New arrivals!

In addition to the Novena, 7-day and 50 hour candles we received last week, much has come in since! We have job's tears, Anna Riva inks, sheep-skin parchments, little hand-made deer-skin medicine bags, porcupine quills, sage smudges, and so much more you just have to come in to see it!

In addition, as far as artisan's pieces, we have two beautiful hand crafted ebony athames, (one with a clear quartz in the pommel, and one without), elk-skin medicine bags embroidered with real red coral, turquoise and pearl (each one containing a necklace of coral, turquoise and pearl), and a large hand-embroidered medicine bag made of deer-skin.


...and lastly, voodoo-baby charms are back in stock too!

Deity of the Week - MA'AT

DEITY OF THE WEEK - MA'AT

By Eri The goddess Ma’at is one of the more important gods of the Egyptian pantheon. As the Goddess who represents truth, justice, and the laws of nature, no important decision of a Pharaoh could be carried out without offerings to Ma’at. It is said that even her father, the sun god Ra, was subject to her laws, and that it was Ma’at that created order out of chaos at the beginning of the world. This is intensified by the fact that her husband, Thoth, is the god of wisdom, scribes (or, more modernly, the written word) and magic. Ma’at is the laws of the universe, the natural ebb and flow of the cosmos and the order of things, and Thoth can be said to write these laws down and brings them to a more human perspective and practice.

In the Egyptian Book of the Dead the trials of Ma’at are one of the most important parts of the journey of the soul. Just before the soul of the dead person can finally be united with Osiris and enjoy eternal life, his heart must be weighed against the feather of Truth (Ma’at’s feather) on the scales of Justice (Ma’at herself). If the heart of the person weighs less or the same as the feather and is judged by Thoth to be found (relatively) free of sin and falsehood, then the soul is allowed to pass to the final stage of his journey. If the heart weighs more then the feather however, the soul is eaten and destroyed by the beast Ammet. This passage shows that the Egyptians believed that only by living justly in this world, would they be accepted among the gods in the next. Ma’at is the symbol of all that is just, right and balanced and the Egyptians believed by living up to her laws they would be maintaining the universe against chaos.

The Weighing of the Heart against the Feather of Ma’at

Ma’at can still be used in ritual today. The ideals she represents are universal and ageless ones. In fact in a society that seems so unbalanced, with all its emphasis on the material world, Ma’at is perhaps the more needed. Ma’at teaches us to live in harmony with universal truths and the laws of nature and to maintain balance in our lives. Call upon Ma’at to help show you the right path between extreme choices or to help obtain justice. Try to keep the ideals of Ma’at in mind before taking any major steps and you will find yourself living a better life.

Potos are in from our Kaleidoscope Gathering Camping Festival

The following photos are of out little Kitchen Tent with the tables and stock all set up. We were placed in the secondary vending area on the other side of the Valahalla Cafe. would sometimes joke that we were on the other side of Valhalla where the dead don't even go. That was because not many people realized there was a secondary vending area. It was quiet. We still did well at KG, but we know for next year to show up earlier and be in the primary vending area. It was still fun!!










This is the bright dragonfly that came to visit us and eat the mosquitoes and other bugs that invaded out tent. He looked very pretty on the pouches!

Below is the Viking Longship in the small lake onsite. The theme this year at the festival was Norse Vikings. The film "13th Warrior" was projected on a giant white sail on the longship one evening. The ship was hand-built by the staff of the festival and each shield hand-painted.



Sam, the Elf, ready for tarot/oracle readings and myself, Scarlet, waiting to make the first sales of the day.





And lastly, here are some scenic shots from the area: the forest and the lake.

NOVENAS, 50-HOUR, & FIGURE CANDLES

We have finally received our shipment of Novena (7-day in glass jar) candles and 50-hour glass jar candles. We place this order once or twice a year and they have now arrived.

Come get your candles while the selection is fresh!

Spiritual Cleansing

We we get back from vacations and ready ourselves for school and work, we often find the need to cleans and purify ourselves. We seek a connection in spirituality and a sense of rejuvenation, energy to face the new Fall endeavors ahead. Here are some things you can do.

Spiritual Cleansing Bath:
The Women's or Men's spiritual cleansing bath salt is perfect for this. You simply add 2 tbsp. to your regular bath and allow its energy to sooth and cleanse your spirit. You can light white candles aound your bathtub to lend to the atmosphere and strengths.

For Business:
Place a jade stone with some sea salt and your business card into a green pouch and place it into your business for one month.

For School:
Invest in a comforting tea that increases open-mindedness and awareness, like a mint-based tea. When you study, use our specially blended Study oil to help you absorb and remember the information and then again to recall it for your exams.

INCOMING !!

We have several orders from companies on their way to us this month and some have already arrived!!

We received obsidian scrying mirrors in various sizes and obsidian scrying balls, too. There are new tarot decks that have also just arrived, along with some new books. I will give you the highlights of the tarots and books in a moment. Special in from the Pagan Festival we attended are beautiful hand crafted wands of silver birch and ironwood with soft protective hand sewn bags for each. One of the staff at the store hand engraved several rune sets of beautiful gemstones (sodalite, apaches tears, fluorite, tiger's eye, etc).

You must come in to see these new items.

New Store Products

BOOK / TAROTS HIGHLIGHTS

Starhawk Earth Magic
Sacred Ritual fr connecting to Nature's Power
4 audio CD's with exercises, rituals, chants and more.
$35.00

Sacred Land
Intuitive Gardening for Personal, Political and Environmental Change
book by: Clea Danaan
$17.50

Ghost Hunters
On the trail of mediums, dowsers, spirit seekers, and other investigators of America's paranormal world
book by: John Kachuba
$19.95

Psychic Energy Codex
Awaking your Subtle Senses
book by author of Psychic Vampires: Michelle Belanger
$23.95

INCOMING!!
What is on its way to us by the end of the month?
- candles
- novenas
- figure candles
- stones

Pagans in Canada - A Statistical Analysis & Forecast | Enchanted Realm

Pagans in Canada - A Statistical Analysis & Forecast Enchanted Realm

New Reader!

We would like to welcome Erica as our new reader in the store. Erica uses the Faerie Oracle cards to consult the energies of the faeries and asks them their advice on situations, much like as with other tarot reading methods. She believes that as faeries see the world in a very open and broad way, and believe in neither right or wrong, they tend to give very open and non-judgemental advice, getting to the heart of the matter, rather then dwelling on social mores.

Erica will here to receive clients in the morning, Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10-1.

Kaleidoscope Gathering

We will be vending at the Kaleidoscope Pagan Gathering Festival this year (August 1-6)! This is a great opportunity to check us out at Canada’s largest Pagan Festival!

PAY NO TAXES!
We will pay all the taxes on your purchases made at the festival

Specialty items will be available for the first time, or one time only at Kaleidoscope:
Indonesian Musical Instruments
The new Chakra kits
Voodoo Babies (the new rage in dangling charms)

Workshops:
During the festival, Scarlet will be offering 3 free workshops:
Wednesday August 1st @ 5pm: Introduction to Charkras
Friday August 3rd @ 3:30pm: Stone lore
Sunday August 5th @ 10am: Bindrunes