I just wanted to come on here to wish all of you a happy 4th of July. So far, mine has been very uneventful, partly because I am stuck in bed because of a leg injury.  The injury is due to my getting a brown recluse spider bite while I slept roughly a week ago. I didn't feel anything at the time of the bite and I didn't see the spider, unfortunately. At first, it wasn't all that bad at all - it looked like a pimple about to pop on my leg, then it popped and alll of this blood and pus came out. It didn't occur to me that I had been bitten by a brown recluse, until after I did some research on the internet, when what I thought was a simple bug bite got worse. The descriptions of that particular spider bite matched what I was seeing on my leg.

However, the good news is that I also found cures for brown recluse spider bites, as well as what they do to you if you go to the ER for it. Pretty much, all they do at the ER, from what I read, is they jut give you some Tylenol and tell you to keep it elevated - that and keep the bite site clean, all of which are things that I am already doing - well, except for the Tylenol part. I guess that Im a freak or something, because stuff like Tylenol does not work on me at all and the only reason why they reccommend it is for the pain.

The worst part about this is the blood. If I am on my feet for more than 15-30 seconds, my leg bleeds at the bite site, which also has a very small ulceration off to one side of it. It also bleeds whenever another big glob of pus wants out. However, the bleeding does stop as ssoon as I elevate my leg again, which is a good thing.

According to the stuff that I've read, roughly 80% of brown recluse spider bites are treated succesfully at home, which is good news for both myself and my husband. It's good news for mye because it means that I don't have to spend any time away from my husband and it's good news for my husband because that means there's no hospital bill to have to pay later on.

So far, I've been healing nicely, as a result of the mixture of an herbal remedy from my husband, coupled with the added uses of hydrogen peroxide, Neosporin, and healing magick.

Currently, I am trying to find a job somewhere, but I am having no luck. This is very frustrating for me, because both my husband and myself want and need to move out of where we are currently living. We are tired of it, we are tired of having roommates, and we would like to get our own place.

However, in order for that to happen, I need to get a job and so far, my job search has been fruitless. It feels as if nobody wants to hire me and nobody has been very encouraging towards me, regarding my job search. In fact, one of my husband's and my roommates has been downright discouraging towards me, saying some very hurtful, detrimental things to me regarding this whole matter.

If there is any kind of a spell - any spell at all - that would get me a job, please let me know - there are 4 souls depending on this, one of which is my own.

I know that I haven't been here in quite a long time, so I thought that I'd give all of you a brief update concerning what's been going on with me.

First of all, regarding my metaphysical techniques: I am learning a few new ones, which I don't have the time right now to share with all of you, but I am planning to share them with you at a later time.

Second of all, another thing which has been keeping me away from this site (and my computer, for that matter) is the fact that, as of March 22, I am now married - to the most wonderful man in all of the universe. My husband is also a member of Covenspace - by the way, he's got his picture up on this site, even - his name's Jeff and he's the dude in the suit. (lol) The marraige was very magical and he and I have 2 pets, now - a beautiful purebred dog named Alara and most recently, we acquired a guinea pig which we named Alucard, after the character in the Castlevania video game series.

Here's a meditation technique for communicating with the Goddess which I have made that's been very effective for me, so I thought that I'd share it here with all of you:

1) Get into whatever position is comfortable for you for meditation

2) Close your eyes, take a few deep breaths, and clear your mind

3)Once your mind is clear, focus on making contact with the Goddess

4) In your mind, call out the name of the Goddess that you feel the closest affinity with

5) Once you feel that you have made contact with the Goddess, ask (still in your mind) a question to her, then wait for a response

I've done this technique a few times on my own and what I've found is that it works best when the question (you can also ask a series of questions, too) that you ask to the Goddess is one that's along the lines of, "how do I become more spiritually aware?" or "how do I best go about developing my psychic abilities?"

This technique was one that I entirely up myself - sometimes, you don't succeed in making contact with the Goddess using this method. If that happens, that just means that the Goddess has chosen to answer your question in a different fashion - perhaps through either your spirit guide or even through a vision - in any case, don't give up should this occur; the Goddess will always speak to thoe who wish to speak with her, but the manner in which She does this is entirely up to Her.

Finding answers for problems is something which I have found my technique (mentioned above) to be very useful, as well and can also be used for communication with your spirit guide, too.

All I will say is that no matter who you use this method to make contact with (the Goddess or your spirit guide), it's always best to surround yourself with strong psychic protection, so as to be guarded against negative forces whilst you are in a spiritually vulnerable state.

I wish each and every single one of you a very happy Thanksgiving - Love and Light to all!

Merry meet,

And merry part,

And merry meet again.

Blessed be.

- Judith Hawkes (The Heart of a Witch)