The Spellcaster's Source Hoodoo and Voodoo Witchcraft Blog of Talia Felix

  I've posted about chakras before. I might have even mentioned them in my books . Chakras are so ubiquitous you don't even think about them -- you see chakra candles at Whole Foods, chakra gemstone necklaces at art fairs, you can buy Wiccan athames with chakra symbols on them  and chakra smudge kits . As of this writing, the #1 search result for the word "chakra" on Google is a Healthline page . Chatting with a Nepalese-born clerk at a local shop, he was describing to me anxiety symptoms and termed the sensation as "hitting right in the heart chakra." Didn't even need to explain what that was. I happened to take a Sanskrit class at age 12 and I'm sure I was exposed to the word chakra there and thus aware of the Hindu origins of the term. I cannot be sure everyone who utilizes chakra magic/energy is aware of that origin. It's a Sanskrit word meaning "wheel" and also applies to a sort of discus weapon used in antiquity, which the Hind...

From The Magic of New Ishtar Power : ...A few basic indications of a negative psychic atmosphere that requires special measures to insure your continued well being: A sudden shift of mood from positive to feeling antagonistic or defeatist. An apparent shift of the mood of others toward you from friendly to hostile. Any unusual tendency to be clumsy or drop things.  Any strange urge to do something spiteful or hurtful to another. More than one sloppy (or worse) accident in any three-day period. Any reasonable feeling of being blocked from your good or trapped in a negative situation, even when you have done your best. Any series of happenings that feel like the beginning of a string of "bad luck." Any normally unexplainable drop off in your business or other regular income. Being ignored or slighted by more than one acquaintance who normally acts friendly toward you (again within a three-day period.) A sudden flare up of a chronic body ailment, any unusual or une...