July 2026
July Month of Abundance, in the Midst of the Chaos. 2026.
Yes, a couple of days later.
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The Chaos that started a week ago.
A day like today, a week ago, on Wednesday, 24, one of the biggest earthquakes hit my home country, Venezuela, which is not prepared for something like this; we haven't had an earthquake or catastrophe of this magnitude in over two decades, never two massive earthquakes one after another in the same week. For the past two decades, the “Socialist” government has been focused on “training soldiers” and publicly preparing them for an invasion, never for rescue or for what else to do in an earthquake. As a veteran myself who started with three years of Military school, did college, and then closed the cycle with two years of service, I can admit and assure you, we were never trained for something like this, to assist or to attend to anybody in a scenario like this one.
A catastrophic situation like two earthquakes, leaving over 2,290 people dead, over 12,000 people injured (many of them in permanent ways), and “tens of thousands” people missing, is not something small. Is a traumatic event; there have been entire days of calls, messaging, asking for donations, watching the news, as if it is not enough to be aware day by day of everything happening in the USA, Ukraine vs Russia, Israel vs Palestine, and a long list of similar and equally important issues, add to that two earthquakes and over 782 aftershocks in a week. It is simply not easy to process.
To give you some more context. My mom lives on the 8th floor of a 24-story building, in the literal top of a mountain’s valley, surrounded by over two equally tall buildings, and many cerros (smaller mountains packed with little houses). Immediately, I called her. I obviously suspected the worst, but she is a lucky witch, and she escaped without any problems. The building, miraculously intact, her nerves, destroyed completely, but alive and safe.
Now, let's get more personal in the context.
One of my sisters is alive, but it was a different story. Between 2016 & 2019 I hold many different job positions around the City, first as a Visa holder your options are limited, so essentially I worked for myself, with a smaller LLC, I did practically everything I could to help my family from here, I sell charms for entire long days of winter in a plaza, I sold hundreds of charm bags in a street of NYC, I offer consultations, equally on tarot as in marketing and media business, I worked as a freelancer media manager and marketing consultant for two different companies, all that while I was creating content, writing books, and attending events, all that, without breaking any rules, even when I was constantly teased about, consulting every step with two different lawyers, always taking the non-risky, but long and boring path.
Anyways, money was flowing in a positive way everywhere, and I was not working for any companies, so I was legally fine, money was flowing so well, that for over 18 months, while my partner was finishing his Master Degree, with a student visa, reason why he could not legally work either (anyway he did not have the time for that), I was the one paying rent, food, travel, subway tickets, more food, clothes, electricity, telephone services and internet, everything, I was exhausted, and literally in the bones, but I was financially okay. I was so financially okay that I did a little business to buy my sister a little apartment 2 hrs from my mom’s place.
After the earthquakes, that little apartment no longer exists. At least not completely; half of the apartment is damaged, and the columns appear to be permanently damaged. Immediately the earthquake started the place start coming down, she run out with her two kids, and less than a minute later, in front of her eyes, the entire little house we worked so hard to have just was turning into a nightmare, pieces came down, the ceiling broke, walls to the floor reduced to pieces, her bed, table, fridge, cabinets, tv, computer, phones and chargers, cash money, practically everything lost, water pipelines broke, gas pipelines broke, she lost everything, except what matter most, her life and her children, well protected by something bigger than her, not even a scar, and yes, she was, just like my mom, one of the lucky ones, her neighbors, many of them, they did not have the same luck, and as many people in the city, they are now with their ancestors, some of their bodies have not been even collected yet a week later.
But that day started very differently.
That day, June, Wednesday 24, I was working out in the gym. Normally, I work out around midnight until very early in the morning, then I go home, sleep until midday, and start my day normally between 12-1 pm. That day I was actually in a very good mood, better than usual, cuz I just finished with an amazing impressive rating my 12 weeks ISSA course as personal couch, I was very glad about it, I studied so much for that, entire books of anatomy and I learned to name bones I did not even know that existed, I was just having one of those “everything is possible” kinda feeling.
I have this bag I carry with myself everywhere, where I have my gym gloves, moisturizer, sunscreen, antihistaminic, my tablet, hand sanitizer, a bunch of notebooks, pencils, my wallet, and a long line up of stuff, between them, this particular blue notebook I just carry with me every year between June & July, to write down money spells, rituals, good fortune sigils, everything I go planning to share during July, cuz every July, as celebration for the release of my book ‘Manifestation Magic’ I hold a virtual #MonthOfAbundance and just share tips and easy-to-do little rituals for everybody in my socials. As planned, I should have started sharing the content I had prepared just a couple of days later.
Not too many hours later, the news arrived, and the catastrophe started unfolding. One earthquake, wait, is it two earthquakes? Wait, how can they be saying in the news that there have been 25 aftershocks already? The earthquake literally just happened… All plans came down.
Priorities in order
Immediate reaction, even before confirming what is true and what is not, called mom, called my sister, called my nephews, called my besties from Venezuela, those living there, and those living outside, just like me, checking on everybody. Then, when I know they are okay, the next thing, now I can sit to check the news, do the proper research, in different media channels, see what pages and companies are collecting money and donations to help, and ignore bunch of toxic influencers been pushed by the algorithm trying to take advantage of the situation, and see how grave is the situation, how dangerous are the conditions for each one of them, a couple long-time friends are present no more after the earthquake, so the entire week have turned into a constant process of grief, awareness, grounding, virtual activism, all that mixed with work, daily responsibilities, personal life on hold, just so much to process.
- My mom (in Spanish): “Oh, wait, mijo, ay, is not next week when you start your abundance thing every year? Or is that in August? I don't even remember”.
- Me (also in Spanish): priorities woman!! Priorities!!!
My mom took her first initiation in Spiritism, and then years later in Palo Mayombe, and then a decade later in Santeria, all that, many, many, but many years after been a very accomplished bruja, she was a very successful folk practitioner, very respected in her community, a wise curandera and herbalist, a great diviner helping and healing with her tobacco and blends of plants. She was always the living evidence that you don't need to take initiation to be a witch. She did it after many years from a place of authentic curiosity and search for wisdom; she has never talked about that as “an upgrade”, but more like “a specialization" in a more specific form of magic.
A second characteristic of hers is that she's gonna help even her enemies without saying anything whenever it's needed. And about that, I have so many stories to tell, specifically 29 stories I lived next to her, where I found myself questioning her ways, and she just focus on her mission, help who needs help, even those who cursed her, those who “hex her”, those who tried to hurt her or her children, she would ignore all their vitriol and just assist them, not shaming them, not with an attitude. She could know that, that very miserable person who was threatening her constantly and calling her names, and trashing her in the building, and calling her diabolical and all kind of stuff, was very sick at home, and she would make a warm and fresh bowl of soup for her, bring it to her, and make her eat it in her bed if necessary, and she would not even ask or wait for a ‘thank you’, and then will call me down to make a reading of that person, to be sure it was a medical thing and not some form of curse she could cure, and they will clean that neighbor’s house while she is recovering, and go back home like nothing happened, and pray for her and light a candle for her recovery.
Days later that woman will recover, will act like nothing, will treat her poorly in front of everybody downstairs and “praying to the lord” very loudly in front of my mom while we are all waiting the elevator, and my mom would not say a single word, we will walk inside home, and she would just said “Im happy she is doing very well”, and start cooking.
She has her priorities. A witch’s priority is to honor the craft and help others, whether they believe in you or not, whether they support you or not. Making content, debating stupid things for ego trips on Facebook, responding to posts about folk magic she disagrees with and gets overstressed about, she is just above everything else and would normally remind me “at the end nothing of that matters”, what matters is what you do with your craft, are you here to impress simple minds or to inspire your own to be better?. So simple like that.
Those are the priorities.
So based on that, I needed to take a couple days off to restart, to reset, and I did, as this famous mexican actress which name I can not recall right now used to say “when the man leaves you, you cry for one or two days, then you put your high shoes and walk out, not need to cry more than one day for anyone”. Following that, yes, I could just sit to cry and complain “oh my, all that money and effort spend in making that house possible for my sister, then years helping to buy paint, and chairs, and a laundry machine, and so much more, all that wasted”, or I could just, move forward, focus on what truly matters, help, heal, and rebuild.
Just as my mom is doing right now, doing cleansings at home and praying to help all those souls to elevate without remorse and without sadness, without shame and without worries, let them advance to the light to find themselves in the next step. That’s the purpose now. Help, heal, support, rebuild. As witches should do.
Then came July 1st.
And here I was, for a moment that little ego-trip teasing me in the morning… “is July 1st, you need to start now, because…”, wait, wait, breathe deep, wait, because nothing, nothing will happen. I’ll start 1 or 2 days later, and we will continue doing effective money magic that actually works, like always, and we will rebuild everything, and we will be even prettier and bigger now, and we gonna create a giant wave of good fortune moving in all directions to help each other, and more importantly, to help raise more donations for Venezuela, and for many other countries, and many more people that needed.
And then, at the same time, we will continue helping, and healing, and building, and supporting each other, and we will do a ton of healing, and pray to our different pantheons to help believers and non believers equally, and not let a single lost-soul walking alone in darkness and sadness, we will process the grief collectively, and we will heal in the process, each other, and yes, we will be also collectively exhausted, I for example, my agenda is packed for July, and this agenda will demand from me to have just 6 hours of sleep a day, and I do not consume any kind of drugs and I don't even know how those works, jajajaja, but Im highly motivated by high doses of caffeine, my three daily cups of green tea with lemon, and a ton of healthy soup.
So, it’s time to start.
Sounds like self-promotion, but I promise you this is not; if you have my book Manifestation Magic (published in 2021), you know what to do. If you don't, you can order it wherever you buy books (your bookstore, B&N, Amazon; I recommend Bookshop, etc.), or you can skip it and just take notes.
Money magic is full of taboo and prejudices, nobody wants to admit we need money, we see money as something nasty or dirty, or even corruptive, and it is not like that, money does not corrupt people, corrupted people having tons of money is a different problem. There are also tons of good people with a ton of money doing a lot of considerable charity work, helping foundations worldwide, building homes for people in need, and creating entire little ecosystems and conservatories to protect animals and trees. Money is not the problem; it is just the tool. And immediately, you get rid of the shame, and you can start to let it flow in your way as energy; let money come to you easily, without remorse for having it, without remorse for succeeding in what you do. Let go of any money thoughts that you feel don't belong anymore in your system.
Breathe deep, clean your space, light incense, light a candle, any candle don't go in specifics right now, you’ll have time for that, open the doors, walk outside, close your eyes and visualize the money, the good fortune, the financial abundance, the prosperity, and from a deep place of gratitude, visualize your personal deity, whatever if for you is called God, Mother, Oshun, whatever it is an Angel of money, or a wood dragon with a bag of golden coins, give it the form to manifest and materialize, and let them walk into your home, invite him inside, walk too, close the door behind you, and now inside, serve a glass of water, repeat “everything mine comes to me, everything good destined to me, is unblocked and walk to me, and hug me, and stay with me, and everything else, just walk in another direction”.Then you gonna sit, grab a chair for your friend, money, invite her to sit (yes, is she and is fabulous, not him, deal with that!), and let her sit, and then just tell her exactly what you need, what you expect, what you could use right now, how you expect to receive it, and all important information you need to share about it. And it is not about imagining her trapped at your home as a prisoner, but about inviting her to live with you, as your loyal and faithful funny roommate, that roommate who sometimes has good days, and sometimes has very bad days, but whatever happens, always has your back.
The Next Step is Always the Most Important
The next step shows your resilience. Many people start things and never finish them; that’s why having order and a plan is important. So the next step is to write down a plan. A magickal plan. In a notebook or a piece of paper, and you're gonna write down 12, just twelve, not need to be 500, you never need 5,000, just twelve, twelve money spells, you know.
Can be, lighting up a green candle on monday morning covered in honey, can be, lighting some ceylon sticks in the kitchen and move the smoke around the corners, can be, perfuming a dozen coins and putting them in your pocket to walk the apple around your house with the coins in your pocket, can be, make an infusion of rue and rosemary, mix it with rose water, let it cold, and shower with it, can be, make a bonfire and throw some money herbal bundles in it, can be, make a wish to a star at midnight while you hold a golden $1 coin with your left hand, can be, preparing a money bowl full of coins, rice, and anise star and keep it in a very illuminated place of your house, can also be, take the tarot card of The Star and The Empress, and put them together in your altar with a good amount of cash, can even be, just adding five bay leaves to your wallet.
Write down twelve easy-to-do money spells that you can actually do, and then, checking your calendar, write down which days you can put into practice each one of these spells. Scheduling stuff is always helpful.
_ You want to join us next Thursday at noon to watch movies?
_ I can't make it on Thursday at noon. I have a thing I can't ignore.
The thing: Next Thursday at noon, I am going to prepare a money bowl with the cute crystal bowl I ordered online that just arrived yesterday.
And what to do next? Continue doing each spell you compromise to do, on different days, just one per day, so you have a month to realize these 12 spells, and practice gratitude. Many people think that practicing gratitude is just saying “thanks life, cuz I am alive, thanks”, but try to write down a list of things why you are truly grateful, cuz I did it, and I ended filling 8 pages, and crying like a baby, even the most simple things you give for granted, like the fact you have internet to communicate and research, the fact that you have friends who check on you, the fact that you have air to breath, and hot showers, many people don't have that, the fact that your pet is with you and show you love everytime it see you, all that matters.
Now, below I will give you some links to check, use them, ignore them, share them, totally on you, and with no obligations.
Thanks for reading, love Elo.
PS: Remember to follow me on Insta, where I will try to make some non-priority but important, money magic content during the month of July. And do not waste time arguing with people over the internet, cringing, and people literally dying, or being rescued right now from being below a wall for an entire week after an earthquake.
Abundance Class on Money Magick from 2023.
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