Wishing You A Very Happy Saturday, And A Very Happy Weekend, With This Picture Of Variegated Lemon Thyme

Blessed the garden at Beltane, was able to gift my coven with a basket full of zucchini and summer squash. The next day I found these. I can’t wait for my tomatoes to turn.

by Kyle Bonallo (instagram)

Mugwort

aka Artemisia, Felon Herb, St. John’s Plant, Naughty Man, Oild Man, Sailor’s Tobacco

Element: Earth Planets: Venus, Moon

Uses: 

Carry to increase lust & fertility, prevent backache and cure disease & madness. 

Place around divination and scrying tools to increase their power or near the bed to enable astral travel. 

Use in sleep pillow or place in a sachet under your pillowcase to bring about prophetic dreams. 

Use an infusion of mugwort to clean crystal balls and magic mirrors.  

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Here are the direct links to my Google drive for my PDF books.  Keep checking on it as I will be adding to it as time goes on.

Book of Shadows/Grimoires

Classic References

Crowley/Thelema

Deities

Herb/Nature Magick

Hoodoo/Voodoo/Root Work

Magick

Shamanism

Sigils, Signs, and Symbols

Spellwork

Spirit/Other Being Work

Wicca

Witchcraft

World Pagan Practices

PS- Please remember to always consider when a tradition is closed and do not borrow from it.  Now…Reblog, my dears!

by Kyle Bonallo (instagram)

Summer in South Texas.

List of essential oils‘ correspondences

Bay: attain desires, success, clarity of visions or dreams Basil: intuition, optimism, psychic awareness Cedar: cleansing, strength, meditation Cinnamon: energy, courage, goals, money Citrus (lemon/lime): invigorate, joy, energy Cypress: calmative, soothes emotions, stability Frankincense: cleanse aura, enhance psychic power, energizer Jasmine: love, intuition, spirituality, confidence, sexuality Lavender: balance, calming, cleansing, exorcism, Orange: visions, psychic dreams, restfulness Patchouli: Earth energy, sexuality, strength, power Peppermint: alertness, action, mental clarity Pine: energy, cleansing, strength, clarity, action, protection Rose: energy, love, gentleness, peace, happiness Rosemary: mental clarity, memory, protection, invigorate, blessing Sage: purify, cleanse, spiritual visions, inspiration Sandalwood: cleanse, purify, energy Vetiver: internal alignment, unified energies

(source: Grimoire for the Green Witch - Ann Moura, 2003)

How to Enchant Items

To enchant an item is to infuse it with magickal energy. This energy can come from a variety of sources, including planets, crystals, herbs, or even yourself. 

Some individuals use the words “enchant” and “charm” synonymously as a way to describe the process of infusing something with energy, but for the sake of this post and due to my own beliefs, you enchant something and it then becomes a charm. Alternately, a charm can be something with its own innate energy, like a crystal or herbal amulet. 

The process of enchanting is extremely versatile and there are many ways to do it successfully, so long as you keep your intent clear in your mind. My personal preference when it comes to enchanting items is to allow 12-24 hours (overnight or a full day) for the item to be infused with energy and become a charm - although, this is completely left up to the individual spell-caster. 

Here are a few ideas on how to enchant items, in no particular order:

Surround the item with crystals of corresponding intent

Surround the item with herbs of corresponding intent 

Place the item in a jar filled with herbs that represent your intent

Place the item in front of a candle and meditate on your intent 

Anoint the item with an oil, charged water, or crystal elixir of corresponding intent 

Hold the item in your hand(s) and visualize it filling with the appropriate energy 

Hold the item in your hand(s) and speak your intent aloud

Craft a sigil or symbol to keep near the item in an envelope or sachet

Write your intention on paper and keep in an envelope with the item 

Pair the item with a corresponding runestone or tarot / oracle card in an envelope 

Take the item and put it in a box with other items that represent your intent such as crystals, herbs, talismans, amulets, etc. 

Bury the item in soil with herbs and/or crystals that match your intent (please don’t put salt on your lawn though, unless you want dead grass)

Pass the item through incense smoke that matches your intent 

Transitions between the Wheel (For the four seasons)

This is from my personal practice with observing the wheel of the year and my focus on each transition between the sabbats. I honor the current seasons in between. Each transition has it’s importance to self care and managing the home and garden. I will probably add to this later cause some paragraphs I wrote I feel like are a bit vague. Some of these transitions are not meant to be 100% literal and static but I feel like they are good areas to focus on for that moment in the year.

Yule->Imbolc Resting

During the thick of winter when it’s too cold to do anything and always dark, it’s the perfect moment in the year to rest. The focus is on relaxing, taking extra time to sleep and care for the body especially to not get sick. Winter is also ‘spa’ season because the air is so dry and harsh it’s a good time to soak in hot baths and scrub away dead skin and moisturize with protective lotion. Do not try to make new plans, yet sit home, rest and reflect. 

Imbolc -> Ostara Cleansing

When winter thaws it’s a great time to clean the home and prepare for spring. Personally, I also like to do a body cleanse since I tend to eat a lot of processed (yet delicious ;-;) foods all year round. This also makes up for all the heavy foods I’ve been eating since Summer (all the BBQs) to Winter comfort foods. As I clean the home and get rid of stuff that has accumulated over the year, I clean the body. Also the focus is on cleaning the home as well. Breathing in the same air, especially if its full of dust, is really unhealthy and it’s good as the days are getting a little warmer to open up the windows for a few minutes to allow in fresh air to circulate. This is also the time of year I throw out old furniture, accumulated things and rearrange furniture in the room as well.

Ostara -> Beltane Sowing

Spring is a great time to germinate sprouts along with other seeds and clean the backyard or garden to grow plants. If you like to compost it’s a time to start mixing in the vegetable/fruit/plant scraps with the soil. Spring is also a great time to sow bigger changes in life as well. Something about the warm new season brings an air of flirtatiousness and ‘socialness’ that makes it perfect for making new friends or finding a partner. (Probably because people can finally come out of hibernation). It’s also a fantastic time to work on your image and portfolio and apply for long term jobs that begin in the summer or fall. Spring is the season for new beginnings and putting long term plans into action.

Beltane -> Litha Growing

A tradition I like to do on Beltane is repotting of plants and gardening. Repotting plants is a tradition I try to focus on every year because it’s very easy for house plants to die due to dead soil. Plus it makes the inside of the house super vibrant and lively to have fresh new soil in pots. From this point to summer solstice is the point of growth. Growth in the garden but also growth of personal goals. May and June feel like hectic months where there are so many events and opportunities to advance your work or change your social scene, that if I am not personally progressing, I focus all of my attention on my growth.

Litha -> Lughnasadh Thriving

Its the heat of summer! It’s time to get out and feel the intense hot energy and use its power to focus on goals and networking! Where I am there’s usually an exciting event every week where it’s an opportunity to make more connections and meet more friends but also since its warm and nature is so vibrant it’s time to take some days to relax and get away to enjoy the heat and life of nature. Go to the beach, go hiking, swim in a lake, sleep under the stars. Be active since the efforts will pay off. 

Lughnasadh -> Mabon Reaping

This is the time you earn what you’ve sowed both literally and metaphorically. If you have a garden its the time it will start giving back. If you are an active goer of a farmers market you will notice how beautifully abundant the stands are. If in Spring you’ve sent out tons of job applications, and in Summer got the job you’ve wanted and worked hard, then by now you should start seeing some results. If there are no results being seen it’s a time for reflection and re-strategizing. There is a second chance in this time to start again before the cold and the holiday season bulldozes through.

Mabon -> Samhain Harvesting/Gathering

This is the time to gather and harvest. Usually family tends to gather now since it’s the holiday season. There’s not much other than gathering to be done since family and holidays are bombarding you from all sides. Also there is an abundance of food. This is great to store for the next transition which is

Samhain -> Yule Preparation

This is the moment to prepare for winter. My warddrobe completely changes here, I take up knitting projects that were abandoned last Imbolc, and I store food and herbs for the winter to use. Also making preserves from things in the garden or hand knitting clothes make great presents for the winter holidays. This is also a time to prepare the garden for hibernation. Take in potted plants, harvest the last of the herbs and food (that are not potted). Make sure plants you do not want to die have a place to chill in the house.

Fluorite magical uses:  Purple Fluorite is used to activate the Third Eye Chakra. Use Purple Fluorite to connect with spirit. Wonderful when used to focus meditation, and to protect from evil spirits, and bad dreams. Also helps to relieve stress.

Fluorite, Zeunerite

Locality:

Montoso Quarries, Ortieul, Bagnolo Piemonte, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy

Collection and photo Giuseppe Finello