Integrating Iron and Pearl: Music for the Points

The Iron and Pearl Pentacles are core tools in Feri, and with my current students (I'm co-teaching a distance Feri and Reclaiming course) we are working through the Iron and Pearl at the beginning of their training, which should take roughly eighteen months. 

The reason why we begin with Iron and Pearl is mainly because we want our students to have a strong ethical foundation in the Craft before we introduce them to the Guardians and begin Divine Twins work. 

Given the importance of these two Pentacles to Feri Witches, I'm always looking for ways to further integrate their potent energies into my life. I will discuss other ways of running Iron and Pearl in other posts, but I'd like to give you some ideas for using different types of music to bring the Points to bear. Please feel free to experiment with types of music that evoke these Points for you. 

Sex - 60's guitar music, think Jimi Hendrix or Carlos Santana

Self - Any type of wind instrument, or violins. Classical music is great for Self. 

Passion - Flamenco or "gypsy" music 

Pride - Gospel music (Heather Small's "Proud" is an obvious choice!)

Power - anything with a heavy bass, dubstep works quite well. 

Love - love songs!! I'm a fan of Stevie Nicks for this Point

Knowledge - Gregorian chants 

Wisdom - new age/nature music

Law - jazz fits well here

Power - Choir music, or big band/orchestras 

A fun project might be to create playlists on iTunes or spotify for each Point so that you can add songs as they come to you. 

Let me know how you get on!

Seven-fold Feri Practice - An update

Refining one's philosophy and attitude toward spirituality is an ongoing practice. I have written before on how I structure both my daily practice and my wider practice as a Feri Witch. 

The Guardians of our Tradition are the true teachers and initiators. All that we know comes from these great beings, who preside over the realms of the elements of life. For example, the Guardian of the East guards all that belongs to that direction, which is not solely limited to the classical element of Air. 

With this in mind, here is how I currently structure my daily practice and wider practice, what I term the "inner" and "outer" paths.  

Inner Paths (daily practice)

Centre - Connection to God Her(self)

East - Prayer and intention for the day

South - Run the Points for that day

West - Soul alignment and purification

North - Sitting practice 

Above - Divination practice 

Below - Inspirational reading 

Circumference - Gratitude and blessings 

Outer Paths (wider practice)

Centre - Path of Devotion

East - Path of Spellwork 

South - Path of the Pentacles

West - Path of the Soul

North - Path of the Body

Above - Path of Gnosis

Below - Path of Art

Each of the paths, and the inner and outer expression of each, is a space that can contain various specific practices. As long as I am attempting to walk along each of these paths in some way, I feel I am living an integrated practice. It is useful for me to see which path I am neglecting, and those I find easy. I imagine this structure and mapping will evolve as my practice evolves, but hopefully you will find this contribution useful. 

Lenormand in Spellwork

The Lenormand cards are a wonderfully objective and straight-forward divination tool, full of practical hands-on wisdom. 

Here is a working list of how the cards could be used in planning various spells/rootwork. This is a working list and definitely adaptable! 

1. Rider - attraction magic 

2. Clover - good luck magic

3. Ship - bath/wash 

4. House - home as focus of deployment

5. Tree - ancestor work/healing

6. Clouds - confusion work

7. Snake - sneaky deployment 

8. Coffin - burying/coffin spell

9. Bouquet - involve flowers 

10. Scythe - cut and clear 

11. Whip - tie the tongue/stop gossip

12. Birds - chanting/singing 

13. Child - poppet magic

14. Fox - communication work

15. Bear - power/mastery 

16. Stars - astrology 

17. Stork - wish bird/elementals 

18. Dog - faithfulness magic 

19. Tower - bring in guides/spirits

20. Garden - strong herbal focus 

21. Mountain - stones/crystals 

22. Crossroad - crossroads/road opener

23. Mice - banishing magic 

24. Heart - root the magic in love

25. Ring - binding spells 

26. Book - using psalms/prayer

27. Letter - petition magic 

28. Man - figure candle/fluids

29. Woman - figure candle/fluids

30. Lily - sex magic

31. Sun - success magic

32. Moon - glamour magic 

33. Key - unblocking/key magic

34. Fish - offerings 

35. Anchor - talismans/mojo hands

36. Cross - crossing/uncrossing

Let me know your thoughts!