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Beer is an ancient beverage made of grains and one of the oldest beverages produced by humankind. Today is a traditional Druid festival of brewing, when they celebrated the craft of creating the blessed beverage. Brewing was a great way to preserve grains. To celebrate the nourishing properites of beer, look up a recipe for beer bread on the Internet; it's a quick bread and really easy to make. Mix the dry ingredients and, as you pour in the beer, use these words and your intention to ...
We are fast approaching the time of year for Yule celebrations, and what is a celebration without sweets? Friday is for friendship and today is the Feast of Saint Lucy. Add pepparkakor (ginger cookies) and lussekatter (saffron rolls, or "Lucy cats") to your holiday baking. Dress your altar in white, and decorate it with stars of all sizes. Light silver and gold chime candles. Offer up your gratitude to Lucy, and ask her blessing on your work. Dress yourself in white (the better to hide the ...
When we need to be stonger than someone who is trying to control us, a little bit of Bend Over Oil goes a long way. It is also known as Command and Compel Oil, Be Gone Oil, and other such aptly named products. Recipes vary, but I like something that smells wicked. I use John the Conqueror root (gives us strength over others who would mentally or physically try to suppress us) ground up into a little sambuca (sweet anise liquor that smells like licorice; used here as an expectorant to remove a ...
For a small amount of non-alcoholic mead, take on quart spring water, one cup honey, one lemon cut into slices, and a half teaspoon nutmeg. Boil in a non-metallic pot, removing the scum as it rises with a wooden spoon. Add a pinch of salt and the juice of half a lemon. Strain and cool. Drink in place of alcoholic mead, wine, etc. From Scott Cunningham's Book of Shadows. ...
