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SUse this magick to strengthen your connection to the spirit guardians that watch over the land where you live or where you're visiting. You'll need four small quartz crystals and a gallon of water. Look at a map and choose a destination to your north, a destination to the east, a destination to the south, and a destination to the west. Head to the north first and find a patch of bare ground or a tree or other plant. Kiss one of the crystals and hold it to your heart, pouring your love into ...
For this spell, I like to use the Nine of Pentacles card in Deborah Blake's Everyday Witch Tarot. Elisabeth Alba's painting features a woman reading in a comfortable chair under a tree abundant with apples and pentacles, wine, and nibbles on a table beside her, happy and fulfilled in herself. To perform this spell, block off several hours for yourself, and nest in your favorite chair, a sofa, or your bed. Have a book, a beverage, a snack, a pet, and your journal handy. Take the card and soak ...
Everyone has a heart—not just a body part, but something at the core of their identity that gives their life meaning. It may be a career, religion, home, virtue, code of honor, another person, or any other key feature. People who haven't found theirs may feel empty, unfulfilled, adrift. So it's important to know and nurture your heart. For this spell, you need a heartshaped bead, a way to write on it, and a ribbon that will fit through it. Look for a big pendant-type bead of glass, ...
Today is both National Hammock Day and Summer Leisure Day. Taking the time to rest and relax is important. Allowing your body to slow down is part of self-care. Lying in a hammock outside is a great way to slow down and observe the beauty of nature while putting your feet up. Lying horizontal with the ground can help you see things from a new point of view. You can look up and watch the leaves toss and turn in the air as they are blown by the breeze. When you take time to rest, it can help you ...
