Hola, Hola!
Luxuriously, opulent Mr. L is having a grand ol' time getting back to the basics of life, nekkid sunbathing and margaritas, quite a deadly combination.....any cuties wanna join in?
Well I'm sure all you wonderful tasties out there in cyberspace have been holding your.... breath waiting for the next installment of my soon to be world famous advice column, so without any further delay of gratification....here it is.
Dear Luxurious Mr L,
I was wondering if you could give a basic sort of introduction or overview of the area of your expertise about which you are answering questions? I note that you cover topics such as mojo, honey jars, divination, opening pathways and inviting the gentle favor of the unseen world. To a blandly white American girl such as myself, raised with only the most pedestrian variety of Catholicism, all of these things seem exotic, intriguing, and otherwise other or foreign to me. How can I learn about these things? What's the price of admission for beginning to adopt such practices? (i.e. I'd rather pay dues (of whatever approrpriate form) than blindly appropriate).
Thanks so much, and ta, darling
sexigenius
Dear Sexigenius,
Sexy and Intelligent, my kind of woman! Meow...............
You raise a couple of good questions for this week, here's winkin' at ya!
Luxurious Mr. L has been professionally in the metaphys business going on twelve years now, I am like a tree, if you split me open you can count my rings...lol....so I have been around the block a couple or three times. I have studied numerous Earth-Based Traditions, and hold title and initiations in several of them. Grace has given me the opportunity to learn and interact with some pretty exceptional Elders, and while I love to toot my own horn, in many many ways ;-) and sometimes with a partner, I find that listing them all out sounds a bit too pompous, even for me.
So...I am going to answer you in another way, and hopefully address the second question of how to start working the magicks. Lets first start out with a simple definition, that of magick. Magick is at its most basic, one's Will made manifest. It is spelled with a K in order to differentiate it from stage magic/ slight of hand/ illusion, and every culture that has existed has had their own ways of working it. Magickal systems are different from religions, in that it is one's personal power that is causing the change to happen, as oppose to any specific deity. That is not to say that doing some petition work with a specific deity doesn't help to move things along. The magickal world and the religious/spiritual world are not mutually exclusive by any means, and most magickal workers are also deeply spiritual, though I have met a couple of atheist magicians...lol.....So I have taken the long way around to answer your question about appropriation, its hard to appropriate something that is inherent to all cultures. The biggest differences in the traditions are mostly in name only, i.e. mojos, magicks, medicine making, working the root, working the craft, wise working, wangas, strega, etc. They are all talking about the same thing.
Now the second part of the question is the how part....How do I start ? While I am here to help out when I can, I am not putting on the hat of teacher yet, though I am looking to start the cult of Luxurious Mr. L worship....lol My biggest advice is to make sure and feel out people that you want to study with, and ask yourself if you want to live the life that they are creating for themselves. Be wary of people "who know all," because in this line of work, you can always learn more. Finally, here are some good places to start your research, and with all things, take what is usable and leave the rest.
European Based Folk Magick
Wicca for the Solitary Practitioner-Cunningham
To Ride a Silver Broom Stick-Silver Raven Wolf
Spiral Dance- Star Hawke
Grandmother Time- Z. Buddapest
Incense, Oils, and Brews- Cunningham
The Encyclopedia of Magickal Herbalism- Cunningham
Hoodoo/Southern Magick/Root Work
Hoodoo Herb and Root Magic: A Materia Magica of African-American Conjure.
Charms, Spells, and Formulas- Ray Malborough
Legends of Incense, Herbs & Oil Magic- Lewis de Claremont
Hoodoo Mysteries: Folk Magick, and Mysticism & Ritual- Malborough
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Dear Mr. L,
Love sucks! I recently fell for someone who broke my heart. No matter how much I pray and make offerings I can't seem to get over it. I just want to forget about the bastard! For goddess' sake! Is there any mojo bag or any miracle that will help me? I want this feeling to cut me loose!
Trapped in Love
Dear Trapped,
Spirit knows I have been trapped by love, and there have been a number of times when I have gone ape shit because of a heart break, think Farrah Fawcett in the Burning Bed, but sans the hair flip. So Trapped, I feel ya on many, many levels. Over the years, and through many, many bottles of tequilla, I have become a bit of a metaphysical pro in helping out the ol' healing process of the heart.
The first and most important thing you can do, is to delete him from your life. If he is in your phone, delete him, throw out all photos, objects, and anything else that he might have given you, or at the very least, give them to a friend to keep from you for the time being.
For the second part, here is a wash and a mojo to help you along the healing path.
Wash Ingredients
Fresh Coconut Water
River Water
1 Piece of Rose Quartz
Anise
Mint
Common Purslane
Zucchini
Lettuce
This wash should be prepared on a Saturday, at 5 am or pm. In a large pot mix the coconut water, the river water, honey, and place the rose quartz . Next take the herbs and rub them between your palms while submerging your hands in the above mixture. As you are preparing this wash pray that your broken heart be mended, and that all memories of your past love be forgotten. This mixture is to sit for 5 hours in the sun. After it is ready, take out the rose quartz and divide the wash in 5 equal parts. Over the next five days, first thing in the morning you wash yourself while imaging that the ache of this heart break be washed away.
On the fifth day start carrying the mojo, described below, in your undergarments.
Ingredients for the Mojo
1 Gold Felt Bag
The piece of Rose Quartz from the Wash
5 drops of Honey
Rose
St. John's Wort
Jasmine
Honeysuckle
Basil
1 strand of Braided Hair
Ashes from the prayer parchment.
Take the Rose Quartz from the Wash, and place it next to your heart while envisioning the golden rays of the sun blessing and loving you. When it feels charged, place it next to you. Next, section off a small piece of your hair, and braid it while saying, "I am love, I am grace, I fill my heart with joys, and grace." Tie off the braid at both ends and cut it, and wrap it around the piece of rose quartz. Next take a piece of parchment, and write about how you are presently in a state of love, happiness, and joy, and that your heart is overflowing with these feelings. After you are finished, take the parchment and burn it, and save the ashes. In a bowl place the ashes, and herbs together while dripping the honey over them, make sure that the mixture is nice and sticky, and if need be add more honey in subsequent drops of 5. When it is ready, take the rose quartz, and slowly start to pack the mixture around it. You are creating a ball from the ashes and herbs, with the quartz at its center. Finally place the ball in the golden, felt bag, and tuck it into your bra, over your heart.
I hope this helps, and that you are no longer Trapped!
Much love, and sloppy wet kisses,
Luxurious Mr. L
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