Bark of black pine

Bark of Asiatic black pine 🌿 It was the central part of our ritual to venerate the ancestors several days ago, the Japanese believe that the spirit of this tree is a direct door to the world of the ancestors.

A red ribbon "cures" the tree against diseases caused by the world of spirits.  It also prevents the evil spirits from entering our world from the world of the spirits, the fruits and flowers at the foot of the tree are a tribute to the gods of the earth, and as a gift, the tree let us take part of its bark that would have  fallen to the ground

 I will use this bark to make a beautiful talisman to dissipate the vindictive spirits and bury it in the garden behind my apartment.

Seven magical ways to Improve your “workplace” if you work from Home.

Responding to my readers, here I share Seven ways to Improve your “workplace” if you work from Home.

Hugs lover, thanks for always coming to my virtual corner. This time responding to your emails as I have been doing lately, I share some information required here.

Working from home is not an easy task, and when you also have a formal part-time job like me (publicist and marketing consultant) it is quite easy to get distracted between one thing and another. About 90% of my work is done from my laptop at home, and I only leave home for work reasons between once and twice a week, either for meetings with clients of some small brand, with entrepreneurs and creatives, or t some magic and sorcery workshop in a local store.

When you work from home it is extremely easy to get distracted. You can move all your furniture and do some feng shui, you can turn off smartphone notifications, or you can set an alarm, all this I have done in the past, but distractions continue to appear.

Obviously, this depends on each individual and not all minds are equal, for some, it is easier to focus on work during the corresponding hours, in my case, I am usually doing several things at the same time, such as taking care of my nephews while I study for college, or attend a workday with my nephews because nobody else is there to take care of them.

In my case, I am so used to doing several things at the same time and keeping myself busy, that if I am reading a book while I exercise in the gym, I simply get bored.

So for this, I have created a series of small magical rituals that help me keep my mind focused and avoid distractions, these work for me, and I hope they work for you too.

• Pyramids help focus and distribute the flow of energy. That is why I like to keep a small red paper pyramid next to my laptop, activate the energy of knowledge and avoid minor distractions.
• I use yellow candles to calm and focus the mind. If you have witnessed some of my videos in live via IG / FB, you will have noticed that there is always a candle burning around me, usually white or yellow. Every day when I sit down to work I light a yellow candle and a myrrh incense cone, the candle to make the thoughts flow and the myrrh incense so that “these thoughts” that I am placing in writing, are prosperous and bring fruits.
• A glass with water, lemon and honey. Not only is it a healthy practice to drink it every day, but it also prevents me from getting up every five minutes to look for something in the freezer, because it calms my anxiety and decreases my appetite. Perhaps this is the least magical of all my rituals.
• Blessing the hours is always the right thing. Since I sit down to write and plan until I finish, I not only place a timer for 175 minutes in which I do not take the phone, I do not answer calls, I do not check Media, I do not get up to write at all, but also, always I recite "Thank you Obatala for these productive hours today", even before you start. Clearly, you can change the name to the deity or angel of your personal pantheon.
• The crystals for harmony. I like to keep a small crystal bowl with pieces of quartz and black tourmaline near my workspace, to dispel distractions and absorb anxiety.
• A tiny pentagram for when all else fails. If you still feel you need something more radical, I have shared this trick earlier in my books. I make a simple drawing of a pentagram with the words "focus", "prosperity", "attention", "intention", "purpose", on each of the tips, I cover it with some essential oil of camphor and roses I keep it under my keyboard permanently.
• A sprig of lavender. In any store or botany, you can find a full bouquet of lavender for a very good price, but with a twig, it is enough, I like to place it on the computer to bless with wealth and success the result of all my work.

I suggest you follow any of these methods, look for the one that is most useful for you, you do not have to follow them all, for some it may be easier to dedicate all your workspace to elaborate certain rituals and methods, but I understand that not for everyone it is like that, so look for the method that best suits you.

Blessings.

Magic & Sorcery for Beginners (part I).

For those who wonder this.

• Magic & Sorcery for Beginners (part I).

• What do I teach my newest students/teachers?

• Tools they will need.

• My online groups.

What do I teach my newest teachers from scratch?

Hugs to you who have arrived here, I will start this with a brief personal anecdote before really getting into the matter. Like all posts in my blog, this is something entirely personal, based on my own experience and background, I do not seek to make corrections to the methods of others or impose my format on anyone, simply this is the way I, completely spontaneously, I learned to do things and I have improved them, but I'm still in a constant learning process.

The anecdote

Recently I (Elhoim Leafar) received a text message on my smartphone, this person got my phone number on one of my pages, it is not difficult to believe taking into account that I have many of my teachers (so I call my students because that's what they are) in my WhatsApp and also in a community group on Telegram where I share weekly notes, recipes, spells, spells, information about the moon phases, dates of my workshops and online sessions, etc.

This individual is an older person who has decided for some time to enter the world of magic and sorcery, is in Canada, the neighboring country, and asks me certain questions about it. With so many more qualified people than me out there (or often simply more popular), it always amazes me when people come to me, because from my perspective, I am perhaps the least qualified for it, however, my group of online teachers It does not stop growing, so I still receive everyone with a lot of love.

Because I am accustomed to this process, I have more or less a guide of steps that I always share with these people, I keep them in order, and I know that they, usually after six or eight months take their separate path and start to their way, so during those first months I like to teach them everything that is in my possibilities, recommend good books, and even invite them to participate as part of my online tribe.

My first teacher

My first teacher was Juan Diego Albares, in San Antonio de Los Altos, Venezuela. I was barely 21 years old, I wasn't qualified for it, and to be honest I still don't feel that I am. But this person came to me through an online platform, came to my page where I offered (at that time) sessions of spiritualism and divination, and once a year, trips to the Amazon for the realization of ayahuasca sessions, ceremonies of cocoa and rituals for the opening of the "third eye" or "eye of the native god."

This young man, barely a few years younger than me, sought some spiritual advice, and although I made it clear that I was not a professional in the field, he simply told me "teach me what you know about magic." During the following years, and even today, Juan Diego is still one of the members of my tribe, he consults with me only (of course he receives a special price) and we talk every two weeks, we organize distance rituals and he directs my small circle of magicians in Venezuela. Juan is highly qualified to carry out these tasks, and after a while, I have learned more than my own.

The first ten things that I always teach to all who come to me as a guide are:

1. Learn from everyone, and never stop learning.
2. Be always humble because you will always be learning.
3. Keep your altar lit and tidy.
4. Keep your space or room clean every day.
5. Invest a lot in your knowledge and practice.
6. Tell me brother, tell me friend, tell me uncle, don't tell me teacher.
7. Love everything you do, and do it all with Love.
8. Don't be afraid to ask for help, don't be afraid to ask for advice.
9. Do not teach others anything that you have not practiced.
10. Do not do to others (especially with magic) something that you would not want for yourself.

And I always ask my teachers to buy the following implements:

• Candles and incense, for their rituals.
• White sage, and eucalyptus, to burn as incense.
• A white notebook and pens, to create your spellbook.
• Bay leaves, so you never lack wealth in your wallet.
• Crystal quartz, for our monthly meditation rituals.

The first steps I always suggest:

• The realization of various symbols and specific writings in the notebook, this information was sent entirely privately to each individual.
• Clean and order your personal space (bedroom, house or apartment) with sage and eucalyptus incense.
• Join my meditation group on Telegram or Add me on Whatsapp to receive all the information.
• Provide me with your personal information to add to my ritual of blessings that I perform at home every Sunday night and every Monday morning.
• Send me pics of the books of magic you have with you (if you have some) to know what kind of practice your learning, and from there I will understand your steps in the magic.
• I suggest you subscribe to a small list of various blogs (Hispanic, Spanish and American) with very good writers so that they learn from different points of view, we can also discuss in our online groups some of these articles.

The first ritual

The ritual with the new moon that I share with my followers is practically obligatory, this is practically a dictatorship in the whole event (something I learned from living so many years in a Socialist / Communist government). It's a joke !, but yes, the ritual with the new moon is extremely simple and is a mandatory practice that I like to promote in my circles, not only to take them to immediate practice but also to fertilize their magical abilities.

We perform this ritual with each new moon, it is simple, it will not take more than five minutes, and I consider it necessary.

What happened to the WhatsApp group?

For those who were part of my previous group on WhatsApp, this group was eliminated in October 2019, because many of the participants were there essentially to steal our group ideas blatantly and apply them separately, or to share links to book galleries illegally distributed.

For these reasons the group was faded, and so far we have not created another one, but I still receive contacts daily on my Telegram/Whatsapp, if you have one of these two applications (preferably Telegram) you can request my number personally and I will include you in our next group/tribe / online coven.

Who are welcome to be part of my small group?

We are extremely exclusive, excessively exclusive, so much so, that we only admit humans of all colors, races and religious beliefs here.

Who are not welcome to be part of my small group?

As in all places of the universe, certain rules must be maintained, so individuals who come here to hurt or offend other members of the group, any individual who commits an act of discrimination or racism against others, are immediately blocked, and people who share links to pages that promote the illegal distribution of products.

NEXT POST:

In the second post (next week) I will include in detail the first three rituals that I suggest everyone performs when they are beginning in magic and sorcery.

And remember, you are not reading this from the vision and perspective of an expert but from another searcher like you.

From Elhoim Leafar Made With Love.

Elo. 

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