The Practice

Growing and Drying Herbs (Photo: Mark Lohman)

Packed into tiny jars in a supermarket spice aisle, a few teaspoons of dried herb leaves can be amazingly pricey. But grow and dry your own, as Sharon Lovejoy does, and you get the same thing virtually free. It’s easy. 

Details on my altar.  I never really got any flowers that reminded me of summer, so that’s why it hasn’t changed much since spring.

1) A stag candle holder holds Obad-Hai’s candle. 

2) The fairy reminds me to remember my childhood and keep an open mind about everything I encounter.  It opens my mind to the more spiritual part of me, and helps me relax and lighten up.

3) A bird in the nest reminds me about my duties to the material world as well - to be a good wife, a good person, a good witch.

It’s time for another giveaway! While cleaning off my desk, I found my spare contributor’s copy of the 2014 Witches’ Datebook from Llewellyn. I was asked to write up several profiles of animals associated with magic and spirituality worldwide for inclusion in the datebook; you can see a couple of samples in the pictures above. It also includes writings on holidays, seasonal recipes, divination and other such topics, along with fulfilling its main purpose as a datebook with bonus astrological and magical qualities of each day.

RARA ANIMALIS

[noun]

Latin: rare animal.