Astrology Of March And April

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Binding & Knotwork // Grimoire Pages

Tfw your basil was fine on Thursday and you wake to find it dead and desiccated on Sunday.

Mind you, my window garden is tied into my wards and I have protective plants growing there. So to see the basil suddenly die for no discernible reason tells me that either Something brushed past my home during the dark of the moon and possibly tried to get in, or somebody out there decided to try and do something very, very stupid.

Welp. Dead basil is great for burning bowls and if it means my wards need to be more aggressive, then so be it. I've been meaning to polish the mirrors anyway.

once a year I renew the protection warding to my front door using vinegar that's had citrus soaking in it for a year at least, if anything it makes it so people don't linger at my door and also works great for cleaning dirt and grime 😅

Blue Moon Spell: "I speak it into existence."

Moon water (psychic connection)

Blueberries (communication and peace)

Lemon or lemonade (purification)

Raspberry sorbet (love)

Black tea (strength)

Sugar (speed)

Ice

Cup or container

This spell is for multi-purposes but I wanted to make a spell to help nourish ourselves and help manifest determination! Although it is a smoothie recipe, everything has magical properties, and spells can be used for your body. It is important we balance our mind, body, and soul, otherwise we lack a sense of direction. Mercury retrograde will be ending soon, it has caused us to feel a lack of energy, and cloud our thoughts that life is just stagnant. This is not true! Instead of thinking of that you're having setbacks or let your anxieties take over, this is the time to meditate to get in touch with your higher self. Really communicate with your higher self to understand what it is that you need, what it is that you need to heal, how can you feel you're on the right path, and take the time to get to know the real you. The you that feels complete and fulfilled in all aspects. What will make you feel complete? Is it a dream, a goal, something that you desire, or want to achieve? Then affirm yourself, say it out loud! "I am successful!" "I will get through this!" "I have everything I need". Speak your manifestations into existence and trust in the universe to recieve it 🌌

After some research about Blood in folk medicine and magic

Hello! I’ve recently seen a few good posts about the uses of blood magic in modern witchcraft and some also good posts about its uses in folklore, so I thought I might as well make a small compilation of sources!

Therefore, I’m not here to tell you how blood magic works! You already know and can find about the use of blood in rituals, spells, scrying and whatnot from all the posts that circulate on the subject. You also know that blood must be harvested with precautions if you don’t want to catch, or give someone a disease that could effectively kill them! Whee!

This is why I present to you a few sources about the use of blood in folklore and a commentary on these sources!

Here’s one like cuz it’s centered on a civilization I know well, the ancient greeks! I studied them in class and am familiar with most science men mentioned in the article. Truth be told, I don’t think it’s perfect. I don’t like the way it buries other ancient civilizations under the rug to focus on the greek while proclaiming most ancient civilizations were all fans of blood, but I appreciate researching work and the time the person put into quoting greek passages of ancient texts as proof of their arguments. It’s neat. Plus it goes on at length about the visions the greeks had of the role of blood in all types of life, which could be used in paralel with ancient religious texts about rituals and magics involving blood, if anyone has those!

I don’t know about the trustworthiness of this one, but I read it and it’s quick and understandable about the practices revolving around blood in the old days. I especially like the part about egyptian and german practices which are interesting. The author also took the time to quote names of ancient greek historians (as much as one could call Herodotus a historian in the strict meaning of the term) which I find nice! Added to the sources on medicinal cannibalsm quoted at the end, including this article which quotes its own sources, and this book, sadly too expensive for me at the moment (I saw the price and went *nope*).

This article on Britannia, the website, is about blood offerings in different cultures and could be paired with this one about the origines of sacrifice though religion and history, I think it can be fairly interesting to learn the bond between the action of sacrificing something coming from a being, be it life, flesh, bones or blood, and the desire of a result linked to the believed importance of the said parts. I’ll read them and maybe update the description as I go!

I also found a few other books too, including this book about Folk Hematology in the Appalachian South by Anthony Cavender in the Journal of Folklore Research (JSTOR), Mummies, cannibals and vampires by Richard Sugg about the history of corpse medicine through the ages, and The Spirit of Civilization: Blood Sacrifice and Monetary Debt on JSTOR too by William Pietz.

Honestly, I’d like to read them all to see if they’re good or full off bullshit like some books can be, but I advice to anyone who might find all these resources helpful to compare them with each other and make their own opinion. I’m not your dad, of course, but I’ve seen enough people believing everything they were told in my short life to wish everyone could like researching stuff as much as I do!

Therefore, I leave you with this absolutely unproductive post, hope it’ll be at least useful to someone, and on that note, for anyone interested in french and down for a good laugh, this video is about a practice of blood offering by dick-piercing. Yeah. You read that right. Enjoy.

simmer pots 🍎🍯

credit to:Claudia Fuchs

I merged a few recipes of these together. Swapped and changed some ingredients.

Orange

Lemon

Apple

Rosemary

Lavender

Star anise

Rose buds

Rose petals

Hibiscus

Bay leaves

Cinnamon

Moon water

Florida water

Kananga water

Used more of some ingredients than others, depending on the smell you want..

So I used more of the flowery smells.

Not too much of the florida and kananga as they are strong anyway.

I have bottled the water, once it cooled, and hoping it will work with my diffuser- it should do.

Iron sword, Scythian, 600-400 BC

from Apollo Galleries

Info YULE Appreciate

Symbols of Yule:

Yule log or small Yule log with three candles

Evergreen boughs or wreaths, holly, mistletoe hung in the doorways

Gold pillar candles

Baskets of clove studded fruit

Simmering pot of wassail, poinsettias, Christmas cactus

Herbs of Yule:

Bayberry

Blessed thistle

Evergreen

Frankincense holly

Laurel

Mistletoe

Oak

Pine

Sage

Yellow cedar

Incense of Yule:

Pine

Cedar

Bayberry

Cinnamon

Colors of Yue:

Red

Green

Gold

White

Silver

Yellow

Orange

Stones of Yule:

Rubies

Bloodstones

Garnets

Emeralds

Spellworkings of Yule:

Peace

Harmony

Love

Increased happiness

**This list is not absolute and just my opinions**