areyouanirishwitch:

Offering Comfort Spell

One of the hardest situations to be in is when your friend, partner, family is hurting and you are unable to act to ameliorate that hurt. When my partner is in a dark place my heart feels pinched and every breath catches. I know that it is the same for her when I am in a dark place. This is a simple charm to send love and support to those you care about who are hurting.

You Will Need

1. One yellow candle (can substitute white)

Preparation

[Recommended for this spell] If it is part of your practice, cast a circle. As you sit with your ingredients before you, centre yourself. Ground yourself in the present moment by focusing on your breath, the sensations of your body, and your connection to the earth.

This spell can be cast with the person you are directing your energies toward sitting across the candle flame from you or directed outward toward a person who is not present.

Casting

Sit comfortably on the floor with the yellow candle in safe holder in front of you. If the person who you are directing your comfort and energy to is present, have them sit on the opposite side of the candle from you.

Light the candle and sit quietly for a minute. Visualise your love, comfort, and energy as a golden light building inside your chest. As it expands, push it outward with your mind toward the person who you wish to comfort. Repeat the following with conviction:

Friend of mine with aching heart

Let this gift from me impart

You with peace, a fresh new start

May all your sorrow soon depart

Sit together in the light of your love and comfort for as long as you both need.

Notes

Yellow Candle: comfort, confidence, joy

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Autumnal Cleansing

We often associate cleansing our space with Spring. I remember going to my maternal Grandmother’s house every March and breaking out the bleach, mops, polish, and rags and scrubbing every shelf and baseboard until they shined. But my Grandmother was not satisfied with a deep once a year cleaning. Every September we repeated the ritual. She said, When the snow and the dark come we will be glad for a warm, clean place to rest. Here is a simple spell as we draw the light half of the year to a close and enter the quiet dark.

You Will Need

• One (1) white candle in a safe holder

• A bowl of saltwater

• A cinnamon broom or hand whisk

Preparation

If it is part of your practice, cast a circle. As you sit with your ingredients before you, centre yourself. Ground yourself in the present moment by focusing on your breath, the sensations of your body, and your connection to the earth.

Casting

Light the white candle in your living room or another central location in your living space. Hold the bowl of salt water in your left hand and cinnamon broom in your right hand.

Recite the following:

Holy fire pierces dark

By salt water now depart

Swept away by blessed bark

Cleansing through the witch’s art

Sprinkle the salt water about your rooms or living space starting from the back (backdoor or window) and moving toward the front (entry way or main door). Hum or whistle as you do so, driving the negative energy forward and out the main entry. Be sure to sprinkle at each window, divider, and door, as boundaries are thin places that need extra care.

Now, moving in reversed direction from front to back, sweep the cinnamon broom across your floor. Continue to hum while you work your way about your home space creating a pleasant atmosphere.

When finished, repeat the charm and extinguish the candle.

Notes

White candle: purity, protection

Salt water: cleansing, dissolution

Cinnamon: associated with fire; used for protection, cleaning, and purifying

Substitutions

• An electric tea light or votive candle can be used in spaces where you cannot light fire.

• Cinnamon incense or potpourri can replace the broom.

The Doe’s Cry

I arise each evening

In the light of the moon,

The radiance of the Mother.

I am warmed by hearth fire.

And caressed by a breeze

Carrying the salt of the sea.

I dig roots like grandmother

And ask the Goddess to bless me.

Brigid In the Kitchen - Traditional Prayer

Brigid, bless the things I create

And the things I did not create:

Honey from the hive,

Milk from the cow,

Salt from the sea.

Ostara Oomancy

Oomancy, the art of egg divination, is a perfect activity for Ostara (the Spring Equinox) because of the strong association between the egg, the world, and new life.

You Will Need

1. Two bowls
2. Boiled (still hot) water
3. An egg
4. One white and one black candle (in safe holders)
5. Moon water (optional)

Preparation

If it is part of your practice, cast a circle. As you sit with your ingredients before you, centre yourself. Ground yourself in the present moment by focusing on your breath, the sensations of your body, and your connection to the earth.

Casting

Boil a pot of moon water and carefully pour it into one bowl.

Set the bowls between the the black and white candles (black on your left and white on your right). Place the egg between the bowls and yourself.

Light the black candle and say:

Sister moon, shine your wisdom on this reading.

Light the white candle and say:

Brother sun, infuse your energy in this reading.

Cup the egg in your hands and hold it over the empty bowl and recite the following:

Sister and brother in equal time

Guide this vision and make it mine.

Crack the egg and, using the shell and empty bowl, seperate the white from the yolk. Drop the white into the hot water and read the patterns it creates as you would tea leaves.

Notes

Egg: symbolises the world and rebirth

White and Black Candles: represent the equality of night and day on the Ostara.

Rae’s Rosewater Toner