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Moomins and the Winter Wonderland (2017)

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“I feel Westerners make their biggest mistakes in this area. We tend to think what we see in the grimoires is the be-all and end-all of the magick. Follow the instructions, summon the spirit, give it instructions and send it on its way. I have come to call this the summon-command-banish formula. However, it is not enough to merely call a spirit or angel or saint and tell it what you need. It is necessary to ask the spirit what we need to do in order to obtain what we need. It is then we will be given instructions, offerings to make (and how to make them), rituals to perform and even mundane actions we should take.”

— Folk Traditions and the Solomonic Revival by Aaron Leitch

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Herbs: Nervines

Nervines are herbs that are restorative and nourishing to the nervous system. There are two types: relaxing and stimulating. 

Lavender

Element: Air

Planet: Mercury

Deities: Hecate, Saturn and Medea

Zodiac:

Chakra: Third Eye+ Stimulates all Chakras

Calming nervine, relieves anxiousness.

Chamomile

Element: Air

Planets: Sun, Moon, Venus, Mercury

Deities: Ra, Cernunnos, Lugh, and other sun gods

Zodiac: Leo

Chakra: Throat

Great for reducing stress, meditation work, and purification

Lemonbalm

Element: Water

Planet: Venus and Moon

Zodiac: Cancer, Leo, Pisces

Deities: Diana, Artemis, Moon goddesses

Chakra: Solar plexus

Great to help with mental disorders, help combat depression and nervousness

Skullcap

Element: Water

Planet: Saturn

Deities: Cronus, Hera, Obstala, Saturn

Zodiac: Capricorn and Aquarius

Chakra: Crown

Good for anxiety, good for people who are very sensitive, empaths. Adding to tea will help.

Rose (buds or petals)

Element: Water

Planet: Venus

Zodiac: Taurus, Libra

Deities: Aphrodite, Adonis, Eros

Chakra: Heart

Known to increase psychic powers, help maintain close friendships

Blue Vervain

Element: Water

Planet: Moon

Zodiac: Gemini

Deities: Venus, Isis, Mars, Aradia, and more

Chakra: Sacral and Solar Plexus

Increases clarity and strengthens the properties of other herbs

Other Nervines: Passion flower, Gotu kola, St. John’s wort, Kava kava, Ginsing.

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I have used such before and had no idea about the warnings! Please everyone be careful 💚

🌕 Full Moon Queen Anne’s Lace Cordial 🌕

Collect 12 heads of Queen Anne’s lace at dawn, with the full moon still high in the sky.

Wash your flowers, then steep them in 2 cups of boiled water for 10 minutes. Strain, reserve the water, then boil it once more for 2-3 minutes with 1 cup sugar and ¼ cup lemon juice.

Store in a bottle or jar for up to two weeks in the refrigerator. Drink over ice on special occasions.

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LOOK AT ALL THESE MUSHROOMS I FOUND (and the elusive Aminita!). I plan to go out tomorrow and find some more. There were some awesome ones on trees too, but.. they were on trees. I may just photograph those ‘cause there was this type that looked like bat ears and they jiggled when you poked them.

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🌕 Full Moon Queen Anne’s Lace Cordial 🌕

Collect 12 heads of Queen Anne’s lace at dawn, with the full moon still high in the sky.

Wash your flowers, then steep them in 2 cups of boiled water for 10 minutes. Strain, reserve the water, then boil it once more for 2-3 minutes with 1 cup sugar and ¼ cup lemon juice.

Store in a bottle or jar for up to two weeks in the refrigerator. Drink over ice on special occasions.

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This is actually a fantastic witch tip for anyone who works with Dionysus.

shitty witch tip #62

moon water is for pussies. moon vodka.

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“People have long turned to ritual for comfort, release, and manifestation. Ritual helps us take back control, direct energy for change, and heighten or color in our experience of being alive. Put simply, ritual is something we do as well as a space we inhabit; in ritual we are connected to ourselves, our personal truths, and greater truths.”

From The Magical Writing Grimoire, by Lisa Marie Basile. Page 30.

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It’s really thought-provoking to consider your foremothers, like the ones whose names we will never know, hundreds and hundreds and even thousands of years ago. 

What did my great-to-the-nth-power grandmother enjoy doing in the 13th century? Maybe she enjoyed baking bread for her children and telling them stories her mother used to tell her.

Maybe my biblical times greeeeeeeaaaaat grandma liked to watch fishing boats.  My 200 AD foremother could have heard of the power of Rome and dreamt of moving there and starting a business.  My early hominid foremother could have liked picking wildflowers.

I know things weren’t fantastic for women in the early days of mankind, but there must have been moments of enjoyment and love and pleasure in being alive and I think to honor their lives (that got us here to this point in time) it’s important to remember that they were individuals who had unique personalities and not just generic ‘ancestors’.

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One day, when I'm an old witch lady, I will have a big cupboard full of spices and herbs. And I will label a section: 'not for cooking', cuz idk how I'd explain acorns in my spice cabinet.

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“Nature loves courage. You make the commitment and nature will respond to that commitment by removing impossible obstacles. Dream the impossible dream and the world will not grind you under, it will lift you up. This is the trick. This is what all these teachers and philosophers who really counted, who really touched the alchemical gold, this is what they understood. This is the shamanic dance in the waterfall. This is how magic is done. By hurling yourself into the abyss and discovering it’s a feather bed.”

— Terence McKenna

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believing in angels and symbols and messages is in fact working out very well for me

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Medicine from my garden 💖 Rose, Calendula, Chamomile, and Arnica.

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“The term “Psychomancy” (pronounced, “sy‑ko‑man‑see”), is derived from two Greek words, the first “psycho,” meaning “the soul; the mind; the understanding” (and generally used to indicate “psychic” or unusual powers of the soul or mind); the second word, “mancy” meaning “to divine; to foresee, or foreknow; to detect secret tbings,”—and in occult parlance, “to sense,” or “to receive impressions by the Astral Senses.” So the word, as we use it, may be said to mean “Psychic Sensing,” and in this work will be so used.”

— Practical Psychomancy and Crystal Gazing | William Atkinson | 1907

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A night in the garden with friends. Lots of bats were out as well. 🦇 🐌 🦋 🕷 🍃