Psalms Correspondences

Psalms used in folk magic - here is a list of each one and what it is used for - list was taken from AIRR links for psychics, readers and conjurers. 

• Psalms 1: For removal of the ungodly from a group; for a safe pregnancy.
• Psalms 2: To aid in disbanding and breaking up enemy conspiracies.
• Psalms 3: For relief from a severe headache or from back pain.
• Psalms 4: For restful and peaceful sleep; to change one's luck from bad to good.
• Psalms 5: For finding favor with authorities or superiors in business.
• Psalms 6: For healing diseases of the eye; for protection in the dark.
• Psalms 7: To stop conspiracies, enemy pursuit, for court cases.
• Psalms 8: Success in business through the good will of associates.
• Psalms 9: To punish enemies; yo restore good health to male children.
• Psalms 10: To cleanse off an unclean, restless, or intranquil spirit.
• Psalms 11: To cast off fear; for righteous retribution against your foes.
• Psalms 12: For protection against severe persecution or oppression.
• Psalms 13: For safety from unnatural death; for curing painful eye diseases.
• Psalms 14: To stop libel and slander from tarnishing the trust others have in you.
• Psalms 15: To exorcise evil spirits and devils from a person; for mental peace.
• Psalms 16: To identify a thief; to change sorrow to joy and heal to pain.
• Psalms 17: For safe travel abroad and to help bring a loved one safely home.
• Psalms 18: To drive off approaching robbers; for anointing the sick to cure them.
• Psalms 19: For help in childbirth, for release from jail, to remove evil spirits.
• Psalms 20: Protection from danger for a day; to be justified in a court case.
• Psalms 21: To both calm a storm and to offer protection for seafarers and sailors.
• Psalms 22: For travel protection from dangerous storms, pirates, beasts, and men.
• Psalms 23: For prosperity, love, protection, wisdom, and guidance.
• Psalms 24: For protection from floods and escape from rising waters.
• Psalms 25: Forgiveness of the sins of youth; protection from capture.
• Psalms 26: For the release of someone from confinement or from jail.
• Psalms 27: For protection and hospitality while one is travelling abroad.
• Psalms 28: To bring back estranged friends who have become hostile to you.
• Psalms 29: To drive out devils and restore peace and tranquility to the home.
• Psalms 30: For protection from enemies; for recovery from severe illnesses.
• Psalms 31: For protection from conspiracies, back-biting, and gossip.
• Psalms 32: To gain respect, love, grace, and blessings from Heaven.
• Psalms 33: To protect, unite, and bless all of the members of a family.
• Psalms 34: To destroy and reverse back evil; for protection while travelling.
• Psalms 35: For justice to prevail in court cases and legal matters.
• Psalms 36: For protection from slander and gossip and to to expose liars.
• Psalms 37: For protection against slander, gossip, lies, and evil-doers.
• Psalms 38: To help in court cases where slander fouled up the proceedings.
• Psalms 39: To turn around a court case when false testimony has been given.
• Psalms 40: For protection against evil spirits and to cast them out.
• Psalms 41: To restore a good name if slander and gossip have ruined a reputation.
• Psalms 42: For guidance from the Lord; for discovering answers in dreams.
• Psalms 43: To work against slander and wicked people; to turn back evil.
• Psalms 44: To guard and protect against enemies, invading armies, or war.
• Psalms 45: For peace between husband and wife; to calm an angry spouse
• Psalms 46: To help a struggling marriage; to soothe marital tensions.
• Psalms 47: To gain favour from those in power; for mastery over people.
• Psalms 48: To destroy hateful and envious enemies; to seize them with terror.
• Psalms 49: To help heal and ease serious illnesses, diseases, and fevers.
• Psalms 50: For healing; to overcome fevers and other forms of sickness.
• Psalms 51: For cleansing and removing sin, especially after acts of revenge.
• Psalms 52: To end all manner of gossip and calumny by poison-tongued people.
• Psalms 53: To protect from enemies whose names are known or unknown.
• Psalms 54: To give protection by reversing works of evil and malice.
• Psalms 55: To call upon the Lord to bring down retribution against attackers.
• Psalms 56: For intercession by the Almighty to remove temptation and bad habits.
• Psalms 57: To turn around one's luck, changing bad luck into good luck.
• Psalms 58: For warding off snakes and wild beasts; to reverse evil unto enemies.
• Psalms 59: To bring down the vengeance of the Lord against one's enemies.
• Psalms 60: For the Lord to march into battle and protect His soldiers.
• Psalms 61: For a new home to be fixed with good fortune, happiness, and peace.
• Psalms 62: For forgiveness of sins and to gain the blessing of the Lord.
• Psalms 63: To protect from being victimized by business partners and investors.
• Psalms 64: For protection, especially while at sea, and for a safe return.
• Psalms 65: For road opening that breaks through barriers and leads to success.
• Psalms 66: To remove and exorcise evil spirits; to cleanse a possessed person.
• Psalms 67: To help release those who has been imprisoned or otherwise bound.
• Psalms 68: Recited while preparing baths that are used to exorcise evil spirits.
• Psalms 69: To free one from slavery to addictions and unhealthy habits.
• Psalms 70: To cast down and reverse the wickedness wrought by enemies.
• Psalms 71: To release clients from prison, for acquittals in court cases.
• Psalms 72: To craft charms and talismans that bring a client favour and grace.
• Psalms 73: To protect travellers against religious persecution in foreign lands.
• Psalms 74: For an end to persecution and to destroy oppressors and persecutors.
• Psalms 75: Used along with specially prepared baths for the cleansing of sins.
• Psalms 76: For the Lord's intercession, to provide protection from all attacks.
• Psalms 77: Used against danger, poverty, chronic illness, drought, and famine.
• Psalms 78: To gain favors from kings, princes, and other government officials.
• Psalms 79: To utterly destroy the wicked and also to cast fatal curses.
• Psalms 80: To end spiritual doubts and to prevent people falling into unbelief.
• Psalms 81: To save people from error and mistakes, for safety from accidents.
• Psalms 82: To facilitate business deals and assist those making investments.
• Psalms 83: To keep clients safe during times of war, persecution, and captivity.
• Psalms 84: For healing, especially when the body has contracted unusual odors.
• Psalms 85: To soften hearts and restore peace to friends who have become enemies.
• Psalms 86: To bring goodness, spiritual peace, and happiness to the community.
• Psalms 87: To cleanse the community before starting healing and blessing work.
• Psalms 88: To remove evil and bring blessings; used with baths and talismans.
• Psalms 89: Prayed over oil to anoint the sick or secure a release from prison.
• Psalms 90: Used with Psalms 91 to protect from danger and exorcise evil spirits.
• Psalms 91: For protection from distress and harm; to remove evil spirits.
• Psalms 92: Prayed over herbal baths used to bring good fortune and high honors.
• Psalms 93: Against prosecution by unjust and oppressive men; to win in court.
• Psalms 94: For protection and to turn all evil back onto your enemies.
• Psalms 95: To cleanse sins; to pray for guidance and forgiveness for enemies.
• Psalms 96: To bless a family and bring happiness, peace, and joy to them.
• Psalms 97: Used with Psalms 96 for healing, blessing, and cleansing a family.
• Psalms 98: To restore peace between two hostile families; to bless a home.
• Psalms 99: For praise and devotion to God; to gain conversation with God.
• Psalms 100: To bring victory against enemies by uplifting the client.
• Psalms 101: For protection against enemies and to be rid of evil spirits.
• Psalms 102: For assistance in matters of fertility and to be granted grace.
• Psalms 103: For help in conceiving of a child and for the forgiveness of sins.
• Psalms 104: Repeated frequently to destroy and cleanse away harm, evil, and sin.
• Psalms 105: For healing illnesses, especially recurrent or periodic fevers.
• Psalms 106: For healing and to restore one to health, especially from fevers.
• Psalms 107: For remission or healing from periodic or recurrent fevers.
• Psalms 108: Utilized in a spell for financial success in your place of business.
• Psalms 109: Used in a powerful curse against oppressive, slanderous enemies.
• Psalms 110: For victory; to cause enemies to bow before you and beg for mercy.
• Psalms 111: Recited to acquire many friends, as well as respect, and admiration.
• Psalms 112: To increase in might and power, for success, abundance, and blessings.
• Psalms 113: Prayers and blessings for those in need; to stop infidelity and heresy.
• Psalms 114: Used in a spell for success in matters of finance, business, and money.
• Psalms 115: To foster truth-telling, for victory in debate over scoffers and mockers.
• Psalms 116: Recited daily for protection from violent or sudden death or injury.
• Psalms 117: For forgiveness of a failure to keep a vow or promise that you made.
• Psalms 118: For protection against those who try to misguide or lead you astray.
• Psalms 119: The longest Psalm, its 22 alphabetic divisions cover all human problems.
• Psalms 120: For success in court and for protection against snakes and scorpions.
• Psalms 121: For safety at night, both during sleep and while travelling in darkness.
• Psalms 122: For peace within a city, and to gain the favour of those in high station.
• Psalms 123: Employed in a spell to cause a servant, trainee, or employee to return.
• Psalms 124: Cleansing of the soul, protection at sea and from being wronged.
• Psalms 125: For protection in foreign lands and against those who work iniquity.
• Psalms 126: After miscarriage or the death of a child; for the next child to live.
• Psalms 127: Placed in a mojo for the protection and blessing of a newborn baby.
• Psalms 128: For a fortunate, accident-free pregnancy; for uncomplicated childbirth.
• Psalms 129: Recited daily to prepare one for a long life of virtue and good works.
• Psalms 130: Recited to the four quarters when passing by sentries in a war zone.
• Psalms 131: Recited three times a day to reduce one's sin of pride and scornfulness.
• Psalms 132: To remediate one's unpunctuality and failure to perform duties on time.
• Psalms 133: To retain the love and respect of friends and to gain many more friends.
• Psalms 134: For altar work in matters of higher education and for success in school.
• Psalms 135: For repentance, spirituality, and rededication of one's life to God.
• Psalms 136: Recited on behalf of those who wish to confess and be cleansed of sins.
• Psalms 137: For cleansing of the heart and soul from hate, envy, evil, and vice.
• Psalms 138: Recited daily to bring love and friendship from the Lord.
• Psalms 139: To nurture and maintain love, especially within the context of marriage.
• Psalms 140: To restore tranquility and to perserve and maintain relationships.
• Psalms 141: To ward off against terror and fear and against looming oppression.
• Psalms 142: To heal the body, restore health, and alleviate pain and suffering.
• Psalms 143: To heal bodily limbs, especially the arms and to alleviate pain.
• Psalms 144: To speed up healing and to ensure the perfect mend of a broken arm.
• Psalms 145: To cleanse and purify clients who are beset by ghosts or evil spirits.
• Psalms 146: Used with altar work for healing and recovery after being wounded.
• Psalms 147: For healing wounds and bites from snakes, insects, and other animals.
• Psalms 148: Used with Psalms 149 to keep clients safe from accidents by fire.
• Psalms 149: Used with altar work to protect against fire-related accidents.
• Psalms 150: For the glory of the Lord and to give thanks for His intervention.

Candle Color Correspondences

Here are some Hoodoo Candle Correspondences. I wanted to share them because there are a few differences between this list and the one used by most pagan and wiccan websites I've read.

• white -- spiritual blessings, purity, healing, rest
• blue -- peace, harmony, joy, kindly intentions, healing
• green -- money spells, gambling luck, business, a good job, good crops
• yellow -- devotion, prayer, money (gold), cheerfulness, attraction
• red -- love spells, affection, passion, bodily vigour
• pink -- attraction, romance, clean living
• purple -- mastery, power, ambition, control, command
• orange -- change of plans, opening the way, prophetic dreams
• brown -- court case spells, neutrality
• black -- repulsion, dark thoughts, sorrow, freedom from evil
• red and black (Double Action) -- remove a love-jinxing spell
• white and black (Double Action) -- to return evil to the sender
• green and black (Double Action) -- remove money-jinxing

More about candle magic and correspondences for such works can be found HERE
Also see Moma Sarah's blog post on how to work a Candle, Voodoun style

Diet and the Psyche

Happy New Year!

So I'm on Day 1 of my New Years Resolutions to release weight, live healthier and change my eating habits.
The First three days I will be fasting on liquids and give myself my very first enema (I know, TMI).

I had planned on walking today but it rained so I'm reading The Secret Life of Plants, the text book for the Herbalism certification I'm doing.

I posted on my fitness blog (warning, the reason I separated this blog is because it correlates with my BDSM lifestyle, so, if You're not comfortable with me talking freely about my sexuality...you may want to veer away from reading this blog or the one corresponding to the screen name) Slave Girl Figure, about something I read in this text about how one scientist believes that diet effects psychic research and how one rich in veggies, fruit and nuts is perfect for psychic findings.
See this post HERE

I look forward to seeing how my diet changes effect my spirituality and was wondering,
those of you who are vegetarian, vegan or raw vegan, how has that effected your spiritual and magickal practices?

Getting Back to the Decks

So I am reading again and its been a such a relief, which I found most unexpected. By reading tarot, I open up my throat chakra - the one I have the hardest time with - and can speak my truth freely. I learn to slowly not let others prevent me from speaking or filter my words. I tell them what it is they need to hear from the cards and, from my belief, the higher self or the divine.

Starting to read the cards for more people lately and I'e seen my creativity blossom as well. Once I find the wood burning kit in storage I plan on making me a tarot reading sign for when I do festival type readings.

I thought I would share with you what decks I use and the spreads I am most comfortable with.

My primary deck, which is still AWOL at the moment is the Fantastical Tarot - out of print.

Fantastical Tarot High Priestess

This deck I bought used in Lexington, KY and fell in love with immediately. While many feel that the images are dark I feel they remind me of a perspective not so different from my own with a little dash of the movie Labyrinth thrown in.

The Jane Austen Tarot I've spoken about here a long time ago when I first bought the deck.

I have such a connection to this deck due to its literary nature - however, I feel that if someone has not read all of Jane's books they may feel a little lost in the imagery.

My last two decks are witch's tarot decks.

Not my favorite of decks but one that I get a lot of accuracy with and, for some reason, one of the more popular people's choice decks.

The Tarot Nova deck

This deck was my very first and it was given to me by my good friend Aconita and I will always treasure it because of that.
This deck is difficult for me to shuffle due to the thickness and squareness of the cards and thats one of the main reasons I don't use it much. The imagery is very simple - almost like an oracle deck in that it would be difficult to decipher the kabbalistic and kemetic meanings of the cards from the pictures. Mostly I just go on instinct with this one.

Update 4:06pm:
Forgot to add the spreads:

1 card question and answer usually yes or no question that I've thought about for a long time to ensure that the answer is specific

3 card past, present and future spread

Celtic cross using 10 cards for full explanation of the situation at hand

Crafty Witch and Halloween Specials

So I grabbed up a friend of mine yesterday and went to Michael's, the Dollar Tree and WalMart to get supplies to make Witch's Bottles - Damon came along and between the three of us the adult ADD moments were rampant.

One item necessary for the bottles is the bottle itself and I looked and looked in the jewelry, glass and art department for small glass bottles with a cork - nothing. I figures I was just overlooking them so I went to ask a store associate and learned that they were in the Scrapbook department...O.o
I asked why, and its due to the brand of the bottles all being in the same area, which I assume makes sense.

Since I was in the scrapbook department, I looked around a little at scrapbook supplies for my Scrap BOS. In the Halloween collection I saw the perfect paper for BOS pages (all witchy and black and fun) but the book of it was a little out of my price range so I vowed to return the first of November for the lovely paper and went on.

This strange little vow made me think of frugality in witchcraft. We are a group of people who use what we can, what we need, what we can get our hands on for the purpose of changing and bending. I like this concept. The idea of the witch being a creature of necessity and creativity.
That, I think, is also where the Witch's Bottle comes from - a bottle filled with random objects such as bits of broken mirror, bent or broken needles, scraps of cloth, whatever else was lying around the house that could be used in protective magick.
I seriously doubt any person back in ye olden days purposely broke a needle when they weren't sure if they could afford the next one, nor did they waste such a valuable commodity as a mirror or a bit of glass unless it was broke beyond use.

I collected all the things we needed for the bottles and headed back to my friend's house where her hubs made warming rice and turkey soup (with dried habanero that we gave them a few weeks back, Yay for the barter system!) and taught her a little about witch's bottles. We also discussed crafting our own candle holders and had fun sorting out some craft supplies.

Damon, on the other hand, has his own craft project coming along - he bought some fabric at Wally world and is making me some comfy hippie pants. The fabric is black filigree with some purple cotton for the etching and the pockets (so I'll be a gothy-hippie, my favorite) ^_^ and he and the other hubs spent the evening having a beer and  discussing sewing and knitting and I noted the irony of this more than a few times.

Update

I know, I'm lame. Sorry for the month + of no blog or word from me. There's no excuse for it, I know, dear reader.

In order to play catch up and make ammends...I'm going to let you in on a little secret!

I am looking into starting my own business! Now, its not going to be terribly huge and I'm not quitting my day job, but, it should be fun, yes?

What am I doing?
Selling small spell kits and zodiac kits online. I haven't decided whether I'm going to use Ebay, Etsy, Poppyswap or WitchMarket yet, I'm still comparing notes. If you have any suggestions, please feel free to comment them ^_^
I'm also starting to push my card readings more and offering them for Halloween parties and the like.

So not the cats out of the bag. I'll let you know when the shop goes live and where...for now, back to blogging.

Pagan Prompt: Wiccan Rede

When I was in high school, I was one of the few pagan students in the entired town I lived in as well as one of the most studied and experienced of the group (next to a young man who was raised in the Wiccan faith). There was a large push by the whole group for covenship and for me to take place as a sort of young High Priestess. I did not and, instead, removed myself from the group in many ways, though they were my friends. I was not ready for that sort of responsibility and now am glad that i made this decision.

My withdrawel from the pagan group at my school and in my town was viewed by many in two very different ways. One group saw this as an act of humility and modesty on my part, encouraged me and my work, and remained close friends to this day.
Another group felt I was being pompous, that my removal was in a way saying that I felt I was too good for them. One person in particular, though she acted as if she was my friend, began to perform certain spells, host certain rites and act in certain ways that were hurtful to myself and many of those around us.
In the end, I felt that if I did not do something to stop her someone was going to get hurt.

I did a simple, yet powerful bind spell on this person. I will not post the spell on here and it is listed in my BOS with words of precaution. After the binding I refused to speak to this young woman again. The binding was fairly thorough and this person found that not only could she not harm anyone but had a hard time performing any magical working. I heard from a mutal friend that her binding has lasted to this day and has caused her some problems in the magical and pagan community she has recently moved into (they will have nothing to do with her).
I did, however, set the spell so that she or someone of ability can break the binding if they do so in love, compassion and with the desire to not harm but help others (the opposite actions and emotions of why I performed the binding int he first place).

I tell this long story in order to say this.
ALL ACTIONS have an EQUAL REACTION! WHATEVER you send out WILL COME BACK! This can be viewed however you wish and be the basis of whatever lesson anyone would like to teach and set creed to: Golden Rule, 3-fold law, Wiccan Rede, Karma, etc. It is simply how the Universe works.

When I bound this person in high school, I did not consider that this act (which was done out of the desire to prevent harm, an it harm none) would eventually come back to me.
Almost a year later exactly, I began to have disturbances in my ability to perform any magical act or even meditate. It felt like my mind was in a fog any time I even thought about doing magic and when I meditated I felt literally bound up. At first I thought I had somehow picked up a leeching energy in astral travel, that recent stress had worn me thin, that I was somehow ill.
Finally, it struck me after a phone call from our mutual friend (the girl I had bound was getting married to another mutual friend). I realized that my binding spell had come back to me.

I worked through this ricochet magic slowly and with as much patience as I could muster. When I mentioned it to a local magical practitioner, she repremanded me not for binding another but for thinking I would be punished in some way for protecting myself.
I do not feel that I am being punished for trying to prevent harm. I don't think the Universe works that way. I think this was merely the Law of reaction. I did this, it was done to me. It is simple.

Where is Henna Magick?

So I've been interested in researching how Henna has been used in magick and ritual but I haven't been able to find any books or sites or anything on the subject.
My first reaction is...well if I can't find any books, why not make one instead. (make anyone think of the Grinch much?)
If you can find rites, spels, workings that use Henna I would appreciate the aid.
Also, if you would like to help out, come get some henna tats or if you are working a rite and think a henna tat would help then give me a hollar.
Thanks and Blessings,
Dawn