The Pippins - Pooches Of St Ives Extravaganza

Well, the Pippins had to have a bit of fun, they were due a laugh and some enjoyment, so we broadcast them as 'Pooches Of St Ives'. No doubt that busy seaside town will be heaving with revellers at this time of year, having recovered from the September Festival, some months back, but we understand the Pippins love the beach and the sea. However, our doppelgänger Pippins are firmly landlocked right now, perhaps dreaming of Broadway? Who knows?

The Pippins Taking Part In A Dog Tarot Reading

The Christmas Pippins took part in a reading using the 'Dog Tarot' deck on Christmas Day. They got the following cards - The Dogcatcher, The Seven Of Bowls And The Pack. These Pippins do not really like solitude very much, they like to feel they are members of a pack, even spiritually.  The Dogcatcher shows they should be careful as someone may want to take their spot and the seven of bowls shows new opportunities for them lie ahead.

Angel Card Ritual, Plus Magick Angel Spell Featuring A Lettuce

These rituals were both done on Christmas Day itself, to harness the complete power of the day. Lettuce can be used for very many magickal purposes as shown here in an Angel spell. The Angel Cards in the lower pictures feature different aspects of Archangel Raphael who is a great healer, and the spread also features Archangel Michael who is a great protector.

Christmas Day - Out In The Evening

This quick snap on a phone cam was taken on Christmas Day. It was really lovely to get out in to the darkness and see the orange glow from the street lamps in the road, not to mention the Christmas lights in the houses. it was like really connecting to the Spirit Of The Earth.

Pictures In A Bradford Subway

These wall murals were commissioned by Bradford Council and were painted by a friend of my daughter's dad, some time ago now. I particularly like the 90's film 'Fairy Tale' as shown in the green mural and actually have an old copy of it on video. Another friend of mine was an extra in the 80's film 'The Dresser' which is also shown in one of the murals. The artist in question was apparently in a band at one time and became disillusioned because he was absolutely skint. So he read a copy of a famous book 'The Secret Of The Ages and also 'Think And Grow Rich ' by Napoleon Hill and he was soon driving around in an expensive car, began running his own successful business and bought a house in a nice area - so it did work for him, definitely.

Power Station On A Saturday Night

Having been unable to get too close to the other side of the Conditioning House, as shown in the previous post, we managed to get some photos of the nearby power station instead. The power stations hums like the sound of billions and billions of hornets. it is really noisy but very atmospheric. we did keep a respectable distance however as there are danger signs all over it. The bottom picture shows a road that runs past industrial units in the area, near the railway line. The pictures were taken on 16th December 2017. Things have changed round there a lot in recent years.

The Horrors Of Dereliction In Buildings

This road leads to the Conditioning House, a derelict building connected formerly to wool cleansing, that is listed so cannot be easily pulled down despite being very dangerous. The pictures were taken on 16th December 2017 and the Conditioning House gives off such horrible vibes. It used to be enjoyable to go and photograph the outside of it at night, though now the road often gets sleazy no-goods parking up. It is just out of the city centre,near a ring road. Last Saturday night, shortly after we got there, a van pulled up and a man took his dog for a widdle, then further up the road, a car appeared and stopped with its headlights on so we could not go up that end. The car can faintly be seen in the top picture.

Barbed Wire In The Nght

This warning barbed wire curled protectively around the bare trees. The wire was threatening and its message was not very subtle.

Delightful Decoration Scene

This lovely little scene i think is quite joyful and really shows the spirit of Christmas big time.

Jumbo And Buffalo Bill

These are copies of posters advertising Jumbo The Elephant and Buffalo Bill. they are self explanatory really.

Dark Gaslight

This is a photo of a converted dark gaslight. It was used on a blog that I had from 2006. I got the impression there was a lot of latent power contained within the old gaslight.

Ghostly Old Hall Window

This was taken on a very old 2G phone that actually had some form of sat-nav to go with it, back in 2006. I keep all the old phones and sometimes use the old cameras. One old phone from 2005 still gets occasional use as a phone. The house shown is a council owned museum that is reputedly very haunted.

Sunrise In The Night

This picture was taken in May 2012 and is a series that were taken on a very early morning. One of the pictures taken actually showed a sunspot.

Ghastly Old Decrepit Building

This photo was taken a few years ago and things have not changed even today. This building is part of a large complex called the Conditioning House, shut since the early 80's and now in a dangerous state of dereliction. It is very unpleasant and gives off funny vibes.

Dragon On Canal Side Underpass

Someone went to great pains to draw a dragon and a freaky banquet on the wall of a bridge the Leeds Liverpool Canal runs under. They must have done the drawing using a barge because they would not have had access without the use of some kind of boat. The Leeds-Liverpool Canal was once a major waterway in northern England.

Elephant Shadow Spirit

I don't want to be a kill joy here and mention pareidolia because who can say that a spirit portal doesn't open up when a pareidolia picture is present. There really could have been a spirit elephant in the shadow. After all I was researching Jumbo the Elephant at the time!

Autumn Leaves In The Tree

I love this picture of autumn leaves even though we are virtually at the Winter Solstice and will be leaving autumn for winter very soon. The orange colour of the leaves still glows with energy. In colour therapy orange is a very good shade to attract new friendships, new jobs and to open doors previously closed.

Giant Fat Palm Tree Enjoying The Sky

Palm Trees are sacred to the Carthaginian Goddess Tanit or Tanith. Doves are also sacred to this Goddess.  This particular palm has clumped outwards and split in to two from a single tree, showing unity and solidarity, as well as partnership.

Cheeky Snail On A Drainer

This snail got through the kitchen window and travelled right on to the sink drainer. When I tried to pick the snail up it had a really strong suction and held on to the drainer, but eventually the snail was delivered safely back outside again!

Old Windows 98 Theme - Ghostly House

This is my absolute favourite screen saver of all time. An owl would flap in a tree and the moon moved from one side to the other and back again. Lights went on and off in the house, then the door opened. It had some good sound effects too :)

Black Goat with Red Roses And Lights

I think this picture kind of tells a story all of its own. The black goat looks very well against the red back drop with the red roses and red lights. It meant to be  a picture of beauty and perhaps of a little dark exploration, whilst keeping firmly on the side of love as represented by the shaded deep red roses creeping in from the right. Love is always preset forever in this montage of concepts and there is also brightness in the subtle lighting.

Sword And Shield Power Spell

This spell was performed outside on behalf of a third party. It was performed near to our water altar and blends the elements together - air, fire, water, earth and spirit. Every day objects can certainly be use din spells. Many traditional spells were written in times past and do not really keep up with a modern or urban environment.
There are a number people around today who seem to think witchcraft is in fact, illegal. But - it has in all honesty, been perfectly legal to practice witchcraft in England since 1951 and  we do a great many spells in the garden and even on public land as it is not something that should be hidden in our opinion but instead should in fact be celebrated. I even tell people in my local supermarket I do spell work and the like, if I get in to conversation. I think witchcraft has spent enough time hidden away and needs to demand the respect the religion truly deserves.

Lister's Mill In Silhouette On A Cold Day

Lister's Mill chimney was so wide that a horse and cart could be driven round the edge. The mill supplied velvet curtains and drapes to the White House In Washington DC at one time. It was also responsible for dyeing and supplying the coronation velvet. It had outpost in various other towns and cities, including Paris, France. Lister's also had a separate silk mill. it is also known as Manningham Mills and part of the mill is now an apartment building It ceased to operate as a mill quite some time ago and is part of Bradford's Victorian past.

Roses Offerings For Lord Krishna

We often give flowers as offerings when doing our magickal  or spiritual workings. These particular roses were for Lord Krishna. The first lot arrived dead so the shop sent some more out. That was a bit of a funny vibe but we managed to correct it. We have found music to be quite useful in spell work and for this we played a Hindi version of the Krishna Chant over and over again.

Fanny Cerrito And Fortune Telling Goat

This portrait from 1844 shows famous Victorian ballet dancer Fanny Cerrito, in London wearing her Esmeralda costume. The most curious thing about the painting, I feel, is the fortune telling goat. I love the decorations the goat is wearing too!

Fanny's statement ballet dress is eye catching, with its lettering around the skirt and bodice. It seems designers in the 'olden days' knew their stuff rather well :)

I have just realised something. The goat is doing a form of Ouija or Talking Board type stuff, using the floor as the board. Whatever letters the goat picks out will be translated in to a message. what I suddenly realised and what made me log back in and add this was that as stated previously, the painting was done in 1844. So this was 47 years before Ouija boards were first patented. Yet, the portrait is showing a very similar thing in essence, masses of years earlier.

The Pippins Do Thanksgiving In Big Style

Big Pippin and Little Pippin enjoyed their Thanksgiving celebrations. Both Pippins gave thanks for their special namesake blog and were very happy to appear in it. They also gave thanks for finding out that they are very versatile and cute little doggies. Thank You!

Fortune Telling From A Brandy And Soda

This is a brandy and soda in a vacuum flask cup. The bubbles produce their own solar system and can be read probably more deeply than tea leaves. The bubbles show a high concentration of energy around the subject. Several hearts can also be seen in the bubbles forecasting romance and new pathways leading to exciting projects. It is a fascinating universe in a cup.

Proactive Pippins Show Respect On Poppy Day

Big Pippin and Little Pippin show respect on Poppy Day and on Remembrance Sunday and took part in this display. Grandad Fred, Great Uncle George and Second Cousin Alexander - love you guys wherever you are and hope you saw this from whatever cloud you may be floating on! We also did this for all the other brave soldiers too, past and present. The Pippins were proud to stand tall for the display!

Pernickety Pippin And The Haunted Houses

This is the original Pippin at his beautiful best. He has starred in a lot of photos so is getting perhaps a little the worse for wear, but we love him and his interesting antics. Here he is exploring a couple of haunted houses and he really looks like he is having a good time. Pippin seems interested in the green spider light and we thought that he really did enjoy himself in the slightly larger house with the pumpkin lights as well. You are a good sport, Pippin! :) :) :)

Buddha On Halloween 2017

We were actually doing some peace workings with Buddha on 31st October. We thought it was a bit different from the usual Samhain stuff and it was meant to create an ambient atmosphere. It made a nice change from ghoulies, ghosties and the like and it was good to work with different energies.  I once used to go to a yoga class with a difference. This was a mixed class of men and women, taught by a former Zen Buddhist man. It really was a 'let it all hang out class' No holding any muscles in - just let them go - no pushing oneself - just doing things in one's own time.

The class was the real deal, not just women showing off in fancy garments, but real spiritual yoga for everyone. Some of us attendees went with the yoga teacher to a Jiddu Krishnamurti lecture which was shown on a huge TV at a community centre in Leeds.What Krishnamurti  said seemed to make a lot of sense at the time - it was a recorded interview with him. Yoga is very different to karate which I also enjoyed doing at night school classes at one time too, after watching a lot of Chinese dubbed karate films which I really liked - they were big news then.

Three Pumpkins In The Grass - 2nd November 2017

We were two days late with our Halloween Pumpkins this year. Halloween is a busy time for us as we really do have to vroom up our brooms - no kidding. When the world and his wife are partying at Halloween with fake props we are doing it for real. That means lots of rituals and lots of work to do. In fact we were up all night 30 in to 31st October and went to bed at about 4pm on Halloween Day, getting up again just before midnight. So all of our own props had to wait until 2nd November before we could enjoy them.

Lovely Lolita - Halloween 2009

This is the lovely Lolita Salome Rabbit who really enjoyed wearing her Halloween costume at Samhain, back in 2009.

Lolita sadly passed in to Spirit on 7th May 2013. She is buried in a special animal graveyard in our garden, which is watched over by Baron Samedi and Maman Brigitte, who we give regular gifts to as this is a respectful thing to do.

We still love her and our other Passed Pets and we remember them at this special time of year. We love all animals and do not eat meat. We believe animals are as important as humans. We all belong to the Universe, or the Great Architect, the Big kahuna, the God and Goddess, The Man Upstairs, or other Special Deities, or even to Ourselves and we all make up The Whole, the All-One-Ness and the All-There-Is.

Happy Halloween :) :)

New Doggie Joining Up With Postulating Pippin

This new little doggie only arrived on Saturday. He is absolutely gorgeous and he makes a lovely addition to all the rest of the gang. The doggie made his debut appearance on a lovely flamingo cloth flanked by yellow indoor candles. He also had a small green rat for company too. He actually sits in pride of place right next to the Pippins when he is not appearing elsewhere!

Two Very Cute Little Bears Join The Scene

These really sweet little bears have joined the others just this Friday. I think they got a warm welcome as I do have quite a large number of needle felted creatures now so these two should hopefully settle in pretty well. We have had some pretty wild weather over the course of this last week, including a storm with a name passing through, but we have put Mr Alien Balloon outside for now, in a fairly sheltered spot and hope he doesn't blow away. He actually has a green flashing light inside and I think the bears wondered what was going on when he sat next to them!

Very Late Night In A Creepy Part Of Shipley

These photos were taken very late at night between 19th and 20th October 2017. They show the Leeds Liverpool Canal and an old railway bridge which is incredibly creepy, though it now has a light further along to illuminate a very precarious and dodgy footpath on the side of Bradford Beck.
This place is brimming with creep at full volume,despite having a supermarket and well known burger outfit nearby on the other side of the road in a hollow. It is also near the train station, with trains to and from London passing through regularly.

One of the best kept secrets is an extremely old graveyard which actually has no on road access and has really been walled off. It is supposed to be haunted by a Mayor wearing a gold chain of office. It can be reached by going up a landscaped steep slope and is behind some trees but the terrain was no good for me and it was far too precarious to even attempt to get near at that hour as there were still plenty of people coming out of the pizza shop smiling as they clutched their pizza boxes and heading home in the rain. There was torrential rain and we got very wet but it was very refreshing.