Black Obsidian Gemstone Sphere 3.5" D

Black Obsidian

A stone formed when hot volcanic lava is submerged in water, BLACK OBSIDIAN is known as the Stone of Truth and Purity. Used in the Middle Ages to drive out demons, BLACK OBSIDIAN is used extensively in divination, to ward off psychic attacks, in healing spells, and helps with issues of honesty and truth. A grounding protective stone, BLACK OBSIDIAN absorbs and destroys negative energies, and is used to access the subconscious. Bringing clarity during vision work or scrying, BLACK OBSIDIAN refines and advances creativity.

Use for protection, divination, grounding and centering, purification, and creative advancement.

Sphere measures approximately 3.5" in diameter and may be purchased here at the web-shoppe.

Full Moon Moonstone Spheres

י״ד בתשרי תשע"ב
Blodlessing 16

Arrived today to Witchcrafts Artisan Alchemy™ on the day of the Full Warrior Moon - elegantly beautiful moonstone spheres! Check them out along with the several other gemstone spheres available at Witchcrafts Artisan Alchemy™!

Grade AAA Natural Raw PERIDOT from Pakistan for Faery and Goddess Magic, Clarity, Wisdom, Enlightenment - 50 carats

י״ז באב תשע"א
Lughnasadh 19

Rich translucent and opaque mint green color tones grace these natural earth mined Grade AAA PERIDOT specimens from Pakistan. PERIDOT is also known as the Evening Emerald due to its penchant for turning deeper green at night.

One of the gemstones in the ancient breastplate of the High Priest in service to the Hebrew God of Israel, PERIDOT is also a stone favored in nature-based religions of Goddess. The Fae and nature spirits of all kinds are enamored by lovely green PERIDOT, and are especially fond of PERIDOT in its natural raw form. Holy in ancient Egypt as well, the chalices from which Egyptian High Priests drank their sacred Soma were made from large specimens of PERIDOT. PERIDOT cleanses emotional negativity, augments clear thinking and supports clarity of perception.

This listing is for **50 carats** of high quality grade AAA natural Peridot. The specimen(s) you will receive will be of those shown in the photo. Stones vary in size - the number of stones you get will depend on the size and weight of the stones. If you prefer one large stone over a greater number of smaller stones, write a note to seller at checkout and I will accommodate your request if I am able.

Comes beautifully packaged in a jewelry pouch.

HUGE Rare Fire Eye Faceted Polished Natural PYROPE GARNET for Protection, Healing, Business Success, Faery Work, Power, 225-345 carats

י״ז באב תשע"א
Lughnasadh 19

Deep. Potent. Powerful.

The birthstone of this witch, the Garnets can be divided into 2 subgroups based upon their composition. Group 1 garnets contain aluminum as their second element. Group 1 garnets include Pyrope, Almandine, and Spessartine. Group 2 garnets contain calcium as their first element. Group 2 garnets include Uvarovite, Grossular, and Andradite.

PYROPE GARNET is rarer than most garnets, including the more common Almandine. PYROPE GARNET typically contains fewer flaws and inclusions than Almandine garnet. The only garnet to always display red colorations in natural samples, PYROPE means Fire Eye. Other names for PYROPE GARNET are bohemian garnet, cape ruby and Rocky Mountain ruby.

Magically, Garnets may be used for protection, healing and to increase productivity, focus mental activity, attract business success, open up the higher mind, access information from past lives, increase strength and stamina, empower the life force, augment physical vitality, and anchor the subtle body into physical incarnation. Garnets may also be used for fairy magic and protection.

These high quality beautifully polished faceted natural PYROPE GARNET gemstone specimens are from India and measure approximately 1.25" - 1.75" in diameter. Stones range from 225 carats to 345 carats in weight. The garnet you will receive will be **ONE** of those shown in the photo.

**This listing is for **ONE** [1] PYROPE GARNET gemstone specimen.

Comes beautifully packaged in a jewelry pouch.

Very Hard to Find SUGILITE Gemstone, One Tumbled Nugget in Jewelry Pouch

י׳ בכסלו תשע"א
Shamash 13

Receptive SUGILTE is a very hard to find, expensive dense purplish stone of solid weight used to facilitate psychic awareness, during meditation, to promote the acquisition of wisdom, increase spiritual vibrations and to bring healing.



This listing is for one SUGILITE tumbled nugget.

Shown is a representative sample of stones available. Stones are small and measurements vary, most are under 1/2 inch.

Comes in a jewelry pouch, beautifully packaged.

This magical stone may be purchased at WITCHCRAFTS by Liorah Lleucu.

AQUA AURA Quartz Crystal, One Tumbled Nugget in Jewelry Pouch

י׳ בכסלו תשע"א
Shamash 13

AQUA AURA Quartz Crystal is clear natural quartz bonded with vaporized gold within a vacuum chamber, resulting in an iridescent sheen of Light.



Use AQUA AURA to support fidelity to one's own inner truth, psychic balance when working through emotionally charged situations, heal the Auric field, reveal inner beauty, access portals to the Spirit, facilitate inter-dimensional communication, attract wealth and success, and to release baneful energy from one's physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual bodies.

This listing is for one AQUA AURA quartz crystal.

Shown is a representative sample of the stones available. Stones measure 12-15mm (approximately 1/2 inch).

Comes in a jewelry pouch, beautifully packaged.

This magical stone maybe purchased at WITCHCRAFTS by Liorah Lleucu.

MOONSTRUCK SPIRALS Gold Vermeil Moonstone Labradorite Chandelier Earrings

כ"ג בשבט תש"ע
Imbolgen 24

MOONSTRUCK SPIRALS are handcrafted with 22-24 carat Gold Vermeil (22k earwires, 24k 17x11.5mm spiral chandeliers and findings), genuine AAA quality 8.75-9mm Rainbow Moonstone faceted briolettes with a nice blue flash and blue fire Labradorite faceted rondelles.



These mystically magical earrings come with plastic cube earring back stoppers in a black jewelry bag, beautifully packaged, with a small surprise gift included.



These beautiful Goddess earrings may be purchased at WITCH CRAFTS by Liorah Lleucu.

ENCHANTED BLUE FIRE Gemstone and Gold Earrings

ט"ו בשבט תש"ע
Imbolgen 16

Absolutely stunning! A perfect special gift for that special woman in your life. Without a doubt, ENCHANTED BLUE FIRE Gemstone and Gold Earrings take magic to the next level and will leave you breathless in real life. My photos just do not do these deep beauties justice.



Handcrafted with love and blessing during the planetary hours of Venus and Mercury under the Full Winter Moon, each earring features a Goddess triplet treasure of exquisite high quality genuine gemstones, including an Ice in the Skyye Topaz faceted briolette with a delicate hint of bare blue (approx. 13 X 8mm, 4 carats each), a hard to find Neon Apatite faceted briolette of mesmerizing color (6-8mm, organic cut) and a flaming Blue Fire Labradorite puffed oval faceted gemstone bead of exceptional quality and blue flash (6-8mm X 5mm). Each Labradorite gemstone features a small gold spiral end adornment.



All earring findings and wire, including the 20mm round brushed gold central rings and the French ear wires with ball tops, are Vermeil (22-24k Gold overlaying solid sterling silver).





These mystically magical earrings come with plastic cube earring back stoppers in a black jewelry bag, beautifully packaged, with a small surprise gift included.



ENCHANTED BLUE FIRE may be purchased at WITCHCRAFTS by Liorah Lleucu.

Shamanic Selenite Sphere

א' אב התשס"ח
Lughnasadh 2

My shamanic selenite sphere. Excellent for full moon esbat magic.

Selenite natural Iceland white satin spar (angel wings) 75mm sphere for shamanic spellcraft. Formed through the evaporation of salt water from ancient seas. Shamanic qualities:

- spiritual activation, alignment and balance
- communion with angelic consciousness, spirit guides, higher self
- calming, stabilizing, high vibration of emerging paradigm
- channels light energy
- links to the light body
- energetic frequency a crossroads between the spiritual and physical
- enhances telepathy
- brings clarity of mind
- neutralizes mercury poisoning

More on shamanic selenite.

Faceted Vintage Crystal Chandelier Pendant

ט' תמוז התשס"ח
Faunus 11

My newest magical tool - a large faceted vintage chandelier clear crystal salvaged from an old lamp. On a 27 1/2" vintage cable chain, the crystal measures just over 2" long.

Secure Boundaries Of The Universe

כ"ה סיון התשס"ח
Alban Heruin 26

Almandine garnet granules are monocrystalline unbroken grains found in garnet schists (a type of metamorphic rock) and the newest curio added into my witch's cabinet.

"Garnets are most often found in the dodecahedral crystal habit, but are also commonly found in the trapezohedron habit. (Note: the word "trapezohedron" as used here and in most mineral texts refers to the shape called a Deltoidal icositetrahedron in solid geometry.)"

"A dodecahedron is any polyhedron with twelve faces, but usually a regular dodecahedron is meant: a Platonic solid composed of twelve regular pentagonal faces, with three meeting at each vertex. It has twenty (20) vertices and thirty (30) edges. Its dual polyhedron is the icosahedron. To the ancient Greeks, the dodecahedron was a symbol of the universe."

"A deltoidal icositetrahedron (or trapezoidal icositetrahedron) has 24 faces called deltoids or kites" and has been likened to a "window on all space and time."

"Two opposite vertices of a kite are equal." Like Keter-Malchut, balanced in equanimity. "Every convex kite has an inscribed circle; that is, there exists a circle that is tangent to all four sides. Therefore, every convex kite is a tangential quadrilateral. Additionally, if a convex kite is not a rhombus, there is another circle, outside the kite, tangent to all four lines through the kite's sides. For every concave kite there exist two circles tangent to the lines through all four sides: one is interior to the kite and touches the two sides opposite from the concave angle, while the other circle is exterior to the kite and touches the kite on the two edges incident to the concave angle."

12 Diagonal Faces of the Universe
24 Faces of Security = בטחה

Reference: Wikipedia

Chaniel & The Mystic Moonstone Of Joy

ט'ז באייר תשס"ח
Mab 17

I received my mystical moonstone pendant today, which I picked up at the post office after work.

The ogham letter I drew out from among twenty feda this evening, under a glorious gibbous moon 99% full (חניאל), during the planetary hour of the moon, was gort - a fid of happiness and joy.

The attribute of joy, the inner dimension of Binah (Understanding), empowers my moonstone.

Staff Of Beauty Consecration Blend

ג' באייר תשס"ח
Mab 4

Preliminary list of botanicals to be used to make my staff consecration blend:

base oil (1)

sweet almond

drops of other oils (3)

bergamot
cedarwood
vanilla (absolute)

resins (6)

amber
black mayan copal
dragon's blood
galbanum
labdanum
sweet myrrh

herbs and botanicals (27)

aloeswood
balm of gilead
broom
burdock root
calamus root
calendula
damiana
dandelion
elder flowers
gall nut
ginger root
hawthorne
juniper berries
milk thistle
mugwort
nettle
passion flower
pomegranate seeds
saffron
sage
uva ursa
vervain
white sandalwood
white willow
witch grass
woodruff
wormwood

pigment (1)

red ochre

In addition to the clear natural crystal point that I've already used in crafting my staff, other stones I've chosen with which to empower it are:

amethyst natural point
herkimer diamond
jet
spirit quartz

Channel Through The Sea

כ'ד בניסן תשס"ח
Annwyn 25

"Aqua Aura quartz are clear/cloudy crystals which have been enhanced with pure gold; the molecules of pure gold adhere to the natural electric charge which surrounds the quartz crystal, and are not removed by rubbing or by scraping. These crystal combine both the properties of quartz and the properties of gold to produce a very intense energy.

Aqua Aura Quartz can be used to soothe anger, cool feverishness, and release stress It is strongly connected to the element of water, and it is therefore a stone for enhancing one's access to the truth of the emotions and the portals of Spirit which are accessed through the emotions.

Aqua Aura Quartz can assist one in plumbing one's emotional depths and heights while retaining inner peace. It can also be an aid to those who wish to become conscious channels for spiritual wisdom, clearing and opening the pathways of inter dimensional communication.

Aqua Aura Quartz has a very high and intense vibration." - Sacred Mists on Aqua Aura Quartz

Glowing Stone

כ' בניסן תשס"ח
Annwyn 21

My glorious garnet (נפך) sphere.

Witch's Finger

כ'ד באדר ב' תשס"ח
Raven 25
My Witch's Finger crystal was mined in Zambia. Witch's Fingers are a combination of smoky quartz with rutile inclusions, sprinkled with micas, muscovite, zinnwaldite, magnetite, sphalerite, hematite and/or actinolite. Metaphysical properties include protection against chaotic energies, clearing the aura of negative attachments, aura shielding, aiding meditation, and attracting spiritual guides and teachers to partner toward development within the cosmic consciousness.

Purim Pendant

י'ד באדר ב' תשס"ח
Raven 15

My garnet and onyx pendant arrived today! Just in time for Purim! Yay!

Ritual Quartz Crystal Point Pendant M'Yah

כ"ז בטבת תשס"ח
Grael 28

My new ritual amethyst and clear quartz crystal pendant was formerly owned by Priestess Miya. It is a Bali piece with wonderful scrolled detail of sterling silver. The top has a great bail for hanging the pendant, strong enough to sleep in. It has a vibrant faceted amethyst cabochon set into the front. The crystal has a fine chlorite mist at the top. It has two small knicks out of the tip as it has been used in many witches' rituals. The piece is about 2" and it simply shines in the sun.

It's exquisite.

Beltane Solitary Sabbat Of Integration

Beltane is one of the Greater Sabbats (also known as Fire Festivals) of witchcraft observed beginning April 30th and continuing through May 1st, marking the midpoint between the spring equinox and summer solstice in the Celtic witch's wheel of the year.

Beltane Candle Dressing Oil

1 tbsp jajoba (carrier)
1 gtt lilac (protection)
1 gtt lavender (protection, purification, peace, happiness)
1 gtt vanilla musk (mental powers, love, grounding)
1 gtt jasmine/sweet pea (love, prosperity, prophetic dreams, friendship)
1 gtt cinnamon bark (success, healing, protection, love, raise vibrations)
1 gtt sandalwood (protection, healing, fruition of intention)
1 gtt frankincense (protection, raises vibrations)
1 gtt myrrh (protection, healing, raises vibrations)
1 gtt benzoin (purification, prosperity)

Candles

yellow votive (clarity, joy)
10 inch white formal (focus, culmination)
brown citrus bergamot votive (grounding, stability, success)
bonfire* braided 3-wick havdalah candle (integration)

Incenses

sandalwood/sage/peppermint (protection, wisdom, fruition of intention)
daffodil (love, fertility, mazal tov)
saffron/ginger (love, healing, happiness, wind raising, nevuah, success)

Altar Gemstones

clear quartz crystal (transduces/amplifies/focuses/activates energy & intention)
blue sapphire (entire sefirotic array)
green chrysoprase (transformation, healing, abundance)

Food/Wine

custard or yogurt sprinkled with flaxseed
kosher red wine

Ribbon Colors (3 sets of 3, ט)

green (growth, prosperity)
red (love, energy, strength)
orange (attract positive gain)

brown (earthy stability, grounding, success)
blue (tranquility, peace)
pink (love, friendship, harmony)

yellow (clarity, joy)
purple (spirituality and nevuah)
white (focused clarity)

Beltane Ribbon Ritual (described here)

[This is a] ritual binding of life and the beauties of life to the Earth plane/the self.

[You'll need] some lengths of ribbon to braid during the Magick making portion of your ritual. The idea here is that you (your body) symbolically becomes the shamanistic tree -- that you see yourself as the shaman on the tree (in your body), able to bring forth a variety of things from the Otherworld into manifestation here on Earth.

Each ribbon will represent one aspect of your life that you'd like to bind closer to you (while realizing the constraints that doing so might imply). Choose the ribbon colors accordingly.

For example, if you want to bring financial security into your life and bind it to you, have a green ribbon on your altar. (Or perhaps you find silver or gold might work better for you here.) If you'd like your life to be constantly surrounded by love, add a pink (or red) ribbon to the array on your altar. If you'd like peace of mind/emotional stability to be a constant in your life, add a light blue ribbon to the mix, etc.

I'd recommend each ribbon be as long as you are tall. Symbolically then, each ribbon represents your physical self. Be sure your altar set-up includes a symbol/tool associated with each of the four elements.

Now light your candles and incense and create your sacred space in your usual manner. Invoke Whom you feel is appropriate. Ask [the Divine] to join you in your dance of life. Include movement in your invocation if you like.

You'll now need to bless each ribbon by the four elements. Take your time in doing this. Pass each one through the incense smoke (Air), over a candle flame (Fire), sprinkle each with water (Water), and pass each through a bowl of sea salt (Earth). Or, think of the smoking censer as representing Air and Fire. Put some sea salt in your water vessel, stir, and think of it as representing Water and Earth.

Then just pass each ribbon through the smoke and sprinkle it with the water mixture, thereby blessing each by all four elements.

However you decide to do it, take some time to think about just exactly what it is each ribbon represents to you. What it is you'd like to bind to you/bring to the fullness of life within your life? What benefits will accrue to you in so doing? What is the down side in each case, and how will you handle it?

Now gather all ribbons together and tie a knot at the top to hold them together. Meditate on bringing all these things forth in your life and on how they will interact with each other to turn your life into a beautiful braid of happiness and well-being. Remember to envision yourself enmeshed in this braiding as it progresses. When you near the end, tie it off in similar fashion to your beginning knot.

End the Magick by blessing the finished braid with your body. After all, your body symbolically lies at the heart of the braid. Breathe on it (Air). Gather it to your heart (Fire). Spit on it or lick it (Water). Coil it up and stand with it under your foot for a few moments (Earth). Now call the blessing of the Goddess into it.

Wear your braid now, or carry it on your person for the rest of the day and/or night. [Afterwards, ] keep the braid in some secret and safe place away from the prying eyes and possible ill wishes of others. Or, if you're not worried about that, keep it on your altar for the coming seasons of growth and harvest.

*A community bonfire is characteristic of both Beltane and Lag B'Omer; while Beltane is set according to the civil calendar at April 30-May 1 in the northern hemisphere, Lag B'Omer varies as to its civil date independent of one's location on earth.

Amplifying Divine Shabbat Consciousness

י"ט בניסן תשס"ז

Regarding preparation of the first batch of Feminine Clarity, in the entry I later noted:

The vessel chosen to store this blend had also changed from the original plan. It is being stored in a ruby crystal bottle with a clear crystal stopper. Why?

Michael Braunstein writes regarding crystals:

What time is it? Look at your watch. Chances are, you just looked at a wristwatch that uses a quartz crystal to accurately clock the electrical flow of energy from the watch battery. Put on a CD. Listen to a favorite tune. You just activated a sound system that uses a laser to read tiny pits and flat spots on a plastic-coated metal disc. That laser uses a ruby crystal (that's why it's red) to amplify and organize the light energy that reflects off of those CDs. Did you drive to work today? The ignition system of your car likely uses a small silicon crystal chip to regulate the firing of the spark plugs of the engine. Listen to Otis XII? Your car radio uses a transistor made from silicon to amplify the sound. And your home or work computer? Intel Inside™? You bet. And what's it made from? A computer chip is a chip allright; a chip of silicon quartz crystal. Why do you think they call it Silicon Valley?

The point is, you are using crystals everyday and all day long. These crystals, in the form of computer chips, transistors, clocking devices, liquid crystal displays, etc., are all doing some basic things with energy. They are maintaining, changing, manipulating the characteristics of energy to perform tasks. They store, amplify, correct and control energy waves. Not so mysteriously either. It is, as it turns out, a natural property of crystals to be able to do that.

Plain and simple! If your laptop can store information on silicon quartz crystal reworked by Intel, then what makes you think it's impossible that a quartz crystal pendant might store the energy of a conflict at the gas station earlier in the day? Or an argument with your mom. Or a loving moment of romance with your girlfriend? Energy is energy; crystals is crystals.

Crystal transistors can amplify Eddie Van Halen's guitar to 140 decibels of pure grunge, (through the PA system -- not his amp -- which is a Marshall and uses tubes, not transistors -- a whole other column.) Then don't you think an amethyst crystal properly used can amplify the healing energy of your body?

Or the Divine Shabbat consciousnes focused into my blend called Feminine Clarity?