Wiccan Holidays: Beltane

Monday, April 25, 2011

Beltane, which is on April 30, and is coming up fast, starts a fertility festival where the Universe is ‘pregnant’ with the coming summer. It is meant to usher in the spring, good planting for those who grow fruits, vegetables and even regular flowers and good births. Rabbits are a great Beltane fertility symbol; “breeding like rabbits,” anyone? Pagan Beltane rituals involving rabbits and eggs (also a fertility symbol) is actually where the modern, Christian Easter came from, and why the date for Easter is so near Beltane.

Beltane is the first of the Wiccan holidays where daytime is longer than nighttime and may mean a brighter rest of the year for those who have had difficulty previously. It can also mean continued good fortune for those who take advantage of the longer daytime hours. For those who prefer the night, you will need to adjust to the new hours in order to take the most advantage of the shortened night.

So now that the history lesson is out of the way, what kind of magic should be done for Beltane? Fertility rites such as increasing the fertility of a couple having trouble conceiving or casting magic for a good birth for a human or an animal who is or will shortly be pregnant. With the energies of spring come abundant sex energy, as well. This sexual energy can be used to excite an old relationship, draw an old flame back or find a new, exhilarating partner - which is great for rebounding from a bad relationship. Magic for these purposes will need to be done very carefully on Beltane to ensure the relationship created are more than lust, unless that’s what you want, of course.

To complete your Beltane celebration, as with many Wiccan holidays, you should end with a feast.

Step 1: Use a fertility symbol such as a rabbit, egg, baby animal or phallic-shaped object. Circle the feasting food around the symbol.

Step 2: Cast any spells you planned for Beltane. If you’re celebrating with others, ach person should be able to cast one spell.

Step 3: Every participant should look at the symbol and imagine a long, glowing phallic-shape forming around the symbol.

Step 4: Everyone should reach out and touch the glowing column with the right hand. Take a few seconds, up to a full minute, for everyone to adjust to the feel of the energy.

Step 5: With hand still out, step back three steps from the symbol and feast food. The energy you took from the column should come with you and connect you to the column with a ribbon-like bit of energy. If someone did not get connected properly, take the time to repeat step 4 and wait a bit longer.

Step 6: Step to the left. The connecting ribbon of energy should begin to wrap the column, like a maypole.

Step 7: When everyone reaches their starting position five times, going faster with each circle, until you are all running on the last go, stop. All of your spells should now be interwoven with the power of the fertility symbol and the ribbons of energy should have passed through all the feasting items.

Step 8: In unison say, “So mote it be.” Release the ribbons of energy and wait for up to five minutes for the column to fade and the energy within everyone to settle.

Step 9: Begin the feast. If the fertility symbol was an animal, make sure it’s well hydrated and offer some appropriate pieces of the feast (carrots for a rabbit, for example).

Step 10: When the feasting is done, the fertility symbol will need to be dealt with. If it is a non-living item it should be carefully buried in an open area where the participants can visit easily if they need reinvigoration, but where others do not regularly go. A field owned by one of the participants would be a good idea, or if someone owns a large backyard that may be an option as well. If the fertility symbol was a living animal it should be kept and cared for by one of the participants; it should be available for others to visit when they need to re-new the sense of invigoration Beltane brought with it. If the animal is okay with traveling, you may consider doing a ‘custody’ situation, where it travels between each household for a certain time. I would recommend a month for each household.

Tips:

At the end of the ritual, people may feel sexually invigorated. No one should be embarrassed to excuse themselves for a short time to relieve themselves before joining the feast.

The same animal should never be used multiple years in a row.

How to Make an Electric Toothbrush Tattoo Gun

Monday, April 11, 2011

For fun, I decided to make an electric toothbrush tattoo gun at home. Obviously any homemade tattoo guns are too dangerous for use in tattooing a human, but once it was made I had a brilliant idea. I had just finished crafting a fresh mortar and pestle out of clay and was thinking of proper ways to decorate and empower it. It came to me then. I could use the electric toothbrush tattoo gun and paint mixed with essential oil on the freshly baked clay.

From time-to-time now, I may mention the use of a homemade tattoo gun in my witchcraft spells. I will try to make these parts optional, but you may want to try your hand at tattoo machine building. It’s really very simple and a lot of fun to use.

Tattoo machine building tools:
New mechanical pencil with unused eraser (should be a .7 lead)
Electric toothbrush
11 gauge guitar string
Nail
Duct Tape

Step 1: Using the eraser from a mechanical pencil, cut it in half going the short way. This will create two short circles, not two long half-circles.

Step 2: Push a nail through the center of the eraser. If you are looking down at the eraser so that you see the circle the hole will be right in the middle of the circle.

Step 3: Cut a 3 inch long piece of 11 gauge guitar string. This will serve as your needle when you are done making the electric toothbrush tattoo gun.

Step 4: Get a battery-powered electric toothbrush. This should be one of those cheap ones, such as an Oral-B Spinbrush Pro toothbrush. Remove the toothbrush head and discard somehow; it’s not needed for tattoo gun building, but you may find another use for it like a portable toothbrush.

Step 5: Bend a 90 degree angle at the very top of the 3 inches of guitar string.

Step 6: Put the guitar string through the hole in the middle of the eraser. The 90 degree angle will be flat against the eraser when it is all the way through.

Step 7: Put the eraser into the plastic shaft that the toothbrush head was sitting on top of. The guitar string should be pointing up from the electric toothbrush body. Push the eraser down firmly. You can use a q-tip or anything that will fit into the shaft to push on it. The eraser should completely fill the plastic shaft.

Step 8: Put a drop of olive oil on top of the eraser and turn on the electric toothbrush. The eraser should pulse up and down. Leave it on for a few seconds to allow the olive oil to spread and lubricate well. The easier it moves the better because this is the part that drives the tattooing of an electric toothbrush tattoo gun.

Step 9: Twist the tip off a mechanical pencil. By tip I mean the part that the lead usually comes out through. It should screw off.

Step 10: Place the mechanical pencil tip over the guitar string. The string should fit through the hole in the tip. Center the mechanical pencil tip is centered; if you don’t center it properly the entire tattoo machine building will need to be redone because it will bend or even break the guitar string when turned on.

Step 11: Use duct tape to hold the mechanical pencil tip in place. Get the duct tape all the way down the shaft of the toothbrush as well to get the strongest hold.

Step 12: Cut the guitar string at a slight angle so that it’s sharp. The string should be cut as close to the mechanical pencil tip as possible. When you turn the electric toothbrush on the guitar string should pop in and out of the tip fairly quickly.

To use, just dip the tip in ink, paint or other colored liquid, turn the electric toothbrush tattoo gun on and draw on something inanimate and slightly soft. The guitar string may dull rather quickly if being used on cooked clay or other hardened surfaces. Just untape the tip and pull up the eraser. Put in a fresh piece of guitar string and put it back together as directed above for a fresh tip.

Note: If you decide to use this electric toothbrush tattoo gun on yourself or another living person you do so at your own risk. Using a homemade tattoo gun on a person can result in serious infection. Because you probably won’t be using appropriate ink either you will be putting yourself at risk for poisoning. Plus, the tattoo just won’t look good when done with a homemade tattoo gun like this one.

As I experiment I may add more sturdy homemade tattoo machine gun directions to this blog so keep an eye out if you don't like this particular one.

How to Cast Wiccan Glamour Spells for an Eye Color Change

Monday, April 4, 2011

If you have ever wanted a safe and natural eye color change, without spending a fortune on contact lenses, you may be interested in learning how to cast Wiccan glamour spells. These temporary spells are non-irritating, can be done in less than half an hour and don't require a doctor to complete.

Step 1: Place two candles in front of you while you sit cross-legged or on your knees. One should be the natural color of your eyes and the other should be the color you want your eyes to be after casting the Wiccan glamour spell for an eye color change.

Step 2: Light the two candles with a separate match. Use a match only.

Step 3: Place your hands above the flame for the candle that matches your eye color.

Step 4: Place your warmed fingertips over both eyes and then sweep the hands downward and away. Repeat this motion 5 times and say, “The color you are, you will no longer be.”

Step 5: Blow out the candle that matches your natural eye color. As you do this, imagine the color of your eyes fading to white. This will clear the eye color away to make way for the Wiccan glamour spells eye color change.

Step 6: Place your fingertips over the remaining flame.

Step 7: When your fingers are warm again put them against your eyes. Hold them there.

Step 8: For five minutes envision your eyes filling with the color of the candle. If you can hold this, and concentrate effectively, for longer than five minutes it will help make the Wiccan glamour spells stronger.

Step 9: With the eye still covered blow out the final candle and then sweep the hands away.

Tips for Wiccan glamour spells:

Wiccan glamour spells for eye color change are not permanent. They will fade over time. If you are just learning how to cast them they may last for only an hour. As you get more practice you will be able to sustain the eye color change longer.

Glamour spells of any kind will not make a difference to most people who know you well. Eye color changes though are the easiest to fool people with, even those who know you.

Disclaimer

Though spells may be offered to help you optimize your life or even heal injuries or lose weight, this site is not meant to treat or diagnose any illnesses. Nothing stated within this site is approved by the FDA unless otherwise stated.
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