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While the guardian spirits of the home can be fed using food and drink offerings, this smoke acts as a very potent source of nourishment on its own. You will need: 1 part juniper berries, dried 1 part rose petals, dried 1 part yarrow flowers, dried 1 part frankincense resin Incense charcoal and burner Mortar and pestle Matches or lighter A whisk made from an evergreen branch (red cedar, juniper, pine, etc.) Crush the juniper berries, rose petals, and yarrow flowers in a mortar and ...
Use this simple (and fun!) technique to empower your plain candles with magical oomph. You'll need 2 wax pillar or taper candles. (You might want to use one candle first, for practice. For health reasons, choose safe waxes like soy, beeswax, or other non-petroleum-based candles.) You'll also need a small pointy tool (such as a kitchen skewer), fine point permanent markers of the desired color, and paper towels. Have a purpose in mind: perhaps you'll inscribe the candle with symbols, sacred ...
Fire can release a spell, charm, or wish into the cosmos, where it'll begin to work. For this spell you'll need to build a small safe fire. You may use a fireplace, cauldron, or other heatproof container. All you'll need are a few twigs. Once the fire is burning, don't leave it unattended. Before you build your fire, write your charm on a piece of paper. When the fire is burning, speak these words into it: Fire, for centuries we've tended your flame, And our partner in magic you remain. I now ...
Every one of us will face times when we feel like we are all alone. When this is the case, I like to do a simple meditation to ground and connect me to all those I love and want to feel reconnected to. Sometimes I do this when I want to connect to ancestors or just feel the connection to other witches. For this spell, all you need is a quiet space, a heatproof container, a lighter or matches, and a bay leaf with the following written on it: I am connected to all my kin, no matter who or where ...
