Meteorite And Copper

Lately, I’ve been really experiencing the downsides of a liminal life and astral work more than before and it’s been part of what’s kept me feeling exhausted and down these last months. I think maybe I made the naïve mistake of thinking all the ritual tools and protective charms and new talismans I’d built last year and early this one would always be enough. That it would be a permanent difference.

Instead, I found that the more I’m capable of and can withstand, the more is asked of me—and that as I become my confident, I’m more willing to say yes to those things. That requires more and new tools and techniques, and so now I’m finding myself feeling guided/drawn back in that direction for the new year.

So, this is the first of my holiday gifts to myself. I’ve heard around (Out There) that “sky iron” or “star iron” (which means meteorite) has specific and interesting properties. Iron is a funny thing magickally; I’m familiar with other sorts and I always kind of wanted a bit of meteor just for fun anyway, so I’m excited to experiment with it.

Now, it’s complicated to do that when the Free Court is elf-spirits and I cross paths with a lot of Fae/Faery-umbrella sorts, many of whom are poisoned by iron or their magick disrupted. So, in a bit of magick/energy problem solving, I set out to find a way to contain a little bit of meteorite power, if necessary. Especially since this meteorite also has nickel in it, which seems to act as a magnifier of iron’s effects to some Fae-types, also.

For my second/other half, all I was looking for was a tiny copper jewelry box, either rounded or with some kind of design in preferably swirls or spirals. Copper is an intense tool in magick—an accelerant, a multiplier, and a natural anathema and equalizer/balancer used properly for both iron and silver, the two metals most poisonous to some Beings and capable of short-circuiting Their magicks.

(*As with all things Out There, there’s few true absolutes. Iron and silver are in those categories but the stereotypes exist for reasons and after fourteen or fifteen years now using copper thus, I’m a strong believer even beyond the assurances my spirits have offered.)

This is what I found instead, which has felt practically God/spirit-sent: a copper puzzle box with Celtic knotwork, which is often handy in binding works, (and some ogham at the top I didn’t see in the pictures but only after I received it, so maybe ogham studies just moved up my to do list), and the inside is blacked out except for two circular knot medallions inside that have the effect of spinning the energy contained within when it’s closed so it’s not stagnant but can’t leak out, either.

I’m really so excited. The box was the second half to arrive and I’ve been watching it stuck on a ship in New York from Scotland for a little while now; I didn’t feel it safe to start experimenting without both because you shouldn’t experiment with any potential weapons that could hurt your own unless you are sure you contain it again, but now I can finally begin. Yay!