I am Crystal, the North African Star Gypsy Priestess of Egypt. My ancestors were of Arabic, African and Egyptian descent.

Since I was born I have been immersed in a world of mystery, ceremony and magic. As one of the most powerful spell casters remaining today, I have found my calling casting spells for people in need to help them fulfill their soul's purpose.

I was incarnated in this lifetime as a powerful spell caster like my ancestors before me. Through their teachings I have learned to live in alignment with my intuition and most authentic self. I use my power to harness the vibrational and energetic nature of this universe.

As a child we were told not to pray to a god of healing for a headache, to take aspirin. Not to beseech the gods for fortune, take a job with a company.

I was taught that the Gods see through us all, down to the naked soul within all of us. The God and Goddess are the final judgement, whether one is a powerful spell caster or an ordinary human being.

In ancient history, the only organ that the Egyptians took to the afterlife was the heart. To witches throughout history, a strong heart is what made spell casters so powerful. Without that fire within, one's magick is powerless.

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So the old ways of my ancestors were slowly dying, and the gods were being forgotten. For me however, the Gods, the spirits and the myriad supernatural entities and forces of the world have always been of great practical concern.

I always knew that they were real, as much as you and I are real. It's foolish and arrogant for anyone to think otherwise. Prayers were still spoken, idols were still made and the dances were still performed in my household, even if the worshipers used electric lights instead of campfires, play recorded drum music and wore jeans.

Today, the reality of magick, the divine, and the great spirits that can be invoked to influence our lives is still true for me and my congregation of powerful spell casters, many of whom have been practicing magick for generations, long before arrogant westerners and their ideas came to the Dark Continent.

Odu is a reflection of that belief; an ancient form of sorcery, it draws upon the African tradition of polytheism by literally tapping the Gods' power.

Odu is a successful Child of Damballah an existing system of blood magic. The vampires who began this ambitious project, and those advancing it now, backwards-engineered Setite Sorcery to sever it from its dark Egyptian roots, breaking it down and building it back up almost from scratch.

They left only the style's basic mystical principles and core concept in place, that of drawing upon divinity for power, to accommodate the Orisha whom these powerful spell casters invoke.

The result is a powerful priestly magic that channels the gods through ecstatic dances, drumming, ingestion of local herbs through smoke and teas where herbs are soaked in vitae before being drunk, conjuring deities as aid and as allies.