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Cold water immersion can improve cardiovascular circulation, facilitate weight loss, reduce inflammation, and promote the natural healing capacity. It has been repopularized recently, but its benefits have been known and practiced throughout the northern countries for centuries. I live on Lake Ontario in southern Canada. I go into the lake once a month through the winter and daily through the spring, summer, and fall. My body’s natural healing capacity has awakened. Share the magic of a ...
For this garden blessing, you’ll need to fashion a Green Man from grasses or other plant materials. You can do something simple, like fold a few stems of grass over to form a humanlike shape and tie in the middle with jute twine to form a waist. Or you could get fancier and make a corn doll. It’s up to you. When finished, the Green Man form should be about the size of a child’s doll. When it’s done, place the Green Man on your altar and say: Green Man, protect my ...
Prepare yourself for a prosperous new year by creating a talisman to carry with you in your purse, your backpack, or even your pocket. First, wrap a dollar bill around a small cinnamon stick. As you wrap it, chant three times: Let my assets multiply—all my needs be met. Burn clove incense. Pass the bundle through the smoke several times and chant three times: Bring abundance to my life,as much as I can get. As the incense burns, visualize the abundance you desire and deserve. Keep the ...
October, how we love you! Blessed be the season of the Witch. As you likely know, Samhain is a time of honoring the ancestors, of banishing, releasing, divining, and communicating with the Otherworld. As we begin to decorate our homes for Halloween, we also begin to set the altar. Common autumnal altar decor includes gourds, fallen leaves, pomegranates, veils, bones, and photos of our dearly departed. Whether ancestral by blood or spirit, the deceased are with us always. This is the best time ...
