I meant to post this yesterday.. but life happened. So here is the new series, Herb of the Week. I’m starting with a readily available and deliciously smelling and tasting herb. Mint is one of my favourite herbs. I also have mint of some variety growing in my garden… always in a pot so that [...]
Archive for June, 2010
Herb of the Week : Mint
Posted in Correspondences, Herbs, Magick, tagged bath, calm, herbs, magic, magick, mint, money, pagan, paganism, protection, spells, spirituality, tea, travel, wicca, witchcraft on June 29, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Healing Crystals for Children by Karen Ryan
Posted in Correspondences, Crystals, Magick, Pagan Parenting, tagged activities, children, crystals, magic, magick, pagan, paganism, parenting, stones, teens, wicca, witchcraft on June 28, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Ten Healing Crystals for Children Excerpt from : A Guide to Gem and Crystal Therapy By Karen Ryan, Crystal and Energy Therapist Crystals are truly gifts from the Earth. Children seem to have a natural attraction to pick them up and fully explore any kind of stone or crystal. They will often use all their [...]
Herbal Code – Updated
Posted in Correspondences, Herbs, Magical Journal, Magick, Pagan Parenting, Uncategorized, tagged activities, book of shadows, books, children, elements, garden, healing, herbs, magic, magick, pagan, paganism, parenting, power, rituals, spirituality, teens, wicca, witchcraft on June 25, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Witches are often portrayed adding Eye of Newt, Batwings, etc. to a large bubbling cauldron over a fire. While witches do use cauldrons, the names are just code for the plant ingredient. Wortcunning is the name for practicing plant magick or healing. Some of the codes below are dated as far back as around 200BCE. [...]
Correspondences – Color
Posted in Correspondences, Divination, Magical Journal, Magick, Uncategorized, tagged book of shadows, color, correspondences, divination, elements, healing, magic, magick, pagan, paganism, rituals, spirituality, wicca, witchcraft on June 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
While colours (or colors for the American folk) aren’t the be all and end all of ritual or spell construction, they provide extra focus to the intent. The colour is a symbol for the intent of the ritual or spell. Black : banishing, cleansing, binding, scrying, repeling of unwanted forces, grounding, protection, hexing, shapeshifting, confusion, deep meditation, [...]
Full Moon – June 26
Posted in Full Moon, Lunar Cycle, Magick, Uncategorized, tagged full moon, lunar, magic, magick, moon, mythology, pagan, paganism, rituals, spirituality, wicca, witchcraft on June 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This Saturday, June 26 at 7:30am EST, there will be a full moon. There will also be a partial lunar eclipse, followed by a full lunar eclipse on July 11. Eclipses are accelerators. They speed up events and issues that need to be dealt with. They are full of power that can last up to [...]
Elementals – Sylphs
Posted in Elementals, Faeries, Spirits, tagged elements, elves, faerie, fairy, gnomes, legends, magic, magick, mythology, pagan, spirits, spirituality, wicca, witchcraft on June 24, 2010 | 1 Comment »
These elementals are of the air and associated with the cardinal direction of North. Upon the earth they exist as animals, in the sea their mythology merges with the mermaids/undines, or as streaks of light flowing around islands or flowing in the air. While sylphs have a regal manner, they are very loyal. These elementals specialize [...]
Elementals – Salamanders
Posted in Elementals, Faeries, Spirits, tagged elements, elves, faerie, fairy, gnomes, legends, magick, mythology, pagan, paganism, spirits, spirituality, wicca, witchcraft on June 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Fire cannot exist without Salamanders, the fire elementals. Ranging in size and shape, these elementals appear in many forms from small balls to tongues of fire. They are associated with the cardinal direction of the South. They are known to exert influence over beings with a fiery temper. Without them, there would not be heat. [...]
Bloom of Love
Posted in Correspondences, Divination, Spreads, Tarot, Uncategorized, tagged aces, divination, love, pagan, paganism, spirituality, tarot, wicca, witchcraft on June 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
——5—— 4—–7—–6 ——3—— ——2—— ——1—— 1 – Issues interfering with finding the love you want 2- How to overcome these issues 3 – Positive action you need to take to overcome 4 – Type of person the love will be 5 – Circumstances around meeting/relationship 6- When will this relationship begin 7 – Why this [...]
Elementals – Undines
Posted in Elementals, Faeries, Spirits, Uncategorized, tagged elements, faerie, fairy, legends, magic, midsummer, mythology, pagan, paganism, spirituality, wicca, witchcraft on June 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The element of Water has been considered as feminine, thus undines are symbolized as female. They have beautiful voices and can often be hear singing alongside the gurgle of a brook or roar of a waterfall. Nearly all resemble human beings, although those existing of small streams or fountains have smaller proportions. Many resemble the appearance of [...]
Elementals – Gnomes
Posted in Correspondences, Elementals, Faeries, Magick, Spirits, Uncategorized, tagged elements, elves, gnomes, magic, magick, mythology, pagan, paganism, spirituality, witchcraft on June 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Pygmies, satyrs, nains, durdalis, elves, sprites, brownies… Just as there are many different types of humans, there are different elementals who are from the element of earth and fall under the broad name of Gnome. These creatures are assigned to the cardinal direction of North. These beings have great power over mineral elements, rocks and flora, each working with [...]