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Born under a cursed moon and raised among gators and gossip, Mama Sha’ has been stirring pots—both literal and metaphorical—for over 45 years. This ain’t your grandma’s apothecary—unless she hexed exes for fun and kept bones in labeled jars. Now, over the age of 50, Mama Sha’ is tired of the frilly nonsense. She’s thrown in the towel – on shiny spell jars, mass-produced “intention kits” and TikTok witches spewing out bad advice and who think magic is just lighting a candle while duck-lip pouting into their cell phone for clicks. She’s not here for the influencer alchemy or quartz-drenched nonsense blessed by algorithms and sold with a selfie, the endless parades of crystal-infused moonwater that couldn’t hex its way out of a paper bag. Mama Sha’ needs grit, not glitter. Power, not Pinterest. She has spent years building her craft with bones, fire and actual consequences. She has leaned hard into the grit, the grime, and the glory of true swamp witchery. Her hands know herbs, her boots know mud, and her mouth knows curses sharp enough to slice through generational trauma. Crystals are fine, but she prefers tools that bite back—rusted nails, crawfish mud, black salt, and the kind of herbs that get you side-eyed at TSA. She don’t cast for aesthetics. She casts for results. This isn’t a vibe. It’s a vow. If you’re looking for pastel spells and glitter jars, turn back now. But if you crave botanical vengeance and handcrafted wrath, welcome home. So buckle up, buttercups! Let’s do this!

This Week’s Witchery from Inexplicable Things –

 Open the Damn Road

Sometimes, life parks your energy in the spiritual mud and takes the keys. Whether you’re graduating, transitioning, starting something new, or just trying to remember why you walked into the room… this week’s focus is all about road opening.

What Is Road Opening Magic?
Let’s be real—sometimes it feels like everything is stuck. The energy. The ideas. The whole damn world. You try to move forward, but it’s like wading through wet cement, and every time you think you’re making progress, something weird happens—car breaks down, people ghost, that job interview vanishes into the abyss.

Road opening magic is what you turn to when you’re ready to get unstuck.

It’s not about manifesting a mansion or summoning a sugar daddy from the void. It’s about clearing out the debris. Removing blockages—energetic, emotional, spiritual—and opening the way for opportunities, ideas, and movement to actually reach you.

Road opening doesn’t guarantee instant success. What it does is create space. Space for momentum. For clarity. For the right things to find you.

Sometimes it feels like the world slammed all the doors shut. Road opening is when you stop waiting for them to open, and start lighting a candle with the intention to blow the hinges off.

It’s ancient work. It’s sacred work. It’s “grab your keys, light a fire, and start walking” kind of work.

Road Opening Magic is the grease for your life’s squeaky hinges. It’s a ritual of pushing through blockages—spiritual, practical, emotional—so your path ahead ain’t full of stumps and brambles. You light a candle, set your intention, and send out that unmistakable “get the hell out of my way” energy. Think of it like WD-40 for your soul: it seeps into every crevice of resistance and loosens whatever’s jammin’ up your journey.

Why We Do It

  1. Clearing the Way: When you’re stuck— stalled in love, career, creativity, or mojo—road openers give you the push you need.
  2. Attracting Opportunity: Once the old barriers shift, new doors swing wide. You’ll find yourself meeting the right people, getting lucky breaks, or simply feeling that sweet flow of synchronicity.
  3. Reclaiming Power: Casting road opener spells reminds you that you hold the wheel. No unseen force is steering you off course unless you let it.

When to Do It

  • New Beginnings: Launching a project, moving to a new place, or starting a relationship.
  • Major Transitions: Career shifts, big life decisions, or when the universe seems to hand you a closed gate rather than an open one.
  • Anytime You Feel Stuck: If you notice patterns of frustration, delays, or just general swamp-thick inertia—light that candle and get greasy.

Remember, this ain’t wishful thinking—it’s work. You’re aligning your will, your energy, and the elements to clear your road. Light the candle, speak your truth, and watch the bog of resistance drain away. #swampluck #roadopener #bayoumagic

Mama Sha’s Ritual of the Week: Unlock the Way

A quick, no-frills ritual to unjam your energy, clear spiritual congestion, and make sure the universe knows you’re no longer politely waiting.

Roots & Bits You’ll need:

A quiet space, and your “let’s do this” energy

A Road Opener candle (or any orange candle you trust to not lie to you)

A small glass or bowl of water

A key – real, symbolic, drawn, or dug out of your junk drawer

Shameless (but accurate) plug:
👉 Too lazy to forage for candles and keys in the muck? Our swamp-blessed Road Opener Candle comes with its own key—no digging through junk drawers required.

Because we are helpful like that! Also, you’ve got enough on your plate.

👉 Summon your path-clearing arsenal here.

Steps:

Set the scene. Light the candle. Set the water in front of it. Take a breath. Shake off the mental sludge.

Hold the key over the flame—not in it, unless you’re looking to burn more than bridges.

Whisper or say aloud:

“Unlock the path. Open the door. I am no longer stuck—
not anymore.”

Drop the key gently into the water. Let it sit. Let it soak. Let it soften whatever’s been locked tight.

Sit with the candle as long as you feel called. Focus on what you’re moving toward, NOT what you’re trying to escape. That part’s already handled.

When done, snuff the candle (don’t blow—this isn’t a birthday wish, it’s a command), remove the key, and keep it somewhere visible. Front door, altar, desk—wherever you need a reminder that you move things now.

You can burn the rest of the candle at intervals over the course of the next few days – 15 minutes a day is sufficient. When the candle is completely spent, you can take the remnants of the wax and dispose of it either in your trash (the energy has been sent, no need to do anything special with the wax), or you can take it to a trash receptacle away from your home. Please, do NOT bury the wax, or throw it in a waterway – that is NOT responsible conjuring!

Mama Sha’s Pro-Witch Tip: If the water looks funky or weird when you’re done, toss it outside—away from your threshold. That junk doesn’t need to linger.

Swamp Lore: The Door That Wasn’t

Deep in the backwaters—where the air is thick and the moss grows heavy—there’s a story about a door.

Not a door in a house.

Not one built by hands.

Just… a door.

No frame, no walls. Just standing there, sun-bleached wood and rusted hinges. Sometimes it’s on a path that wasn’t there yesterday. Sometimes it appears where the river bends wrong. But only the truly stuck ever find it. The lost. The desperate. The ones who say out loud, “I just need something to change.”

The old folks say if you knock, you better mean it. You don’t get to choose what’s on the other side.

Sometimes it’s the way forward.

Sometimes it’s the reason you were stuck to begin with.

They say it won’t open for liars.
Or for cowards.
Or for anyone who brings their baggage but not their fire.

If you find it—light a candle before you go through.
And whatever you do, don’t look back.

Tools of the Trade

Featured Tool: Road Opener Beeswax Candle
Orange, warm, woodsy, and blessed by hand in our little swamp shack. This candle is made to unjam your life. Whether you need a breakthrough, a shift in luck, or just a spiritual bulldozer—it’s ready to burn. 
👉 Light your path here  (https://inexplicablethings.com/shop/ols/products/road-opener-candle)

Road Opening goodies
These oils, and other materia magica, are all spectacular at blowing doors off their hinges. These are the ones that we use, personally, in-house, if we need road-opening energies.

Alright, my murky marvels, that’s your swamp sermon for the week.

Thanks for wading through the muck with me—and for all the fierce support (you know I see you).

Now go honor your ancestors (they’re watching), burn that candle, and strut into your new beginnings like the bog-born badass you are.

Love and bones, always. ❤️🌿Mama Sha’

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