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This holiday is celebrated around the world the day before Lent begins. It’s a day of feasting before fasting. Approximately two to three months after Yule, it is a good time to begin a spring clean-out. Bake hot cross buns or a king cake, or prepare a nourishing soup and let it simmer. While working in the kitchen, purge any outdated items and unused or broken tools. Whether there is snow on the ground or you are in the middle of a heat wave, invite friends and loved ones over for the ...
There is no need to buy special ingredients to work magic, cast spells, or change consciousness at will. Just reach for these magical kitchen basics. Whether you’re cooking, baking, or stewing, adding common ingredients with strong scents can increase magical energy. Today, as you prepare food for yourself or another, set an intention of what you want to convey, instill, or magnify, then use an herb, fruit, or spice to fix the intention in the food, inviting the energy into yourself, ...
Thanksgiving is often associated with overindulgence. However, it is also a time of abundance and appreciation. You can weave a little magick throughout your day. Create a little kitchen magick when baking your desserts for the day. While creating your dessert, you can chant this verse as you stir with a clockwise motion: Abundance is my wish for myguests. May they ever be blessed. This is the perfect way to serve up to your guests your desire for them to cultivate abundance in their lives ...
It may seem old school, but an essential element to kitchen witchery is the wooden spoon. It was a familiar sight in both my mother’s and my grandmother’s kitchens— for good reason. A wooden spoon can take on flavors as well as enhance what it stirs, and it reacts better with acids than metals or plastics do, which is why it is the stirring spoon for our family tomato sauce. Experiment with different woods to see how they feel to you, as each tree has its own energy to lend. ...
