Cavern, fire and ink

  A Spirit-Bank of Fortune and Growth There are banks of brick and steel, and then there are banks of spirit. In the worlds of conjure, Quimbanda, and Thai sorcery, containers have always been more than storage — they are vessels, bodies for spirits, homes for medicines, and treasuries of power. The Barrel Treasurer is born in that same current: not a piggy bank, not a curiosity, but a living treasurer who eats what you feed and multiplies what you keep. The Root of the Work Years ago, I asked my teacher, Ajarn Apichai, about methods of magic that could not only store money but also energize it — pushing fortune in games of chance, strengthening investments, and keeping wealth from slipping away. His answer was simple: a bank. Another teacher of mine had taught me the use of saving boxes as a way of building a relationship with money. That echo of familiarity struck deep. Ajarn encouraged me to build my own vessel, to craft a body for wealth using the knowledge I had learned und...

As most of you know my base knowledge is conjure as it’s taught to me by mama Starr from Old Style Conjure.     Recently I visited Texas, family and friends, I got a private class with mama on doll making which refreshed my mind and got me on the mood to go back to basics so to speak. With a renewed spirit, I felt inspired to work on traditional amulets and began working on these mojos aimed to be a crown of success. One of course can find multiple styles and colors on the web, but I wanted to keep things as they were taught to me, so I began working with my patron spirits after a couple of offerings, formulating a recipe for the mixture load and ways of empowering these amulets. Soon enough, I found myself hand stitching and praying each bag getting them all ready to make a batch of mojos, activating herbal elements to be added to the mixture and a collection of oils and powders added as well. With completion of crafting these bags, I took multiple days of working daily over ...

++++English at the top/ Español después de la parte de inglés++++  Tattooing, a practice that can be found nearly anywher nowadays, widely spreading and catching up with the changes our social world is undergoing, its been along side of us since the beginning of humanity and continues to evolve rapidly offering many styles and approaches to special types of tattooing.  The rituals of tattooing. Tattooing, in my opinion, is a living practice, it changes depending on teachings from tattooer to apprentice, evolving with the artist to accommodate their style and better fit their expression of their art and abilities. unaware of the rituals already undergoing on its practice to the mundane eyes, let's step a little closer to see the rituals already being part of everyday tattooing for both, client and tattooist. Through the 12 years of experience I have as a tattooist, I've heard clients talk about their personal choice of "when to get tattooed", some only get tattooed at ...