For some reason I was feeling insecure one day when I journeyed to the other world and I was given this teaching to help me.  What I was shown on this journey is that the rose is much much more than just a symbol of beauty, it has power as well. During my journey I  suddenly found myself fleeing from something, I reached into my pouch and I pulled out a handful of rose thorns and threw them back toward my pursuers. Much to my surprise the thorns punctured their feet when they stepped on them. I kept running and when I reached a small house I ran in and shut the door. I again reached into my pouch and pulled out a dried rose stem that still had the thorns on it. I put it over the front door and magically the entire front of the house was encased by a climbing rose bush with thorns.  This journey lead me to create two spells.   The Rose sentry and the Guardian Rose

Determine what climbing rose bushes are suited to your location and climate. You want something that needs as little care as possible, a wild rose would be best. Once you’ve obtained your rose bushes go to your power spot on your property (you’ve found that already haven’t you?) and sit down with a rose placed in each of the four corners around you. Your goal here is to find out the rose’s name. Remember the deva in the rose is alive, conscious (in the deva sense – not in our sense) and you are going to be asking that deva to help you guard and protect your property. Wouldn’t you want to be on a first name basis with someone your asking to guard your home? Once you’ve been introduced it’s time to go dig your holes and prepare the soil. You will be placing these roses so that one of them can guard the north, south, east and west of your property. While your doing this as the earth to nourish the rose that your going to be planting there.

When your ready to plant in the north:

(rose name) thank you for agreeing to help me guard and protect this land Gnomes of the north, protectors of the land come join us in our task Help us always nurture and care for this place And keep others who would do me and mine harm far from our door.

When your ready to plant in the east:

When you’re ready to plant in the south:

(rose name) thank you for agreeing to help me guard and protect this land Salamanders of the south, guardians of fire come join us in our task Help us always nurture and care for this place And keep others who would do me and mine harm far from our door.

When you’re ready to plant in the west :

(rose name) thank you for agreeing to help me guard and protect this land Sirens of the west, guardians of water come join us in our task Help us always nurture and care for this place And keep others who would do me and mine harm far from our door.

The Guardian Rose

The second protection spell is great to use when you leave on vacation or your any place where you feel insecure in your physical surroundings.

Dry out some roses. Save the petals for another purpose and cut the stems (with thorns) down to about six inches each. When you leave on vacation place a stem over your doors (and windows if you choose) and simply ask the stems to serve as guardians in your absence. You can add as much or as little ritual to this as feels appropriate. The key here is you must know at a deep level that this makes sense. No spell will work if you aren’t emotionally connected to it. If you don’t have roses in your yard, buy roses every time you have a chance, or regard the rose as your flower then this spell probably won’t work for you. I bring this up only to stress once again the true nature of magic. It’s very personal and is directly related to your beliefs, perceptions and your need.