#dodman

[lailoken]

Years later, and I still love constructing Gwarch charms for those in need ♡

[lailoken]

I do have my own understanding of something similar, remaining in the state where you are open and continuously growing and learning, but I was wondering if you would elaborate on verdure? It just struck me as a very particular word choice

Regarding this: x

Good question! It's a bit of an awkward term, but it was the best one I could come up to describe the elemental principle that I was shown in connection with the Snail Warden of my tradition. The most direct and simple way to describe Verdure would be that it means all living, growing, biological matter. The term "Flesh" occurred to me as a name, but it just felt too specific to animal flesh, where as the concept of Verdure felt more akin to the Alchemical concept of Viriditas, which describes a similar principle of growth, fecundity, and vitality.

[lailoken]

Dodman's Chain (Sold)

This is an example of a Traditional West Country domestic charm I’ve made from ethically sourced Snail Shells. While, historically, this particular form of talisman had no official title that I know of, I came to call it a Dodman’s Chain.

In the West Country, charms such as these were used to bless the home with prosperity and protection by drawing upon the potent virtues of the Snail, who has long been associated with luck, preservation, and the domestic abode.

The Dodman’s Chain pictured here was composed from 13 shells, which I lightly varnished with my homemade 'Wisefool's Glaze' (composed from Linseed Oil and various powerful arboreal resins) and then strung together on recycled leather cord, with a Benison worked into every knot. Finally, the entire implement was Hallowed and fumigated with an incense made from Dragon’s Blood, Sweet Gum Burrs, and Fern Dust.

I am currently selling this singular example of this talisman for $39 + Shipping, though I am going to be selling them on my website that is currently under construction too, should anyone find themselves interested in purchasing one later on (as well as ones made from 21 shells and 27 shells.) If you'd like to acquire a lovingly crafted Traditional Talisman like this, then please feel free to reach out to me through this blog!

[lailoken]

is there a good spell for finding a new apartment & moving in going well?

Those are really two separate aims, so I would suggest the employment of more than one working—one for the finding of a domicile, and another to aid with moving into it smoothly.

In regards to finding a new home:

On the evening of a Newborn Crescent Moon, anoint a candle with Benison Oil and fill a cooking vessel with approximately one cup’s worth of Sesame Oil.

Light the candle and steadily bring the oil to a low simmer, before going on to add—in order—a Snail Shell, Hearth ash, Cinnamon, Dittany, Vitex, a Lodestone, and finally, a Metal Key (the more the key has been used, the better.)

At this point, begin to create a makeshift broom-whisk by winding together dried Wheat Stalks with a durable Green Cord. As you wind and secure the whisk, focus acutely on manifesting your intentions and wishes, pouring out your will into every turning and knotting of the cord. When this has been satisfyingly constructed, bring your cauldron to a boil and stir the contents dextrally with your whisk 27 times while stoking your Inner Flame. Thereafter, hold it aloft the the cooking vessel and recite a simple Orison;

“In the name of the Dodman—

Cardinal of Below,

Emissary of Verdure,

and Cultivative Warden of the Bower—

I sanctify and ratify the working of this Cantrip.

By the helical sanctuary of your Shell, so be it.”

Conclude by using the candle to ignite the whisk, and letting the ashes fall and integrate into the rest of cauldron’s contents, then snuff the candle in the mixture and transfer it to a sealable glass vessel. Allow it to steep for fourteen days, before burying the contents beneath your front step or gate on the evening of the Full Moon, offering a fumigation of Mint Blossoms as you do (barring that, use Ivy and Mint together.)

In regards to magic that will help with moving in:

It’s quite a lot simpler, but fastening a newly made copy of your House Key to a Stone Arrowhead (any kind of stone will do,) fumigating them with Dragon’s Blood smoke under the light of a Full Moon, and hanging the resultant amulet from the inner lintel of your front door should help promote ease while moving in.

[lailoken]

Gloaming Chain

Pictured is a special Dodman’s Chain of 21 snail shells that I constructed for our home, exclusively using shells that came to us as Gloaming gifts over the years.

It is filled with love, devotion, patience, and power.

[lailoken]

Benison Oil

For Rites and Rituals of Cultivation

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This recipe entails the steps necessary for the creation of an oil meant for use in rites of blessing, cultivation, and/or luck.

On the evening of a New Moon, combine together in a sealable vessel:

3 parts Blessed Milkthistle ,

1 parts Mint Blossoms,

3 parts Pearlwort,

2 part Clover,

1 part Wild Plantain,

3 parts Fern,

& 13 parts Safflower Oil.

Seal the mixture and then place it atop, or secret it within the hollow of, a Nurse Log. A Garden may also servevvas a suitable location for steeping. Before taking your leave, recite over it an Orison to the Snail, who oversees the Arcanum of Cultivation;

“In the name of the Dodman—

Cardinal of the Wild,

Emissary of Verdure,

and Fertile Warden of the Bower—

I sanctify and ratify the working of this Oil.

By the Helical Sanctuary of Your Shell,

Sīe”

On the third and final day of the Full Moon cycle, reopen the vessel and strain the contents of the mixture, before bottling the oil and storing it for later use in a shaded spot. Retain the materials from the oil, and take them to an old tree on a Sunday, along with a libation of Mead. Give thanks, aloud, to the wights of that place and the spirit of that tree, before digging a hole at its base and placing the remnant materials within it. Pour out the Libation over the residual materia and fill in the hole with earth again, then leave the site of the burial without looking back.

Thereafter, the oil can be utilized in a wide variety of ways relating to blessing, cultivation, and/or luck.

[luckycollectionbread]

Wikipedia word of the day is dodman : (Britain, dialectal) A land-based snail. (Britain, dialectal) A snail's shell. (Britain, dialectal) Any shellfish which casts its shell, such as a lobster. (Britain, dialectal) A surveyor. Today is marked by some people as National Escargot Day in the USA, to celebrate escargot or cooked land snails.

[malkrithian]

dodman

dodman , n : (Britain, dialectal) A land-based snail. (Britain, dialectal) A snail's shell. (Britain, dialectal) Any shellfish which casts its shell, such as a lobster. (Britain, dialectal) A surveyor. Today is marked by some people as National Escargot Day in the USA, to celebrate escargot or cooked land snails.