Kanjizai-Ji is situated in the town called Ainan and is devoted to Yakushi Nyorai or the Buddha of Medicine and Healing. He is still one of the most important Buddhas especially during rituals that are performed at funerals because he is also the Buddha who leads the Buddhists to Nirvana.
As well as the card layout for the Healing spell from the Tarot Spells book by Janina Renee, these cards were chosen to represent the elements of the Pentacle.
Heaven: St. Anthony of Padua (from the Saints and Angels deck.)
Air: Financial Flow from the Healing with the Fairies deck
Water: Self-forgiveness from the Magical Mermaids and Dolphins deck
Earth: Rabbit from the Medicine Cards for Today deck (release fears)
Fire: Trust and Faith from the Past Lives deck
It has been a while since I was able to do a spell. I experienced a period of fairly severe depression and did not wish to add those energies to the mix. I was also very busy, the kind of busy that curtails creative and mystical energies. So, there you have it.
My special friend's particular needs are changeable at this point. A recent brain scan reveals that his physical brain has shrunk to approximately 2/3 the size that it was when he was first diagnosed with the disease process causing his dementia, and there is a large hole in the memory area. It is highly unlikely (at least according to known physical laws) that his body can regenerate this brain tissue.
However, he seems to thrive on the healing spell, regardless of whether or not it can help him physically. I always feel his energies growing warm and strong when I do this spell on his behalf, and he always thanks me with a warm hug that I can physically feel.
The cards reveal that I'm doing the right thing. St. Anthony's message is "You've found it!" I feel that I have, when I'm not filling the garden of my psyche with the weeds of doubt. So I'm going to keep doing it.
The self-forgiveness card is not only for me but for my friend. He has some powerful issues to work out in order to forgive himself so he can let go of the self-punishment that binds him to a very sick body. Then the body will either miraculously heal, or it will release its hold so his spirit can be free.
He is a very sweet person who made some mistakes that he continues to punish himself for. I have promised him that I will do my best to help him work through these. At one point he begged me to do a spell to release his spirit from his body. I told him that I couldn't do that in good conscience. He then apologized for asking me to do such a thing.
Bad things do happen to good people. I don't claim to understand why. The Buddhist view of the material plane being a plane of suffering is the one that makes most sense to me. Doing right will not exempt us from suffering, but it will help our souls and the souls of others to evolve.
I'm glad my friend Poe suggested this one--it's powerful!
I didn't do anything but general sending of love and light for several days because my energies were very drained due to circumstances at work.
The other friend with whom I've been consulting regarding this matter says that the red candles discussed in this post indicate that my subject is doing work on the astral level and is determined to help as much as possible. Thus, at this juncture, I have changed this to strictly a healing spell. We are, in fact, shooting for a miracle.
His energy was fearful when he first approached me. His determination has increased. I want to keep supporting him, whatever he needs to do. This is my intention.
Thank you to the friends who are supporting me in this matter. I'm used to flying by the seat of my pants. I'm glad I don't have to go it completely alone with this.
Doing a healing/helping spell for a critically ill person.
I frame this as healing or helping because he is at the point where there could be no recovery without a straight-up miracle. I love him so much and I don't want him to suffer. If there were a way that his health, including the health of his brain, could be restored, then this would be marvelous. Otherwise, I would not want that his body be kept alive, which would only prolong his suffering. I would want him to be set free.
He has heart failure, lung cancer, and a fast-moving form of dementia.
