#summoning spirits

[m4g0rtz]

Today's polish is a very unique multichrome. At first glance it seems pretty normal, but it has UP in it so in the sun it becomes really twinkly. I tried to capture it as best I could in the video but you can really see it in the green sparkles in the last photo. I also was able to better capture this multichrome's shifts in the bottom left photo. This is Summoning Spirits from Bee's Knees Lacquer.

[pooksbedamned]

Source: shapelessflame

[aspelladay]

Dumb Supper Spells

Do you wish to dine with Dr. Dee, Madame Blavatsky, and Mamzelle Marie Laveau? Invite them! Perhaps you’d rather share a meal with your late great-grandmother. Invite her, too! Dumb Suppers are ritual meals enacted between living and the dead. “Dumb” indicates not a lack of intelligence but that these meals (and any communication) are conducted in silence. While the dead are formally invited to attend, all cooking and serving is done by the living. Although a dumb supper may be served at any time, traditionally they are scheduled to coincide with Halloween, the time of year when the veil between realms is thinnest. Extend specific invitations, or allow yourself to be surprised by who shows up.

(from The Element Encyclopedia of 5,000 Spells by Judika Illes)

[aspelladay]

Dumb Supper Extravaganza

Set a table for a banquet.

Invite a number of people, both living and otherwise.

Dress for dinner. Set the table beautifully. Make sure there are sufficient chairs and place settings for the unseen guests.

Do not speak at all. Do not serve yourself. Everyone must serve others, living or otherwise. Allow yourself to become sensitive to the desires of others. (You may also designate specific people to serve as waiters.)

When the meal is over, dishes cleared away, and everyone has left the table (and the dead have presumably departed), discuss experiences, perceptions, and insights.

(from The Element Encyclopedia of 5,000 Spells by Judika Illes)

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Greek Necromantic Spell (1)

For the ancient Greeks, a fire made from privet [Ligustrum vulgare] opened the gates to the afterlife. To summon and speak with ghosts, burn wormwood on a bed of privet fire.

(from The Element Encyclopedia of 5,000 Spells by Judika Illes)

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Dumb Supper for Two

Set the table for three (or more).

Serve both living people and also the departed. (Make sure there are enough chairs so that the departed may sit.)

After the meal is over and cleared away and you have left the table, both people may discuss their experiences and perceptions.

(from The Element Encyclopedia of 5,000 Spells by Judika Illes)

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Dittany of Crete Ghost Summoning Spell

Just as certain botanicals summon spirits, others may be used to beckon ghosts. Dittany of Crete, named for a Greek divinity, perhaps an aspect of Artemis, is used to communicate with those who have passed on to other realms. Traditionally it’s burned in the cemetery, although it may be used to call the dead to come to you. Legend has it that the image of the deceased will appear in the smoke just above the flame.

Sprinkle dried, powdered Dittany of Crete onto lit charcoals. If you are outdoors, burn substantial quantities of dried Dittany of Crete within a cauldron.

(from The Element Encyclopedia of 5,000 Spells by Judika Illes)

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Dumb Supper Baltic Version

This Dumb Supper is celebrated on the third, ninth, and fortieth days following a funeral.

The souls of the deceased are publicly invited to share a meal with the living.

This meal is eaten in silence. The table is set without knives.

Any food that falls should not be picked up but remain for the hungry ghosts to enjoy.

Presumably once upon a time, libations and offerings were made. Incorporate as desired.

(from The Element Encyclopedia of 5,000 Spells by Judika Illes)