E. A. Koetting and Baron DePrince - The Spider and The Green Butterfly

E.A. Koetting/Baron DePrince
The Spider and the Green Butterfly
you through their sacrifice the gifts of revelation. Bind
their feet and place them in the middle of the Veve of
power, surrounded by eight white candles.
In a black cauldron, mix one part of each of the
ingredients: Sandalwood, lavender, mint, sage, sweet pea,
and lily of the valley. These are to be acquired as fresh as
possible, and are to be ground into a powder and lit inside
of the cauldron. Hold the birds over the burning incense
until it ceases smoking entirely.
Kill them and cook them in whatever manner is
suitable to your specific tastes. Having been touched by
the hands of the Loa, specifically of Legba, the Lord of the
Crossroads, the bodies, bones, and meat of the chickens are
imbued with the powers of revelation. Any who eat the
meat will in turn possess this power. It is therefore wise to
eat the chicken alone. This in itself can be a task: chicken
omelets for breakfast, chicken salad for lunch, fried chicken
for dinner, chicken ala king, ad naseum.
Being left with the bones of the chickens, separate
them, setting the head and the feet aside and allowing the
remainder to be washed in rain water, or in some other
natural water source, if rain is not plentiful in your location.
Living in the Southwestern United States, I washed mine in
a natural spring running through the mountains not far from
my home. Being washed clean, leave the bones in the sun,
again allowing Legba, the Loa of the sun, to wash over
them and bleach them with sunlight.
The heads and the feet can be kept and used later in
various wanga, or enchantments. The remainder of the
bones are ready for use. From the black shroud, sew
together a bag in which the bones can be placed. A
separate cloth is to be obtained made of violet material
measuring 8 by 11 inches, upon which the bones may be
tossed. Both cloths, the bag and the tossing cloth, are to be
sprinkled heavily with Florida Water before the bones
touch the material.
When you are ready to give a reading with the
bones, lay out the purple cloth and have the client hold the
bag with the bones for a few moments to allow their
vibrations to come into contact with the bones in the bag.
If there is a specific question or problem that needs to be
resolved, they ought to focus upon this and allow the
energy of the issue at hand to be transferred through touch
into the bones. The bag, being consecrated with Florida
Water, will enhance this energy and will vibrate within the
bones.
After only a few moments, open the bag and lightly
toss the bones onto the purple cloth. It is difficult here to
discuss in any subjective, analytical manner how the bones
speak to the reader. Sometimes actual shapes will form
which can be discerned, but more often the bones
themselves will literally speak, without sound, to the
Houngan, through his intuition and his scrying senses.
A few basic guidelines can be taken note of,
however. If the majority of the bones that are cast fall
closer to the top of the cloth, this could indicate that the
entire reading will relate to the future, rather than dwelling
in past or present circumstances. If the majority of the
bones fall closer to the bottom of the cloth, this instead