One frequent question I am asked is how are crystals cleansed of all past negativity; so these are my five top steps:

1. Place your crystals in a bowl of water – the best is mineral water and sea water or river water is even better!
2. It is advisable to leave them in the bowl for 24 hours and in full moonlight if possible.
3. Take each crystal and dry thoroughly. You are now ready to empower your crystal.
4. Hold each crystal in your hand and be still with it. Connect with its vibrations and energies. Once you are in a still state, communicate with your crystal either in your head or out loud. You may wish to say something like the following:
“I wish you to be cleansed pf all past negative and unwanted energy.”
You now want to communicate with the crystal, either out loud or in your head, what you want from it. For example, if you are holding Citrine, you may ask the crystal for help with you prosperity and finances.
5. You will want to cleanse your crystals regularly, especially crystals that are on show which are susceptible to absorbing negativity. (For example, crystals used near electrical equipment.) Rocks that are not on show should be wrapped in a cloth or pouch (white or black are good colours for mixed rocks. The colour of the crystal you wish to keep stored is also good.) A piece of carnelian kept stored with your crystals should also help to keep them full of positive energy.

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The moon has a great effect of our energy levels. When the moon is full, we and everything around us is charged and energised. When the moon is waning, we loose energy and become tired. With our busy life styles, it is hard for us to stop and have a look at what is going on in nature. However, if you can get your body to correspond a little with the energies of the moon, you may feel a lot better
for part of its cycle.

When the moon is full, take this opportunity to get those extra little tasks done. When the moon is waning, slow down a little and cut down on non-essential jobs.

Wiccans work with the moon cycle because of the changing energies created by the different moon phases. The phases of the moon are traditionally symbolic with casting spells. The main phases of the moon cycle and its corresponding traditional magical purposes are as follows:

The Waxing Moon: Seen as the Maiden aspect of the Goddess, the crescent grows from a right hand arc into a full moon. This corresponds to spells in regards to increase or attract good things. The more the moon increases in size, the more powerful its energies become to attract abundance.
The Waning Moon: Seen as the Crone aspect of the Goddess, the crescent shrinks from the right hand side into an arc on the left. This corresponds to spells in regards of banishment and decreasing influence. The more it decreases, the more the potency decreases,
The New/Dark Moon: This is when the moon in entirely covered by the Earth’s Shadow and this phase is good for beginning new projects and enhancing psychic protection.
Full Moon: Seen as the mother aspect of the Goddess, full moons are particularly powerful in themselves and can be celebrated in its own rituals. The extra energy from the moon can be added to spells. This period only lasts for 24 hours – But you can add or subtract a day on either side.
 

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You do not have to be a witch to cast little spells. In fact, I find that casting little daily spells can be very affective. (Remember the Wiccan Laws though.) You can cast spells as much as you want as long as it does not harm anyone. Take Karma into consideration as well (see the blog below.)

I will give you a couple of examples to get you going and then when you are out, have some fun making up a few of your own and have even greater pleasure when they work!

Finding a Parking Space: You must say this spell on the way to somewhere you want a space before you actually arrive there:

“With some speed and some grace
Let me find a parking space,
Let it be easy to drive into
And near the place I wish to view”

Cleansing Spell: If you have had a bad day, repeat this spell three times when you are in the shower to make yourself feel a lot better:

“Water, Water, wash over me,
Cleanse me of all negativity,
Restore all that is pure and true
So I can start today anew.”

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Since running the store, the sale of smuge sticks has just gone up and up! What was a new-age/pagan/witchcraft ritual has crossed over to a more “commercial” market! Smudge sticks are most the biggest sellers and normally people order them because they have just moved into a new house and they want to cleanse any past energies from it.

Smudging is such an effective way to do this – sage probably being the best herb to use as it has great cleansing properties. It cleanses all negative energies in an area or around an aura and it smells amazing too!

I usually smudge my living areas once or twice a year. I particularly smudge my office quite a lot as this is where most negativity rises for me. When I feel particularly stressed or uptight for no real reason I will smudge. I usually chant whilst I am smudging and say something like:

“Let these herbs blow over free,
Cleanse all negativity,
Restore all that is pure and true
So I can start today anew”

If you are going to smudge, I recommend you hold a ceramic pot under the burning herbs so that you can catch any embers. I also recommend you do not smudge children or smudge if you are pregnant.
 

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I have been fascinated with tarot ever since I can remember and I have been reading tarot on and off now for ten years. I think my readings have improved since I started. However, I do not think this is because my psychic connection has become any stronger or I have mastered the traditional and mystic symbolism of each card. It is more to do with the fact that my life experiences have grown.

When you are reading the tarot, you are sometimes presented with a card you just cannot connect to and my own personal belief is that this card usually represents an aspect of life you have not experienced yet. I think this can be true in the sense that we are all walking a life path where we are growing and learning and forever being taught by past mistakes.

I will give an example of what I am trying to explain! When I was in my late teens/early twenties, one of the most popular tarot questions I was always asked was “Are we going to move house?” Because at the time I had never bought or sold a house, I never realised the emotional and financial strain that this experience could have on someone. Therefore, if, say the ten of swords came up in a reading, I would not be able to relate that to my own personal experiences.

I am currently in that position where I am moving house and can appreciate all the burdens that are associated with it. Last week I did a tarot reading on myself (which I hardly ever do as I find it hard to remain objective) and that ten of swords card came up. I read that it would take 10 setbacks for us to finally sell the house we are currently in. I interpreted that as meaning we would have 10 viewings before we would get an offer. Well it was our 10th viewing on Saturday and we finally accepted an offer!

What my example is trying to prove is that only through experiencing, appreciating and empathising people and life can we truly understand the tarot. The more I learn about life, the more I truly appreciate the “mechanics” of the tarot system and I am excited about what I will understand in the future.

People always ask me what deck I use. I learnt with and still always refer back to the Connolly Deck. This is a beautiful deck with simplistic use that does not use “scary” cards and is very soft and feminine. It is also easy to meditate with.

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There are 2 main problems I have had. First, I just cant seem to find something I can connect to and second statues are just so damn expensive (and I have the luxury of buying at trade prices and the nicest ones are still incredibly expensive.)

I happened to come across a beautiful rose quartz stone with a straight smooth surface so I got a permanent silver crafts pen and drew a goddess symbol on it and found it incredibly powerful and invoking… so I guess that cheap and simple sometimes is the best!

Well this is not a very good marketing ploy for the website so I also have to add that I am incredibly excited about some beautiful new candle stick holders I have coming in stock very soon (which I shall be personally using myself!) That should also invoke the God & Goddess and I can’t wait for them to arrive!

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My craft has been a little neglected lately, not out of choice. Other commitments have taken over which we all suffer from time to time. Anytime I feel like I am loosing touch, I will go to my altar and stand there for a while, light some incense etc. It helps me to keep my connection.

However, I have had the good news that my husband and I are moving to a bigger house, which is semi rural and has lovely country views – the sort of environment a witch craves for.

So my excuse that I have been so busy is doubly true at the moment because the move coincides with Spirit Adventures moving to a bigger office as well – 2 moves in the next few months is turning into a logistical nightmare (as well as trying to decorate the house we are in now to get that on the market.)

So please forgive me – I will be more blog active once I am a bit settled! I will try and take some photos of the new place we are moving to and add them to a blog.

Just some other website news. I have removed the forum from mystic-resource.com now – it was not that active and I was unhappy at the amount of spam and pop ups that were coming up each time it was visited so if you want to add anything you can comment on any of these blogs – I will respond to them where necessary and please feel free to comment on anything I have to say or others do (-please be respectful!)

So I know this not a very spiritual blog – but I thought I should let you know I am still existing and what was going on!

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One of the traditional rules of Witchcraft is the Rule of 3. This rule literally means that whatever is sent out in magical energy will be returned to the recipricant three-fold. There are many opinions on this rule and its actual existence.

Some say it is a warning not to place curses or hexes on others as the affects of these negative acts will come back on you three-fold. Others say it is not a law at all – If it were the case we would see only bad things happen to horrible people and only happiness and success for good people and we certainly cannot measure the affects of our actions by the number 3!

Being Wiccan means this is a subject that I philosophise about a lot. I have concluded that I am quite sceptical about this rule. We hear and see bad people doing bad things to good people all the time and not only do we see them escape justice – they certainly do not get the bad effects of that three fold! (Literal or otherwise.)

That’s not to say that I would curse or hex someone – (If this is how we are applying the rule of 3) I am definitely a believer in Karma and my own personal ethics is to treat and respect all people the same way as I would want to be treated and respected as your actions and words will come back and bite you in the end – whether this be the next day, 10 years down the line or even in another life time!

I recently have suffered a bad case of credit card fraud with my online shop. Fortunately, I am insured so I have not at a loss financially! However, it upsets me to think that there are people out there who cheat and steal from others, just to get something for nothing.

Even though I am in this situation of helplessly knowing that I can never get justice against these individuals. (Past experience and research has taught me that the Police do not exactly come running in cases such as this.) I get quite a lot of comfort out of knowing that Karma will get them in the end!

Whatever side of the three fold fence you fall on, I personally think that this rule is not a bad one to live by. If we all treated each other the way we would like an ought to be treated ourselves, perhaps our world would be a little kinder…

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My blog entry this month is a little later than usual. Mainly because I had little to talk about. (Unusual for me!) However, if you look out for the signs, you always find something to discuss.

I was talking to a customer on the phone today and we were sharing our psychic awareness experiences. What striked us both was how similar our stories were and I thought I would share some of this with you tonight.

I think it is a good idea to share psychic experiences when you are in the early stages of psychic development. Although most of the time these experiences are exhilarating and fantastic. Sometimes they are unnerving and you are left asking yourself “Am I going crazy?”
So I thought you may like to compare notes if you are going through that “Am I going crazy?” stage.

I started going to psychic development classes when I was 18. At that age I had an interest in the paranormal and the subjects of clairvoyancy and meduimship. However, I felt at the time I had no natural psychic skills and a school friend and I went just for something to do. However, as time progressed, I started to really tune into something – perhaps now I would call it a natural psychic ability.

I had a good teacher who showed me how to see and sense energies, taught me how to meditate and I started to do readings. Meditation is certainly a key in all psychic development as it shifts you conscience to feel and experience things you would not usually experience in normal day to day life. I remember when I first saw an aura – an explosion of colour suddenly appeared before my eyes as I studied the area above another students shoulder! The readings were not so easy to grasp – not because it was difficult to do a psychic reading per se. It was having the confidence it takes to actually read for someone else!

I am not really too sure how other psychics would describe how they get their information during a reading – perhaps they hear words through their guides or see images. I don’t personally have that sort of psychic link where I can hear or see my spirit guide as if they were standing right next to me. I guess the only way I could describe how I get information during my reading it that it just comes out of my mouth. I don’t think about it or try to analyse it, I just say what I get. As I said though, I suffered (and still do suffer) from a lack of confidence – you wonder if and how you can distinguish normal daily thoughts from actual messages.

Unfortunately, I never advanced any further than this as my father stopped me going to classes. (I think he thought I was trying to raise the dead or something.) After that, I lost my connection with spirit and went back to the normal day to day way of thinking.

A few years later, my father suddenly passed away which took a good a year or so to get over the shock and initial grief. It was after this period that I began looking into the whole psychic area again as I was interested in mediumship and making contact with my father in spirit. I was very lucky to have this experience as my dad visited me on more than one occasion in my dreams to let me know he was ok.

I started my development again and this time developed myself without going to classes. I joined a few internet support groups and bought a few psychic development books and began to reconnect. I began to feel and see my guides in coloured energy and started to just “know” things without any good reason. I bought my first pack of tarot cards and began to learn the cards and do sample readings. I found that tarot boosted my confidence in my readings, the cards gave me a focus to direct the thoughts and feelings I was receiving.

I soon got to the stage where I began to freak myself out – it scared me how accurate my card readings had got and found it harder to switch off from the sights and sensations I was experiencing. I think this was my “Am I going crazy” part of my experience and began to doubt my own gifts. I locked down and cut off my abilities for a good couple of years – and this ironically was when I was running the business! I was going to Exhibits and was told on numerous occasions that I should practice Wicca, since I had all the tools and supplies about me! I started to study the craft and this gave me the focus I needed to start developing again.
I still don’t think I am at the level I was when I was freaking myself out. However, I feel a lot more grounded with my development now and I think when I get to that stage, I will not be afraid or have the doubt or lack of confidence I had before. I have experienced too much and seen too many “coincedences” to blame circumstance and there is too much good magickal energies in this cosmos to let them go to waste!

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As my poor little lap top ascends to the great PC spirit in the sky, I bring you this blog a little later than planned and on a different computer.

The season of the Chritmas Dinner Parties will soon be upon us and I await the gasps and sudden cease of conversation when I answer the all-time favourite question; “So what do you do?”

Hmmm.. Where do I start?

I usually tell people about the website and the goods I sell. Of course, you then get bombarded with the following questions; “Are you a Witch?” “Are you psychic?” “Can you see dead people?” “Can you read my aura?” Etc. Etc.

I tend to test the air with how much personal information I freely offer – When I was a little younger and more naïve, I thought that everyone was OK with discussing spirituality and most people had some knowledge (if only limited) of the new age phenomena. However, quite a private conversation with the person sitting next to you at the table, usually turns into a full blown circus of drunken dinner crowds wanting you to perform “tricks” for them.

So now I am quite quiet about my own personal spiritual beliefs and practices. Sometimes you will meet a like minded individual who can freely share experiences with. However, it can be quite hard to not to discuss things further after telling people what your occupation is.

My occupation is one that I am proud of admitting – Running an online new age website is certainly more interesting than the run of the mill jobs (I won’t mention any examples – I don’t want to offend anyone!) Some closed-minded people may think I am a freak of devil worshipper when I tell them what I do – that’s up to them. However, most people are genuinely interested.

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