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As the year winds to a close, leaving food offerings to the spirits who have helped you on your journey over the past twelve months is a wonderful way to end the season with gratitude, feeding your relationships with unseen allies. For a liquid offering, you might choose milk sweetened with honey; cider, beer, or wine; or a tea made from herbs that have special significance to you. For food, little cookies, cakes, or bread; fresh or dried fruit; or nuts and candies work well. If you have pets, ...
With Thanksgiving right around the corner, now is the perfect time to bring the energies of gratitude and abundance into your home. A perfect way to do that is by filling your home with the sweet aroma of autumn. Enrich your senses and make your dwelling cozy by creating a simmer pot of your favorite aromatic autumn herbs and spices. We like to use citrus peels, star anise, cinnamon sticks, whole cloves, cardamom, rosemary, and sage. These can all be either dried or fresh. Add your combination ...
We can't magically erase painful emotions, but we can invoke divine support for healing them and letting them go. Do this today by safely lighting a white candle and drawing a warm bath. Dissolve one cup Epsom salt and ¼ cup sea salt in the water, and scatter the petals of one white rose across the surface of the water. Stand outside the bath and direct your open palms toward the water. Imagine healing white light moving up from the core of the earth, through your feet, and into your ...
For this spell you will need two bay leaves and a cinnamon scroll, both available from the spice section of the supermarket. Bay keeps bad luck at bay (see what I did there?), while cinnamon is appealing to the gods. Stand barefoot and put the bay and the cinnamon between the palms of your hands. Rub them together briskly until you start to feel heat from the friction. Part your hands and let the leaves and cinnamon fall to the floor. Wipe the palm of your right hand onto the sole of your ...
