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The Magical and Ritual Uses of Angelica Root

December 17, 2016

Herbal Scientific Names: Angelica Root; Don Quai aka Asian Angelica (Angelica Sinensis); Angelique; Garden Angelica; Holy Ghost; Angelica Archangelica; European Angelica; Norwegian Angelica; Chanda

Ritual & Magical Uses:

Angelic & Fairy Realm
Communication
Protection
Healing
Happiness
Empowerment
Exorcism
Healing
Visions
Gambling
Luck

Magical Mythology of Angelica Root

Angelica root is put to use in ritual to communicate with other realms especially the fairy and angelic dimension, most commonly with the Archangel Micheal.

Folk stories has it that Archangel Micheal (sometimes Gabriel is named too) came to a monk in a dream and brought this herb to human knowledge to use for healing purposes. At which time humanity was dealing with a plague and eventually Angelica became well known to prevent and treat deadly plagues.

When used in baths, Angelica root strengthens the aura, purifies and clears the aura of low vibrating entities that may attach themselves to you. When low vibrating energies magnetize themselves to your energy field, you may feel depression, deal with negative thoughts, feel confused and attract negative situations wherever you go.

Angelica Root is notable for magical purposes, especially to remove curses, hexes or evil energy that may have been projected toward your or your home. Angelica Roots promotes peace, harmony and healing so this can be an ideal herb to use and also burn in spaces where there may be a lot of discord, sorrow or illness.

Angelica Root opens portals to higher communication with self and your personal thoughts. It enhances mental powers, removes creative blockages and allows you clear communication with your intuition. It is also my favorite herb to place under my pillow in a sachet baggy to remember my dreams.

How to Use Angelica Root:

Essential Oil: Angelica Root oil can be used in oil warmers for its aromatherapy qualities. If you’re dealing with stress, anxiety or exhaustion, Angelica Root may be the herb for you to use in your oil warmer to disperse its aroma throughout any space to promote tranquility and peace.

Angelica Root essential oil can also be used to dress your candles to enhance its magical properties. Depending on the purpose of your ritual and intent, such as protection or during meditation to open your third eye, Angelica Root oil helps raise stagnant spiritual vibrations.

Incense: Burning Angelica as incense can bless your home or any space you wish to cleanse and purify and ground the energy fields of your space. Brings harmony and clarity especially if you’re unable to concentrate or feel uncomfortable in your space. Banishes evil forces and is very protective, defending against the evil eye and hexes people may try to work against you, your home or work environment.

Check out our post on how to Smudge using herbs and resins as incense here.

Aura Baths: Another great way to incorporate Angelica Root to your spiritual rituals is via Aura baths. Many times we may interact with people or visit places where our energy fields can be invaded by low vibrations. These type of people or places can feed off of you and drain you significantly.

Protecting your energy field by means of aura baths is a great way to create barriers and fortify your energy against these type of debilitating environments.

To do an aura bath is fairly simple and your intent should be clear as to the purpose of your ritual.

Here’s are some quick steps you can take to create a effective Aura Bath.

Fill a bowl with water
Add herbs to water
Add charged water or perfume/cologne/essential oil (optional)
Light candle and meditate for a few minutes and program the bath
Take bath or pour over you after shower

You can also sprinkle Angelica Root in the corners of your home or any space to create a shield of protection. You can also add the herb to a sachet or mojo bag for protection and luck.

Communicating with Guardian Angels: San Miguel | Saint Michael

December 12, 2016

The concept of guardian angels exists throughout all cultures and religions in one form or the other. In Hinduism this concept is known as Atman or your higher self. Native Americans identified them as totems, spirit guides and animal spirits. Buddhist believe that within us all is a seed of divine light guiding us toward enlightenment. African religion and mythology is heavily ingrained in the belief that we have many sorts of spiritual beings primarily ancestors known as Eguns. No matter what the belief or history, we are all born with an appointed higher being to protect and guide us through life.

Our perceptions on this planet is very limited and we’re only able to perceive within those limitations. Awareness is the beginning to communicating with your guardian spirit as they can be anywhere, anyone at anytime. It could be that random act of kindness from an unknown person, people in our lives we take for granted or simply that “inner voice” that speaks to us to warn us of danger or console during times of sadness.

In addition to awareness, there are several techniques that can ground you and help you recognize your guardian angels.

Visualization
Meditation
Affirmation
Offerings

St. Michael Protection Kit

Available at the shop here

Includes:

St. Michael Prayer card
Angelica Root
Colored Candle
Clear Quartz Crystal
Feather

How to use:

In a quiet space free of disturbances and distractions, set up a plate where you will pace your herb as an offering.

Angelica Root: As it’s name implies, this root is related to the angelic realm. It is offered to your archangel to attract clear energy where messages can be received and sent. Banishes and removes evil and negative energy when sprinkled around the home or carried in a small pouch. Particularity useful to protect children and childbirth.

Candles: Represent the 4 elements, the candle itself (earth), the flame (fire), which corresponds to St.Michael’s element. The liquefying wax (water), (Air) the ether in which it burns into transporting your thoughts and intent, such as your prayers and requests.

Quartz Crystal: This crystal helps amplify and transform the energy and intent you’re working with. It helps ground, clarify and strengthen the mind and auric field.

Feather: Symbols for messages and transportation, taking flight.

Intention is all you need and of course an open heart. Guardian angels are known as messengers from the highest and most pure source we call god, the creator. When you’re in tune with your higher self, you listen and hear things differently, vividly.You’re able to quickly discern surroundings, thoughts and things that happen to you on a moments notice or daily basis and begin to understand the foundations rooted along those feelings and experiences. I don’t believe in much luck and certainly not coincidences. Everything happens for a reason. in divine order. Your timing.

Everyday we’re exposed to constant distractions. Our phones, the media, our negative thoughts, bills, you name it! The distraction from what’s happening and the lack of attention we pay to our intuition leads us to succumb to the symptoms of self neglect. Depression, anger, angst, confusion and fear are just some of the imbalances we deal with when we don’t consult with our inner selves and guides to provide the light through the darkness.

St. Michael helps pierce through those distractions and false hoods be it people in our lives, situations we’re in. He brings messages from god to advise us and bring us back on track with the mission we were brought to earth to accomplish. St. Michael is the defender of truth and warrior of evil and negativity. During times of difficulties he provides courage and reassurance and protects his followers fiercely.

Call onto St. Michael during times where you feel you’re not understood or feel defeated. St. Micael helps you see the bigger picture and appreciate your lesson in the pursuit of your truth.

Communicating with Guardian Angels: Uriel

December 12, 2016

A while back I briefly touched base on the subject of communicating with Guardian Angels, more specifically Archangel St. Micheal, the Angel of fire and protection. Guardian Angels are beings of light, cosmic energy assigned by god, the creator, to protect and guide over a person and even places and countries. The concept of guardian angels has many variations throughout many beliefs and although there are differences, they are also known as spirit guides, ascended masters, tutelary deities, ancestors and communicators on behalf of the most divine.

Throughout the bible stories and mythologies of many cultures Angels serving as communicators and guardians is a very well known concept. They serve as intermediaries of god and messengers of impending danger or guides to fulfilling our personal goals and life’s purpose.

As I have continued my practice of communicating with Angels, I’ve learned some very valuable lessons of trust and faith. Not trust and faith in what’s outside of me, but more importantly what’s inside of me, my own intuition. I realized that I’ve been in conflict between the voice that speaks to me and the “gut feeling” (intuition) that also speaks to me regularly.

Ego and intuition.

Ego is a lot more seemingly aggressive, dominant and fear based. My intuition is more optimistic and free of restraints. I understand now that what ego is trying to do is protect me from failure, keep me in my comfort zone. Intuition has no attachment to image and even if failure is an option, it wants me to experience failure and learn from it.

Ego take no chances at all costs.

This is where Guardian Angels come into play. The energy of Angels can appear to people in many forms. Others can feel them or hear them such as the “inner voice” that speaks to them. Others, like myself, can see their messages in symbols. When I began working with Uriel I started seeing multiple numbers especially times like 12:12, 2:22, 3:33, 4:44, 5:55 and even 666 in license plates.

I work in an office where co-workers discuss customer accounts and as I would walk throughout the office I’d hear my co-workers repeat these numbers, while confirming account numbers or phone numbers. My ego kept telling me this was just coincidences, but in developing my trust within myself I realized these were means of communication, especially with Uriel since he was the one I was trying to contact during these “coincidental” instances.

I also recently had an experience where I was sitting in traffic and was a bit frustrated as I was running late and a car abruptly cut me off. That added to my frustration when suddenly I realized the car had a decal on its bumper that said, “Angel” with wings around it. I smiled and realized the angels were with me and simply reminding me to relax, take it easy. These are the types of situations one must be aware of and grateful of experiencing and most importantly be aware of what they are trying to communicate.

It is important to be aware of your environment and remain present and in tune of your surroundings. You can’t assume things are coincidences or insignificant because Angels can speak to us in many forms. It is up to you to decipher and apply the message to your current situation accordingly.

Although I have had many realizations and experiences with St, Micheal, I decided to expand my knowledge of the other angels in the Archangel Pantheon. There are many types of Angels but primarily there are 7 more commonly known Angels. They are separated in hierarchies or orders.

Those listed below fall in the pantheon of Archangels.

From the book: Spirit Guides &Guardian Angels By Richard Webster

First Triad: Angels who serve as heavenly counselors:

Seraphim
Cherubim
Thrones

Second Triad: angels who serve as heavenly governors:

Dominions
Virtues
Powers

Third Triad: angels who function as heavenly messengers:

Principalities
Archangel
Angels

The tirad we’re most familia with are the Third triads of Archangels and Angels. If you take notice you’ll see that their names ends in “el” which means “the shining one”.

Micheal
Gabriel
Raphael
Uriel
Raguel
Sariel
Remiel

Metatron is an angel in Judaism and can be used when learning about Kaballah and the diffrent segments of the tree of life. He was known to once exist as a human being and is closely related to magic and alchemy.

Establishing Communication with Uriel

Uriel is the angel of mental powers and clear thinking.

Uriel is also the angel of forgiveness and purity of one’s thoughts and translating those thoughts into experience and knowing. The name Uriel means “Light” or “Fire” of god. Uriel is mostly related to the mind, ideas, imagination and manifestation of thought. He is also the one to call upon during the night to prevent nightmares. The mind is all and all things that manifest first arise from within the mind. He is also in charge of thought forms whether good or bad.

When Uriel is depicted you will mostly see him holding a ball of fire in his hand or a book. These are symbols of intellect and the spark of life that originates in the mind. Whether imagination, the conscious or subconscious mind, working with Uriel helps you develop those skills to more awareness.

When invoking the energy of Uriel you must be attentive to your thoughts, dreams and ideas as that is his way of communicating. Listening to what people speak around you can have hidden messages from Uriel. Uriel tests you by prompting you in trusting in your inner voice vs. simply dismissing them as mere coincidences.

When working with angelic forces you are tapping into higher frequencies of self and higher consciousness. This form of communication varies greatly and it is up to you to figure out the subtle signs he may provide. As I mentioned Angels speak to me in symbols and signs in my surrounding and others. Meditation is a great way to establish connection as your physical and cosmic being can settle and manifest in a quiet and calm state of being, even if for a few minutes.

Offerings to Uriel

Blue Candle
Angelica Root
Cup of Water

I’ve always associated Uriel with the color blue. Its the color I feel fits him best in my opinion. Uriel is associated with the element of water which is the symbol for emotions and the subconscious mind, The color blue promotes prosperity, harmony, tranquility and the color of the throat chakra which is related to communication & expression.

Angelica Root is a natural herb that can be given to Uriel or any Angel as an offering. In folk magic Angelica root is related to the angelic realm and facilitates communication. The herb can be used in many ways such as burning as incense, in an aura bath or sprinkle in the corner of rooms in your home for protection and lifting vibrations.

The cup of water can be used as a vessel for communication and as a conductor of energy. It also represents purification and clarity of thoughts. Water is also a great element to use when attempting to connect with other portals and it provides clarity to any ritual.

Simply find a space in your home where you can have a few minutes to yourself. Place the photo of Uriel in a spot dedicated to him, or if you don’t have a photo, the cup of water and candle will do. Envision Uriel’s fire in your mind’s eye. Place the cup of water and with the tip of your finger take a few drops and sprinkle in your area. Light the candle and quietly sit for a few moments. Speak to yourself what you would like to manifest into your life.

Speak to the angels as if you were speaking to a friend. Take notice of your thoughts and the messages you receive while sitting in your quiet space. Have faith in your intuition and most importantly be aware and cultivate positive thoughts.

You can purchase our Guardian Angel Uriel Candle & Quartz Crystal Kit at the shop. Link Here to the shop.