Second New Moon in Cancer / Online Class: Rituals and Spells with Dreams.

New Moon in Cancer

July 20/2020

Remember to read too: Oshun and Yemaya, sister Goddesses of Luck and Water.

Greetings and hugs to all my readers who walk through this little virtual corner, this 2020 cycle we celebrate a second new moon in the astrological sign of Cancer, and this brings us interesting energy that we must work on.

Blessings…

The new moon is our appropriate moment of reflection, meditation, clarity, and introspection, it is the moment that we take advantage of to plan and plan our next steps, and begin to recharge our energies.

This moon once positioned in the astrological sign of Cancer (water moon), is a lunar phase focused on self-love and love for family, for friends and loved ones, for the appreciation of home and of our place in the world.

Motherhood, fertility, conception, fertility, as well as all matters related to the study of past lives, premonitions, and the world of dreams, all of this becomes vitally important during the moon in cancer.

The "unusual" of this moon, the fact of having a second moon in the same sign of Cancer, again, is a sign of the universe that is sending us to focus on those aspects, which for one reason or another (work, projects personal, aspirations, individual trauma) may be inevitably displaced.

This moon brings us to focus on working from within the home, from the family and individual aspect, from the couple relationship, and the relationship with our loved ones, to the way we feel that we are being treated by them.

During the moon in Cancer, there is also a certain tendency to sudden mood swings, indifference, depression, anxiety, and highs and lows in moods.

A new cycle…. That we had already started.

Only weeks ago we started a new cycle with the new moon in the sign of cancer, a cycle to strengthen and study our personal relationships with the moon. And now again, with a second new moon in Cancer, we are presented with a new cycle that will end a full moon in the next six months.

We can take this as an omen (both individually and at the community level), indicating that the next few months will put our interpersonal relationships to the test, and therefore the moon is resisting advancing to its next stop (the moon in Leo ), where we focus more on ourselves, and it is giving us the adequate energy to continue working a little more in our family relationships.

The new moon represents this monthly reset, which the moon performs to remind us how important it is to renew ourselves and to be ready to start again from scratch.

This powerful energy favors us to start and lay the foundations that will bring benefits, well beyond this lunar cycle. Now our love life can be more interesting. This New Moon in Cancer instills a deep feeling of belonging. There is a feeling that we have to go home one more time.

It is a good time to commit to personal goals that express the positive energies of the crab sign. These include honoring our deepest, most irrational, and most intimate feelings, acknowledging the sense of security that comes from whatever we call our home; leaving us to accept and offer support to others; and start a project aimed at improving our domestic life.

This New Moon in Cancer could mean an opportunity to restore broken connections and re-establish relationships that have been dissolved by stress or the passage of time. If someone comes back into our lives and we are not emotionally prepared to deal with it, let's listen to our instincts.

Rituals to perform with the energy of the moon.

The new moon is the right cycle to bless, perform and consecrate new talismans and amulets, and keep these on the altar charging their energy for two weeks until the full moon, to ensure that they have enough energy before being used.

This is a moon dedicated to the elemental spirits of water, those spirits and fairies that inhabit rivers, lakes, waterfalls, bodies of water, beaches, and oceans.

If you work with water-related magic, if your magical work includes the help of mermaids, undines, or other water gods and spirits, make use of blue candles and floral-scented incense to consecrate your magical work.

Seven-day magical work with Yemaya, goddess of the waters.

Yemaya is the Orisha and African goddess of salty waters, the sea, treasures, and material wealth. To get her blessing, if you are not initiated in any of the Afro-Caribbean religions, where she is usually venerated, you can perform this simple seven-day ritual to attract her blessing, which will manifest itself in economic opportunities, wealth and business.

Anoint seven blue candles with lavender or rose essential oil, I like to make drawings of moons, snails and stars on the candles, so as to "enchant" them with an extra touch, you can do this with a nail or a needle. And for the next seven days, you light a blue candle every morning until you finish with seven.

Start this ritual on the day of the new moon, or the next morning, if you wish, you can complement this simple ritual, decorating your altar or your space of power, with snails, ornaments, and ornaments with marine representations or figures of mermaids, even some White or pink roses will be welcome in this sacred space.

with love, Elo!

Remember to save your Spot for my next classes:

• Rituals and Spells for Dreams (2 Hours class). July 19, 2020. CLICK HERE
• Hexfest / Elhoim's three different classes. August 7/9 2020. CLICK HERE
• Prosperity and Money Magick classes. August 22, 2020. CLICK HERE

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The Bohiti or bohíque, the all-powerful witch doctor of the Taino Indians.

Hello dear reader, this is one of those complementary posts that I add to my virtual space every time I am preparing a class. I was preparing my workshop on Candomble and Umbanda for my next classes, but in a certain part of the workshop, I mentioned the magical and animistic culture of the Tainos (natives of the Caribbean).

I know that many may not be interested, but there are always people who want to hear what are the reliable sources on the subject, and well, on the practical side, the only source I have is my mother and I, but, on a theoretical level, Finding people who have written books or columns on the subject is difficult.

So I decided to translate here, directly from my books and magazines in Spanish, the material that I have about it on a theoretical level, I hope it will help you.

Taino Natives

The Taínos were the pre-Columbian inhabitants of the Bahamas, the Greater Antilles, and the northern Lesser Antilles. It is a town that came from South America, specifically from the mouth of the Orinoco River, Venezuela, passing from island to island, reducing or assimilating the oldest inhabitants, such as the Guanajatabeyes and the Ciguayos whose cultures They predate the arrival of the Taínos. The Taíno language belongs to the macroarahuacana linguistic family, which extends from South America through the Caribbean.

At the time of Christopher Columbus's arrival in 1492, there were five Taíno chieftains in the territory of Hispaniola (today Haiti and the Dominican Republic), each led by a chief cacique (chief), to whom tribute was paid. Puerto Rico was also divided into chiefdoms. The chief or chief of the tribe was paid a significant tribute. The caciques had the privilege of wearing gold pendants called chain, living in rectangular huts instead of oval ones that the inhabitants inhabited, and sitting on wooden stools when they received guests.

Taino Magic & Sorcery

The Taínos were a polytheistic and animistic culture, like most of the indigenous peoples of the Americas. The main divinity is YaYa. It is also known as Semign (which means "God" in the Taino Arawak language).

The word "cemí" whose meaning in the Taino language means "Angel", designates the spiritual beings of Taino mythology, and "Juracán" was the name that the Taínos gave to the atmospheric phenomena known today by hurricanes and tropical storms. In Taino belief, who really unleashed these hurricanes was Guabancex, who was accompanied by Guataubá and Cuatrisquie.

In the religious beliefs of the Taíno culture, the hupia are the spirits of the dead, and they differ from the goeiza: spirits of the living. Although the Goeiza life had a clear form, after death the spirit became known as a hupia and went to live in Coaybay.

Taino Witch-doctor

The "behique", "bohique" or "buhitío" was a necessary character in the entire tribe, and occupied a privileged position in the social pyramid after the cacique and the nitaínos. "They represented the level of social and religious development of the Taínos".

The Behiques possessed a "natural power" that made them respectable and feared persons. Like the majority of shamans, they were not priests, but primarily medical-sorcerers, although they also played the role of theologians, soothsayers, and prophets.

To become a Behique, extensive learning and many days of fasting, almost absolute, were required. "The fast that some did mainly the bahiks or priests or sorcerers... They fasted four months and more continuously, without eating anything, but only a certain juice of grass or herbs, that only to sustain them, that they did not die, was enough".

A fantasy about the Sacred ritual of the death

of the Taino Indians in the Dominican Republic

1999-2000. Made by David Cavada.

Among the functions they performed were:

• Organize the cult: The Behiques or shamans, along with the caciques, were the hosts of religious ceremonies or rites. Among which stands out the rite of the Cohoba, in which, after several days of fasting, they inhaled a hallucinogen called “cohoba” which consisted of seeds from a tree known as “Anadenthera Peregrina” and burnt snail shells, both pulverized. This dust caused hallucinations and made them imagine that they had a talk with the gods, who gave them instructions on the actions they should take regarding certain situations. “The result was very dry and well-polished, tan-colored mixes”.
• Communicate tribal traditions: The Behiques were also in charge of carrying out activities through which they transferred the knowledge acquired after many years of experience to the rest of the tribe, so that it was not lost with future generations. An example of these rites is the areito, in which, as in the cohoba rite, they used drugs with hallucinogens and danced to the rhythm of maracas and drums. Medical knowledge was not shared since it was reserved exclusively for future shamans, who were going to replace them in the exercise of witchcraft and curanderismo.
• Educate the children of the caciques and be advisers to them: Being subordinate behiques close to the cacique, they entrusted them with the education of their children, trusting that the behique would guide them along the path that the gods had prepared for them.
• Make the figures in honor of different cemíes: The behiques were in charge of making the representations of the gods using a wide variety of materials, such as stone and clay.
• Curing the sick: The latter distinguished them more than the others due to their vast knowledge in botany, medicine, and other branches; which gave them the privilege of being the only ones in charge of this trade. Of course, these "doctors" of the tribe did not possess scientific knowledge of anatomy or physiology, they were purely intuitive. "They seem to have had some knowledge regarding the five main senses, considering that these functions put him in with the external environment, danger and survival."

Spiritual Heritage

The spiritual world of the Taíno hardly left traces in the Creole culture, and the few samples of that world are strongly syncretized with Christian-African beliefs and rites. We can cite, in this regard, the sacralization of certain Taíno caciques, elevated to the category of luases or divinities of the voodoo pantheon; superstitions regarding indigenous axes, popularly known as “lightning stones” and the myth of the ciguapa, a female entity that walks with its feet upside down. The belief of lightning stones is that if you have one of them, lightning will not strike the houses.

In popular medicine, various herbs and woods are used for different diseases that the Taínos used. They are currently used for the same purposes. Among the different objects and materials used in the country for magical practices, there are stones, bottles with polishing water, drinks, potions, quicksilver, etc. All these objects or materials are supposed to be charged with "force" after their ritual manipulations and therefore capable of operating beneficially in curing illnesses, solving different problems and achieving good luck.

The Behiques, being both intermediaries between the gods and men, as well as doctors and healers, had a great influence on the general population. "However, the religion itself was in the power of men, corresponding to the chief being the chief, warrior and religious at the same time".

One of the most widespread beliefs was cemitism, represented by idols or cemíes, considered as tutelary gods. Among the most accepted Cemíes were the "three-pointed stones" or trigonolites, which were commonly related to fertility rituals, such as the productivity of the conucos and the reproduction of human beings.

As for animism, the Taíno believed that the spirits of the dead lived in the trees. They believed to perceive the presence of these when movements of the branches took place or when the roots branched in a special way. When this happened, the Behique sought to interpret the wishes that the dead wanted to manifest, according to belief.

Sources from where I translate this info:

• Revista Cubana de Medicina Militar. 2016.
• Fernando Polanco/Raquel Chalas. (2017) Del Behique al Medico Militar. 
• Jorge Ulloa Garcia. (2010) Historia, Civilizaciones y Cultura del Caribe. 
• Roberto Busto. (2009) Brujos y Chamanes.
• Cassa, Roberto. (1992). Los indios de las Antillas. MAPFRE. Madrid, España.
• De las Casas, Bartolomé. (1985). Historia de las Indias. Sociedad Dominicana de Bibliófilos. Santo Domingo, República Dominicana.
• Pané, Fray Ramón. (1986). La Isla Española: cuna de la evangelización de América. Primicias de la Vega Real. Amigo del Hogar. Santo Domingo, República Dominicana.
• Cassá, Roberto. (1974). Los taínos de la Española. Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo. Santo Domingo, República Dominicana.

Nana Buruku, full moon, and lunar eclipse in Capricorn.

Full Moon / Nana Buruku

Sunday, July 5, 2020 / Full Moon in Capricorn

Penumbral lunar eclipse in Capricorn (1:52 AM)

The full moon is a time of fulfillment, culmination, and celebration of our achievements, the light of the full moon is here to appease, calm, and illuminate everything that escapes from the shadows.

This full moon of July 5, closes a cycle of manifestation that we opened six months ago with the new moon in Capricorn, this situation leads us to analyze in accurate detail, where you were six months ago, doing what, and where you visualize yourself from then until now?.

The full moon is at its climax, manifesting in our environment different ways to achieve all our goals, but also projecting externally, our fears and frustrations, it depends on you in what aspect you want to fully focus your vision, in the opportunities that are presenting, or in the obstacles that remain there, that will depend on you.

You can't appreciate the stars if there wasn't a dark night.

The same happens with your own light.

This full moon on July 5 is also a penumbral eclipse in Capricorn. As we have previously discussed, eclipses are the magical moment to meditate silently and inquire within ourselves, in order to bring the light of the eclipse to each one inside and illuminate everything that we want to eliminate, from the inside out.

That which you wish to illuminate, be it a situation, place or person, this is the time to do it, to evoke the light of the full moon and work in this situation, not from the external superficiality, but from within, from within the situation, from the root of any inconvenience around that situation.

It is time to sit down, put in writing all those obstacles that you are working on at the moment, and look for your solutions, but not easy or quick solutions, but true solutions that entail effort and good results.

Remember that this eclipse happens in the constellation of Capricorn, the sign that governs structures, order, discretion. Capricorn is not about opting for temporary solutions, it is about looking at the problem from another angle, looking to solve it from the root at all costs, trying with other points of view, studying where, when and how this “problem” originated and treating to fix the situation from there, from the root.

Trends and Benefits.

The moon in Capricorn is the right time to establish and review guidelines, documents, hierarchies, and structures. Good time to buy and build properties, focus on obstacles and problems that we have been dragging for some time, study how the home is being managed, and how to improve it.

During the transit of the moon in Capricorn, there is always a tendency to pessimism, anxiety, depression, emotional severity, self-centeredness, irritability and mistrust, beware of these aspects, if you feel this way, it is because your frequency is lower than adequate, and it is time to meditate and work from within.

Elemental magic

The full moon empowers all beings on the physical and metaphysical plane, it is time to work on our individual connection with various external worlds. Living beings reach their maximum energetic fullness with the full moon, and this allows them to manifest on the astral plane, the world of dreams, and other kingdoms. While the inhabitants of the spiritual world, use this energy to manifest or communicate, among the beings of our world.

It is a moon of the earth element, the magicians use this influential energy to work with the elemental spirits of the earth, these can vary in forms and names according to the tradition of each Country, but essentially the gnomes, the elves, the Nymphs, and in general the spirits that reside in the forests gain more strength in this cycle.

Nana Buruku.

Six months ago we began to perform a manifestation work with the new moon, under the divine guidance of Nana Buruku.

Nana Buruku (or Nanán Baruque) is a Yoruba deity and major Orisha, highly revered in Candomblé, the Haitian voodoo, and other esoteric Afro-Caribbean currents. It is the divinity of the drizzle, the mud, the swamps, and the mediator between life and death.

In Venezuela, Cuba, and Colombia, Nana is commonly associated with the cult of the moon in its different phases.

With this full moon, I would like to invite you to work on your intentions with the help of Nana, decorate a small altar or a sacred space at home or in the garden, with a small tablecloth, it can be white or blue, decorate it with candles (white, blue, pink), incense, white flowers, gold coins, fans, a glass with water and honey, a bowl with fresh fruits especially grapes and watermelon slices.

Any object or representation with the moon or with marine oysters on it will be welcome on this altar.

Nana Buruku is very attentive to the things that are asked of her, she always looks for the way to grant the wishes in an accessible way to her believers, she works from love to allow her followers to understand the lessons behind each obstacle, not from the strength, but from calm.

Write your wishes on paper and dip them in the honey water, let them rest in a bowl on this altar, after a few days collect the altar, throw the flowers and the remains of fruits in a nearby river, including the wishes for writing in this process.

Rainwater

I like working with white quartz from a very young age, and I have always sought to include it in most of my rituals, I feel that its energy is soft but powerful, subtle, adaptable, and easy to use.

Collect rainwater in a bowl or cauldron, add several small pieces of quartz to the water, and leave them there to stand for several days and nights, keep the container sealed to prevent dust particles from falling into the water.

This is an energy exchange process, the crystals and the water are exchanging energy with each other in a natural process. Make use of this consecrated water to bless and magnetize energetically, magic objects, amulets, and talismans. And make use of this quartz as amulets of protection and energy recharge.

Santa Ana

I have noticed that many of my readers identify themselves as Catholic, or are part of this faith if they wish, I invite them to work with Saint Anne, the mother of Mary and grandmother of Jesus. Santa Ana is considered in religious syncretism one of the forms of Nana Buruku or one of its manifestations (depending on the country and the religious path of each individual).

The festivities in honor of Santa occur throughout the month of July, mostly in Latin America and Europe, it is the saint of miners and pregnant women.

If for some reason you are not comfortable with the veneration of the divinity that is Nana, you can instead venerate Saint Anne. When you know where you are going, no matter what name you put on the road.

Online workshops and classes.

I take the immodesty, to leave you here the information about my next workshops and online courses, a little bit of self-promotion does not hurt anyone, especially when this is our job.

If you are interested in any of these, you just have to click on the link with the name of the class, to be redirected to the page where you can see the whole description of the class and set your ticket.

Clases y Talleres en espanol:

5 de Julio.

Introducción a la Magia Blanca, la Hechicería y la Luna.

Taller de dos horas vía Crowdcast.

Costo del taller $40.

18 de Julio.

Rituales y Hechizos con tus sueños.

Taller de dos horas vía Crowdcast.

Costo del taller $40.

Workshop/Classes in English:

July 19.

Magick, Rituals, and Spells for Dreams.

(2) Two hours workshop, via Crowdcast.

Class cost $40

July 20

Goddesses, Spells, and other Muses under the Moon.

One hour class, via Facebook.

(more info soon)

I hope some of this helps you.

Love and lots of light, Elo.

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• Healing with the Mother Goddess
• Sage & Palo santo.
• Seven magical ways to Improve your “workplace".
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