Making + Magick: The intersection of art & magick
Introducing Netivot Talismans, Sticker Sheets, and more…
I hope you all don’t mind an occasional mid-month update.
Trying to pack everything into the monthly newsletter is next to impossible, and then I feel like I’m shortchanging you all by just posting to Instagram. And well, the algorithm isn’t exactly friendly.
So, from time to time - when there’s something worth sharing — I’m going to send out a mid-month update like this.
Netivot Talismans
I had a couple of prototype prints of the deck that I decided to begin making talismans out of and kind of fell in love. It’s coming together with my other new love… wax seals (more on that below).
Here are just a few of the Netivot Talismans that are in the shop, with more to come. Each is a one-of-a- kind handmade talismans that includes a card from the Eit/Aht: a Netivot Wisdom Oracle, sealing wax, beads, and other embellishments such as fortune cookie fortunes. Each is unique and captures a special energy.
And I’m making sure they are really accessible financially - for now they are only $10 each! Let me know what you think, and of course you can just head over to devotaj.com to claim one for yourself.
Wax Seals
Oh my goodness I have fallen down the rabbit hole with the creative and magiqal potential of wax seals. The Sefer Yetzirah, a foundational Jewish mystical/magiqal text talks about the Divine sealing the world into place, and sealing the directions. And I thought it would be interesting to play with this. Wax seals are ancient and have been used to sign one’s name AND for magiq. Check out this article from the Jewish Encyclopedia for more on that. And let’s be honest, watching wax melt is just magiqal on its own.
I’m excited to use them as part of a larger piece like the Netivot Talismans — and as talismans on their own or as the primary feature like this love talisman in the bottom right photo, which has three colors of wax blended together and sealed on a pink ribbon with a heart shaped evil eye ward, a rose quartz rosette, 3 etrog seeds and a thorn from a trifoliate orange bush.
Netivot Wisdom Oracle
Last but not least… the decks are here and there was an issue with the books, but those have been reprinted and should arrive tomorrow. That means, I’ll start packaging up decks and shipping them out this weekend!!
Thank you for the support past, present, and future on this project. And if you didn’t back the Kickstarter, that’s okay. You can now pre-order your copy in the shop! After I fulfill all the Kickstarter decks there should be about 150 decks left for everyone else. Once those all sell, I’ll figure out if I’m doing another print run or not. If you want one, please don’t wait.
You made it to the end! Please share your thoughts, questions, or kvells!
Your mentioning the wax seal makes me remember my childhood, when my mother bought me a seal with my initial on it, as well as wax. I enjoyed using it to seal envelopes & such. Now I wonder whatever happened to it. ☺️