my space with Sage and called upon my Ancestors and spiritual allies to join me in my ritual.

All the herbs from the 2nd day are still in the bowl and will stay in there as they are needed.

While the music played, I just held the bowl in my hands. I knew it was working because I felt tingling and energy flowing into the bowl.




After the music was finished, I placed the bowl on my 3rd eye and sent good positive energy.

I thank the Ancestors and my spiritual allies for joining me in the ritual and closed the circle.




Saturday, December 3, 2016

HTS 30 Day Magical Item Challenge-Day 2

0 Day Magical Item Challenge-Day 2


Tonight, I started my ritual by cleansing my space with Sage, I moved clockwise and then smudged myself.

Herbal infusion of the bowl. To accomplish this, I was told to put the following herbs in the bowl and keep them in it overnight. I initially thought it would be 6 but it ended up being 9 herbs.They were put the bowl in a clockwise pattern, starting with the 12th hour position.

Lilac- draws protection spirits, faery communication, helps recall past lives
Yarrow Flower- courage, love, psychic powers, purification
White Willow Bark-  Lunar energy, water, and magic. Signifies transformation and rebirth.
Lemongrass- psychic powers, spiritual growth, purification
Jasmine-  Love, money, prophetic dreams, emotional inner peace and calm of mind
Rosemary- Protection, love, purification, healing, good luck, psychic development
Sweetgrass- Healing, peace, and attracts positive energies
Sage and Tobacco were put in the center of the bowl.
Sage- Purification, wisdom, and longevity
Tobacco- Healing and purification

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Next, I played Gary Stadler Radio Station on Pandora and let the program choose what songs would be used. As I played the songs, I lay back down with the crown chakra touching the bowl and sent healing and psychic energy to the bowl. I felt tingling on my crown chakra and then put my hand on the side of the bowl.

Song List:
Breath of Love
Athair Ar Neamh
Keys to the Heart

After the songs finished, I laid face down with my crown chakra touching the bowl and my hands holding the bowl while I sent prayers  into it so that it would help the person who receives this with what they need.

I smudged the arm and closed the circle, thanking and acknowledging all who joined me in the ritual.




Friday, December 2, 2016

HTS 30 Day Magical Item Challenge- Day 1

12-2-16- Day 1 of 30 Day Magical Item Challenge

Materials for the Ritual:
Incense burner
Dragons’ Blood Incense
Kanaga water
Prayer/Offer/Spellwork Bowl
Owl Rattle

I started my ritual around 9 pm in my altar room. To clear my ritual space, I lit and burned Palo Santo and went around the altar room and then smudged myself. I put a soft blanket on the floor and placed my incense burner in front of it and burned dragon’s blood incense. I faced east.
I moved the bowl over the incense smoke, took a cloth and washed the bowl in kanaga water.  While I was cleansing the bowl, I intoned Ansuz rune 9 times as I moved the cloth in a clockwise motion. 
I called upon my ancestors, the deities I work with, the rune spirits, and my animal guides to join me in my ritual.
After the circle was open, I intoned Ansuz, Algiz, and Othalla 3 times each while holding the bowl. I also sang into the bowl.
I was told to play 3 songs and just let Pandora shuffle it how it was meant to.  

First song:
Tine Beltaine by Omnia.

With this song, I was told to dance in a circle as I played my owl rattle while the song played. I took the bowl and danced around the circle clockwise and acknowledged the directions, starting with East, North, West, South
The energy was amazing during this part, all the hairs on my arms and behind my neck stood up and it tingled all over my body. It was almost as if I was out of my body and someone else stepped in and infused the bowl with primal energy.




Second Song:
Kuoppa by Tenhi



With this song, I just sat on the blanket and put my hand on the bowl while infusing it with my energy. Olivia came up and sniffed the bowl then laid behind me



Song 3
Full Moonlight Dance
Tina Malia



I wasn’t sure about this one but there must be a reason why this song came up. I sat with the bowl here as well just holding it.

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After the songs played, I made the video of what I was doing and then closed the circle, thanking all my allies.


































Tuesday, October 11, 2016

The Song of the Drum

The Song of the Drum
By Heather Powers
10/10/16










Have you ever felt beauty but it scared you because it was so raw and open? A comment by a kindred sister spurred me to write this story of my drum. My drum, a muse within itself, led me on a dance of spirit and it was achingly beautiful and I want to feel that again. Control has been an issue with me…her claws gripping my head, screaming like a banshee. It’s difficult for me to let go of control, making me physically uncomfortable but I guess it’s one of my lessons to learn which has been a difficult one. One day a few years ago, my drum decided to take me on a journey, one where I lost that bitch called control. Vibrant energy flowed from the spirit of the drum, memories reeled in from the bison from which the drum was made. Strength radiated from the drum and I had no idea what dance the drum would swirl me in, a whirlpool of rawness and beauty that hasn’t been replicated since.
I love drum circles, they are my salve, my healing. When I play, my mind opens and expands and I see raw beauty, pure spirit. As I play the drum, the beat resonates deep within my soul. I connect with the energy that lies within. I feel the bison call….my other drum guardians join in the chorus but that is a story for another day.
This particular drum circle was the epicenter of my awakening, I found it but it’s became elusive in the years since. I feel it calling me but I fear it because of the control I will lose. My tenuous grip on control is unraveling and it seems as if events in my life are making me aware that I need to give up that control and have faith it will work out.
I started playing in this drum circle completely in control of my faculties for a while…but the drum had different plans unbeknownst to me. I started getting caught up in the emotions of the songs that we played but I was still in control. Then an extraordinary gentleman joined in the fray and started singing. That did it, my handle on my control fell apart and the journey began. I felt my spirit soaring and it scared me, oh how it scared me. But that didn’t matter, the drum sang and that was that. I remember falling into my head and another joined in. My pulse racing, edgy with anticipation but fear of what was to come.  As the drum sang, I too sang in a language I was unfamiliar with. I later found out it was Lakota. And I sang, my vocal cords straining with the tones of the song…And then that’s where my control got lost in a myriad of beats. The song from my lips gentle but heartbreaking. Tears fell down my cheeks, leaving their salty trails on my shirt. I felt utter beauty in those moments, a butterfly caught in flight, the colors sparkling in the sunlight. The song continued without stopping and then I just stood there. Fear’s fingertips touching my rational brain but also the utter certainty that I was safe that I wasn’t in harm’s way.

The beautiful moment was done, my wretched mind stepping in and bringing me back. With it came fear, the tendrils growing stronger. Strong enough to make me run out of the drum circle like a scared deer caught in headlights. I spent several minutes searching for help for someone to bring me back from the abyss. I finally found someone who knew what was happening and she sat me down. Snapped me back from the fear mindset and grounded me. She connected me back with my drum to see what messages I was meant to receive. For you see, I wasn’t getting it so they decided to take action. I sat there with tears in my eyes, the fear dwindling, and laid my forehead on the drum. The vision came then, I was in a leather dress, long brown hair, braided with feathers and in front of me was a papoose with a baby inside. The baby was crying and I felt fear in my heart that my baby was going to die and the only thing that would calm her was a lullaby. So I sang in this vision and it was the song that I sang in the drum circle. And the message I got was life is precious and it’s fleeting, and I should treasure it. Nothing else is important. Material possessions are meaningless in the grand scheme of things. The stars in the sky prove that, we are speck in the universe and everything will be okay and everything will work out. You just have to let go of the control and have faith.