Wit of the Week

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I had a wonderful weekend in Sydney last week, though I did nearly deafen the man sitting next to me on the plane when my elbow hit the volume button on his earphones.  He was a bit curious about me anyway as I was reading a book about playing bridge hands at one stage and he thought it was a book on how to count cards and cheat the casinos etc - so perhaps I didn't look the card sharp type!

My sister made sure to take me to the Marble Bar in the city for a cocktail - it is so over the top she new I would love it.

Since coming back I've been playing around with the website - I've had in mind for a while to lighten up the look of it - but couldn't quite bring myself to cut out the all black yet.  But have simplified things design wise and cut out a lot of the extra "chatter" - then at the end I thought it needed a little personal touch so added an old pic of Hayden and myself from a Magick Happens event (we don't actually have many photos of ourselves, so will have to do some newer ones). 

So let me know what you think! Is it time for the all black to go?  Too stark now or just right?? Anything missing that you like to use or cant find now?

In the News - Bat and Blood: Oh My Goth (Russia)

 . . . . . Bat and Blood, a horror-themed restaurant on Sadovaya Ulitsa    . . .  the restaurant greets you with a wall of black the moment you walk through the door. Once your eyes adjust, you are led up a flight of stairs that lead away from the downstairs bar, which features a table shaped like a coffin, and into a room bisected by an arch covered with glass panels.

On the walls  . . .was a strange, black design that, depending on your interpretation, could be anything from protruding faces to varicose veins or even tree branches. These eerie designs were the subject of debate while we decided what to order, soothed all the while by the headbanging muzak that is instrumental metal.

 . . . . menu plays along with the horror theme. Some drink names include: Leprosy, Unknown Pleasure, Would?, Grave Digger, Dead Bathory, Witch's Eyes and the Gentle Devil, priced at 666 rubles ($19.40).

 . . . .Dessert is offered and we went with the Grave, a coffin-shaped pastry sprinkled with powder sugar and a sprig of mint popping out of one end like a leafy headstone, and the Pentacle, a pyramid of brownie topped by a heart-shaped scoop of vanilla, both trapped in the center of the black plate by a moat of melted fudge.  . . .

After paying the bill, which arrives in a coffin-shaped box, . . . .

In the News - Let's Goth fly a kite (USA)

 . . . . .Thousands flocked to Fort Williams Park on a recent Saturday afternoon to lounge in the grass, barbecue, and soak up some rays on a blue-skied, 80-degree day.

One group, however, infused a dose of darkness and macabre - if only via its fashion sense - into an otherwise bright afternoon. 

Black corsets, black kilts and black combat boots highlighted the monochromatic fashion parade at the 13th annual Goth Fly a Kite party, the centerpiece of the biggest weekend of the year for greater Portland's Goth community.

Goth Fly a Kite started as a way to expand social avenues for the local Goth scene, a community bound by its shared sense of spooky aesthetics, beyond the club nights that have been held across Portland for nearly 20 years.

"We wanted to do something social other than getting drunk in a club," said Wally Fenderson, 37, who deejays at Plague, a weekly Goth dance party at Asylum on Center Street, which has been the scene's home base for seven years.

The first year it rained and only six kite-fliers turned out, said Ian Graham, who founded the event. But it's grown steadily over time, and on June 7 over 100 people came to picnic, drink a few beers and, of course, fly kites, in full Goth regalia.

 . . . . .Graham attributes the Portland scene's longevity and the success of events like Goth Fly a Kite to a strong foundation of regulars and an inclusive group that embraces newcomers and those just beginning to learn about the culture.

 . . . . ."To be quite frank, this community has been more of a family to me than my own family," Warner said on Saturday. "I had a lot of issues in my childhood, not a very close-knit family, and a lot of people I've met here have been super supportive of me in so many ways.

"This weekend is so special to me, this community is so special to me."

Spell of the Day : STONE OF LUCK

You can use the Stone of Luck spell for anything, love, money, health, wealth, spirit awareness, etc. The key to this empowerment is concentration and belief. When you have completed this spell, carry the stone around with you. Eventually you will start to get what you want.

What you need:

1 Small stone of your choice (any kind)

1 candle (correct color for what you want)

Appropriate herbs

Appropriate incense

Salt Water

A cloth

Oil (olive, jasmine, or mint)

Some bowls (glass or crystal)

First you need to meditate on what you want, be it money, love, better health....whatever you want. After you feel you have meditated long enough, you may start the spell. Light the candle and incense. Hold the rock in your power hand. Concentrate on what you want.

 Run the rock through the flame 3 times.

Then put it into the water. Cup your hands over the bowl.

Then take the rock out of the water and sprinkle the herbs on it. After you have done that, put the rock into a dry bowl.

Visualize yourself getting what you want.

Then anoint the rock with the oil and put the rock back into the dry bowl.

Sprinkle some salt onto the rock. Concentrate more.

Then wrap the rock in the cloth and leave it for at least 24 hours.

 Let the candle and incense burn all the way out. Dispose of the water. So mote it be!;

 source:http://magicspells.in/mainpage_free_magic_spells.html

as featured in one of our newsletters from 2008 with thanks to Ms M for forwarding them on - also check out our elemental supplies sections

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