Arrabal’s Spell
 | This spell creates confidence and personal presence. |
Ingredients needed: cafe au lait, croissant, assorted sushi, and a teddy bear
On the top floor of a midtown Manhattan office building, there is an extraordinary teddy bear factory. During the day, thousands of bears, poodles, and rabbits are designed, sewn, and shipped all around the world. But as soon as the stars come out at night, the top floor of the factory transforms and a dozen or two lucky guests are invited to a sky lit room to dance the tango underneath the Manhattan stars. If you are even luckier, the hostess will give you the tour. Downstairs, there is a huge room filled with sewing machines and rows and rows of multicolored spools of thread and ribbons. This is where the teddy bears are sewn and also where the proprietress designs her own clothes. In another room hang rows and rows of uncut bear skins (fake fur of course) and boxes from ceiling to floor containing teddy bear eyes, teddy bear noses, poodle tails, rabbit whiskers, and other assorted synthetic parts. Couples whirl counterclockwise round the top floor and at some point after midnight and several bottles of wine - the teddy bears come to life. People, bear, poodle, and rabbit all merge into one. It is surreal and wonderful. Albeart Einstein even asked me for a waltz. I kid you not!
I began to observe the woman who made these evenings possible, trying to discover where she drew her powers of enchantment from. Arrabal is by far the most mesmerizing woman I know in New York City - make that Paris and Buenos Aires as well! Arrabal is a fierce warrior in the daylight. She runs a massive multi million dollar corporation from two continents with the wrath of Gengis Khan. She speaks seven languages perfectly and everyone is always wondering where Arrabal is from. Could it be Paris, Berlin, Buenos Aires, Monaco? I happen to know she was born and raised in Upstate NY, but her charm and worldliness make Arrabal at home almost anywhere. Where ever Arrabal is, she possesses the place. She glows in the Palais Royale and glistens in the back of a pickup truck on the interstate. You can not take Arrabal out of her element as she thrives in all elements.
Arrabal has this amazing ability to care and love and be aware of all present. She treats her guests like foreign dignitaries and family all in the same breath. Everyone loves her. Even her enemies respect her enough to leave a room when she enters. For Arrabal is fearless and can pack a mean punch. She has had many a brawl at her parties. Believe me they are just as entertaining as the dance. She is a wild thing and loves to take center stage, yet she never hogs the limelight. Truly a magical quality to possess.
The most remarkable thing about Arrabal is the way she dances. Men and women have been known to get on their hands and knees and beg Arrabal to dance. At a certain point in these evenings, Arrabal selects a CD, and playfully moves to the center of the room. All the guests stand in a circle to watch her fabulous footwork. Arrabal can move swifter than the wind, quicker than the eye. Her lithe feet seem to glide across the sky. Her dance makes one laugh and cry. She is awe-inspiring and I have heard several people say that her dance makes them feel glad to be alive. I remember one night feeling not only glad to be alive, but unafraid to die, for in Arrabal’s feet I caught a glimpse of the magnificent world to come.
Arrabal drinks cafe au lait and eats a croissant every morning for breakfast. Croissants are ruled by the moon. They represent glamour, enchantment, and wishes. The croissant holds the magical shape of the horns of Isis; the eternal divinity , who are one and all things . Devotees of Isis would hold cornucopian feasts and were initiated into the mysteries of the sacred dance. Coffee is ruled by Mars who endows us with our passion in life. It is also sacred to Chango, the Cuban/African Orisha who rules business acumen and iwa-pêlê; good character. Now these two ingredients by themselves do not a consummate enchantress make, but Arrabal does not live by breakfast alone. Her favorite food is sushi. Lots of sushi. Sushi or raw fish is ruled by the sign of Pisces. Pisces of course rules the feet. The combination of coffee and sushi gives enormous amounts of energy to the feet. Mixing Mars energy with Pisces energy gives one all the subtleties of a nuclear armed submarine. Quite dangerous. People with Mars in Pisces are also charmers, vulnerable, sexy, and very intuitive. Adding the croissants, or lunar energy to this brew, creates wonderful illusions and glamour and could possibly inspire worship.
I believe Arrabal’s fourth magical ingredient is all the teddy bears she surrounds herself with. Bears are fiercely loyal, and Arrabal has the most loyal and devoted group of friends. We would do anything for her. The creation of the teddy bear was inspired by President Teddy Roosevelts refusal to shoot a poor helpless bear cub that had been trapped for him to hunt. Arrabal would never attack a helpless thing, but gods help any self possessing beast that tries to cross her path. Do not cross Arrabal’s path. During the day she is a street fighter, a rough rider just like Uncle Theodore. Yet at night she transforms into a gentle gliding teddy bear whom everyone loves to hold in their hearts.