GOREgous In Goth

Carry Rosemary and salt in your pocket, purse, or keep in a satchel.

A lit white candle in a circle of salt will protect a room.

A lit black candle repels and banishes unwanted energy quite well.

Hang Garlic in your kitchen to ward away mischief and evil.

Add Pine essential oil to cleaners for an added cleansing boost when washing tile/hardwood floors.

Grow Rosemary, Lilac, Lavender or Rose at your doorways to protect them.

Use knot magick when tying shoe laces, bows, headbands, etc for added protection.

Draw protective sigils or wards onto your skin with make up or lotion/moisturizer before blending.

Hang protective charms off your pet’s collar.

So, to all the workers facing Karens and Kens out in the wild, here's my advice - cry.

If you have the type of relationships with your coworkers and managers that will support you, don't try to hold it in. Cry like the overworked, underpaid peon you are.

Nothing terrifies an asshole Karen like the indisputable proof that their actions/words are affecting you as a real live person. They feel perfectly entitled to cuss out a cashier over a wrong order/no cash policy/ face mask mandate but when that person starts to cry and asks them why they'd say such mean things? A whole other story, my friend.

There's no way to make that situation look good to the manager they demanded to speak with, either. My manager literally got a security guard fired for being so verbally abusive he made one of her employees cry.

This strategy has multiple benefits -

1. You're not standing there trying to pen up your emotions, crying is a great physical release for negative emotions and you may very well feel somewhat better afterwards.

2. The person who precipitated the situation is forced to not only see you as a person with feelings, but also has to confront the fact that their abuse has consequences beyond themselves.

3. It can actually give your higher-ups leverage to address these situations. 'They yelled at my employee' is one thing, but 'They yelled at my employee until they were in tears' is a waaaaay worse offense. A good manager can use that. Hell, it can get a security guard fired!

Turns out that he had just turned 18 the month that this happened (it was an atv accident) and because of that, the medical debt is all now in his name. Him and his family are asking for donations from those able to do so to help with his recovery costs. He fractured every bone in his hand, degloved it and had to have his ring finger amputated; apparently 6 different hospitals wanted to just amputate the hand but they searched until they found one willing to try surgery to fix it first so he’s said that more fingers may need to be amputated in the future based on how well it heals.

I’ve included the link to the post below, just be warned that if you go through the rest of his profile he does have further photos of his hand after the accident that are quite gory. (The donation post itself is photo free though!)

“I am not asking for anything unreasonable.”

“My needs are not too much.”

“The right people will enter my life and understand how I am, and will try to work with me.”

“My needs are just as important as anyone else’s needs”

“I am important enough to take up space.”

I know that technically speaking cherries are not an herb. However it has been a while since I have done a food of the month blog. So I figured why not choose a food instead of an herb this week. Also as I saw cherries for sale in my local supermarket for the first time this year last week, I decided they were an appropriate choice.

Cherry is feminine. It is associated with the element of water and ruled by the planet Venus. Divination and Love are powers of cherry.

Some Magickal uses are as follows:

A simple Japanese spell to find love involves simply tying a single strand of your hair to a blossoming cherry tree.

Cherry juice can be substituted for blood in rituals.

To predict how long you will live do the following; Run around a tree full of ripe cherries. Then shake it hard. The number of cherries that fall to the ground indicate how many years remain.

https://eluneblue.com/cherry-magical-properties/

Great article showing how every part of the cherry tree has a magickal use or two.

Well that concludes this brief blog on the cherry. As always comments and questions are welcomed. I think I’m going to buy some cherries the next time I’m at the market. Who knows what Magick I might mix up? Anyhow until next time be well Witches!!

Brightest Blessings,

The Violet Moon Witchery

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