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It's August, and the gardens and roadsides are brimming with color. Zinnias, tall phlox, and cosmos brighten flower beds. Black-eyed Susans gleam along roadsides, spreading their golden hue. It's a harvest of color. Everywhere you look, there's a color celebration going on. This informal ritual encourages you to bring this harvest of colors indoors. You'll need some cut flowers and containers. For containers, use your imagination—vases, jars, jugs, mugs, or old coffee cups are some ...
Make a cairn (large or small) to acknowledge something you've had to part with; it can be a person, situation, or something valuable you've lost. Rituals like this can provide closure. You can make a cairn indoors by using small stones. Places that sell gardening supplies or craft stores often carry small bags of smooth rocks to use in fountains or to put in vases. Stack the stones in a mound or pile—often a pyramid shape is formed. While you stack, think about whatever you're bidding ...
Now in July, the earth is beginning to bring forth its abundance from the garden, the field, and the orchard. Tap into this energy with this abundance spell. You'll need a small flowerpot, potting soil, and a coin of your choice. Fill the pot with soil. Bury the coin in the soil. Place the filled pot on your altar. Hold your hands over the pot and speak these Words of Power: I bury this coin in the earth like secret treasure. May my wealth increase and measure More than I have now. Let it ...
Celebrate the first harvest of the summer season with this sweet and herbal stone fruit salad. Head to your local farm stand or forage in your garden and discover the fresh tastes of high summer! Gather these ingredients: A selection of stone fruits (such as plums, peaches, apricots, cherries, nectarines) Blueberries Honey Lemon juice Himalayan salt Sunflower seeds Poppy seeds Edible flowers and leaves (such as sunflower petals, California poppy petals, mint leaves, and whole ...
