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Lessons 13 for Cyber cauldron

Since I am planning on turning the cyber cauldron into a school at the next new moon let have a look at the basic syllabus. Over the next few days / weeks I will be drawing together all the resources. This course will last for thirteen moons and each moon will cover an aspect of eclectic witchcraft.

Lessons

1. History of witchcraft

the history of witchcraft for cave man to modern day

the burning times

neo paganism

wicca and other paths

quiz

2. Ethics

personal ethics

spiritual ethics

magickal ethics

group ethics

codes of ethics

creating coven ethics

quiz

3. Goddess

history of goddess culture

the aspects of the goddess

luna and solar goddess

Goddess of death and rebirth

goddess as archetype

Goddess’s and sex and sexuality

Quiz

4. God

history of the god

the one god

aspect of the god

luna and solar gods

god as consults to goddess

Gods of death and creation

God as archetype

Gods and sex and sexuality

quiz

5. Tools of witchcraft, clothing and names

what are the tools of magick

The book of shadows

Wand

Chalice

Athama

Cauldron

Sword

Pentacle

Crystals

sacred space

quiz

6. Rites of passage

Births

Death

Marriage

Coming of age

Anniversary

quiz

7. Rituals and special days

Sabbatts

Esbats

Days of feasting

Days of fasting

Goddess days

God days

quiz

8. Meditation and pathworking and visualising

what is meditation

what is pathworking

Understanding the astral plane

creating a mediation space

How to write a meditation

How to develop a path working

How to visualise

Creating a sacred temple

quiz

9. Spell crafting

Spell correspondence

Spell types

Spell creation

Spells for love

Spells for healing

Spells for finance

quiz

10. Divination

What is divination

Types of divination

Tarot

Runes

Tea leaves

Other forms of divination

quiz

11. Herbalism

What is heralism

Types of herbal mixtures

Herb classifications

Herbal mixes

quiz

12. Magicks

What is magick

How to build power

How to charge objects

Physical Body.

Circle.

Cone of Power. Dancing and Chanting.

Feeling.

Drawing Down Power.

Releasing the Power.

Timing. Cord Magick.

Candle Magick.

Love Magick.

Sex Magick.

Binding Spell.

Protection.

Form of Ritual.

Quiz

13. magical languages

creating a language for magick

common magickal languages

power of the spoken word

power of the written word

sigils and signs

quiz

Originally posted 2011-05-05 19:07:17. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

The kitchen is an important place for every witch it is the heart of every home. Not only that a good witch will often spend much of his or her free time experimenting with food and potions.

A witch’s kitchen will never make the cover of home and gardens but that being said a witch’s kitchen is a friendly space somewhere something is always going on. You will often find herbs hanging, home baked bread or biscuits and a kettle that is always on the boil.

But in this modern age with modern kitchens and fast-pasted life kitchen witchery is a dieing art to some extent. People don’t have the time to experiment most recipes come from books; most potions have been handed down. Now it not a bad idea to use other people recipes whether that is for a meal, potion, spells or medicine when you start out but if you rely on others information you’ll never gain any new knowledge.

The fun part about kitchen witchery is the experimentation “the science behind the witchcraft” why does this work this way and not that?

Throughout the history of man it is our experimentation that has cause us to develop and advance. As witches we are metaphysical scientists we work with elements and energies some of witch science can explain other it just learning about and some that science will never truly understand. If we want to advance in our magickal skills we must learn to experiment rather that repeat those experiments that have already proved to work.

Like scientist the kitchen witch will have some knowledge’s of their ingredince they know that if you X to Y the you get A as a witch you should look new ideas and develop your own.

A kitchen witch will take a basic recipe add a twist of this and a dash of that and create something new out of this experimentation something will develop for example a witch takes a basic biscuit mix and adds some extra fibre and fennel seeds and makes a nice biscuit and give some to a friend whose a little blotted and they work wonders and the friend ask for recipe a cure for friends blotted belly comes from adding that personal touch.

I know it a very basic example but kitchen witchery does not have to be complicated and it level of experimentation will depend on your confidence in trying new things. Of course a witch can get it wrong but you can learn just enough from getting it wrong.

For a witch the kitchen is not only a place when magick is preformed but also a meeting place for social chitchat a place for pets to sleep or eat a place filled with machinery and electromagnetic fields so where ideally magick should not be preformed. So why does or at least do you treat a kitchen as a magickal place? For myself I see the kitchen more as a temple a constant place of the gods. The kitchen and related area has so many gods and goddess you can dedicate your kitchen. Here is a list.

Goddesses Associated with Hearth and Home

• Brighid (Celtic)
• Chantico (Aztec)
• Dugnai (Slavic)
• Hestia (Greek)
• Vesta (Roman)

Goddesses Associated with Grain and Harvest

• Ashnan (Babylonian)
• Ceres (Roman)
• Chicomecoatz (Aztec)
• Corn Mother
• Demeter (Greek)
• Pirua (Peruvian)

Goddesses Associated with Fire

• Agnayi (Hindu)
• Brighid (Celtic)
• Ida (Hindu)
• Kamui-Fuchi (Japanese)
• Li (Chinese)
• Pele (Hawaiian)
• Sekhmet (Egyptian)
• Saule (Slavic)

Goddesses Associated with Kitchens, Cooking, Food & Domesticity

• Annapurna (Hindu)
• Baba Yaga (Slavic)
• Brighid (Celtic)
• Cerridwen (Celtic)
• Fornax (Roman)
• Freya (Norse)
• Frigg (Norse)
• Hehsui-no-kami (Japanese)
• Huixtocihuatl (Aztec goddess of salt)
• Ivenopae (Indonesian goddess of rice)
• Mama Occlo (Inca)
• Okitsu-hime (Japanese)
• Pomona (Roman goddess of orchards and fruit)

Other related Goddess

• Athena (Greek goddess of weaving)
• Gaia (Mother Earth)
• Lakshmi (Hindu goddess of plenty)
• Nehallennia (Norse goddess of abundance)
• Ops (Roman goddess of earth)
• Sarasvati (Hindu goddess of creativity)
• Vasudhara (Hindu goddess of abundance)

Kitchen Gods

• Agni (hindu)
• Bes (Egyptian god of household protection)
• Hyang kehen (Indonesian god of hearth fire)
• Oki-Tsu-Hiko-no-Kami (Japanese child of the Harvest God)
• Oki-Tsi-Hime-no-Kami (Japanese child of the Harvest God)
• Tsao Wang (Japanese god of hearth and kitchen)
• Sanpo Kojin (Japanese god of hearth and kitchen)
• Zao Jun (Chinese kitchen god)

To create your temple you need to show honour to the God(s) and or Goddess(s) unlike a circle you don’t call the deity in to being you create the space to honour them place offerings on a fixed altar pay respects to the goddess and or god for the chores you do, request their assistance in the chores. Every thing that you do to the home is done to clear the flow to the temple.

The kitchen will become the true heart of the home and the deities it will be come the fountain of inspiration and magicks. Things that you should have in your kitchen-

• Small altar, a simple one, could just be a shelf.
• Pictures and statues that invoke the image of you deity
• Herbs and flowers sacred to the deity
• Small offering bowl
• Broom

Choose colours to honour the deity this can include plates walls etc.

Each time you enter the kitchen you should acknowledge the deity each time you work in the kitchen or clean the house invoke the deity and ask them for assistance and inspiration.

If you are new to kitchen witchery it make take some time for things to settle in to routine but once you do you will have a powerful magickal working area that will allow free flowing magick and inspiration as well as a healing area where you can replenish your energies in divine work.   

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Originally posted 2011-04-20 08:38:53. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Mind altering substances and practices have always been a part of paganism from the earliest of times, ancient pagan mixed herbs and plants for ingestion or application or even as incense.

These herbs and plants where used by priest, priestess, and shamans too help encourage visions or change their mental state so that they could directly contact the divine source, Higher spirits or spirits on who they could call on the aid in their works.

Many of these herbs and plants where hallucinogenic or have psychotropic properties. These mind-altering substances are used today as recreational drugs or as pharmaceutical drugs to treat illness.

The big question regarding drugs and legal or illegal in neo pagan paths is a matter of ethics. Although as part of reclaiming our heritage we have to understand that these herbs have benefits and a uses.

According to Carlos Castaneda in his books he spent the beginning of his training under Yaqui shaman Don Juan Matus using drugs so that he could learn what is was like to connect the forces and forms of the divine, he claims that the drugs where used just to shift his perception just enough so he could see, after he new what he was looking for drugs where no longer used as he could then reach the state of mind where he could recall the feelings and senses that he experience. He claims that each hallucinogenic induced session was like gaining the pieces of a map to the available natural spirits and powers and once the map was completed the hallucinogens where no longer need to see the pathways.

The oracle of Delphi who was one of the most famous and accurate Oracles is claimed to of gained her insights from hallucinogenic vapours, which emanated from the 2 faults under the temple. There is academical evidence to support the fact that the Oracle was tripping comes from a reported in Geology magazine, which reveals that two faults intersect directly below the Delphic temple and the study also found evidence of hallucinogenic gases rising from a nearby spring and preserved within the temple rock.

It is also claimed that the much of the witchcraft hysteria during the burning times could have been a result of ergot a fungus produced on Rye and other cereals which produces Ergotism in humans and animals.

The symptoms of Ergotism symptoms include painful seizures and spasms, diarrhoea, paresthesias, itching, headaches, nausea and vomiting as well as hallucinations similar to LSD. All these symptoms at the time would have been seen as bewitchments. It is also believed that the reason why many of the accounts of flying of to Sabbats and having orgies with the devil and demons share similar traits is due to the fact that a similar concoction was used similar to a flying ointment, Flying Ointment a highly dangerous concoction of poisonous plants which was mixed with fats and applied to the body and broomstick would give the ware power of flight, In experiments where these potions have been used researchers and have been tested on live subject whom in questioning on their experiences have expressed the feeling of flight or flying or of travelling also they experienced vivid feeling of sexual arousal (this is likely to be due to the fact that this ointment would be applied to or come in contact with the genitals). It was found that subject reports showed similarities to some confessions gained during the witchcraft trials.

Even today many tribal cultures where magicks still has a place in the day to day the shaman / shawoman or holy man or woman will often ingest herbs which will cause a psychotropic effect which when mixed with ritual and drum beat will help the sha-person or holy person reach a state where they are able to communicate with the spirits.

The states that are created when natural drugs (legal and illegal) are used can be recreated to some extent without the help drugs, Things like fasting, cord magicks and dancing to exhaustion can raise the spiritual conciseness to a higher plane in the same sense as drugs.

Drugs play a major part of modern witchcraft and the reclaiming of the traditions and before everyone goes all Mr Mackey (Drugs ‘R’ bad) they bring about change whether as mind altering substances or a healing cures and medicines or poisons. A good witch will know how sometimes by instinct, which plants, or mix of plants should be used for healing purposes.

It is very important for any pagan, neo pagan, witch, Wiccan or any one dealing with plants for healing and other purposed to understand the law and let deal only with natural drugs or what I consider to be a natural drug.

So lets start with natural drugs: what is a natural drug? It is a plant which only requires chopping, blending with other plants,being dried, boiled or burnt / heated to release it benefits an un Natural drug is something that has been chemically reproduced or is designed some drugs can fall into both categories.

Examples

Each country has its laws on drugs and no matter your views on drugs you will have to abide by that countries laws if you live or visit that country.

Since I live in the UK I will look at the law and it interpretations so let start with a definition:-

1. Drug

a. A substance used in the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of a disease or as a component of a medication.

b. Such a substance as recognized or defined by the U.S. Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

2. A chemical substance, such as a narcotic or hallucinogen, that affects the central nervous system, causing changes in behaviour and often addiction

In the UK we have 2 laws that cover drugs the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and The Medicines Act 1968 and without knowledge a witch can end up breaking the law and find themselves open to prosecution and a jail sentence. In the UK as far as the drug laws go there are huge loopholes, which can turn into a noose. Magic Mushrooms! There is not law preventing you picking them but dry them out and you could face 7 years in prison and a fine if you have too many your sentence could be life under the Misuse of Drugs act 1971 and with the same silliness you have a friend who is stress you say drink camomile tea nothing but say I would prescribe camomile tea in the morning and evening one cup when you wake and one before retiring you can face prosecution under the Medicines Act 1968.

When you deal with herbs plants etc for healing purposes you have an obligation not just to the people that visit you but also to your self to be aware of the law ignorance is not a get out.

I hope that this will encourage all you that read that plants have benefits as well as their flaws and the issues of drugs and magicks are not as simples as they seem.

The issue of drugs in the community has an impact on life and that is an issue that should hit every heart.

On a serious note if your casting a circle with a joint rather than a wand you have a problem! drug issues can effect everyone around you and the more you connect with a drug the less you connect with the magicks Carlos Castaneda explains this in his books.

If you need help or advice on drugs in a pagan life or daily lifecontact:-

Frank http://www.talktofrank.com/section.aspx?ID=108

Pagan federation http://www.paganfed.org/ (sorry can only give home page but call you local group and I am sure that someone will be able to put you in touch with someone one)

The priory http://www.priorygroup.com/

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Originally posted 2011-03-13 22:38:35. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Although now days it easier to buy already mix and blended incense it is still a good idea to mix your own for special ritual. Now there is nothing wrong with premixed Incense it does the job, the only issues you may feel is important is that you don’t know what energy the incense picks up. The only way you can be 100% sure that your incense is blended using the correct energy for it purpose.

Below is a list of common Incense Blends, which are perfect for any ritual and are very simple to make.

Please note some ingredince can cause an allergic reactions

Abramelin Incense

2 Parts Myrrh
1 Part Wood Aloe
a few drops Cinnamon Oil

Burn to contact spirits during rituals or as a simple consecration incense to sanctify the altar or magickal tools.

Air Incense

4 parts benzoin
2 parts gum mastic
1 part lavender
1 pinch wormwood
1 pinch mistletoe

Burn to invoke the powers of the element of Air, or to increase intellectual powers; to obtain travel; for communication, study and concentration, or to end drug addiction. Smoulder during divinatory rituals.

All Purpose Incense

1 tbsp rosemary
1 tbsp cinnamon
Dry peel of one lemon
1 tsp thyme
1 tsp almond extract
1 tsp lemon extract
5 drops of favorite scent (essential oil)

ALTAR INCENSE

(General incense on altar to purify area and to promote ritual consciousness during rituals.)
3 parts frankincense
2 parts myrrh
1 part cinnamon

Aries Incense

2 Parts Frankincense
1 Part Juniper
3 Drops Cedar wood oil

Burn as a personal altar or household incense to increase your own powers.

Astral Travel Incense

3 Parts Sandalwood
3 Parts Benzoin
1 part Mugwort
1 Part Dittany of Crete

Burn a small amount in the room to aid projecting the astral body.

Aquarius Incense

1 Part Sandalwood
1 Part Cypress
1 Part Pine Resin

Burn as a personal altar or household incense to increase your own powers.

Banishing Incense

Bay leaves
cinnamon
Red wine
Rose petals
Myrrh
Salt

Eliminates all bad spirit forces. Should be burned in a ceremonial room during services. Also used in uncrossing (removes evil forces and hexes).

Beltane Incense

3 Parts Frankincense
2 Parts Sandalwood
1 Part Woodruff
1 Part Rose petals
a few drops Jasmine oil
a few drops neroli Oil

Burn during Wiccan rituals on Beltane or May Day for fortune, favours and to attune with the changing of the seasons.

Cancer Incense

2 Parts Myrrh
1 Part sandalwood
1 Part Eucalyptus
1 part Lemon peel
(or a few drops of lemon oil)

Use as a personal altar or household incense to increase your own powers.

Capricorn Incense

2 Parts Sandalwood
1 Part Benzoin
a few drops Patchouli Oil

Use as a personal altar or household incense to increase your own powers.

Ceremonial Magick Incense

3 Parts Frankincense
2 Parts Gum Mastic
1 Part Wood Aloe

This formula is from the Key Of Solomon is typical of grimoire type recipes. It can be used in general magickal workings to raise power & to purify the area. Other recipes include such ingredients as mace, Brandy and Vervain.

Divination Incense

1 Part Clove
1 Part Chicory
1 Part Cinquefoil

Smoulder during or directly before using Tarot cards, Runes, etc. But beware: this incense doesn’t smell good!

Dream Incense

2 Parts Sandalwood
1 Part Rose petals1 Part Camphor
few drops Tuberose bouquet
few drops Jasmine oil

Burn a bit in the bedroom prior to sleep to produce psychic dreams. Remove the censer from the room before retiring. Use only genuine camphor

Earth Incense

2 parts pine resin or needles
1 part patchouli
1 pinch finely powdered salt
a few drops cypress oil

Burn for invoking the powers buy drugs online no prescription of the element of earth for money, stability, etc

Esbat Incense

4 Parts Frankincense
3 Parts Myrrh
2 Parts benzoin
1 Part sandalwood
1 Part Gardenia petals
1/2 Part Orris
1/2 Part thyme
1/2 part Poppy Seed
1/2 part Rose petals

Fire Incense

3 parts frankincense
2 parts Dragon’s Blood
1 part red sandalwood
1 pinch saffron
a few drops musk oil

Smoulder for summoning the powers and beings of Fire. Also use for success, strength, protection, health, passion and other similar goals. Genuine Saffron is expensive, so only a pinch. You can use Orange peel instead

Full Moon Ritual Incense

2 parts Sandalwood
2 parts Frankincense
1/2 part Gardenia petals
1/4 part Rose petals
a few drops Ambergris oil

Burn during Esbats or simply at the time of the Full Moon to attune with the Goddess.

Gemini Incense

2 Parts Gum Mastic
1 Part Citron -or-
1 Part mixed Orange and Lemon peel
1/2 Part Mace

Use as a personal altar or household incense to increase your powers.

Goddess Incense

1/2 dram Cypress oil
1/2 dram Olive oil
1/2 oz dried rose petals
1/2 oz White willow bark
3 dried Rowan berries
1 tsp anise seeds

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Originally posted 2010-10-29 08:34:06. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Although now days it easier to buy already mix and blended incense it is still a good idea to mix your own for special ritual. Now there is nothing wrong with premixed Incense it does the job, the only issues you may feel is important is that you don’t know what energy the incense picks up. The only way you can be 100% sure that your incense is blended using the correct energy for it purpose.

Below is a list of common Incense Blends, which are perfect for any ritual and are very simple to make.

Please note some ingredince can cause an allergic reactions

“Raise The Dead” Incense

1 part Pepperwort
1 Part Red Storax
1 pinch Saffron
few drops Musk oil

Compound and fumigate about the tombs and graves of the dead. This will cause spirits and ghosts to gather, at least according to some reports

Sabbat Incense

4 parts frankincense
2 parts Myrrh
2 parts Benzoin
1/2 part Fennel
1/2 part Bay
1/2 part thyme
1/2 part Pennyroyal
1/2 part Solomon’s Seal
1/4 part Rue
1/4 part wormwood
1/4 part Camomile
1/4 part Rose petals

Burn at Wiccan Sabbats.

Sagittarius Incense

2 Parts Frankincense
1 Part Myrrh
1 Part Clove

Use as a personal altar or household incense to increase your own powers.

Samhain Incense

3 Parts Frankincense
2 parts Myrrh
1 Part Rosemary
1 Part Cedar
1 Part Juniper

Crush all ingredients together until ground to a fine paste, its best to use a Mortar and Pestle for this if you have one available. Burn upon lit charcoal blocks within a fireproof container.

Scorpio Incense

2 Parts Frankincense
1 Part Galangal
1 Part Pine resin (pitch)

Use as a personal altar or household incense to increase your powers.

Scrying Incense

1 Part Mugwort
1 part Wormwood

Burn a small amount prior to scrying in a quartz crystal sphere, in flames, water, etc. Warning – smells bad!

Spirits Depart Incense

2 Parts Fennel seed
2 Parts Dill seed
1/2 Part Rue

Burn out of doors to drive away all evil spirits and vain imaginings.

Spirit Portal Incense

1/2 tsp Cinnamon
1/2 tsp Lavender
pinch of wormwood

Spring Sabbat Incense

3 parts Frankincense
2 Parts Sandalwood
1 Part Benzoin
1 Part Cinnamon
few drops Patchouly oil

Burn during Spring and Summer Sabbat rituals.

Sun Incense

3 Parts Frankincense
2 Parts Myrrh
1 Part Wood Aloe
1/2 part Balm of Gilead
1/2 Part Bay
1/2 Part Carnation
few drops Ambergris Oil
few drops Musk Oil
few drops Olive Oil

Burn to draw the influences of the Sun and for spells involving promotions, friendships, healing, and energy and magickal power

Talisman Consecration Incense

2 Parts Frankincense
1 Part Cypress
1 part Ash Leaves
1 Part Tobacco
1 pinch Valerian
1 pinch Alum
1 pinch Asafoetida (caution)

Burn in an earthen dish and hold the talismans in the smoke. Warning: it smells!

Taurus Incense

2 parts Sandalwood
2 Parts Benzoin
few drops Rose Oil

Use as a personal altar or household incense to increase your powers.

Temple Incense

3 Parts Frankincense
2 Parts Myrrh
few drops Lavender Oil
few drops Sandalwood Oil

Smoulder in the temple or “magic room”, or as a general magickal incense. Also increases spirituality.

Universal Incense

3 Parts Frankincense
2 Parts Benzoin
1 Part Myrrh
1 Part Sandalwood
1 Part Rosemary

Burn for all positive magickal purposes. If used for negative magickal goals, it will cancel out the spell or ritual.

Virgo Incense

1 Part Mace
1 Part Cypress
few drops Patchouli Oil

Use as a personal altar or household incense to increase your powers.

Vision Incense

3 parts Cinquefoil
3 Parts Chicory Root
1 Part Clove

Burn small amounts prior to psychic workings.

Water Incense

2 parts benzoin
1 part myrrh
1 part sandalwood
a few drops lotus bouquet
a few drops ambergris oil

Burn to attract the influences of this element, as well as to develop psychic powers, to promote love, fertility, beauty and so on.

Witches’ Sight Incense

1 part Gum mastic
1 part Juniper
1 part Patchouli
1 part Sandalwood
1 part Cinnamon
few drops Musk oil
few drops Ambergris oil

For Tarot readings, crystal ball readings, meditating.

Yule Incense

2 Parts Frankincense
2 Parts Pine needles or resin
1 Part Cedar
1 Part Juniper Berries

Mix and smoulder at Wiccan rites on Yule or during the winter months.

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Originally posted 2010-10-29 08:45:08. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

The rowan tree or mountain ash has always been a popular tree for witches and druids and the Celts.

Know for the it healing properties, Rowan berries are a laxative, and can also be used for sore throats, inflamed tonsils, hoarseness, even diarrhoea. A decoction from the bark is used as an astringent. as well as for its nutritional properties berries provide vitamins A and C, carotin, pectin and essential oil, and stimulate the immune system.

The rowan makes great protection charms one I use myself is made from silver wire and 18 berries although size can be increased by multiples of (3) 9 (18, 27, 36 etc).

Thread the berries on the wire and create a circle by tying the two ends together and triming.

Now empower this charm using Galdor http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/galdor-taufe or you own form of empowering an objects to life.

Now hang above the front and back door and say this chant on the full moon.

When the moon is round and bright,
Mark this as your magick night,
Take your berries in their ring,
These words of magick gently sing.

Rowan berry grant to me,
Protection of the Rowan tree,
As you hang above my door,
Keep all from harm for evermore

By all the power of the Three,
As you will, So Mote It Be

This Charm makes the perfect house-warming gift but is a very powerful warding charm.

Rowan

Family: Rosaceae (Rose Family)

Botanical name: (Sorbus aucuparia)

Folk Names: Mountain Ash, Quicken Tree, Witch Tree

Gaelic: Caorann

Irish: Caorthann

Celtic Ogham: Luis

Originally posted 2011-03-29 18:00:31. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Note: The notorious “Witches Flying Ointment,” a dangerous herbal concoction producing psychedelic effects, was said to be used by Witches in the Middle Ages.

It consisted mainly of parsley, hemlock, water of aconite, poplar leaves, soot, bat’s blood, deadly nightshade (or belladonna), Henbane and Hashish. (Of course, Witches didn’t really fly; however, the ointment did induce incredible hallucinations, psychic visions and astral projections.)

The following is a modern Witch’s flying ointment recipe. It is safer and much easier to use:

Items: 1/4 cup lard – 1/2 tsp clove oil – 1 tsp chimney soot – 1/4 tsp dried cinquefoil 1/4 tsp dried mugwort – 1/4 tsp dried thistle – 1/4 dried vervain – 1/2 tsp benzoin tincture

Ritual: Using a mortar and pestle, crush the dried herbs until almost powdered. In a small cauldron or saucepan, heat the lard over a low flame until it is melted completely. Add the herbs, the clove oil and chimney soot to the lard base and mix well. Add the benzoin as a natural preservative, stir together clockwise and then simmer for ten to fifteen minutes. Strain it through cheesecloth into a small heat resistant container and then allow it to cool. Store it in your refrigerator or in a cool dark place until it is ready to be used. On a night of the Full Moon, anoint your temples and Third Eye with a small amount of the flying ointment prior to astral projection or dream magick.

NOTE: For external use only!

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Originally posted 2010-12-30 11:17:45. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

When it comes to Magicks and Witch Craft a good set of Correspondences are important, but like all things in magick personal input will help you create a set of correspondence that are personal to you improving your magickal skills.

Below is a set of basic correspondences the days of the week, the planets and astrological influences i have also included the planetary hours which can be a little confusing but the easiest way to understand it is the number in the hour column relates to the hour after sunrise in day planet hours and the hour after sunset in night planet hours. Her is an example if you want the hour of mars on a monday and sunrise is 6.45 you can see that mars is in the 4th hour so add 4 hours to sunrise time for the start of the hour of mars (the hour would start at 10.45am) you do the same with night hours using sunset as your starting time.

I have also included a table for spell craft correspondences no the tables below are nowhere nearly close to the number of different tables of correspondences but they are a starting point

• Table of Planetary Powers
• Table of Planetary Attributes
• Table of Planetary Daylight Hours
• Table of Planetary Night Hours
• Table Of Correspondences for Spellwork

Table Of Correspondences for Spellwork

Originally posted 2011-02-28 13:10:59. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

I came across a very interesting article from “Shaman’s Drum” which was reprinted for Vision Quest Bookstore. I will attempt to convey the gist of it, along with my views, as a student of the Ways of the Teneh, about it. Smudging is a way of using the smoke from burning herbs as a way to cleanse the body, an object, or a given area of negative influences. I myself use smudging to “cleanse” crystals before using them in jewelry projects I may do, and for protecting my home from some recent “bad vibe”-producing events. (landlord troubles!) I imagine that the skillful use of the proper herbs could help in warding and banishing ceremonies as well, if used properly and with reverence. The three most used plant material for smudging are sage of all types, cedar and sweetgrass.

Sage

There are two major genii and several varieties of each genus of Sage that are used for smudging. Salvia, or the herb sage used for cooking, comes in two major varieties: S. officinalis, commonly known as Garden Sage, and S. apiana, commonly known as White Sage. Salvia varieties have long been acknowledged as healing herbs, reflected in the fact that its genus name comes from the Latin root word salvare, which is the verb “to heal” or “to save.” Artemisia is the genus commonly considered “Sagebrush”, and is more common in the wilds out here in California. There are two major varieties to the Artemisia genus: A. californica or Common Sagebrush, and A. vulgaris or Mugwort. There are many other varieties of both Salvia and Artemisia, and all are effective in smudging. Sage is burned in smudging ceremonies to drive out evil spirits, negative thoughts and feelings, and to keep Gan’n (negative entities) away from areas where ceremonials take place. In the Plains Sweatlodge, the floor of the structure is strewn with sage leaves for the participants to rub on their bodies during the sweat. Sage is also used in keeping sacred objects like pipes or Peyote wands safe from negative influence. In the Sioux nation, the Sacred Pipe is kept in a bundle with sage boughs. I would think special crystals could be so protected this way as well.

Cedar

True cedar is of the Thuja and Libocedrus genii. Some Junipers (Juniperus genus) are also called “cedar”, thus complicating things some. Some Juniper varieties are cleansing herbs, especially J. monosperma, or Desert White Cedar. But for smudging, the best is Western Red Cedar (Thuja occidentalis) and California Incense Cedar (Libocedrus descurrens). Cedar is burnt while praying to the Great Spirit (Usen’, the Source — also known to Plains nations as Wakan Tanka) in meditation, and also to bless a house before moving in as is the tradition in the Northwest and Western Canada. It works both as a purifier and as a way to attract good energy in your direction. It is usually available in herb stores in chipped form, which must be sprinkled over a charcoal in a brazier. I like a piece of charcoaled mesquite for this purpose, rather than the commercial charcoal cake.

Sweetgrass

Very important to the Sioux and Cherokee nations, its botanical name is Hierochloë odorata. In these tribes, the sweetgrass is braided like hair braids. It could be burnt by lighting the end of it, or (more economically) by shaving little bits of it onto charcoal in a brazier. Again, use charcoaled Mesquite (I believe it comes packaged for barbecue use under the brand name “Red Arrow”) to burn it, not pressed charcoal tablets. Sweetgrass is burnt after smudging with sage, to welcome in good influences after the bad had been driven out. Sweetgrass is very rare today, and traditional Plains people have been attempting to protect the last of it. Myself, I believe that Cedar, which is not endangered, can safely be used this way. Also Piñon pine needles (used more frequently by the Southwest Teneh, like the Navajo and Apache as well as the Pueblo people and the Zuni) and Copal (used by the Yaqui and in ancient times by the Azteca and the Maya) have similar effect. The three mentioned here are readily available either through gathering yourself or, in the case of copal resin, from any good herb shop.

Using Smudging

Burn clippings of the herb in a brazier… not a shell as some “new age” shamanic circles do… it is an insult to White Painted Woman (The Goddess) to do this, especially with the abalone shell which is especially sacred to Her. If the herb is bundled in a “wand”, you can also light the end of the wand that isn’t woody and use that. I like the latter way. Direct the smoke with your hands or with a Peyote (feather) wand over the person or thing you wish to smudge. If you can see auras, look for discoloured places in the aura and direct the healing smoke towards those places on the patient’s body. For cleansing a house, first offer cedar smoke to the four directions outside the house. Then, take a sage bough and go throughout the inside of the house, making sure the smoke penetrates every nook and cranny of the house. It might help also, if you have a power animal, to visualize your animal doing these things, to also dance your animal, and if you have a power song, to sing that too. Then finally, run through the house with a white candle that is well protected, to “light up” the house. Careful not to burn it down when you do it!!!

Final Thoughts

Smudging should be done with care, with reverence, and in an attitude of LOVE. Show your respect and honour to the plants that Usen’ has given us for our healing, and they will return the favour by keeping us well and free from disease and negative energy. Aloe Vera plants, though not to be burnt, are good for the cleansing angle as well. Keep one or more potted Aloe Veras in the house (modern varieties are too tender to plant in anything but full shade outside) in organic (wood or ceramic, never plastic or metal) pots. To honour the plant when you transplant it, sprinkle the roots with corn meal and smudge it with cedar once it is transplanted. The spirit of Aloe Vera is a good protective spirit, and if you burn yourself, can also be used to heal your skin. Be sure to ask the plant’s permission before cutting part of the leaf off for the healing juice. If you don’t, the protective power of the plant will cease, and you will be left with but an inert houseplant… and perhaps some bad karma to boot.

Hi-dicho, it is finished…. ENJU!

Michelle Chihacou White Puma Klein-Hass

Originally posted 2011-05-24 12:33:24. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

There are many different herbs that are used by pagans and witches. Plants and herbs have many different meanings and uses and can be confusing to what herbs should be used for which ritual. Here is a basic set of herbs with their correspondences, as with all plants for use in rituals and spell it is advisable to collect your own product rather than buy the where practical if you choose to collect your own herbs and plants it is advisable to buy a good plant identification book so that you don’t get herbs and plants mixed up and end up collecting something dangerous or better still grow your own.

Below is a list of plant commonly used in rituals or spell work -

Agnus Castus Berries - Mystical uses in love and fertility spells and incense.Ideal in incenses for meditation and protection rites. Considered to be an aphrodisiac hence use in love spells.

Used in herbal medicine to reduce PMS symptoms of irritability headaches and cramping and is effective for women suffering from infertility and irregular periods.

Bay Leaves (Laurel) - For Mystical uses burn Bay Leaves as an incense to enhance psychic powers and for purification, exorcism and protection. Place under your pillow as you sleep to bring inspiration and visions in your dreams.

Used in herbal medicine as a tea to soothes stomach aches, relieves aches & pains and assist sleep.

Calendula Petals (Marigold) - Used in spells and charm pouches for bringing Good Luck in Money Matters and especially at Games of Chance. Place in a green cloth and put under your pillow to induce powerful,prophetic lucky number dreams.

Used in herbal medicine to ease skin problems, stings, sunburn and rashes.

Dill Seeds - Dill is used mainly for protection, money and love. Hang in sachets above the front door to protect the home, hang in sachets on a cot to protect the baby, use Dill seeds in money spells. Inhaling the fragrance of Dill seed is believed to cure hiccups. Add a sachet of Dill seeds to the bath to make you irrisistable, for lust inhale the fragrance.

Lavender: This herb is good for providing clarity and vision. It is also a common ingredient in love and fertility spells. It is marketed by aromatherapy companies as a stress reliever and insomnia cure. Used dry or burned as an incense it can aid with divination practices.

Used in love spells and attraction sachets. Hang in sachets with clothes to attract a partner, use sachets with lavender flowers to attract love, burn lavender heads to induce sleep. Scattered around the home, lavender heads induce an atmosphere of peace and serenity.

Used in herbal medicine as a tea to treat headaches and lift deepressive moods

Licorice root: Don’t confuse this herb with the candy of the same name. The flavor you taste in the candy is anise- there is very little actual licorice in there. The root is sweet but not as much as candy. It works well in love spells. It has a slight toxicity but should ingestion should only be avoided completely by those with high blood pressure since it will raise it up higher briefly.

Used in spells and mixes for love and lust and to assure fidelity. Carry a small pouch of Liquorice root attract love. Chewing on a liquorice root is said to make you feel passionate, though does not taste like the liquorice sweets we are use to eating.

In herbal medicine it is used to ease bronchitis, help sooth ulcers & cold sores. It is mildly laxative and may help slow digestion. Liquorice root is a great source of the female hormone oestrogen. Do Not use if you are pregnant.

Lobelia: If you ingest too large of a quantity of the stronger forms of lobelia, it can cause severe nausea. But used wisely it shouldn’t cause any problems. It is good in spells of love and storms. It can also be used as a tobacco substitute even though it has no nicotine in it.

Long pepper: This herb is a warmer but sweeter alternative to peppercorn. It is considered to be an aphrodisiac (even earning a mention in the Kama Sutra) and is accordingly used in sex spells.

Monkshood: This herb is extremely toxic. Avoid contact with the skin and do not ever ingest it. If it comes in contact with your skin and you begin to feel numbness or tingling in your mouth, get to a doctor. Those are the symptoms of monkshood poisoning. The herb is used to honor Hekate and in death or baneful works.

Mugwort: This herb is used for dream work and can thus be placed in or under the pillow, placed in bath water or sipped form a tea to help with slumber.

Myrtle: This herb is used to honor Aphrodite. In spell work it can be used for love or protection.

Nettles: Used as a wash to cleanse and remove negativity, break hexes and jinxes. At night cover your clothes with a dusting of dried nettle leaves, in the morning brush awa, or use in an incense and allow the smoke to cover you to remove jinxes. Can be used to return a curse to its sender or used as a herbal tea to protect from the inside.

Nutmeg: Often found in the spice rack, nutmeg encourages the feminine and can be used to honor the Divine. In spells, it can bring about love, money or luck. It is often used in the Winter Festivals.

Oak Moss: This herb has a forest smell about it but it is well regarded for attracting money. It can be carried with you in an amulet or mixed with other ingredients to form potent incense. Used in mixes and spells for money and wealth. Used as an incense for purification and carrying some will ensure good luck especially financial luck

Orris Root: This plant has a beautiful floral scent similar to violets. It can be used for dream work and divination. Sprinkled around a loved one will ensure they return the sentiment. It can also be used in protection spells. Strong and powerful powder used in spells and mixes to bring good luck in love affairs, romance, marriage and passion. Used in baths and washes for protection.

Patchouli: The oil of this plant is often used as a musky fragrance. It is supposedly an aphrodisiac and works well in love and sex spells. It can also be used in money or protection spells.

Used in spells and mixes for drawing love, money and for lust.Sprinkle some in your purse to attract money. Place some under the mattress to encourage lust in women.

Used in herbal medicine as a wash to ease acne, athlete’s foot, chapped and dry skin, eczema and dandruff.

Periwinkle: Periwinkle is used for love and protection spells. It is so well used in love spells that many countries consider it to be the symbol of everlasting love.

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Originally posted 2010-12-20 14:34:41. Republished by Blog Post Promoter