magical sciences & their applications to life

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I almost always use scented candles in my candle magic! I see the scents as an important part of the candle’s nature that can be worked into the spell as an added element, or even a booster. Aromatherapy is a thing!Some spells have “signal” elements. I’ve heard of people enchanting bells to ring to signal unexpected company and things to fall as a sign that someone wishes them ill. Perhaps one can work it into their spell to smell the scent candle whenever X or Y happens, or to warn against Z.It’s truly up to you whether or not you think scented candles will work well with your specific practice or in your specific spell. I say, why not? 

Unfortunately i’ve yet to work too closely with myrrh. Oils are one of the things I dabble in less often! However, I found some internet research for you on the stuff from various sources. Some of them are more scientific/mundane, some of them are more magic/spiritual/crafty. (It seems myrrh has a lot of cleansing and stimulating properties!)Health Benefits:

 Anti-septic, anti-fungal and anti-inflammatory, anti-depressant, anti-microbial and anti-viral, astringent, expectorant, stimulant, carminative, stomachic, anti catarrhal, diaphoretic, vulnerary, anti-spasmodic, immune booster, improves circulation, body tonic (via)

Energy Field Properties & other information by energy-treatments.comThe Benefits of Myrrh by experience-essential-oils.comMyrrh by Rebecca Joy KnottnerusMyrhh by herbalriot​Myrhh by theorganicwitch.com

Sea salt is my personal preference. It’s not necessarily better or worse than the other salts, it is simply the salt I use in my practice! I live by the sea and procure my own salt, which is the salt I use in my practice.

When in a pinch, i’ve used regular ol’ table salt to get the job done. Don’t feel discouraged from using whatever salt is in your cabinet!

When it really comes down to it, it’s your choice. It’s your practice! It’s your craft: it’s your salt!

Here’s some science for you:

Both table salt and sea salt are mostly sodium chloride, a naturally occurring chemical combination of sodium (Na) and chlorine (Cl), familiar elements on the periodic table.

Table salt is dug from underground mines, while sea salt is evaporated from—you guessed it—sea water. Sea salt may have a slightly different flavor and color because of trace amounts of other minerals found in seawater, including sulfate, magnesium and calcium, but its main ingredient is still sodium chloride. Further, table salt often has some iodine added to prevent iodine deficiency, as well as anti-caking agents. (SOURCE)

Salt is commonly used for protection, purification, and warding. It’s known for it’s absorption qualities! It can be an ingredient in a spell, and it can be used to heal or harm. You can make black salt, pink salt, green salt - salt can be customized, mixed, and charged in many ways. 

Still not satisfied? Check out what thelivingwiccan & thetwistedrope have to say on salt

Thanks for the update! :D At the moment, I would be very interested in one of the Inch-Rods, formed through compression, and dried in a quartz field :) Is that a possibility?

One inch rod, compression formed, dried on a quartz crystal field. Sounds like a plan! I can photo-document the process for you & publish it if you'd like (no flash photographs, however!), and if you have a crystal grid preference feel free to send it. We can work with all the quartz I listed. 

The moon is almost full, would you like the process completed on the night of the Full Moon? So long as the weather isn't torrential rain I can set the grid outside over night, then keep it somewhere cool and dark for the remainder of it's drying.

The crystal charged clay bricks turned out fabulously - Thank you so much for asking! I only made three in the batch you are talking about, for i'm trying to find a  brick design that's easy to break open while still charging optimally. Right now i've settled on a cylindrical shape, and have developed a braiding method to the application that I find disperses and breaks nicely. 

The batch prior to that one was sculptural and completed in the presence of a friend. It was kind of a collaborative exercise with the energies, and a good teaching experience for myself! His finished beautifully, little did he know but he picked a great shape for the intent of his energies. This batch dried beneath a desert rose in a small Faerie Garden.

I have enough crystals and clay in my inventory for a small batch of crystal charged clay bricks if you are interested.  9 less than an inch long rods,  1 peach pit size cluster, 3 grape size clusters, 1 plum pit sized cluster, 4 chunks the size of two peas put together, and 12 chips. The crystals are clear quartz in raw form, and the clay is red clay. I can do whichever charging method of your choosing-sculptural, brick, paint. 

There are also options for where you wish it to dry. I can recreate the beach on an altar if it pleases you as I reside right next to the sea. There is a forest down the road, so if you wish for it to dry around those energies it can be arranged. I also have a very small space for death in my home, as well as a space for the fae - and an area safe from them! The bricks can be dried in the presence of divination tools, specific tarot cards, in a sea shell, in the center of a quartz field, or on a completely blank slate if that's how you'd like it dried.