Swamp Gator is actually my go-to for a relaxing meditation session. It also helps me sleep at night, funny enough. It's like everything slows down and those racing thoughts slip away.

When I read the write up I knew this would probably be good for me, but I was also really intimidated. So, I got a mini and set it aside for ‘perfect conditions’ - i.e. when I was in such a good place that I wouldn’t actually need SG anymore.
My concern was not necessary. This is actually really supportive for dealing with appalling and frightening people and situations in your personal sphere and the world at large. SG will help you see it all clearly and deal with it. I couldn’t even identify everything before. Now I can. Which is so much better.
(Can balance nicely with Eirene offerings or for tincture Venus Aerial Delight x Immortal Heart, if desired.)

I've had gator powder for over a year now, but I wonder if I should've gotten the oil instead to "feel" its potency directly. The powder smells "mucky," like decomposition---or beef jerky but wet. But it's not gross or disgusting. It just is. It also has bones, which I think makes the powder so cool. I love using it in spells, dressing candles, hoping for alchemic process when the fire meets the bones. So far, I've been using this for Karma work. Undoing Karma, uncrossing (new), return to sender, and protection. I haven't had to bind anyone, but maybe that's where its power lies. I feel like I might need to dig deeper and go darker with Gator... I haven't been to hell yet, but Gator knows where the river Styx is...

Best incense for setting the mood to consume horror media. Led to profound conversations about the nature of cruelty. I've found it useful for cthonic spell work. I have reason to believe engagement with this incense is partially responsible for the manner in which my first osteomancy set came arrived to me: I was invited to partake in the butchering of a deer, a practice nearly as old as humanity itself. Potent stuff!

This oil is undeniably powerful. When I experimentally wore it on my person, I experienced nausea and gory, violent dreams. I was brought to some hard realities about death. This is not a series for feeling good, but for meeting tough. aspects of nature, society or death that affect us all, perhaps with heightened wisdom and integration. If you are one who navigates these waters in your life or work, Swamp Gator can meet you there. I hope I won't have much need for this oil, but I feel comforted that I have it, as a tether to the darkest parts of life and self, and therefore wholeness.

I don’t have much experience with talismans or rituals but my sense is that Swamp Gater incense is great for shadow work. Many reviews mention this attribute. Good shadow work bestows riches!

I enlisted Swamp Gator to assist in some spellwork to bring in protection and safety to me against a relative who has ill intentions and who is contesting a will (tying up inheritance money and costing lawyer fees). Since using Swamp Gator this person has backed off and almost shown a brand new deference to me, which I appreciate. It's almost like I'm the Gator and they now have a healthy respect and fear for my potential bite and danger. But this isn't a delicate materia so if you do want to work with it be prepared to be really**working** with it.

This subset is so interesting, it is cunning and terrifying at the same time. Has great calming effect. I "like" used it for meditation and before sleep. Had interesting and disturbing dreams this oil. Definitely should be applied in low doses. Interestingly enough it doe snot cause usually muscle pain like other offering but rather feeling of senseless motion of it all "this too shall die". Gives great perspective on many dramas in life. As an after effect - sense of immense gratitude for existence.

(reworded from my community comment) Once I did a meditation where the guide said something like "imagine your body is a river and all the thoughts floating around inside you are now settling like sediment to the bottom" as a way to not be so caught up in *thinking*. Swamp Gator gives me that feeling when I wear it. Settled, calm, grounded. It IS a bit dark though - I am very Saturnian so that type of heaviness typically doesn't phase me but your mileage may vary. I tend to wear this to work when I know I need to not get caught in my thoughts and caught up in the drama, and it helps me to stay focused on what actually matters.

I've used both this and regular SiC. They're both very useful for my purposes but there's just something about Swamp Gator that feels so... "Natural", I guess is the best word for it, to me. I put a tiny dab on my skin all the time, though I wouldn't recommend it for people who aren't already in sync with this sort of energy- it really packs a punch. Acts like a battery for me for all my spells.