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Whether we have a single houseplant or a full garden, a blessing over our plants can give a nice boost of energy, encouraging them to grow and thrive. For indoor plants, they can be gathered together on a table or the blessing can be repeated going from plant to plant in the home. For an outdoor garden, a circuit can be made around the perimeter as the blessing is given. To perform the blessing, hold out your dominant hand and visualize bright green energy streaming from your hand and up from ...
People of many traditions like to dye eggs at this time of year, so if you find yourself with a surplus of hard-boiled colored eggs and you have a garden, this is a fun spell to do to put them to use. After using the insides of the eggs for food or offerings, save the eggshells and let them dry. Once dry, use a mortar and pestle to grind them up into smaller, gravel-like particles. Once you have processed them all, disperse them outside in your flower beds or pots, circling your home in a ...
Lavender is a plant associated with love, purity, cleansing, and higher vibrations. Cultivate or purchase a sprig of lavender for this cleansing spell. Additionally, mix up a bowl of fresh spring water and sea salt. Pinch some of the lavender with your fingers. Inhale its gorgeous scent deeply, and before exhaling, declare: I cleanse and purify withthe glory of nature. Dip the sprig into the salt water and sprinkle (asperge) any room, item, person, or pet that you wish to bless. With each ...
In his novel Candide, or Optimism, the French author Voltaire sends his hero through all kinds of disasters. Candide’s teacher, Dr. Pangloss, keeps telling him it’s all for the best in this best of all possible worlds. That wasn’t true in 1756, when the novel was published, nor is it true today. What can we do to help make this struggling planet a better world for all men and women? What Candide eventually learns is that “when man was first placed in the Garden of Eden, ...
