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I agree with many here who have said "talk to your neighbor nicely" etc. Get to know her, maybe she seems a "Scarey Mary" on the outside but is a nice person otherwise. Also maybe with a better relationship you may find she is doing a simple celebratory ritual of the Sun, God and Goddess and not dealing with banishing negativity at all. If she is doing a purification/banishing ritual such as banishing hurts, pains, habits she no longer needs and visualizing them being burned up in her cauldron, and purifying herself,the negative would be burned away with fire in her cauldron, if that is her intent and thus, theorectically, would not drift towards you. Also if she cast proper circle in her rite that should also, in theory, contain the energies she raises because basically she has created a space that is between time and space. She could also be doing a ritual where her intent is to charge her life with joy and wonder and attuning herself to the special energies of the Solstice time. So if she was doing some blessing rituals could it be theorized, if energies are leaking out of her circle, that blessings could come your way? If it is possible maybe you should start looking for small blessings in your life.
As to your quote about sending Pan her way, some witch traditions celebrate Pan around Beltane and Midsummer, so sending him over may be more of blessing to her rite instead of causing a problem. I can't help but think of Midsummer Night's Dream and how the fairy realm during that play is especially active during Midsummer. Soooo..maybe it's not your neighbor who is the problem, especially with missing keys, cigarettes, and other small items and glitches. Some research into the legends and lore of various earth spirits, tricksters, fairies couldn't hurt and may be fun. I would also consider, do you know Pan well enough to convince him to cause her trouble and not cause you any...he is known as a trickster after all. If you don't want Pan hanging around your house, I suggest not sending him over to someone else's.
Some other practical, non-magical things you might be able to do is check and see if your appliances and plumbing are in good repair and maintenance and your keys and other small objects in places that can be easily found. However, I remember reading "you're a very old woman" so maybe you also don't have much money so I can understand if regular maintenance of plumbing and appliance could be difficult financially and keeping small items in a proper place might not be as easy either. But if you are able to do some of these things, it could head off some of the "bad luck" of glitches and lost items and make it possible for you not to have to do your own (to quote you) "ritual or magick every stinking year".
I also agree with the advice of looking at your beliefs and expectations of bad luck around this time of year. Often times we see or get what we expect. So, what if you changed your expectations and beliefs,to looking for some small blessing..or maybe a certain number..like 5, each day around this time of year. See if that might work to change things around. Sometimes changing your focus or awareness to more postive things is a simpler and easier solution you can practice to any "bad luck" situation. |
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