August 2021 Updates | Getting Back to Business: Youtube Quarantine, Queen Jezebel & Real Rootwork
Getting Back to Business
In returning both to work and the classroom, our collective focus hones in on a different kind of normal. Getting reacquainted with long commutes and lunch breaks pose their own challenges, but the psychological and emotional impacts from plunging back into these rituals can easily be overlooked.
Phasing from 18 months of solitude into the bustling office chaos can be jarring experience. I can’t recall how many suffering empaths and other energy-sensitives I’ve met in my previous careers. For them getting through a shift with unruly superiors is hard enough, let alone managing anxiety ridden colleagues in a place you’d rather not be.
This (along with an ever-present pandemic) brings to mind how vital routine spiritual cleansing and protection are. Even if not a spiritual worker, a candle cleansing, bath, or spray down with Florida Water can be all you need to restore and tonify the spirit.
Speaking of restore, I’ve been working this past month with a combination that has really been something of a miracle: Bright Blessings and Healing oils.
You’ll often see Healing oil used in prayers and candle workings to help alleviate illnesses and other afflictions. In older formulas I’ve seen, the type of healing desired was reflected by the materials used to craft it.
The one I make for Lionhart Candles&Curios is just one of four formulas I’ve scripted. The one I sell leans more towards healing the mind and spirit, though elements of physical healing are present. It’s a unique blend that’s fits well for any and all health-related workings.
Bright Blessings, on the other hand, is quickly becoming a personal favorite. Not only is it elevating, the scent envelops the heart and feels somewhat securing. It conveys for me a sense of assurance; a “yes, everything does and will work out in my best interest” regardless of what the day brings. When coupled with Healing, I find that I’m gently reminded by Spirit to invest in deeper states of self-care. It imparts a transformative mindset that seems to turn my silver linings expand into windows of deeper understanding.
This pairing has been like a comforting weighted blanket for me, so if July has left you bereft, I recommend trying it out.
Cool downs and Quarantines
Maybe it’s all the Olympic festivities, but the switch from July to August felt like a maddening, 100-meter dash on a track made of hellfire. The Leonine fuel that powered Mars’ engine has finally petered out, leaving many to tend to their exhaustion and burnout.
Thankfully, August seems much cooler energetically, though it carries aspects that indicate there’s still more work to be done. I talk about this more in this month’s astrological forecast, which wasn’t available for a few days thanks to an issue with Youtube’s f*cked up algorithm.
After duking it out with the AI overlords, the August Forecast has been freed from virtual quarantine. You can listen to it here.
“Real Rootwork” & Queen Jezebel
In my newest series Real Rootwork I discussed the use, lore and unscrupulously shady dealings surrounding Jezebel root. It was so well received that I am completely sold out at the moment!
If you missed your chance, a new batch of Jezebel roots will be back in stock August 20th. As with before, I will be selling these only in limited quantities!
Episode 2 of Real Rootwork premieres later this month.
“There’s always a right time to rest.”
-Evan Lionhart