DIY Bismuth Athame

ATHAME + BISMUTH + MARS ACCOUTREMENT + RITUAL KIT

KEY ELEMENTS:

♦ Bismuth creates a solid and cohesive environment for understanding more advanced principles of magic. It is a gemstone that provides focus, clarity and connection with your spiritual self; allowing for revelations and power. It is a gemstone that promotes positive self-vision and will help you to understand yourself and your many, unique layers. It is a great stone to work with if you need to resolve differences between you and those you love as it promotes happiness and solidarity. Bismuth gives you the confidence and endurance to go after greater goals in your life. You will find this gemstone provides a unique outlook for life and helps you to stay on task. It is a supportive stone for shaman and cleansing work on all levels.

Bismuth crystal is distinctive as it has a stair-step structure that is square or rectangular in shape. Sometimes Bismuth crystals can come to a point like a pyramid. They are iridescent with hues of blue, green, purple and gold.

E N E R G E T I C S

Appropriate for the honoring of Mars & the Warrior Spirit. Here are some aspects to be considered for Astrological remedial practices.

♦ Mars is in his fall (Cancer)
♦ Mars is in his detriment (Taurus or Libra)
♦ Mars is retrograde (as previously mentioned)
♦ You are a day chart (Mars is of the night sect)
♦ Mars is in a particularly detrimental place in the chart (house or angle)
♦ Mars is the ruler of OR placed in a profected house or active time lord period
♦ Mars is facing challenging aspects to planets which do not benefit him, or who stifle his proper expression
♦ Mars is significantly placed in the chart, having a lot of responsibilities or rulership over the life, but especially if Mars is not ‘well endowed’

The energy of Mars can be used in solving issues with under or over expressed anger, lack of motivation or laziness, blood flow, metabolism, muscle strength, overall vitality, immune function, lack of physical activity, avoiding confrontation to a detrimental degree, being afraid of conflict. On the flip side, making conflict where there shouldn’t be, not being able to stand up for yourself or others, not knowing when a fight is worth having, not being willing to have those that are, also, the extreme opposite, fear of competition, or having a tendency to make non-competitive scenarios competitive, excessive defensiveness or aggression.

J A R O W S T U D I O

Awarded designer Jason Morrow G. J. G, GIA, was born in LA, California. Jarow Accoutrement was launched in Germany 2003 with Anna Schneider. The brand itself is composed of high quality leathers, precious metals, stones and metal hardware as well as being manufactured in Germany. Design and construction are in the manner of Saddlery and therefore Standard and Basic. Emphasis is on the materials and how best to showcase them, in a another way, Ancestral.

The designs and texture and processes of making come from or History as well as Cultural identity especially seen from the Esoteric side. Where possible Materials are sourced from Nature, Flea Markets, Resale, Gifts, Found mostly in other products that no one today would think to use. We honor the materials, the sources they come from, when we can repurpose, reclaim, and restore these Dignities. Here by Onça, we can go in the spirit side of Art or better, expression and Memory, of Belonging and Awe for all things natural.

Onça and Jarow met at the Berlin punk rocker scene, sharing mutual interest in recycling, painting, collage, myth and legends always conjunct in music. They collaborated on several occasions. The singing bowls series “Bell-Cauldrons”, assigned to planetary magic is their ongoing team initiation.

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Jarow for OnçaRitualOfferings series are reclaimed, recycled and repurposed.