Nfumbe Walk

Recent Vessel, May/June 2026.

I received a trabajo to create a Vessel back in early May for a client at my Etsy shop quoVeneficium. I gathered some basic deets about the fella I was going to build it for, like general birth chart information. This helps me see what he needs on a basic level. I gather what colors - 1-5 of them, older the muerto the fewer colors typically or if they are military, they get fewer too.

Why? The fewer the colors for them means they still hold rank and are seen as guardian muertos. The actual colors themselves are at a soul level. I cannot share them here but my client has purple and black indicating "The Gran Muerto," or muerto in charge. I only knew that I was building something very powerful and that I needed to treat it with great care and responsibility.

The first steps were consecration and smudging. I was very particular about my herbs for my omiero, which is a lustral water mostly used in Santería. I got trained how to make and use omiero via muerto and books in Spanish. I use palos (sticks), Spanish herbs, as well as European/American herbs with no shame. My omiero's are cooked but work amazing.

Anyway, I carefully clean the Vessel with omiero, smudge it with Yerba Santa and begin the process of filling it. I cannot give ingredients but a few...For some reason, I had an intuition to take my tiny print NLV Bible and tear out Psalm 23 to put in the Vessel. Never done that before! This will be notable later!! ;) Another ingredient is Black Tourmaline. This stone guards against EMF, which muertos despise.

Jet beads are an ingredient in which muertos stick to like glue! Jet was worn by the Victorians for mourning as a part of their wardrobe. "French" Jet is black glass. Real Jet is extremely light, feels like wood, and is quite effective for grief, I found! So, this "stone" is great for Vessels. The thing that ppl don't know is that Jet will absorb any Death Energy that it can. ANY. So know where you're going when you wear it!

The herbs and powders that I use are not written down. In fact, most of the items aren't because each Vessel must be a completely separate entity than any other that I've built! Really, all humans differ, right? I'd never insult a muerto by using the same ingredients! The Vessel stayed on Roddy's shrine. I figured he could chat.

John's place. Very sunny that day. My husbands shadow on the left. There's another photo too on findagrave.

Back at the beginning, mid-May, I had a vision. It was our graveyard. I saw the right side of it. Never where I go when I gather. I'm always on the left by the bikers. My inner vision showed me a quaint place. I put the vision away.

Graveyard time came! We had some shitty weather, then Memorial day..the next day we made it. My husband takes me into the country about 18 miles away. I'm armed with my graveyard kit: Black pouch, record keeping quartz, Florida water, coins for muerto and Centella, a railroad nail, jar, and sandwich. I had no liquor so Centella told me to offer food. I don't use any device to find a muerto, ever.

With my "deady" senses, I located the back side of a old, broken nearly in half tombstone. I wasn't feeling sure until I looked at the front! The old stone bore a military crest with just a name and service of duty (MOS). It said:

John T. Kyniston --Co B -- 5 Iowa Cal

No birthday or death day. I felt immediately: CIVIL WAR!! My husband doubted me. :/ But that was later.

I set up and did my "muerto gathering." Its very friendly and its not commanding. John was very easy and quick. I told him what I was doing and he practically jumped into the crystal. I never have done constraints. John was an angel. He stayed until I released him by voice into the Vessel. Other muertos don't wait for me and leave Roddy's shrine area. I have to call them back by using a tool like my Baston de Muerto. The bells get them! That's one reason we use bells.

I was enticed to check John's name on the internet. I found the 5th Iowa Calvary easily but doubted I'd find him. Well, lo and behold - John is listed at the end of the K's! So he WAS Civil War, for the Union! Swear that I was a young man in that war. The Civil War has fascinated me since I was young. I feel called to that area. Anyway! I went to findagrave and found his whole name, birthday, death day, and dead family!

Its funny too - John told me that he loves psalms and I did not know when I put psalm 23 in the Vessel. I had no previous knowledge of him. Then he told me which ones were his favorites so I could tell my client. Looks like John responds really well when my client recites them! From what I hear, the Vessel is awesome! :D Sweet!

To that vision that I had? It is exactly where John's grave is!

Centella.

Just little old me. Little girl but watch out for my purse Derringer! Ha! I wish, but I'm very good with them! Little .22 baby, shooting an innocent tree. Lol! That was fun. Miss Dave. Hope he's outta prison. Nah, my favorite is a .22 Ruger rifle with a collapsible stock. Its little too. It is Tom's. Biggest I've shot was a .243 hunting rifle. Big power! You never need a .12 gauge (idiot or are you taking down a load of caribou?) and ya really don't need a .306 either unless yer gettin mule deer? ROFLOL!

Sorry, I'm an Oregon girl so guns, hunting, and fishing are in my blood. But my dad couldn't hunt or fish because he had to work hard to feed us. He wasn't into that fare. It was my ex who really brought it out and my Tom who drove in the nail. My dad taught me cars! I know real cars, before fuel injections and crazy safety precautions. xD Here's my favorite car ever, in the exact color too. British Racing Green. This is the sedan. Only Series II and III were made as coupes. They say the Series II had a 12 banger available in it, from 75-79. Love those 12 bangers! (V12 engine), sorry, mechanic talk!

My dad's "other job" was being a mechanic at his buddy's shop USJAGV8. I can only say lovely things about his long time friend, Warren. I was always at his shop or house. I loved the noises of pneumatic tools and floor jacks scraping, the smell of oil and gas plus transmission fluid...open hoods with lots of European wiring...

What Warren did was expensive, time consuming, and took hard, diligent work. My dad did a lot with interiors, which was back breaking because there's screws and little parts everywhere! He took me with him to find the exact colors for the dashboard and the seats. The headliner HAD to match perfectly, seemlessly. Perfect Fit McDonald's was a fun foam store! Old, dark, and very rickety, it was almost in downtown Portland. I believe it was not far from the Ross Island bridge, near 6th or 7th street. My puny memory...could be 9th or 10th? Lol! Its gone and they tore down the ancient building. Fuck, there were missing stairs! :'( Good thing we took a super old elevator downstairs! Still not my oldest elevator!!! xD

Warren had another very successful hobby. He was one or was THE biggest prop dope cookers in Portland through the 80's until the late 90's. What's "prop dope?" REAL methamphetamine, not pseudoephedrine meth. The propylene oxide or propylene glycol chemicals used for prop dope were never seen by me, but from I did witness, was just fuckin beakers!

Tom said that all that you needed was *one* line and you were clear, crisp, and up for 3 days. I'm positive that my dad was involved but he never took any drugs. He refused morphine after a back fusion and shoulder surgery. He was younger too. He hated tweakers as well so he'd never do meth. I never saw my dad excited! Warren used it though. He talked fast, acted hyper, and sniffed a lot. Still love him like another dad. Cool Eskimo dude mixed with Caucasian roots. Hair went completely grey by 20. I know another dude like that too. Went totally grey at 15. He's also Native. Weird!

Anyhoo. Uppers are pretty much the only drugs I find useful. I take a prescription of low dose (20mg) methylphenidate for my weight that my psychiatrist provides. When not abused, these meds foster productivity, wakefulness, creativity, and help weight maintenance. My psychiatrist is in his 70's and has the "old ways." Older doctors will still prescribe benzodiazepines, like he does. He told me that he is one of the very few that will prescribe those in the Eugene/Springfield area. Tom can't even get a benzo. The benzo (clonazepam) is for my anxiety disorder and also helps my TMJ, or my Temporalmandibular joint pain. :'( When I began this drug, I took 4mg! Now I take .5mg-1mg and I get hangovers!

Ala - Everything Is Awesome: "I'm broken, old, and crazy hey just put me away..I'm not awesome..just forget this broad and don't read her blog..."Can't write songs but I'm good with poetry.

I just ended up like the ppl I was surrounded by. Yes, you can change yourself. But often you will find at least one trait of a relative. Get this: You can inherently have a trait and not even know it until it pops out! Often, your mate or friend will notice "something different" about you. It could be as weird as a smell that you noticed the other day. You hated it because it reminded you of the perfume your aunt Eunice used to wear! Pee-yeww!

I'm being fuckin random because I have stuff to say and these things don't go well enough for multiple entries. Thinking of dad. Sure miss him. Miss Warren too. His middle name was Emmett. Who has that cool name now? I remember his birthday! Wow! November 11, 1938! Holy crap, my memory is selective but not purposely. My dad's birthday was October 24, 1948. They were both Scorpios. Boy they had weird fights! No yelling or name calling. It was a staring down, hour long quiet fest. Serious! They never "made up."

I ONLY learned to make up after a fight on television. My parents fought but did not apologize or hug - in fact, they NEVER hugged or kissed or said sorry in front of me. Maybe my older bruh Jerome. Not likely though. How is a child supposed to understand, except for television or looking at other families? My family was HARD. We were raised like any pre-1950's kid. As much as I love dad, he yelled with brutal words and my mom glared and ignored. No comfort. No tuck into bed. Cartoons for two hours, only Saturday morning 6-8 am. Dinner at 5pm. Bed 9pm. No detours, no changes. No one in my family but my grandpa Arthur (WWII) and my uncle Bob (Vietnam) were known military to me. I wondered how grandpa Ben didn't end up going to WWII. I have tons of unexplained stuff. But...I'm growing and my ancestors are giving me family history, piece by piece.

In Muertería, the Riptein cycle - ("Ripping Time") indicates that one of our holy days is coming up. Darim is on July 17th. This day celebrates the first thinning of the veil (there are three). Muertería is all solitary, so when I say "we" I'm addressing all Muerteríst's. And each person can worship god(s) along with muertos. Be sure to decorate your Living Altar nicely. Use black and white candles anointed with Darim oil. Black and white gingham is encouraged decor. Prepare a light summer meal.

Before ritual, anointing of the feet is traditional. Darim is the time to start your Sighting (scrying) practice with a new tool or perhaps a new technique. Or its time to refine your Sighting skills. As a normal part of rituals like holy days and misas, we prepare a patipemba (sigil) on parchment with Darim oil and blood (optional) to burn in our sanctified Amunishah (cauldron or burning bowl). Meaningful words and chants are said whilst burning. Ashes are kept as a part of our ash keeping practice. Those are powdered and emptied into a sacred pot.

On Darim, the moon is Waxing and in Capricorn. Auspicious for death rites. :) Said a lot and I'm done for now.

This is my ancestor altar today. Its got more items on it but same photos. I added certain crystals/metals said to assist muertos (pewter, silver, Pink Opal, Amethyst, and Lapis Lazuli), a St. Michael vigil LED candle, a bowl of coins, a tape that has a psychic reading for my dad - I can listen to his voice! But only have once and he's only asking about me. He was always so worried about me...anyway - photo is crooked! Sorry!

Get something from a witch - expect there to be a spell on it.

Don't mess with mojo hands! My husbands brother did a no-no years ago with a mojo pouch I made him! He didn't just toss it in the garbage immediately. He investigated the ingredients! He said he had to understand "what that shit was." There were herbs, stones, and a piece of folded parchment. He reallllly messed with it - and shouldn't have!

He is an atheist (I didn't know back then) and he tears apart everything to its most minute level, its maddening! And a Gen X too, like me, but he's 55 years old now. This happened about 20 years ago! Thing is, I was a devout Demonolator back then and chose to put tiny curse attachments on my mojo bags if you doubt them or try to open them to look inside. He told Tom, like I said above, that he investigated it then destroyed it. In those words. Well...a few years down the road he got stricken with Multiple Sclerosis.

At present, he is blind in one eye, in constant pain, cannot drive anymore, calls up his mother and Tom, calls them racists and says that he needs no religion for he knows all and doesn't get why ppl need faith in something cos all he needs is faith in himself! Eric calls me the c* word, attacked his brother back in '20 because he has TDS, because he didn't like my goddamn tee shirt. They were in a full on fist fight - his brother very sick but he is 6'3" and used steroids in high school to win football. Fuckin BIG dude, could crush my skull with one squeeze...but the fight ended when my hubby's head went through the drywall. My father-in-law had heart surgery the other day and our family friend Gooch (Gary) is too crippled to help. I stayed out of the fight, but Eric whispered to me before he attacked: "He better keep his woman in line." Huh, bro? Shaddup asshole.

Sorry, random memories but I have a feeling ol Eric may try contact. I have his number and I ain't blocked him. Mom won't block him for obvious reasons, she has to keep an eye on him and contact the Veterans Administration if necessary. Tom (hubby) blocked his arse. Eric calls me a racist because of the way I vote. Whatevs man. Would a racist study and practice an ATR for 16 years at a uninitiated level? That's fuckin devotion. Sorry. Don't give a hoot about race.

No, listen. I come from a background where some of my family were racist but for mostly ignorant reasons that were fixable. My great grandma, of the Algonquian tribe in Quebec, was supposedly racist. But why? Because white settler Lutherans came in her small wigwam and murdered her parents and four siblings right before her eyes. One of them held her head tightly and he peeled her eyes open. She tells me "They was shot in the head after being hog-tied and beaten."

Whoa! She's never talked to me before. She said "This talk won't be last." Looks like Eric's violence brought her out!

But now that I've truly felt her, I fully sense that she's NOT racist a bit. She had a horrible four years with those folks, then found a job doing some kind of sewing or mending. At 16, she left the Lutherans. By the time she was 20, I believe she met my great grandfather, Fred. He was a fur trader. I have been wondering about a connection to Menominee Falls with them for many years. Beautiful place.

Great grandma Victoria is beautiful too. A little lady like me but black black hair and coal eyes. Like my dad and his brothers Bob, Jerome, and Paul and my aunt Cathy. Aunt Jane, well, she's more grandma's side. Uncle Jeff was the spitting image of my grandpa Ben. Only one! Lol! Only two or three alive in this paragraph.

I see her now. What happened? Always tried to envision my great grandma, couldn't do it. Another snare removed. Talking to my mom's side? Dunno if it will work, honestly. Uptight ppl, secretive, prefers not to speak. Though I *may* be able to get through to my grandma Lia from Germany but I need a German beer. Lol! Lots of crazy family dynamics on my mothers side unfortunately. And most of them are dead. When she does talk to me it is loud and shrill. Ugh. I will wait for her.

Ending this post. Hope its interesting. If I get any words about politics, I'll erase this post. I'm not aiming to identify as anything. I don't care, it was central to that story. Thx.

Roddy's shrine looking extra spiffy! He always glows when he's got the "right" stuff going on! What's right? (Note: Roddy's patipemba can be seen etched into the purple Elevation candle)

Well, Roddy and I just finished a Muerto Pact for a client. I shipped the Vessel yesterday. How long does this ritual take place? I give it a month but it takes three weeks or so if I'm quick. Having a bottle to use is necessary - liquor bottles work best. I generally choose regular size, I think 750 ml bottles. No wine or beer bottles are ever considered. I've used mostly tequila bottles and just finished the awesome Suntory Japanese Whisky bottle for my client. It has a dark green hue and looks very cool. I have to ask him if its ok to share a photo. It is so fuckin cool though! This fella is super interesting but again, I'd need permission to share info.

After a Vessel is chosen, the important task of finding the totem colors is next - those vary from one to five colors, and any color is used for decoration with wax, cloths, ribbons, etc. This muerto was very old and only needed two colors to represent him. Other decor really varies. In Muertería, there are a couple extremely important items added to the top of the Vessel, flanking it on to ground it. Not all Vessel's receive these though. Muertos who expect a lot of power or "say" in their muerto activities tend to need more colors and accoutrements added to the Vessel. Though muertos with "say" are rare. They need to realize that its a pact, a treaty - and they may get heard. Tata Angel told me that it is basically an nfumbe in a Vessel, just much lesser than a fundamento (cauldron). There's no nkisi (god or force) grounding the Vessel, so it is much more unpredictable than the nganga.

Muertos that just have wax, a chain and with no lock and some kind of shells are typically older muertos (before 1900's) though locks are still used as human deterrents, NOT for "keeping the muerto in," okay? Because you CANNOT! Doing a pact in a Vessel is for the practitioner who owns it is for mainly peace of mind. The muerto doesn't stay in the Vessel, but MUST come at the owner's call. The Vessel is a tool and you can leave the bottle open anytime you want.

My vessel doesn't have all kinds of bells and whistles but I'll be adding a symbol to the outside very soon and maybe three bells! These symbols for Vessels vary from: Shells, bells, chains, locks, keys, jewelry, rosaries, feathers, other milagros, crystals, bells, mirrors. The one thing I will say that though Vessel decorations sounds kinda involved, but its because we are building a world for someone and caring to make it comfortable for the muerto.

All of these little things we put in the Vessel are mutually shared but there's a certain energy that feeds back: HTDE. The muerto has it and it emulates back to us. When working with a muerto, it is important to have the give/take relationship going very strong. Probably don't think of this or realize it, but your muerto can help you in more meaningful ways than scrying or a magical spell. :)

Onto other changes...

Realized what I've been doing the past few years is NOT invocation at all!! Wow, what a difference! I work it SO much better than invocation. That's fuckin wild! How did I just come to that realization? Would my relationship with Demons change? xD Jajajaja! To tell the truth, half the time I felt wrong for invoking Demons. Like not awakened, closed minded, fooled, too young to understand, and that I needed a better teacher. That's for fuckin sure. Even I was a better teacher! My old teacher can't get mad - she admitted in the past of disliking teaching and not being great at it. Not my words. Lol!

But now, I'm on the right path. Cylinders are firing, neurons are sparking, spirit is aligning. Mental faculties and body slower but catching up. That's why She is here. Everything she has shown has been true. She unblocked a lot of things and she is fiercely guarding me. Protected by her. She said I can share who she is because that cannot do a thing, but keep our secret words silent.

Centella.

She came back to me after a very long time and a period of serious thinking. Centella wondered if it was worth coming back - was this lady to be fixed or even ready to receive? Centella told me that she always has deeply loved me since we met - I did feel like her child. But Centella was really the only being who saw the real me through blood and bone. Antonio always said on our everyday chat that I'd go far with my skills but would probably work on the fringe just like him. He says its better being unclaimed and that Palo is only possible if I conform. He said I needed to create my own niche because I'm most powerful on my own.

I'm digging my own path out like I'm etching Rodolfo's patipemba into the cold and wet ground. Finally doing what Antonio envisioned. A girl tearing her way through - her own "scratching." Finding my own new road. Speaking of that, my roads are better now. Those three messages I got to "help" me? Then they all ran away? That was Centella getting rid of more blockages. She ripped them out. It all happened within the same 8 week period. Three spiritual women, all ATR related. Hmm. Well, whatever these gals or should I assume, sorry...ppl saw, it matters not.

Something busted my blocks at least for me to get up and get shit going again. I rise triumphantly with Centella's strength, fortitude, and I tightly grasp my resolve. I continue to bust down any barrier I face becoming new again - shedding off that skin of confusion and unsurety.

Why do I have so many changes? Really not new changes but old past things I didn't get to explore or finish. These come back to me during my daily life, not haunting me but reminding me to FESS UP and DO IT. I did psychotherapy for over 20 years - with that, you do become more aware of how your mind works and what little things might trigger you, even unconsciously. In good hands, therapy is awesome. But the wrong therapist can practically kill your psyche dead. Jus sayin!

I know that Muertería will be mine forever as long as ppl don't steal! And Centella isn't just hanging out. She just helped me designate which necklaces for channeling who! Lol!

I am still not doing a book. I have one client at a time who pays me for files as well as help and extra information. It costs a couple hundred bucks.

Por el amor de los muertos.

Boneyard Jen

Graveyard deity, also spirit of the air and of storms, especially thunder and lightning.

Off this twisted road I walk, yet another path away from the main one - its leading me back home. I'm I cannot share much. I reunited with an old friend and now things are really going well. I was having a tough time with feeling stuck and blocked. For quite some time, I think was confused about my path and I wasn't sure where to go. I'm at level with everything now and I'm pretty satisfied. I do have to keep a lot of things off my blog though. My spirit doesn't wish to be identified online. If you figure her out, keep it to yourself, don't say her name in my comments.

Why the privacy? It was her request. She asked that I not reveal her until she's comfortable with it. She's said that she will help me write a post in about a month or three. This isn't a change from Muertería. I'm not leaving that path! My spirit says that Muertería is actually religious and to treat it in that fashion! I'm like "What?" She said that some of it is awfully close to Nkisi Malongo. Well...maybe tools of Muertería. The mpaka is similar to my Reather but different ingredients and intent. The Baston De Muerto is Nkisi Malongo but mine is a staff, not a cane, and its decorated with certain colored ribbons and a sacred number of bells.

Reather, top left. Others, Baston De Muerto.

I probably shared these before. Just showing these off again.

So, am I putting my Muertería blog back online? I failed to export the blog correctly, so I have to redo everything. Which is kinda is a blessing. Of course, some writings will be very similar, but the photos will be new. I am still posting old photos to show the evolution of Roddy's shrine.

Some things will be missing because this blog will NOT be a teaching blog - more of a "get to know Muertería" of thing. Why not teaching? I don't have the oomph for it. I also do not want to expose everything like I did before because I got no feedback, no thanks, or exchange of pleasantries. Why would I want to share my path (religion, yes!) with ungrateful people?

Anyways...

Exciting! Roddy and I are doing something kinda fun but very intense work right now! Roddy and I are working on a Vessel. :) Its top secret. I've even got songs for it. Things are great with this work. Its very powerful.

"In the darkness, we find ourselves. Our inner shadow can be free and we lose nothing but light that is not needed anyway." - Channeled quote from C.

Por el amor a los muertos.

Centella Ndoki.

Well, I tried my Muertería blog for a bit over a year. Its done, deleted, not even backed up. For the two friends of mine who may want to learn - you still can. For CBK, phone and email. For LNR, email or snail mail. Not open for teaching anyone else. Why did I delete my blog? No response, no reply or notice that anyone was even reading it. Plus I've maintained 17 followers. Boring! More ppl, more talk and I may have stayed.

I've been heavily channeling Centella today! About 2009-2010 when I started learning Palo, my padrino said my mother is Centella, but I think he knew by "vibes" instead of a reading...but I feel inside that it was always Centella. I mean lightning storms and wind (grandma's nickname for me: "Storm Cloud"), graveyards and the muertos, the Air element in general? Mama Chola never felt totally correct. Anyway, Centella has told me some very interesting and very personal shit!

Something about my grandpa Ben knowing esoteric things and that my uncanny gifts actually go back 12 generations!?!? My ancestors the Algonquian tribe in Canada taught my spirit how to appear in two places. Its happened to me before when I was a kid! No joke! A friend was involved but for all I know, she's probably a Mormon now. My ancestry that hails from Africa are Northern - Morocco, and more South but migrated North, from Sudan.

Centella is much easier to hear now, since my "clair" senses are crazy. Centella has a note to those who are *green* against me. It just means your a little person who is too indolent or obtuse to even consider doing what I do. Centella also says you've got to be brave and strong because you never know what you will see or hear from the muertos. I've seen and heard wild stuff in my time.

I've helped Centella plan a time for us to channel and do some other works. It will likely continue as per her instructions.

Still writing Muertería but the blog has been nixed completely. Do not post and say it is yours. One warning: The things I shared online are incomplete and mostly empty because I planned to elaborate later on in a further post. Just know that if you try anything, things will probably have issues. So beware. I *never* said that Muertería is stable.

Bendiciones.

Poor Midwestern boy...once a preacher, then elite Navy Iraq War Vet...gets fooled..and schooled. :/ And we haven't talked since, back in 2005.

I've told this story before but I just got important input that changes it and makes it 10x sadder. The input came from Seere, a Demoness that I still respect - there are few.

Its my friend W. We were traveling out to Colorado from Oregon to visit my friends and get him initiated. The entire trip he was obsessed with his patron. He got a YUGE tattoo of Lucifuge's Goetia sigil on his arm. He kept on talking excitedly asking me if Lucifuge was okay with this or that, finally turning the bend with: "Lucifuge says I'm the Anti-Christ."

I'm like WAHHH..but I only murmured. I didn't know what to say to those yellow amber eyes of his! His simple farm boy vernacular lost me sometimes. As we got closer, I warned him to tone it down in front of my friends. Things were okay until the next day with the Ouija board. I've gone into this a lot, but it is part of what triggered Steph to know that there was an issue.

What neither of us knew is that W.'s patron Lucifuge had been in his head the whole time! Steph took me aside and said: "Does W. think he is the Anti-Christ?" She never heard us! WTF? She knew. Demons told her... Lucifuge was playing sick mind games on my simp friend the entire trip! Lucifuge prolly told Steph!

That ended up being a bad trip. Never saw or heard from him again. :(

Just an update.

Wiccan altar.

Yes, I'm talking about Wicca, the religion that ppl love to hate these days. it was all apparently invented by a controversial figure, Gerald Gardner in the "1's" which I imagine is before the awful 2000's? Right?!?

Yes, he was a nudist which probably influenced him for nude rites. Still, ppl from the 1940's and early 1960's's were looking for freedom in their lives because social norms were quite restrictive except for porn houses and peepshows. That stuff wasn't for "normal" ppl. That stuff was for degenerates. Until the 60's sexual revolution - changed the whole game with Free Love. :)

Ppl now are being too critical about "sex stuff." The Great Rite in True was a very sacred act, usually with a couple, not perverted strangers. The Great Rite is very powerful and the energy is palpable. It feels like the Goddess and God are there in the room. BTW, Wicca haters, when they perform this rite, it is tradition to turn around. And it is not long either, nor have I heard or seen anything true about orgies! My coven was nude. Nothing weird happened.

I know that ppls problem now is that a Gardnerian coven wouldn't initiate you for your lack of witchcraft knowledge, your lack of resolve and resilience, only learning online and through to-day's books, lack of maturity and not fully accepting the "1's" teachings. So, stop looking through a closed lens and open up the aperture. I'm not here to insult. But I think Wicca, especially Traditional Wicca, should make a resurgence. Its a beautiful religion that needs ppl again. Don't bitch about it unless you've had a really bad experience!! If your judging, keep your hole shut on my blog. I may go back to Wicca someday. It balanced me and made me blissful. Check out my favorite Witches on Pinterest:

Sybil Leek

Louise Huebner

Patricia and Arnold Crowther

The Farrar's, Janet and Stewart

Luba Sevarg (quite rare!!!)

Sarah Lyddon Morrison

The Frosts (read over their weird shit and there are gems)

Don't engage with their politics. Who cares? Religion is not directly linked to it. For me, there just is no purpose to combining these or thinking of them in the same brainwaves. Here are some of my great old book collection!

All of these are pre-1980. Great stuff! My favorites are the two bottom ones.I'm missing my two Louise Huebner books!

Miss Unbreakable, Insufferable, J. Thorp

Darkness falls upon Her shrine.

Another post about Santa Muerte....my good friend B and I talked today. He read the reading I did for him. He was emotional, but happy. He told me how gifted I am and thinks its amazing that I can channel such a force. He gave me many accolades. And knew that I did not fudge it or make it up. Santa Muerte addressed him by his first name, he goes by his middle name and her vernacular was way different than mine. She wants us to make a pilgrimage to one of her shrines in America. She told him about changes, how to deal, and what to do. Some very big stuff. I always think my readings are too brief. He said not at all, it is what is contained, the weight of the reading that matters. My self-esteem still needs work sometimes. Everyone used to say my divinatory skills would be explosive. Well, pretty fuckin close!

Santa Muerte is figuring stronger in my current work. Her main altar is getting a tune up plus offerings of flowers, food, and wine. La Negra has her own separate altar for my friend B. There will be food, flowers, and wine for her too. But, I'm giving her a Tributa. So, does the Tributa work for all of her aspects when you do one? Yes, it does.

You can make it special for one aspect if you want to by adding special herbs, selective currency besides dimes - like $1 coins like Susan B. Anthony's, or 50¢ Kennedy pieces - these are kinda rare in circulation, so just offer a few. Try the bank to procure them. For La Blanca (the White) specifically, using white lilies, white carnations, or white daisies instead of other flowers are recommended. La Negra's flowers are red roses, red carnations or purple lilies. La Roja - ANY red flower! She adores red carnations. Those make her passionate. Roses? Get her pink ones. Brings out her gentle, loving energy. Perfect for love spells.

This just doesn't go just for Tributa's. These flowers are a staple. Out of my many years of practice with her I have found that these things work. If your flowers start dying straight away - she is not accepting them. Something is off. You'll have to redo your offering in a month. No, not immediately. Tend to her, pray to her, but no formal offering except candles, smoke, and Copal incense. If you try to offer too soon, something will go awry with the offering and the offering ritual. May be apparent up to a week later. No, Santa Muerte DOES NOT punish anyone. She's imparting a lesson - "Wait. Don't be impatient. Quick doesn't mean good."

I'm not an expert. Never have claimed so. I just know her. For so so long. She is my abuela, much more since my abuela died in 1995. Early on when I met her, in 1988, I called her "Reaper lady." She never scared me and she visited my dreams often. She shielded me from assault at school except once. High school. Santa Muerte said it happened too fast. Sure did. But when she saw the girl grab my neck, she made sure that I didn't get wounded. And the girl was expelled from school plus weirdly - she and her family moved away. I never saw them at their house again soon after the incident - summer break. Gone. Only two blocks from me. Grew up with her since 1st grade. Don't know what crawled up her ass! Santa Muerte is good defense, better if I had a shrine back then. Lol!

Never forget her or her shrine. Just don't. She can be fastidious to a degree but she's rarely cruel. She will definitely let you know if you've displeased her. Breaking something won't bother her. Neither will saying her name or prayers in broken Spanish doesn't phase her, she likes it because you're showing effort for her. Really not much pisses her off...dishonesty or lying to her, yes, she will get mad. Not being loyal - that makes her LEAVE. She has no probs with other deities but as I said in another post - she comes FIRST. If you have a ritual routine, visit and greet her first. Then do your other work. And time for Our Santa Muerte. I do this daily. Santa Muerte is happy, no dead flowers. Oh, why wouldn't she accept her flowers sometimes? Santa Muerte works on her own whimsy. We'll never know a straight answer! :)

Pls reblog! Ppl need accurate Santa Muerte information because most of it out there (sadly, even the books) is crap.

Questions? Ask me.

Crazy roses always obscure her. <3

This ritual is a very good way to have Santa Muerte to work on your behalf. It comes from a tiny book by Conjureman Ali. I do not do an amparo because I don't believe I need protection from another saint. For this it is usually St. Michael or St. Cyprian. My version of this ritual doesn't vary, but I do use seven dimes by personal choice, for protection.

What You Need:

An unglazed pot or vase

Seven White Flowers (I use red roses, they work awesome)

Water

Seven dimes or the matching currency of your country

A graveyard during the daytime

You can put everything in the pot except the coins and water. I choose to put everything in at the graveyard, usually in the car. At this point -Decide what gate of your graveyard your going to place the Tributa. Set everything in the pot except the coins on the ground. You must make your desire known to Santa Muerte - no wacky business.

The Tributa is explicitly to get assistance from Santa Muerte through your magic work or your prayers. Pray over the coins, they ground her into our reality by showing worth. Not just monetary worth but our existence of worth. Man has had some type of currency forever and it brings mostly trust - if you are not greedy. I mean, think of loans? The bank trusts you to pay your shit, right? Santa Muerte loves money. Why else would she be involved with cartels? Lol!

So, with the Tributa, you place all items into the vase/pot and you do your prayers. Then carefully place the Tributa near one of the gates of the graveyard - don't worry - the graveyard cleaner will take it within a week. Doesn't hurt the ritual!

What Happens?

If you do your spell or magic, right after the Tributa, it almost guarantees success. I got a successful trabajo (a job) for a client within a few days. But giving an average would be 2-6 weeks if she accepts it.

You would think MY Santa Muerte is La Negra (Black)? NOPE. The reason why I'm so great at love spells is because my Santa is La Roja (Red).

Ways To Sweeten Her Favor And Acknowledge Her

Give her hot sweet coffee or cold sweet tea - there is a tea below!

Smoke cigarettes with her if you smoke. I find that she appreciates them more - she really loves hand rolled cigarettes the most

And...smoke bud with her! Santa Muerte loves marijuana. Its long been a part of her - she loves chillin with a bong or blunt or just offer her a bud!

One of her favorite sweets I can't find here in Oregon... Its called "Cup O' Gold." If you find it, tell me!! Please!

Pretty Up! Santa Muerte loves pretty things - all kinds! Shiny jewelry, gold or silver but real or faux! She loves all jewels, real or faux. Like me, she's addicted to crystals and absolutely loves rings in particular but bracelets, then necklaces. She says:"Be tasteful, but decorate yourself! Be beautiful with death!" Santa Muerte's two stones are the same as I learned were Azrael's: Smoky Quartz and Amethyst worn together. How I know about Azrael? My old friend Leilah Wendell (RIP) of the Westgate Museum. She validated my Near Death Experience back in 2003 that I had with Santa Muerte. Leilah was feisty, gifted, resourceful, and true to herself. I learned A LOT from her. She was a gem. <3 Miss her.

Also, ladies! Wear makeup in honor of her. No, not a skeletal face. Dress your face like you would for a night out! Santa Muerte got me wearing metallic eyeshadow. Nothing weird, just gold, silver, bronze. Just blend with a nude tone a little. Santa Muerte loves nothing like a candy apple red lipstick or liquid to matte (my preference). Santa Muerte isn't Gothic, sorry. I am a very old goth but she hates if I wear black eyeshadow or lipstick. She even prefers nudes and pinks or mauve - even taupe too - she says "ghastly black!"But something should stick out. If not your face - your earrings! She laughs at that. Lol!

To Bring Santa Muerte Psychically & Enhance Your Skills - Don't drink Mugwort tea! Mix up some Chamomile, Hibiscus, Melissa (Lemon Balm), Damiana, and one Bay leaf torn in half. It is very Lemon-y and red. It tastes good but only use the half Bay leaf and don't leave it in. It will bring visions. Why else would the Oracles at Delphi chew on it? Eating it and swallowing it in large amounts can be deadly. Not in this tea! The chamomile will relax you for psychic activities. Hibiscus is also quite good for this work, it brings a divinatory power and precognition to you. Drink just hibiscus, it will strengthen your precognition like crazy and is another herb that helps you learn divination. Melissa, or Lemon Balm relaxes the pineal gland (third eye) so you can zero in and pick up hints from Santa Muerte, BUT UNIQUELY, Lemon Balm will correct your visions so you feel or see the truth. The Damiana will make your psychic skills abundant and very open and along with chamomile are two of Santa Muerte's sacred herbs back to the Aztec times, if memory serves me! I take very little from books. This mixture is made either directly for her or just for divination. Used together it is fine! But it may be overwhelming for new devotees or beginners. To make the tea: Use a metal tea ball or a 2 x 3 muslin bag with about 1 tablespoon and a half of herbs. You can also do this on the stove. Bring 1 cup of water and about 1/3 of a cup of herbs (adjust!) to boil, turn it down to a low simmering boil for 7 minutes. I have an old stove and it is electric. If you have gas, please adjust! When ready, strain your bright red brew. Cool as you wish and add your condiments. Pure cane sugar is preferred though some aspects of her (Like Niña Azul) love honey. This tea DOES honor her. :)

Santa Muerte comes first. No matter if she is secondary, tertiary, or with your other deities - Santa Muerte comes FIRST. In your daily rituals - yes, ancestors salute first, but Santa Muerte above any others. Its how she has always run and always will. It doesn't completely mean that she's number one to you if you work with another patron. Its just this is how Santa Muerte has always been. All you gotta do is bow your head, feel her, and say "Bendiciones, Santa Muerte. Te quiero," or your favorite Spanish I love you. I do the casual here or formal, "Le Amo." If you do a daily routine, you can come back to her and give her offerings, prayers, etc. She's not upset at that first disconnection because you put her first. To her - this first connection means all. And it may mean the forecast of your day if she is happy or not. I'm just saying truths. I channel her for a living. I know a lot and not all of it people are going to want to see or hear about.

Santa Muerte loves you when you love her too. It is NOT like a deity love. When she really loves you, you feel it in your bones - they will physically ache. It will feel like you're being practically smothered. But lucky us - she doesn't do this a whole lot. If you really please her - that's the only time and you won't know when its coming. Santa Muerte can be totally rando.

Remember that Santa Muerte is not completely pagan.

As I write this, I asked Santa Muerte if she had something to say. First, she starting to talk about dog sacrifice! WTF? said "No! Santa!" She then said, "My favorite perfume is Coco Chanel." ROFL! She's laughing her bones off!

Pls enjoy the Tributa and my suggestions.

Part of my theory. Pls check it out!! :)

The Whiseritat, a sighting device used in Muertería.

I was just glancing through Pinterest on the necromancy tag, and its so pathetic! There really is a lack of real concrete knowledge about it. Its all stolen from books. Nothing original - if it is, it is insanely inaccurate. I would NEVER use those correspondences for anything. Its also all Saturn related, even with an old friend of mine. She spewed Saturn! They say necromancy = Saturn. Sure, yeah whatevs. I don't need a fucking planet. Must I align myself with something? Why? I have my muerto.

I realize not many have a muerto, so then align yourself with real Death Energy! Not too hard. Go to a graveyard. You need not sit or make any grand expressions. Charge a amethyst and smoky quartz with myrrh. Wear or carry them. Ask for the Death Energy to encompass you. No, its not "death current." Here is the difference between energy and current:

Current: The part of a fluid body moving continuously in a certain direction; flow marked by force or strength. A flow of electric charge. Also the latest trends.

Energy: Dynamic quality; The capacity of acting or being active; A usually positive spiritual force; Usable power (such as heat or electricity), or Death Energy.

Synonyms for current: conventional, customary, usual, standard and prevailing.

Synonyms for energy: aura, chi, life, spirit, vibration and light.

See how these differ? Don't say "death current" until you know these definitions. They may seem close but they aren't really. My electrical engineer husband agrees. :) He helps with some of my work. Though, he wouldn't do necromancy. Lol. xD

So if you say death current, that's just incorrect. Get some education from this here blog. :)

It really sucks that current necromancy books are just ripping off other sources, including mine. But I only give out what I deem okay for the public. My personal necromancy information will never make it into a book or blog. I share many personal methods here but my private work never even gets written down. Its all on the fly - best way to go, IMHO. My Spanish may be written though! I did memorize one phrase but I have a new one now! I'm trying it soon! Love Spanish. <3 Beautiful language.

Some ppl may wonder why I have such a passion for the muertos and death. Because its all I've ever known. Santa Muerte came to me when I was eight years old. My "reaper lady." Death just became my fascination. Every aspect. That's how I can work closely with the dying and the grief stricken. Losing my own parents forced me to learn some big lessons. Going to jail completely changed me too. It was a little death of my personality. Forced me to change real quick. Death can be beautiful because it is an ending - but not truly a finality because a new journey begins. We shed our mortal skin to become at one with pure spirit.

Sure, call me a goth. I wear black everything. I prefer dark accoutrements (sorry, 16th century French word I fancy). I was a goth. But the new music blows farts. All the dudes try to sound like Peter Murphy or Andrew Eldritch! xD And I don't go anywhere so no point in makeup or dressing cool. I <3 my winklepickers! Death ppl do like black...its a vibration thing I think. The void calling to us. We just respond! My dad initially didn't like it. But got used to it.

My mom just did her usual mean snide comments. That was the Barstad way. Lol. My aunt and uncle are the same way. Thanks grandma! Damn Germans! xD I did end up picking a favorite parent. Obviously my dad. He was a farm boy from Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Sure miss him. I definitely was a daddy's girl. Eh, I've turned into a Eugene country person. Kinda glad. I'm not fond of my hometown Portland anymore. It sucks the bug one. Ol Stumptown got invaded by fuckin commies, druggies, and protesters. Portland used to be the "right kind" of weird. Now its just pathetic and strange. It ain't my home no more.

I was just reading about DNA tests. I'll probably get one even though my brother did. I just want to see some things and mention them to grandpa Ben. Its funny that my brothers test didn't talk of Native American. Our great grandma was. She had a terrible story about her childhood and my dad was told that she was a miserable woman. I just wanted to chat with grandpa about her. Still not clear on her tribe but grandpa said Algonquian. I gathered she may have been from Ontario. My great grandpa was a fur trader.

Anyways, Jerome (my bro) had the East African and Coptic results and I was curious about that too. But he also said Eastern Europe! Which is weird! There's never been word of like Russia or Czech or Serbia or Polish or anything like that! All I ever knew was German and Norwegian. Barstad is a place in Norway - that's my grandpa Arthur's surname. Lol! His dad's name was Tonyus, a derivative of Anthony. Not very Norwegian. Grandpa came from Butte, Montana. I wondered why tf he and grandma settled in Portland? I don't know nothing about my family and they are all gone or don't know any history either. :( Gonna have to resort to necromancy to figure shit out! Argh. Thx for reading.

I'm tapping out.