Spyrit Dancers' Musings On All Things Wiccan

I finished up my candles, put energy into them, then lit them, and they are on my altar now, sending healing energy on cat angel wings to my son and his fiance. Here is a picture of them.

The wand is the wand I made for myself out of mesquite, with an amethyst point, and purple suede.  The table they are on is my working table for spells in progress, and yes, I really do have light purple closet doors. I put their names on the front of the candles.  They are a blend of soy and candillia wax, with blackberry leaves, mesquite leaves, lemon balm, Myrrh and a bit of cat nip (for the cat angles) ground up and embedded in the wax, along with 6 rose quartz chips.  I also added a few drops of rosemary essential oil, and pine essential oil but not enough to make them scented.  The next batch I make will have lavender to make them lavender scented, as I have a lot more of that scent.

I also put a little cat angel on the back, and the rune URUZ for healing.

Then I added some paw prints.   These were a real labor of love, and took quite a while to make.  I will have some additional ones available on my store soon.

Today the Obama Administration is trying to get 100,000 phone calls to congress to pass his health care bill.  From my last peek at the numbers,  he has passed that mark, and I wonder how many calls he will have to congress by the end of the day.

I am one of those that would benefit from this bill, so I’ve been hoping all along it would get passed.  I’m self employed, with a group now of only one, and pay a lot for health insurance with a 5,000k deductible.  Something I’ve never used up in a year in the four years I’ve had the plan.

We used to have health insurance for my husband too, but after they raised his rates to $400 a month due to his age for the same plan, we had to drop it.  This is ridiculous for health insurance to be this high for someone in great health for his age.

One of the things about walking the path I walk, I explore alternative medicines.  Since I can’t afford to go to the doctor every time I’m sick, I try to take vitamins and keep healthy to prevent problems.  I’m slowly losing weight, the #1 thing I can do to prevent issues in the future.

You know, I went to a health fair recently, and there was a woman giving out information on diabetes.  This is one thing I fear, as I’ve had great aunts that had limbs amputated from complications of diabetes.  So I test my sugar occasionally, watch my diet, and my A1C, which was slowly rising the past 4 years is now going down, showing I’m doing a good job of preventing diabetes.  Yippee for me.

She congratulated me on my progress and told me she has been in the health care industry for 20 years.  The major medical insurance companies will pay for amputations, but they won’t pay for any type of diabetes prevention programs.

WTF?  There is something wrong when insurance won’t help prevent one of the leading causes of death that is PREVENTABLE? You know a change of diet, getting some exercise, losing weight, and taking some supplements will cure almost all forms of type II adult onset diabetes and they won’t pay for it?

Thank the Goddess Obama’s plan calls for preventative medicine!  We need to explore alternatives, and prevent issues rather than Doctors just pushing pills at people.

Case in point.  My cholesterol was almost 300 4 years ago.  My family has a genetic tendency to high cholesterol.  My doctor put me on a statin drug, which I took all of one week before complications and discontinued it.  This is BS, I thought.

So I went back to being a vegetarian.  I started taking policosonal and gugulipid supplements.  I can’t take niacin, I’m one of those that it raises my blood sugar, so I stuck with those two supplements, lecithin, and some omega fatty acids.  When I had my cholesterol checked again, it had dropped to 175.  All done with diet and over the counter supplements that won’t destroy your liver.

Yet will most doctors even recommend people trying these first? NOPE.  They’d rather give a drug that causes severe muscle issues in a large majority of people and over time causes liver impairment in almost everyone who takes it.

Its time we stood up for holistic healers and chiropractors.  People who treat the whole person, not just symptoms.  Help pass health care reform. We need it as a nation.

I visted our local metaphysical store, and I was fortunate to find the Reiki Master in minding the store.  I asked her when she might be conducting a class, and it looks like next month she may be doing it.  She took my name and phone number, and I plan to stay in touch so I don’t miss the class.

I’ve been able to flow energy all my life, but I’d really love to hear how they do it, and see if I can learn to flow it better.  I did find a book about Reiki and I’ve been reading it on and off between projects to help get an understanding of the concepts before I go to class.

I love learning new things.  I’ll keep you posted on how this turns out.