Author: Sorceress Melissa

Proud owner of The Witch's Lair Occult which is the culmination of 30 years of Brujeria, Goetia, Latin American Magick & Santa Muerte Magick as well as magickal online courses, products & services Y Hablamos Espanol.

~ Spiritual Bath Video ~

I have had several requests from individuals who have seen my comments in groups about ways of making spiritual baths and using them NOT only on themselves and family members but in cleansing a house via floor washes and adding it to spray bottles to use in wiping down furniture, spraying on carpets, in cabinets, adding to your laundry and just about every other place you can think of. OF COURSE questions are always welcome and below is the link to my video:

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~ Things Are Not As They Appear ~

So the image in this post is the Saint Lazarus that my father always had with him for most of his life and as it turned out….it’s a cursed object. I know many of you are thinking “How can that be? It’s a statue of a saint!” And the real kicker is that is was his own mother that had the item cursed so that my parents would always have troubles (especially in the financial department) and would cause the marriage to fall apart and the whole nine yards.

Well my parents never got a divorce and stuck with each other for 46 years until his passing in March of this year and while there were sprinklings of financial tightness here and there we still had clothes on our backs, food in our stomachs, a roof over our heads, a car to go on family trips and to work.

When he passed my mother who was born with gifts too a good hard look at this image and saw the swirling black mass that was contained within the image and so it was set in the burn barrel and up in flames it went and now we will cleanse and purify the house with blood and holy blessed ashes to seal it up so that nothing else can ever enter the home again.

SO PLEASE be leary of items that are gifted to you because you never know the true intentions behind the gifting, irregardless of the image, item or individual that offers it up. His statue was used because it was something he had a strong belief in even though my Dad had family members that practiced Santeria and Palo Mayombe and he himself was into the occult but having been raised Catholic he still held a place in his heart for Saint Lazarus.

This also serves as a lesson that not everyone EVEN YOUR OWN FAMILY wants what is best for you so if you are ever offered a statue or anything and you get a weird vibe about it trust your gut and best chuck it out of sight of the giver.

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~ April Magick ~

Spring Goddess

Activities and Rituals:  purification magick, road opening magick, cleansing rituals.
Animals:  fox, cow, bull

Birds: Black-capped Chickadee

Colors: red and gold

Deities: Bast, Ceres, Hathor, Kali, Venus
Demon: Belphegor
Flowers:  daisy and sweetpea

Foods:  bread, cakes, muffins, dairy products, seeds, poultry, pork, lamb.

Herbs: allspice, fennel, frankincense, musk, pine

Incense: allspice, frankincense

Moon Magick: Hare Moon

Saint Magick: St. Expedite, St. George

Scents: bay, patchouli, pine

Stones: crystalline kyanite, diamond, emerald

Trees:  Alder and Willow

Zodiac Signs:  Aries and Taurus
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~ Santisima Muerte Rosary Short Video ~

This is a short video about the Santisima Muerte Rosary. I plan on making a much longer one going into further detail with prayers later on but for now this should be enough to get the jist of it. For those that were raised Catholic or have used other form of prayer or meditation beads you will find it easy to learn how to use the Santisima Muerte Rosary.

There are various reasons for using it, to make a stronger connection with her, it aide in sleep on restless nights, some rituals of hers require that it be performed as part of a 9 day ritual or NOVENA as it is called. While I was raised Catholic I have incorporated some of the traditional Santisima Muerte workings into m practice but I have changed things up as she has guided me to to make our working relationship more effective.

It is not ABSOLUTELY necessary to use this item as part of your working relationship and devotion to her if you are drawn to learning it BY HER then by all means do feel free to purchase one and learn it. I have found that by taking my time and not rushing to get it done you really feel her presence while reciting it. I of course have created my own invocations to recite which I have shared with the students taking my Santisima Muerte Magick course but there are a few websites out there that have posted various prayers used when reciting the Santisima Muerte Rosary.

I leave you with the short video below and will be working on a much longer full length video which will contain both traditional and varied prayers.

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~ Ostara – Spring Equinox ~

Ostara

Vernal or Spring Equinox, the Rites of Spring, Lady Day, Alban Eiber and Bacchanalia.  The Spring Equinox occurs between March 19th and 22 in the Northern Hemisphere and between September 19 and the 22 in the Southern Hemisphere. Ostara marks the day when night and day are equal and balanced.
Altar decorations: Colored eggs, seeds, earth, flowers and herbs appropriate
Animal: Hares, Lambs, Rabbits, Snakes
Colors: All pastels, yellow, pink, green, blue
Drinks: wines, dandelion, lindon teas, hyssop
Flowers And Herbs: all spring flowers. irish moss, crocus flowers, daffodils, Easter lilies, honeysuckle, iris, jasmine, roses, strawberry, tansy and violets. Acorn, Celandine, Cinquefoil, Dandelion, Dogwood, Honeysuckle, Iris, Jasmine, Rose, Tansy, Violet
Foods: Eggs, honey, bread, seeds, sprouts and green leafy vegetables
Incense: Jasmine, african violet, rose, sage, strawberry, violet flowers, orange peel, rose petals, lotus, magnolia, ginger
Oils: Magnolia, ginger, lotus
Spells: Healing, purification, psychic awareness, fertility and Air Magic
Stones: Amethyst,  aquamarine, jasper, moonstone and rose quartz.
Traditions:  Decorating Eggs,  getting rid of old and unwanted items that are no longer used, planning and preparing land for herbal, floral and vegetable gardens.
 
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~ Santisima Muerte Irish Luck Prosperity Ritual ~

* This is a modified version of our annual Santisima Muerte Irish Prosperity Ritual performed by members of Ye Olde Dark Arts Coven-Tradition which has turned into a very fun gathering for all and we hope to be able to open it up to others of like mind in the near future *
What started as a simple gathering to help us start our way towards planting seeds of prosperity on this day has become a huge gathering of fun, laughter, food and of course MAGICK!  We begin by setting up an altar for Saint Patrick and the ancestors using the colors green, white and gold, we add decorations such as cauldrons with gold coins, fake money, shamrocks, flowers, candles a second cauldron to burn our requests on, paper and pen, incense and for those that want to bring a pic of their ancestors or their names can simply be written on a piece of paper and placed on the altar. .  We like to think of this ritual as tilling the soil of our garden before we plant the seeds of Ostara which we perform a few days later .
We start by cleansing everyone in attendance one at a time, then after they are cleansed everyone is instructed to each take a paper and pen, sit down and clear their minds and think about what they would like to prosper more at, what debts they want to clear up, where they would like guidance with a situation that seems to have no resolve, maybe a bit of luck getting a long sought after promotion. Once this is done and everyone is instructed on how to fold the papers, we begin with the following prayers:
SANTISIMA MUERTE INVOCATION FOR DEBT
Hail Santisima Muerte,
I come before you today to ask for a financial blessing to improve my life.
My faith keeps me strong, and I know you will provide for me and the people I love.
I do not seek a large sum of money. I do not trouble you for unneeded comforts
or luxury. I only ask for enough money to relieve my financial woes and ease this stress.
I give unto you here on this paper, the burden that I carry knowing you will aide me in relieving it.
So Mote It Be.
INVOCATION FOR EMPLOYMENT
Santisima Muerte, 
I turn to you seeking your divine help and guidance as I look for suitable employment. 
I need your wisdom to guide my footsteps along the right path, 
and to lead me to find the proper things to say and do in this quest. 
I wish to use the gifts and talents that have been given me, 
but I need the opportunity to do so with gainful employment. 
Aide me Santisima Muerte to grant me this favor I seek so that I may return to you with praise and thanksgiving for your gracious assistance. So Mote It Be.
Once these prayers have been recited each person is to then place their request in the burning cauldron so that his/her request is carried upwards to Santisima Muerte and a candle that has been prepared is lit.  Next each participant is given a plate that has a bit of food that is offered to Santisima Muerte to help in aiding your request.  Once this is done the participants themselves can sit down and enjoy the food themselves to ground them.

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~ March Magick ~

Activities and Rituals: consecration of tools, earth blessings, grounding work, planting/sowing, rejuvenation spells, spring cleaning
Animals: caterpillars, chicks, hares, ladybugs, lambs, rabbits
Birds: swallows
Colors: dark green, light pastel colors
Deities: Artemis, Astarte, Hecate, Isis, The Morrigan
Demon: Satan
Flowers: crocus, daffodil, honeysuckle, iris, lily
Foods: eggs, fish, honey, leafy vegetables, sweet foods,
Herbs: calamus, catnip, celandine, cinquefoil, jasmine, rose, sage, star anise, tansy, violet
Incense: honeysuckle, jasmine, lavender, lotus, magnolia, rose, violet
Moon Magick: Seed Moon
Saint Magick: St. Joseph, St. Felix, St. Patrick, St. Benedict
Scents: apple blossom, honeysuckle
Stones: amethyst, aquamarine, bloodstone, moonstone, pink fluorite
Symbols & Decorations: Colored Eggs, Baskets, Pots of Gold, flowers
Trees: adler, dogwood
Zodiac Signs: Pisces and Aries

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~ The Witching Hour with Lady Rhea ~

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I just wanted to take a few minutes to thank Lady Rhea, Rita Segarra, Daisy Orsini and Laurie Bizzarro for a most educational evening. It was most interesting to see how sister witch worked with Santisima Muerte and how the these lovely ladies each shared their knowledge and personal working experience with all that attended. It was beautiful indeed. HAIL SANTISIMA MUERTE and may she continue to bless each and everyone of her devotees.

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~ Setting Up an Altar To La Santisima Muerte Videos~

So right before Imbolc I made these videos about setting up altars to La Santisima Muerte. For some reason my phone was acting up and didn’t record straight through hence the two videos. So here is video #1:

And here is video #2:

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~ SANTISIMA MUERTE OSTARA/SPRING EQUINOX RITUAL ~

Absinthe Gradient Papers
Price to participate in this Community Ritual Service is $13.

DEADLINE FOR THIS COMMUNITY RITUAL SERVICE IS SUNDAY FEBRUARY 28TH at 12 NOON CENTRAL STANDARD TIME!!  I will not be accepting any payments or requests after that time.

Ostara (Eostre, Eastre, Easter or Spring Equinox) is the next Major Sabbat that is a celebration that marks the balance of light and dark, male and female energies, inner and outer. We celebrate rejuvenation, fertility and growth.

We will be lighting candles to La Santisima Muerte for the purpose of bringing balance into our lives and helping us to grow.  Each participant will have a candle specially prepared and blessed with oils and herbs especially prepared for this ritual then placed at the altar of La Santisima Muerte.  The ritual will be recorded and uploaded to our website via YouTube, Facebook and Instagram

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