Dagaz Blacker: The Spirit Smith

I have been thinking a lot today about protection from spirit today, ever since I did my daily pulls. Protection was a recurring theme as I went through my tarot cards, runes, and oracle cards. I have found that it is good to have a reminder about this every once in a while.  I use sound waves in my studio to spiritually clear it most of the time. I have two tiny bells that I ring to clear my space that usually do the trick. I often take them with me when I head out to do readings as well. Some people prefer not to have fragrance in their homes and the bells do a great job in most cases. If my studio room is feeling particularly heavy, I will burn incense of frankincense, myrrh, or rose. Frankincense and myrrh are commonly used to spiritually clear space. For me rose also has a positive effect in my space. There are plenty of other incense can be used to cleanse your space like juniper, cedar, or saddle wood, and the list goes on… If there is a need to go further, you can also use ...

I live in a large building with many units, and therefore, many people. As a medium, I am constantly surrounded by many spirits that I largely, but respectfully ignore in my day to day life. If I did not, I would never get anything done in a day. When it is important, I do pay attention. Today, I am going to tell you about the man who lived in the courtyard of my building. I call him the ghost in the red jacket. Since I moved to this building, about seven years now, there has been a man who looked to be in his late sixties or early seventies, who was always standing in the courtyard of my building. He was usually looking down at the grass. He wore a red windbreakers type jacket, blue jeans and a navy ball cap. I would see him standing there as I drove by to park in the underground parking of my building.  One day, he seem to suddenly realize that I knew he was there. He looked up at me and smiled. That night, as I was going to sleep, he popped into my room. He seemed to want to tal...

    Happy Friday! I have spent the day cleaning and organizing the house, talking with family, and now on to meditating :) To have a clean and organized home, to meditate and connect with family and spirit, and finally to enjoy a home cooked meal with my new husband; all of these things bring me joy. Simple things can bring us the most joy. Do at least one thing today that brings you joy 🙂 Live life to the fullest and be in the now.  Peace and Happiness Dagaz 💕

My search for Jane is leading me on an interesting path, a path to properly see spirit with my eyes again. Have any of you been searching to get closer to some of your guides? I’m not sure which guide Jane is? She keeps that information hidden. I have met and seen several of my other guides using my third eye. Jane, however, is ever a challenge. She assures me that I will know more when I can see her. Jane wants me to fully see her with my actual eyes, as I saw spirit when I was young. As a young child, I could not tell if someone was an actual person from this world or a spirit or a ghost. They all looked the same to me. The only way I knew they might not be of this world, was if I could see them and others told me there was no one there. Because I closed that part of myself off for so many years, I now see spirit as a grey shape and their details are filled in using my third eye. It is my understanding that spirit has decided that I am supposed to once again see spirit with my actual...

Ch Ch Changes… cue the song, I can hear the David Bowie version now, LOL... Everyday we all experience little changes to routine, relationships, or way of being. I don’t know about you, but this month I feel like spirit is changing so many things about my life. It feels refreshing and exciting, but at the same time I feel like I am stumbling a bit here and there. Spirit assures me this is necessary to grow and finally become the person I am supposed to be. I have always been a medium. I hear spirit, I see spirit in different ways, I feel spirit around me, and I use tarot and runes to further communicate with spirit. I can relate to you the messages spirit has to share through these methods. Now spirit is expanding my sight using scrying. I have a scrying mirror made of obsidian that spirit moved me to seek out about two years ago. I have been able to see small amounts of information using it. I am usually able to find more emotional messages in it. Now however, spirit has shown me that...

Another museum I used to work for was definitely alive with spirit. Well, with one spirit at least. She often would annoy the staff my ringing an old wooden fire alarm behind them while they tried to work, me included. Sometimes boxes would float from one storage shelf to another or items on the shelf in the museum store would float off the shelf, over other items and fall to the ground, not knocking anything else as it did so. This museum is a replica of an original home and is located near a hospital. The hospital staff would often say that they saw lights turning on and off in the building at two or three o’clock in the morning, when there would have been no one in the building. The one particular evening I recall, a museum volunteer and myself were at the museum to teach an educational program for a group of cub scouts. The program its self went successfully, without incident. After the program, when the group had left and the museum was empty, except for us, and all of the outside...

Thinking about what to write today, I have many ideas come to mind. The one that stands out, is about myself and  a good friend who through the years have had many experiences with spirit together. We worked at a heritage site together for a time, although we have been friends for over 25 years.  This particular day my friend was working in a log home built in 1837. Not all historic homes have spirit dwelling in them, but this one was always full of  “life”. My friend is an historical interpreter and story teller. This particular day at the museum was a quiet one, only the odd visitor. My friend was in this home she worked in, cleaning and cooking over the open hearth. The house smelled of woodsmoke and fresh biscuits baking. As I entered the home to discuss an upcoming program with my friend, the walking wheel spinning wheel was slowly turning round as if someone was actually using it. Keep in mind the wheel was normally tied off so it could not be used unless staff was ...

Sitting here in my studio, I am surrounded by pictures of family. Both my grandmothers especially catch my eye today. I can feel them both present and excited about my post today. People often ask me where my abilities come from. I don’t usually have a good answer for that, but as I really think about my grandmothers today, I realize that it comes from both sides of my family. My Mother’s mother, Annie Ellen who went by Ellen, often told a story about an experience she had while visiting the south of France. She was on a bus tour to a tourist site she had never been to before. When they arrived at the site, another visitor asked her in French if she knew where the washrooms were. She said that for the next few minutes she was a young woman from France and was exactly able to tell the visitor the correct directions, in French, to a place she (Ellen) had never been to before. My grandmother also did not speak French. During her experience, which I believe was a past life experience, Elle...

You may not know this about me, but I am a total history enthusiast. I worked for many years as an Historical Interpreter and Museum Educator. When my life finally led me to my current path, I began, as many of you probably did, to use some tools of divination. The first tool I learned was tarot cards. But, my heart has always longed to connect with runes. Every time I tell someone I use runes, most people give me a curious look and ask what exactly are runes? So… I thought today I would share a bit of history about runes and how they are used.  First of all, let me say this is by no means the complete history, just a taste for those who might be interested in this tradition. So, there are various forms of runes with different names and with a different number of runes. Most of these runes extend from the oldest form known as the Elder Futhark Runes. This is what we will focus on today. These are the oldest known form of runes and some say that the Elder Futhark Rune meanings come ...

Today is a day about new beginnings. It is the 155 Birthday of my country. Although Canada is 155 years old, it is just finding its way to a rebirth. My heart is happy that the indigenous peoples of this country are finally able to take meaningful steps toward truth and reconciliation. As our Prime Minister acknowledged today, sadly we cannot change history, but we can most certainly build a better future. I am not Indigenous, and I in no way presume to speak for any of these peoples, but my hope is that we all look forward to building that better future. As this day dawns, the cards and runes are also pushing me into a type of personal rebirth, or new beginning. The card I pulled today is the Ten of Swords and the Rune is Berkana. This card flatly states that I am done being the person that I was. It is a card of evolution. The Rune Berkana is about beginnings, growth, creativity and outcomes. Sometimes I feel like the cards are listening to my life like a tape recorder. And actually,...