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Color of the day: Gold Incense of the day: Clove Easter is the most important of the Christian holidays. It is the feast of the resurrection of Christ, whose crucifixion and death are now remembered on Good Friday. On Easter, Christ is said to return to life after his death. That the celebration of Christ'whtriumph over death should come at a time when prechristian peoples were celebrating the seasonal triumph of light over dark, and life over death, is more than coincidental. Easter's ...
Color of the day: Indigo Incense of the day: Pine The Vernal or Spring Equinox marks one of the two points during the year when the Sun's path crosses the celestial equator and the day and the night are of equal length. The ancient Celtic calendar only had three months, but in 1752 it was reconstructed with four months and eight holidays steaming from ancient festivals. In this more modern Celtic calendar, the Vernal Equinox marks the point of mid-spring. In our Gregorian calendar, meanwhile, ...
Use this spell to increase your lustful feelings for your partner on this sabbat, just as the young God and Goddess awaken to discover their own sexuality. Carve interlocking symbols representing your respective genders onto the candle's side and anoint it with clove or cinnamon oil. Burn it in the bedroom when you want some passion play. Create a lust talisman by binding several lust-inducing herbs in a red cloth. Choose from the following: vanilla bean, ginger, bay leaf, ginseng, ...
The Spring Equinox is a traditional time for many Witches to perform blessings over the seeds which they gathered in the fall of the previous year, though store-bought packets of seeds may be blessed as well. Perform the blessing at sunset in the center of a clockwise-cast circle. Place the seeds to be blessed in a basket or cauldron. If the seeds are contained within a packet, place the entire packet of seeds in the basket or cauldron. Using an athame or wand, thrice draw a pentagram in the ...
