Witch-gician

Incase you didnt know depression sucks. Anxiety too. The hokiday seasons tend to be when people are pushed to that edge or past it.

It does not help that an issue that has persisted since late 2019/2020.

During this i have lost my dear friend to depression.

I made a decocted tea elixar here is my recipe, there are 4 steps to it. Ideally it is made by some you love and returns the connection. This can be you it can be somebody else.

F-2020 drink

First step - in a pot/ pan with a lid-

Cinnamon 3 parts

Dandelion 1 part

Hawthorn berry 2 part

Shichandra berry 2 part

Eluthro root 1 part

Usnea 1 part

The point of this step is to get to the root and the heart of the matter.

*because these are roots and berries, we are starting them first. They need to be cooked longer so we can get the medicine from them. Ideal decotions can take anywhere between 20 kinutes and an hour. We are saying that 20 minutes is good.... so set a timer for 10

* if you dont have Usnea (old mans beard/ witches beard etc) or siberian ginsing (or any of its cousins) you can substitute reishi.

Step 2

2 parts spearmint (or peppermint)

1 part melissa (otherwise known as lemon balm)

1 part tulsi (holy basil)

3 or 4 parts of cacoa ( the rawer the better. Choose how many parts you want if you are allergiv to cacoa sub with 1 or 2 parts coffee.) Once the 10 minute timer has gone off, add step two into the pot and add another ten minutes to the timer.

*fun fact cacoa no matter how long you boil it, wont make it any more bitter then it is. Having learned this I split my cacoa and add jalf in the decoction and half in the tea bit.

The intention of this step is to bring in the Sunshine.

As this is cooking i will take the time to prep my plant essences. Plant essences (in my opinion) are the easiest way to get into herbalism. They are super easy to make, and when needed can be made in a pinch.

For myself when i am looking at a plant i think i need for the mintue i take some distilled water and think of the plant, then meditate with it.

If you do use any plant material it is ideal to use some kind of preservitive, most commobky alchohol is used in a 1:1 ratio.

The initial meditation with the plant will create a "mother". If tou are interested please go and look into it

The essences that i use for this are

A witches red geranium (for guidence and direction)

An old grandmother saguaro cactus that has stood despite old wounds and and a difficult enviorbment (for support, love and wisdom through a difficult time)

Datura - found on a full moon in a friends yard (to give me light in my dark time and to help me see the lessons... to help me return to love)

Prickly pear cactus in the shape of a heart collected with my best friend (green heart chakra)

Once the last 10 minutes has gone off i turn off the heat and add my essences to the pot and let it cool.

Another great thing about essences is you can pull them from time and situations.

Step 4 while it is still hot but no longer boiling, I then look at the amount of liquid left, before adding 1/4 to about 1/2 the amount of pomagranet or dark cherry juice. While stirring.

The cherry/pomagranet juice is to represent our wounds, our blood, our heart... to call to the god/ess, our ancestors to help us and to make it taste better.

As a Massage therapist, as obe who dos shadow work, I understand the importance of dealing with the injury sooner rather then later, when ever possible. So it is ideal to drink this when you are at the beginning. However i have also found it useful when after deep shadow work that has opened, or doing shadow w9rk that where I am intending on pulling back a scab.

:) feel free to play with the recipe. I added my intentions to whyvi picked thongs to help you pick things for yourself.

I have found that the taste changes as it cools which i personally think adds to the effect.

With much love and sunshine, I hope that no matter where you are on this path that you know how much you mean to us. That you are loved. That you are important. And with out you at the center of your universe, the universe would not spin and dance nor have the same meaning.

Reach out if you need support.

If you need resources but you can afford them go to #heartsupport, the community on twitch will give you a free workbook. The community there is also great.

As a witch remember to witch things out AND if you need help with the magick, to reach out.

One of the many things i jave learned by observing and talking with others is depsrssion/ and anxiety is most likely a 1 in four people. We dont have to suffer alone.

❤🧡💛💚💙💜❤

(Side note i did take an herbalism class, totally not a pro also i am not a doctor take precautions to make sure the plants with in this drink do not cause negative affects. Legal jargon to cover my ass.

I understand that many who dive deep and strive for balance (at the very least) on our paths, also seek forever the perspective of others. As hard as we try, we will only really know our perspective and relate others to it. Sometimes when I think of this I feel fake. Because I want so badly to understand you or them or that thing then.

But then there are other times when I am reminded my perspective will is just as worthwhile as others. And... that n o other will truly understand mine... not the way I have experienced it.

Sometimes I think dimensions are like a rainbow, easier to view from a distance.

Sometimes I think dimensions are like chocolate cake or cheesie lasagna, where the deeper you go into a perspective of a dimensions the richer and denser it becomes to the point were you finally say enough is enough.

Sometimes I think dimensions is like a pile of dry spaghetti that have fallen on the floor and there is no rhyme or reason for how they connect. They are dry and inflexible. And yet with your 10 second rule, you scoop them up and cook them. They then become flexible, tangible and easier to eat. ( though who doesn't enjoy that crunch?)

Perhaps with this last example we can consider the idea ... that black holes that transition to other dimensions require us to let go of our stiffness... or is it to become more like stone.... hence the spaghettification?