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Create a bundle for a safe journey by combining any of the following dried herbs and flowers in a white or red drawstring bag: rose petals, lilac (flowers or a piece of the branch), foxglove, devil's shoestring, wormwood, orris root, and witch hazel. Place a moonstone or piece of turquoise in the pouch with the herbs. Visualize a safe and pleasant journey and a joyful return home as you tie the pouch closed with a ribbon or string, making five knots. Repeat the following chant each time you tie ...
Today is Chocolate Chip Day. It's easy to overlook the value of chocolate as something other than a tasty treat. It is sweet and delicious, but also dark and complex. This is the food of the gods, which humans can also enjoy. Cocoa is actually an entheogen, known for raising human consciousness and connecting with the divine. It originated in Mesoamerica; its use dates back thousands of years. Chocolata is a modern personification of the chocolate goddess, often rendered as a Mesoamerican ...
The Flower Moon is waning, and we're counting down to the end of the astrological sign of Taurus. Chances are excellent that no matter where you live, the weather this time of year is just about as perfect as it can be. Not too hot and not too cold, probably sunshine with a nice breeze. Consult almanacs and other research materials to discover your plant hardiness zone, if you do not already know it. Contribute to your compost heap with either spring or fall clean-up materials from the yards ...
This is a very simple act of chaos magick drawing on the energy of random synchronicity. Simply get a pack of inexpensive tarot cards. You may choose instead to smudge an old deck that you no longer use by burning sage. In a quiet outdoor environment, enter a state of meditation while you shuffle the cards over and over again, with the intention of having each card becoming distributed to people who need the magick. While sitting, begin rocking back and forth. With each inhalation, raise up ...
