Thursday, April 14, 2011

Uncrossing, part 2.5: The Supplies, cont'd...

More than two weeks ago I finally finished all the supplies I needed for the uncrossing operation.  I ended up making all the supplies from scratch, which was fun but at the same time long and drawn-out.  I wore my arm out several times working my mortar and pestle, but rediscovered the joy in making one's own magical supplies.

As I outlined in this post, the more traditional version of an uncrossing is a 3-phase process that can take up to 13 days.  I settled on 3 days for my uncrossing, because by the time I managed to get everything together, I had already weakened my condition and reduced the symptoms through regular offerings and personal spiritual cleansings.  It might have been nice to expand the working to 7 days, but the process is also a little exhaustive.

Nonetheless, I wanted to talk about the supplies for my uncrossing and how I made them.  For making oils, powders, incenses and such, there are some basic tools that I used:
  • A mortar & pestle.  The larger the mortar, the better, in my opinion.  I tended to get small hand cramps trying to work mine after a while.
  • 2 or 3 small bowls.
  • A liquid measuring cup.
  • A set of measuring spoons.
  • A few popsicle sticks to stir stuff with.
  • A small strainer with a handle, with a somewhat fine mesh.  For liquids, you could substitute a jar, rubber band and cheesecloth.  For powders, you can substitute a sifter.

Now, I'm going to list my recipes for my uncrossing supplies.  I initially got the recipe for uncrossing oil from Judika Illes' excellent book, "The Element Encyclopedia of 5,000 Spells".  Then I made adjustments to it based on the material in Devi Spring's post on uncrossing, as well as my own research on uncrossing herbs via Cat Yronwode's "Hoodoo Herb & Root Magic", and other bits of information picked up from various blogs and internet resources.  The recipe for the uncrossing oil is important here because I based the recipes for all my other uncrossing supplies on it.  Also note that the ingredients change depending on the particular item, as you'll see below.

All herbs, unless otherwise noted, are ground up.

After straining out the herbs
1. Uncrossing Oil
  • 3/4 cup Castor oil
  • 1/4 cup Jojoba oil
  • 1/2 tbsp Hyssop
  • 1/2 tbsp Rue
  • 1/2 tbsp Salt
  • 1 pinch Lemon Balm
  • 1 pinch Black Pepper
  • 1 pinch Sage
  • 1 pinch Myrrh
  • 1 pinch Frankincense
  • 1 small length of broken chain

Combine the oils and pour them into an appropriately-sized bottle or mason jar.  Grind up the herbs, salt, and resins and then combine them.  Add all the dry ingredients, including the chain, to the oil.  Seal the container and shake it until the herbs are thoroughly mixed in.  Shake the container like this once a day for at least 3 days before using.  However, with mine I got a better infusion after more than a week.

The Uncrossing Oil when shaken
The recipe from the 5,000 Spells book calls for castor oil, but suggests adding some jojoba to make it flow better.  One interesting thing I discovered is that the castor oil would not combine with the jojoba, and so they kept separating and I have to shake the bottle before use.  Castor oil is very thick.  Jojoba, while having the feel and consistency of oil, I've heard it is actually a type of liquid wax.  While I didn't really like that they separated, it created an interesting visual effect!

The end product was not very strongly-scented, and mostly has an herbal kind of smell with hints of the castor oil.

2. Uncrossing Incense
  • 1/2 tbsp Hyssop
  • 1/2 tbsp Rue
  • 1/2 tbsp Salt
  • 1 pinch Lemon Balm
  • 1 pinch Black Pepper
  • 1 pinch Sage
  • 1 pinch Frankincense

Grind up each ingredient and then combine them all.  Burn on self-igniting charcoal blocks.

One thing I should mention about this incense is that with the way I made it, it ended up not giving out much smoke when sprinkled on the charcoal.  The smoke from this incense isn't very strong and mostly has an herbal type of smell much like the oil did.

3. Uncrossing Powder
  • 1 tbsp Flour, Cornstarch, or Talcum (hereafter referred to as the "powder base")
  • 1/2 tbsp Hyssop
  • 1/2 tbsp Rue
  • 1/2 tbsp Salt
  • 1 pinch Lemon Balm
  • 1 pinch Black Pepper
  • 1 pinch Sage
  • 1 pinch Frankincense

Grind up each ingredient as fine as you can.  If needed, sift out the powdered herbs from the course, and continue grinding the course.  Once you have as much of them powdered as possible, combine them together and then mix them into the powder base.

For my first run at this, I used flour as the powder base.  So far it has worked decently.  I used cornstarch for another oil, which I'll mention in a future post.

4. Uncrossing Spiritual Bath
  • 1 tbsp Hyssop
  • 1 tbsp Rue
  • 1 tbsp Salt

Combine the ingredients in a 2-quart pitcher and pour boiling water over them.  Stir and then leave to steep for at least 15 minutes.  Allow time to cool and then strain out the herbs before use.  Repeat this for each day of the uncrossing operation.

One thing that helped me was to make a pitcher of the spiritual bath the night before, and then when taking the bath the next day, add some hot water to the infusion to warm it up before use.

5. Uncrossing Floorwash
  • 1 tbsp Hyssop
  • 1 tbsp Rue
  • 1 tbsp Salt

As you can see, this recipe is exactly the same as the spiritual bath; it's just put to a different purpose.  It's even made the same way.  Due to the size of my home and the fact that I was only going to spritz the floors with it, one batch of this stuff made with 2 quarts of water lasted me throughout the entire 3 days of my uncrossing operation.

If I made this stuff again, I would try to go with something like Chinese Floorwash instead of salt due to its reputation for breaking up bad conditions.

That's it for my uncrossing recipes!  What I'd like to cover next are the ingredients I used and why I used them:

  • Hyssop:  This herb is a jinx-breaker and is also used to be free from one's own sin.  In essence, it cleanses away negativity and evil generated by oneself.
  • Rue:  This one is a staple of defensive magic.  It is a spiritual cleanser known to avert the evil eye.  In counterpart to hyssop, it cleanses away negativity and evil from sources outside of oneself.
  • Salt:  Salt is a spiritual cleanser par excellence.  It is used not only in spiritual cleansing, but also in protective work.
  • Lemon Balm:  Breaks up old conditions and assists with healing.
  • Black Pepper:  An aggressive protector, it provides defense while at the same time actively working against enemies.  It seems to me that last part can also translate into working against bad conditions, in a roundabout kind of way.
  • Sage:  This is a protector, but it also reverses harm and is an herb of wisdom.  Thus, it seems to me that it can help give insight into the nature of the crossed condition, on top of reversing the harm done.
  • Myrrh:  Protection, peace, healing.
  • Frankincense:  This adds spiritual favor and power to any formula.  Thus, by adding it to the recipes, all the other ingredients are enhanced.
  • Castor Oil:  This oil is mentioned in the 5,000 Spells book as having protective properties.  Going by the Doctrine of Signatures, it seems to me as though it would also have cleansing and purging properties...*ahem*.  I mean of a spiritual nature, of course!
It's been fun making these, and overall I'm pleased with the end products.  If you, dear readers, decide to try any of these yourself, let me know your results as well as any alterations made.  I'd love to hear them!

That's it for this post, folks.  My next post will cover the uncrossing operation itself, giving details on how I did it, what forces I called on for aid, and other such tidbits.

8 comments:

  1. A nice formula you got there!i love the selection of ingredients u made! May i add a few bits of info?I love that u added lemon balm into your formula, i love lemon balm tea!Lemon balm is a good ingredient for "road opening" type workings. Other ingredients that would be good for uncrossing : angelica root (an ingredient in Angel Wine which if often prescribe to crossed clients), patchouli, pine needles.Some people sometimes used 13 different curios for uncrossing,and the use of no 13 is a very old trick, and of course people do sell that sometimes in a "herb" base version of bath called 13 herbs bath. Lucky Mojo's Uncrossing Oil contains sulphur too, which make sense for a "curse killer" properties :)

    during my earlier days of oil making, i have tried using castor oil for a base and i have to say that i didnt like it at all.It's too thick, i hated the oil feeling u get prior to skin application. I have used jojoba oil sometimes but it tend to be on a pricey side, but with a infinite shelf life! However my recent favourite would be the Sunflower oil, it has a high Vitamin E content,but sometimes i do add a drop of Wheat germ oil just to be on the safe side.I will add more WG if im using other base : peach kernel, apricot seeds etc etc

    For a powder, try using a mixture of cornstarch and arrow root powder!i love the silky texture of it!

    If you are making a "stock compound" oil for the scent(most commercial companies do this), try adding a dropperful of the oil to the incense and powder :)

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  2. Thanks a ton for all these suggestions! This is especially helpful to me, as I've been wanting to remake my Uncrossing formula. Initially I left Angelica out because I didn't have any, but I do now. I was considering adding Pennyroyal to the new formula. I like your suggestion of pine, too, and I included it in the rough version of the new recipe I've been developing. :)

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  3. Pine is a great ingredient for "cleansing" type formula, which usually will appear in uncrossing and road opening workings, similar to lemon balm.I love angelica, the energy is amazing!it banishes evil, protects and heal you physically and spiritually.I find angelica to be the best root to keep by yourself when working with angels.St Michael loves this root! Pennyroyal is an excellent ingredient per se but i dont usually add it to my uncrossing formula.i make a "jinx killer" formula which is similar to uncrossing but with a slight different approach (other example would be stay with me & stay at home).i like to combine pennyroyal with nettle and wahoo bark!very good stuff! Well try experimenting with your formulas and let the spirit guide you, i do that too sometimes when picking ingredients to make a mojo or soemthing or crafting a new formula!a pendulum or a jack ball could do the same too, try asking a yes and no answer if those ingredients are suitable for you :)

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  4. Hi Ocean

    Do not forget the cleaning ability of the Sage, but this property is used with the Indians.
    Cat Ironwood mentions only in passing, but its purifying quality is more essential than protective.

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  5. Agrimony is a must in an uncrossing work. Sulphur may be substituted with garlic, as it contains great amount of sulphur in itself already. I would also recommend Centaury considering it banish''snakes''. Also;
    - Dragons Blood
    - St. John' Wort
    - Fern
    - Mint
    - Alkanet (in money matters)
    - Ceyenne pepper
    - Sesame (road-opener. Remember ''Open sesame open'')
    - Lady's mantle (to strengten any formula)
    - Burdock
    - White lilly (breaking love spells)

    These re the ones that comes to my mind at first. There are dozens of other herbs out there break hex and remove obstacles.

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  6. Hello.. Thank you for this page,..

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