A Healing Spell

A Spell For Healing Light

You will need:
A Blue Candle


Directions:


Visualize the person who needs healing. When the picture is clear in your mind, target the area of disease and color it bright red in your mind. Now, visualize tiny workers with buckets of soft green paint, brushes and rollers. Hold the picture until the workers completely cover the affected area with green. Then open your eyes and chant:


"I hold you in my heart and wrap you in my love.
My circle of protection descends now from above.
And as I send this energy, all pain shall disappear.
And all the disease shall dissipate and shrivel up in fear.
The emptiness I now replace, with fresh vitality, so you shall thrive upon the earth in laughter, love and glee.
Brightest blessings and good health, my friend,
Encase you from now on.
I ask that They watch over you and keep you well and strong."


Let the candle burn all the way out.

The Lovers

When we see this card we automatically think of love, romance, marriage and a happy future. But it can mean more than that depending on what we are focusing on. It can also mean self love and healing and intimacy but not necessarily sexual. It can also signify a new relationship or that a current relationship is going through a big change. The Lovers card, to me, speaks of stopping and taking a look at what's going on in your life and take a moment to listen to that inner voice to see with our inner sight.


The Lovers does card indicate love and passion are involved but there are going to be some choices involved. How you choose will be either very positive or negative, not much in between. Love can bring virtue to one's life... serving love can bring virtue into one's life but choosing poorly out of lust can wear away love and virtue. No one said love is easy.


If in a reading, this card is reversed, it could point to an obsessive relationship or fantasy dominating one’s life or pining for past relationships or an unbalanced relationship, making the mistakes... not learning from past and frustration in love or marriage. However, letting go of a relationship that brings no pleasure may allow you to be free to attract new love into your life. This is a risk that could well bring you greater love and joy.


The Hezicos Tarot

Deck Review- The Goddess Tarot

This week I'm reviewing one of the more beautiful tarot decks, The Goddess Tarot, designed by Kris Waldherr and published by U.S. Games Systems, Inc. This deck celebrates the Divine Feminine by using goddess myths and imagery from many world cultures. Anyone who has a love for the Goddess will appreciate this deck.


This 78 card deck is beautifully illustrated with breathtaking borders that surround the imagery and I'm usually not one that likes bordered deck but this one is definately enhanced by the use of them. The Major Arcana are a very nice exploration of goddess archetypes. They loosely follow the Rider Waite system with each trump card features a different goddess and the goddesses are drawn from many cultures and feature both goddesses who are well-known in the West and some that are more obscure. 

Many of the card titles have been altered from the Rider Waite system, but they relate thematically to the more traditional cards. The new titles tend to act more like keywords than the more allegorical traditional titles. For example, The Empress has been changed to Fertility, The Hanged Man to Sacrifice, and The Tower to Oppression.


The LWB (little white book) that accompanies the deck offers a sampling of their lore. A helpful workbook is available separately. The Minor Arcana is divided up into four different cultural stories each corresponding with one of the four elements, water, air, earth and fire. Each card except for the court cards shows a woman as she undergoes the journey symbolized by the suit. The suit of Cups is the Path of Venus, Staves is Freyja, Swords is Isis, and Pentacles is Lakshmi. The court cards show the querant's psyche in different times and areas of life and can also be used to represent different people.

The card stock is fantastic and shuffles very nicely and although the cards are a bit wider than most decks it handles easily and having smaller hands this deck's size has not been an issue for me to work with. This is a truly beautiful, positive and spiritual deck of cards. If you're looking for a wonderful tarot deck splashed with colours of culture and natural beauty then this is the deck for you. 








The Goddess Tarot
U.S. Games Systems
ISBN-10: 1572810661

Recipe Of The Week

Moroccan Lamb Dinner Recipe


Ingredients


 ~ 1 butternut squash (about 2½ lb) peeled, seeded, cut lengthwise in quarters, then crosswise in ½-in.-thick slices
 ~ 1 large red pepper, cut in ½-in.-wide strips, strips cut in half
 ~ 1 medium onion, cut in ½-in. wedges, wedges cut in half
 ~ 2 tsp minced garlic
 ~ 1 Tbsp Tandoori or Garam Masala spice blend
 ~ ½ tsp salt
 ~ 3 Tbsp olive oil
 ~ 2-lb boneless top round lamb or leg of lamb, cut in 1-in. pieces
 ~ 1 Tbsp chopped cilantro


Directions


Heat oven to 500ºF. Position racks to divide oven in thirds. Line 2 rimmed baking sheets with nonstick foil.


Mix squash, pepper and onion in a large bowl. Combine garlic, spice blend, salt and oil in a small bowl. Add 2 Tbsp to vegetables; toss to coat. Spread evenly on 1 baking sheet.


Place on high oven rack; roast 10 minutes.


Meanwhile, put lamb in large bowl; add remaining spice mixture; toss to coat. Spread on other baking sheet. Move vegetables to low rack; put meat on high rack.


Roast 10 minutes, or until lamb is cooked through and vegetables are tender. Gently toss meat with the vegetables; sprinkle with cilantro.

Serenity Sunday

The Ten of Cups refers to cycles completed, journeys finished and lives well lived in the company of others. Serenity and peace are in the air, and for a moment you can simply forget about all of the material troubles of the world around you. Peace contentment and great happiness surround you now. Family and friends are fulfilling and supportive to you. This success is not a fleeting or temporary one, but a lasting peace and harmony that can truly be enjoyed. There are no regrets over the past, no concerns for the future, so you can live in the moment and seize the day.




My List


1.) my family


2.) my pets


3.) Terrific friends


4.) Tarot


5.) Hot chocolate


6.) Mentors


7.) Warm blankets


8.) Contentment


9.) Walking in the park


10.) Baking brownies



The Hezicos Tarot by Mary Griffin

Silly Picture Of The Week

Calliope's Miss November 2010 pose

Lost Item Spell

Spell for locating a lost item


Cast a circle and sit in the middle of it. Visualize yourself on a great map where you are the compass needle.
Close your eyes and allow your vision (inner vision) to go in all directions.
Clearly visualize what you have lost
Try to remember the last time you had it in your possession
Allow your vision to point your inner compass in a direction and when you feel a heat or hot sensation your needle should stop


Look for your item in that direction and chant:


"North and South
East and West
Find the source
of my unrest
Help me find
what I have lost
A value
that defies its cost
Return to me
that which I need
As I will
so mote it be"

Peaceful Sleep Spell

A Spell for Peaceful Sleep


These are hung by your bed to encourage a restful sleep and sweet dreams.
10 Cardamon pods 
1 tsp. Salt 
15 cloves
1/2oz peppermint 
1/2 oz rosemary 
dried peel of 1 lemon


Light a white and pink candle, place them on your work area (kitchen table, counter top).
Crush the cloves, cardamon and salt to a fine powder. Blend with the herbs and put in bags.
As you are making the bags concentrate on peaceful memories and beautiful thoughts.
When you hang the bags by your bed say out loud:


"Sleep be with me Peaceful sleep Restful sleep
Let my mind be eased Let my body be calmed
Wings of darkness Let the sight of night and dream
be clear, be quiet Let my troubles drift away and let me dream"

Deck Review- The Hezicos Tarot

Not nearly enough is said about self published decks, many are real jewels and recently I had the great honor of reviewing one one such jewel from Mary Griffin called The Hezicos Tarot. This deck first caught my eye while on a social website for tarot lovers and I just couldn't get the cards and their characters out of my mind until I finally sent an email asking if I may review them for my blog.


Mary is such a wonderful lady and graciously agreed to let me do a review and also ask a few questions too which really made my day, so without further ado...I present to you my interview with Mary Griffin and her wonderful Hezicos Tarot deck review!

My first question is about your inspiration, I read somewhere that the Hezicos people were from your childhood, can you tell me a little about that?


You stated that The Hezicos cards were from my childhood, not quite true...The name Hezicos was a place I created as a child in the garden at home, had some great games with my brother and sisters there..it was a forbidden planet. The cards were not created then but when they did see the light of day, all the people in the cards live in Hezicos. I had the name Hezicos made into a trademark now as its so unusual.


I absolutely LOVE the court cards with just the heads of each royal, what made you decide to do just head shots of the court cards?


The reason I chose to paint head shots is I used to get so frustrated at all the decks I purchased where the Court Cards were always dressed in medieval costumes and pretty much doing the same and looking the same as any other Court Card, so I wanted to focus only on their faces, not their costumes but the energy from their eyes.

I also like the fact that the cards are borderless, is there any specific reason that you chose to go without borders?


Simple answer here, I just prefer borderless cards, can't stand those decks with five or six different languages in the corners of each of the cards. Just my preference.


Being a clairvoyant, does that give a better insight into readings with clients or do you let the cards themselves do the talking?


Your last question was really interesting. I obviously use my deck now for my one to one readings as each time I lay down a card from the Hezicos something in it will remind me of how long it took to paint! I use my cards to connect to the guides surrounding my Client and once that connection is made I cant stop talking. My cards are a bridge that allows me to connect and I feel very privileged to be able to do that.


Hezicos Review

The first thing I want to talk about when reviewing these charming cards is their packaging, the Hezicos Tarot comes in a beautiful, hard shelled box which is drawn to appear as if wrapped in brown paper packaging and tied with twine. As I marveled at was how unique the box is, I noticed a couple of lady bugs and two mischievous little fairies... one leaping across the wrapper with a little yellow flower and the other appearing as if escaping from within from a small tear in the package, this alone told me that inside were some very special cards indeed!


Upon taking the lid off the box and removing the cellophane wrapping, I began to look through the 78 cards of the Hezicos deck with great anticipation...my, they are gorgeous I thought! One by one I thumbed through the Major Arcana featuring human characters, each one closely following the RWS in meaning, Strength being numbered 8 and Justice numbered 11 as in most decks, which I find easier than some decks that have the positions reversed.

The Minor Arcana are really something special...each card portrays a little Hezicos character or family, depending on the card, that totally captures the heart as well as imagination in an instant. These are wonderful cards to tell a story with as they vividly speak with whimsical and somewhat cheeky, yet totally honest, answers to the questions posed. I absolutely love the suit of Rods, each Rod has the most wonderful expression on their faces!


 The Court Cards are equally pleasing with simply a head picture of each Page, Knight, Queen and King. I actually prefer this type of view as opposed to the traditional picturing of the royals in various activities or poses. It's easier to recognize when learning and it sets them a bit apart... as royals love to be a bit more distinguished than the rest of the cards.

The card stock is excellent and shuffles like magic in my hands and has a fantastic matte like finish. They're slightly bigger, but not by much, than the typical tarot decks but I find this to be a plus, I like to feel like I have a deck of substance in my hands and the Hezicos Tarot is by far the most inspirational deck I've come across in a long time, I just cannot recommend getting this utterly fabulous deck enough! I think it would make a fabulous deck for the experienced and beginner alike.


Every card shows the time, love and fantastic artistry that Mary put into her Hezicos deck and it will most certainly speak to you in a most charming and unique way. I highly recommend this deck for your collection!

Recipe Of The Week

Chicken Pot Pie

Ingredients


2 cups diced peeled potatoes
1 3/4 cups sliced carrots
2/3 cup chopped onion
1 cup butter or margarine
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 3/4 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon dried thyme
3/4 teaspoon pepper
3 cups chicken broth
1 1/2 cups milk
4 cups cubed cooked chicken
1 cup frozen peas
1 cup frozen corn
1 pastry for a 9 inch double crust pie


Directions


Place potatoes and carrots in a large saucepan; cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 8-10 minutes or until crisp-tender. Drain and set aside. In a large skillet, saute onion in butter until tender. Stir in the flour, salt, thyme and pepper until blended. Gradually stir in broth and milk. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Add the chicken, peas, corn, potatoes and carrots; remove from the heat.
Line two 9-in. pie plates with bottom pastry; trim even with edge of plate. Fill pastry shells with chicken mixture. Roll out remaining pastry to fit top of pies. Cut slits or decorative cutouts in pastry. Place over filling; trim, seal and flute edges.
Bake one potpie at 425 degrees F for 35-40 minutes or until crust is lightly browned. Let stand for 15 minutes before cutting. Cover and freeze remaining potpie for up to 3 months.