The Minoan Tarot, by Laura Perry.

I recommend it 100%! It is beautiful, useful, practical, and different.

Connecting and Consecrating my personal connection with the Minoan Tarot, beautiful creation of Laura Perry. 

I am not in reviews, that's not my thing, but I was so really Inspired by using this new deck, that I need to put down all this information for you. Make a great favor to yourself and check this beauty on Amazon, you probably will love it.

One of the wonders that paganism gives us is the opportunity to connect with the religion of our ancestors, and with them, to be able to connect again with those who were believed to be forgotten, revive their traditions, and put into practice their most beautiful customs.

The Tarot is one of the ways that allows us to read the past and the future, connect with past lives, with ancestors, with events that occurred outside of our present and conscious understanding, and with events that are being written day by day in the future.

Each letter is a story waiting there to be read, each deck of letters is a book that opens the doors to understanding the world, from the hand of its creator, some visionary of destiny that is sent to humanity with a message, a message so broad that it must be written and illustrated in letters to put that message in our hands.

The visionary work of Laura Perry will not only take you back in time, to the beautiful lines, architecture, and structures that inspired her to create this beauty but also, it will allow you to connect with omens of the future, beautifully written in every detail in each one. of these letters.

All of the above, not to mention that the fully illustrated instruction book is of enormous help, both for beginners who seek to get into the practice and study of tarot, as well as for experts, who every so often we must take a review of our work, from the point of view of someone with a different perspective.

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Manifesting... Happy & Blessed Magical Holidays. (with pics)

It is Time to decorate the house set the tree, and bless lights and gifts. The pandemic has not gone away, and yet Yule is almost here, and yet the New Year is around the corner.

Welcome back to my virtual corner, I am Elhoim, and without more unnecessary further introduction, this is my post for this day.

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The pandemic has not gone away, and it will probably not go away very soon, however here we are, and here we continue, November has arrived, and December is around the corner, and with it, come the holidays, Christmas, Hannukah, the Solstice of Winter, Yule, New Years Parties, and the year 2021 is closer than ever.

It is time to clean the spaces and tidy up everything we have at home, take out the old and the useless, move the furniture and clean in-depth, burn a little sage and rose petals in a saucer to remove the astral larvae and the energies that are stagnant there, decorate every corner of the house and plan the calls, meetings, virtual meetings with our family and friends, there is much to do, and drinking an infusion of mint and star anise with a spoonful of honey will help keep anxiety at bay during these days.

The winter solstice (in the north) and the summer solstice (in the south) are just around the corner, energetic changes are coming that we must make the most of if we want to have the prosperous and healthy year 2021. The old gods of winter They are about to awaken in the north, while those gods of the sun and light are ready to walk in the south, and we are still here to continue being part of these cycles.

The parties will be mostly virtual and in many of the meetings the theme will be “healthy social distancing”, many will not be able to travel as usual, and there will be countless people who remain at home alone in front of the TV wishing to be able to visit and share with your friends and loved ones. However, that does not mean that you cannot light a few candles on your altar for each one of them, to illuminate their path with guidance, health, and well-being.

Unfortunately, many old and new stores will close their doors on these dates, as many people will prefer to make their purchases online. However, a pumpkin covered with honey, orange oil, and cinnamon powder, near the entrance of the premises, will help maintain a good influx of customers, while those gifts that are previously blessed under the upcoming new moon and moon filled and wrapped in blue ribbon scented with rosemary oil and roses, they will find their way into the hands of the recipient without any inconvenience.

Do not lack candles of all colors on the table and on the altar, white candles are the best to bring peace, protection, and spiritual guidance, but some green, red, and purple candles, and perhaps an orange candle, will be adequate. to bring a new cycle of riches, love, transmutation, joy, and fun.

Golden candles to honor the divine spirit that will guide the course of this new solar cycle, and those candles with the aroma of vanilla and mint that you place in pairs, to attract new opportunities in this cycle that is about to begin.

Do not forget to burn cinnamon the first three nights of December to bring a month of good fortune and thus avoid running out of money at home.

Anoint some metal bells and jingle bells with pine oil and cinnamon, hang these bells and jingle bells from doors and windows with string and red ribbon, to summon the blessed spirits of good luck and good fortune. This will also keep the ancestors in contact with you during the holiday month.

Months of great anxiety are coming, and this can lead many people to a period of depression, so do not forget to dry in a bowl of salt, some orange and lemon wheels, tie these wheels with red ribbon, and hang them at different points of the house and the room, in order to absorb sad thoughts and attract happy thoughts all around you.

Give yourself a day for yourself, a day where your only priority is you. This should be all year round, but the world can be very busy and makes us forget it, so choose which day you will dedicate to yourself, give yourself a gift (how well deserved you have it), visit a store and buy that quartz that so much you need, or that talisman that you are going to consecrate on the night of December 21 to bring a cycle of good fortune and well-being.

Apples, strawberries, cherries, and all red fruits are the fruits of the season in both hemispheres. Red fruits are healthy and have very good energy, they are broad-spectrum energy activators, you can use them for protection, healing and love spells. Experiment with making smoothies, salads, cakes, and jams with these delicious gifts from the land. Prepare a plate with cheeses and red fruits for your ancestors, serve on the altar along with some lights, incense, glasses of water, and even a cup of coffee.

The Tarot cards of "The Star", "The Magician", and "Nine of Cups" will open your ways and dispel any obstacles, if you place them next to each other for three nights in a row next to the front door with a little myrrh or copal frankincense.

And don't forget to send your good wishes to the universe, putting your wishes in writing and burning these in the flame of a blue candle between November 21 and December 21.

Do not forget to read these other posts that I leave you here below, share this post with your loved ones, and send your good wishes to everyone around you.


Made With Love, Elo.
© Copyright, 2020, Elhoim Leafar.

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Our November Collective Ritual.

PROSPERITY & ABUNDANCE 2021.

NOVEMBER, Friday 27th.

Thanks to everyone who was part of the last ritual months ago (March 16), HERE THE POST.

For all the members, readers, and followers who are in my WhatsApp, Telegram, and for those who are not, this next Friday 27th (just one day before our class together/class here) we will carry out our collective Prosperity/Abundance ritual. Below I leave you the necessary implements and the time, it is like all the rituals we do, simple but effective.

If for some reason you cannot do it at the same time, you can do it during the same day before midnight, although synchronization is important, the willingness to do things is much more, the important thing is to do it.

Why do we do this Ritual?

Every year I offer two rituals in the Blog to perform each one at home, manifesting the best and most beautiful of our energy, all together on the same day, working at a distance for the same purpose. 

We are a total of 37 confirmed participants so far, or at least that is the number of contacts that participated in the previous ritual. If each of us performs this ritual on the same day, a small but very consistent wave of energy will cover our different cities, if you want to contact me directly, remember to write me a direct message on Twitter/IG/FB to request my phone number.

Day and Time of our Prosperity Ritual:

Friday, November 27th, 2020 / One day before my class online (click here)

18:00 Hrs / 6 Pm (New York City time).

Implements:

FOR THE RITUAL

Five large green or white candles (can be soy candles or honey candles).

Essential Oils of myrrh, orange, patchouli, and cinnamon.

A small piece of paper and ink or pens.

Frankincense or myrrh incense (pure, in sticks or cone).

A glass of water.

Colored chalks.

Red, green, or gold fabric ribbon.

FOR THE BOWL

A glass bowl

1 cup of rice (plenty)

1 cup of corn (riches)

1 cup of lentils or mixed grains (prosperity, opportunities)

1/2 cup ground cinnamon and five cinnamon sticks (protection, plenty)

12 coins (to represent money for twelve months)

Optional:

1 cup of oat flakes (so you never miss out on food)

1/2 cup of brown sugar (abundance, friendship)

1/2 cup of dried yarrow or chamomile flowers (easy money)

Four pieces of crystal quartz (to symbolize the elements and keep the energy clean)

RITUAL

Pre-Ritual

As a personal suggestion, I recommend that you write down the entire ritual on paper, it can be in your spellbook, so you can keep the phone off during the ritual and avoid all kinds of interruptions.

Begin by cleaning the space where you will perform the ritual, perfume space with the incense of your choice, or by sprinkling a little of your perfume on the surroundings, a previous meditation and a cold shower always help to better focus the mind and energy.

Raise your circle around the ritual space following your favorite method (with salt, with a rope, with dried herbs, with holy oil), and place all the elements inside the circle.

Now the Ritual

Draw in the center of the circle (using the chalk) the symbol corresponding to our ritual (which will be uploaded to this page in the next few days), and draw the same symbol (with ink) on the sheet of paper, place the paper On the symbol and the glass bowl, stepping on the paper, light the candles on a saucer and burn the incense. Keep the glass of water next to the bowl.

Close your eyes for a moment, take a deep breath, visualize and feel the energy that moves and transforms around you at your will, visualizes this energy filling the bowl in front of you, and covering all the elements in your environment within the circle.

Open your eyes, take a deep breath, and begin the ritual process. Proceed to use the fabric ribbons to tie the cinnamon sticks, tie seven knots in each one, and place them inside the bowl. Add all the elements of the bowl one by one (grains, rice, corn, etc.), at the end the coins, and as you add each element, recite:

 "In this home, and in this place, wealth is abundant and nothing is missing".

Sprinkle the bowl with three drops of each of the essential oils, and proceed to move everything that is in the bowl mixing with your own hands, and recite:

"Wealth, prosperity, and abundance are in my hands, nothing does me missing, everything I need is within my reach, everything good for me comes to my hands, everything else remains far from me".

Now wet your fingers with the water from the glass and sprinkle around you reciting:

"This sacred space has fulfilled its function, prosperity has come here to stay, in the heart of the place, and in my heart, wherever it goes, the A new cycle to begin is full of blessings and riches for me ".

Get up, close your eyes, and open your arms to thank the universe and all the manifestations of your consciousness (gods, angels, saints whom you wish to thank). Now place the magic bowl in a cool and illuminated place in the house, add the remaining water with a few drops of the oils to your shower water, lift the circle and clean the place.

Fold the paper with the enchanted symbol and place it inside the bowl, every week, at least once a week, add two to three drops of essential oil to the bowl and move it with your hands, never leave it static or full of dust, as it is a reflection of your prosperity, a very common mistake that many make when making any version of a bowl of abundance, is to leave it in a place permanently covered with dust, which represents the prosperity of the home being covered in dust and time.

Hugs to all, we read soon.

Symbol: Here you will probably recognize three symbols, the two symbols together on one side we used in 2017 and 2018 for this ritual, the symbol on your right, is the symbol with which we are going to meditate and work this ritual, as well as for our protection amulets in this year 2021, and the star in the upper part, which is the symbol that I usually draw and add to my rituals, which behind the paper has written: "remove all evil from the life of those who see this symbol and understand its universal beauty".

Made With Love, Elo.

 © Copyright, 2020, Elhoim Leafar.

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Being a New Spellcaster in Times of Social Media Pressure.

Greetings and welcome once again to my virtual corner, I am Elhoim, and without further unnecessary introductions, this is my post of the day.

If you have recently entered the field of witchcraft and occultism, it is quite easy to feel lost among so much information, all the information that was once so inaccessible, today it is within the reach of a click, spells, rituals, sabbats, lunar phases, infinite lists of gods and goddesses to conjure, and hundreds of "Influencers" willing to put this information at your fingertips in exchange for practically nothing.

So in general, there is so much information that it is quite easy to get lost and not know who to believe or where to start. Any experienced practitioner would simply answer "it is easy and logical that the correct way to start is...", but when you are new, and you want to have results, it is not difficult to stay in the middle of the road watching what they do. the others, and many times by mistake and total ignorance, try to imitate what they are doing, because if they say that this has results, how not to believe them?.

One pic of my East Altar in Home. 2017

The work of a Sorcerer or a Spellcaster goes much further than reading the spells in a book, buying the implements, and performing them, a good spellcaster must be qualified to identify with the naked eye the essential aspects of a spell, its method of application practice and its use, as well as the inconveniences that it may present in the process, not to mention the results.

Just as a doctor is not a doctor just because he has a degree, but because he is a highly qualified individual to show results of his work, a Spellcaster must keep track of his rituals in order to notice the effects of it and know if a spell worked or no. But then, where and how to start?

Learn from everyone and doubt everything, doubt until you see the results.

Constant questioning is one of my usual personal practices, and it is what I always personally suggest in each and every one of my online classes and workshops. Questioning who you are, where you are, and why questioning what you do and how you do it, will lead you to understand in depth the result of your actions and the consequences of them, and in sorcery, there is no exception to this rule.

Questioning the work of others in private, not to criticize negatively, but to lead you to understand how they do it and why they do it, is key in magic, to understand why suddenly an author that you follow recommends you to do this spell or this ritual, from What bases does he decide to recommend this practice to you and why, or what is the origin of this spell, is it associated with his culture and individual practice? Or is it perhaps linked to some initiatory rite of the author in question? All this is important to know, not only for general culture but also to know how the results of the magical work in question could be shown.

Previously (here I speak in terms of years) learning witchcraft was a constant work of practice, trial, and error, it required a huge investment of time and money in classes and workshops, and a lot of individual practice, there were very few books available and they were the only one guide that was had, so we had to put everything into practice to know what worked and what did not.

Today the practice is faster, nobody takes seriously a 45-day ritual to master the Tarot or a personal growth ceremony of nine days in a row, today if it is not something fast, beautiful and practical, easy to share in a video of Tiktok or a beautiful photo of Instagram, there will be very few interested in doing it. Well, today I practice it is the order of the day (many times without equally effective results!).

With so much variety of options in such a complex and constantly growing market, new search engines are easily lost when they notice that most of the authors or "experts" in the area are busy competing with each other, by numbers and by followers, and it is common that many of these young people in search of being initiated in the magical path, decide to abandon the practice soon after not seeing results, not because they lack the human talent for the realization of spells, but because there is more information available than They practice is within reach, and among so many contradictory proposals, they will end up exhausted, anxious, irritable and disappointed.

Another pic of my East Altar, in Walpurgis Night, 2017

The variety of options is not bad, in the diversity lies the strength, the problem is that for a novice, who is in today's world, surrounded by followers of the #WitchesOfInstagram movement, falling before the pressure of the virtual world, rather than a cheat, it's almost a must.

Everyone seems to want to be part of the esoteric movement now, and that is not bad at all, but there are so many looking for results, and wanting to be quick teachers, that in the end, you end up having a room full of witches who do not know the difference between Wicca and Witchcraft. , who have never invoked anything in their life, or who are conjuring spirits with an Ouija, without having a gift of clairvoyance to know if the invoked spirit is present in the room or not, and these same individuals are constantly performing spells "without results ”, Which means that they are working with energy, performing rituals, but without achieving the expected results.

From witches who are more focused on promoting left and right "shadow work" more for trend than for useful purposes, and sorcerers who are more dedicated to collecting books than experiences and knowledge, the holistic community is increasingly disparate, weirder, and ends up becoming for many novices, more a mine of inexperienced tricksters than a center of worship and teamwork.

Being a good wizard takes years of experience, it is more than buying a book and making a few spells out of it. It requires an enormous variety of talents and practical knowledge, a lot of studies, meditation and constant individual work, a full-time investment, attendance at classes and workshops (if within the newbie's possibilities), and a lot, a lot of practice, as well as constant monitoring of the results of your spell.

This spell that I performed, did it work? It didn't work? How do I know that the spell worked or not? Any sign or comment about it? You will know all this by keeping track of the spell performed, taking notes on it, seeing what results are presented and how long, and all this is part of the work of a Spellcaster, in order to know if a ritual works properly or not.

Spiritual advice to others, constant consultations and long conversations with other practitioners, a lot of study of the lunar phases and the spiritual world, work of breathing and visualization before and after the ritual, a lot of communication with the spiritual plane, veneration of the ancestors and others spiritual entities to solicit their help, their guidance, their advice, and their protection. All of this is part of a Spellcaster's job, and all of it wraps the realization around any spell.

If you are starting on the esoteric path and you are not having results, it may be time to question your work and the way you are doing it, the actions you are taking, and the clear intentions behind each magical work. This way you will know exactly what you are doing wrong, or what you are failing to do in the process.

With Love, Elo.

 © Copyright, 2020, Elhoim Leafar.

Check my new upcoming Book (available on pre-order):

• Manifestation Magic: 21 Rituals, Spells, and Amulets for Abundance, Prosperity, and Wealth.
• Available in Amazon: CLICK HERE TO PREORDER
• Available in Goodreads: CLICK HERE TO SAVE

Check my last classes and Save your spot for the next one.

• The Court of the Witches, and other Allies on our Magic. Oct 24.
• A Mystical Night of Invocation and Mediumship. Oct 27.
• (NEW CLASS) New Cycles! 21 Rituals & 21 Goddesses for 2021. Nov 28

Brumalia, Another old forgotten pagan holiday.

The Roman Holiday that few speak of.

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The name of Brumalia comes from brvma, [ˈbruːma], "Winter solstice" or "Winter cold". The Brumalis festivities were the ancient winter solstice festivals instituted by Romulus in honor of Libero/Liber Pater (the god of fertility, viticulture, wine, and freedom) or Bacchus (the god of the winemaking and wine, vegetation, religious ecstasy, and festivity), honoring at the same time to Saturn/Cronus and Ceres/Demeter. 

Brumalia was probably a derivation of the ancient Greek festivals of the Leneas (Λήναια) held during the month of Leneón, a month that elapsed between what is actually now January and February and dedicated to Dionysus, during these festivities excesses were made in the drinking of wine and in the liberalization of customs. These celebrations of Brumalia used to start on November 24 and lasted for a month, ending with the arrival of Saturnalia. The festival included night-time feasting, drinking, and merriment.

The Celebration

The Brumales were festivities during this low light and hot halftime season related to the months that currently correspond to November and December.

Farmers sacrificed their pigs to Saturn and Ceres, Gods of agriculture and vegetation, vintners sacrificed goats in honor of Bacchus (or Dionysus in the Hellenistic world), those in charge of public posts gave honey, wine, and olive oil to the priests of Ceres.

What happens in the Byzantine Period?

For the Byzantine period, approximately in the fifth century, the historian Juan Lido (born in the year 490) tells us in his book “De mensibus”, how this celebration flourished in Constantinople, in the Eastern Roman Empire, where it was called "Festival of Cronos" (the Greek name for Saturn) beginning on November 24 until the inauguration of Saturnalia on December 17, each of these 24 days assigned with a letter of the Greek alphabet. During this festival it was customary to celebrate each friend on the day of the initial letter of his name, in addition to killing a pig, a custom also shared in ancient Saturnalia. Other authors, such as Forcellini and Cumont, interchange dates or assimilate one party to the other, using Saturnalia and Brumalia as synonyms.

Juan Lido also tells us how it was a date related to "chthonic demons" (pagan deities) for which he had the disapproval of the Church. This sounds strange because, despite the antipaganism that is always found, we have many texts that show us how until the middle of the 10th century there are still references to this non-Christian ritual.

Agathias reports uncensored in 577 how the Brumales were celebrated in Constantinople after an earthquake. It is also known, by Coricio de Gaza, Oración XIII, that the festival was celebrated in the 6th century during the reign of Emperor Justinian I where the prospects for the rest of winter were prophesied. the emperor who, on the other hand, persecuted paganism. In 521 he held his first consulate with the Brumales on a copious and lavish scale with banquets and shows throughout the Empire.

The emperor felt no problem in celebrating these popular rites as long as no specifically pagan sacrifices or cults were practiced since the festival was already a secular part of the day-to-day life of his people and his court.

Another Background

There are stories for which there is certain evidence but their veracity is doubted, such as the narration of the Antiocheno chronographer Juan Malalas, born in 491, and the one based according to him on the Roman analyst Licinio Macer, who tells that his origins They came from a small celebration instituted since the time of Romulus, to mitigate the disgrace felt after his stepfather Faustulo offered him bread, since it was customary that bread was only eaten with a relative, and thus it was a date where everyone gave entertainment to someone outside his family, being a story that tries a posteriori to give a meaning to the word Broumalia by relating it to the Greek βρομός food. Balzamon and Tzetzes, Greek writers of the modern age, suggest that it was a Roman tradition already mixed with the Dionysian festivities typical of the Hellenic world.

During this time, prophetic indications were taken as prospects for the remainder of the winter.

The holiday was celebrated at least until the 11th century in the Byzantine capital of Constantinople, as recorded by Christopher of Mytilene. No references exist after the 1204 sacking of the capital by the Fourth Crusade.

NOTE: We also have variations of the date; For the German historian Theodor Mommsen, the Brumales would begin on November 24 and end on December 25, the day of the mist. Other authors say that the Brumales were celebrated twice a year, on March 12 and on September 18, and that they were also called hiematia.

Some Ref:

• Diccionario histórico enciclopédico, Vicenç Joaquín Bastús i Carrera, 1828.
•  Alan Watts, Mitos, sueños y religión, 1998, p. 138.