#simple ritual

Pink Candle Self Love Ritual

[images descriptions: first image: a pink candle in a black, spotted small cup full of salt. Second image: the same pink candle in a cup on the metallinc shelf in front of a mirror; part of a duck shaped night lamp can be seen too.]

what is it: lighting a pink candle while you do your skincare or any other type of self care.

why: pink is the color of love and as such, also self love (& care)! Additionally, turning your self care into a little ritual can help even more to underline its importance.

how you do it: put a pink candle where you are doing your self care (ex. I put it on the bathroom mirror while I do my skincare/brushing teeth/apply hrt) and light it up. Blow it off once you've finished your self care. I like to also repeat/think the intention of self love and care while lighting it!

It can get hard to stay connected to our craft, especially for those of us living in big cities. We’re often in a hurry and there’s barely any time to actually feel our Mother Nature. Though walks in the park or the forest are an option in a lot of areas, it might not be possible to access them as often as we’d hope. Soooooo I’ve come up with simple way to keep a connection with the flora thanks to which we breathe and eat: a gift exchange.

It’s the key principle to harvest: give something to the earth and she will give back. In this case, humbly ask her to stay at your side in exchange for a token of your devotion. 

During your next stroll in the park/wood, bury a penny in the earth and grab an acorn in exchange! It’s small and you can keep it with you as a lucky charm, a constant reminder that nature is out there. Instead of being a penny, it can also be something more valuable to you: a button, a die, a feather, etc... And you can take anything small found on the ground: a pretty leaf, a pinecone, a branch— as long as you don’t snatch it directly from the tree where it’s growing. Make sure to thank the earth before leaving!

Another such ritual consists of cutting off an inch of your shoelace and burying in the earth before winter starts. That way, there will always be a part of you which stays in the forest and you’ll always feel that no matter where you walk, the earth will be at your side. No matter how thick the snow becomes, this part of you will be settled in the ground still.

I've been feeling low about myself today. Tonight I'm going to perform a simple self-love ritual to get back into the mindset of loving myself.

You will need:

💗Rose quartz (preferably cleansed and charged with loving intent)

💗Pink pen

💗Pink candle

💗Piece of paper

💗You can burn rose essential oil or incense to amplify but this is entirely optional!

(really you only need a pen and paper. The extra bits can just help to amplify your intention)

So here I am, terrified, because I’m starting school again and working full time and also trying to have a year of self-discovery and I’m already feeling overwhelmed and I’m freaking out!!!!! So that brings me to today’s topic:

School and Anxiety and what I can do through mundane acts and witchcraft to help me jump this hurdle.

Mundane: - Keep a schedule. - Don’t procrastinate your school reading and assignments. - Take advantage of the school’s resources (tutoring, writing help, library, workshops, etc.) - Don’t forget mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual health. Practice meditation, eat healthy, workout, sleep 8hrs, drink plenty of water, ask for help when you need it, masturbate, check out counseling when necessary, and pray. - Don’t forget to study.

Witchcraft: - Use crystals for memory, focus, productivity, and mental health (clear quartz, turquoise, tiger’s eye, fluorite, sodalite, and kyanite). - Use essential oils for calm, mind, immunity, and stress (rose, peppermint, lavender, tea tree oil, and ylang-yalng). - Create a simple ritual using a yellow candle (the color that represents knowledge, education, and energy) a sigil (that means concentration and spirit), and a bay leaf with the word success written on it (Maybe I’ll end up sharing it here?) to help ensure a successful semester. Don’t forget to leave out an offering for the God and Goddess. Maybe I’ll ask Athena and Apollo for some help and guidance for the upcoming semester? - Write a chant to use when I’m feeling anxious. It’s going to be used like a mantra that means, “stop. breathe in peace. breathe out uncertainty.” I’m probably going to say it in Spanish as a way to communicate my wants and needs to not only myself, but to my ancestors as a way to ask for help and guidance.

Things are tense these days, no doubt. But you already knew that. You’ve already read a few dozen blog posts about how crappy things are and how they’re just going to get worse. You’ve scrolled past even more Facebook memes, ridiculous and terrifying, insulting and true. And I’m sure you’ve had more than just a few panicked conversations with your friends and loved ones.

A glass of concentrated strength and courage to drink every morning! It’s possible to replicate this recipe on a larger scale and make a whole bottle of it, so you don’t have to go through the steps every morning.

Keep in mind that this neither tea nor hot cocoa, it won’t taste like either of these: it’s a philtre and as such, it’ll mostly taste like water. However its magical properties are what make it effective, especially when drank daily.

In a small glass, put the following ingredients:

Sun water, cold

A pinch of cinnamon

A pinch of salt

A pinch of pepper

A pinch of dried dill

A pinch of dried basil

A pinch of dried thyme

Three pine needles

Juice from one quarter of an orange

Stir the mix three times clockwise and say:

“Water gave me life, water sustains me. I am one with it, as it is one with all things. With it I become stronger, through it I find my power. May I be blessed by the element of water this day once more.”

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