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Our flower of the month, the daisy, is a cheerful flower. It is a magickal flower. Take nine fresh daisies in your dominant hand. Think of your romantic desires. Do you seek a new partner? Do you want a relationship with loyalty, purity, and honor? Focus on your intention for the relationship you have or want as you pull off the petals of the daisies one at a time. Go outside. Hold the petals in both hands and make your wish. On the ground, draw the word(s) that is most emblematic of the ...
People are decorating eggs around this time. In Hoodoo and Santeria, two paths with West African roots, ground eggshells called cascarilla ("cas-ka-Ree-yah") are used for different purposes, including banishing spirits, clearing, and protection. To create cascarilla, set your oven to 225 degrees F. Grind a dozen clean, dry eggshells, preferably from a black hen. Place on a cookie sheet. Bake until brittle and crumbly. Remove from the oven, let cool, then grind with a mortar and pestle to ...
Today is Dita e Veres (“The Summer Day”), one of the most celebrated pagan days in Albania. This marks the end of winter and honors nature’s ability to regenerate. Zana Malit, Muse of the Mountain and the goddess of hunting, forests, and nature, only comes out of her temple today. Let’s invoke Zana Malit’s spirit. Put a large bowl of spring water in the middle of the floor. Collect four 3-to-4-inch pillar candles in the colors orange, yellow, blue, and green. ...
The energy of Wood Dragon is upon us in 2024. This is a complex dragon that embodies honor and nobility and symbolizes success and power. Wood Dragon is green and is symbolic of spring. Today, if you have a censer, place a piece of sandalwood incense inside of it on white-hot charcoal. Swing this counterclockwise in your living room. As an alternative, wave a few lit sticks of sandalwood incense in the room in the same manner, using a safe incense holder to avoid fire. As you move ...
