- Agate worn as an amulet around your neck will ensure that you speak only your truth. It can also attract favors from powerful people!
- A black agate on a short chain or in a ring will ensure success in business and athletics.
...Middle Earth Magic: Inspired Ideas and Seasonal Spells for Your Enchanted Life
I grew up on a farm in West Virginia and learned much about herbs, trees, animals, gardening, foraging and so much about nature. I incorporate this wisdom I learned from elders in my family into my spellwork. When I finally left the farm, I majored in Medieval Studies, my attempt to emulate my idol, J.R.R. Tolkien. All these influences led me to my own blended brew which I call "middle earth magic," containing a mix of the modern and the time-tested "old ways."
Cerridwen Greenleaf
Cerridwen Greenleaf has worked with many of the leading lights of the spirituality world including Starhawk, Z Budapest, John Michael Greer, Christopher Penczak, Raymond Buckland, Luisah Teish, and many more. She gives herbal, crystal and candle magic workshops throughout North America. Greenleaf's graduate work in medieval studies has given her deep knowledge she utilizes in her work, making her work unique in the field. A bestselling author, her books include Moon Spell Magic, The Book of Kitchen Witchery, The Magic of Gems and Crystals and the Witch’s Spell Book series. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Babies are a symbol of innocence, growth, fresh starts, and vulnerability. They are usually a very positive thing to see in a dream, and if one shows up in yours, it might reflect some of those characteristics and how they relate to you. There is something gentle in your soul; you are full of wonder and purity. You see life through childlike eyes. Perhaps your nature is to be trusting and openminded.
Babies can also reflect new experiences in your life. This dream could be related to a new relationship, a move to another town or school, or something good in your life that you’ve been waiting for with anticipation. You probably have the opportunity for a fresh start, and this dream is your sign to seize that opportunity. The future is bright, so take the time to give these new things in your life your full attention. Nurture your new experiences.
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Just as the first humans sensed that stones contained energy and special properties, so too they found that metals boasted energies that had tremendous influence and power. Metals used to be very commonplace in magic, but their popularity has lessened within the last 500 years, after alchemists began to turn into scientists.
Magical Metallurgy has rebounded a bit and plays a definite role in gem magic. The simplest way to employ magic metals is to place a copper penny in your pocket or carry a pouch containing a horseshoe nail for luck. Mystical metals—from bewitching bronze to supernatural silver—can add a whole dimension to gem magic in your life.
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Invisibility in dreams can reflect feelings of being overlooked in your waking life. If you have dreams in which you’re invisible, it likely means you feel that people in your life are not paying attention to you or acknowledging you. Don’t be afraid to ask people for what you need.
Becoming invisible in dreams can also be a sign that you are trying to avoid problems in your life—you try to hide as soon as things start to get tough.
Geode jewelry can bring you success at work. At my favorite metaphysical five-and-dimes, I have been seeing baby geodes that can easily be glued to a fabric choker band or are already in pre-made pendants. If you are feeling like you are in a slump at work or want to impress the boss, begin wearing a pretty and professional geode necklace and things will be looking up soon! If this style is not for you, just buy a geode, set it on your desk, and look at it while picturing yourself climbing the ladder of success.
When a seeing person has a dream about becoming blind, it’s often a sign that there is something in that person’s life they’re avoiding or refusing to acknowledge. Maybe you are avoiding a friend because you are annoyed with them about something but don’t want or know how to confront them. Perhaps you witnessed something you knew was wrong but did nothing. Blindness may draw your attention to other senses, too, which could mean there is a circumstance you are involved in that is really about more than what meets the eye. Trust your intuitive senses and don’t take everything at face value. When one sense is lost, it can heighten others. For example, you hearing gets better which can open you up to experiencing the world in a new way. Take this dream as an encouragement to start perceiving things in a new way.
Take any silver chain-link bracelet and add “charm” to it! Bracelets act as protection jewelry, and, well, they look simply divine on our delicate wrists, do they not? Of late, the trend has been to layer bracelets, but with gem magic, there’s a danger that jeweled pieces worn together could cancel each other out because they have conflicting energies. So, I’m going to recommend that you wear this bracelet along, without other magical wrist wear.
To make this piece, you’ll need seven stones on small pendent settings, a silver chain-link bracelet, seven jump rings, and pliers. Plain silver chain-link bracelets are easy to obtain at any jewelry department or store, from Target to Tiffany. Jump rings, which have an opening through which you can slide a pendant and then close up with small chain-nose pliers, are readily available at any craft or jewelry store.
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