KING DUDE.

Sing along to awesome gothic folk religious music. I did. On the Werewolves track. Check it out! Its my husband!
KING DUDE

Fever Potion.

Catnip- promotes sweating and lowers fever.
Echinacea - duh.
Hyssop mixed with licorice root- tastes good and lowers fever.
Elder Flower- Used in a lot of herbal antibiotic remedies and I love these tiny white flowers.

You can get these herbs anywhere. If you live in Seattle I reccomend Tenzing Momo in the market cause they are smart and awesome and have been around for forever. All their herbs are only like a buck or two an ounce. Just steep them up and drink em' hot.

sweat lodge deaths

I just heard about this, and I am really sad and pissed about it.
Two people died in a sweat lodge in Sedona, Arizona last week. This guy James Arthur Ray, who has a smile like a car salesmen is under criminal investigation for leading the lodge as part of a five day retreat entitled 'Spiritual Warrior.' The whole thing involved a wilderness fast followed by a lodge ceremony consisting of 55 to 65 people. The participants had paid between 9,000 and 10,000 dollars. http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/10/12/crimesider/entry5378668.shtml
This is fucked up on so many levels I don't even know where to begin.
And I have to go get ready for work right now.
Check out the website, and draw your own conclusions. Anyone promising to be a guru/savior type deserves to be taken with a serious dose of salt. http://jamesray.com/ Ps: he left the state and is currently 'unavailable for comment.' What is that?!
All kinds of things are going to be threatened by the bad decisions of this dumbass, namely freedom of religion. This is serious shit, this is not about 'love and light and la la la'...and I think that's what that guy was selling.
I know I'm lacking clarity right now because i'm in a hurry and all, but this is really worriesome and I am legitimately angry.

Susan Miller's October 2009 horoscopes are out. Check yours out and don't forget to read your rising sign!

AstrologyZone

All of them Snakes.

Caduceus. A symbol that dates back to ancient Greek days is a symbol of the planet Mercury. Two snakes slither up a rod. The rod is to represent alchemetic power and the snakes are the polarity and dualitly. The wings represent balance. It is often confused with the Rod of Asclepius, which here in North America is what's on the side of every ambulance that goes by. It too is a greek symbol of astrology but represents Asclepius, who is a son of Zeus and is the god of medicine.

Sympathy in Caves.

Get rad with some bad ass Cro-Magnon intention. It is said that the super old dudes of way back in the day a.k.a. the "Upper Paleolithic" days a.k.a "Cavemen", made all this awesome art as a practice of what the seekers of today call "Sympathetic Magic". Sympathetic magic or Imitative Magic is magic based on imitation or correspondence. So ancient early human dude wants to have more animals to hunt, well he paints a picture of a bunch of knocked-up herd animals, he wants the bears to stay out of his cave, he paints dead bears all over the walls. I totally get it.
The Pygmies of the Congo also practiced a similar wild style, they would draw a picture of the animal they wanted to hunt in the sand. Then they would fire an arrow through its heart! Then they would leave the picture until they had caught the animal, drip a bunch of the animals blood on the picture then remove the arrow. They believed this ritual established a deep, mysterious relationship between the hunter and the hunted. I believe it--that is intense--and with it the animal could not escape, now matter how fast it ran, for the hunter was guided by fate.
Scientific attitude about all this is that this art was primitive superstitions, a sign of ignorance of cause and effect blah blah blah. I say NO. I say that is bull shit. I think its beautiful. I think the ritual helped man become so intensly focused on his prey, that the kill had already been accomplished and that all man had to do was show up ready. Very "Magician" tarot card (thanx K.F!) I mean come on, we see this all the time in our everyday lives, we just don't take responsibility for it. (BAD WITCH.)

Today I encourage all of us to check in with our ancestors and do a lil' sympathetic magic. Bust out a talisman or invoke a new lucky charm, do a collage or graffiti your walls with all your hopes and wishes. Enjoy!