Mercury Retrograde can be an exceptionally frustrating time. Even if your own natal Mercury was retrograde (and thus you’ve been spared some of the harsher energy), almost everyone around you will be in a fog of missed connections, muddled communications, and general chaos. It’s never a good time to start anything new, but it doesn’t have to be a complete loss.
A great technique from the Haitian Vodou tradition that we use at any time of year, and not just something like Mercury Retro, is spiritual cleansing with herbal baths. You can make a special bath for yourself to cut through the Mercury muck, and help get yourself back into balance.
Just 24 hours after the “not guilty” verdict was handed down in the trial against George Zimmerman for the murder of Trayvon Martin; a cleansing bath seems like a soothing antidote to the angst in the air and the pain in my heart. I am one of the many who are saddened and outraged that Zimmerman walks free while an innocent 17 year old boy lies cold in the grave. Of the many mishaps this Mercury Retrograde none have been more disappointing or disheartening as Zimmerman’s acquittal. So, this evening I’m climbing into the tub and washing away the remnants of my tears and rage so I can go on.
Thank you Mambo T Chita Tann for giving me a soothing balm for my anxious heart. – Marie Bargas
How to Create a Milk Bath
Take a cup of white milk, a handful of fresh basil leaves, and three limes into the bathroom, along with a large pitcher, bowl, or bucket filled with room temperature water. Slice up the limes and put them in the water, along with the milk and the basil, and stir with your right hand. Then get into the bathtub or shower and very slowly, pour the pitcher over your head. Keep your eyes shut, because the lime juice can sting – but what it’s doing is cutting through all that Mercurial madness. If any pieces of lime or leaves stick to you on the way down, that’s fine – rub them into your skin and then let them fall. Let this air dry, then step out and dry off with a clean white towel. It’s best to do this bath right before bed, so you can leave the fragrant bath to do its work until morning.
Mambo Chita Tann (Mambo Tamara, or “Mambo T”) has been mambo asogwe (the highest rank of priesthood) in Haitian Vodou since 2001, when she initiated with a sosyete in the city of Jacmel in southern Haiti. In 2004, she was granted membership in another sosyete based in Pétionville and Port-au-Prince, Haiti, with a satellite house in Long Island, NY: the Sosyete La Fraîcheur Belle Fleur Guinea of Mambo Marie Carmel Charles. Mambo T underwent a second initiation as mambo asogwe in January 2006, at Sosyete Sipote Ki Di, a historical Port-au-Prince peristyle adminstered by Mambo Marie Carmel Charles and Mambo Fifi Ya Sezi. At baptism, Mambo T was honored with the public name Chita Tann, a name passed down through several mambos in the house’s lineage.
Mambo Chita Tann (Mambo T) and Sosyete Fòs Fè Yo Wè
Mambo T has more than 20 years of experience as a teacher, author, and lecturer on African religions. She is a professional Egyptologist and became the spiritual leader of the Kemetic Orthodox Faith (a modern form of ancient Egyptian religion) in 1989, decades prior to her involvement in Haitian Vodou. She considers Vodou not as her religion, but as a spiritual and magical service in honor of Haitian and Native American ancestors. Mambo T’s students come from all races, religions, and walks of life. Her first book on Vodou, Haitian Vodou: An Introduction to Haiti’s Indigenous Spiritual Tradition, was published in January 2012.
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Thanks to Marie Bargas, YourPopPsychic.com for her suggestions on how to get clean of the Mercury Retrograde with a milk bath Odd it might sound but I gather it brings good “juju”
Check her out on www.yourpoppsychic.com
Stevie Wilson,
LA-Story.com
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This is great, Stevie. I have taught classes in making herbal baths and used them often myself. I have not heard of this combo, but basil is a great cleanser. Must try. Thanks.
If this meets the PAM standard, then I am going to have to try this!!
I love herbal baths but haven’t heard of this one. I’ll definitely give it a try then next time I need some clarity and cleansing