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Astro-Housewitchery; Come To Me Oil

June 17, 2009 in Good Housewitchery by Mystic Medusa | 38 comments

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Hoodoo Spiritual Supplies

Come To Me Oil is prob the most famous voodoo product of all. It’s certainly the most popular. You can buy it over the internet & thus get a bottle of red tinted scent oil with the most fabulously cheesy label that may or may not work.  It’s an ancient recipe and one with many variations. You can knock it up yourself at home quite easily…They all tend to have rose, patchouli, sandalwood and cinnamon. Rose oil is ultra expensive but you can reasonably buy a 3% rose diluted in jojoba little bottle. I think a lot of the commercial ones use synthetic oils and I can’t see the point. Only the essential oils are magic. A typical recipe is here

I like the variation of spelling in this one: Cum To Me Oil. Cum To Me Oil/Come To Me Oil is said to be sexually commanding and an attractant in the extreme – I HAVE actually tried it, for research purposes & I think it kind of works but much like the notorious Chinese Feng Shui Peachblossom Remedy – it brings in suitors FAST so fab for the ego if you’re feeling a bit low but they may not be all that. There are no quality guarantees issued with the Cum To Me oil.

Voodoo witches selling the stuff online have fantastic names though; Lucky Mojo, Sweet Mama Bishop & Lady Cleopatra, for instance. Fab!  I might just knock up my own little batch for the weekend, try it on for the Mars-Venus conjunction lol.

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Astro-Housewitchery; Vanilla

June 11, 2009 in Good Housewitchery by Mystic Medusa | 30 comments

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It’s harder than you might imagine to get the real essence of the Vanilla Bean. And cleaning your fridge with the stuff is way more evocative than you’d think from whiffing the synthetic grot that is most “vanilla essence.” The real thing - this is just one example – is so totally worth getting your hands on because it is SO magic.

A la saffron, vanilla was once more valuable than gold – it has it’s own dark & torrid history/mythology – linked by legend with a lost princess-Persephone-style bride of the MesoAmericas, it was bought to America by the conqueror Cortez but they could not cultivate it until a then 12 year old slave boy named Edmond Albius figured out how to hand-pollinate vanilla. I would LOVE to be able to say that he lived happily and prospered amidst his gloriously scented vanilla plantation but twas  not so! It has long been a tale of exploitation.

The real essence is an aphrodisiac – truly, i have tried this and i don’t know if it’s because i smell like a cupcake or not but vanilla is a POTENT lure-all kind of an aphrodisiac. Ylang-Ylang’s vibe is more Uranian and urbane & Rose makes one feel Queenly – only Vanilla works to draw them all in….It has other medical effects, still being studied. One says it is calming- the next that it increases adrenaline.

The real vanilla is traditionally part of a fast-money fix along with the essential oil of cinnamon & you burn and/or wear them both in a blend. I add vanilla to rose, patchouli, grapefruit and ylang-ylang to make a  mix I call Venusian 9. It is awesome but you have to watch that one doesn’t tip in too much vanilla – it wants to dominate & it is a plant of Pluto.

AND – yes – REAL vanilla is fab in cooking but i am so un-flash a cook that is been perhaps less than ten times that i’ve ever used vanilla pod/beans in cooking…thoughts? The association of the word “vanilla” with lukewarm sex or whatever as in something tempered down is SO odd! Vanilla is WILD – snort some of the real essence and you will totally get it. Anyone who thinks they are so smart for referring dismissively to something as VANILLA WHATEVER is ill-informed…

They are maybe talking about the synthetic vanilla?  The true vanilla bean is magic.

Are You A Morning Star Or An Evening Star?

May 25, 2009 in Astro-Fiends, Planets by Mystic Medusa | 51 comments

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Venus is, as you know, a planet & f.y.i. all the mountains & lakes on Venus are named after her pseudonyms; Ishtar, Cybele, Aphrodite et al. But Venus is also known as the Morning Star and the Evening Star. Her cycle is complex & intricate. She is for a while the brightest star in the evening sky & then disappears (in parallel to many a myth) for several days and then reappearing on the other side of the sky as the Morning Star a.k.a. Venus Lucifer. Lucifer being Latin for light-bearer. Venus Hesperus (spelling varies) is the Evening Star…

Some say that Morning Star Venus peeps are more passionate & impulsive whilst Evening Star Venus types are more likely to be sedate and strategic. If your Venus is at a degree earlier than your Sun, you’re a Morning Star Venus. After your Sun, you’re an Evening Star Venus. For example, if your Sun is at 25 degrees Capricorn and your Venus is 16 degrees Aquarius then you were born under Venus as the Evening Star. If your Sun is at 25 degrees Capricorn and your Venus is 5 degrees Capricorn, then you’re a Morning Star Venus & thus more Warrior-goddessy in your love & sex nature.

And yes, the cycle of Venus really DOES create a pentagram shape in the sky. Much like the Apple, when sliced in half & redolent also of the Rose.

This site here has the most exhaustive info on Venusian cycles that I think i have ever seen. They’re fascinating. A brand new Venus cycle starts in January 2010, linking back into romantic astro-weirding from Dec 2005/Jan 2006…

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Aquarian Roses

May 7, 2009 in Astro-Beauty, Metaphysical Quirks by Mystic Medusa | 5 comments

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“…AQUARIAN ROSES…

CRISP, AQUATIC NOTES OF WILD ROSES BRIGHTEN A WARM SEA OF MARJORAM AND SANDALWOOD. A FLORAL PERFUME FOR BOTH SEXES, THIS AQUARIAN ELIXIR BOASTS THE RELEVANCE OF ROSE IN CONTEMPORARY PERFUMERY AND ON THE SKIN OF MEN.
INSPIRATION: ROSE RETURNS BUT THIS TIME ON ITS OWN TERMS. TRUE TO ITS ROOTS AND WILD WITH THORNS, IT IS POISED TO ENLIGHTEN THE SENSES AND PERFUME A NEW ERA.CHARACTER: ENLIGHTENED, FLUID, TRANSFORMATIVE…”

Alright, so quite obviously i insanely want Aquarian Roses – its from Strange Invisible Perfumes.

The companies creator & ‘nose’ – Alexandra Balahoutis – describes herself as the “quintessential Virgo purist.”