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2024 Election Altar

I made an Election Altar with various crystals for the “Happy Warrior”

This is my 2024 Election Altar. In addition to this manifesting and meditating, I am also supporting candidates by donating and volunteering for their campaigns. It’s not one or the other. It’s both/and!

Ways you can help the Harris Walz Campaign

About My Election 2024 Altar

Candle Meditation

The candle wax is from some candle meditation I did in the early afternoon on July 21, because I’d heard rumors that Biden would be dropping out. After the candle was gone, I went online and saw the tweet from the President that he was no longer in the race and had endorsed Harris. I couldn’t believe it had happened while I was doing that candle meditation. Wild!

The plate is special, too. It belonged to my dear Great Aunt Betty. Were she alive today, she would be so thrilled about the chance to support such an amazing, intelligent, powerful woman for President.

Prints

The mailers and bumper sticker are for candidates I support in the 2024 election.

The Witches

The witch dolls are Camilla and Evangeline (hahaha, but seriously, those are their names). I got them from the CVS Halloween clearance last year, for $5 each. No, I do not ever chat with them like they’re real. What are you talking about? (Of course, I do.) BTW they are cousins and they love Kamala. They have offered to help the Harris Walz Campaign with some of their magick. (Goodness, I am a NERD! Har har har).

The Crystals

I purchased the crystals on a recent trip to Salem. I bought them at The Cauldron Black and Enchanted of Salem.

I bought them on August 18, the anniversary day of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, which stated that women shall not be denied the right to vote on the basis of sex, so they’re extra charged based on date and location of purchase!

Protection Crystals

  • Yellow Obsidian: to draw out mental stress, block psychic attacks, and help keep balance
  • Purple Obsidian: trust gut feelings (as in, avoid sounding too politician-y!)
  • Strawberry Obsidian: protection from negative energy
  • Smoky Quartz: ease anxiety

Energizing Crystals

  • Green Aventurine: to ease mental and emotional trauma, dissolving negative thought and bringing calm (a combatant against MAGAism)
  • Red Aventurine: for creativity, vitality, and good luck
  • Labradorite: a stone for great magic and transformation

The Backdrop

The backdrop is a scarf with the climactic scene of Pride and Prejudice printed on it, when Darcy proposes to Elizabeth again, and she accepts. I’m praying, hoping, donating, and volunteering to help bring about a happy ending to this election.

Please to all the deities out there, listen to our petitions and grant us this Great Magic and Transformation we seek.

PS It is my Gramma Eileen’s NINETY-FIFTH birthday today. She was born in Salem. She loathes Grumpypants and loves Kamala.

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The Salem Witch Trials: Reckoning and Reclaiming

A Virtual Field Trip to the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA

In October 2021 I went up to Salem to the Peabody Essex Museum to see their exhibit, “The Salem Witch Trials: Reckoning and Reclaiming.” Even on the first week of October, Salem is WILD. It’s a lot like being in New Orleans during Mardi Gras. I love it, but if you’re crowd wary, take note.

Anyway, for your viewing pleasure, I have put together a “Virtual Fieldtrip” for those of you who didn’t make it up to Salem, Massachusetts to see the exhibit for yourself. It ran from October 2021 to March 2022.

Part One: The Reckoning and Reclaiming

The first slide show has artifacts of the accused, primary source documents from the time of the Witch Trials, and a timeline. It ends with a featured couture gown from the late fashion designer Alexander McQueen’s Fall 2007 line. He dedicated that show to his ancestor, one of the accused, named Elizabeth Howe. The gown was made in her honor.

Part Two: Major Arcana, Portraits of Witches in America

The second slide show captures another part of the exhibit, titled “Major Arcana: Portraits of Witches in America.” This section featured photographic portraits of modern American witches such as Starhawk, Pam Grossman, and Juliet Diaz. It ends with a quote from M. Macha Nightmare, “A Witch is a mover and a shaper who draws power from the natural world and from within herself.”