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Color of the day: Gold Incense of the day: Frankincense This Full Moon is also called the Rose Moon. Let's incorporate a bit of garden witchery into your esbat celebration. The rose is sacred to Venus and encourages enchanted love and romance. You will need a glass bowl filled with water and a open fresh rose with the stem clipped off (so the flower can float upon the water). Fill the bowl and set the rose to float. Carefully hold up the bowl and allow some of the Moon's light to pass down ...
Color of the day: Blue Incense of the day: Sage Did you know that your yard can be certified as a wildlife habitat? Visit http://www.nwf.org/backyard/ to get the list of criteria and ideas on how you can transform your yard into a habitat. Most of the ideas are simple rearrangements with a few purchases, such as a bat house or bird bath. Take a look at the yard. Holding the list, find a space where you can meditate and talk to your garden's deva. Discuss how to make your yard eco-friendly and ...
Color of the day: White Incense of the day: Mint Some call them sweetbrier and some know them by their European name eglantine, but they are also known as wild roses. No matter what you call these plants, their small pink flowers and apple-scented foliage add beauty to rural areas during June. Herbalists of long ago prized them for their magical properties; for example, when their foliage is crushed, it releases an apple fragrance that was used as an aphrodisiac. For a powerful love mixture ...
Color of the day: Purple Incense of the day: Apricot June is named for the Roman goddess Juno, patron of married life. Here's an old Gypsy charm to strengthen your marriage: choose an apple without blemish and cut it in half. Write on a piece of paper your name and the name of your mate and trim the paper in such a way so that it fits within the two halves of the apple. Fasten the apple halves together with toothpicks. As you skewer the two halves together say: Together we're bound Me, in ...
