âSorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wineâ –Â Â Â Â Â Â Thomas Aquinas (Philosopher, theologian, Catholic saint & priest b.1225-d.1274) Â How true that is, Doctor Angelicus – but why not take this a step further and involve lavender at each stage? Â With the power to relax and uplift simultaneously, it can…
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Searching For The Blue Flower
âThis intense longing for things transcendent⌠make me a votary of the Blue Flowerâ â C.S. Lewis  âI used to think I was a romantic, always looking for the Blue Flowerâ â John Le Carre âA Small Town In Germanyâ  âItâs one of Coleâs Blue Rose casesâ â David Lynch âFire Walk With Meâ  A…
Bread & Salt
Now that the festival of Lammas is here, we can plan a Bread & Salt rite which you can integrate into any picnic or summer social gathering to celebrate the harvest with your friends and family. This is the traditional time to make and eat Lammas Loaves which represent the body of the earth Goddess…
Passion Potion
Witches have been famous for supplying aids to seduction throughout the ages. A lot of these included revolting or hard-to-find ingredients like mandrake, powdered cats eyes, or that tired old “aphrodisiac” Spanish Fly. Spanish Fly is an irritant, that’s all, and can sometimes produce an uncomfortable stiffening effect on the male. It doesn’t affect women…
Cool as a Cucumber with Sage Advice
After the recent and ongoing panic and upheaval in Europe, now is a good time to cool down and cleanse, for which we can use mainly cucumbers and sage. Â Anybody behind you in the supermarket queue will be impressed by your basketful of vegetables, herbs and yoghurts as you gather some of Mother Natureâs Little…
Dream A Little Dream of Me
“Is all that we see or seem, but a dream within a dream?” – Edgar Allan Poe “I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I’m awake, you know?” – Ernest Hemingway Hey there all you cool cats and kittens – let’s make a Love Dream! This is a spell to…
A Frigga BlĂłt with Runes & Lagoons
Today is the day of Friggaâs Blot â much more than just the wife of the All-Father Odin, she is the goddess of prophecy & silence, wifehood & motherhood. She is a sky goddess, responsible for spinning and weaving the fates.  To celebrate Frigga this Friday, a domestic setting is appropriate, as she is closely…
Magic Tonka Beans: Illicitly Delicious
The fragrant tonka bean is a native of South America, a product of the cumaru tree (dipteryx odorata). They have a lovely vanilla-almond-slightly fruity aroma, and in hoodoo traditions these sweet-smelling beans are used for love and money magic. It’s said that you should work with them in only in odd numbers. They can be…
Rhubarb, or The Magic Stick
Rhubarb is a very ancient plant. When rhubarb began to grow, the Dead Sea was just getting sick. When rhubarb started out, history lessons were called âWhat is happening right nowâ. When rhubarb was discovered, rainbows were all in black and white. And so on⌠ You get what Iâm saying. Rhubarb has been used as…
Revels with the devils on Walpurgis Night
Ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight? At Samhain AKA Halloween every October, the boundary between our world and that of the spirits becomes thinner and often breaks, allowing supernatural forces to hold sway for the night. At the exact opposite side of the year, on April 30th, the same is true of…
The New City Witches Cocktail Coven 