Can y’all help me name my cat? It’s a girl.

Something I colored

Made a simmer pot today

-apples are for love

-Oranges are for creativity

-Thyme is for more time

-Cinnamon sticks are for success

-Honey is to sweeten everything around you

-Salt is for protection

-Rosemary is for protection

-Sugar is adding more sweetness to your life

-Fresh Sage is for clarity

-Bay leaves you write your intentions on

Don’t forget to add water!!

I let mine cook for 8-10 hours. Then I drain the juice and add extra water to it to wash down my front and back doors!

Have you ever made one?

Are you looking for a journal to help you with your shadow work? A place to start to help you grow?

My Shadow, My Friend let’s talk this journal will walk you through some prompts to help you learn yourself. But your not alone there are check ins and little reminders that you are doing a great job!

It’s on Etsy!!

princessbewitchin:

Things to put under your pillow

Even sleep can be magickal. Here’s a list of things to put under your pillow for magickal sleep:

• Amethyst to ward off nightmares
• Rose Quartz to tackle headaches
• Labradorite/nuumite to boost any spells
• Snowy quartz for when you’re revising/studying for exams
• Lavender for good sleep
• Rosemary also for when you’re studying/revising for exams
• Yarrow for dreaming of your true love
• Bay for protection

Feel free to add to the list. I’ll reblog to keep it updated. Or, you can write your own post on magickal sleep rituals and tag it as #magickal sleep. I’ll try to reblog everything I find. :-)

This week we had again another “hottest day of the year”. Since June, most of Europe experiences a near ceaseless heat and drought period. These hot days of summer are also referred to as “Dog Days” (Hundstage) and this year they live up to their name.

The Greek called them kynádes hēmérai, Romans adopted it, calling them dies caniculares. Historically the period began with the heliacal rising of the dog star Sirius (actually a star system) in the Northern Hemisphere, which Greek and Roman astrology connected with heat, drought, sudden thunderstorms, lethargy, fever, mad dogs, and bad luck, while to the Polynesians in the Southern Hemisphere the star marked winter and was an important reference for their navigation around the Pacific Ocean.

For my “Dog Days” incense I took inspiration from the paralyzing and deadly weather phenomenon.

The formula has been updated, with field eryngo (Eryngium campestre) being added to the baneful blend. In German language this type of thistle is also referred to as “Unruh” and “Elend” and the occurrence of clusters of broken off stems, similar to spiky tumbleweed carried forth by the wind, are named “Steppenhexen”. This stingy plant is almost impossible to touch or harvest without hurting yourself. Yet, and despite the heat and drought, it is frequented by dozens of bumblebees and other pollinators.

Beside obvious herbal references to the the dog/wolf totem, such as wolfsbane and mandrake, the incense contains also black and white henbane, which have been used in prophecy, baneful spells but also for rain magic. I burnt a good amount of it on this day, both to cleanse and bless a dog skull I found at the flea market, as well as to call for rain and cooling. It may have been simply good timing, but rain came the following morning.

I am often asked about side effects and dangers of burning venific incense blends – I can only speak for myself, I did not notice anything, apart from feeling more focused and empowered. I also sensed a relaxing effect on myself. A slight dizziness I attest to the burning sun and heat, not to the herbs.

Luckily, the worst heat seems to be over now and I look forward to enjoying the end of summer and working on art.

kiyblackmoon:

Witches Herbal Code

Please Pass Me The Eye Of Newt; What’s Really In That Witch’s Cauldron - Dave’s Garden

Heart- Bud or Seed

Beak, Bill or Nose- Seed, Bud or Bloom

Tongue or Teeth- Petal or Leaf

Head- Blossom

Tail- Stem

Hair- Dried Herbs or Stringy Parts Of Herbs

Privates, Genitals Or Semen- Seeds Or Sap

Blood- Sap

Guts- Roots or Stalk

Paw, Foot, Leg, Wing or Toe- Leaves

A

Adder’s Tongue: Dogstooth Violet; Plantain

Ass’s Foot: Coltsfoot

B

Bat’s Wing : Holly Leaf

Bat’s Wool : Moss

Bear’s Foot: Lady’s Mantle

Bird’s Eye: Germander, Speedwell

Blood: Elder sap or another tree sap

Blood from a Head: Lupine

Blood from a Shoulder: Bear’s Breeches

Blood of a Goose: Mulberry tree’s sap

Blood of a Hamadryas Baboon: Blood of a spotted gecko

Blood of a Snake: Hematite

Blood of an Eye: Tamarisk Gall

Blood of Ares: Purslane

Blood of Hephaistos: Wormwood

Blood of Hestia: Chamomile

Bloody Fingers: Foxglove

Blue Jay: Bay laurel

Bone of an Ibis: Buckthorn

Brains: Cherry tree gum [this phrase usually designates any fruit tree gum]

Bull’s Blood or Seed of Horus: Horehound

Bull’s Foot: Coltsfoot

Bull’s Semen: Eggs of the blister beetle

C

Calf’s Snout: Snapdragon

Capon’s Tail: Valerian.

Cat: Catnip

Cat’s Foot: Canada Snake Root and/or Ground Ivy

Clot: Great Mullein

Corpse Candles: Mullein

Cuddy’s Lungs: Great Mullein

Crocodile Dung: Ethiopian Earth

Crow Foot: Cranesbill, wild geranium, buttercup

D

Devil’s Dung: Asafoetida

Dog: Couch grass

Dog’s Mouth: Snapdragon

Dog’s Tongue: Hounds Tongue

Dove’s Foot: Wild Geranium

Dragon’s Blood: Resin of Draco palm

Dragon’s Scales: Bistort leaves

E

Eagle: Wild Garlic of Fenugreek

Ear of an Ass: Comfrey

Ears of a Goat: St. John’s Wort

Englishman’s Foot: Common Plantain

Eye of Christ: Germander, speedwell

Eye of the Day: Common daisy

Eye of the Star: Horehound

Eyes: Inner part of a blossom; Aster, Daisy, Eyebright

F

Fat from a Head: Spurge

Fingers: Cinquefoil

Five Fingers: Cinquefoil

Foot: Leaf

Frog: Cinquefoil

Frog’s Foot: Bulbous buttercup

From the Belly: Earth-apple

From the Foot: Houseleek

From the Loins: Chamomile

G

Goat’s Foot: Ash Weed

God’s Hair: Hart’s Tongue Fern

Gosling Wing: Goosegrass

Graveyard Dust: Mullein

Great Ox-eye: Ox-eye daisy

Guts: The roots and stalk of a plant

H

Hair: Dried stringy herbs; ripe male fern

Hair of a Hamadryas Baboon: Dill Seed

Hair of Venus: Maidenhair fern

Hare’s Beard: Great mullein

Hawk: Hawkweed

Hawk’s Heart: Wormwood seed or wormwood crown

Head: Flower of a plant

Heart: Walnut; bud, seed, or nut

Hind’s Tongue: Hart’s Tongue Fern

Horse Hoof: Coltsfoot

Horse Tongue: Hart’s Tongue Fern

J

Jacob’s Staff: Great Mullein

Jupiter’s Staff: Great Mullein

K

King’s Crown: Black Haw

Kronos’ Blood: Cedar

L

Lamb: Lettuce

Lamb’s Ears: Betony

Leg: Leaf

Lion’s Hair: Tongue of a Turnip [i.e., the leaves of the taproot]

Lion’s Tooth: Dandelion aka Priest’s Crown

Lion Semen: Human Semen

M

Man’s Bile: Turnip sap

N

Nightingale: Hops

P

Paw: Leaf

Physician’s Bone: Sandstone

Pig’s Tail: Leopard’s Bane

Privates: Seed

R

Ram’s Head: American Valerian

Rat: Valerian

Red Cockscomb: Amaranth

S

Seed of Horus: Horehound

Semen of Ammon: Houseleek

Semen of Ares: Clover

Semen of Helios: White Hellebore

Semen of Hephaistos: Fleabane

Semen of Herakles: Mustard-rocket

Semen of Hermes: Dill

Shepherd’s Heart: Shepherd’s Purse

Skin of Man: Fern

Skull: Skullcap Mushroom

Snake: Bistort

Snake’s Ball of Thread: Soapstone

Snake’s Head: Leech

Sparrow’s Tongue: Knotweed

Swine’s Snout: Dandelion leaves

T

Tail: Stem

Tears of a Hamadryas Baboon: Dill Juice

Teeth: Pine Cones

Titan’s Blood: Wild Lettuce

Toad: Toadflax; Sage

Toe: Leaf

Tongue: Petal

U

Unicorn’s Horn: False Unicorn Root; True Unicorn Root

Urine: Dandelion

W

Weasel: Rue

Weasel Snout: Yellow Dead Nettles/Yellow Archangel

White Man’s Foot: Common Plantain

Wing: Leaf

Wolf Claw: Club Moss

Wolf Foot: Bugle Weed

Wolf’s Milk: Euphorbia

Woodpecker: Peony

Worms: Thin Roots

The Herbal Code