Spirit Work & Journal

Sideblog for straight-from-mercury; A place for me to record my spirit work and companions

[stygiantarot]

👻 Communication with Ghosts 👻

A baseline experience in warding/protection and spirit communication is necessary first. Also have an energy source other than your own ready for boosting the communication (offerings, crystals, charged items or water, energy jars, etc.) is helpful and polite as well.

Find a place that works for you: cemeteries, old buildings, museums, crossroads, bodies of water, old growth forests, liminal spaces, personal ancestor shrines, old houses, etc.

Start with a communication method you’re familiar with: Tarot, pendulum, shufflemancy, trancing, channeling, automatic writing, empathy/clair senses

Let your mind unfocus- it doesn’t have to be true “clearing mind” that meditation methodology sometimes talks about. Letting your mind just wander is good too. Gently allow thoughts to appear but don’t dwell on them. Try identifying thoughts that wouldn’t be your own. Practice discernment.

Record the feelings and experience. If you’re comfortable with it, push for more specific interaction with your communication method: “who are you?”, “where are you from?” “what do you need me to know about?” “what do you enjoy talking about”. It’s okay to just keep things organic and loose for the first couple times and not ask specific questions, just allow impressions.

Be firm about safety and your boundaries. Don’t let the spirit take advantage of any discomfort you may experience. It’s always okay to disconnect the communication and come back later.

Keep a journal regarding these experiences. Refer back to it to build relationships with repeat spirits and learn methods that work the most successfully for you. Feel free to use it to research background on deceased spirits when you aren’t communicating directly.

Be respectful about privacy. It’s okay to share experiences in a general sense but you may include a question about whether you may share specifics about any spirits you interact with. However, be wary of any spirits that tell you not to talk about communing at all, that level of secrecy is suspect. Personal privacy (names, history, ages, personal stories, etc) are of course common courtesy to protect but your own success in methodology and emotions regarding the experiences should be your own choosing on whether to share, not theirs.

Don’t be afraid to reach out to more experienced workers and mediums with questions and concerns! Myself included 😊

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[reillymouse]

fun funeral facts

embalming, the process of chemically preserving a corpse, is typically not required by law. unless you need to transport the body long-distance or postpone the burial, it’s 100% a vanity thing.

a body still rots in air-tight conditions. so “protective” or “sealed” caskets are basically a scam, and anything fancy like metal is a waste of money.

want a beautiful casket for a viewing, but think burning or burying an expensive piece of hardwood is a waste of money and trees? rentals exist.

you don’t need a coffin for cremation. the minimum requirement is that the body be in a “cremation container,” which is a simple cardboard box.

home funerals are an option. you don’t need to hand the body over to a funeral home, and you can keep their involvement to a minimum.

natural burial sites exist. you can have your unembalmed body straight up thrown in the dirt to be tree food, if you want.

there are a lot of funeral homes that will prey on your ignorance and vulnerability in order to get as much money out of you as possible. they may imply optional certain services are legally mandatory, steer you away from cheaper options, charge additional costs for what’s supposed to be all-inclusive services, etc.

one person’s death is another person’s profit. know your rights, do your research, and apply the same scrutiny you would to any other business.

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For those of you interested, the youtube channel Ask A Mortician does a lot of videos on taboo death subjects, answers questions and is a huge advocate for natural burials and being present during the actual funeral process so you don’t get taken advantage of by the funeral industry. She’s one of my favourite youtubers and I highly recommend her videos.

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“Tell me your favorite weird fact.”

The Earth is covered in corpses. We breathe the air the dead exude, eat the food they nourished with their decay, pour their remains into our cars, wear them and sleep on them. And then we call them scary without even noticing that they are present in every single thing of our lives. We live because of the dead.

[jestermolly]

Ecogoth

[sildrotha]

Husted-Kleinle Memorial in the snow Hans Schuler, sculptor

Loudon Park Cemetery Baltimore, Maryland

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Voorhes Cemetery. Very small cemetery with only about 12 or so monuments. Driving by and blink, you will miss it. Glad it was on Google maps.

[stygiantarot]

💸💀Low Cost Death Witchcraft💀💸

Collecting fallen pinecones, leaves, seeds, weird rocks, sun bleached sticks/branches. Vulture culture of animal remains is a lovely aesthetic but it can get costly!

Visiting memorials and graveyards for walks and meditation.

Watching death positive and education YouTube and docs on streaming services.

Reading local obituaries or local headstones and keeping a memento mori journal.

Creating an ancestor shrine with objects you already have and pictures/artwork printed from a computer. Add a couple items from a thrift shop or dollar store if you are able but not required.

Spirit work! That is always free!

Volunteer at a hospice or nursing home.

Light candles for souls that have passed; whether you know them or heard about them in the news.

Read up on your local Wills & Probate procedures or see if there is a local group offering a free workshop.

Visit natural history museums or art museums and practice energy sensing or just absorb the history and stories of the pieces.

Create a simple decorated candle/painted craft/box/space for The Forgotten Dead. Give regular simple offerings (water is a good one).

Talk to (trusted) friends and family about death and end of life desires.

Write a story or poem relating to death.

If you are theistic, spend time communing and praying/writing or doing devotionals to death oriented deities of your pantheon.

[malachitelibrary]

Spirit Comm Tip

You don’t always “hear” spirits in the conventional sense or even with your “mind’s ear”. Sometimes you just get dialogue boxes or bubbles in your mind and can tell who it is by tone, appearance of the box/bubble, or font

[mod-azalea]

15 Things About The Astral

•There’s different realms

•If it’s warded don’t go there, wards are up for a reason

•Parasites exist and they’re terrifying

•This is probably common knowledge, but not all spirits are nice. Not all spirits think humans are cute, quirky, funny, or enjoyable to be around.

•But some do and they’re pretty friggin cool

•Spirits can eat you

•Some spirits specifically hunt and eat humans

•Be respectful when visiting places that aren’t your personal astral, the last thing you wanna do is piss off something stronger than you are

•If you see a market, browse the wares! There’s always cool stuff there

•Your ethereal body can look different from your actual body

•Not all spirits want to be companions, but that doesn’t mean you can’t make friends

•Fae bars are a good place to find information

•Things aren’t always what they seem

•Getting hurt may lead to discomfort in your physical body

•Remember to have fun, and stay safe, not everything has to be serious all the time

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My Spiritual Protection Tips:

🖤 dragon’s blood incense is a good protective energy additive to spells and wards. burn it for protection.

🖤 shells with horns and spikes make great protective charms for rooms.

🖤 black tourmaline and white jade are a power couple when it comes to negative energy removal and protection.

🖤 i use black candles for banishing and white candles to transmute negative energy into positive energy.

🖤 create servitors/thoughtforms for protection.

🖤 visualizing impenetrable armor around your body, golden light, and shields are great exercises.

🖤 i like to take a bundle of cedar and walk around in each space that has bad energy, sweep it over my body, and then safely burn it in a cauldron or fire safe dish. visualizing that all the negative energy it has collected is being transmuted into abundant blessings.

🖤 if you work with spirits or deities, petition them, pray to them, ask them for help.

🖤 drink green tea to heal any damage in your energy and aura.

🖤 a fresh vase of flowers helps to raise a space’s vibration.

🖤ritual baths with sea salt, sage, cedar, any oils or potions you like to work with for protection will help.

🖤 charge a glass of water with purifying intent before drinking (can be done anywhere/anytime)

🖤exercising helps to heal your energy and cleanse all stagnant energies out of your system.

🖤 putting a drop of skin safe lavender essential oil on energy points, (i like putting them on my wrists and the nape of my neck), will seal off entrances for negative spirits so they cannot possess you.

🖤 with a strong intention just tell the energy to leave. it works wonderfully.

🖤 petition archangel michael with a candle for him, dress it with cinnamon pieces, cinnamon oil, orange slices, orange oil, and let it safely burn to protect you from all lower vibrational energies.

🖤 if possible; a quick trip to the beach, regardless if you are a sea witch or not, will help purify and protect you from bad energy.

🖤 visualize opening an energetic black hole and push all the negative energy into it banishing it then, close it up.

🖤 elixirs made with cinnamon, pepper, salt, and sage are great for dressing protection candles.

🖤obsidian, onyx, black hematite, and black tourmaline are my favorites for absorbing negative energy and transmuting it.

🖤 meditate with a smokey quartz to ground stagnant energy.

🖤selenite will cleanse and open up blocked energy channels letting positive energies flow easier.

🖤my favorite protection herbs: rosemary, palo santo, cedar, sweetgrass, and sage of any kind (can be dried garden sage)

🖤 ALWAYS remember to invite only positive, abundant, high vibrational energies into your space after cleansing. this is very important because once negative energy is gone it can leave a void allowing more negative energy to enter.

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🔮Spirit Worker Tip🔮

It might seem like spirit companions are supposed to be constant companions, they do have their own lives outside of their relationship to you. And you have a life outside of your spirit relationship. So don’t feel guilty if you can’t spend time with or work with your spirit companion every day.

Think about it. Do you hang out with one friend every single day? No, you both have your separate lives even if you’re the best of friends. You may even go days without texting or calling each other. It doesn’t make your relationship weaker; it’s healthy to spend time apart sometimes.

So, work out a schedule that works for you and your companion(s), and don’t worry if your companion needs space for a little while. And don’t feel guilty if you need a break from that companion or a break from spirit work in general.

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Crystals in Death Magick 💎💀

Ajoite - overcome sorrow, emotional healing

Amethyst - eases grief and sadness

Andalusite - crossing over into the afterlife

Apophyllite - spirit communication

Bixbite (Red Beryl) - eases grief

Black Tourmaline - eases grief

Bloodstone - to strengthen ties with ancestors or loved ones who have passed on

Blue Lace Agate - connection to the spirit world, eases passage into the afterlife

Calcite - emotional healing, peace

Carnelian - eases sorrow, protection in the afterlife

Celestite - spirit communication

Charoite - eases passage into the afterlife

Cuprite - spirit communication

Halite - dispelling negativity, protection

Hematite - grounding, peace, transforming negativity 

Jade - protection in the afterlife

Jasper - safe passage into the afterlife

Jet - eases grief and mourning

Kunzite - eases heartbreak

Labradorite - spirit communication

Lapis Lazuli - spiritual connection

Obsidian - healing, deflecting negativity, grounding, protection

Onyx - grounding, protection

Pink Tourmaline - emotional healing

Quantum Quattro Silica - eases grief

Quartz - safe passage into the afterlife

Selenite - spirit communication, eases passage into the afterlife

Sunstone - spirit communication

Tanzan Aura Quartz - spirit communication

Tsavorite - connection to the spirit world

Turquoise - spiritual attunement

Violet Flame Opal - spiritual awareness

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JANOWICE WIELKIE (Lower Silesia, Poland): remains of the old graveyard around the 15th century church        6

[sixpenceee]

“Döden” (“Death”) by artist Janis Rozentāls, 1897. It rare to see death depicted in white. 

[qedavathegrey]

“When your time comes to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home.” – Tecumseh

Death walks ever at your side, personified – should you let it be. Death is the midwife who parted the legs of your mother and drug you carefully from her womb; was there as you grew older, through every skinned-knee, celebration, and silent moment of life – waiting for the time in which It might take you like a captured bride, back into the Night. But do not mistake Death to be cold or vindictive, for It is naught but patient companion: with arms like a mother and the heart of a lover. Fear not Death – but embrace It, and it will watch over you. Death might come in any guise, accept it – for it is yours, and you: Its.

To Look Death in The Eye

Go to a comfortable place – you needn’t go anywhere marked by dead energy unless it is where you are most comfortable, for Death walks with you – and center yourself. I encourage you to find a comfortable place to sit, be it cross-legged on the floor or in a chair, it doesn’t matter. Just allow yourself to be comfortable. Death is not (usually) gruesome to look at, but no less, it’s best to be in a calm and collected place, if only to connect better. Light a candle, if you so choose, and call to your own Death to present itself to you. Following, I’ve attached a sort of summons:

Come – Shadow! My umbral Lord or Lady, Who walks ever with me: Before my blind eyes – be seen! Let me smell the sweet perfume, familiar, And reveal your fair face unto me, That I might look upon, The one who walks, The one who waits. O Death, my companion, Remove the spectral veil, And let my eyes descry: My Beloved Shadow.

You needn’t follow word for word, but simply capture the same spirit. Do what works best for you, as always. I would like to clarify here, that this ritual calls to your own Death personified, not the circumstances nor the collective embodiment, deity or metaphor of Death. In fact, I highly encourage you not to ask – ever – what those circumstances are. Most will deny the request, but some might offer the option to test you. If they offer up the information, decline. 

Sit patiently and Death will appear. Usually Death presents as human: as the opposite gender, or as one which you are attracted to, but this isn’t always the case. I know some who have told me Death came to them as an animal – this is also valid. Your Death is unique to you, and isn’t bound to the same form from session to session. Death can take on the face of perfection, or your greatest fear. Just roll with it. Get to know one another – or, get to know Death, as it already knows you better than anyone else.

Why you should connect with your own Death?

Well, death is intrinsic to life, yet often feared in Western society. To familiarize yourself with Death and build a bond between yourself and It can be quite rewarding. Death is also a bridge to the dead, as well as to the past and the future. It can share with you both, but such actions should be done so sparingly and with great caution and skepticism. Death personifications – in mythologies the world over – often have trickster qualities. This isn’t to say they will blatantly lie, but have a predisposition to be misleading, or – rather – the human mind has a tendency to overreach when information is presented. Death is often quite literal, don’t read too far into it.

Death can also act as a sort of familiar spirit that can be tasked with things: willingness permitting. As such, they can also act as guides in both under- and astral worlds. As aforementioned, Death often has a trickster quality, and as such, can lead you into situations that might be difficult to navigate as a means of bettering oneself. In essence, they are there to prepare you for death and what comes after. Where that is, I suppose, only they know. I wouldn’t ask.

Finally, death knows you better than anyone else – including you. If introspection is what you seek, there is no better a place.

Figure I & II: woodcuts – I think they’re woodcuts, anyway – by Jose Guadalupe Posada. 

[landofthenymph]

If a spirits energy is too much for you then you can definitely ask them to turn it down!

You can definitely ask them to come back when you’re feeling stronger!

If it’s still too much then you can definitely try and work with a different spirit!

You are only human! Please stay safe! Energy headaches are not nice!

This has been a psa!

[vcj]