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as a talisman to promote a safe journey, I think it’s time to conjure up a moonstone travel spell with one of the featured deities for Monday.
    Moonstone Travel Spell
    This spell will call on Meness, the patron moon god of travelers. We met Meness earlier, in the meditation for Monday. I suggest setting up this spell in the evening. Find a spot that faces east or that is illuminated by moonlight. Or try setting this up under the moon, in the garden, or on the porch or your outside deck. Get some atmosphere going! Try using a scented candle, such as jasmine or gardenia, to coordinate the fragrance with the moon’s energies.
    Gather the following items:
A photo of your destination, your travel itinerary, or your airline tickets
4 small tumbled moonstones
A scented white votive candle and holder
A lighter or matches
    Set up this spell on a safe, flat surface. Light the candle and place it in the holder. Place your paperwork/tickets or itinerary to one side of the candle. Arrange the four stones in a circle around the holder. Place your hands on the travel paperwork, and ground and center. Then repeat the following spell three times:
    Meness, patron of travelers, watch over me
Whether I travel in the air, on land, or sea
Like a talisman in my pocket a stone will I tuck
    Moonstones do encourage a safe journey and bring good luck.
    Take one of the stones and keep it in your pocket while you travel. You may close the spell by saying:
    For the good of all, with harm to none
    By the moon and stars, this spell is done.
    Gather up your papers and tuck them away for your trip. Allow the candle to burn out on its own. If you performed this outside, then move your candle and the remaining stones indoors to let the candle safely finish burning. Never leave your candles unattended.
    Potions, Philters & Oils
    Today is the time to create philters and potions that work in harmony with your lunar magick. Since the moon is directly linked to psychic abilities, today is the day—no matter what phase the moon happens to currently be in—to create a psychic power philter (or potion, if you prefer). There are many variations to lunar magick. After the philter recipe, you will find more information about the lunar phases and their effect on psychic abilities.
    Philter Recipe for Psychic Power
One clear or blue glass bottle with a stopper or lid
A clean dropper
6 inches silver ribbon
A small moon-shaped charm
A label and a pen (to list the ingredients and to decorate and mark the bottle)
1 ⁄ 8 cup almond base oil (almond is associated with the moon)
13 drops sandalwood oil (a lunar oil that is both spiritual and protective)
3 white rose petals
3 willow leaves or a pinch of dried willow bark
A tiny moonstone chip
    Pour the base oil into the bottle until the bottle is three quarters of the way full. Then add the moonstone chip, the rose petals, willow, and finally the essential sandalwood oil. Close up the bottle with the lid, place your fingers over the lid, and carefully shake up the mixture.
    Hold up the mixture to the moonlight and allow the moonbeams to illuminate the philter within. On the label, list the ingredients and the use for this potion. Decorate the label by drawing moons or whatever else you think would add to the moon magick. Attach the label to the glass bottle (wipe off the outside of the bottle first). Finish up by threading the moon charm onto the ribbon and then tying the silver ribbon around the neck of the bottle. As you finish tying on the bow, hold the bottle in your hands and repeat the charm below. (Notice there is a place for you to insert which phase of the moon you happen to be currently in. This way, you can customize the philter for specific psychic abilities.)
    This philter holds the powers of the moon
    May it increase my psychic power soon
    The stone adds lunar power and empathy
    The herbs and oil increase the power times three
    During this _____ quarter’s enchanting moon phase
    I’ll work