Color of the day: Gray Incense of the day: Narcissus Befana is an Italian Crone goddess, and this is her feast day. She is a kindly old woman dressed in patches, riding a broom, delivering treats to good children and coal to naughty ones. Here is a spell to invite Befana's blessings into your home. At dusk, lay your broom next to your threshold. Leave an offering of bread, honey, and cumin seed as a gift to Befana. Light a stick of frankincense incense nearby where it will be safe. Then ...
Color of the day: Black Incense of the day: Bayberry This date marks the ancient Roman festival of Larentalia to honor the Lares, who were the esteemed guardians and protectors of families. With this in mind, it is a good time to renew the protections upon your residence. Choose four quartz crystals. Dedicate one to each of the directional/elemental guardians. Place each crystal in a window or over a doorway facing its dedicated direction. As you place the crystal, chant: Keepers of the ...
Color of the day: Purple Incense of the day: Orchid This day was the celebration of the goddess Ops during the Roman observance of Saturnalia (in addition to the celebration held in her honor in August). They asked her for blessings of abundance and gave their friends year-end gifts for good fortune, such as holly sprigs, and they decorated temples with green boughs-an early form of "decking the halls." Ops is an Earth Mother, and her name means "plenty." Use this friendship bough to bestow ...
Color of the day: Gray Incense of the day: Clary sage One of the most interesting goddesses in Norse tradition is Skadi, a powerful and independent deity. She came down from the mountains to marry Njord, the sea god. Their marriage was not successful, because neither was willing to live away from home. Skadi returned to the hills, where she went about on skis and hunted with a bow. Here is a poem to honour and invoke Skadi: Goddess of the wintry hills, Divine huntress, A goddess ...