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Color of the day: White Incense of the day: Ginger Understanding that you have your own inner wisdom is often a journey of a lifetime. The darkest phase of the Moon provides a deep, velvety silence where past, present, and future disappear and each of us can find our own internal source of wisdom. Burn incense or essential oil that contains clary sage, and spend a little time rattling or beating a drum. Get into the sound and settle yourself into a darkened quiet space and begin breathing ...
Color of the day: Coral Incense of the day: Carnation Try carving up four small pumpkins and then tuck tea-light candles inside. Imagine using these for quarter candles on this October Full Moon. Halloween/Samhain is only a few days away-why not get into the spirit of things and add some enchantment to your group's Full Moon celebration? Carve the pumpkins in whatever design you prefer: simple faces, stars, a triple Moon, a pentagram, or elemental symbols. As you go to place them at the ...
Color of the day: Black Incense of the day: Frankincense The element of water relates to the soul, emotions, intuition, cleansing, tides, and cycles. The scents of water include gardenia, jasmine, rose, and sandalwood; its stones include aquamarine, chrysocolla, lapis lazuli, and moonstone. Its main color is blue, with secondary associations to limpid shades of lavender and green, and gray and white.Even if you have very little space, you can enjoy a water altar. For this, you need a large, ...
Color of the day: Green Incense of the day: Cedar To make a money-spell bottle, place a piece each of jade, tiger's eye, and aventurine into a small corked bottle. Add a pinch of salt, tea, and basil. Toss in five cloves. Fill the bottle almost full of extra virgin olive oil. Cork the bottle tightly. Light a green candle and carefully drip the melting wax over the top of the bottle to seal it. Let it sit on a windowsill in the now-increasing moonlight for the next week, spending a moment now ...
