We are going to investigate why it is important to not only control but understand your emotions before you do ritual work. Taking the time to think and understand why you are feeling before acting is important not just in the mundane world, but magickally as well. This is because it helps you make better decisions and avoid unwanted consequences both magickally and in your mundane lives. Emotions like sadness, and anger can cause our spellwork to not act the way we desire. We are going to be making black ritual salt that can be used in a variety of rituals. What are emotions? Emotions are rarely one-dimensional, and it’s natural to know you’re feeling something but cannot put it into words. There’s a reason why you have both positive and negative feelings. Our emotions have a function they help us cope with different situations in our lives. Your emotions have a major influence on the decisions you make. The emotions you feel each day encourage you to take action both large and small. Understanding emotions isn’t always easy, especially if you don’t have words to put into what you’re feeling. Our emotions go deep than simple basic emotions like “happy” or “sad,” they can be far more complex. Experiencing an emotion is your body’s way of relaying information to your consciousness. Human emotions evolved so that we can respond quickly to life-or-death situations. Recognize when to ask for assistance. Asking for help is a strength, not a weakness. All emotions whether they are happiness or anger have physiological responses, such as increased heart rate and sweating. They also have magickal effects if you cast during this time. When we are angry we often overreact or believe that the world is against us. This can manifest itself by you want to lash out at others magickly. As you cast even with a clear state of mind you will observe emotions that will arise. You can't take the emotions out when you cast, but you can cast with a clear emotional state. When you have a clear emotional state you will be able to focus on, the goals that you are casting for. In Paganism we harness all of the elements. Think about how water works with others: water gives nutrients to trees, water tames fires, and air temperature is created by water. The element water can be seen all around us in the ocean in our tears, in the rivers, in the rain, and in all mighty snowstorms. Our emotions are connected with the energy of water. All emotion and drive are started as someone's fluid feelings. Our water from our tears is how we show our emotions that connect us to the heart of the Universe. Water is the element of cleansing, dreams, empathy, peace, psychic awareness, and emotions. It is associated with all of the moon stages, and with transformation. Your mind is powerful, and the more you understand it and how it affects your magic. Taking the time to ground and refocus allows your emotions to calm and center on the desired purpose. Grounding your energy before ritual work allows your emotion to calm down so that you can focus. Grounding before spellwork helps to prevent your energy from waning. We are connecting our energy with the Earth's energy so that we don't feel emotionally and mentally drained after the casting. In grounding, we can use many different techniques. Deep, mindful breathing can help you awaken your consciousness and focus your emotions. There are different types of salt, Himalayan salt is the most common. Himalayan black salt is pinkish-brown in color. There is also black lava salt and black ritual salt. Black ritual salt is what we are making here it is not meant to be used in cooking, ONLY RITUALS. Black ritual salt has magical abilities for witches. It can be used for protection, grounding, banishing, and breaking hexes and can also be used for laying simple hexes and curses of your own. It’s useful for driving away anything and everything from depression, nasty spirits, other magic workers, and even unwanted spirits. Black Ritual SaltWe are going to be making black ritual salt. You are then going to place a votive in a bowl containing the salt. The salt will help to ground your energy before and during your spell work. To make black ritual salt you need: Sea Salt, Charcoal, A pinch of black pepper, and incense ashes. Grind the pepper and charcoal into a fine powder before adding your salt. Add salt and the ashes into the mix slowly, making sure not to add so much that the color becomes more grey than black. Store the salt in an airtight container. MAGICAL TIP: Hide a small bag of black salt in your workplace is said to absorb anger, resentment, and negative office gossip “The words of an experienced man is like a salt that preserves.”
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As a mom of three boys who go to public school I started to notice that some things were not being taught in detail so I decided to create lessons for them. Many of these lessons cover science, history and of information about Paganism. I share crafts for the all different holidays and cultures as ways that they can learn and have fun at the same time.
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