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Saturday 14 May 2016

Starry Haul 2 (Part 3)

So here we are at Part 3 with the items I chose as part of my Beltane celebrations. Joey is my go-to now for so many things… if I get an errant energy pass me by, my first thought is ‘Oooo, I need a set…. Straight on Facebook…. “Joooooey… I need….”’ I’m sure it’ll start to bug her one day – lol! Well, onto the items:-


May Your Sprites Rise Beltane Votive (pair)
Regular Store Product
This choice was based purely on the title. I had seen the posted video and thought ‘awww, so pretty’, which led to thinking ‘I must, must have this’. As Beltane is one of my favourite Sabbats, I would never have slept again if I didn’t order this and because I like things in twos (possibly because I’m Gemini), I had 2. These votives are beautiful… they make me want to lay in meadows in the raise of a Beltane sunrise, listen to the dawn chorus and just melt gently into the aether. The wax is a warm leafy green which makes me imagine the noon rays of sunlight through a glowing forest canopy of blossom and adolescent leaves. And, oh, the herbals… tiny little bits of sprinkly goodness on top and slightly sunk into that wax – oh, Joey, Joey, Joey!!! There is, of course, also, a shimmery halo of goodness encircling the wick which sparkles as if that sunlight is kissing a tranquil lake. This energy is sublime and peaceful and inextricably bang on!!!

Beltane By Night Votive (pair)
Regular Store Product
Once again my need for duality is apparent… the presence of Sprites rising on my altar meant that Beltane by Night was a completely essential part of my festivities for this Sabbat… into the cart they went. Now, I’d seen the video and so I knew the votives were black, as a candle with a nightime energy it made sense to me they would be black and so I was completely with Joey’s choice for black – understandable. When they arrived and I saw that coppery/golden shimmer on top, I saw the Universe; stars exploding with light, planetary bodies that circle each other, a billion energies shifting and transforming, dancing and swaying in the cosmos. That is just from looking at these votives; when I lit them… WOW!!! All those billion energies became an incredible power concentration burning in that one flame (technically two flames with both votives), this was my Belfire… This took place in my garden; I danced and chanted around these votives, I used them to light by God and Goddess candles because through the energy of Beltane I witness the Great Rite.

May Your Sprites Rise Beltane Herbal Blend
Requested item of an energy already on store
Back to the Sprites… such a gorgeous energy. Now, this blend was big enough that I could save some for next year. I’ll still need to order more but I have saved the ash from this burn and mixed it with the remaining blend which I will then add to the next batch I order to connect this Beltane with the next one. The actual blend has such a sweet scent, I won’t go into too much detail because I respect Joey’s need to keep her recipes private but the chamomile is overwhelming and beautiful. If I hadn’t felt the urge to burn it, I’d have kept the whole thing just to keep sticking my nose in there. It is so stunning and it lifted my personal celebrations into the stratosphere.

Nine Ladies of the Wood Herbal Blend
Regular Store Product

This was the blend I burned for my evening activities at Beltane; it was reverent and awing and incredibly humbling to use this combination of barks and shavings. I felt so connected to the ancient forests with this blend. Again, I have kept enough for another purpose but with this blend that other purpose is meditation. I have meditated on the Nine Ladies of the Wood scent 11 times since Beltane; considering that was only two weeks ago, I’m obsessed. I get extraordinary visions with this energy… I have been taken back in time, I have been in the truly ancient astral forests with these meditations and I really can’t thank Joey enough because my inner calm has reached new levels of groundedness, serenity, tranquility… what this herbal blend has given me, is inner peace.

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