{"id":18415,"date":"2018-09-01T01:10:55","date_gmt":"2018-09-01T06:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=18989"},"modified":"2018-09-01T16:14:53","modified_gmt":"2018-09-01T21:14:53","slug":"celebrating-autumn-with-norma-clark-of-forevrgoddess-boutique","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2018\/09\/01\/celebrating-autumn-with-norma-clark-of-forevrgoddess-boutique\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Autumn with Norma Clark of Forevrgoddess Boutique"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Autumn Smudge Bundle with Gemstones<\/b><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a><\/a><\/a> Hello, I\u2019m Norma with Forevrgoddess Boutique<\/a>, I wanted to share some info on Smudging herbs, gemstones and smudge rituals.\u00a0 I\u00a0don\u2019t know about you, but the first day of September feels magickal, with apples and pumpkins abundantly everywhere. \u00a0I think it\u2019s the perfect time to do an Autumn ritual smudging to cleanse home, sacred space or people, to remove negative or stale energy, banish and release emotions, illness, and other energy needing to be removed from home or person, to prepare for the coming of the Autumn Equinox & Samhain. You might have seen a few smudging herb bundles in new age stores, witch shops or online, there are many to choose from. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a> Smudging has been done in ancient cultures to Native American, in Spanish countries like Mexico, through\u00a0Central and South America. Some of these herbs are used in smudging rituals by Shamans.\u00a0 Some of these herbs can also\u00a0be used in blessings, after ritual cleansings of homes or people. You can perform a blessing within a home\u00a0 to invite harmony, love, laughter, tranquility,\u00a0happiness and prosperity, or what ever is needed at the moment. For personal blessings you can do any of these ideas as well.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a><\/a><\/a> You can typically find in stores or online: White sage,\u00a0 Juniper, cedar, Yerba Santa and Palo Santo. Any of these bundles of herbs can be helpful. Combining them with gemstones and crystals is an additional bonus and can help give healing\/loving energy to aid with manifesting the properties you need most. I\u2019m going to talk about a few of my\u00a0 small smudge sets from\u00a0Forevrgoddess Boutique<\/a>, what they can do to help cleanse, rebalance and refocus energy to a positive and harmonious environment or how they can be used for personal blessings.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Small Autumn Smudge Blend<\/b><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/a><\/a> Here we have a beautiful mixture of Mexican cinnamon, Cloves, Cedar, Rose, Rosemary and White Sage. Very aromatic smell. Here\u2019s a\u00a0information\u00a0on a few herbs we use for our Autumn blend.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a> White Sage:<\/b>\u00a0Can be prefect for magickal workings – protection, banishing\/ releasing, seek wisdom through meditations, helps with grief, good health, healing, longevity, and psychic awareness.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Red Roses:<\/b> Love, respect, beauty, courage, passion, romantic love, blessings, attract, banish, consecrate\/bless, devotion, happiness, harmony.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Palo Santo <\/b>(<\/b>or Holy wood<\/b>)<\/b>:<\/b> from Ecuador forests, Palo Santo – Shaman have used it to clear energy, and positive energy. To reestablish peace, balance enhance focus to meditation, heals people physical and spiritual level.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Cedar:<\/b> Calming, comforting, purify, protection, healing, harmony, prosperity, abundance, cleansing, helps focus on goals and meditation.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Mexican Cinnamon:<\/b> Brought from Mexico to USA. – actions, attraction, inner balance, dream work, harmony, healing, attract luck, peace, passion, protection, wishes, consecrate\/blessings.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a> Our Small <\/a>S<\/a>mudge <\/a>S<\/a>et<\/a> is portable, you can do a quick smudge ritual anywhere. The Small <\/a>S<\/a>mudge <\/a>S<\/a>et<\/a> is in a little tin box (we\u2019ll provide ritual at bottom of this article). You can either burn them together or separately.\u00a0 If you decide you want it to be stronger then make a bigger flame.\u00a0 You can\u00a0 always break the smudge blend into little burnable pieces and use a small abalone shell to burn it in. (We carry various <\/a>abalone shell<\/a> in boutique in 2 sizes.) If you wish to get a little smell burn small bit of each, cinnamon, cloves, rose, and rosemary with a bit of sage. The choice is yours.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/a> Autumn Gemstones <\/b><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a> We selected these from our Wiccan Magickal Sabbat Mabon<\/a> and Samhain box<\/a> sets.\u00a0 With autumn equinox coming soon, seasons are changing for fall. It\u2019s the time of balance between day and night, before night takes over and brings winter. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Here are the Stones for Autumn:<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Citrine:<\/b> Stone of happiness, positive energy and thought mental clarity, abundance, healing, uplifting.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a> Carnelian:<\/b> Motivation, calm emotions, banishes negative emotions, replaces with love.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a> Smoky <\/b>Q<\/b>uartz:<\/b> Dispel negative energy, protection, grounding, transformation, brings calm.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a> Tiger eye:<\/b> Stone of wealth, protection, self-confidence, balance, grounding.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

When charging or programming your gemstone, keep in mind the goal or desire you wish to bring into your life. Help manifest this desire to life, say a prayer to your deity, angels, or elemental, ask for their support to bless this new path you wish to journey on. Keep them in your pocket, purse or coin purse as a reminder of what healing qualities you wish to be blessed with at the moment.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Autumn Smudge House Blessings Set<\/b><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a> House Blessings<\/a> M<\/a>anifest <\/a>K<\/a>it<\/a><\/b><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Brightest Blessings, I\u2019m so happy you decided to change a new part in your life, for the coming of Autumn and all her glory. This kit<\/a> is designed to help you focus you and your home or sacred space to help \u201cmanifest\u201d a new beginning and bring in the desires in your life..<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

How to Set up your Stones..<\/b><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

You will noticed you have 6 gemstones and an Autumn Smudge blend. The Autumn Smudge blend is to cleanse the area and give it a fresh start with positive energy.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a><\/a> Gemstone Selenite:<\/b> ( Don\u2019t rinse in water or leave in sun)<\/b> quickly unblocks stagnant energy and removes negative energy. It magnifies the energy of any other gemstone that\u2019s placed upon it. Combine selenite with black tourmaline. It will protect home and clear any negative energy, and help in protection crystal grids. Expands awareness opens psychic abilities.\u00a0 Brings mental clarity and deep peace. Helps with angelic guidance.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Gemstone: Iron Pyrite ( fools gold): <\/b>recall beautiful memories, protective stone, attract wealth and prosperity, energy shielding stone, blocks out negative energy, positive stone. Relieves anxiety frustration and boosts self-worth. Great for memory, this stone helps when depressed or deep despair, luck, money, protection, strength, willpower.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a> Gemstone: Pink Calcite:<\/b> balance emotions,\u00a0calming, grounding, spiritual growth, love, Healing, self work, well-being.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a> Gemstone: Carnelian: <\/b>career success, grounding, motivation, personal power, helps with creativity, good health, protection, stop – negative energy, stimulates the conscious mind, helps you focus on the present and current needs, helps over come difficult times, manifesting energy to have your desire come to life.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a> Gemstone: Amethyst:<\/b>\u00a0all healing (mind, body, spirit) inner peace, calming one\u2019s mind, a sense of spiritual insight when in a deepen stage of meditations, protective stone, esp, psychic attacks, helps with grief or loss, releases tension, helps over come bad habits tendencies, and calm anxiety attacks.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Cleansing Stones<\/b><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a> Cleanse each gemstone with smudging blend burning in shell, to ensure it\u2019s a positive energy to help with your goal you wish to create. It\u2019s to ensure the gemstones, which have passed through so many hands, to get to you at home, are cleaned of other\u2019s energies that might not fit in. Hold stone in hand take shell\u00a0and pass it over and under stone to encase it with smoke.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Arranging Gemstones<\/b><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Once stones are cleansed, set up an area where your stones will be seen through the day (altar, mantel, etc..) arrange stones however you wish. I suggest to put selenite in middle and surround other stones around the selenite so the selenite will energize the other stones. Like a mini crystal grid. If you have more stones, flowers, candles feel free to add them, to help further the goal you have in mind.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Autumn Equinox Celebration Ideas<\/b><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n