Creatures of the night, Bats are often associated with Vampyres, but this blend is dedicated to the animal guide itself. Find your way in the dark, astral travel, fly between the Worlds. Bat is also a messenger totem.

There are many odd beliefs about Bats around the world, and they are certainly odd creatures. In the Western biblical traditions, they are associated with the night and evil spirits and demons. Like other beings that fly at night, they have connections to souls of the dead and death/life cycles. Many people fear them, so Bat may be about facing your fears. They are difficult to see in motion, so bat shamanism may help with invisibility or the ability to see into the darkness. In China, Bats ar considered to be good omens and lucky!

My home town, Austin, TX is a great destination for Bat lovers, and we are home to Bat Conservation International. Bat watching at the Congress Street Bridge has become a major tourist attraction and cause for yet another street festival in Austin. Bat could definitely be considered a major Urban Totem animal for the citizens of ATX!

So how does it smell? Of all of the totem formulations, Bat oil has been the most challenging! No way around it, Bat is an odd creature and they don't smell good at all. I wanted this potion to be strange, mysterious, and airborne, but I didn't want it to be unwearable. The two ingredients that made this possible are a synthetic Danool Oud, (which really does smell like the terrifically expensive real thing) and Blue Tansy, which gives the oil a midnight blue color befitting Bat, agent of the night. Wear it to enhance your ultrasonic (psychic) hearing, to contact spirits of the dead or to send messages via Bat to the Other Realms.

Bat is an Elemental Animal of Air and Spirit, having little of the other Elements, and partakes of the Planetary energy of Mercury. While Halloween iconography shows the Bat under the Full Moon, in reality Bats are less active when the Moon is bright, because the light favors their predators. Bat is potioned on Wednesdays when the Moon is a waning crescent, reminiscent of the Bat's wing.

For other potions to bring good luck, see this blog article.