Rag doll

Ever had a song get stuck in your head?  Like for days?  I’ve been catching myself singing/whistling/humming Aerosmith’s Rag Doll.  Probably not for the reason you think, although I love the band and their music.  The reason? I have had rag dolls on my mind as of late.  I work with them quite often.  I can see the wheels turning now.  What do you do with them?  Aren’t they supposed to be evil and full of malice?  Well……yes and no.  First, I don’t use subjective terms in relation to my magical undertakings. It all comes down to intent so depending upon whether or not I am sending healing out or kicking (yeah I do that occasionally), would determine what some would label it.  In 100 BCE, wax dolls were made of Pharaoh Ramses III  by his many enemies including women of his harem(guess they weren’t too fond of him, huh?) The ancient Greeks used sympathetic magic in love and defensive spells.. Banishings were done by using herbs like garlic or rue Some even suggest that the pins that one might use could be used similarly like acupuncture I’ve never tried that myself, but it’s interesting concept.  The dolls themselves are unique.  I make them out of various things, such as clay, soap, string, cloth, paper.  It just depends upon what I plan on doing with them after I am done with the working.  Sometimes I add herbs or taglocks, depending on what I’m doing.  So….just what am I doing?  Well, I’ve  been in the healing mode of operation lately, in the mundane and elsewhere.  So now that someone I respect can use that energy, I’ve pulled out the things to make my rag doll.  I have cloth, herbs, and something that would represent my friend(taglock).  Taglocks can be a number of things…hair, personal belongings..all those things you’ve probably seen in movies or read about somewhere.  but they can also be something as simple as writing that person’s name and tucking it inside the doll itself.  Working with the dolls themselves are not hard, but one needs to be clear about focus.  Exactly what is it you want your poppet to work on?  For myself, I NEVER do “love” workings because where is the fun in that?  One has to have free will and if you tie someone to you and then tire of them, what can you do but try to break that binding.  what a waste of energy and will be redundant in nature because if one tries it once and it is successful(for the time that they used it) then they will try it again.   Why not do something mundane say like.. Oh…..I don’t know….try and work on the relationship like everyone else does. Trying to manipulate something as important as relationships goes against my personal ethics.  One has to be specific in wording. of your intent as well.  I have a friend that I gifted some money oil.  She asked for more money.  Yeah..now she is working her ass off at both of her jobs.  She should have been more specific like she wanted a certain amount of money all at once, or win the lottery, but she wasnt and is now being afforded the opportunity to have more hours on her jobs and earn more money.  Yep…Need to be specific in that wording.  So what to use for the healing working I have in mind?  Pine, lemon balm, carnation, ivy are some herbs to consider.  Other herbs that one prefers can be used that hold healing properties can work as well.  I would use white cloth since its neutral, and many think of it as “good”…yeah I know..there’s that subjective label again, but once in awhile I roll with those that are tagged with it.  And of course my taglock.  I work alone, and while I tell you (as in this case) that I am working.  The how’s and what it all entails are kept private.  Not because I think its some big secret that only the “elite” should know, but because this is a personal thing for me.  It requires a lot of energy, and a lot of focus, and if you’ve never done it before, then its not as easy as one might think.  I know a lot of people out there want to make it sound as if its something scary(ghost stories?  really?).  But it only scares those with no real knowledge about workings in general.  My suggestion is to start small, maybe make you a small string dolly to carry around with you for money, good fortune and see how that feels, than move on to the heavier stuff.  I’ve been doing this a long time, so don’t think too hard about how or why I am working…just that I need to do so. So little rag doll, here I come to play and we’ll send healing energy on its way.

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