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Most of us call the hearth the center of a home, but the kitchen or dining room table may well be the family altar. As you prepare your table for the Thanksgiving feast, envision it as a sacred altar space. Dress it with a freshly laundered tablecloth (your altar cloth). Set out silverwear and carving tools (wands and athames), wine or water glasses (chalices), and candles (fire). Serving platters act as earthly panticles, ready to offer up your feast, while a centerpiece of fruits and ...
My Eastern European grandmother told me many tales of the hogboons, a variety of faery folk native to Scotland's Orkney Islands. The name may derive from the Old Norse haug-bui or haug-buinn, "mound-farmer" or "mound-dweller." The hogboons, also called hogboys, were mound-dwellers and much preferred the country to living in town. Unlike their trow (troll) kin, hogboons were appreciated for their relative benevelence. In exchange for a snug mound to live in on one's property, the hogboon ...
Wednesday is hump day, the day when we pass the middle mark of the work week. Sometimes the hump feels insurmountable. Today invoke the magical qualities of coffee to help get you through the slump of hump day. Mindfully fill the kettle, saying: "Water, let me flow like you. Soon this day will be through." Put the kettle on to boil: "Fire, as you burn bright, I'm energized by your warmth and light." Standing in the kitchen, breathe deeply: "Air, inspire and uplift, fill me with your ...
Kitchen witchery is all about food and its preparation, and using that for one's manifesting intent. However, before you can make that magic happen, you need to know what you're working with. Prepare a meal that is made from as many locally grown, organic, and free-range ingredients as you can get and afford. If you go to a farmers' market, talk to the farmers about how the animals were raised and killed, and how the plants were cultivated. Ask at the gorcery store where the food you buy ...
