🔮I haven't forgotten about you!🔮 Shipping Updates + Free Group Reading + New Swag + Classes + Moon Club
over 1 year ago – Wed, Oct 25, 2023 at 04:38:04 PM

Dear Friends,

I've been working hard between getting the Mercury Oracle + and all of the merch finalized. So in order of importance:

• SHIPPING DATES:  The Factory informed me that I will be in reciept of the Mercury Oracle the 1st week of January! I was hoping to recieve them before the holidays but all timing is the right timing.
• I spent the last week trying to tackle a problem with the paper and how it spreads.  We figured it out this morning with a playing card varnish.
• The Factory just sent me back a video of the Red painted edges, they look amazing (the coloration of the cards in this video is not the final color treatment

•  (Almost) all of the swag has arrived.  I had an idea for an oversized coin and ordered a sample, but due to a mixup I received them as a full order instead.  I'm honestly kind of excited. They are sweet and I haven't seen anything like them. They are twice the size of a regular coin and feature the Sun and and Skull.  I'll be reaching out to everyone who ordered oracle coins to discuss.

• I thought because we made so many cards for the Mercury Oracle and there will only be more. I designed a carrier for the deck and expansions! 

• The Burn your boat pins are in!

• I've also designed an expandable booklet that can be paired with the print and play or go alongside your regular booklet (don't worry the coil will be red!)

WHATS NEXT

• My studio is set up to do lives and videos and I'm going to be doing a live reading for everyone next Thursday November 2nd.  If you aren't yet on the email list please join.  You can Submit questions througand I'm going to be doing a live reading for everyone next Thursday, November 2nd.  If you aren't yet on the email list please join. NEWSLETTER SIGNUP You can Submit questions through the upcoming newsletter! 
•  I've been revamping the website to also act as a community platform for learning and voting on classes etc...  I set out to create the Mercury Oracle as a way to find and connect like minded people.  I fear sometimes that it is taking longer than expected to create and have been freeing up energy to focus on building community and navigating the ever chaotic world.
• Every Year I release a Moon calendar.  This year the Lunar Calendar comes with a New Moon club that you are invited to participate in.  I've been mapping a out a full year of rituals and lunar placements with my Astrologer cousin, Landon. I'll make a seperate update when they become available.

Live Long and Prosper,

NEEFF

Mercury Oracle - GOING TO THE PRINT!
over 1 year ago – Sat, Oct 07, 2023 at 10:29:43 AM

Hey Everyone,

It's all going to print!  This is the last chance to unlock your order and add any expansions or swag.

Please send me a DM if you would like to add anything to your order!

I can't believe it's time to go to print!  Here is what the factory is producing:

- 88 page deck
- 130 Page book 
- Updated Box 
- 80 new pages of an expandable book
- 63 NewI Illustrations
-Animal Expansion Guide - 12 cards

-Esp Expansion Guide - 5 cards

-Love And Romance Expansion - 8 cards

-Spirits and Ancestors Expansion -8 cards

-The Yantras Expansion - 5 pages

-The Zodiac Expansion - 12 pages

-The Zener Cards - 5 Cards

-The Sun and the Moon Alternate cards (for everyone who ordered all expansions)- 2 Cards

Thank you all for helping make this dream come true!

NEEFF

Yantras
over 1 year ago – Mon, Oct 02, 2023 at 10:08:09 PM

Hello all!

As always you are more than welcome to jump ahead to the parts of the post that interest you most!

A. PRINTING SCHEDULE

B.UNLOCKING BACKERKIT

C. WHAT I LEARNED ABOUT THE YANTRAS

D. THE YANTRAS AND THE ACCOMPANYING WRITINGS

A. PRINTING SCHEDULE

As of right now absolutely everything is drawn AND written and in the works, which means all i need to do is send off the expansion pages to be formatted and then send it off to print! China is on a holiday until the 6th but I will get everything sent to them the next few days. It will be waiting for them when the get back to go to print.  I'll be expecting a proof before they print everything, but woooo it's a big complicated order.  Thanks for sticking with me through this process!  WE ARE SO CLOSE I CAN TASTE IT.

B.Orders
I've had an influx of requests to expand orders! Please send me a message if you would like to add to your order and I'll unlock your backerkit!

C. Yantra?  I barely knew her!

When it was suggested that I draw the yantra's I didn't understand that they are almost a counterpart to the spirits and ancestors Expansion. (Thanks for the encouragement friends!) In fact It took me a few days to really understand the Yantras having very little knowledge of the Hindu tradition. But when it clicked it really clicked.  The long and short of it: the Yantras are powerful seals for calling up dieties and demons.  I am a huge advocate for working with the Spirit world and getting to know the Yantras through this process makes me want to call upon an 8 armed Goddess riding a tiger and brandishing every weapon in the armory.

I chose the Yantra's that I chose so that it would enhance the existing deck.  I did not include any yantra that perhaps would collide with any other part of the deck, the planetary yantras for instance since Jupiter already has it's own card. I chose them to be a balanced system, somewhat intuitively.

I want this post to be educational for everyone so I wanted to share what is going in to the book, unformatted and not yet edited but It will give you a taste and perhaps encourage you to try it for yourself! I did the work so you don't have to!  (Also please note, these images are not yet color and texture processed)

D. THE CARDS AND ACCOMPANYING PAGES

INTRO: Yantra+Mantra=Tantra

Much of magick is getting the attention of the spirit world.

A yantra is a container for the energies of a Diety. These are tools much like the angelic seals or demon seals. In fact the word Yantra literally means “contraption.” These diagrams come from the Tantric traditions of the Indian religions. The Yantra’s contained within are objects of worship and contemplation. They are meant to bring wealth and fortune to your life.

Yantra’s are a visual. Mantras are a sound. When paired together they create Tantra, which means “to weave.” Quite literally the Yantras will weave their energies into your life when properly meditated upon by drawing or gazing upon the yantra while to weave a new reality by attracting wealth, prosperity, abundance, well-being, and good luck.

Yantra+Mantra=Tantra

The Anatomy of a Yantra

COLORS

Every color in a yantra is entirely symbolic and purposeful -White represents purity -Red represents rajas or the activating quality -Black represents tamas or the quality of inertia

BINDU

The middle of every Yantra has a bindu or a point which represents the deity associate with the Yantra.  It represents the point from which all of creation emanates. The geometries around the Bindu, such as triangles represent those entities that surround the diety.

TRIANGLES

Downward-pointing triangles represent the feminine aspect of God (Shakti) while upward-pointing triangles represent God's masculine aspect (Shiva).

HEXAGRAM

Two equilateral triangles intertwined create a hexagram. This represents the union of male and female aspects of divinity, or Shiva and Shakti.

LOTUS

The lotus that is present in these yantras represent purity and transcendence. Eight-petaled lotuses are the most common, but lotuses in yantras can include up to 1000 or more petals.

CIRCLE

Many mandalas are made with three concentric circles in the center. This represents manifestation.

OUTER SQUARE

The nested squares represents the earth and the four cardinal directions.

Sri Yantra

The Divine Feminine

Mantra

“Om, Shreem Hreem Shreem Kamle Kamalalaye Praseed, Praseed, Shreem, Hreem Shreem Om Mahalaxmaye Namah”

The Sri Yantra represents the seat of the Goddess in all her forms. It visually depicts the underlying organizational structure of the cosmos, the human body, and the goddesses in the universe. Sri means “holy” and the Sri Yantra is the holiest of all the Yantras.  It is the pinnacle of of the knowledge of study and worship (Sri Vidya)

The Mantras’s seed sound “Shreem” activates the energy in the Pelvis and then spreads into the rest of the body. it consists of the nine intersecting triangles or circuits that represent the 7 chakras.  The 2 additional triangles represent the feet and thighs.  The 9th circuit is the Bindu, in this case representing where your soul dwells.  In your own body, The Sri Yantra Bindu is located at the crown of your head.

The focus of this Yantra is on the Divine Feminine, this Yantra is best used to reveal and integrate seemingly unconnected parts of life and inner self.  It is for over-all well being and attracts wealth in all aspects of life

Lakshmi Yantra

Abundance

Mantra

“Om Hreem Shreem Lakshmibhayo Namah”

The Goddess Lakshmi sits peacefully in the center of a lotus flower.  She smiles, adorned in red gowns and jewels, two of her four hands make the mudras of blessing and protection, the other two hold lotus flowers, gold coins pour from her palms.

Lakshmi is the deity of abundance.  We can see how she plays out in our life by where we place our focus and intent.  Lakshmi has infinite abundance, but does not give with no purpose.  She asks us to tend diligently to our work, our loved ones, our gardens.  She gives to those who have a generous and bountiful heart.  Wanting from a place of lack is not attractive to Lakshmi.

Meditate on this Yantra with fullness and appreciation for what you have to increase what you have.  She brings prosperity in the form of income, new oppurtunities, fame, and growth of business.

Kali Yantra

Transformation

Mantra

“Om Kreem Kreem Kreem Hum Hum Hreem Hreem Dakshine Kalike

Kreem Kreem Kreem Hum Hum Hreem Hreem Svaha”

Kali appears with dark black skin, she stands naked wearing only a necklace of severed heads and a skirt of arms.  She brandishes bloodied weapons and fangs, her tongue is long and curly.  She is death, she is time, and she is space.

Kali is a Divine Mother that removes the illusion of limitation and connects you with your limitless potential.  Although an imposing figure, she swallows up your impurities and confusions. She lays the anxieites of the future and the sorrows of the past to rest to initaite you into your spiritual journey now.

Meditate on this Yantra with the intent of letting go any illusions you may have. If you are feeling blocked, or stifled, the Kali Yantra will gain the attention of her dark divine blessing and connect you with your own inner power.

Chinnamasta Yantra

Intuition

Mantra

“Om Shreem Hreem Kleem Aim Vajra Vairochaniye Hum Hum Phat Svaha”

The red Goddess Chinnamasta holds her own severed head in one hand and a scimitar in the other.  Blood streams from her neck, feeding her own mouth and the mouth of two others. Naked she stands on a copulating couple.

Although she is fierce at first appearance, when worshipped she acts gently.  While Kali brandishes the heads of others, Chinnamasta offers her own head.  Chinnamasta assists us in getting out of our own head. Her blood generously nourishes herself and her attendants.  The streams represent the three main energy channels, or nadis, that run through the body and supply prana.

Meditate on this Yantra to call in Chhinnamasta with the intent of moving beyond your conditioned self and into a place of freedom and understanding. She evokes a fearlessness and awakens the warrior within you and grants you power to overcome anything that has left you standing in the dark.  She is a bringer of a light.

Durga Yantra

Protection

Mantra

“Om Aim Hreem Kleem Chamundaye Vichche”

A beautiful woman riding a Tiger and carries a weapon in each of her 8 arms.  She warmly smiles.  She is Durga, the Goddess of Protection!  She is the Mother, protecting us from danger.  In a time of great darkness Durga restored light to the Universe with love for all beings.

Durga appears at times of distress, when we need protecting the most. She brings to us strength to slay demonic forces that threaten our peace and prosperity.  She is a wealth of love and having her Yantra with you will recharge your life force.

Meditate upon Durga’s Yantra while reciting the Mantra to catch Durga’s attention.  She will bring you, protection and justice.

HAPPY SUMMONING! 

NEEFF

Spirits and Ancestors
over 1 year ago – Mon, Sep 25, 2023 at 01:22:12 PM

I've noticed that most spirit traditions treat the process like a bank teller window.  You drive up, get what you need and then leave.  This is not the correct approach.  Now more than ever, to be in correct relation with the spirit world, we must befriend and cultivate depth through consistent interaction and action.   It can be a a trade, and often is, but strength and flourishing exists within the context of cultivation.

That said,  ALWAYS ALWAYS build a bridge for your ancestors and sit in right relation with those you came from before you contact Dukes and Earls of the underworld.

So without any further ado, the spirit cards. The cornerstones of right relation with the dead.

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I think they turned out fantastic.  These will be useful in the context of the other cards!  Happy Spiriting!

Love,

NEEFF

Hippy Modernism and the Romance Cards
over 1 year ago – Wed, Sep 20, 2023 at 10:28:20 AM

Love is in the air!

How do you break down love and romance into it's most basic parts?  I always come back to something that I heard about love making.  It's a push-pull.  ; ) Attraction and repulsion centered around something unexplainable.

While the deck as a whole consists of my own version of the lovechild of the 60's and the 20's, these cares were definitely more informed by the hippy modernerism of the 60's.  What better to reflect love and peace than a little flower power era inspiration.

As always I wanted to ensure that the cards put into the expansion will work with the core deck and beyond the context of romance if not through the directives on the cards..   I appreciated your input to make something with a little more universality to it.  I experimented quite a lot and threw out a few directions.  Some of my designs even looked a little more cold at first (I'll post one at the bottom). They had merit and I may introduce them back in later as alternatives.  After all, what is love and romance without a little steam. <3

I think I struck a nice balance with these ones.

They make me happy!  I hope they inspire something saucy within you too.

To show part of the process here are some cards that didn't survive for one reason or another:

I'm writing like crazy and making quick progress.

Thanks Everyone. More cards tomorrow.  

NEEFF