{"id":693,"date":"2012-06-26T17:05:12","date_gmt":"2012-06-26T22:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journeythroughtheobsidiandream.wordpress.com\/?p=693"},"modified":"2012-06-26T17:05:12","modified_gmt":"2012-06-26T22:05:12","slug":"an-alchemical-experiment-in-fiery-protection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journeythroughtheobsidiandream.com\/index.php\/2012\/06\/26\/an-alchemical-experiment-in-fiery-protection\/","title":{"rendered":"An Alchemical Experiment in Fiery Protection"},"content":{"rendered":"

Despite my good intentions, I didn\u2019t do much for the Solstice this year.\u00a0 My planned trip out to Gaea the weekend before, with Aradia, Pasiphae, and Aidan, was cancelled due to a conflicting event[1].\u00a0 The Solstice proper was mostly consumed by Sannafrid\u2019s arrival, insomnia, and napping.\u00a0 Hell, I didn\u2019t even manage to do my usual monthly reading.<\/p>\n

I did, however, manage to start my own batch of Fiery Wall of Protection Oil.\u00a0 I used Polyphanes\u2019 recipe<\/a>, but my process ended up being a bit different.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t have all of the ingredients I needed on hand, but I really wanted to take advantage of the astrological conditions: it was the Summer Solstice, the third day of the Dark Moon, and the first day of the Lunar Month and the waxing moon.\u00a0 So I ultimately split the construction and consecration of the oil over three separate occasions.<\/p>\n

\"IMG_5400\"<\/a>Wednesday, at the Hour of the Sun, about two hours after the peak of the Solstice, I put together about half the ingredients[2] in solution with the olive oil.\u00a0 The charge the oil took was very Solar, with a a Fiery heart.\u00a0 \"IMG_5399\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Friday, at the Hour of Mars, I put together the remaining ingredients and added the castor oil[3].\u00a0 The oil took on a much more frantic, fiery character.\u00a0 In between sessions and after, I left the bottle to rest on Aradia\u2019s altar.[4]<\/p>\n

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Things started getting a little wonky Friday night.\u00a0 Sannafrid, Aradia, and I smoked then, uncharacteristically, we all passed out almost immediately.\u00a0 Our sleep was restless.\u00a0 In the morning, I was frantic with nervous energy that felt a bit like an anxiety attack.\u00a0 Aradia suggested that I ground, and while that helped it was insufficient.\u00a0 I was almost incapacitated.\u00a0 While everyone else prepped the house for the party and went shopping for booze and party favors, I spent about an hour trying to find my center back.\u00a0 Finally, I managed to figure out what had gone awry: the frantic, twitchy energy I was overflowing with exactly matched the energy pouring off the oil.\u00a0 I shielded the oil by wrapping it in one of my necklaces, then locking it in my altar box.\u00a0 Finally, I was able to process the frantic energy and become a human being again.\u00a0 The box staid there until I had the opportunity to finish blessing the oil.<\/p>\n

Today, as the Hour of Mars passed into the Hour of the Sun, I blessed the oil with the Orphic hymns to Ares and Helios.\u00a0 The character of the oil had already improved after a couple days in my altar box\u2014which is to say that it was no longer painful to hold or be in the presence of.\u00a0 I drew a Circle of Art incorporating Solar and Martian powers, as well as several sigils made with Solar and Martian Kamea to refine the blessing of the oil.\u00a0 Incanting the Hymns was not the most powerful such experience I have had, but it seemed to do an excellent job of what I needed it to do: further refine and direct the power of the oil so that while it would remain effective, merely being in the presence of the bottle would not be a spastic and painful experience.<\/p>\n

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The candles are still burning, but so far the experiment seems to be a success.\u00a0 The oil radiates power of a strong fiery nature.\u00a0 Although the solar elements are still very much there, they are muted.\u00a0 The fire is hot and deep rather than bright and radiant.\u00a0 We\u2019ll see how it feels when the candles finish and I take it out of the salt circle.<\/p>\n

I can\u2019t wait to see how it works.<\/p>\n

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1 \u2013 You\u2019d think that having driven out to Gaea only to find it closed for M.M.N.G. twice, already, I\u2019d remember to check the calendar in June.<\/p>\n

2 \u2013 By the time I made it out of the house, it was too late to pick up the rest of the ingredients, so I used what Aradia had on hand: rock salt, true cinnamon, chili powder, cassia, red pepper, ginger root, black pepper, red sandalwood, and olive oil.<\/p>\n

3 \u2013 Dragon\u2019s blood, frankincense, myrrh, and castor oil.\u00a0 The bottle of castor oil I was able to find was 6 oz, though the recipe called for a cup (8 oz.).\u00a0 I substituted more olive oil to make up the difference in volume.<\/p>\n

4 \u2013 Yes, I used a empty Rain vodka bottle to store the oil.\u00a0 They\u2019re pretty.\u00a0 I\u2019ll break it up into smaller vials to keep and\/or give away if it turns out to be as potent as I think it will be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Despite my good intentions, I didn\u2019t do much for the Solstice this year.\u00a0 My planned trip out to Gaea the weekend before, with Aradia, Pasiphae, and Aidan, was cancelled due to a conflicting event[1].\u00a0 The Solstice proper was mostly consumed by Sannafrid\u2019s arrival, insomnia, and napping.\u00a0 Hell, I didn\u2019t even manage to do my usual … Read More<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[10,61,140,259],"class_list":["post-693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-witchcraft","tag-alchemy","tag-dark-moon","tag-learn-from-my-fail","tag-summer-solstice"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8kUcm-bb","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journeythroughtheobsidiandream.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journeythroughtheobsidiandream.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journeythroughtheobsidiandream.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journeythroughtheobsidiandream.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journeythroughtheobsidiandream.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/journeythroughtheobsidiandream.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journeythroughtheobsidiandream.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journeythroughtheobsidiandream.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journeythroughtheobsidiandream.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}