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Color of the day: Rose Incense of the day: Violet With Hal-an-Tow! Jolly Rumble, O! For we are up as soon as any day, O! And for to fetch the summer home, The summer and the May, O! For Summer is a-come! And Winter is a-gone, O! Festivals throughout Great Britain celebrate the return of the Green Man and Flora. On this day, known as Furry Day, the celebrants dress in their best clothes, gather green boughs to decorate their houses, and wear sprigs of Lily of the Valley. It's considered a ...
Color of the day: Turquoise Incense of the day: Nutmeg On a solid white scarf or strip of fabric, write out "I do not need my eyes to see what is around me." Tie this around your head with the words facing you and then tie on a second, darker scarf. Practice blindly getting a sense for your environment alone at first. Explore your home and feel with your hands the shape, size, and texture of things and where they are in relation to your body. This exercise builds the power of the senses and ...
Color of the day: Purple Incense of the day: Thyme It's Beltane day and we are at the halfway point between spring and summer. Today is a day for lover's trysts, beauty magic, and communing with the faeries. Gather some flowers from your garden or pick some up from the florist and arrange them in a vase in your home. Share a glass of wine with your loved one and sprinkle the bed sheets with fragrant rose petals. Light red and white candles to encourage love and magic and to bring the energies ...
Color of the day: Gray Incense of the day: Cedar Today is the festival of Flora, the Roman goddess of flowers. Call on Flora to bless your gardens and all the pots of flowers and container gardens you've just planted. Flora is pictured as a lovely young woman carrying flowers. She wears a floral robe with garlands of flowers adorning her shoulders. The best way to contact Flora is to toss a few fresh flower petals in the air and call her name out loud. Then repeat this charm three times. Happy ...
