Magical Adventure

💖Say a prayer while your still in bed, before you get up in the morning it counts as a simple offering.

💖Make some tea and add cinnamon to your tea to increase luck and energy.

💖Put thyme in your tea for good luck.

💖The type of tea you make should depend on your mood.

💖If you want alertness, energy, and to dispel negative premonitions of the day make black tea, chai tea, or oolong tea.

💖If you want to detoxify your energy and clear your conscious mind make green tea, jasmine tea, sencha tea, or matcha tea.

💖If you want help with clarity, serenity, and wisdom make white tea or an herbal tea.

💖For an easy boost place a crystal next to your tea cup to charge your tea.

💖If you want to boost clarity use a clear quartz crystal.

💖If you want to increase your chance of love and beauty use a rose quartz crystal.

💖If you want to stabilize and ground yourself use an obsidian, bloodstone, or onyx crystal.

💖If you want to intensify your awareness and spiritual powers use an opal or lapis crystal.

💖If you want to increase courage use a tigers eye crystal.

💖While your tea is charging do some yoga, exercise, or meditate. You only have to do this for as long as your tea is charging. So like literally five minutes, trust me it makes a difference.

💖If you make breakfast give a piece of your breakfast as an offering. If you don’t make breakfast give some of your tea you made as an offering.

💖While you get dressed and do your makeup light a candle. This way you start your day off with a little light, light acts as a positive omen, and wakes you up more.

💖If you want purity and beginnings light a white candle.

💖If you want courage and strength light a red candle.

💖If you want healing, luck, and prosperity light a green candle.

💖If you want calming and spiritual awareness light a blue candle.

💖If you want psychic powers and control light a purple candle.

💖If you want positivity and beauty light a yellow candle.

💖If you want beauty, serenity, and positivity light a pink candle.

💖If you want stimulation and energy light a orange candle.

💖While doing your makeup place a rose quartz crystal next to your makeup supplies. It’s a simple tactic that really ups your look for the day.

💖If you shower in the morning turn it into a cleansing ritual.

💖Color coordinate your outfit for your days intent.

💖Carry an appropriate crystal in your purse to help calm, stabilize, or motivate yourself.

💖Carry a rose quartz crystal in your makeup bag to increase your beauty for the day.

💖Carry a spell bottle you made for keeping calm in stressful situations in your purse.

💖Carry a spell bottle you made for good luck to come your way in your purse.

💖Carry a basil in your wallet to attract money.

💖Carry rose petals in your purse to help bring all kinds of love throughout your day.

💖Wear thyme in your bra to make yourself more alluring.

💖If you curl your hair enchant your curling iron.

💖For simple divination open a book to a random page and read it.

💖Enchant and wear a crystal necklace.

💖Everynight before you go to bed charge your crystal necklace under the moonlight.

💖Stir your tea clockwise to conjure up happiness and health.

💖Stir your tea counterclockwise to banish negativity.

💖Stir your tea for your days intent, while doing this you can chant a few words making a new little spell each day.

💖For your morning tea use sun water.

💖For your bedtime tea use moon water.

💖Try to always have an incense lit in your room for aromatherapy, positive energy, general witchiness, and reducing anxiety.

💖Use essential oil as a perfume.

💖Go for a walk to connect with nature.

💖Read your daily horoscope.

💖Write sigils in your planner.

💖Chew gum, use flavor associations.

💖Text yourself emoji spells when you need a quick boost.

💖Enchant your pen, marker, pencil, etc. Enchant the words you write.

💖Brush your teeth counterclockwise to banish negativity from your day.

💖Whisper a silent greeting to the sun.

💖Play some of your favorite music to invoke spiritual energy.

💖Whisper a “goodnight” to the moon before going to sleep.

💖Energy work, if you have the extra concentration to spare. This can go very quickly and is so versatile.

💖For protection carry a salt packet in your purse.

💖Carry a sugar packet in your purse to sweeten up your day.

💖Try weaving glamours into your foundation, clarity and true-seeing in your mascara, and authority in your lipstick. Red lends power to your words. Pink offers charm.

💖Put an appropriate tarot card in your purse or planner to give you a burst of energy.

💖Keep a Grimoire/BOS on your phone.

💖Wear a crystal to boost your energy while working out at the gym.

Lay thorny branches on your doorstep to drive away evil.

Put thyme in your last meal of the day to have pleasant dreams.

Place coins and cedar chips in a box for an easy money spell.

The bark of the willow tree is a natural painkiller.

Put almonds in your pocket to recover a lost object.

Light candles throughout the house regularly.

Sprinkle oats over your garden (especially herbs) to ensure good growth.

Honey is a natural antibiotic and antibacterial. Got a cold sore? Put that stuff all over that. Got a cold? Eat a tablespoon every few hours.

Place lilacs all over the house to get rid of unwanted spirits.

Drink cranberry juice to get a good detox when in need of grounding.

Hang dill over your door to keep people who wish ill on you out.

Place half an onion in the room with someone who is sick to draw out disease.

Place morning glory seeds inside your pillow to get rid of bad dreams.

Pour salt in your bath (or shower floor if you don’t have a bath) to cleanse and ground yourself.

Use chili peppers to break a curse.

Plant rosemary next to your front gate or door for a little good luck.

heya fellas

y’all know that not everybody can burn things to do cleansing in the house so…

in the past days i was looking for a cleansing spray easy to do but really, none was easy

sooo, i decided to do my own cleansing spray with the things i have here in my house and i though, why not post the thing in my tumblr? so here it is!!!!

materials:

spray bottle (glass is better!!!!!!!)

rosemary

lavander

lavander essential oil

basil salt and lavander salt (any salt works)

moon water (important)

alcohol (medical or white vodka works fine)

mint

how to do it:

first, put the moon water in the spray bottle

then, put the same amount of moon water but replace the moon water with alcohol

now, put all the herbs inside of the bottle (lavander, mint and rosemary)

we are almost ready, now put the salt in the bottle, the amount you find okay (lavander and basil salt)

now it’s time to put the lavander essential oil in the bottle

finally, mix it all and you’re ready to do cleansing!!!!

note: put more water if your mix this very thick

note2: if your bottle don’t work well, let it rest for a few days until the mix is a brown color and strain it!

This is a long post, the correspondences are under the cut.

Carrier Oils: Carrier oils, known also as base oils, are used to dilute essential oils before they are applied topically. They serve as the base for oil blends. 

Essential Oils: Essential oils are concentrated liquids that contain the volatile (”the tendency of a substance to vaporize") aromatic compounds of plants. They are obtained via distillation and the oil alone should never be applied to the skin directly as some a reactive to heat, and light, and some will give you chemical burns. You are likely to have a reaction to essential oils.

Carrier Oils:

Almond Oil, Sweet (Prunus Dulcis)

Ruled by Mercury and the Element of Air. Sweet Almond Oil makes a great carrier oil for blends that deal with prosperity, money and wisdom.

Apricot Kernel Oil (Prunus Armeniaca)

Ruled by Venus and the Element of Water. This makes a great carrier oil for blends that deal with love or emotions.

Avocado Oil (Persea Americana)

Ruled by Venus and the Element of Water. This makes a great carrier oil for blends that deal with love, lust or beauty.

Castor Oil (Ricinus communis)

Ruled by Mars and the Element of Fire. Castor oil makes a great carrier oil for blends that deal with protection and absorbing negativity.

Coconut Oil (Cocos Nucifera)

Ruled by the Moon and the Element of Water. Fractionated Coconut Oil makes a great carrier oil for blends that deal with purification and protection.

Grapeseed Oil (Vinis Vinifera)

Ruled by the Moon and the Element of Water. Grapeseed Oil makes a great carrier oil for blends that deal with fertility money and strengthening mental abilities.

Hemp Seed Oil (Cannabis Sativa)

Ruled by the Moon and Saturn and the Element of Water. Hemp Seed Oil makes a great carrier oil for blends that deal with healing, love, psychic ability and meditation.

Jojoba Oil (Simmondsia Chinensis)

Ruled by the Moon and the element of Water. Jojoba Oil makes a great carrier oil for blends that deal with healing and love.

Olive Oil (Olea Europaea)

Ruled by the Sun and the Element of Fire. Olive Oil makes a great carrier oil for blends that deal with healing, peace, fertility and protection. In many traditions Olive Oil is an all purpose oil.

Sunflower Oil (Helianthus Annus)

Ruled by the Sun and the Element of Fire. Sunflower Oil makes a great carrier oil for blends that deal with protection, fertility, health and wisdom.

Essential Oils:

Amyris (Amyris balsamifera)

Anointing, astral projection, attraction, blessing, consecration, exorcism, healing, love, meditation, protection, purification, sacral chakra, spirituality

Angelica Root (Angelica archangelica)

Exorcism, protection, healing, visions

Basil (Ocimum basilicum)

Business success, conscious mind (stimulates), happiness, lust, money, peace, prosperity, protection

Bay Laurel (Laurus nobilis)

Banishing, exorcism, luck, psychic ability

Benzoin (Styrax benzoin)

Purification, prosperity, attracts customers

Bergamot (Citrus bergamia)

Business success, happiness, money, peace, physical energy, prosperity, protection, sleep

Birch Sweet (Betula lenta)

Protection, purification, exorcism

Black Pepper (Piper nigrum)

Courage, physical energy, and protection

Blue Tansy (Tanacetum annuum)

Water, Venus, immortality, youth, longevity

Cajeput (Melaleuca cajeputi)

Purification, protection, dispel negative thoughts and energies, break habits

Camphor (Cinnamomum camphora)

Celibacy, crown chakra, physical energy, psychic energy, purification

Cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum)

Love, lust

Carrot Seed (Daucus carota)

Grounding, fertility

Catnip (Nepeta cataria)

Cat magic, love, beauty, happiness

Cedarwood (Cedrus atlantica)

Blessing, health (maintain), heart chakra, meditation, money, protection, psychic energy, purification, self-control, spirituality, unhexing

Chamomile (Matricaria recutita & Anthemis nobilis)

Meditation, peace, sleep

Chili Seed (Capsicum annum)

Protection, exorcism, fidelity, hex-breaking, love

Cinnamon (Cinnamomum burmanii / cassia / zeylancium)

Astral projection, base chakra, business success, health (maintain), luck, lust, magical energy, meditation, money, physical energy, prosperity, protection, psychic awareness, purification, spirituality

Citronella (Cymbopogon nardus / winterianus)

Exorcism (exterior use), health (maintain), purification, unhexing

Clary Sage (Salvia sclarea)

Vivid dreams

Clove Bud (Eugenia or syzgium aromaticum)

Balances chakras, business success, courage, divination, exorcism, healing, heart chakra, love, money, prosperity, protection, psychic awareness

Coffee Bean (Coffea arabica)

Grounding, Earth magic, Mars, ritual stimulant

Cypress (Cupressus sempervirens)

Longevity, healing, comfort, protection

Elemi (Canarium luzonicum)

Mental and psychic ability, spiritual balance, solar plexus chakra

Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus globulus)

Healing, health (maintain), protection, psychic energy, purification

Fir Needle (Abies sibirica)

Mind clearing, memory, communication, purification before ritual, , protection, hex removal

Frankincense (Boswellia serrata / carterii)

Blessing, consecration, courage, exorcism, meditation, protection, purification, solar plexus chakra, spirituality

Geranium (Pelargonium graveolens / x asperum)

Happiness, protection

Ginger Root (Zingiber officinale)

Attraction, business success, courage, love, lust, magical energy, money, peace, physical energy, prosperity, purification, sex

Grapefruit (Citrus paradisi)

Purification

Helichrysum (Helichrysum italicum)

Creativity, intuition, invoke spirits, scrying, channeling, awareness, calm, patience

Ho Wood (Cinnamomum camphora)

Cleaning, banishing, subdue sexual desire, celibacy, chastity, psychic power, dream work

Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis)

Purification, protection

Juniper Berry (Juniperus communis)

Protection, anti-theft, love, exorcism, health

Lavender (Lavandula stoechas / angustifolia / latifolia / hybrida)

Balances chakras, business success, celibacy, conscious mind (stimulates), happiness, health (maintain), love, peace, protection, purification, sleep, third-eye chakra

Lemon (Citrus limonum / limon)

Balances chakras, health (maintain), love, physical energy, purification

Lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus / flexuosus / schoenanthus)

Psychic awareness, psychic energy, purification, spirituality

Lime (Citrus aurantifolia)

Physical energy, protection, purification

Litsea (Litsea cubeba)

Energy, rejuvenation, letting go

Marjoram (Origanum majorana)

Celibacy, happiness, peace, sleep

Mugwort (Artemesia vulgaris)

Moon, divination, lucid dreaming, prophetic dreams, protection

Myrrh (Commiphora myrrha)

Astral projection, attraction, balances chakras, blessing, consecration, crown chakra, exorcism, healing, meditation, protection, psychic energy, spirituality, unhexing

Myrtle (Myrtus communis)

Love, good luck, fertility, and Venus, feminine and water aspects

Niaouli (Melaleuca quinquenervia)

Purification, healing, protection, clearing negative energies, aura cleansing

Nutmeg (Myristica fragrans)

Luck, magical energy, meditation, money, physical energy, psychic awareness

Opoponax (Commiphora guidotti)

Death/resurrection, divination, Pluto, Scorpio, change

Oregano (Origanum vulgare)

Happiness, tranquility

Palmarosa (Cymbopogon martini)

Healing, love

Palo Santo (Bursera graveolens)

Luck, air element.

Patchouli (Pogostemon cablin)

Attraction, banishes negativity, growth, love, luck, mastery, money, peace, physical energy, prosperity, sex

Peppermint (Mentha arvensis / piperita)

Conscious mind (stimulates), exorcism, health (maintain), protection, purification

Petitgrain (Citrus aurantium)

Conscious mind (stimulates), protection

Pine (Pinus sylvestris)

Exorcism, grounding, healing, health (maintain), magical energy, money, physical energy, protection, purification

Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis)

Conscious mind (stimulates), exorcism, health (maintain), heart chakra, longevity, love, protective, remembrance, third-eye chakra, vitality

Rosewood (Aniba rosaeodora)

Mars, Moon, Venus, spirit element, fire element, intuitive health, beauty, divination, scrying, healing rituals, maturity, wisdom, femininity

Sage Dalmatian (Salvia officinalis)

Conscious mind (stimulates), exorcism, money, purification, wisdom

Sage White (Salvia apiana)

Cleansing spaces and magical objects, banish negative energy

Sandalwood (Santalum album)

Anointing, astral projection, attraction, blessing, consecration, exorcism, healing, love, meditation, protection, purification, sacral chakra, spirituality

Spearmint (Mentha spicata)

Comfort, healing, sleep (for protection)

Spikenard “Jatamansi” (Nardostachys jatamansi)

Good luck, fidelity, and health

Star Anise (Illicium verum)

Psychic power, luck

Sweet Orange (Citrus sinensis)

Balances chakras, divination, happiness, joy, love, luck, magical energy, money, physical energy, psychic energy, purification, sacral chakra

Tangerine (Citrus reticulata)

Magical energy, purification

Tea Tree (Melaleuca alternifolia)

Purification

Thyme (Thymus vulgaris)

Conscious mind (stimulates), courage, health (maintain), purification

Turmeric (Curcuma longa)

Purification, protection

Valerian Root (Valeriana officinalis)

Love, sleep, purification, protection

Vanilla (Vanilla planifolia)

Love, lust, mental power

Vetiver (Vetiveria zizanoides)

Divination, exorcism, love, money, peace, protection, unhexing

Wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens)

Protection, healing, hex-breaking

Ylang Ylang (Cananga odorata)

Love, lust, peace, sex, throat chakra

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What you will need: 

Yourself

A Calm Mind

Good Intentions

What you need to do:

Sit in a calm, quiet area and begin to meditate.

You may call upon any higher energies to help you if you desire. Picture the person in your mind that you wish to send healing energies to and focus on their existence–their being.

Imagine taking away their illness, pain, etc, and replacing it with healing, protecting light. 

Begin to chant a spell that creates the energy you want to send forth. 

Short Example Spell: 

A penny painted blue can be an excellent good luck charm for studies, but proactively I like to anoint my pencil in the blue wax of a candle that had been carved with A+ and other symbols and then write or re-write my notes with said pencil. Then use that same pencil during the test. Ive also found that waxing the eraser helps too because it prevents you from making mistakes or second guessing your answers.

Nobody is perfect and setting an expectation to do something witchy everyday is sometimes unrealistic. I want to help normalize the idea that you are still a valid witch even if you don’t honor your path every single day.

Mental health can interfere. Work and family stress can interfere.

Frankincense - cleansing/ purification, protection. When mixed with cumin can be used as a powerful protection incense. 

Lemongrass - psychic cleansing

Pine - repels negative energy, use to cleanse and purify

Sandalwood - purifies, used greatly for protection

Cedar - cleanses and purifies 

Rosemary - can be used to keep out unwanted energies, cleanse and purifies. 

Lotus - used to cleanse auras

Sweetgrass - purification and cleansing

Copal - used to cleanse and purify a space, protects against negativity. 

Cannabis - used to cleanse and purify the mind, body, and spirit *yes they do make cannabis incense*

Lavender - promotes peace and clarity. 

Jasmine - use for purification

Citronella - used for cleansing, warding off, and clearing. 

Cloves - protects, as well as purifies. Dispels negativity. 

Eucalyptus - healing, purifies, and promotes protection

Myrrh - (often burned with Frankincense) - dispels negativity, used for purification

Benzoin - Clears negativity. Helps purify the mind, also great antidepressant. 

🌷 Also known as May Day

🌷 Art By: Jacqueline De Leon on Instagram

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🍰 When Is Beltane?

🌷 Northern Hemisphere:

30April - 1 May

It can be celebrated either day or is traditionally celebrated from the night of 30 April until the day of 1 May

🌷 Southern Hemisphere:

31 October - 1 November

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🍰 What Is Beltane?

🌷 Beltane is celebrated because we are now at the peak of spring; the sun god has now taken over. For many of us, summer is arriving, or is coming very soon. It’s super joyous, happy, exciting day that honours life. The earth is buzzing and all of the earth’s energies are thriving: fertility, sexuality, passion, energy and new life are at their peak of stimulation at this time. Fertility is the main theme for Beltane. The Triple Goddess in her maiden form and the Horned God are finally united and they are bringing new life on the earth. It’s the time of the year when we need to grant luck to the summer months and the growth that is coming. It is one of the solar festivals, the other being Samhain. Beltane represents birth, while Samhain represents death, which is why Beltane is seen as the most important celebration by some people.

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🍰 How To Celebrate:

🌷 Beltane celebrations focus on fertility, abundance and all of the amazing gifts that the earth gives us at this time.

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🍰 Activities:

🌷 Create amulets made from rose quartz and give them to loved ones, friends and family. This is a gift that can help with positivity and passion and they can help to lower anxiety too. For specific loved ones this can help with the passion and romance between the two of you and it can also calm nerves!

🌷 Flowers and greenery are a huge part of Beltane.

🌷 Create flower crowns.

🌷 Create daisy chains.

🌷 Wear flowers on your body.

🌷 Make a green man mask from leaves.

🌷  Beltane is a time of love, so if you have a loved one that you would like to make a commitment to, this is an excellent time for marriage, handfasting and promise rituals. You may want to plan your ceremony for Beltane.

🌷 Dance round a maypole; this is a pole that is typically made from wood or metal and that has ribbons tied to a wreath around it. The maypole, is a phallic symbol of the male, the wreath around it and the ribbons coming off it, the vagina. We are celebrating fertility and the marriage of the two of them around this time! You can do a traditional maypole dance around this pole holding the ribbons. Look out for nearby maypole festivities - there are probably more than you think; if not you can create one yourself with your loved ones or your coven.

🌷 Also if you have plans to conceive, now is a great and lucky time!

🌷 Another way to celebrate love is just to go for a walk- you could search for a hawthorn tree, make a wish , have a picnic and collect some wild flowers. Share this experience with a friend or loved one or enjoy a solitary walk.

🌷 Spells to cast at this time are love spells and vitality, protection, romance and purification spells. Casting your circles with oats around this time of year is also a good idea! They are a traditional Beltane grain for good luck.

🌷 Light a Beltane fire- have a Beltane fire ritual with your friends and family, serve food and have an outside bonfire. Fires are traditionally to honor our sun gods, and celebrate the warmth and the sun god taking over the cold.

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🍰 Altar Ideas

🌷 Decorate it with seasonal spring flowers.

🌷 Drape it with green cloth and ribbons to represent the green earth as it is now here!

🌷 Add birch and hawthorn branches, burnt in your cauldron.

🌷 Light red, pink and green candles.

🌷 Red and pink represent passion, love and fertility, which suit the theme of Beltane.

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🍰 Food And Drink

🌷 Oats in all forms; oat cookies, oatmeal, oat bread

🌷 Dairy, cheeses and milks or dairy-free alternatives

🌷 Also spicy food, to represent the element of fire and the sun

🌷 May Day wine

🌷 Vanilla-flavoured foods

🌷 Fairy Cakes

🌷 Ice Cream

🌷 Sweet breads

🌷 Elderflower and other flowery-flavoured cordials

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🍰 Crystals

🌷 Relevant crystals to carry around with you this time of the year and to meditate with, use in divination and spell work, place at your altar and, around Beltane, give as gifts to loved ones and partners, are:

🌷 Rose Quartz

🌷 Emerald

🌷 Sunstone

🌷 Pink Tourmaline

🌷 Beryl

🌷 Pink angel aura quartz

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🍰 Herbs And Flowers

🌷 Any herbs and flowers that are blooming now where you live are perfect or Beltane. Try to get the most vibrant and powerful blossoming herbs to work with at this time of the year.

🌷 Lilac

🌷 Thistle

🌷 Flaxseed

🌷 Paprika

🌷 Hawthorn

🌷 Rowan

🌷 Daffodil

🌷 Honeysuckle

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🍰 Incense

🌷 Good incense to use during casting circles, burning at your altar around Beltane time and for cleansing and consecrating, as well as for magickal workings, are:

🌷 Peach

🌷 Rose

🌷 Vanilla

🌷 Jasmine

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while insect visitors like ants, wasps and spiders aren’t always welcome, killing these little creatures is never ideal, and can interfere with the energy of your home. whenever possible, here are some natural + humane alternatives to pest removal.

✳ ants: leaving lemon rind near their points of entry to your house is an effective deterrent; they will avoid the smell. you can also use baby powder, which they don’t like to walk on.

✳ wasps: if there is a wasp nest around your home, placing several cotton balls coated in peppermint essential oil around the affected area, like the corners of the front porch, will bother the wasps enough to stay away from the area. the closer you can place the peppermint to the nest, the better.

✳ spiders: chestnuts have a chemical compound on their surface that acts as a spider repellent; additionally, chestnuts don’t go bad for quite some time, so they can provide long-term spider deterring. place a handful of chestnuts in the corners of your home.

✳ bees: honeybees are precious and should be kept alive at all costs. if there is a beehive near or on your home that is causing bees to enter your home, or you or someone you live with have a bee allergy, the most effective humane way to prompt the bees to build a hive elsewhere is to smoke them out. do this at dawn, as it gives the bees time to relocate before sundown. using rotten wood, paper or cardboard, create a burning pile underneath or nearby the hive, set it alight, and immediately vacate the area, as the bees will start exiting the hive. make sure all your windows are sealed. you may need to do this over the course of a few days to ensure they leave, and often times bees won’t return to an area where they’ve been smoked.

I have recently moved! And after 2 nights here the room was still laden with the energy of the previous owner. So, naturally, before doing any work, I needed to cleanse. I wanted to make this place mine. A sanctuary of sorts. Here’s what I did.

Tools:

Cauldron - or a fire safe container

Fire - store bought is fine

Herbs

Oak wood - personal correspondence with my craft

White Sage - locally purchased

Rosemary - I connect it to happiness and protection

Bay Leaf - Carrying intent/wishes

Clove - Protection, and a personal favorite herb of mine

Ritual:

Light the herbs on fire and say, as many times as you feel necessary:

With this brew Bless this room. Make it holy, Make it clean,  Make it mine.

Many of us began 2016 grieving over the death of a rock icon, and within two weeks of the beginning of the new year two other British icons died. I know how much it hurts to hear about the deaths of peope we consider our heroes. People we may never have personaly known, but who have affected our lives one way or another. These events inspired me to write this ritual, which can be used to help us deal with our feelings of grief over death. I’ve tried to write it so that most people can perform it without too much trouble.

For this ritual you’ll need: A bowl  A carafe (or a glass/bottle) with water. A candle (I chose one I made myself, black with red drips) A pen/pencils and piece of paper. Choose one or more of these: 1. - A rose flower. Love, healing, friendship. Roses enhance our mood.  Or - A gardenia flower. Love, peace, healing. Or - If you can’t get any of these, get any herb or flower with special meaning to you. You could use honeysucke for healing and love, meadowsweet for love and peace. Remember that yes, correspondences may be important, but since grief is such a personal thing, use what you feel is best. If you can’t get a flower or herb, you can use oil. The ritual: I prefer doing this sitting down. Grief is personal, it’s close to yourself, it’s a pain in the heart that makes it want to be cradled. Start by writing, drawing. It doesn’t have to make sense.Your first memory of this person. The memory of the moment their very being touched yours, changing your life. Things that reminded you of them. The love you had and still have for them. End with what you felt when you heard they died. What you feel right now. The words you want to scream. Allow your grief to be felt fully. Light the candle. Candles have been used for centuries. The flame is a prayer, a wish, it is hope. It is light, like the spirit you’re remembering has been a bright light in your life. Let the candle be a reminder that not even death can take that light from you, because it will always exist in the past and in your heart. Roll up the paper and use candle wax to keep it rolled up. The paper represents all your feelings about this person, rolled up tightly to keep them safe, close to your heart. The wax represents the person, the light they brought, which will always be there together with your feelings. Now put the paper in the bowl and pour the water over it, filling the bowl. The water represents easing the pain and clearing your thoughts. As water flows in a river, it smoothens rough stones, moves them even. It gives them a place, like it will give your pain a place where it may exist, and it’s okay for it to exist but it will not always be at the surface for you to feel it’s rough edges. Place the flower on the water, where it will float. You have now literally put healing, love, peace at the surface. Or, if you’re using a different flower or herb, something very dear to you, something with a special meaning. Something that will help you heal. You can end this ritual by giving the bowl and candle a special place for a while, or pour the water in your garden. Do with it whatever is most practical or feels good for you.

A simple ritual to help someone who’s passed find peace.

Ingredients:

A small candle (white or black is good, or a color you associate with the deceased)

A small piece of paper and pen/pencil

Rosemary oil or leaves

Thyme

Violet, marigold, or rose petals

Ground clove

A pinch of sugar (any kind)

A small candle-safe bowl/holder (needs to be a bit larger than the candle itself so herbs can be placed around)

1.) Write the name of the person on the piece of paper. Write what you wish for them (peace, rest, happiness, love, reunions, etc.).

2.) Place the paper under the candle. If you have rosemary oil, rub the candle with it lightly. If you have the leaves, you can stick them into the candle in a ring around the outer edge.

3.) Create a ring around the candle with the herbs and petals. Sprinkle the sugar around on top last.

4.) Light the candle and say the person’s name and the things you wished for them.

5.) Leave the candle burning as long as you are able, but it’s okay if that’s a short amount of time.