Magic - Walking The Twilight Path by Michelle Belanger

As a metaphysician, I am in constant research of what is real and truth.  Relating to the world around me isn't as simple as it might be for some, partially because I experience things that aren't easy to explain and because of my personal beliefs.

My fascination with death has always been a part of me.  I try not to be excessively morbid, but my awareness of what becomes of us when we leave this realm escalated when my Mother passed several years ago.  It took my intrigue of taphophilia purely for art's sake and turned it into a battle of energies within me.  As a magical person, I knew I would not be able to find any internal peace until I learned to deal with those energies, grief and the fears I harboured.

This book, Walking The Twilight Path by Michelle Belanger saved my soul more than anyone will ever realize.  Not a black magic rite or a Goth trip at all, it is about ancestor worship, learning to embrace the mysteries of death while still remaining very much alive and using the energy of decay and spirits to illuminate and guide you on your life path.  It helped me to heal deep wounds my grief caused, journey past my fears and find my balance between life and death again through the presence of magic.

I want to share a particularly simple spell from the book.  This incense allows you to mediate and invoke communication with the dead.  I used it to gain closure with my departed Mother.  This is a direct excerpt from the book:

Beyond The Veil

• 2 parts Cypress
• 1 part Myrrh
• 2 parts White Willow
• 1 part White Chrysanthemum

This is another variation on the blend intended to help summon spirits of the dead. This version includes cypress and willow, two trees that have traditionally been used associated with graveyards here in the West.  Chrysanthemums also have strong associations with death.  In Japanese folk belief, this is especially true of the white chrysanthemum.  Blend this incense at night during an new moon and burn it to rouse the spirits and call them into your sacred place.
  

Author - Michelle Belanger