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This ritual calls on creative energies and honors the Muses to spark inspiration and enhance artistic expression. Gather these materials: An orange candle (in a holder) Fresh orange slices A small jar of honey A citrine crystal Matches or a lighter A blank canvas or notebook and art supplies Set up your workspace by placing the orange candle at the center. Arrange the orange slices around it as an offering to the Muses. Drizzle each slice lightly with honey, symbolizing sweetness in ...
The new moon is a time for new beginnings. It is an excellent time to wipe the slate clean and start over. For this spell, choose a way to write down what you wish to start over on. You could write on a whiteboard or chalkboard or in pencil on a sheet of paper. Create sacred space by seeing yourself in a column of golden light reminiscent of the sun's rays. Write down what you need a fresh start on. This could be in your love life, your work life, or some other aspect. Once you have it written ...
There are many ways to be a mother. Fertility workings are not always about physical birth; they can be about creativity, personal growth, discovery, and acquiring success. Anyone who creates and turns ideas into reality has, in essence, given birth to those things. The pomegranate has long been associated with fertility and rebirth. Place a pomegranate in the sunshine for a day, allowing it to be "fertilized" by the warmth. That evening, cut the pomegranate in half. Notice how the seeds and ...
I'm going to share with you one of my favorite spells. One of the things I tend to stress about when traveling is finding a parking spot. Even though most of the time I drive a compact car or a minivan, for many of my early years I drove a very large van— which meant that parking, especially in cities, was no easy task. With the help of some friends who were along for the ride, I learned about the modern goddess Squat, patron deity of parking spots. And she has been a part of my ...
