Totem Creation / jar. shield powered by haters.

Energy is not good or bad, it’s not black or white, right or wrong, it just is.  Like a gun, it can be used to feed your family or cause pain.  When someone is freely sending energy your way, is it powered by intent?  Sure.  Does that make the energy “bad”, No, it's just a rider for the intent.

Magic is perspective.  To me, energy that is sent is just free power.  Once the energy passes through my protection shields it’s stripped down to its basics, collected and then I can use it however I wish.  If someone sends love and light or hate and harm, my shields strip it down to the basics. 

I’ve been doing this for so long, it’s ingrained.  I’m not wasting the energy by returning it to send.  They gave it freely to me, it’s mine now to do with as I wish, and I don’t have the time or energy to worry about hateful little humans.  I use free energy to power my shields, to lift myself up or bring me gains. 

This is a basic shield battery jar totem.  I will create the totem tomorrow on the new moon as my side ritual and post images later this week.

The items I used are as follows – as with all my work, everything is replaceable with what you feel is appropriate in it’s place.  Look at my Spell craft 101 post in my Grimoire for tips on how to find your own spell parts.

Small jar with cork
Black Obsidian – protection stone
Red Yarn – granny magic from my family.  Demon’s and evil are attracted to the red thread, come to touch it and get trapped in the jar.  I added it to make sure I was pulling in all negative energy into the battery.
Rose pedal from Mom’s rose bush – There is no protection like family protection.  Find something you associate with your ancestor’s or home.
Bay Leaf – From my bay tree.  Often thought of as a protection tree. 
Basil Seeds – Basil is a great happy joyous little plant I use for cleansing among other things.  The seeds are there to represent Earth, the element I associate with grounding and shields.  They are there as a representation to show the growth of the shield from the energy received.
Crystal chip – Power booster for the battery
Tinfoil – reflective side in.  To contain and reflect all the energy inward till it’s scrubbed and re-birthed as a shield.  
Sand from my working bowl - the large metal bowl you see in many of my rituals
Used end from purple candle - I often use these 20 minute burning purple candles for focus or meditation.  They represent a focal point for my power when it has no intent.  

Updated - Mission accomplished on new moon.  Items added to the jar, notes are made for the book.  I write the spells in ink with a glass pen (my liquid wand) to infuse my will and focus my mind on the intent.  When I update or recharge things, I will get the spell out of my book, and then re-write it again on a new page.  Sometimes I bury the ink copy, sometimes I bury it.  Sometimes it goes into my charging jar.