Starting out the week with ANOTHER broken AC unit. Its too cold outside I guess. Or maybe it just needs a vacation like I do. With all the chaos going on, I’m expecting my cold coffee to burst into flames for dramatic effect. When life gets this chaotic, I sit here and remind myself that even though I cant control the chaos, I can protect myself on the inside.
When the chaos keeps stacking, I realize its time to sit down and do a little cleansing and protection. First things first, getting off my phone. I find myself starring and doom scrolling ‘looking for ideas’ but In reality I’ve just absolutely rotted my brain with bull crap and wasted my entire day. I’m about to order a lock box for it I’m not even lying. The negativity that gets shoved down your throat without even realizing it is insane. Next step, just lighting a simple candle. Sitting down in my dedicated space (even with the toddler going full tasmanian devil) and just lighting a candle with intention. Next I figure out my smoke cleanse. I have incense and sage and cedar bundles. Usually it ends up being a specific incense. My favorite shop to go to for incense right now is probably Heart Body and Soul in Columbia, or maybe even the Tranquility shop in Warrensburg.
Side note before continuing, I would LOVE to be able to open my own witchy shop here in town. I’m talking full blown crystal and incense and oddities and clothes and tarot cards and books and even a club!!! How absolutely awesome would it be to be able to have weekly or monthly get togethers with fellow practitioners?! Anyway………
My Simple Spell
I cleanse myself with whatever medium I’ve chose. And there’s so many other ways than what I’ve listed. You can use water, or wind, a fan, a shower, a singing bowl, the crystals themselves, I man the options are damn near limitless. If you all want I can totally take a day to break this down or I can cover it in my podcast one day! Now in this time I’ve had to stop 30 times to chase a toddler away from something because he doesn’t sit still, but keeping in my mind that he needs the reinforcement and correction as much as I need this cleanse. So i finally am able to sit down and think of what I’m cleaning myself from. Is it a depression fix? Low energy? I speak with intention to push away whatever problems I’m facing. I positively reaffirm that I have power, I am strong, I am safe, and I will get through this.
Next, I take a mini jar, and cleanse it with whatever I cleanse myself with. Grab some pent and paper. Grab some salt, and dive into my giant unorganized box of herbs for anything that says ‘protection’. Yes I know. How am i going to sit here and have a ‘witchy learning blog’ without actually teaching anything. LISTEN LINDA… I am chaos witching over here. Maybe once I get to the end of this blog Ill leave a reference list…… I’m blogging and momming now! Welcome to the chaos! ANYWAY. Take that pen and paper and I’ll write my name on the front and “PROTECTION” on the back. Fold it towards myself three times (or as much as you can on the tiny piece of paper or even a Bay leaf. I use bay leaves a lot). Place that paper or leaf in the jar, and fill with salt halfway to three quarters of the way. Sprinkle in my extra protection herbs, maybe even a few protection crystal chips, and SEAL THAT PUPPY UP!!!!! Wax, hot glue, whatever I can find. Then I place it in a common living area in home. The whole time I’m building this jar I am pushing my intention into it. And yes, my son has dumped out 15 pounds of herbs and broken a few candles, while also dumping water somewhere or breaking glass somewhere. And it’s aggravating. Its triggering, but guess what? He’s a baby. And he’s a hyper child. And we are going to get through this.
Trust me on this when I say…. I have zero patience with my child. Its gotten so much better through therapy. I was raised with fairly strict parents who didn’t put up with a lot of crap. So breaking that with my own parenting is a nightmare. And he just wants to be involved. With doing this cleanse, it’s going to recharge me to handle him and his chaos, and be able to fight my own chaos. If I’m lucky and put enough intention into it, its going to lessen my chaos.
Ingredients For Protection
- Rosemary
- Sage
- Basil
- Lavender
- Mugwort
- Peppermint Oil
- Frankencinse
- Obsidian
- Black Tourmaline
- Smokey Quartz
- Amethyst
- Selenite
- Labradorite
There are so many different items I didn’t list here that can have protection qualities as well! When I purchase herbs, I try to get the kits that have the properties labeled on the jars and baggies for quick reference.
Farewell For Now
Now thar its taken me four days to write this……… Our AC is fully fixed. My four wheeler is up and running. My kid has dumbed out another 30 dollar bag of food just this morning. And I bought some bundles of sage and crystals at the truck stop by my in-laws house! Chaos and witching… Who would have thought? Once again, thanks for joining my chaos blog. Maybe one day I will find out how to write a properly flowing article. Just not today.
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