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“La muerte me está guiñando un ojo.”

— Lirika inverza

Shakespeare covers by Milton Glaser. 1963-4.

A simple spell to release stress

When we hold on to excess stress, it creates a blockage in our personal energy system. Imagine that your is body filled with tiny, invisible wires that carry energy from one point to the next. When you hold on to stress in a certain area, you tie a knot in the wires that keeps energy from flowing smoothly to the rest of your body. This can manifest as fatigue, lack of motivation, overwhelm, or other mental and physical symptoms. This spell is designed to untie those knots and let the energy flow freely.

This spell is very loosely adapted from the book Light Magic for Dark Times by Lisa Marie Basile, which I highly recommend for anyone looking to bring witchcraft into their self care practice or vice versa.

What you will need:

A piece of white paper

A pen or pencil

A bowl or cup of clean, fresh water (water from the tap is fine!)

(Optional) a few drops of lavender essential oil

Performing the spell:

Set aside some time when you can be alone and won’t be disturbed. If you like, set the mood by lighting candles, burning incense, or playing music. If you chose to include lavender oil, add it to the water now.

On the paper, write a detailed description of the situation that is causing you stress, and of how it makes you feel. Be as specific as possible. What emotions do you feel? Are there physical sensations associated with these emotions? Where in your body do you feel them? (If you are more comfortable drawing than writing, draw a picture that represents your situation and how it makes you feel.)

Keep writing/drawing until you run out of things to say. Get a second piece of paper if you need to. Don’t worry about making it pretty or even legible. What matters is that you get the emotions out and onto the page.

Fold the paper in half, folding it away from yourself; rotate it to the left and fold it again; rotate to the left again and fold one more time for a total of three folds. With each fold, repeat out loud or in your head, “I acknowledge these feelings and I let them go. I release.”

Submerge the folded paper in the bowl of water. Make sure it is completely covered. Watch it soak through, and watch the ink bleed from the paper.

Say, “Spirits of water, keepers of emotion and the subconscious, spirits of healing, help me to cleanse and release. Help me restore my energy.”

Allow the envelope to soak in the water for at least an hour before disposing of it.

27/03/2019 - A quiet library session after the longest day yesterday, drinking herbal iced tea and listening to chill music on my study playlist 

¡Y si Dios lo quiere, sólo te amaré mejor después de la muerte!

Un tranvía llamado deseo

Thomas Moore before and after he was forced to attend the Regina Indian Residential School in Saskatchewan, Canada in 1874. His hair was cut, his clothes were changed and he was forbidden from speaking his native language. Thomas was stripped of his indigenous identity along with thousands of other children stolen from reservations and forced to attend these schools.

Tragedias de Shakespeare.

“Tengo miedo. Miedo de olvidar cómo sonaba tu voz. Y cuál era el color de tus ojos. Tengo miedo de olvidar cómo era tu rostro. Y las arrugas que formaban tus mejillas cada vez que sonreías. Tengo miedo de olvidar que te quiero. Y de que nuestros recuerdos se desvanezcan de mi mente. Tengo miedo de olvidar tus sabios consejos. Y cómo me defendías frente a mamá cuando hacía alguna travesura. Tengo miedo de olvidar lo bien que tocabas la guitarra. Y de cómo te esforzabas en enseñarme a ser mejor persona. Tengo miedo de que el tiempo te lleve por completo. Tengo miedo de olvidarte.”

— Recovecos de mi alma