(1Kings 17:1)
“Now Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain in the next few years except at my word.”
2 Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah: 3 “Leave here, turn eastward and hide in the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan. 4 You will drink from the brook, and I have directed the ravens to supply you with food there.”
5so he did what the Lord had told him. He went to the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan, and stayed there.
6 The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook.”
My Early life experiences with the concept of Saints was very little, sure there was the mention of the Saints in the Apostles Creed that was in frequent use at my maternal Grandmother’s Methodist Church, but the idea of praying to these sacred individuals never came up. It wasn’t until much later in my witching life that I began to understand their importance and inclusion in magical work. The first time the idea really grabbed me was in Starr Casas’s Old Style Conjure, where she lists notable Prophet and Wonder workers in the old testament and listing all the ways one could approach these powerful spirits to bring in their help and power. It was her inclusion of the Prophet Elijah that lead me back to the figure that fascinated my early childhood in the Southern Baptist Church that I was raised in.
While I was searching for ways to approach the Prophet in my own way, I went searching for more ways to approach Saint magics and ways to improve my prayer life with. At the time I was already working with St Micheal Archangel and was slowly learning more, while that practice isn’t particularly deep, I was searching for deeper roads. My next steps lead me to Italian Folk Magic, which helped to expand my knowledge on prayers, techniques and gave me several wonderful recipes for delicious meals but that is besides the point.
In my early life I was transfixed on the story of Elijah and the Priests of Baal, His encounter with God on Mount Horeb, and His assumption into heaven. These stories held my awe when I was young, and now today he has come back into my life as a magician as a figure of comfort, guidance and teachings. It is interesting to venerate a Prophet that is so important in so many different religions and is a mask for so many Pagan gods like Helios, Zeus, Perun, just to name a few. With this he comes through with so many heavenly connections and is especially helpful when calling on weather spirits and helping to fight against drought, there is so much intersection in the strengths of the undying Prophet. (If any one wants to learn more about the connections between Elijah and Perun I highly recommend this class.)
The prophet has aided me with so much, he has protected me in troubling times, brought me free food when times were tough, lead me to many interesting points of study and so much more. The Saint has come through in a myriad form, boasting the shapes, strengths and signs of the above listed gods, with my primary mode of magical work being inspired by the PGM it should be no surprise that these masks come in so strongly for me. He has brought me into contact with angels, that preside over the land I live on, given me instructions on making charms, blessing cars. The Blessed Prophet Elijah has helped to reshape my life, this post is a recounting of my experiences but it is also an offering of public praise, adoration and gratitude to the single most influential Saint that has made his way into my heart.
“O glorious Saint Elijah, ever a mirror of sanctity and justice, while living in this valley of tears, obtain for us of God the grace to be your followers on earth, that we may one day be partakers with you in the everlasting glory in heaven. O great Patriarch of the Order of Mount Carmel, teacher of God’s people and the defender of their Faith, disperse, we entreat you, the darkness of our intellect, obscured by our evil passions, and preserve in our hearts the Faith which is kept living by works of charity. O holy Patriarch of the Most High, taken into heaven in a chariot of fire, and who shall be the precursor of Christ, when He shall come in the splendor of his infinite majesty to judge the living and the dead, pray for us, that loving Him and sincerely serving Him on earth, we may have the great happiness of loving Him for all eternity in the blessed kingdom of heaven. Amen.” ~Carmelite Prayer to Saint Elijah
Workings with St. Elijah
Typically my workings starts with the Bible, I pray to him that he guide my eyes so that my bibliomantic reading may be lead by his hand. We start a discussion with him using the bible as the medium so we can craft a strategy to building spell work, a prayer routine, or even do nothing at all. Once the matter is divined on and the approach figured out we typically start with prayer, I like to use an “Our Father” or a “Glory Be” to start, then I move to a psalm or bible verse that fits the works goal, as well as prayers to God through the intersession of the The Prophet to lend the strength to the spell, or open the road, destroy a block or to learn the deeper mysteries of the Saint.
Saint Elijah is a fiery and powerful spirit to work with, he will come through differently with different people , taking on the roll of a teacher or adviser for most magicians, while my deeper relationship is a much more private matter; I can firmly say that some of the best offerings you can give him are Wine, Water, Bread, Cake, Frankincense and frequent prayer. I personally like to offer wine made locally and fresh baked bread if I can make the time to make it. The best way to learn to work with this Saint is to start praying to him, follow the inspiration he gives you and follow that, say the prayer, do the work learn the magic.
“Most powerful Holy Elijah who stood on Mount Carmel, favorite man of the Omnipotent, guide of the mortals on this earth, kneeling before you, I beg you to help me to remove from my home all those evil spirits that have lodged in it. Whether these spirits have been sent, or voluntarily have taken possession of my home, I beg you Holy Elijah–as you have defeated the enemy who has tried to harm the people under your protection–that I can defeat all those who try to harm me, whether through spiritual or material harm. Amen” -Prayer to Holy Elijah who stood on Mount Carmel
His feast day is on the 20th of this Month, so I’ll be launching my Shop page and as an Offering to this Saint that has so radically changed my life I will be releasing a charm that brings his fire to and power to help bring in targeted opportunities to those that buy them, they are limited to a stock of 20 and hand embroidered with the central figure from the 5th Pentacle of Mercury and the they should be available a week after his feast day.
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