Messages from the Solstice
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I feel like part of my job is taking risks on behalf of enchantment…
…so that I can share the results with you. Often, that looks like doing exactly as I please — and seeing if I can still survive. Because, that’s what most of you tell me your heart is longing for as well, and I want us all to have that life.
My indoctrinated mind constantly tells me I can’t live as I want, because if I do, “I’ll fail, I’ll end up homeless, no one will like it, everyone will hate me,” etc. But meanwhile my heart is telling me:
you CAN live, survive, and thrive as a public witch.
You CAN write about what you want and people will stay with you.
You CAN listen to me (your heart) and let me guide you and still be safe.
And so far, everything my heart has told me has been true. And everywhere she’s ever led me has been better and more beautiful than where I was before. I love how, in Latin the root of the word courage is cor — meaning heart.
Our hearts give us the courage to live deliciously.
Last week, on the Solstice, I did the Auspicious Beginnings candle spell for my (Founders Level) subscribers.
For the first part, I went to sacred land and sang songs to the Sun. I read the Sun prayers and danced, then chanted a blessing that everyone touched by the spell be reborn in joy.
But it wasn’t until I chanted that EVERY BEING touched by the light of our Sun be reborn in joy that I could feel the magic start to flow through me.
Have you experienced this? It’s an ecstatic feeling. Like inside you are empty space, a tunnel like a flute, and the song of the life force pours through you in a radiant shimmer. And the more you give that light out into the world, the stronger it comes.
I directed the shimmering into the candles I was blessing for you, and let it rise off me, like steam off a lake at sunrise. And the more delight I felt at charging your candles, the more powerful my magic became.
Part of my work as a witch is increasing my capacity to feel the intense sensation of delight. To let it grow bigger, and brighter, and bolder, without having to put on the brakes. Which has taken me a long time and a lot of practice to learn.
I’m grateful to the elders of witchcraft who visit me in my ecstasies for teaching me how to open my capacity for joy in all its forms.
The rest of the spell went like this…
…once the candles were charged by the Solstice sun, and brushed with herbs from my garden (purple sage, black sage, hummingbird sage, and mugwort), I took them home and arranged them on my altar.
I did three different invocations to the Sun, the Shining One, Flame-Feeler Fire-Bringer, then knocked on the ground three times, and rang three bells.
I anointed each candle in blessed oil, and rolled it in a mixture of rose petals, dried orange rinds, red clover, frankincense, and cinnamon, while chanting the name and petition of the recipient.
And then, still chanting their name, I breathed the sunshine still swelling inside me from the Solstice Sun into the candle, and imagined a golden filament of light reaching from the candle out into the life of the recipient…
…to create only blessings, and only good, for you dear Founders Subscriber.
And then I put the candle (either gold or juicy orange) in a box of sand, and sang over all of them until I could feel the spirits nod, and then I lit each one from the flame of the central candle, and kept singing until every last one of the candles burned out.
When I was done, I thanked the spirits again…
… and gave them more offerings of cakes and wine, tangerines and saffron. So if you felt a wave of golden light, you’ll know it was a nod from us (me, my spirits, the sun), singing to you from the Summerlands of Tír na nÓg.
As far as results of the spell…
…for those of you who sent in petitions, look out for little rays of joy, signals that you’re heading in the right direction. If you get any glimmers, like ideas popping into your head about things you should do in relation to what you petitioned for, DO THEM (as long as they harm none). Those glimmers are messages of inspiration and encouragement from the Solstice Sun.
If you receive a blessing, be sure to leave an offering for the Sun. For instance, honey water, flowers, fruit, or birdseed scattered while saying a prayer or singing a song.
*If you can’t afford a subscription, email me and we can work something out. I want these rituals to be accessible for all. You can email us at: guardian@oracleoflosangeles.com
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A few reminders…
This Thursday, 6/29/23 Language of the Birds Reading Group. This month we will be reading a section from Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons From Marine Mammals by Alexis Pauline Gumbs. I highly recommend getting it because it’s creatively inspiring and ecologically empowering. We’re reading chapters 1, 6, and 19 (it seems like a lot but the pages are small and it’s a quick read). If you can’t buy the book right now, you can read the section we’re covering here.
Here are some study questions…
What might listening and trans-species communion have to do with witchcraft as you understand it, and how might one go about such a process based on the reading material. Speaking of a manatee, in Chapter 1, Gumbs asks, “How can we honor it, the archive of your breathing?” And so I ask the same, let’s discuss together.
Another Gumbs’ question from Chapter 6: “What could enable us to live more porously, more mindful of the infinite changeability of our context, more open to each other and to our own needs?”
And finally, based on the reading, can we answer Gumbs’ question: “How can we best care for each other across generations, borders, and other barriers?” What does it mean to, as Audre Lorde said, “be very strong/ and love each other/ in order to go on living.”
Next Monday, 7/3/23 6:00pm PS Full Moon in Capricorn Ritual. Returning home to a felt sense of safety within. Practicing feeling our magic merge with the material world.
A Solstice Gift for Everyone!
Finally, I wanted to share with you a playlist I made on Solstice, which I made to help me in preparing my house to cast the spell. It is JOYFUL AF. You WILL NOT be able to listen to it without smiling. YOU *WILL* DANCE. This is the perfect playlist for a road trip, or a beach day, or to clean your house before you invite the spirits over. I hope you enjoy it.
I love giving you gifts because you are so worthy of love!
Please feel free to follow and like it so it shows up in your Spotify feed!