New Worlds of Body, Mind & Spirit Since 1901
Color of the day: Rose Incense of the day: Vanilla Chinese magical tradition recognizes five elements: earth, metal, wood, fire, and water. Metal relates to the colors gold and silver, the west, meticulous behavior, sense of smell, and spicy flavors or fragrances. Working with metal improves your relation with the elemental spirits of machinery. To commune with metal elementals, you'll need a fan and a stick of spicy incense such as cinnamon, clove, or sandalwood. You can work this in your ...
Color of the day: Ivory Incense of the day: Clary sage In a small saucepan combine one cup of cider, one stick of cinnamon, and nine whole cloves. Heat until the mixture is warm and fragrant. Remove from the heat, let cool slightly, and stir clockwise while saying: "Cider strengthen me, cinnamon protect me, clove cleanse me." Pour the potion into an earthenware bowl. After dark, pour the mixture around the garden or home. Speak this charm: I have brewed this potion With my hand, To protect my ...
Color of the day: Gray Incense of the day: Ylang-ylang The harvest was a time of many ancient folk customs in Wales. These were often connected with the Gwrach ("Hag") or the Caseg Fedi ("Harvest Mare"), an ornament made from the last tuft of grain to be harvested. Reaping hooks were skillfully cast toward the last sheaf, and whoever touched the sheaf cried out that they had gotten "Gwrach, gwrach, gwrach!" (A hag, a hag, a hag!), or else "Pen medi bach mi ces!" (I got a little harvest-mare!). ...
Color of the day: Coral Incense of the day: Mint In Britain, during July and August, the very first harvest was the harvest of rushes, which were gathered and used to carpet the floors of houses and churches. A procession known as a "rush-bearing" took place to the accompaniment of pipes, drums, and bells. Groups of young women carried bundles of rushes decorated with ribbons and flowers, or sometimes woven into the shape of triangles or spirals. Gather rushes from the water's edge to carpet ...
