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Hey all,
Just a little recipie for all of you today.
Van-Van oil is traditionally used to “feed” a charm or amulet used for luck or prosperity. I have also noticed that it not only empowers amulets, but it a good general “good luck” oil, as well as a good general prosperity oil.
Now, when I first was learning Hoodoo, I was taught that Van-Van was basically JUST lemongrass essential oil with some pyrite in the jar. π I have since found that recipie to be a bit…lacking, so here is my personal recipie for Van-Van.
You will need:
1/2 oz bottle essential oil of lemongrass (THIS MUST BE ESSENTIAL OIL,) with about one eyedropper’s worth taken out.
Small grains of pyrite (fools gold,)
Lemongrass leaves,
Solomon’s Seal root.
To make it:
Place about a pinch of lemongrass, a pinch (a pinch being a teeny amount) of solomon’s seal root, and a few grains of pyrite into your essential oil of lemongrass. Seal the bottle, and hold the jar in your hands for a few moments, envisioning golden energy surging from you into the oil. The oil SHOULD BE ready for immediate use, however, I personally like to allow it to sit for about 2 weeks in a cool, dark place (which allows the herbal and mineral vibrations to enter the oil,) shaking the bottle every few days prior to using my ritual oil.
Enjoy!
~Cat
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Hey everyone…
Soo…its time for a love spell isn’t it? Well, at least half of you in the rant room are saying “Yes, Cat, it is,” so I’m gonna give you a little love spell. π Happy? Well, most of you? Good. π
This spell is to warm up an existing relationship which has started to cool off, and is best done on a Friday during a waxing (growing) moon.
You will need:
One empty bottle (washed,) of tobasco sauce,
Karo syrup (dark or light)
Cinnamon
Sugar
Rose petals,
Lemongrass,
Scrap of paper with edges torn, not cut,
Hair from target
Hair from yourself,
Black pen,
Red pen,
Funnel (optional.)
Firstly, using your scrap of paper and black pen, write your target’s name nine times like this:
John Doe
John Doe
John Doe
John Doe
John Doe
John Doe
John Doe
John Doe
John Doe
Now turn the paper, so that the names are running vertically and write your name in black pen (or the name of the petioner,) 9 times over their name in the same fashion as above. When this is written out, the names will form a sort of “grid like” shape. I realize this is review to most of you, but since confusion HAS reigned supreme on what I am trying to say here with first time readers, hehe, please just contact me if you are confused. When you are done writing the names, taking your red pen, write “desire me, love me, desire me, love me,” over and over until it is written in a circle around the names without lifting your pen. Again, if you are confused, just contact me to clarify. π
Take your (or the petioners) hair and the hair of the target, and tie these together in a knot. Spit into the center of the name paper, and place the hair into the spit. Fold the paper in half, keeping the tied hairs inside. Fold in half again. You may need to “roll” the paper into a cylander to get it in, (this is fine,) but you now need to put the paper into the tobasco bottle.
Here comes the difficult part, and why I recommended using the funnel..hehe, put about a tsp or so each of the sugar, lemongrass, cinnamon, and rose petal into the tobasco bottle. Now pour in some Karo syrup to fill the bottle. Seal the lid tightly. Hold the bottle in your hands and imagine the two named peoples (yourself and the target or the petitioner and the target,) in sexy and loving situations (I don’t want to know your dirty thoughts, but I will say, if its your weird kinks and the person ain’t into it, do NOT do this, instead, normal basic intimate situations for the couple should be envisioned,) and try to see this going into the bottle in a warm red energy until the bottle feels full. If you do not feel that you are able to send energy, simply sit with the bottle in your hands for a few minutes envisioning the intimacy between the two named persons as above explained.
Shake the bottle very hard saying “(Target’s full name,) every time I give this bottle a shake, your desire for (petioner or your full name) wakes,” seven times. Now place the bottle in a secret place. Every time your target begins to “cool off,” and not desire so much intimacy with you, give the bottle a good shaking to wake up their libido again! π
Best,
~Cat
Is anyone else like me in the sense that all Christmastime, you just can’t wait for it to end so you can RELAX? π I have hoardes of family surrounding me, and I just want to take a big nap – with them OUT OF MY HOUSE… Anyone else? π
Okay, I know it – I’m just like Scrooge, right? >:)
~Cat
Hi Everyone,
Since we all need a little extra cash around the holidays, here is the simplest money spell I could think up for all of you. π
This spell is best done on a Sunday.
You will need:
Orange candle,
Lemongrass oil,
Lemongrass,
Piece of scrap paper,
Green pen,
Scrap of paper bag,
A fireproof container such as a pie plate or cake tin,
A nail or needle,
A candle holder
Set up: Make sure your scrap of paper bag has all of the edges TORN, not cut. Now, using your pen, write your own name (or the name of the person the spell is being cast upon,) seven times like this:
John Doe
John Doe
John Doe
John Doe
John Doe
John Doe
John Doe
Now, turn the paper so the names are running vertically and write across them (to form a sort of grid) “Fast Money,” seven times in the same fashion as to how you had written the names. Place a drop of lemongrass oil on your fingertips, and place a drop on the four corners of the paper using your finger, and also one in the center of the paper. Now spit directly into the center of the paper, and fold the paper in half TOWARDS you. Fold the paper in half again, towards you. Set aside.
Using your nail or needle, scrape the command “(Full name,) has money fast!” UP (base to wick) one side of the candle. Hold the candle in your hands for a few moments, and try to envision gold energy flowing into the candle while also keeping the mental image of you (or whomever the spell is being cast for,) having increased prosperity until you feel the candle is “full.” If you feel you are unable to send energy, just hold the candle in both of your hands while envisioning yourself (or whomever the spell is being cast for,) having increased prosperity.
Place a few drops lemongrass oil into your hands and anoint the candle UP (base to wick) with seven strokes. Sprinkle a little lemongrass onto your scrap paper, and roll the candle in the lemongrass to lightly coat it with the herb.
Place your candle into your candle holder (you may light the candle now to secure it with drippings if needed,) and place the name paper beneath the candle holder, and all of these into the fireproof container.
Spell: If you have not already lit the candle you should do so now. Place both hands on either side of the candle. Again envision yourself (or the person the spell is being cast for,) being the recipient of increased prosperity. As you keep this mental image, say, “Money comes to me quick, money comes to me fast – prosperity comes to me this moment, good prosperity which shall last. Money in my pocket, wallet full of cash, money in my pocket, good prosperity which shall last. This spell shall not reverse, nor place upon me any curse, – as is my will so be it!” If you are doing the spell for another, just alter the chant to say this person’s full name where the “me”s are. π
Allow the spell candle to burn out all of the way. When it has done so, place the name paper under your front doorstep – OR if this is an impossibilty, bury the name paper in a potted plant nearby your door. Keep in mind, if you are using a live plant for your spell paper, you must keep this plant healthy and thriving to help keep the spell energies thriving. π
So, there you go, kids… The absolute easiest money spell I could think of… Just a simple little candle spell. π Hope it helps you out. If you want some scrumptuous money drawing oil you can make yourself, you might also try my Mama Cat’s Bayberry Money Drawing Oil, and you can even use this on this spell instead of the Lemongrass oil! π
Enjoy!
~Cat
Hey Everyone,
Today I’d like to chat briefly on something which is a constant in my inbox… The petioner (person requesting spell,) and/or spellcaster’s attitude regarding both the situation being worked on and the spell itself.
One must have faith in the spell, and a positive attitude for the spell to manifest strongly, and quickly. Draining, negative, depressive attitudes simply net poor or negiligable results. If you have absolutely no faith in the spell, if you are sure your situation can never be remedied, then you are basically creating the outcome of spell failure for yourself.
Take a moment, if you are one of these people with no faith and a pessimistic view, to ask yourself why you need to wallow in this type of feeling. I realize situations are tough and can make all of us upset, but sitting about feeling sorry for yourself never did much to remedy anything. Its up to you to choose whether or not you want to have a positive outlook on the spell (ie telling your self you KNOW it will work,) and whether or not you want to keep that faith. Believe me, I have, many times, been down the road of spellcasting where there was a moment there that it looked to be working “backwards,” only to find that the very “backwards event” WAS actually something which needed to happen for my spell to manifest. I know we all want a spell to manifest in seconds or hours or days, but its unrealistic to think the spell has failed you if less than 21 days have passed, and even 21 days can be incredibly brief for a tough situation to turn around visibly.
Best,
~Cat
Happy Birthday to me! As always, this means a relatively self-absorbed post (aren’t they all,) hehe, but here goes…
Over 30 years its taken me awhile to learn a few things, but these are the ones which have really held true for me…hope they help you on your path. These are probably in some lame self-help book somewheres, but this is me speaking to all of you from my heart, so if I’m at risk of somehow channelling a book I’ve never read or seen into this post, I apologize in advance. π
1. Love is the most important thing in the world. Its worth more than any material possession, and it will last you through several lifetimes, so show the people you love that you love them as often as you can. Give your mom a kiss (she won’t be here forever,) try to make your dad proud, listen to your grandparents when they talk – that’s your history and you should know it, – let your friends know you will always be there for them and how special they are to you, thank your siblings for both kicking your butt and being your co-conspirators in childhood, tell your children that they are the best gift God ever gave you, and hold your partner tight and thank them for being there to enjoy this life with you. If you do this, you won’t regret not showing these people how much you love them when they are gone.
2. Enjoy the little things. They are the tiny happinesses that keep you going.
3. Truly listen to everyone…every single being on this planet has something to say or show you that will be of value to you in the future.
4. Learn from your pets. They know that getting your head scratched, being held, being happy at the sight of someone you love EVERY TIME you see them, and finding a nice warm spot to sleep in is wonderful…therefore they are very wise beings. However, do not learn your toilet training from them. π
5. Learn from your mistakes. If you don’t, you will probably repeat them…several times. π
6. Just let it go (this one has been a hard one for me.) Its not worth getting completely bent out of shape over most things, so just let it go and put it behind you.
7. Help everyone you can in the hopes that they would do the same for you, but without expectation of the favor being returned.
8. Don’t count your blessings, just know that you are truly blessed. Not every lifetime is easy, but its filled with friends and loved ones, and all sorts of wild events no matter who you are. Treasure what you have and stop wasting your time focusing on what you don’t have.
9. Slide into your grave with a cigarette and candy bar in one hand, and a glass of wine in the other, body fully used up, crying “Wheeee! That was fun!” If you spend your whole life worrying about what will kill you, you still end up dead… and because we all have to die – so you might as well truly live before then. π
10. Do your best to make at least one someone in your life happy every day, even if that someone has 4 legs instead of just 2.
It didn’t take me 30 years to learn all of it, but it took awhile with a few of these.
I also wanted to dedicate this post to my mom and dad, without whom I could not have been made, and certainly, without whose teachings, I’d not be the person I am today. Thank you for making me the smart ass with a good heart. π I only hope I can be half the parent each of you has been to me when I have my own children, and thanks for all of the unconditional love you give me no matter what I do – even when you had to remind yourself that you loved me, and that was the only reason you didn’t pitch me off the nearest cliff. π
Okay, now where’s my bottle of Stolichnaya, – its time to PART-AY!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!! Because 3 decades of Cat mean this party is about 1/3 over – ouch!
~Cat
I couldn’t resist. This one is super cute – courtesy of the AP, both photo and article. π
DIAMOND, Mo. – The Bowman family has its pooch back. Their dog Happy is back after seven months of adventure, an operation, two intermediate homes and a new name.
Happy, also known as Radar, is the same dog who ran away from a different Joplin household last week to live at veterinarian Steve Walstad’s Joplin office, where he was neutered last month.
Misty Bowman, mother of Codey, 14, and Chase, 9, saw Happy’s picture Monday in the Joplin Globe with a story about Walstad deciding to keep the dog that he called Radar.
“I was yelling at my husband, saying, `Tell me I’m crazy, tell me that’s not Happy,’” Misty said of her reaction reading the newspaper.
The Bowmans say they took the dog they called Happy home from a friend’s house when he was 8 weeks old. He stood out to Misty because he was so friendly and not at all aggressive.
Misty’s husband, Rob, was especially attached to the dog and named him Happy “because he always looks like he’s smiling.”
After 2 1/2 years as their family pet, Happy went missing from the Bowmans’ 160-acre farm in Diamond seven months ago. Misty said the family drove all over the area, rode four-wheelers around the property, put up lost-dog ads, and went door-to-door asking for information on their pet.
“Eventually we came to the assumption that he was gone, we thought he got run over,” Misty said.
But that was not the case. He had been taken in by a family that named Radar for his ability to find his way around.
That talent showed up earlier this month when he came back to Walstad’s office, where he had been boarded for several weeks β and neutered β while his adoptive family was out of town.
The family was considering trying to find another home for him anyway, so Walstad decided to keep him as an office pet.
“He was gone for seven months and usually if you don’t find the dog in a couple weeks, they’re just gone,” Misty Bowman said Monday. “What are the chances he’d turn up in the middle of Joplin, and in the newspaper?”
Bowman called Walstad’s office Monday and explained the situation, insisting her children didn’t know that Happy was still alive and that Walstad could keep him if he wanted. But Walstad said he couldn’t be happier with the way things turned out and cheerfully turned over the dog to its rightful owners.
Happy went home Monday afternoon, and Misty Bowman said he started to get excited in the car as they got close to the house.
“He knew where he was at,” she said.
Hi Occulties,
Today I’d like to briefly chat on the topic of love…considerably so because it is what most of you write to me most regularly about, especially on the topic of tainted love.
For most of us, a relationship is a struggle at times. Even the best relationship has bad moments… However, most of us do not stalk, harass, threaten or demean someone in an attempt to return or keep with us a lover…do we? No, we read Cat’s Rants, and we know that in a world of bad ideas, that stalking, harassing, demaning, or threatening our ex or soon to be ex in an attempt to bully or annoy them into staying with us is a terribly bad idea.
Don’t get me wrong – I’ve told people off, told them they suck, purposely annoyed people…sure, I’m human…but see, I don’t want those people in my life, and I hate to say it, but I was done with most of that behavior a decade ago when I was getting out of my teens. π
This doesn’t mean that I’ve never struggled with the desire since then to call someone 800 times until they answer, or struggled with the want to scream at them that they are being such a turd and I just love them and freakin’ come back here already. The temptation is there….and I give it a good swift kick in the arse because I realize that if put in the position of BEING the person recieving 800 calls or getting screamed at that I am a jacka$$ who needs to come back already because so-and-so loves me, I’m turned off by it and probably thinking over a restraining order against whomever can’t stop harassing me. π
So, it boggles your friend, the NinjaCat’s mind when you tell me things like “So and so hasn’t called me in a week, Cat, so I called so and so, and s/he didn’t answer, so I kept calling, and kept calling and kept calling, and then I IMed them a few times, and then I emailed them, and when s/he still didn’t answer, I showed up at his/her house, and boy was s/he NOT happy to see me – why? I mean, there’s all those love spells I cast, and…”
If you hear the beeping noise, that’s me making you back the truck up. Firstly, in a world where everyone has caller ID, why are you calling someone a million times? Eh? Why don’t you just write across your forehead “I am unstable” because this is the message you are sending out. You are probably scaring the f*** out of your ex.
Nextly, you IM them…and this helps…how? Because if their puter is on, I’m assuming they are near the phone and have already declined to answer your call that day. So, this reinforces, AGAIN, that you are mentally unstable (therefore unpredictable, scary, and possibly violent,) and this is not the message you wish to send out to someone you want to come back to you. They may even be worried about your well-being right now, but not in an “I want to reassure and comfort,” that person type of way…more along the lines of they might want to get you comitted to stop you from hurting yourself and others.
THEN, the crowning acheivement of this badness, you actually go to where they live to demand an audience, and you expect them to be happy or grateful for this? I’m sorry, kiddos, but NO spell is a guarantee against acting like a nut. NONE. If you act like you are no longer right in the head, your spell is kaputz. Even if I felt madly in love with someone, I would NEVER date someone that unstable.
“That’s an exaggeration,” you say. But it isn’t. I hear it often.
However, let us move along to something a bit more tame.
You say, “Cat, I just want so and so to know how I feel…not to be scary to them, but just to let them know (that I am sorry/that I still love them/that I don’t care about what they did, etc.)”
Alright, well, as simple as that sounds to you, if so and so has already let you know that they want you to stop contacting you and its over, the liklihood there is that they have no desire to hear what you have to say, and these words are unwelcome. There is NOTHING POSITIVE TO BE GAINED BY CONTACTING A NON-RESPONSIVE PARTY, ESPECIALLY ONE WHO HAS TOLD YOU TO CEASE CONTACT. I know YOU feel guilty for your actions. Perhaps if you could actually pull of a “run into you by mistake on purpose,” episode without being caught that it was very obviously on purpose, you could gauge, by this person’s reactions, how well this discussion would go. For example, let’s say I run into an ex… If my reaction is to look like I am about to throw up and that I am seeking the nearest exit, he can assume this is not the time to enlighten me on his feelings of guilt or unrequited love. However, if I run into an ex, and I smile and wave, he might assume that this would be an okay time for him to tell me that he’s feeling remorse over the fact that he was a jerk. The point I am trying to make is just because YOU feel guilty, or YOU want them to know that YOU love them, or YOU don’t mind their actions…well, maybe they are either unwilling to hear it or just not ready to deal with YOUR need to relieve YOURSELF of these overwhelming feelings. In making YOURSELF feel better – what are you doing for them? Food for thought.
Instead of making yourself feel better by forcing them to hear how you are feeling or what your guilt status is, use THIS TIME, to allow your ex some peace from your presence, and spellcast on them instead of enlightening them to your sorrow, guilt, etc. My feeling here is that you’ve probably already told them that you aren’t mad about whatever, that you are sorry for what you did/how you acted, and that you still love them right around when the break took place, so no need to repeat yourself…just do the reconcilation spellwork instead. π THEN perhaps they will call you and look to reconcile because your spell would have accomplished motivating them from inside instead of making them feel bullied into returning.
Before you all get annoyed with me, allow me to remind you… My crazy ex who will not be named because HE SUCKS, this gentleman DID use recon spellwork on me…and it worked. I even KNEW he used the Intranquil Spirit on me, and I didn’t resist. I fell for it. Once he effed up again, and I broke up with him for effing up again after he got me back I then protected myself from any of his further reconcilation shniz but the point is, I’m a rootworker, and I know rootworking and who’s doing it against me. If me, a person who’s in the know and knew what this person was doing was still hooked, you can make it work on your ex, too. All he needed was proper action (which he did have at that time…no calling or stalking or his regular ill behavior,) and the proper spell, and IT WORKED ON ME. In fact your ex is not apt to know what you did or that you did anything because they aren’t a practiced rootworker. The secret to making it work is not just proper spellcasting, but also you having PROPER ACTION.
Proper action in a recon spell means:
*You do not bully, harass, annoy, or bother in any way the spell-target in the mundane or material world.
*You remember that reconcilation means “winning someone back,” which is similar to the original winning them over in the first place.
*You can be patient.
*You do not “check on your spell” by calling or contacting this person to gauge their response.
*When you get the person back you do NOT repeat the behavior that made them leave in the first place.
If you can do all this, without thinking your spell energies to death your spell should work fine.
Anyhow, sorry for the lengthy diatribe. π
~Cat