merry meet!

Rise like the sun

Materials needed! 

Crystal: citrine, sunstone, golden calcite, tiger’s eye, clear quartz 

Flame: match or candle  

Location: A quiet place in the sun, inside or outside is fine. 

Spellwork!

- Take your crystal and let it soak up some wonderful sunshine (not for too long because it could fade! Use your crystals responsibly!)

- Light your candle and place the charged crystal near it. If you’re using a match hold the crystal in your other hand and gaze at the flame. 

- Chant, mentally or out loud:

“I am awake, 

I am refreshed, 

I am whole, 

I shine bright, 

I am the light.”

- Feel recharged and refreshed for the day! 

My other solar spell guides and magick guides are located here and here! 

I always get asked tones of questions on how to incorporate witchcraft into your daily routine so here are some ways that you could possibly do so

The tips:

- when you wake up you could burn incense or sage around your house and yourself to cleanse everything for a brand new day

- when drinking drinks like tea or coffee you can use the spoon to mix in a clockwise direction to increase something or anti clockwise to decrease something

- you can also draw a sigil in the bottom of your cup with honey and then add you drink on top

- when baking things with crust you can carve sigils into it to make your food more magickal and be filled with your intent

- set up an altar for your ancestors and pray to it everyday when you wake up or before bed, you can also leave offerings on there

- carry crystals or amulets you have made in your pocket or around your neck for them to work their magick

- enchant things such as makeup brushes or jewellery

- pretty self explanatory but you can write in your book of shadows or grimoire everyday

- have a moon chart which shows the stages of the moon each month and mark when you would like to practise your spells based on what moon phase will be most beneficial

- grow a garden filled with lots of different plants and trees and bushes, everyday go out and spend time in it to clear your mind and become more in tune with your spirituality and intuition

with hot chocolate season on the way, there are a lot of subtle ways to work a little magic into your mug! a compiled list of easy recipes to have some magic in your day

for all recipes, melt chocolate in the microwave, and mix in heated milk.

Caramel 🍬

½ cup milk, 5 oz. chopped milk chocolate, 3 tsps caramel, ¼ cup heavy cream.  for love, kindness, domestic works

Cinnamon Spice 🍃

1 cup milk,  5 oz. chopped dark chocolate, ¼ tsp cinnamon, a pinch cayenne pepper. divination, fortune, healing, power, prosperity, protection, psychic abilities, spirituality, wealth, and wisdom.

Orange  🍊

1 cup milk,  2 oz. chopped dark chocolate, ½ tbsp sugar, ½ tbsp grated orange peel. for beauty, divination, fortune, love, purification, and wealth.

White Lavender 🌾

1 cup whole milk, ½ chopped white chocolate, ¼ tsp lavender flowers. for chastity, happiness, love, peace, protection, and purification.

Peppermint 🍬

1 cup whole milk, ½ cup chopped milk chocolate, 1 peppermint candy.  for healing, love, psychic abilities, and purification.

Pumpkin Spice 🎃 

1 cup whole milk,  1 tsp. chocolate powder, ½ tsp pumpkin spice, 1 tsp. maple syrup.  for banishment, divination, healing, prosperity, and protection

Hazelnut 🌰

1 cup whole milk, a pinch salt, 1 tsp cocoa, 2 tbsp nutella or ¼ tsp hazelnut extract.  for fertility, protection against evil, creativity, intuition, and psychic abilities

Vanilla 🌾

½ cup milk, 5 oz. chopped milk chocolate, 1 tsp vanilla extract. for happiness, love, and lust.

Peanut Butter 🌰

Yule is the celebration of hope, returning light and life. At the Winter Solstice, we acknowledge that the darkness is defeated by the light once more and that the days will grow longer each day from here. Wassail (pronounced “waes hael”) is traditionally prepared and shared around Yule as a means invoke the sun, and bring us cheer as we face winter’s cold darkness.

The earliest versions of Wassail was a warmed mead into which roasted crab apples were dropped and burst. This drink was called ‘lambswool’ and was drunk on Lammas day. Later, the drink evolved to become a mulled cider made with sugar, cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg, topped with slices of toast as sops and drunk from a large communal bowl called the ‘wassailing bowl’. 

Many of our best known “holiday” spices (cinnamon, orange, nutmeg, ginger, allspice) all have solar and fire associations. Drinks such as Wassail, not only heat you up physically but also bring you into resonance with the newly returning solar energies of the Winter Solstice. 

This recipe can be prepared in either a crockpot (lowest setting) or in a stockpot on the stovetop (med-low heat). 

Ingredients:

2 quarts apple cider

2 cups orange or cranberry juice

2 cups spiced rum

1 tablespoon allspice

2 cinnamon sticks, crushed

1 small orange, sliced into 4-5 rings

1 tablespoon whole cloves

1 tablespoon lemon juice (optional)

1 teaspoon nutmeg (optional)

Honey (optional)

Turn your heat source on high and pour in the juices. Stir in allspice, then add the cinnamon sticks (We crushed them with a rolling pin). Slice the orange into rings and stud the peel with the whole cloves. 

Cover the pot cook on high for 1 hour, stirring occasionally. 

Turn heat to low and allow to simmer for 3 more hours or until the liquid starts to foam. The orange slices and cinnamon will have settled to the bottom. Sweeten with honey to taste. Add rum 5-10 mins before serving. Serve warm.