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Do you have a favorite moon phase?

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Let me know if you would like more witchy drinks!!

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Some more magical drinks!!

Hope you enjoy them!! Perfect recipes for yummy drinks under a beautiful moonlight night my lovelies!!!

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Are one of these your authentic?🌌🔮

If not let me know and I'll find yours 😊

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A few basic things for your BOS or Grimoir!!

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Brief explanation of the Elements, Charging, Warding, Banishing and Cleansing!! Enjoy my lovelies!!!

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Spell jars 🏺

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Please like/follow if you're a pagan/witch blog that posts the following:

Persephone

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Secular witchcraft

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Hearth witchcraft

Spells

Witchy/pagan DIYs

Tea blend recipes

Also feel free if you have dark feminine vibes to your craft.

I love all types of witches and energy, but I personally do not relate to the light and love type of witchcraft, and I want to interact with more witches who feel the same

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celebrating the Hunter’s Moon and charging ritual tools for Samhain and protection spells

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🌿 🌹 🌱 🥬 ✨ // nasturtiums // gouache on hot press paper

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This is a great time of year to start thinking about making infused herbal oils as you hopefully have some dried herbs laying around that you’ve collected throughout the harvest season.

The first thing you need to make an infused oil is dried herbs. It is very important that the herbs are totally dry before you combine them with oil, as they can cause rancidity otherwise.

Many different types of herbs work well for making infused oils, especially lavender, rosemary, calendula, plantain, yarrow, comfrey, and mullein.

If you don’t already have your own dried herbs, Mountain Rose Herbs (a local herb business for me ) has a great selection of medicinal herbs to choose from.

Then you will need to choose the oil that you want to use. I usually use a high quality, light sunflower oil, but there are many types of carrier oils that you can choose from.

Once you have those two simple ingredients, there are several ways of making infused herbal oils.

While making an infused oil sounds like it could be complicated, it really is as easy as putting two ingredients together and letting them sit in the sun for a few weeks.

INFUSED HERBAL OIL: WINDOWSILL METHOD

The first one is probably the easiest, but it does take the most time.

This method is best when using oils that don’t go rancid quickly, like coconut or jojoba, as exposure to sunlight can degrade some oils more quickly.

Simply put the dried herbs of your choice into a jar and cover them with oil.

Stir the mixture gently with a spoon to get as many of the air bubbles out as possible.

Then put in a sunny windowsill for several weeks to steep.

Alternatively, you can put the jar in a cool place out of direct sunlight. This will help to preserve the quality of more light sensitive oils, like sweet almond oil.

When you feel it’s ready, simply strain the herbs from the oil.

Cap with a lid and use as soon as possible. Once oils have been infused they have a shorter shelf life, so I try to only make as much as I’ll use within a few months.

Any extra you might have should be stored in the refrigerator for future use.

INFUSED HERBAL OIL: HEAT METHOD

There are quicker ways of making infused herbal oils, as well.

You can use a double boiler by putting the herbs and oil in a metal bowl over a pot of simmering water.

Make sure that the oil doesn’t get too hot as to fry the herbs, and it should be done in a matter of hours.

I’ve also used a mini slow cooker on the warm setting to make calendula oil with good results.

A box style dehydrator would also work well, especially if you are already using it for something else.

INFUSED HERBAL OIL: OVEN EXTRACTION METHOD

The last method is oven extraction.

Put the dried herbs in oil, cover, and put in a low temperature oven for several hours, making sure not to cook the herbs.

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Making pine oil is really easy and can be done with fresh or dried pine needles.

Follow these steps:

Place your pine needles into a 4-oz / 115 ml mason jar. You need approx. 1/8 cup of needles.

Fill the jar with 1/4 cup carrier oil. Any carrier oil will work. I used jojoba oil.

Place the jar into a small saucepan filled 1/2 in / 1 cm with water.

Bring the water to a mild simmer.

Let infuse for 20 minutes, check regularly, and add more water as needed.

After 20 minutes, strain the pine oil through a fine-mesh sieve. Discard the needles.

You can prepare infused oil with the needles of other conifer trees, such as spruce, fir, or juniper.

Magickal Aspects

Luck

Joy

Balance

Purification

Banishment

Healing

Fertility

Prosperity

Longevity

Happiness

Energy

hot

cold

Planet

Mars

Saturn

Element

Air

Deities

Pan

Diana

Bacchus

Cybele

Attis

Saturn

Zodiac

Aries

Scorpio.

Gender Aspect

Masculine

Gems/Metals

Citrine

pyrite

moonstone

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Herbs for magickal Tea and their correspondences from "Tea Witchcraft: Over 160 Recipes To Prepare Magic Brews for Love, Protection, Divination, and Healing. Change your Life with the Power of Herbs!"

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The Best Tea for every Zodiac sign from "Tea Witchcraft: Over 160 Recipes To Prepare Magic Brews for Love, Protection, Divination, and Healing. Change your Life with the Power of Herbs!"

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I've recently moved in the last month and I am setting up my magickal space in my bedroom and these two bookshelves literally represent the Book of Mists & Shadows. Book of Mists (White Bookshelf)- is where all of your correspondence, recipes, and other information about your craft is complied

Book of shadows (black bookshelf)- is where all of your spells, rituals and other information is complied

90% of these books are about witchcraft and I still have even more books to unpack lol... i think i need another bookshelf.