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We ask ourselves – not out of maliciousness, but out of the innate human desire to reassure ourselves that nothing bad will happen to us: Didn’t they realize? Couldn’t they have done something earlier?

But sometimes, you don’t know until it’s almost too late. 

And in those moments, it helps to be a proactive, quick-thinking person with a sound support system. A person like you!

I’m proud to be a small part of your support system, and I’m really glad we tackled this forcefield together. I can’t wait to see the results of the Obliteration…

YOUR SPIRIT OF SORROW OBLITERATION

Part One: The Untangling

1. Gather these items from around your home: A pen, two sheets of A4 paper (or as close as possible in size if you don’t have A4 to hand), a small bowl of white salt, a lighter, and a single tealight.
2. Set the two sheets of paper next to one another in landscape orientation, overlapping them slightly to ensure no gap is present. Place the small bowl of white salt directly over the seam.
3. Pick up the pen and draw a simple sad face – two dots and a curve – in the center of the left piece of paper. Then do the same on the right piece of paper.
4. Pick up a few pinches of salt and sprinkle two encompassing circles around each of the sad faces.
5. Place the tealight directly on top of the sad face on the left, and light it. Pause for a few seconds, then lean down to the flame. Whisper: Spirit of sorrow, I untangle you from chaos. You are mine alone. Come home. 
6. Blow out the flame.
7. Place the tealight on top of the sad face on the right, light it and lean down: Whisper: Ancestral spirit of sorrow, I untangle you from chaos. You are an independent creature. Stand tall.
8. Blow out the flame.

Part Two: The Dissolution

1. Play some instrumental music of your choice. Choose something that makes you feel calm, relaxed and ready to open up.
2. Listen to the music for a while, sitting comfortably with your eyes closed. Put yourself at true rest.
3. When you feel ready to be vulnerable, consider the last thing that made you feel genuinely sad – really explore it fully, asking yourself why it happened and whether there was a deeper reason for the sadness. 
4. As an example: You felt sad because someone didn’t text you back. The sadness occurred because you irrationally felt, due to past trauma, that their lack of a reply reflected on you and made you unlovable or unworthy.
5. Challenge the narrative as you do this. Ask yourself: Is that a fact? Is that true? Did the situation make me sad, or did my perception of the situation make me sad?
6. Once you feel you’ve thoroughly considered the sadness, move further into your past and address at least three more notable moments. Some will have clear causes, like a bereavement. Some will be less obvious.
7. Whatever the sadness, examine it, and try to flip it on its head. In the case of a bereavement, for example, ask: Why was I sad? You’ll likely find the answer is: Because I loved that person deeply. And isn’t that love a gift in itself?
8. By the end of The Dissolution, without ever speaking directly to your spirit of sorrow, you’ll have reduced it substantially. It’s true – every cloud has a silver lining.

Part Three: The Separation

1. Wait for the night to fall and head outdoors with a torch (the torch on your phone would also work if you don’t have one). Check that you’re alone and won’t be disturbed.
2. Turn on the torch, raise it above your head, and shine it down over yourself. (Don’t look directly at the light, though, as this could damage your eyes.)
3. Look up to the sky above and speak straight to the stars. Straight to the cosmic world. Call, with confidence: 

Astral forces far beyond,

See me in all my glory,

Hear my sweet and so-soft song,

Stand and listen for me,

In earnest pursuit of respite,

I stand under the shining stars,

In the darkness of the night,

I come to reveal my heart,

Take me in, make me known,

See how I’ve changed,

See how I’ve grown,

See all the varied, varied pain,

And know in certainty, as I do,

Ancestral sorrow is not mine to bear,

Know in certainty, as the sky is blue,

That its presence with me is unfair,

I give, I share, I hope, I love,

I do all you ask of a human soul,

Show me now that this is enough,

Allow me to return to my goals!

4. (You can recite this from a piece of paper as long as you’re capable of doing so while still holding the torch above your head. You don’t necessarily have to memorize it, as it is reasonably long.)
5. Within a day, the astral forces will answer. And if they see you as I do – which I know they will – they’ll swiftly remove the extra burden of this ancestral spirit of sorrow.

So concludes the Obliteration. With each part detailed, I’ll share your FREE luck-generating feline gift as promised…

YOUR LUCKY BLACK OBSIDIAN CAT

You’ll shed your undeserved ancestral spirit of sorrow soon, and as you do, black cats will shed a little more of their undeserved unlucky reputation – because this Lucky Black Obsidian Cat will show one more person (you) what it can do.

It has such a sweet little face yet contains so much power and magnetism. An excellent, highly successful combination, if you ask me. 

You don’t need to activate or align with your Lucky Cat – I’ve done all that for you. You can simply print it out, store it somewhere safe and warm, and let it work magic in your life.

This Cat is sending extra luck into your immediate vicinity to compensate for the luck you missed during this unfortunate phase, so I wanted it to start doing so immediately.

I didn’t want you to have to do anything to make it yours. I wanted it to be a true gift.

Let’s speak again when you’re on the other side of your Obliteration,        . When things are flowing correctly once more…

Your loving friend,