Mother Mystic's Musings

Do a Google search on the Law of Attraction and you’ll get loads of websites promoting positive thinking and how it can change your life.  While this is true, all the positive thinking in the world can be undone with a single negative thought.  If you’re ready to change the course of your life, you’ve [...]

Anyone who has experienced excruciating pain will testify to the strength and power of it.  Pain has the ability to knock us to our knees and keep us confined to our beds for days.  Pain can overpower a person and render them immobile.  What you can do with your pain will surprise you. Many women [...]

People cross my path from time to time who wish to study rootwork or proclaim themselves to be rootworkers.  Some I take with a grain of salt, some I throw a handful of salt into their exiting footprints and others intrigue me.   The ones I see as genuine and sincere are those who never [...]

I get many inquiries for magickal and spiritual work but I take on only a few, select cases.  Many people are surprised when I turn down their request or redirect them to another worker or suggest they do the work themselves.  For some workers, the thought of turning down a client’s request for spellwork equates [...]

A specialized form of candle magic involves carving your own sigils, symbols or designs into the candle.  The best type of candle for this work is called a pull-out candle, the type that fits inside the glass vigil jars but any pillar type candle will do.  Some workers with artistic talent are able to use [...]

I’ve loved candles all my life.  Big candles, small candles, church candles.  One of the few things I liked about going to church as a child was lighting candles.  Either we would stay after mass or, in special circumstances, go on a daily basis and light a candle in front of a particular saint to [...]

It’s the beginning of a New Year and today is the first New Moon.  Take advantage of this splendid opportunity to conjure some new things into your life!  Was last year unlucky or stagnant for you?  Take a nice cleansing bath and toss some of the bathwater out into a crossroads or towards the setting [...]

I attended and presented at the recent Traditional Folk Magic Festival held in Treme, New Orleans.  From the feedback I heard, it was a fantastic experience for all.  I presented two workshops of my own (Knotwork and Working with Ancestors) and sat in on 3 other workshops.  Getting to meet people you’ve only known online [...]

I see much discussion these days about occult/magic teachers and who is best/cheapest/easiest.  Unfortunately, most of the discussion is focused on internet teachers – those who own forums, offer online course, video courses, telecourses…rarely do I see anyone ever recommend a particular person whose workshop is not to be missed or a teacher who must [...]

October through mid-November is the time for honoring the Ancestors and the Beloved Dead.  Anyone who has passed during the last year is also honored during this time and offered help in crossing over.  I know many people have difficulty working with their ancestors either because they don’t know them or because they did not [...]