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Magickal Charms and talismans

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Magickal charms and talismans appear in our life as gifts or things we purchase, even non-pagans have their magickal charms even if they do not imbued with magickal properties. Some of the more common charms are lucky rabbits foot, crucifix, [wikipedia]St Christopher[/wikipedia], pentagram, birthstones, Buddha’s, religious pictures and coins. There are many things that we imbued with magickal properties as I look around my home I notice how many charms I have, [wikipedia]hag stones[/wikipedia], [wikipedia]Rowan berries[/wikipedia], abracadabra triangles and talismans that I have made and a myriad of crystals and [wikipedia]witch bottle’[/wikipedia]s hidden in the garden. Magickal Charms and talismans can be used for every purpose, although if you create a charm or talisman for a desired purpose you must give it a death date so it does not start drawing energy from you. The most common talismans are for protection, love and luck. Protection charms can be used to protect people, places and objects. Love Charms are used to draw new love or as symbols to increase love between partners and luck charms are used to increase or change a persons luck. Charms and Talismans can be used for both negative and positive out comes, sometimes a negative acting talisman can be more effective than a positive one. An example of this is a person instead of creating a charm or talisman to draw love they may be better off creating a talisman that repels bad relationships. But when creating your talisman put as much effort in to creating the sigils and pictography as

Rowan Berry Protection Charm

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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