Only in the South
Current mood: savage
Category: Religion and Philosophy

Greetings. One of the things that honks me off at the Republican party (that I used to be a card carrying member of!) is the ridiculousness of aligning themselves with the Funda-MENTAL-ist, Right Wing, Conservative "Xians" (I leave out Jesus because everyone pays lip service to the Son of Man but none walk in His steps!) who are whacked out in the head!

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Spirits In Disguise...
Current mood: Cautious
Category: Cautious Dreams and the Supernatural

Hello again. As a child I often heard my grandfather say, "Treat every stranger you meet with respect because you never know who is an Angel in disguise" and that made a LOT of sense to me since I had by that time read Edith Hamilton's book on the Greek myths and recalled the story of Zeus and Hermes as they posed as wanderes.

Later when I read the Biblical story of Sodom & Gomorrah, I saw the paralells to the Greek story and saw how both myths tell the same thing. It is wise to be kind to strangers because one may be a Spirit, God, Angel or Demon posing as a human and could punish you for insulting them.

Thus an insult may bring about some punishment so heed they tongue.

Even Spirits can easily pose as people and fool you into thinking they are someone else.  A few years ago, I met an old Black man who came hobbling into a metaphysical store just to 'get out of the sun & cool off'. He was using a walker and had just came out of the public library across the street. He was a nice old man, didn't say much and we offered him something cool to drink. He sat as I was yakking with a friend at the time who owned the shop and we were telling jokes and doing voice impressions. The old man acted like he was having the time of his life.

Shortly after I got up to leave, the old man left too while my friend was just getting off the phone. No sooner did he leave the doorway when my friend realized the old man had left his unfinished water bottle on the counter. So he ran to the front of the store and the old man was gone. Vanished. Poof.

Now, no car or bus had pulled up to get him since the shop had a huge picture window and a view of the street was clear. This was during the day around 2:00 p.m. on a Saturday. This was really strange. I gave it no thought but my friend's wife suggested, "Maybe it was Papa Legba come to check on one of his children?" and that idea really hit home. Maybe indeed!

So always treat others with respect even if they piss you off. Grandpa always preahced that a good rule of thumb is the old Golden Rule of 'treat others as you'd like to be treated'. It may help you to avoid some bad luck, a threatening curse or at the least, some unnecessary stress.

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Resist the Temptation, Damnit!
Current mood: rebellious
Category: Dreams and the Supernatural

Greetings. This topic is something that really irks me to no end and yet it happens all too often by mostly immature practitioners and newbies of Spiritual pursuits - namely the reinterpretation of a reading you got from someone else.

A reading is a highly personal thing for you as the questioner but it is also highly personal from the psychic reader's point-of-view and while you may be paying to have the reading done, it is both silly and immature of you to either pass it on to someone else to interpret OR try to interpret for yourself.

My attitude is if you can read cards for yourself, then why go to anyone else? Read them for yourself! Hello??? And don't give me that bullshit "I can't see for myself but I can see for others" cuz that's a cop out and you know it. You're just afraid you're going to see things you don't want to see. You thus go to someone else and ask them to throw the die, pull the Runes, throw the coins or pull cards out of the deck. Then you're hoping they give you only the good stuff. Ugh. That's a loser's mentality - "I can't see you thus you can't see me" the game children play when they cover their eyes. See the analogy? If I ignore it, then it's not there. Baloney!
Don't ask if you don't want to know.

Now when you come to me (or any other reader) and you are able to read, there is a problem. There's a tendency for you to interpret what I put down. Wrong. Yes I said wrong. You are wanting to go by the meanings YOU get from the cards but honey that's NOT the way it works. Unlike science, this is an art and it's subjective to your own set of filtes, biases, prejudices and beliefs. Yes all of those are involved whether you want to admit it or not. Like Ragu, they're in there!

It's important for you to resist the temptation to interpret another's reading. Why? Well symbology does not speak the exact same language to everyone as precisely as believed. It is filtered and then interpreted by the reader/diviner. Let me give you an example:

The Lovers is a card that has a traditional meaning: Choice. Now many of you say, "Well duh Moloch that's a simple answer" and how kind of you to open your mouth to confirm your ignorance and utter lack of wisdom!

First off no two Tarot decks are alike. I have several decks that I use for divination purposes and while you may use a similar one, the color scheme, symbols and what-not may not be the same. EVEN IF THEY ARE, you still do NOT know how I may interpret the card! For the Lovers, there's an Angel in the background and a young couple (man/woman) embraced. On mine, there's also cloud which the Angel rests on, a bush with pink blossoms on it in the background, the maid's hair is yellow, her hair bands are blue, her clothes a mottled brown, his robe  is red, he wears a circlet on his head, she has blue eyes, he has brown, the Angel is blonde with white wings, and so on.

Now in that card alone is a LOT of symbology and color. ANYthing may trigger a psychic response in me. Thus I do NOT just follow the meaning of the card. To do so is to court a grand mistake. Why? Because by just going on the card's traditional meaning - or that little white booklet's meaning that comes with the deck - you are setting yourself up for mistakes.

Psychism and reading is an art not a science and science goes on the principle of if it works this way once it should do so again. Art is not structured like that. It can't be else it's not art. One does not stand and stare at Monet and interpret it exactly as the person next to you does. So why should Tarot or any divinatory system?

Who are you to try to make sense of another's reading? You really shouldn't. You asked for them to do a reading and you take their findings as the results NOT ignore their findings and try to come up with your own. That's not how it works. Do this the right way and you can gain insights. Fall back on your trying to re-interpret their findings and you stand to create confusion for yourself.

Thus I've now made it a policy to stop telling other's what cards came up. I'll just write out the meanings I find and leave it at that. Simple. Easy. Effective. If you read for other's and some of them can read, then I suggest you follow this as well as it will stop that sort of nonsense from happeneing.

If you really need a divinary reading that is alien to you just so you do not cave in to the temptation to interpret another's card reading, then I highly suggest you find someone who does Geomancy, Astragals, Dominoes, cowrie shells, and so on.

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Green Tip: Bad Driving Habits & Fuel Economy
Category: Dreams and the Supernatural

Greetings. Figured I'd take a break from the Occult side of things and discuss a few GREEN tips on fuel economy. One of the reasons our country is so dependent on foreign oil is because as a mobile society, we have inefficient methods of driving that if corrected, could save billions (nationwide) in fuel consumption - something OPEC does not want.

Lately I've been watching the price gouging on gasoline rise like a slow thermometer on a miserably hot August day. It pains me to know that our state government makes 40 cents on every gallon of gasoline. FORTY cents! So when I buy 10 gallons, $4.00 of that goes for taxes to my state. Why??? For what? More misused spending? Inappropriate funding? Where does it go? No one knows. Why? There's no accounting for it. Same with the Federal taxes on fuel.

Folks we pay taxes on EVERYTHING - it's built into the price. Need natural gas to heat your home? Look at the breakdown and you'll be outraed at how much you've paid in taxes. Same with the electric bill, fuel oil, propane gas, water bill, sewer bill and so on. The world is run on taxes and frankly I for one am sick of it!

One thing that could lower prices IMMEDIATELY is to get Congress to reduce the taxes on everything we have to buy - not just the state sales tax you live in - but the Federal taxes. Oh I['m sorry too bad if a few clerks have to lose their job over it or there's going to be one less politician in office. (Is that a bad thing?)

Okay so for now, we know that Joe and Mary Sixpack, him a factory worker and she a wally mart employee, don't have the gumption to get off their dead ass and lobby their congressman to lower taxes on consumptive products like gases, fuels & electric. Thus what is our next step? Fuel efficiency!

Lately I've been seeing all of these "How to Save on Gas" guides in Yahell, MSN and other places. Uh folks? That's old news. Nothing new there. Some of this stuff comes from those folks who call themselves 'Hypermilers' or those who try to get the absolute gas mileage from every gallon of fuel they buy. Sound idiotic? Well not really. Some of them do some crazy stunts (like coasting their car in neutral or over inflating tires) in the hopes to squeeze out more mileage. It's retarded to do something that's dangerous, isn't it?

My late grandfather was a hypermiler looooooooong before these jokers began their crazy ideas but he was a sane one. One of grandpa's many talents was automotive repair. He grew up during the "Great Depression" and learned how to tear down an engine and rebuild it as well the functions of all engine parts and how they interacted with one another. No he wasn't an ASE certified mechanic but he taught a lot of those guys (& gals) plenty they didn't learn in school to become ASE certified!

First off it's dangerous and stupid to coast your car in neutral because all you have for control is the steering wheel and brakes. If your brakes ever fail, your engine can help you to slow your vehicle. if just shut the ignition off (but not all the way to lock the steering wheel!) as the engine will lose spark and begin to wind down and this will aid you using your emergency brakes to slow the vehicle to a stop. This is simple and easy to do and the dead weight of the engine will transfer thru the flywheel into the transmission which will help to decrease the vehicle's momentum.

Also if your car is an automatic transmmission as opposed to a standard (one with a clutch), it's hard on the transmission to coast your vehicle in neutral then shove it into drive. This jolts the gears in the automatic transmission and adds HEAVY wear and tear on the tranny. FYI, automatic transmission repairs are VERY costly and run in the $1,500+ range with most of them being $1,900 so unless you got $2,000 to blow, I suggest you do NOT do that idiotic trick.

Another trick the more moronic Hypermilers like to use is over inflate their tires. Excuse me? Can we say 'blowout'? And the majority of blowouts occur at highway speeds which is hyper-Dangerous and only a hyper-Moron would take that chance just to squeeze out another mile per gallon! The cost of totalling your vehicle and paying huge hospital bills shows you how ignorant some hypermilers can be in their shortsighted nonsense.

Now grandpa told me that he used to use bigger circumference tires on his cars as these would indeed help to get better fuel economy. Back in the day, GM products had a certain bolt pattern spaced equally distant apart on all their rims. (They used hubcaps over the rims back then) You could use rims & tires from a cadillac on a smaller GM car. It looked odd but it worked. This was far safter than overinflating your tires which also by the way causes uneven tread wear, belt problems in the tire and you lose traction - not a good thing in snow and rain! If you wear out your tires long before they're due, where is the savings?

The biggest gas saver I learned from grandpa was: Slower Acceleration. It's physics folks. If you wish to move a 2,000 object from 0-55 mph in a short amount of time, you will use more force which means more fuel to do so. Thus fast starts burn a WHOLE LOT more gasoline than accelerating slowly. No I'm not talking about 1, 2, 5, 10 mph slow but instead of trying to get up to 55 or 65 mph as fast as you can, take a few more seconds and accelerate more slowly. Less force means using less gasoline.

Yes Andy Asswipe is behind you honking his horn but so what? The idiot should have left home sooner but he's a typical motorist who waits until the last minute to leave, THEN drive like a man possessed to get somewhere and sit on his ass! [Grandpa used to say that "Everyone's in a hurry to get somewhere to sit on their ass" and he was right!]

Leave 10-15 minutes earlier and give yourself time. It's less stressful on the body and a LOT less stressful on your engine performance which means you'll save big money at the pump!

Now yes there are times you have to accelerate hard and gramps used to say it's those times that you use the power of your engine to move your vehicle out of harm's way. Or if it looks as if they "opened the gates" (to Hell as grandma used to say - they're all trying to get in!) then when an opening appears you may have to step on it to merge. Okay BUT once you've done that, where is it engraved in stone that you have to keep that speed up? I don't!

Force yourself to drive the speed limit OR 5-10 mph less and that will save you a bundle on fuel at the pump. Why? Because using this technique you'll also save more money on fuel efficiency and increase your mileage overall. Higher Speeds = More Force Required = More Fuel Required. Yes it's THAT simple.

Yes I know slower driving pisses off the Andy Asswipes out there, so what? They have the right to pass you, don't they? So let them! I don't begrudge anyone who wants to pass me. Go for it. If they flip me the finger, I smile and wave at them - it pisses them off even more! LMAO The road belongs to everyone NOT just those in a hurry! Andy Asswipe not only increases his fuel consumption but he also increases his stress levels and that puts him closer to a heart attak or stroke. Bye Bye Andy!....

Grandpa used to ask, "Why do you have to drive the limit? Where is it stated you have to drive that fast?" Not everyone's in a hurry. So I drive 5-10 mph slower. If the limit on the highway is 65 mph, I'll drive 55 mph; if it's 55 mph then I'll do 50 (I don't like to go any slower than 50 on a public highway) but you can save a tremendous amount in fuel consumption by lowering your speed. And remember you're not only saving $$$$ but also conserving fuel which is GREEN.

Finally one trick that really DOES work and it was tested on Mythbusters is drafting off a tractor trailer rig. The wind tunnel test the Mythbusters did proved that one does not have to be right up the ass of a semi-truck to gain benefit from drafting. In fact, you can be as far back as 150 feet behind the rig and gain some benefit from it. They even tested it with a laptop computer hooked into the engine of a car and drafted 150' away and found they were saving 10% on fuel consumption. As they got closer, yes they gained even more but it's dangerous to go any closer than 2-3 seconds behind a semi-truck.

I usually use the 2 second rule and use a stationary object (like a guard rail post or sign post) and immediately after the truck passes that marker, I count "one thousand one, one thousand two" and make sure my front tires are just then moving past the marker. This way I'm safely enough behind the rig and can stop if he applies the brakes. Semi-trucks stop slower due to their larger size and weight not too mention the weight of the load they're hauling and my car can slow down quicker than they can so two full seconds is plenty of time - UNLESS there's snow, ice, rain or some sort of road condition then I may back off another two full seconds or more. If the roads icy, I probably abandon the whole drafting thing and just drive more cautiously to avoid any sort of accident I can. Black ice is something you don't want to run into.

One final technique you can use is if you own and operate a standard transmission vehicle, you can start off in first (as normal) and then quickly shift to second gear. All you need is to be moving for this to work. By doing so, you are saving fuel but you'll have to accelerate slower else you can burn up your clutch plate. This is not as expensive as repairing an automatic transmission BUT can still be $600-$800 to replace at a regular garage!

Yeah I prefer to drive an automatic as driving a standard in a crowded city is maddening - stop, start, stop, start and all that clutching just wears out the left leg. However if you live out in a less crowded city or a semi-rural or rural area, you can get better mileage by using this trick. Accelerate slower and shift quicker into the gears while slowly building up your speed. Figure you can gain 10-15 mpg MORE than regular driving.

Remember it's bad driving habits that robs 80% your fuel economy NOT your motor. Think about it. If you could just squeeze another 5 mpg (re: Miles Per Gallon) out of each gallon of gas, in a typical automobile tank of 12 gallons, you're looking at an extra sixty miles you can go per tank fill. For most that's an extra day of travel to and from work. And if you fill up once per week, then you're saving a tank full approximately every fifth week! Not bad!

So yes you CAN do your part to help save the environment without having to go live in some dorky Hippie commune, wear hemp clothing & swear off all plastics forever, you can help slow down the use of natural crude oil production and gain the benefit of thumbing your nose at the pump for a day or two longer.

Hope this helps in some way!

CorDIAlly Yours,
MOloch
'Real Sorcery 24/7 & Rad-Sor Hybrids'
http://www.molochsorcery.com

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Prosperity & The Spirits (Revisited)
Category: Dreams and the Supernatural

Greetings. I'm going to share a posting from an online group from a gentleman who has the same attitude and ideas about Magic/Sorcery + Spirits + Money (Or Prosperity) as I have. Why do I want to share his thoughts with you in MY blog? Simple: To prove to you that other intelligent and successful practitioners mirror my own views regarding this and that even when I repeat things I'm not just bitchin to hear myself bitch! Rather I'm trying to make you understand what it takes for successful results.

The following posting appeared in response to someone talking about doing a ritual with the Spirit BUNE who is the 26th Spirit listed in the Lemegeton's first book called "The Goetia", and having a good result in their first month of business with BUNE but pedering out in their second month. Charles makes several excellent points and I want you to read what he has to say very carefully and really think about them:

Just from personal experience...

As with much prosperity magick, the spirits / demons / etc tend to get annoyed at just being your wallet.

What I mean by this is, quite simply, they open a doorway for prosperity, but if you go out and spend it all they will think that you are just pissing your money away. This usually leads to a state, where, for the most part, the prosperity magick stops working, or having to constantly find new spirits to work with, or making retribution with the spirit who did work for you.

Usually, the money will keep flowing in, if you actually put it to good use, and don't squander it.

It would personally piss me off, if you went out and pissed away 10K I had helped you gain... yeah, if you spent it all on good causes, paid off your debts, etc.. yeah, I'd be proud, and help you more... but you go out, buy a big screen tv and have a wild night at the titty bar, and you'd be hard pressed to have me give you a hand. So, why do we think any less of our spirit / demonic / whatever friends?

It is a wise man, who saves more than he spends.

All that being said, Bune, and all demons, understand the human condition, much better than most angelic beings. Tell him you now understand the folly of your ways, and will keep some money back for such emergencies.

That all being said, I have made 10k or more a month, and realize just how quickly bills and life in general will deplete it, no matter how much you make, money will never solve your money problems.

Only good, solid financial planning, and a dedication to your prosperity will work wonders for you.

Look at all the instant lottery millionaires, who, 2 years later, are having to work again, except now they have no money, no friends, and no family to speak of, because they all showed their true colors, and most people's true color, sadly ,is good ole green.

E.A Koetting has a wonderful list of these instant wealth spirits in his Kingdoms of Flame book, and I think perhaps you should use Bune, in conjunction with these.
He also cautions that the gains, are usually less than the expense you pay in the end, for some of the spirits... just saying, you might wish to be careful what you ask for, you might just get it.

Oh a friendlier note, I would like to recommend a lovely, sweet spirit, if you run your own business... she was always good to me. Ezili Mapyang. Look for her veve on the net, use pink as the background, and silver as the color you draw the veve in... and put 7 pennies in a circle around a pink candle and point it towards your shops doorway, and light it in her name and honor. She is the patron of prostitutes and whores... and anyone who runs their own business, like me, usually will acknowledge we whore our selves out *work wise*

Here is a link to a amulet with her veve on it.
http://capricornslair.stores.yahoo.net/voamfornewab.html

*It will be up to you, to see if I use sweet in jest or not...* But, that aside, she also helps you amass magickal power...sexual desires and energy, along with wealth... so might be well worth working with. *Honestly though, she was always kind with me, but I have heard her referred to as a HOT spirit before.*

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Site Update & News

Hello. Some quick news with MolochSorcery.com...

First off, due to the Post Orifice's rate hikes earlier this year, I've been forced to up my prices as well. *sigh* Sorry folks but blame it on the oil companies who're bending us over (AND giving us the shaft without any lubricant!) where it hurts. Remember this isn't an exact science for me but all in all I think I've got it tweaked to the point I may not have to do this for quite some time. But with gas rising as it is, there's no Divining the Future on gas prices.

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Radionics Takes Belief To Work
Current mood: argumentative
Category: Dreams and the Supernatural

Greetings. As I've said previously, I lurk on many lists, forums and places under many assumed names. I do this anonymously to keep informed of what's going on in the community however I don't post under any of those names - no need too.

Lately I've been seeing some Doubting Thomases who tried building their own Radionic devices and could not get them to work. Well there is a caveat attached to this pseud-science: Belief.

You see, a Radionic device (And I don't give a damn WHO makes it!) is merely a modern technological way of interacting with the Metaphysical world. The Radionic devices you can build at home or buy from various manufacturers all share the same goal: to relieve you from performing rituals using strange names, archaic ingredients and lengths of time.

The device still takes belief to make it work. Now obviously some will argue with me that it does not. Okay you're welcome to believe that if you wish. But over the course of the last 100 years since Dr. Abrams discovered how to interpret the energies filtered by a Radionics device, there have been many who've experimented with them in untold ways including the Soviet Union.

Just like candle magic, some people are better suited to a Radionics working than others. The problem is that there's a LOT of disinformation and misinformation out there on Radionics and how to use them. In fact, someone got the idea that a computer program is the same as a Radionics device. LoL Hardly. If anything all that program does is feed symbols to your mind. Nothing more.

Sort of like how Cosimano talked about symbols made by a couple of different techniques then used to power a cardboard made device which is technically only a mental crutch - much like the PC Radionics programs are.  Passive units are old technology and just mental crutches as they don't do anything. Sort of like how the PC Radionic programs are and if you're using an old CRT monitor, those programs are unhealthy because CRT monitors put out too much unhealthy radiation.

If you want to study the art of Symbol magic, there are tons of resources for you to discover and experiment with. Most books on talismans &/or Runic systems delve into that area quite nicely but that's not Radionics. Not technically yet I know modern dunces have attached the term Radionics to symbols.

In the old days, one would plug in a Drown 9 Dial device, feed a witness into the IN plate, take a 9 numbered rate, and then simply transfer the witness to the OUT plate, then subtract all of the numbers from their base 10 and use the corresponding rate accordingly. For instance if a 3 dial rate for a headache came out as '361', then you'd take that number, subtract each numeral from 10 and use the resulting number as the 'Balancing Rate' or in the example it'd be '749'.

The idea was to give a rate to balance out the headache that was afflicting the owner of the witness. (In this case a witness can be a photograph, hair sample, nail parings, dried snot tissue, used bandage, and so on) The resulting number for the unit was to take the rate and then project it to the witness and thus into the afflicted. That in a nutshell is how Radionics was/is done.

Even then if you did NOT believe what you were doing would work, then it wouldn't work. It didn't matter if the owner of the witness believed or not (though it DID help if they DID BELIEVE!) but rather the person taking the rate believed. But like Sorcery or using the analogy of Candle Magic earlier - there are some times (and some people) who it doesn't matter what their belief is, they will get results. Those, my friends, are the exceptions and NOT THE RULE!

There is a corrollation in the power of belief to the corresponding result - usually in speed of result, accuracy of result or intensity of result. Speed of result should go without saying but accuracy is something that's not often discussed. I met a gal from New Orleans who had some healing skills but she was an inaccurate healer - meaning she would work on you and you'd feel great physically but emotionally you were not; or if you asked her to fix a headache, she'd try and the backpain you were feeling was gone. LoL Weird hunh? The point is she was powerful but wholly inaccurate.

Intensity is where 'overkill' comes into play. It's like when you ask for a money boon and it seems as if money is coming out of the woodwork for you, that's intensity. Consequently if you do a money spell for say $1,000 to buy something you really, REALLY want and only are able to manifest $100.00 of it, then your intensity is off.

Radionics units are really no different. They operate on Metaphysical prinicples that are Quatumly understood but totally befuddling in a Newtonian sense. I have used some units to make thigns happen and they happend waaaaaaaaaay to quickly or too intensely and then there were times when I was off my game and my accuracy was shot to hell. Those times I couldn't hit the broad side of a barn at ten paces with a shotgun!

IF you decide to delve into the wonderful, murky world of Radionics, then you will want to know that your attitude is first and foremost o important. I highly recommend that you do NOT treat this as some sort of frivolous pursuit but rather take it as seriously as you'd take a solemn candle ritual to your favored Deity or some other Spirit.

Next as you twist the dials, keep your mind focused and believe with all your being that what you are doing is going to work because you are following in the footsteps of some mighty individuals who came before you. Just as there have been many learned individuals who practiced the Occult arts, so too has the world of Radionics been dominated by highly intelligent people.

Next have faith that what you're doing WILL indeed work! The results may not be speedy nor the intensity of the result be exactly what you want but believe with your entire being that you will be accurate and tap into what it is you seek.

And in closing, just as you'd spend time to work and redo a spell to get a desired result, so too will you dial in the desired rate and project your thoughts thru the Radionics device out to your intended goal or target.

Keep the Faith!

CorDIAlly Yours,
MOloch
'Real Sorcery 24/7 & Rad-Sor Hybrids'
http://www.molochsorcery.com

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No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Current mood: apathetic
Category: Dreams and the Supernatural

Greetings. Time for Uncle Mo' to disseminate his mental meanderings across the chasm of his finite mind. LoL (If you buy that, I got a bridge in Kissimmee to sell you!)

Recently I posted a simple technique for rewarding Spirits for work done for you that I came up with all on my own. Sadly when you give away something for free, many spit on it. I got accused of being 'new age', egotistical (big surprise there, hunh?),  a flake, a fake, and plenty of expletives. Reminds you of just how nasty humans can be to one another.

I made the mistake too of mentioning LWA/Orishas which as you well know are part and parcel of the ATR (African Traditional Religions) and boy that set off a flurry of "Fuck You Moloch!" emails. LoL Shame on me for even mentioning the ATR. I forgot how hot headed those people can be!

In all fairness, the majority of the ones who got honked off about it were recent converts Not the old timers but the punk ass know-it-all kids. And humorously enough, everyone of them was part of the Yoruban side of things not one was Congo or Fon.  What the hell do they teach the kids of that religion? An over abundance of pride? I thought the Yorubans (Re: Santerians) were also supposed to be Catholics? Obviously none of them ever read their Bible because I believe it doth state in Proverbs 16:18 Pride goeth before destruction and an haughty spirit before a fall.

But the real funny part is the poor reading comprehension by these so-called children of Santeria. Most of the ones who wrote me assumed I stole that technique FROM Santeria. LoL Hardly! I learned a long time ago from my Obeah teacher that Spirits like Spearmint because (in his words) "its a pleaser". So I'd offer spearmint oil to my Ancestors then later used it as an offering and thanks for the Dead. Eventually I tried it with some of the 72 and they loved it. I've given it to Papa Legba and Gran Bwa before and it was well received. And a long time ago I gave it as an offering to Chango for help He gave me and it was well received.

Now if I did not have some really good contacts in the ATR and especially Santeria and Palo, I'd be inclined to think that these recent converts are representative of the whole religion and that would make me brand Santeria as an ignorant, stupid belief system  - all because of the foolishness of some of the religions devotees. In all fairness, I cannot fault the belief system nor the Spirits that the system is built around BUT I sure as hell can fault the stupidity of some of their practitioners!

That is why I banned Santeria practitioners from my Yahoo Groups for so long because I lumped them in with Satanists who tend to be troublemakers. They love to stir the pot too much and bring up silly beefs that hold little water. Funny though Vodu, Congo and Obeah practitioners don't do that but it's always Santeria converts that do. Makes one wonder what sort of arrogance their godparents are teaching them, eh?

Again in all fairness it's not good to blame all Jews just because one attorney who happens to be Jewish is a real dick; nor should you hate all Arabs because of the hateful things one says behind the counter of his gas station; or hate all Baptists because a moron like Jerry Falwell spewed hate from behind a pulpit; and so on. Thus I cannot fault Santeria, the Orishas or the old timers for the sins of their children. The children just need a good spanking and sent to their rooms.

The real lesson I've learned from all this is two fold:

1. Stop giving out free material - it's easiest to spit upon and deride

2. Never mention anything remotely related to 'Santeria' again

I have learned my lesson on this.

CorDIAlly,
MOloch
'Real Sorcery 24/7 & Rad-Sor Hybrids'
http://www.molochsorcery.com

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Day of the Tricksters
Current mood: cheerful
Category: Dreams and the Supernatural

Today is April 1st - All Fool’s Day - & it is appropriate day to raise a toast in thanks to the Gods & Spirits who are Tricksters such as Legba, EXU, Loki, Coyote (among others) and pay respect for their part in helping us to see the funny side of life even in the face of adversity.

Some practitioners make an annual offering to the Divine Trickster Spirits to avoid any blessings. This is also appropriate if you fear any sort of lessons or blessings from these fickle beings.

Also today is a great day to remember and acknowledge comedians, pranksters & joke tellers of the past who have died and gone on. May their gifts to us help to remind us that a good  laugh can most certainly help us live a healthier and happier life.

Some great comedians of the past who were my favorites are (in no particular order):

Charlie Chaplain
3 Stooges
Marx Brothers
Our Gang/Little Rascals
Abbot & Costello
George Burns & Gracie Allen
Dean Martin           
Zero Mostel
Phil Silvers
Marty Feldman
Benny Hill
Milton Berle
Bob Denver
John Ritter
Moms Mabley
Henny Youngman
Edgar Bergman
Gilda Radner
Jackie Gleason
Clevon Little
Rodney Dangerfield
Pat Pauslon
Madeline Kahn
Richard Pryor
Sam Kinison
Richard Jenni
Phil Hartman
John Belushi
Peter Boyle
John Candy
Chris Farley

Currently listening : Naked - 12 Middle-Eastern Drum Solos By RAQUY AND THE CAVEMEN

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Power of Belief Revisited: Tapping Into Power
Current mood: relaxed
Category: Dreams and the Supernatural

Greetings once again. This time I think we’ll talk about a subject I’ve delved into in the past and that’s the power of belief. Rather than rehash the same old thing, I think this time I’ll take a different tact and discuss how to tap into power via belief.

Did you ever stop to ask yourself, "What does it really mean when someone says, ’Tap into power?’" It’s not like we’re electricians trying to tap into a 220 v line to secure energy for a new dry or electric stove, or is it?

I got to thinking about the mythical book The Necronomicon and how Howard P. Lovecraft used it as a basis for his Chtulhu Mythos (or just plain Myth) in his various writings and short stories. Since that time, thousands (perhaps millions?) have read these stories and often the subject comes up, "Did Lovecraft invent the Necronomicon OR did he happen upon a copy at one time?" and while it’s a romantic notion that he did, I do not think there was a real copy he chanced upon. Though I do think he may have had access to the Arabic text, Ghayat Al-Hakim also known as the Picatrix but that’s because he involved vague references to Astrology in his Cthulhuian stories.

With all that said, however, over the years there has been a tremendous amount of belief bestowed upon this book’s existence not to mention the existence of other Lovcraftian created entities such as Cthulhu, Yog-Sothoth, Ithaqua, Hastur the Unspeakable, the Goat of A Thousand Young - Shub Niggurath, Mad Azatoth and others. There are literally cults of practitioners - most in small groups - who desire to make contact with their alien NPEs. There are plenty who are solitary who’ve read these stories and it’s fueled their imagination to the point they I believe there are these alien NPEs and they are bound and determined to make contact with them!

The key to it is ’belief’. Is this wrong somehow? Not really. Think about it for a moment. What is Islam, Christianity and Judaism? Religions built on what? Stories - folklore, superstitions, and all fueled by belief. They are believed because the people retelling the stories add a healthy dose of passion & romance to the stories as they are retold. People often label this as Faith.

So what is different between religions and beliefs in New Age religions and Beliefs? Not much other than the major three religions have had a longer, bloodier history than other belief systems. Why were they bloody? Fanatical belief. Extreme passion. Romantic notions of chivalry and going the ’right’ thing. Oh and you can throw in ’false sense of security’ as well - because if your enemy is dead he can never force you to believe in what he does.

The various Pagan beliefs that abound today are nowhere near the level of fanatacism as either extremist Islam, fundamentalist Christianity or hard lined Judaism is. Part of this fanatical belief stems from the sense that one must be RIGHT and since all three cannot be RIGHT, then WHICH ONE is?!?!?!

Now when we begin to want to tap into the power a belief has, what in essence are we doing? First off we are first accepting that belief is real and is a source of power. Proof is what is needed and the fanatics of these three religions all claim that Moses, Jesus and Mohammed told prophecies that came true AND performed miracles in the sight of God. BUT since there is no proof that these things actually occurred then they are simply campfire tales or folklore to be appreciated.

To tap into a belief then we must accept the belief has power. That is rule number one. The next step then is to align ourselves with the belief. To align yourself with power does NOT necessarily mean you would be expected to wear a towel on your head, kneel towards Mecca and pray five times a day if you wanted to tap into the power of Islam.  Of course a Metaphysically ignorant individual would argue otherwise but they are simply ignorant of our purpose here.
You’re not trying to change your life by adopting a new belief system but rather tap into the power that the belief has.

Of course a ’method actor’ would argue that it’s better if you were to adopt the lifestyle (or what NLP advocates term Modeling) of the Islamic culture to better get a feel for the belief system itself. While this method is viable and works, it is not necessary to do so. Again our goal is NOT to understand the mind of an extremist or get into the head of an Islamic believer but rather just tap into the power that Islam offers for a Metpahysical purpose.

The other way of acting is to simply engage the imagination and pretend. Boy that’s a simple one. Remember when you were a kid and did that a lot? Pretending is fun! You’d imagine being an airplay and spread out your arms and run around going "Brrrrrrrrrrrmmmmmmm" as you ran around like you were an airplane.

Pretending to be something is akin to what we’re trying to accomplish. Imagining that we’re aligned with the will of Allah or Yahweh or Jesus would be another, simpler method. Does it matter if we are or not? Yes because you do NOT want any doubts that what you are doing is wrong.

The secret to all of this is HOW you adapt & modify your beliefs. Most people ignorantly say they cannot change their beliefs. Yeah? Bullshit! You believe that and I have a bridge to sell you! Why? Because you are changing your beliefs all the time, everyday! "What?" You say. Yeah it’s true. You may not be altering them much but you do alter them a little with every bit of data that comes into your mind.

Typically your rational (Ego) self must accept the change and then the change is filtered down to the irrational self (Id) which only accepts quantum (or minute) changes. If the Ego decides there’s a reason to shift a paradigm in a major way such as converting from one’s childhood religion to a different belief system, then the Id will have a LOT of resistance to this shift! The Id is slow to change however IF you can sit and figure out how to get your Id to first understand then accept the new shift in belief, then you will have no problems bubbling up from it in the form of resistance.

How do you do that? Well it all depends on you but the rule of thumb is to take the new information in chunks and let it ferment. Think about it and consider other sides to the issue - perhaps that the way you’ve been believing all along was wrong. That’s a tough pill to swallow BUT it happens everyday. Scientists often claim ’X came about thru Y’ then later some sort of evidence shows that claim was inaccurate and they realize ’X came about thru Z’. Depending on the nature of Z versus Y, the new paradigm may or may not be world shaking.

So if you wish to tap into the power of an African belief system, it would do well for you to first accept it as a belief of power then align yourself with it. The process of aligning also comes from research and then the digestion of that research. In other words, dig, eat and digest or research, think and reflect.

For this to work, you must and I repeat M-U-S-T be open to new ideas (even ones contrary to your own). Beliefs are powerful and by doing some research and then thinking about how you can use that belief and then doing it will result in you being able to tap into the belief regardless of what it is.

CorDIAally Yours,
MOloch
’Real Sorcery 24/7 & Rad-Sor Hybrids’
http://www.molochsorcery.com

Currently listening : The Killing Kind By Overkill Release date: 13 October, 1998

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Tools, Practitioner & Power - Part 2
Current mood: aroused
Category: Dreams and the Supernatural

Okay in my previous blog it may appear as if I’m being harsh and you are correct. However medicine is rarely ever tasty and sometimes the pill is a tough one to swallow. Thus if that little diatribe rubbed you the wrong way, then perhaps it got stuck in your craw for a reason? Yeah YOU just may be one of the folks I wrote about. A complainer.

I was talking with a friend of mine who sells Metaphysical tools - and she sells DAMN FINE ONES - online but has recently gotten bullied by a so-so loser who just does not want to admit he’s a whiner and crybaby. He doesn’t like the tool he bought from her because he can’t get it work. So she did what she could and then sent him to me - back to the basic boot camp for the Drill Instructor Moloch to bust his balls and make him realize it’s not her tools but HIM that’s at fault.

The key to making any tool work is:

1. Your attitude

2. Understanding the nature of the tool

3. Honing the skills used with the tool

4. Inner balance - determination, dedication and persistence

Now I’m famous for using all sorts of analogies and metaphors - I’ve used martial arts, musicians, mechanics, carpenters and so on but the fact is you (should) already understand all this!

A tool is only as good as the user of it. The first requirement is your attitude. Here you have determined to take full responsibility for the success or failure of using the tool. IF however your refuse to take responsibility, then you’ll never get it to work and you will always blame something else for the failure.

Next you have to understand the nature of the tool and this means fully understand it. If you’re on the path of Santeria and you feel empty, why bother to go to your Babalawo for a reading only to hear you need to adopt this Orisha or go learn Palo or stand on your head under a waterfall until cleansed? You have not even begun to explore the potential of the tool you already possess!

It’s like the girl I met in Florida who told me she had already mastered the Tarot AFTER taking a two lesson course at the local metaphysical shop, reading three books and memorizing all of the meanings on the little white booklet included with her deck! Talk about arrogance. This little shit had just begun to scratch the surface. I sat down and gave her a free lesson in humility. I showed her the Tree of Life spread using 40 cards and after three hours of discussing the cards on just the supernals alone, she was dumbfounded.

The key was to show her the folly of belief that she had mastered the Tarot when in fact she had not even begun. As I explained to her, I had spent 2 years (at the time) of delving into the deeper aspects of Tarot and divination. I showed her that she could open whole new worlds of understanding by meditating on the cards and delving deeper into the colors, shapes and numbers of things on the cards themselves. Then she could add to that knowledge by studying elemental, planetary and zodiacal correspondences. (And that is only what I learned after 2 years of daily intensive study!)

The honing of the skills comes into practice, practice, practice! It’s like when I was learning guitar, my instructor showed me a scale and then said, "Practice until it hurts. Learn it forward and backwards!" That is the honing that I’m talking about. For Metaphysical practice, this means apply yourself to the skills you need and practice them with full faith and confidence. Period. For Little Miss "I-Mastered-the-Tarot" above, I recommended she do readings and keep detailed notes. This means to do readings even for folks in abstentia. Do as many as she comfortably could each day and write them down. Then follow up later to see how accurate she was.

Inner balance is simply the dedication, determination and outright persistence you need to see the goal at the end. If this is psychometry, then you must learn the proper techniques, get yourself into the proper mental state and then practice as much as possible, make detailed notes and follow up on your accuracy later.

That’s it. You must do those four things to get a tool to work to work propery. Sadly too many people would rather blame the tool for lack of results instead of themselves. Please, DO NOT ALLOW yourself the luxury of that mental bullshit. Instead, force yourself to hone yourself and then use a good tool.

CorDIAlly Yours,
MOloch
’Real Sorcery & Radionic Hybrids 24/7’
http://www.molochsorcery.com

Currently listening : Voodoo Child: The Jimi Hendrix Collection By Jimi Hendrix Release date: 08 May, 2001

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Tools, Practitioner & Power
Category: Dreams and the Supernatural

Greetings again.

It’s high time I discuss tools but not from the standpoint of whether they are psychological aids or actual talismans of power. Rather we need to talk about the fact that a system of practice in itself is merely a tool. What is a path? A path is a tool you use to get from one point to another. Is it anything else? No. Power has many paths which means it has many tools used to acquire it.

So what happens when Joe Wannabe steps out onto the Wiccan path to become a great and power practitioner but does not attain his goal? Typically Joe will blame the path. So what if Joe decides Thelema is his chosen path? Or Santeria? And yet he becomes disenchanted with all of them. Then he begins to whine and bitch and complain to others online that he wasted $X.00 buying this or that and got nothing. I ask you, "WHOSE fault is it?" The path (or tool) OR Joe Wannabe?

The Answer: Joe Wannabe!

Why would I say that? Because others have used the Wiccan path or Santeria path or Thelema path and gained power but Joe Wannabe is whining because he couldn’t get X to work for him.

When the Vessel Is Ready

My grandfather used to say, "A hammer is only as good as the hand that wields it!" and he was right. BUT for some odd reason, the losers of the Metaphysical community like to band together and whine that X grimoire doesn’t work or Y path is a waste of time or Z tool is overpriced and doesn’t work.

*sigh*

The problem is losers will always find a common ground for why they cannot get something to work for them. This isn’t about ’hype’ like losers would have you believe because many others buy into the hype and get results, so why can’t losers? Simple: Themselves.

Oh but no one wants to admit they’re a loser, lazy, below average,  foolish or stupid! "It can’t be me!" goes the adage. Well we know modern day vampires (a.k.a. Lawyers) like to take the sides of these losers and file lawsuits on their behalf. There is gold to be found when you take the side of a loser. Why? Sympathetic juries - like the idiots on the jury who awarded $7,000,000 to the moron who spilled McDonald’s hot coffee in her crotch. Hello?

I got sick and tired of hearing these losers bitch, whine and complain on various lists about how they can’t get X spell to work or Y ritual to work or Z Spirit to work for them and I wrote The Basics of Metaphysical Empowerment (tBoME) as an aid for the folks who can’t get anything to work and as a shortcut for the folks who’re not too lazy to do something. Now a LOT of great people have bought tBoME and used it with great result. Some of these fine folks already knew much of what’s in there but most said they learned something.

The Losers? Well they won’t buy it. Why? Because it’s too simple and ’I already know all that!’ but do they do the WORK it takes to master these exercises? Nope. Why? Well they’re lazy and they want the ULTIMATE WORD OF POWER that they can utter and *Poof!* all of their desires, dreams and wishes come true!

The loser is too busy to do the basics; too important to do the basics; too self-righteous to do the basics; too knowledgeable to do the basics. (I’m sure there are other excuses but you get the drift)
These losers want the power but are too damn lazy and stupid to do the work to get it! It’s right there at their fingertips but will they do it? Nope.

It’s like the guy who wants to build muscle and bulk up but refuses to go to the gym or even do basic calisthenics at home. Well what do you expect? Well gee, the Joe Wieder system doesn’t work because gee I followed it for a month and gained nothing. Or I tried calisthenics for a week and all it did was make me tired. How about the morons who say Yoga doesn’t work because they can’t meditate? Or the exercise bike (or other piece of equipment) doesn’t work because they just don’t have the time to use it?....

Excuses are lame. Thus admit you suck and are lame. Your parents should be shot for raising such a loser! Right? WRONG! Maybe it’s time you quit bitching like you’re on the rag? Maybe it’s time you quit whining like the little putz you sound like? Maybe it’s time you friggin DO SOMETHING and put forth the 100% effort - notice I did not say 50%, 75%, 80% or 95% or even 99% - but ONE HUNDRED PERCENT effort, dedication and persistence into it?

That should go without saying for EVERYTHING you do and know not just Metaphysics! It’s time you stop the complaining that this tool doesn’t work or that path is a waste of time or that book is worthless - and start blaming yourself! "Oh my God Moloch! I can’t do that!" Oh?!?!?! WHY not? What’s wrong with being blatantly honest with yourself for once? Acceptance is the first step.

IF you really love yourself (and I’m willing to beg the majority of you reading this do not!) then it’s high time that you step forward and admit you’re lazy and just looking for excuses for your own lack of ambition. Magic & Sorcery works. Spells work. Rituals work. Ceremonies work. Spirits work. God/desses work. LWA work. Orishas work. The Dead work. Chants work. Candle Spells work. Talismans work.

The common denominator for your own lack of success is no one but YOU. Accept it. Embrace it. Then re-invent yourself. When? NOW!

Currently listening : Assault Attack By Michael Schenker Group Release date: 24 May, 2000

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Private Wiccan School Under Attack
Current mood: infuriated
Category: Religion and Philosophy

Sadly, a local private school in Olive Hill, Kentucky has recently come under attack from the local city council yet again. Melissa Rose has created a school for kids from ’Alternative Religious Belief’ families. She did this by purchasing an older school building that was up for sale. From day one, it seems that some of the good ’decent’ citizens of Olive Hill who’re on the city’s council has done their best to harass Miss Rose and shut her down.

If that doesn’t frost your grommets, then knowing that Miss Rose has students who’re from poor families that are unable to pay tuition and now the wonderful city council is punishing Miss Rose by trying to force her to comply with every zoning ordinance they can. Currently, Miss Rose is raising funds to pay for a new roof.

One would think that here in America, the honest & forthright Republicans who boldly tout ’religious freedom’ and ’individual rights’ would stand up for the Wiccan school. But thus far, that has not happened!

I for one do not understand the reluctance of the local Republican party to sit by and watch this happen. I know Jesus would not allow this to happen. And yet the local pastors and those who thank God for the right to worship freely in this country thumb their collective nose at at the Wiccan school. This is insane.

They are seeking donations to help pay for a new roof. I’m not sure how much that will cost them but here’s the link for the school:

Currently listening : You Can't Stop Rock 'N' Roll By Twisted Sister Release date: 02 November, 1999

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Hi-Ho A Derry O’ A Haunting We Will Go!
Current mood: relaxed
Category: Dreams and the Supernatural

Greetings. In my most recent blogs, I’ve taken to task modern day Ghost Hunters for their poor skills at determining whether or not a Ghost or Spirit is indeed a real bona fide ’demon’. Now I’m going to discuss the type of Spirits you DO want in your home. Thus a haunting we will go...

It’s true that some homes & buildings are build on spots that tend to have far more Non-Physical Entity (re: NPEs for short) activity than others. Why is that? There are a number of theories and nothing that is conclusive. One of my main contacts in the realm of Spirits is the Mercurial Intelligence, Tiriel and according to Tiriel, there’s really no rhyme or reason for it other than the personalities of the living who currently reside or have resided there. Sometimes there are various things that all come together to help such as natural places of power that converge or Astrological timings or engaging personalities or even the structure of the building itself. All of these things can contribute to NPE activity.

One thing that definitely causes more activity in one home than another is Spiritual practice. If you happen to be a Spiritual person and have an altar setup, you have already made an inroad for this sort of thing to happen to you. Why? Well by defining a select space dedicated to the communing with Spirit(s), you are creating a beacon unto them. When you have defined this sacred space and then lit a candle and prepared a prayer or devotion, you are aligning yourself with the unseen in ways you cannot understand. Suffice to say your efforts will not go unnoticed by the world of Spirits.

Your first priority should be the consecration of the earth. You should take a small plate - a pot pie pan will do - and gather a hand full of dirt from your front and back yards. Remove the grass, stones and worms/bugs from it and then take it into your house. Set it on your altar and say something like, "Blessings be upon this dirt as a gift from the Earth of which God(s) have made" then set the dirt on your altar towards the back. Next use another small pan and pour some spring water into it. This you can get from a natural spring outdoors (ideal) or from a bottled spring water jug at the grocery store. Pour about a 1/4 cup into the pan, hold your hands over it and say, "Blessings be upon this waster as a gift of the Earth of which God(s) have made" then set this in the rear.

Now I like to use real sea salt but kosher salt works too and  you pour about 1/4 teaspoon into the palm of your hand and say, "Blessings upon this salt as a gift from the Earth of which God(s) have made" then pour the salt into the blessed water. Stir and you now have Consecrated Water which some folks call "Holy Water".

Sprinkle the floor and wall around your altar area and ask Deity (regardless of who you observe as a Higher Power) to cleanse and remove all evil and negativity from this area. Then sprinkle the altar area and say the same. When finished, take a fresh, new white candle (any size will do) and place it into a fireproof holder (that really SHOULD go without saying!) and then light it. Speak to Deity from your heart or recite a familiar prayer such as the Our Father or maybe even a poem about nature that you revere. You now have a Spiritual Altar Space that you can use to commune with Deity. Note that anytime you light a candle or spend time meditating or praying there, that you will light up on the Astral & other dimensional planes to the denizens who reside there. And yes they will become curious about you so expect company.

Your next project will be to setup your own Ancestral Shrine. This is rather simple to do and is quite easy in practice. An Ancestral Shrine is merely a sacred space for the remembrance of loved ones who went before you. This isn’t your significant other but rather parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts, siblings, and so on. In other words, blood relatives. Now a LOT of people are adopted & do not know who their blood families are. No problem. Your Ancestors are tied to you via the very blood that runs in your veins & your unique D.N.A. as well.

Thus if you know who your Ancestors were, then a simple photograph works great - one for each is ideal. No photos of them? No problem, just use a photograph of their gravesite as an acceptable substitute. If you do NOT know who your Ancestors are, then a photograph of yourself will work. They are after all linked to you so this is an acceptable stand in. For each Ancestor, use a small clear glass of water and you will use a single white candle - either a votive, household, mini-household or even a plain tea light candle works. Sample prayers and invocations are given on my site at www.molochsorcery.com in the Witchcraft Lessons Number 16.

Now you have your own Sacred Space and your Ancestral Shrine. Okay you may be asking, "Why do I need my Ancestors in my home?" Why indeed! Because whether you realize it or not, your Ancestors have a vested interest in you. After all you carry their blood, DNA and maybe even their family name. You are their descendent and they want the best for you. So talk to them every day. No need to pray to them as you would God/dess but rather talk to them and tell them about your life. EVEN IF you don’t know who they are! Just say, "Hello grandmothers & grandfathers. Hello aunts & uncles & cousins! Hello all of my Ancestors who I have not met and who have gone before me! I bid you welcome into my home!" and then talk to them. Tell them who you are, what you do, where you live, and give as much detail as you feel comfortable doing.

Each day you should welcome your Ancestors and other friendly Spirits into your home to watch over you, protect you and your home and help you travel your path in life with as little grief as possible.