Modern Polytheist

Summer Love Spell cast in the Spring to attract a romantic Summer partner

Choose your ingredients intuitively. Work with what feels right to use. This can be adapted to what’s available for you to use.

salt & sugar ~ I used white salt and white sugar fresh spring flowers ~ I used white bleeding hearts and pink rhododendron rose ~ dry or fresh. Just a few petals pressed flower petals ~ must be pressed and dry ahead of time. I don’t know what I used but they were pretty, plentiful, and red/pink flower stem ~ from any of the flowers you chose. Small piece, just a few inches incense ~ I used a lavender incense cone. Anything good for a love spell love oil ~ any essential oil to anoint your incense. I used an Energy blend for an exciting Summer relationship. One drop bell ~ can do without, but recommended rose quartz ~ can do without, but recomended Top Trio crystal ~ I used black kyanite. Selenite or citrine is also great. Can do without, but recommended for any spell cauldron , or censer ~ MUST have. (A censer is something safe to burn incense on or in)

1. sprinkle salt/sugar in your cauldron or on your censer 2. put down rose petal(s) 3. anoint incense with a drop of oil and lay on top 4. heat your incense with fire as if you were going to light it. It should take longer than usual to light after being anointed with oil 5. lay it back down on the petal 6. set your cauldron/censer, rose quartz, bell, and top trio crystal in a triangle with the cauldron/censer inside the center. If you are missing any item, fill in the gap with another material appropriate for a love spell (maybe another flower) 7. ring the bell above the incense while focusing on your intent 8. set lighter or match to flower stalk. It doesn’t need to catch fire but the flame must touch it. This symbolizes the minor pain you may feel at the close of the summer when the relationship must come to an end and your willingness to accept it. The stem itself represents a supportive relationship. Put it next to the incense 9. fully ignite the incense. Sprinkle your fresh flowers around it until it burns out 10. leave it to burn outside 11. halfway through burning, press one finger down on the incense just for a quick second to “prick” your finger with the heat. This is where the heat and passion of the relationship will come from 12. when finished burning, collect all the contents of the cauldron (salt/sugar, ashes, and flowers) into a sachet. Include your dried flowers as well. Close it and keep sealed until the last day of summer. Must be discarded after effective use. If this summer the spell does not take effect, keep it until it does work

Don’t… treat them as tools. Deities aren’t obligated to help you, even if you do everything “correctly” to ask. They’re not vending machines, or a list of correspondences that only gets value from how they best serve you. They’re gods! Instead… treat them like people. (Really high-status people.) Build a relationship before asking big favors. Compensate them for their time. Respect they have their own autonomy. Respect that your will is not the center of their universe. 

I met this albino Raven named Pearl today at Bird Fest. It is only one of four known albino Ravens in the whole world.

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As a closet Hellenic Polytheist, I understand how difficult building your worship can be without access to certain resources/books. Here is my list of my favorite online copies of these resources!

BOOKS

Hellenic Polytheism: A Personal Guide for Ancient Greek Practitioners by Chris Aldridge — https://books.google.com/books?id=_0Xa5uL8ZOEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=greek+religion&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj2yrbJq8zXAhUV5mMKHVLpBKMQ6AEIJjAA#v=onepage&q=greek%20religion&f=false

Ancient Greek Religion by Jon D. Mikalson —

https://books.google.com/books?id=_0Xa5uL8ZOEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=greek+religion&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjvp6HYh9nXAhXBxVQKHcaCCEcQ6AEIJjAA#v=onepage&q=greek%20religion&f=false

The Homeric Hymns by Apostolos N. Athanassakis — https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5A_YIM4rV6YbTZ0TGk5QTlpNVE/edit

VIDEOS

Hellenic Polytheism Lecture Part 1: The Basics presented by Conor Warren —

https://youtu.be/8it4KwaC5Qo

Hellenic Cultural Genocide by Christianity and Byzantium ½ —

https://youtu.be/oh0B71spVRk