Scrying is a great way to find answers to questions or check into the future to see what will come. You can spend a ton of money buying one premade in a store or you can make one yourself! Most craft posts on making a scrying mirror are pretty basic; spray the glass, place back in, done. But that is BORING! If you are gonna do the work to make it yourself why not make it FOR yourself!?! Making it yourself means you can customize it however you’d like to suit your personality and needs. For mine I wanted something that was larger as it would be more suited to my casting room. So I got a larger picture with frame for my project.  

Next take out the glass and clean it very well. Be careful not to touch the glass while you are working with it or you will get smudges in your glass. Take it outside and spray paint it black on the back side. You will need to go over it several times to be sure it is coated well.

While the paint dries you can decorate your frame. There are many different things you could do from gluing on charms or crystals, adding glitter, etc. I chose to add an embellished design to mine. I used a glue gun to make swirls all around the frame. A glue gun can be difficult to control in making perfectly even embellishments and can leave stringy bits. The stringy bits should pull right off. Evening out the swirls can be a bit more challenging. I have found the best way to restructure parts that came out incorrectly is by using the hot tip of the heat gun without the glue stick. For this mirror I left them the way were to give the mirror a vintage feel. 

Next we need to paint our frame! Can’t leave the glue like that looking awful. I took the frame outside and used a metallic chrome/silver spray paint. I went over it with 2 coats to make sure I got all the nooks and crannies (first picture). Once it completely dried I added a wash of black over it so it looked aged and more mysterious.  

Once everything has dried you can spray a sealer over the frame to help keep it from chipping or flaking. When your sealer has dried go ahead and replace the glass and hang it on your wall! In the picture below you can see what looks like a face in the corner of the mirror. This is what happens if you touch the glass before spraying without cleaning it off. I did not realize I had place the side of my palm on the glass after cleaning it. If this happens to you your project is not ruined. Gently scratch off the paint in that section, clean the glass, and respray with your black spray paint until it matches the rest of the mirror!

If you still would rather not make your own scrying mirror I create these items on a custom basis at my shop Sandi’s Enchanted Garden on Etsy. Just pop me over a message and we will find something perfect for you! You can find me at: 

The Enchanted Garden: https://www.craftsbysandi.com 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CraftsbySandi

As we near Samhain the veil begins to thin and the other side becomes more dominant in our lives. Along with this comes a darkness. Not just the days getting shorter or all the scary monster decorations popping up, but also with ourselves and our minds.

As one of the few witch shops that carry items for dark magick spells I get a lot of questions from people. Some ask about the possible karmic back lash of selling/using those types of items. The answer I often give to the karma question is “depends”. There are many paths of belief and magick that do not have karma as part of their system. The longer I live in this world and witness the goings on of it the more I realize that those paths are on to something.

While I don’t believe in karma or a three-fold rule or anything along those lines I do believe that the energy we surround ourselves with influences the type of energy we receive. But I also believe that this is limited to constant energy. I don’t think if you cut someone off on the freeway that your car will eventually die and need to be replaced. I believe that if you surround yourself with negativity or darkness all the time then you will attract that energy back to you. So using dark magick is something you will want to reserve for the most dire of situations.

Most are curious as to why anyone would want to perform dark magick. This also an easy question to answer. I have found that the people who ask me this question are generally of a belief system that has a creator/protector God/dess (Christians, Wiccans, etc.). These people tend to not have a need for dark magick because they have a supreme being of some sort to smite their enemies and bestow blessings on their families for them. Or they believe in karma who will hand out a spanking for their bad behavior or a cookie for the good. However, there are still many people out there that do not have these benefactors and need to handle their business on their own. And then there are those times when you feel YOU have to take care of it yourself.

Those who choose to or feel they need to perform dark magick tend to catch a lot of grief from others. When it is needed it is used sparingly, and after there seems to be no other recourse. While you may not choose to use this type power doesn’t mean you are better than those who do. Instead choose to be grateful that you follow a path that has someone who will take care of it for you rather than talk down to those who are left on their own to handle their problems.

Happy Samhain!

The Siren's Song with Jennifer Rasmussen

Double, double toil and trouble....

Omnia does it again!

Today's Recipe with Autumn Earthsong

Stones and Crystals with Jennifer Hodgson

Blue Calcite

Calcite comes in many colors, green, blue, yellow, orange, clear, brown, pink, gray and red. This is a very common crystal.

Calcite is a cleanser of energy. This stone can clean negative energies from not just a room but from the environment. This stone will also remove stagnant energy from within the body.

A great stone for psychic abilities, channeling and out-of-body experiences.

Blue calcite is a stone used for lowering blood pressure and to release negative emotions.

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