8 oz. spinach, triple washed, patted dry, and de-stemmed
1 avocado, peeled, pitted, and diced
1 cup loose parsley, washed well
¼ cup chives, sliced
1 T. freshly chopped dill
1 T. lime juice
¼ t. salt
¼ t. hot sauce, of choice
1 - 8 oz. container plain vegan soy yogurt
In a non-stick skillet, saute the green onion and garlic in the olive oil for 2 minutes to soften. Add the spinach and continue to saute until the spinach just wilts. Remove the skillet from the heat and set aside to cool completely. Transfer the spinach mixture to a food processor. Add the remaining ingredients, except the vegan yogurt, and process for 2-3 minutes or until smooth. Add the vegan yogurt and process well to combine. Taste and add additional salt, hot sauce, or lime juice, to taste. Transfer the mixture to a glass bowl, cover, and chill for 30 minutes to allow the flavors to blend. Serve as an appetizer with raw vegetables, bread slices, crackers, or chips, or use as a condiment on sandwiches, cooked vegetables, or grains. Yield: 2 Cups
Moonstone, tigers eye, amethyst, flourite, agate. {Or any crystals in warm colours}.
See the sun rise & set, eat outdoors, make or buy a sun catcher, bake a sweet cake, let sunlight cleanse your rooms, clear cobwebs, wear a flower crown, make honey/sugar scrub, wear warm tones.
Peter Pan, Fairy Tale, Ferngully, Stardust, Tinkerbell, Maleficent.
LAMMAS
Multi grain bread, corn on the cob, bbq meats, fried chicken, potatoes, soup, rice, nuts, black current juice, beer, peppermint tea.
Rose, chamomile, passion fruit, all spice oils/scents.
Citrine, clear quartz, tigers eye.
Finish a project, make a bread to share, enjoy nature, take care of plants, decorate or craft, acknowledge what you are grateful for, journal future hopes.
Parent Trap, Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants, Cheaper by the Dozen.
Make scented pinecones, spend time under the stars, donate food or goods [RSPCA], burn bad habits, visit the deceased, harvest take care of plants, bask in nature, meditate.
Open Season, Brother Bear, Spirit, Pocahontas, Brave.
Light candles, plant seeds, share a roast ham with loved ones, bake banana bread, finish spring cleaning, lay tumbled stones in your garden bed, take deep breaths [inhale new energy & exhale old energies], wear spring colours whites & florals, collect wildflowers or buy flowers that call to you & research what they mean, walk through nature.
Epic, Strange Magic, The Secret Garden, Spiderwick, A Bugs Life, Barbie Fairies.
Amber, citrine, moonstone, red jasper, rose quartz.
Wear a flower crown or flowers in your hair, dress in red or white, make a bonfire & roast marshmallows, garden, take a walk, spend time in nature, pick fresh flowers to decorate.
Moana, Arthur Trilogy, Avatar, Jungle Book, Tinkerbell, Barbie.
HOW I CELEBRATE ALL SABBATS OR ESBATS
☾Sage cleanse the house, light candles, diffuse oils.
☾Clean sheets/bedding/pillowcases/towels.
☾Eat at least one traditional food.
☾Watch a relevant movie.
☾Take notes in my BOS of how I celebrated the Sabbat to look back on next year.
☾Charge my crystals & tarot decks in the full moonlight.
A collection of categorized links for your Ostara needs!What is Ostara? [X] Ostara is celebrated on March 20th-22nd, and September 20th-22nd in the S. Hemisphere. Ostara is also called the Spring Equinox or Eostara.
“When we talk of May Day celebrations, we tend to think of children dancing around a maypole, ribbons clutched in their hands, or of Morris Dancers, bells jingling, performing on village greens. In many communities there will be village fetes, where the beer flows freely and trestle tables sag under the weight of sandwiches and cakes.
Here in Wales, all those things took place, but our ancestors knew that May Eve was even more important than May Day itself. It was one of the three great ‘spirit nights’ (ysbrydnos) of the year, when supernatural powers were unleashed and the spirits of the dead roamed abroad. The other two nights were the Eve of St John celebrated on 24thJune, and Hallowe’en and on each of them it was wise to protect yourself with rituals and customs that had been practised for centuries
On the darkening hilltops and in fields bonfires blazed. They were meant to ward off harmful spirits and to ensure a fruitful summer, but the proper rituals had to be observed in the lighting of the fires.
In each parish, nine men would be chosen to build the bonfire. They would turn out their pockets so that all money and every piece of metal were off their persons. Metal, especially iron, was a tricky, magical creation and could affect the success of the whole project. The men then went into the nearest woodland and gathered sticks from nine different trees. The sticks were carried to the spot where the bonfire was to be built. A circle was cut into the grass and the sticks were set crosswise in the circle. One of the men took two bits of oak and rubbed them together until a flame was kindled. From this the sticks were lit. Often two fires were made, some yards apart.
The assembled village watched this whole procedure. Round cakes of oatmeal and the same number of brown meal were split into four pieces and placed in a small flour bag and everyone present had to pick one out. The last piece left was the bag-holder’s. Those who picked out a piece of brown meal cake were obliged to leap three times over the fire or to run thrice between the two fires. This custom made sure of a good harvest. Those who had chosen the oatmeal cakes applauded the others and sang and danced, no doubt out of relief.
As dawn broke on May Day, people in villages and surrounding farms would be woken by the singing of May carols. These songs were known as carolau Mai, carolau haf, (summer carols) or as canu haf, (summer singing). Sometimes the expression canu dan y pared, or ‘singing under the wall’ was used.
At each house visited by the singers, congratulations would be exchanged on the approach of summer and the hoped-for good harvest. If the singers were really on the ball, they would include in their songs a verse or two applicable to each of the families they visited. It was worth doing so, because the delighted hosts would invite everyone in for food and drink.
The houses themselves would be carefully decorated and in the larger ones, the maids might have decked out the windows with roses, lilies and lavender.
At some point in the day, the inhabitants of each community made their way to the village green or a nearby field to watch the raising of the May Pole, which was often fashioned from the trunk of a birch tree. It was known as the ‘summer birch’ - y fedwen haf and the custom of raising it was called ‘raising the birch‘ - Codi’r Fedwen.
In south Wales, the pole was painted in different colours. Whilst it was on the ground it would be decorated with ribbons and coloured papers and when it was covered from end to end, it was ceremoniously raised. Dancing then took place, including one called ‘Thread The Needle’.”
I would recommend reading the full article, which is here [X]
Feel free to change any part of this spell to make it your own.
Purpose:
Bring about abundance, love and success, and protect against all that may prevent them.
Ingredients:
2 eggs
2,5 dl sugar
75 g melted butter
2,5 dl flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla sugar/ a pinch of vanilla
3-4 stalks of rhubarb (+ 2 tbsp sugar)
Instructions:
A good moment before starting the cake, cut the rhubarb in small pieces and stir through 2 tbsp of sugar. Set aside. (When coated in sugar the rhubarb will release liquid, preventing the cake from getting soggy.)
Preheat the oven to 190°C and grease a (shallow) baking tin.
Mix eggs and sugar until they are foamy. As you crack the eggs into a bowl and mix them with the sugar, envision how you (or someone else) succeed in your endeavours, concrete or in general. While doing so speak out loud:
May all your/my projects succeed, and success be sweet.
Stir in the other ingredients (apart from the rhubarb) and pour the dough into the baking tin.
Drain the liquid of the rhubarb. (Catch it in a glass - it’s delicious!) Sprinkle the rhubarb generously over the cake dough. Picture either the love and abundance which you want to reinforce, or the love and abundance that you wish to welcome into your life. Speak:
May I be protected from all harm, and love and abundance encharm.
“Bealtaine” is the Irish spelling and is pronounced as “byal-tin-ah”.
“Beltane” is the Anglicised and is pronounced phonetically.
When is Bealtaine? 1st of May.
What is Bealtaine? It is a Celtic fire and fertility festival that is also known as “May Day”,“Samradh”, and “May Eve”. It marks the coming of Summer.
Traditionally, jumping over a balefire during this festival is said to ensure protection over the forthcoming year - this may be where the “naked-pagans-jumping-bonfires” stereotype comes from.
Bealtaine is opposite Samhain in the Wheel of the Year, and just as they are opposed in position, they are opposed in celebration. Samhain is a festival that in many ways, celebrates death, whereas Beltane is a celebration of life.
•BEALTAINE CORRESPONDENCES •
There are many traditional activities associated with Bealtaine, such as bonfires, Maypoles and feasts, but if we’re going to be realistic, many of us can’t weave flowers into our hair and raise a Maypole in our village square.
Here’s some correspondences and associations that we can realistically work with:
•COLOURS:
Green.
Pink.
Yellow.
Red.
Brown.
Light Blue.
Lavender.
• FOOD:
Seasonal spring vegetables, such as cabbage, asparagus, radishes, onions, and potatoes (UK).
Sweets, such as chocolate, pastries and honey.
Spiced foods, such as ginger and peppers, incorporate the fire element of the festival into celebrations.
Aphrodisiacs, such as oysters, asparagus, nutmeg, and vanilla, incorporate the sensuality and fertility aspect of the festival.
Maybowl (a.k.a., May Wine), is a beverage that is typically made specifically for Beltane. Alcoholic versions of this beverage usually use honey mead or a sweet wine for a base, and non-alcoholic versions may use ginger ale. [Wine & Champagne based Maybowl Recipe]
• INCENSE:
Scents associated with Bealtaine are usually wild, earthy, and are often considered to be sensual.
Vanilla.
Cinnamon.
Patchouli.
Rose.
Lilac.
Oakmoss.
Sandalwood.
• FLORA:
Traditional flowers include: Hawthron, Rose, Sweet Woodruff, and Pansy. Others may include: Bluebell, Marigold, Primrose, and Daisy.
• OTHER TOOLS:
Other tools may include candles, a ritual knife, a brazier or cauldron.
• DEITIES & ENTITIES:
Celtic:
Óengus.
Rhiannon.
Aos Sídhe.
Others w/Shared Associations:
Bast.
Artemis.
Diana.
Flora.
Faunus.
Pan.
Bacchus.
Hera.
Cernunnos.
Eros.
• OTHER ACTIVITIES:
Flower Crowns: Flower crowns are a discreet, pretty and very fitting way of celebrating Bealtaine. If you make your own, use flowers that symbolise the festival - if you can. If you are using artificial flowers, focus on the colour correspondences instead. Red is a biggie as it can represent the fire and/or fertility element.
May Baskets: Traditionally, May Baskets were given to women from men (every woman in a household would get one), and they would be filled with sweets and flowers.
Bonfires: **Only if you have a safe outside space.** Bonfires are a simple way to honour this sabbat. They represent fire (you know, because they are fire), they cleanse and they bring protection. They also bring people together, and it is common to accompany the bonfire with a feast of seasonal foods.
