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Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Anise

 Planet: Mercury/Jupiter Element: Air Main magickal uses: Contacting other planes, divination, love, passion, preventing nightmares, protection, psychic development, psychic protection, purification O...

Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Basil

 Planet: Mars Element: Fire Main magickal uses: Consecration, divination (esp. about love), exorcism, fertility, fidelity, good luck, happiness, harmony, love, money, passion, peace, prosperity, prote...

Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Caraway

Planet: Mercury Element: Air Main magickal uses: Fidelity, love, memory, passion, preventing theft, protection, retention, sensuality Other magickal uses: consecration, fertility, gain, honesty, keepi...

Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Celery seed

Planet: Saturn/Mercury Element: Earth Main magickal uses: Psychic development Other magickal uses: Beauty, divination, fertility, love, passion

Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Cinnamon

Planet: Mercury/Sun/Mars/Uranus (take your pick!) Element: Air/Fire Main magickal uses: Clairvoyance, consecration, divination, energy, good luck, love, money, passion, peace, prosperity, protection, ...

Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Cloves

Planet: Sun/Jupiter Element: Fire Main magickal uses: clairvoyance, divination, exorcism, keeps away negative forces, love, memory, money, passion, peace of mind, protection, psychic protection, purif...

Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Coriander

(also called Cilantro) Planet: Mars Element: Fire Main magickal uses: love Other magickal uses: clairvoyance, divination, fertility, gain, health, keeping secrets, passion, peace, protection, retentio...

Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Dill  

Planet: Mercury Element: Earth/Fire Main magickal uses: love, protection, psychic protection Other magickal uses: Blessings, confidence, determination, dreams, fertility, gain, harmony, keeping secret...

Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Fennel

 Planet: Mercury. Element: Air/Fire. Main magickal uses: confidence, courage, fertility, longevity, love, Midsummer, protection, psychic protection, purification, strength. Other magickal uses: Comman...

Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Garlic

Planet: Mars . Element: Fire. Main magickal uses: exorcism, magic, passion, protection, spell-breaking, strength. Other magickal uses: clairvoyance, commanding, confidence, consecration, courage, divi...

Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Ginger 

Planet: Mars. Element:  Fire Main magickal uses: love, passion, psychic protection. Other magickal uses: cursing, health, psychic development, sensuality, success

Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Lavender

Planet: Mercury. Element: Air. Main magickal uses: clairvoyance, cleansing, consecration, happiness, healing, love, Midsummer, money, passion, peace, peace of mind, protection, psychic protection, pur...

Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Lovage

Planet: Venus,Sun. Element: Earth/Water. Main magickal uses: love. Other magickal uses: beauty, cleansing, consecration, money, passion, protection, psychic protection, purification. Lore: The main us...

Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Mace

Planet: Mercury. Element: Air. Main magickal uses: Clairvoyance. Other magickal uses: fertility, gain, good luck, love, protection.

Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Marjoram

Planet: Venus, Mercury. Element: Air. Main magickal uses: grieving, happiness, love, money, protection, psychic development, psychic protection,tranquility, weddings. Other magickal uses: Animals, cle...

Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Mustard Seed

Planet: Mars. Element: Fire. Main magickal uses: fertility, health, love, passion, protection. Other magickal uses: commanding, cursing, exorcism, gain, good luck, sensuality, spell-breaking, strength...

Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Onion

Planet: Mars. Element: Fire. Main magickal uses: exorcism, protection. Other magickal uses: Clairvoyance, cleansing, contacting other planes, divination, healing, lunar rites, magic, purification, spe...

Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Oregano  

Planet: Venus. Element: Air. Main magickal uses: happiness, tranquility. Other magickal uses: Animals, grieving, harmony, love, peace, protection, psychic development, weddings.

Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Parsley

Planet: Saturn. Element: Earth. Main magickal uses: divination, happiness, passion, protection, psychic development, purification. Other magickal uses: clairvoyance, cleansing, consecration, contactin...

Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Poppyseed

Planet: Moon Element: Water Main magickal uses: dreams Other magickal uses: Binding, clairvoyance, consecration, cursing, fertility, prosperity Lore: In Greece, poppies belonged to Hypnos and Somnos, ...

Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Rosemary

Planet: Sun Element: Fire Main magickal uses: cleansing, confidence, consecration, courage, exorcism, good luck, grieving, happiness, healing, knowledge, love, memory, passion, peace of mind, prevents...

Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Saffron

 Planet: Sun Element: Fire Main magickal uses: Clairvoyance, divination Other magickal uses: cleansing, commanding, consecration, exorcism, healing, magic, psychic development, purification, spell-bre...

Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Sage  

Planet: Mercury/Jupiter Element: Earth Main magickal uses: cleansing, healing, longevity, money, passion, prosperity, psychic development, psychic protection, purification, wisdom Other magickal uses:...

Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Savory

 Planet: Venus Element: Air Main magickal uses: passion Other magickal uses: Animals, attracts males, happiness, love, satyrs, sensuality, virility Lore: Savory is ruled by and named after the satyrs,...

Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Spearmint  

Planet: Venus Element: Air Main magickal uses: consecration, happiness, love, money, passion, prosperity, protection, psychic development Other magickal uses: Animals, dreams, endings, exorcism, heali...

Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Star Anise 

Planet: Mercury/Jupiter Element: Air/Water Main magickal uses: clairvoyance, good luck, protection, psychic development Other magickal uses: consecration, contacting other planes, divination, exorcism...

Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Tarragon

Planet: Mars Element: Fire Main magickal uses: commanding, confidence, courage, passion, protection, strength Other magickal uses: Animals, calming, keeping secrets, love, peace, prevents theft, reten...

Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Thyme

 Planet: Venus Element: Air Main magickal uses: clairvoyance, cleansing, consecration, courage, divination, dreams, exorcism, faeries, happiness, healing, love, money, prevents nightmares, protection,...

Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Turmeric

Planet: Mars Element: Fire Main magickal uses: passion Other magickal uses: commanding, confidence, courage, exorcism, magic, sensuality, spell-breaking, strength *Vanilla* Planet: Jupiter Element: Fi...

Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Peppermint

Planet: Venus Element: Air Main magickal uses: cleansing, consecration, dreams, happiness, healing, love, money, passion, prosperity, protection, psychic development, purification, release, renewal, r...

Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Pepper 

Planet: Mars Element: Fire Main magickal uses: cursing, exorcism, passion, protection Other magickal uses: commanding, sensuality, spell-breaking, stops envy Lore: Stings the eyes when burned.

Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Caraway

Planet: Mercury Element: Air Main magickal uses: Fidelity, love, memory, passion, preventing theft, protection, retention, sensuality Other magickal uses: consecration, fertility, gain, honesty, keepi...

Kitchen Herbs for Witches: Bay 

Planet: Sun Element: Fire Main magickal uses: Clairvoyance, consecration, divination, dreams, exorcism, healing, love, passion, protection, psychic protection, purification, wisdom, wishes Other magic...

Rosemary

Salvia Rosmarinus, commonly known as rosemary, is a shrub with fragrant, evergreen, needle-like leaves and white, pink, purple, or blue flowers, native to the Mediterranean region. Until 2017, it was ...

Rosemary: Description

Rosemary is an aromatic evergreen shrub with leaves similar to hemlock needles. It is native to the Mediterranean and Asia, but is reasonably hardy in cool climates. Special cultivars like ‘Arp’ can w...

Rosemary: Taxonomy

Salvia rosmarinus is now considered one of many hundreds of species in the genus Salvia. Formerly it was placed in a much smaller genus, Rosmarinus, which contained only two to four species including ...

Rosemary: History

The first mention of rosemary is found on cuneiform stone tablets as early as 5000 BCE. After that not much is known, except that Egyptians used it in their burial rituals. There is no further mention...

Rosemary: Usage

Upon cultivation, the leaves, twigs, and flowering apices are extracted for use. Rosemary is used as a decorative plant in gardens. The leaves are used to flavor various foods, such as stuffing and ro...

Rosemary: Cultivation

Since it is attractive and drought-tolerant, rosemary is used as an ornamental plant in gardens and for xeriscape landscaping, especially in regions of Mediterranean climate. It is considered easy to ...

Rosemary: Culinary use

Rosemary leaves are used as a flavoring in foods, such as stuffing and roast lamb, pork, chicken, and turkey. Fresh or dried leaves are used in traditional Mediterranean cuisine. They have a bitter, a...

Rosemary: Fragrance

Rosemary oil is used for purposes of fragrant bodily perfumes or to emit an aroma into a room. It is also burnt as incense, and used in shampoos and cleaning products.

Rosemary: Folklore and customs

The plant or its oil have been used in folk medicine in the belief it may have medicinal effects. Rosemary was considered sacred to ancient Egyptians, Romans, and Greeks. In Don Quixote (Part One, Cha...

Ingredients for a Kitchen Witch: Banana – Prosperity

Who couldn’t use a little more prosperity? Not only is banana associate with fertility and potency, it is also widely used for increasing one’s prosperity in a variety of subjects. Use banana leaves t...

Ingredients for a Kitchen Witch: Celery – Mental Powers

It is said that Witches once ate celery seeds before they would take flight on their brooms. As we know there are shreds of truth in every farfetched legend. Celery is well revered for its ability to ...

Ingredients for a Kitchen Witch: Cabbage – Luck

To increase luck in your life put cabbage in salad and stir fry dishes where it is kept uncooked or lightly sautéed. To ensure a couple has luck after they are married plant cabbage the day after they...

Ingredients for a Kitchen Witch: Apple – Love

Add apple blossoms to love sachets to attract love to the wearer. Slice an apple to expose the star within its center, next share this apple with your lover to ensure you will be happy together.

Ingredients for a Kitchen Witch: Peach – Longevity

It is believed that eating peaches will increase longevity. This may be another area of Magick where science has once again, proves the instincts of our ancestors correct. Eating more fruit is well kn...

Ingredients for a Kitchen Witch: Garlic – Healing

It was once believed that wearing Garlic would protect against the plague. Science has shown us the factual benefits our ancestors instinctively knew about garlic. Garlic is a great healer. Garlic is ...

Ingredients for a Kitchen Witch: Catnip – Happiness

What is life without a little extra happiness? I mean have you seen what it does for cats? Hang Catnip in your home, at your desk, or in your car to attract good spirits. Use catnip in spell work focu...

Ingredients for a Kitchen Witch: Lavender – Peace

We all need a little more peace in our lives and Lavender is the herb for the job. Wear lavender essential oil on your clothing, place bunches in your home (dried or fresh), and smolder as an incense ...

Ingredients for a Kitchen Witch: Lemon – Friendship

Lemon is great for forging new and maintaining established friendships. At your next meal or dinner party rub a little lemon essential oil on each chair where your family or guests will sit. Also, pla...

Ingredients for a Kitchen Witch: Rosemary – Purification

A tasty protector! Place rosemary in baths, teas, mix it in with Peach, smolder it as an incense… Rosemary is a very versatile ingredient you can use in recipes all the way up to making your own simme...

Ingredients for a Kitchen Witch: Orange – Divination

Eat an orange as you perform Divinations to help speed the clues and answers you seek. Often the practice of using Orange in divination exercises requires a yes or no question to be asked. Once you ar...

Ingredients for a Kitchen Witch: Tea – Courage

We all need a little courage now and then. As Witches, we are often looked down upon as we are miss-represented and feared by those who are ill-educated. This is only one example of why you could need...

Ingredients for a Kitchen Witch: Basil – Protection

Basil – Protection While Basil is known to serve many purposes Ione use for basil is protection. Place it sauces, use as a garnish or in homemade salad dressing. You can even place a bunch on your alt...

Kitchen Witch: The Ritual of Eating 1.1

The Ritual of Eating is a simple practice. We put food into our mouths, then chew and swallow it.  Because of food’s importance, it has been linked with politics, social structures, legal systems, hea...

Kitchen Witch: The Ritual of Eating 1.2

When the harvest had been spared, our ancestors thanked their deities with offerings of food. This may have been buried, flung into the air, or tossed into afire. The portion earmarked for the deities...

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Our ancestors worshipped food, seeing it as a gift from the hands of their deities. Food magicians don’t worship food, though we respect it as a life-sustaining substance containing the energies of th...

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About prayer: if you don’t subscribe to any particular religion, and haven’t been in the habit of praying before meals, there’s no reason for you to begin to do so. Prior to eating, simply attune with...

Kitchen Witch: Vegetarianism 1.1

Many witches are strict vegetarians. They shun meat, poultry, and fish; some even avoid eggs and milk products. They often believe that spiritual advancement and magical ability can only be obtained w...

Kitchen Witch: Vegetarianism 1.2

Another rationale for vegetarianism seems to be that meat is a poison. It’s true that much of the meat eaten today in the United States is injected with growth hormones and is too fatty for sustaining...

Kitchen Witch: Vegetarianism 1.3

We’re all separate, distinct persons, connected with the rest of our fellow-creatures and with the universe, and yet apart. No one diet is correct for everyone, just as no single type of haircut, food...

Kitchen Witch: Vegetarianism 1.4

There have always been vegetarians, and there have also always been omnivores (though most earlier cultures ate far less meat than we do today). Neither way is more “correct” or “ancient” or, indeed, ...

A list of foods, spices, herbs and their magical properties

      Barley – Money, sex Buckwheat – Money Corn – Spirituality Lentil – Peace, tranquility Millet – Money Oats – Money Pretzel – Protection Rice – Sex, money, protection Rye – Love Tor...

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Sharing a meal with friends or those you love is a ritual in itself, there is a certain energy associated with this simple pleasure, and with the magic of food our life is sustained. The oven is one o...

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Hundreds of years ago food was worshiped and seen as a gift from the gods, the energies contained within the food we eat are vital to our survival. You will find food all the more enjoyable as you app...

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The ancient Egyptians used food as a means of exchange and food was stocked in the tombs as a gift to the gods. Barley was used for rituals associated with marriage and fertility, it was also served a...

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Corn has been used by various tribes over the centuries and used in rituals, it is a symbol of fertility, life, eternity and resurrection. Corn was also used for divination purposes, it was practiced ...

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The Babylonians baked and served cakes for the goddess Ishtar and they were served during fertility festivals. The Greek goddess Artemis was honored each month by the baking of round cakes upon which ...

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Bread was considered a sacred food by the Egyptians and it was offered to the deities and stocked in tombs along with other foods. Eating was a part of many Pagan religions, rituals using barley were ...

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When you next bake cookies you can cut them into specific shapes to represent your magical intention, cookies can be used as a powerful magical tool, as you begin mixing the flour have an intention in...

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Pies are a symbol of spirituality, and apple pie is associated with love and peace, blackberry pie with money, blueberry for protection, custard for spirituality, cherry for love, lemon for love, minc...

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Pancakes are thought of as lucky food and they are aligned with money and luck, if you are short of cash make up a batch of pancakes, and while you are preparing and eating them think of prosperity an...

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When using food for magic work always have the reason for cooking certain foods, such as cooking for love, cooking for prosperity, for health or for protection. As you handle and prepare the food have...

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If you add fresh dill weed to lettuce it is thought to attract money and mushrooms are said to heighten psychic awareness. Olives are used as an antidote for stress and are thought to heighten sexual ...

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If you want to keep away evil spirits, chop an onion in half and place it on your window ledge, onions can also be eaten for protection, and you can combine them with other foods containing protective...

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Pumpkin cooked and pumpkin seeds are a fantastic money attractant and for extra oomph you can add cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg. Radishes can be eaten for protection, rhubarb is used for medicinal purpo...

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In Japan soybeans are scattered within homes for good fortune and soy is very good for protection. Tofu is eaten for psychic awareness and heightens spirituality.

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To add more prosperity power to your spinach meal add sesame seeds and nutmeg, eat while visualising your money pile growing. Use alfalfa for psychic awareness, use beans for protection, mung bean for...

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Many women who believe in the ancient superstitions eat sunflower seeds for fertility, the seeds are also used for protection, combine with other same energy foods to add more power. If you want to ex...

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If you mix dill, basil and cinnamon to tomatoes, you will create a very potent food to attract money, black pepper, bay leaves and rosemary enhance the protective energies in tomatoes.

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Truffles are eaten to increase sexual desire, eat a meal with truffles and follow with strawberries for the perfect love dish. Use watercress to strengthen the conscious mind, the Greeks ate watercres...

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Apples are linked with spirituality and are also used for their protective powers, they are said to increase longevity and enhance physical strength, health and wellbeing. Add cinnamon, ginger and sug...

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If you want to increase your sexual desire, eat blackberries raw or baked, while visualising loving moments with a desired one. Eat blueberries for protection and for powerful protection combine with ...

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Citrus was used to celebrate the wedding of Zeus and Hera the mythological god and goddess, it was thought to keep the bonds of marriage strong and also to enhance physical strength. Pomegranates are ...

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For love potions you cannot go past Strawberries and strawberry ice cream, mix together strawberries, raspberries and ice cream and add some chocolate for a powerful love potion.

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For protection you can use tangerines and if you want to enhance the power of protection combine it with another protection food. A tangerine in the kitchen is thought to protect the household from ev...

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The ancient Egyptians used the juice of the watermelon for health it was also used in a ritual to help the spirit move from one life to the next.

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There was a time when spices were more costly than gold, in fact spices were so expensive in Europe they were too expensive to use in cookery. Today we have an abundance of delicious herbs and spices ...

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To attract love cook coriander, dill and basil with peas, when you eat visualise love and attraction, allow yourself to absorb the feeling.

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When you begin your magic culinary acts make sure you use the appropriate herbs and spices with the correct properties, such foods with the energy of love for your love magic, foods with the energy of...

What is a Kitchen Witch

A Kitchen Witch is a Witch who focuses his or her magical practice on the home and hearth and uses things commonly found in the kitchen as magickal tools. Kitchen Witchery may be an expression of reli...

What is a Kitchen Witch: Cooking

Kitchen Witches tend to be excellent, or at least passionate cooks who delight in experimenting with new flavors and recipes. A Kitchen Witch may infuse magic into his or her cooking by selecting ingr...

What is a Kitchen Witch: Home Decor

Many Kitchen Witches decorate their homes with magical protective symbols or to be in harmony with the elements or Nature. Colors and design elements may be chosen with their symbolic nature and magic...

What is a Kitchen Witch: House Cleaning & Laundry

Kitchen Witches may incorporate their magical practice into all aspects of housekeeping, including laundry and general cleaning. This may involve scenting laundry with herbs chosen to draw desired ene...

Cheese and Herb Scones

  Cheese and herb scones are a delicious addition to any Beltane meal. They are easy to make and can be served as a side dish or as a snack. Here’s how to make them: Ingredients: 225g self-raisi...

Cheese and Vegetable Tart

A cheese and vegetable tart is a perfect main dish for any Beltane celebration. It is easy to make and can be customized to suit any taste. Here’s how to make it: Ingredients: 1 sheet of puff pa...

Cheese Board

A cheese board is a perfect appetizer for any Beltane celebration. It is easy to prepare and can be customized to suit any taste. A cheese board typically consists of a variety of cheeses, crackers, f...

Beltane Recipes,Cheese: Traditional Foods for Celebrating the May Day Festival

Beltane is a traditional Celtic festival that marks the beginning of summer. It is celebrated on May 1st and is known for its joyous and festive atmosphere. One of the key aspects of Beltane is the ab...

Solitary Kitchen Witch: Exploring the Practice of Cooking Magic Alone 1

Solitary Kitchen Witchcraft is a practice that has been gaining popularity in recent years. It involves using the kitchen as a sacred space for performing rituals and spells. Unlike traditional witchc...

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Honouring Honouring is an essential part of the Solitary Kitchen Witch practice. It involves showing respect, gratitude and appreciation to the deities, spirits, ancestors, and other entities that the...

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Being Thankful In Solitary Kitchen Witchcraft, being thankful is an essential part of the practice. It is a way of expressing gratitude for the blessings in life and acknowledging the abundance that s...

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Gratitude journal Keeping a gratitude journal is a simple but powerful way to cultivate thankfulness. Write down three things you are thankful for each day, no matter how small they may seem. This pra...

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Blessings before meals Before eating, take a moment to express gratitude for the food on your plate. You can say a simple blessing or prayer, or silently give thanks for the nourishment the food provi...

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Thanking the elements In Kitchen Witchcraft, the elements – earth, air, fire, and water – are revered as sacred. Take a moment to thank each element for its presence and the gifts it provi...

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Giving back Expressing gratitude can also involve giving back to others. Consider volunteering your time or donating to a charity. This practice can help you feel more connected to your community and ...

Kitchen Witch Daily Rituals: What is Kitchen Witchery?

There are many different types of witchcraft, one being kitchen witchery also sometimes called hearth or cottage witchcraft. This is a tradition in which the witch is primarily focused on weaving his/...

Kitchen Witch Daily Rituals: 1. Daily Herb Studies

Since kitchen witches are all about the herbs and spices, an easy way to study herbalism is to choose one herb/spice a day to focus on. Choose one that’s in your herb cabinet. Pull it out of the cabin...

Kitchen Witch Daily Rituals: 2. Brew Tea

What kitchen witch doesn’t love a hot cup of tea? Make your tea-brewing process a daily ritual. Put thought into the herbs you’re using, thank the water element while pouring the water, draw symbols o...

Kitchen Witch Daily Rituals: 3.  Cook With Herbs

This is an obvious but simple one – cook with herbs every day! This becomes a daily ritual in and of itself when the kitchen witch selects an herb or spice from the cabinet or a specific intention. Fo...

Kitchen Witch Daily Rituals: 4. The Herb Garden in Daily Rituals

You don’t have to be a green witch with a green thumb to have an herb garden. The herb garden becomes part of the kitchen witch’s daily rituals when the witch visits it every day. She greets her plant...

Kitchen Witch Daily Rituals: 5. Tend To Your Kitchen Altar

If you haven’t yet, start a kitchen altar. It doesn’t have to be big and elaborate, it can be as small as a shelf with a candle and a few magical items. Tending the kitchen altar will become part of a...

Kitchen Witch Daily Rituals: 6. Kitchen Witch Guardians

Every kitchen should have a guardian spirit. The kitchen witch can create a guardian by making a kitchen poppet. Or you can purchase a kitchen witch doll or statue. Once you have your kitchen guardian...

Kitchen Witch Daily Rituals: 7.  Candle Flame

One simple daily ritual I do every day in my kitchen is light a candle to honor the hearth-fire of my ancestors. The kitchen witch lights candles in the kitchen as a thankful gesture to the fire eleme...

Kitchen Witch Daily Rituals: 8.  Keep a Kitchen Grimoire

The kitchen grimoire or Book of Shadows is important to a kitchen witch. It’s a book in which we keep our magical recipes, ancestors’ recipes, kitchen rituals and spells, herbal anecdotes, and more. W...

Kitchen Witch Daily Rituals: 9. Cleaning & Cleansing

Every day, the kitchen witch should make sure his or her kitchen is clean. There should be no dishes in the sink when you go to bed else you’ll have nightmares (or so the old wives tale goes). Keeping...

Kitchen Witch Daily Rituals: 10. Offerings as Daily Ritual

Giving offerings to your kitchen gods, spirits and ancestors is a daily ritual that is rewarding and easy. Leave a cup of water, coffee, wine, etc. on your altar for your gods/ancestors. Change it dai...

Kitchen Witch Daily Rituals: 11. Charge Your Meals With Symbols

Another great daily ritual for kitchen witches is to charge your meals and beverages with sacred, magical symbols. This is as simple as drawing a symbol over the meal or drink in the air. OR using con...

Kitchen Witch Daily Rituals: 12. COOK Like a Kitchen Witch

We have to eat every day,  Which means many of us cook every day. So make your cooking process magical by choosing ingredients based on your intuition and based on their magical and medicinal properti...

Kitchen Witch Daily Rituals: 13. Bake Magical

Baking is a science in and of itself. It is truly an art form and sometimes takes kitchen witches longer to master than cooking. Case in point, It takes extra effort and thought.  Start small with bak...

Kitchen Witch Daily Rituals: 14. Work with Kitchen and Hearth Deities

One of my key practices is spirit work…specifically developing connections with gods and goddesses. And if you happen to be in the kitchen for most of your witch-crafting, why not incorporate kitchen ...

Herbs Listed by Medical Symptom W

Warts: bananna peel, dandelion, garlic, lemon, thyme. Weakness: ginseng. Weight Loss: ephedra. Whooping Cough: mouse ear, thyme. Worms: balmony, pumpkin seed, tansy, thyme, wormwood. Wounds: aloe vera...

Herbs Listed by Medical Symptom U

Uterus: basil, bee balm, birch, blackberry, black cohosh, black haw, chaste tree berry, cramp bark, ginger, pennyroyal, raspberry leaves, shepherd’s purse.

Herbs Listed by Medical Symptom T

Teeth: cloves, garlic. Throat: bee balm, blackberry, blackcurrant leaves, horehound, lemon, rose, sage, thyme. Tonics: agrimony, aven’s herb, balmony, black pepper, buckbean, bugloss, cleavers, dandel...

Herbs Listed by Medical Symptom S

Scours: purslane Sedative: anise, black cohosh, celery, chamomile, chicory, lavender, lemon verbena, prickly lettuce, sage, skullcap, valerian, violet Skin: buckbean, chicory, Irish moss, lemon, marig...

Herbs Listed by Medical Symptom P

Pain Reliever: capsaicin, ginger, ginseng, valerian, willow, yarrow. Parasites: garlic. Piles: lesser celandine, pilewort, witch hazel. PMS: chaste tree berry, valerian. Prolonged Life: ginseng. Prost...

Herbs Listed by Medical Symptom M

Menopause: black cohosh, black haw, chaste tree berry, licorice, wild yam. Menstruation: basil, bee balm, birch, blackberry, chaste tree berry, ginger, marigold, pennyroyal, raspberry leaves,tumeric, ...

Herbs Listed by Medical Symptom L

Lactation: blessed thistle,caraway, fennel. Laxative: boneset. garlic. Liver: bee balm, buckbean, costmary, goldenrod. Lungs: mint,shepherd’s purse.

Herbs Listed by Medical Symptom K

Kidneys: angelica, corn silk, elder, ground ivy, parsley, purslane, sheep sorrel, shepherd’s purse. Kidney Stones: birch.

Herbs Listed by Medical Symptom H

Hair: lemon, nettle, rosemary, sage, wild cherry. Headache: birch, cayenne, chamomile, ginger, lavender, lemon, lemon verbena, mint, rosemary, sage, skullcap, thyme, valerian. Heart: cayenne, ginseng,...

Herbs Listed by Medical Symptom G

Gall Stones: broom, cleavers. Gas: bay, cinnamon, dill, ginseng, mint. Gastrointestinal Problems: chamomile. Gout: ash leaves, burdock, burr marigold, strawberry. Gravel: cleavers. Gums: myrrh.

Herbs Listed by Medical Symptom F

Face: brewer’s yeast flower. Fatigue: ginseng, mint, nettle, rosemary. Female Problems: blackberry. Fever: balm, birch, blackcurrant leaves, boneset, borage, calendula, cleavers, elder, ginseng, lemon...

Herbs Listed by Medical Symptom E

Earache: garlic. Eczema: marigold. Eliminate Toxins: apple, coltsfoot, shepherd’s purse. Exhaustion: catclaw, St. Johnswort, thyme, vitamin B12. Expectorant: bugloss, pine. External Bleeding: cayenne....

Herbs Listed by Medical Symptom D

Dandruff: sage. Depression: borage, catclaw, cayenne, ginseng, lavender, rosemary, St. Johnswort. Detergent: balmony. Diabetes: ginseng, rosemary. Diarrhea: blackberry, cinnamon. Digestion: agrimony, ...

Herbs Listed by Medical Symptom C

Cancer: garlic, ginseng, parsley, sheep sorrel, violet. Catarrh: blackcurrant leaves, goldenseal, prickly lettuce, mullein, peppermint, sage. Cellulite: lemon, rosemary. Chapping: marigold. Chest: bay...

Herbs Listed by Medical Symptom B

Back Pain: yarrow. Baldness: wild cherry. Bed Wetting: St. Johnswort. Bile: balmony. Bladder: basil, broom, buchu, cornsilk, elder, parsley, saw palmetto, sheep sorrel, shepherd’s purse. Blood: bee ba...

Herbs Listed by Medical Symptom A

Acne: rosemary, thyme, witch-hazel. Allergies: nettle. Amenorrhea: chaste tree berry. Antibacterial: lemon, thyme. Antibiotic: calendula, comfrey, garlic, marigold, mullein, raspberry, sweet woodruff...

Herbs Listed by Medical Symptom I

Immune System: ginseng, lavender. Impotence: ginseng. Induce Perspiration: angelica, balm, calendula, lemon balm. Infection: garlic, thyme, yarrow. Inflammation: bugloss, marigold, mint, tumeric. Inse...

Soothing The Feet 3 Anti fungal foot powder

Anti fungal foot powder 2 tablespoon of corn flour or unscented talc 15 drops of lavender 5 drops of peppermint Put corn flour or talc into a small plastic bag. Add the essential oils. Tie or zip clos...

Soothing The Feet 2 Foot and Toenail Fungus

Foot and Toenail Fungus 2 drops of Tea Tree Oil 1 drop of Lavender Oil Mix in your palm and spread it between the toes and around the nails. For the rest of the feet, mix 5 drops Tea Tree Oil and 1 dr...

Soothing The Feet 1 Tea tree foot and hand soak

Tea tree foot and hand soak for fungus problems, also good for nice soft good smelling hands and feet 1/2 cup warm cider vinegar 6 drops of tea tree oil Add one of these four essential oils (your choi...

Solitary Pagan Practice: Effective Ways to Ease Depression7

Solitary Pagans can also practice other self-care techniques to help ease depression. These may include: By incorporating these self-care practices into their daily routine, solitary Pagans can promot...

Solitary Pagan Practice: Effective Ways to Ease Depression6

Journaling is a powerful self-care practice that can help to ease depression. Solitary Pagans can use journaling to express their thoughts and feelings, explore their emotions, and gain insight into t...

Solitary Pagan Practice: Effective Ways to Ease Depression5

Spending time in nature is a great way to reduce stress and improve mental health. Solitary Pagans can take regular nature walks to help ease depression. They can take a walk in the woods, by the sea,...

Solitary Pagan Practice: Effective Ways to Ease Depression 4: Yoga

Yoga is another excellent self-care practice that can help to ease depression. Solitary Pagans can practice yoga on their own, using online videos or books to guide them. Yoga can help to reduce stres...

Solitary Pagan Practice: Effective Ways to Ease Depression3 Meditation

 Meditation is a powerful tool for reducing stress and promoting relaxation. Solitary Pagans can incorporate meditation into their daily practice to help ease depression. They can use guided meditati...

Solitary Pagan Practice: Effective Ways to Ease Depression 2 Self-Care Practices

Solitary Pagans can practice various self-care techniques to ease depression. These practices can help to promote a sense of well-being, reduce stress, and improve mental health. Here are some self-ca...

Solitary Pagan Practice: Effective Ways to Ease Depression1

Solitary Paganism has been gaining popularity as a spiritual practice for those who prefer to practice alone. It is a way of connecting with nature and the divine without the need for a group or coven...

Anxiety and the Solitary Pagan Symptoms of Anxiety

  The symptoms of anxiety can vary from person to person. Some common symptoms include: Feeling nervous, restless or tense A sense of impending danger, panic or doom Rapid breathing or shortness of br...

Anxiety and the Solitary Pagan How Does Anxiety Affect Mental Health?

  Anxiety can have a significant impact on mental health. It can lead to depression, low self-esteem, and social isolation. Chronic anxiety can also lead to physical health problems, such as high bloo...

Anxiety and the Solitary Pagan What is Anxiety?

Anxiety is a natural emotional response to stress. It is a feeling of unease, such as worry or fear, that can be mild or severe. Anxiety can be triggered by a variety of situations, including work, re...

Anxiety and the Solitary Pagan What is Solitary Paganism?

Solitary Paganism is a spiritual practice that involves worshipping pagan deities and adhering to pagan beliefs and traditions without belonging to a specific group or coven. Solitary Pagans practice ...

Anxiety and the Solitary Pagan Why do People Choose Solitary Paganism?

There are several reasons why people choose to practice solitary paganism. Some may prefer to practice alone because they have a hard time finding a group or coven that shares their beliefs. Others ma...

Anxiety and the Solitary Pagan Coping Strategies and Self-Care Tips

Like Paganism itself Solitary Paganism can mean many different things to all different types of people. For instance, anoung other things it could be classed as a way of life, a spiritual practice, or...

Medicinal Uses For Common Culinary Spices, PARSLEY.

The purifier. Chew for halitosis. A few sprigs provide 2/3 the vitamin C of an orange, lots of vitamin A, and the important amino acid histidine, which is a tumor inhibitor. Parsley tea is good for ki...

Medicinal Uses For Common Culinary Spices, ONION.

Egyptians swore their oaths on onions; Grant refused to move his army until he got 3 railroad cars full of onions; interviews with hundreds of people who lived to 100 plus all indicated a heavy intake...

Medicinal Uses For Common Culinary Spices, NUTMEG AND MACE.

Gas, indigestion, nausea, vomiting, and kidney problems – make a paste of powder with cold water and then add to boiled water. 1 tbsp of powdered nutmeg produces a floating euphoria for between 6 and ...

Medicinal Uses For Common Culinary Spices, MUSTARD.

1 ½ cups of dry yellow mustard in a bathtub of water for sprained backs. Make a paste with water and apply to knee and elbow sprains till blisters appear! Mustard and ginger plaster for deep rattling ...

Medicinal Uses For Common Culinary Spices, MINT.

(Peppermint and spearmint) Peppermint tea for migraines, nervousness, stomach disorders, heartburn, and abdominal cramps. Herpes sufferers can take 2 cups of tea a day to ease the symptoms when the vi...

Medicinal Uses For Common Culinary Spices, MARJORAM AND OREGANO.

Over 2 dozen related species. Use as a tea to help reduce fevers and break up bronchitis. Drink tea to relieve cramps and irregular menstruation. Eases suffering of childhood diseases like mumps and m...

Medicinal Uses For Common Culinary Spices, LICORICE.

Tranquilizer. Balances nervous system, stimulates liver functions. Long term usage (over 3 months) could cause liver damage.

Medicinal Uses For Common Culinary Spices, HORSERADISH.

Freshly dug root is added to a cold-pressed oil of choice (such as safflower or olive) to make a massage oil for muscle aches and to break up chest congestion. Grate fresh ginger and horseradish toget...

Medicinal Uses For Common Culinary Spices, GINGER.

Anti-nausea tea, blood thinner, substitute for coumadin. Boil 2/3 cup of freshly chopped root in 1 gallon water, wrapped in cheesecloth (or old nylon stocking) until the water is yellow. Then soak tow...

Medicinal Uses For Common Culinary Spices, FENUGREEK.

Use as a tea as an excellent relief for colic and fever in children. 1 tbsp ground fenugreek seed taken in the diet daily can reduce cholesterol. 8 tsp of seed presoaked in 4 cups cold water for 4 hou...

Medicinal Uses For Common Culinary Spices, FENNEL.

Medicinal Uses For Common Culinary Spices, FENNEL. Chewing fennel seeds relieves bad breath. Fennel seed tea sweetens breast milk. Fennel tea relieves colic in infants.

Medicinal Uses For Common Culinary Spices, ASAFOETIDA.

Buy the tincture in Indian shops. They add a drop to many dishes to relieve stomach pains (gas). Insect repellent. Topical use to heal ulcerated sores.

Imbolc Prayers Prayer to Brigantia Keeper of the Forge

  The goddess Brighid was known by many names. In parts of northern Britain, she was called Brigantia, and was seen as a keeper of the forge. In this aspect, she is associated with smithcraft and...

Imbolc Prayers End of Winter Meal Blessing

  Although Imbolc isn’t truly the end of winter–and depending on where you live, you might be right smack in the middle of the worst weather of the season–in many traditions, it is a time t...

Imbolc Prayers Smooring the Fire a Prayer to Brighid

  Alexander Carmichael was a folklorist and author who spent nearly five decades traveling around the highlands of Scotland collecting stories, prayers and songs. His most noteworthy work, the Ca...

Imbolc Prayers thanks to Brighid Meal Blessing

    In some modern Pagan traditions, it is customary to offer a blessing before a meal, particularly if it’s being held in a ritual context. At Imbolc, it’s a season to honor Bri...

Imbolc Prayers Brighid’s Fire Meal Blessing

The goddess Brighid is well known as a keeper of the hearth fires in the home. As such, she is often associated with matters of domesticity, including cooking and kitchen magic. If you’re preppe...

Herbs Versus Pharmaceutical Drugs, Part 4.

Herbs have the biological intelligence of the Life Force inherent in them. Herbs are living medicines that can vitalize and energize the organism; synthetic drugs, as lifeless substances, can’t do thi...

Anti-Anxiety Herbs, Chamomile.

Top of the list because it’s my personal favourite. Chamomile is very calming, & also helps calm the nervous system, reducing physical & emotional tensions & helping to soothe, & calm ...

Anti-Anxiety Herbs, Lavender.

Lavender is also very soothing & has a slight sedative effect. Use Lavender alone, or in combination with other herbs to place inside a pillow to aid in a restful sleep. Lavender can also be drunk...

Anti-Anxiety Herbs, Green Tea.

Helps by relieving heart rate, & blood pressure, & cleans & detoxifies the blood at the same time. Provides mental clarity & reduces anxiety whilst improving focus, preventing one from...

Anti-Anxiety Herbs, Hops.

Used in sleep pillows, & edible anti-anxiety oils & tinctures. Hops has mild sedative effects.

Anti-Anxiety Herbs, Passionflower.

Passionflower has mild sedative properties & helps soothe & calm the nervous system & relieve anxiety. It is also a great aid for insomnia. Licorice Root: Helps by stimulating relaxing che...

Herbs Versus Pharmaceutical Drugs, Part 1.

To truly understand and appreciate the healing potential of herbal medicine, we must keep firmly in mind the key differences between herbal medicines and pharmaceutical drugs, and the advantages of th...

Herbs Versus Pharmaceutical Drugs, Part 2.

Herbs are gentler, safer, and have far fewer negative side effects. The negative side effects of pharmaceutical drugs cause thousands of unnecessary deaths every year. Herbal medicines follow the key ...

Herbs Versus Pharmaceutical Drugs, Part 3.

Herbs have the nutritive value that synthetic drugs lack. No pharmaceutical drug that your doctor can prescribe will be able to rebuild your body; only whole foods, nutritional supplements, and herbs ...

Herbs Versus Pharmaceutical Drugs, Part 5.

The wheels of Nature (and herbs) grind slowly, but they work very well. Herbs usually take longer to work than synthetic drugs, but they work naturally, and get to the root of the problem. Synthetic d...

Herbs Versus Pharmaceutical Drugs, Part 7.

Immunomodulatory: Optimizing immune system function by reducing harmful allergic or autoimmune reactions while enhancing positive immune response to protect against infections. Conventional medicine’s...

Medicinal Uses For Common Culinary Spices, VINEGAR.

Naturally brewed apple cider vinegar deserves a course all on it’s own. It is one of the finest blood cleansers and arthritis cures known. Take 1 tbsp per day of equal parts vinegar and honey in water...

Medicinal Uses For Common Culinary Spices, BAKING SODA.

Although not an herb or a spice, this  is especially recommended for people who are allergic to MSG. Many people will use a meat tenderizer for bee stings, but it contains MSG which can cause some peo...

Medicinal Uses For Common Culinary Spices, VANILLA.

Sexual stimulant. Soak a cotton ball with vanilla extract, squeeze it out, put it under the tongue and it will quickly calm hysteria.

Medicinal Uses For Common Culinary Spices, TUMERIC.

Anti-oxidant. Powdered turmeric on any ulcerated skin condition or mix with enough lime juice to make a paste and put on herpes sores, mumps, chicken pox, etc. Dip a cloth in turmeric solution to wash...

Medicinal Uses For Common Culinary Spices, TEA.

Caffeine relieves migraines. Tea drinkers suffer less hardening of the arteries than coffee drinkers. Black tea kills dental plaque.

Medicinal Uses For Common Culinary Spices, TARRAGON.

1 ½ tsp cut dried herb in 1 ¾ cups boiled water, steep 40 minutes, drink warm for insomnia, hyperactivity, depression, or nervous exhaustion. (or anything “jittery”) For digestion steep a handful of d...

Medicinal Uses For Common Culinary Spices, THYME.

Antibiotic. A tsp in ½ cup boiled water to make a gargle or mouthwash, to prevent bad breath, tooth decay, and cold sores. Drink for cold, flu, fever, and allergy symptoms. As a bath for nail fungus a...

Medicinal Uses For Common Culinary Spices, SAVORY.

(the herb of love) One quart boiled water, 3 ½ tbsp fenugreek seed, and steep for 5 minutes. Remove fenugreek and add 2 handfuls of savory leaves, steep 50 minutes and drink 2 cups, as an aphrodisiac.

Medicinal Uses For Common Culinary Spices, ROSEMARY.

Flower tea for the breath. Boil water with rosemary in it to make it safe to drink. Diuretic and liver aid, increases bile flow. Two handfuls of flowering tips into 2 cups of good brandy, soak 10 days...

Herbs Versus Pharmaceutical Drugs, Part 8.

Alternative: Cleansing the blood and lymph and improving detoxification and eliminative organ functioning. Only herbs can assist the body in its vital cleansing work, and reduce the toxic load on the ...

Medicinal Uses For Common Culinary Spices, GARLIC.

Ultimate antibiotic. Useful even for sexually transmitted diseases. Strongly recommended for hypoglycemia, and diabetes. Destroys intestinal parasites. Reduces cholesterol. Repels insects, and reduces...

Medicinal Uses For Common Culinary Spices, DILL.

Bring one pint of white wine almost to a boil, remove from heat and add 4 tsp of dill seeds, let steep 30 minutes and strain. Drink 1 ½ cups a half hour before retiring to sleep well. To the same dire...

Medicinal Uses For Common Culinary Spices, CORIANDER

Coriander tea can be used topically to remove unpleasant odors in the genital area for men and women. The tea can be held in the mouth to relieve the pain of a toothache. Can also be drank to relieve ...

Medicinal Uses For Common Culinary Spices, COFFEE.

Although not a spice, it is commonly available in the kitchen. The caffeine in coffee can be used to alleviate headaches (particularly those caused by caffeine withdrawal.) Coffee enemas with olive oi...

Medicinal Uses For Common Culinary Spices, CLOVE.

Use oil for pain relief for sore gums and toothache. Add clove oil to neutral oils for topical pain relief of arthritis. Small amounts of clove in a tea for nausea. 3 cloves in two cups of boiled wate...

Medicinal Uses For Common Culinary Spices, CINNAMON.

Mouthwash, good for upset stomach. Simmer sticks with cloves for 3 min, add 2 tsp lemon juice, 2 tsp honey, 2 tbsp whiskey – as cold medication. Cinnamon is good for yeast infection and athlete’s foot...

Medicinal Uses For Common Culinary Spices, CAYENNE PEPPER.

Capsicum speeds metabolism. Capsicum cream and oils relieve arthritis and aches, not just by warming and stimulating blood flow, but also by blocking pain transmission by nerves. (blocks substance P) ...

Medicinal Uses For Common Culinary Spices, CARAWAY.

Bring 2 cups of water to a boil and add 4 tsp lightly crushed seeds. Simmer for 5 minutes, then steep 15 min. Drink with meals to prevent gas, even for infant colic. Promotes menstruation and relieves...

Medicinal Uses For Common Culinary Spices, BASIL.

Add fresh herb or seeds to boiled water to make tea for migraines and bed time restlessness. Douche for yeast infections, eliminates candida, gargle and mouthwash. Pregnant women should avoid medicina...

Medicinal Uses For Common Culinary Spices, ANISE.

Seven tsp. of seed to one quart water, boil down by half, add 4 tbsp. of honey, take two tsp to calm a cough. Drink tea for memory, aid digestion, and a wash for oily skin.

Herbs Versus Pharmaceutical Drugs, Part 6.

Many herbal therapies are unequaled by synthetic drugs. There are certain things that only natural herbs can do for the body, which will probably never be matched by any synthetic pharmaceutical drug....

Anti-Anxiety Herbs, Lemon Balm.

Lemon Balm has been used since the middle ages to help reduce stress & anxiety. It is useful in promoting both a calm, & more alert state of mind.

Medicinal Uses For Common Culinary Spices, SAGE.

Chew a fresh leaf and put on insect bite to reduce sting and swelling. Sage tea for the throat. Two cups of sage tea a day for a week will dry up mother’s milk. For the itching of skin problems, steep...

Medicinal Uses For Common Culinary Spices, CELERY.

Sedative. Active ingredient thalide. Seed and stalk, reduces hypertension. Celery seed tea for the kidneys as a cleanser.

Psoriasis herbal remedies Turmeric

There are many reports from those taking turmeric for other reasons that after a few months their psoriasis either went away completely, or improved to the point that all that remained were a few dry,...

Psoriasis herbal remedies Safflower

A tea made from safflower petals can discourage cell proliferation (cell growth) and encourage cell death. Since psoriasis plaques are caused by an immensely speeded up life cycle of the skin cells, d...

Psoriasis herbal remedies Oregon Grape

An ointment containing Oregon grape has been shown in at least one study to reduce the itching, inflammation, and irritation of psoriasis.

Psoriasis herbal remedies Qing Dai (Indigo Naturalis): 

A 2005 study of powdered indigo mixed in an ointment showed improvement in plaque psoriasis, and concluded that “Topical indigo naturalis ointment was a novel, safe, and effective therapy for plaque-t...

Psoriasis herbal remedies Licorice:

Used topically, licorice relieves the inflammation associated with psoriasis, and at least one person has claimed that using it internally cleared up their psoriasis completely. (Licorice has many pos...

Psoriasis herbal remedies Gotu Kola

In some studies, the active ingredient in gotu kola has been shown to increase blood supply, strengthen the skin, and boost antioxidants in wounds. Based on the findings of these studies, it has been ...

Psoriasis herbal remedies German Chamomile

Chamomile has a long history of use for soothing skin conditions such as psoriasis and eczema, and preliminary studies show that creams containing chamomile are, in fact, moderately effective in treat...

Psoriasis herbal remedies Cleavers

Cleavers is used to detoxify the system and purify the blood, which makes it useful in cases where a sensitivity to toxins is making psoriasis worse.

Psoriasis herbal remedies, Chickweed.

Chickweed ointment is soothing and cooling, and reduces the itching and irritation of psoriasis. Chickweed tea or crushed chickweed can also be used as a poultice for the same effect, and in combinati...

Psoriasis herbal remedies, Cayenne.

Capsaicin creams can be used topically to ease the itching and inflammation of psoriasis. (This will burn a bit, and may not be a good option for plaques that are raw, cracked, or bleeding.)

Psoriasis herbal remedies Barberry

Barberry is related to oregon grape, contains many of the same active compounds, and can be used instead of Oregon grape if necessary.

Psoriasis herbal remedies Aloe

Aloe (externally): Preliminary studies indicate that aloe vera gel may be useful in the treatment of psoriasis and other skin conditions that include an inflammatory component. In one study, it showed...

Psoriasis herbal remedies Red Clover: 

Traditionally, red clover has been used in ointments to treat psoriasis, and in teas to cleanse and purify the blood.

Sage Wisdom

Every kitchen witch should grow a pot of sage or a big patch in her garden. Sage is a must to have on hand for clearing energy. It also increases psychic potential. Most kitchen witches are highly ima...

Aloe—Medicine Tree

One of Mother Nature’s most effective healers is aloe. When I lived in colder areas of frost and snow, I grew aloe in a wide pot with good drainage and placed it in the sunniest spot in the kitchen, w...

Lavender is Love

Lavender is blessedly easy to grow as it is a shrubby plant of Mediterranean origins. It is prized for its lovely scent and is a powerful healing plant with other properties, and can be used for makin...

Rosemary for Remembrance

Rosemary is another of the herbs that thrives best in warm, Mediterranean climes but can also weather the cold. Tough to grow from seed, cuttings are an easier way to start your row of rosemary plants...

Daisy and Echinacea

This faithful flower’s name is derived from the Anglo-Saxon dæges eage, “day’s eye,” since it closes in the evening. The daisy has been used in one of the oldest of love charms. To know if your true l...

Basil—Bounty and Beauty

This sweet-tasting herb is excellent in savory dishes. Basil truly grows like a weed and you should cultivate it right on the kitchen windowsill so you can snip and add to your Italian-inspired dishes...

Chives for Good Cheer

Allium, also known as chives, is a blessedly easy plant to grow anywhere and everywhere—on the kitchen windowsill or in a garden patch. A member of the onion family, this is a lovely case where the en...

Herbs for Healing and Happiness

Gardening is one of the most creative things you can do and an exercise in mindfulness. It keeps you grounded with a deep connection to the earth. Growing herbs to use in remedies and spellcraft is do...

Thyme—An Herb for the Ages

You could say that thyme is a classic herb, so much so that the venerable Virgil and Pliny sang the praises of this medicinal mint relative over 2,000 years ago. While thyme loves Mediterranean weathe...

Other helpful herbs for anxiety, Healing Herbs For Anxiety & Stress

There are also lots of other complementary herbs out there that help us find greater peace and calm during anxiety. Lavender, chamomile, lemon balm and passiflora are all excellent calming herbs that ...

L-theanine, Seven Healing Herbs For Anxiety & Stress

Theanine (of which L-theanine is a part of) is a compound found in green tea, matcha tea and black tea. It has been shown to relieve anxiety and help your body to function better. L-thenanine is thoug...

Holy Basil (Tulsi), Seven Healing Herbs For Anxiety & Stress

Traditionally grown in Asia and sub-tropical regions, holy basil is an adaptogenic herb used for lowering stress levels. It helps to bring cortisol levels back down to neutral so that the body is bett...

Valarian, Seven Healing Herbs For Anxiety & Stress

Valarian works well for most people if you need to seriously quieten the central nervous system and gently sedate yourself. It will induce a deep and restful sleep for 95% of people (5% of people, for...

Rhodiola, Seven Healing Herbs For Anxiety & Stress

Many people find rhodiola to be an excellent anti-anxiety herb. It is also good for depression. One of the wonderful things about this herb is that like ashwagandha, it does not make you feel drowsy. ...

Ashwagandha, Seven Healing Herbs For Anxiety & Stress

Ashwagandha is one of the most supportive and gentle herb remedies for the nerves. It is an adaptogenic herb, meaning that it helps our body to find balance during mental, emotional and physical stres...

Kava Kava, Seven Healing Herbs For Anxiety & Stress

Kava Kava works by stimulating dopamine receptors and gently inducing euphoria. It’s somewhat like benefiting from that relaxed feeling you get with a glass of wine, yet staying alert at the same time...

Skullcap, Seven Healing Herbs For Anxiety & Stress

This awesome herb became one of my favourite herbs during the height of my challenges. It is well known amongst Native American tribes as a woman’s herb, although it is beneficial for us all. It can n...

Random Natural Remedies Easy Oatmeal Soap

If you have leftover soap slivers in the bathtub or sink, you can recycle them into this yummy new soap! Oatmeal has proven moisturizing benefits. Gather these ingredients: 1/2 cup oatmeal, 1/2 cup sm...

Random Natural Remedies Homemade Toothpaste

Mix ¼ teaspoon hydrogen peroxide and ½ teaspoon baking soda, scoop the paste up with your toothbrush and proceed as you normally would.

Random Natural Remedies Eye Make-up Remover (Safe and Gentle)

Save on those very expensive eye make-up removers with this recipe. Combine 1 tablespoon canola oil, 1 tablespoon castor oil, and 1 tablespoon light olive oil. For use on your entire body, put some ca...

Random Natural Remedies Homemade Moisturizer

For healthy skin, add rosemary oil to the bathwater. Another age-old tradition to prevent wrinkles around the eyes is to apply a drop of castor oil around each eye before going to bed. Castor oil acts...

Random Natural Remedies  Simple Shampoo

Simple Shampoo Old-fashioned Castile soap can also be dissolved in warm water to be used as shampoo. After shampooing, rinse your hair with lemon juice to make it shine. Adding essential oils to store...

Random Natural Remedies Homemade Minty Toothpaste

To make toothpaste with a more traditional toothpaste consistency and a mint-y taste, mix together 6 teaspoons of baking soda, 1/3 teaspoon salt, 4 teaspoons glycerin, and 15 drops of peppermint or wi...

Random Natural Remedies deodorants

The best deodrants is plain old baking soda. You can pat it right onto your skin or mix it with a little cornstarch for extra staying power and moisture control. Try 1/2 cornstarch and 1/2 baking soda...

Collecting Herbs for Magical Workings, Storing and Preparing for Use.

  To use the herbs fresh, simply wash them in cool water and pat them dry. They can be kept lively for a few days by putting them in a vase of water and keeping them in a cool area (if your fridge isn...

Collecting Herbs for Magical Workings, Use Them!

  Record any observations you make while working with the herb along with it’s location in your harvest journal. If the plant is particularly fragrant or effective, write it down so you know to go bac...

Collecting Herbs for Magical Workings, Giving Thanks.

Having taken from the plant, you should give thanks for the gift. Tell it that you’re grateful, and assure it that it wont be misused. Then, provide payment!Pour the fertilizer you brought at the root...

Collecting Herbs for Magical Workings, Harvesting.

Using your sharp implement, make a clean, angular cut near a joint. This will make it easier for the plant to heal and regrow. You will want to choose a portion of the plant that is not the oldest (da...

Collecting Herbs for Magical Workings, Asking Permission.

Before you cut the plant, you should take some time to connect with it. Examine it to see if it is healthy. Take your time identifying it. Feel the plant’s energy and let it get to know you. Once you’...

Collecting Herbs for Magical Workings, Finding Your Herbs.

Some of us are lucky to live close to forests or natural fields on public land, but for many it can be a challenge to source wild herbs.If you live in a city, find out if there are any nature trails o...

Krampus’ minions

Many of Krampus’ minions are also real Christmas/winter folk figures in European cultures, such as the Yule Goat (Scandanavia). The creatures with Icelandic names (Stekkjarstaur, etc.) are named...

How to Create Your Own Talisman?

  Creating a talisman is an intimate process full of magic. Here are a few steps to help you craft your own: Choose an object – It can be a stone, a piece of jewelry, or a symbol – something that...

Collecting Herbs for Magical Workings, Your Toolkit

The first thing you will need is a cutting tool. Some traditions recommend the use of a sickle-shaped tool with a white handle, called the Boline. Here’s an example of what one looks like: Personally,...

Collecting Herbs for Magical Workings

Plants and herbs are a common ingredient in many forms of magic. Whether you are making incense, stuffing a sachet, or brewing a folk remedy, if you practice long enough, you’re eventually going to ha...

Green Correspondence, FRUITS.

APPLE — health, longevity, love CHERRY — love PEAR — health, properity, love ORANGE — joy, health, purification LEMON — purification, protection, health LIME — happiness, purification, healing GRAPE —...

Green Correspondence, HERBS.

ALLSPICE — prosperity, increasing energy, love, healing, luck ANGELICA —protection, purification BASIL — prosperity, success, peace, protection, happiness, purification, tranquility, love BAY — succes...

Green Correspondence, FLOWERS.

CARNATION — protection, strength, energy, luck, healing DAFFODIL — love, fertility, luck DAISY — love, hope, innocence, associated with children GARDENIA — love, harmony, healing, peace GERANIUM — pro...

Green Correspondence, WOODS.

APPLE — life, longevity, fertility, fairies, the otherworld, afterlife, creativity, love, healing, harmony ASH — water, strength, intellect, willpower, protection, justice, balance, harmony, skill, tr...

Green Correspondence, Vegetables

GARLIC — healing, protection, banishing, purification ONION — protection, exorcism, healing, prosperity LETTUCE — fertility, peace, harmony, love, protection CARROTS — fertility, health PEAS — love, a...

A Green Witches Vegetable and Fruit Cleaner

One half cup of white vinegar One half cup of plain tap water Two teaspoons of bicarb20 drops of Grapeseed Extract Mix the white vinegar and plain tap water, then add the bicarb only one teaspoon at a...

A Green Witches Household Spray Cleaner

One Half cup white vinegarOne half cup plain tap water Two tablespoons of borax Two teaspoons of bicarb of soda Several drops of either Lavender oil or Peppermint oil. Mix the white vinegar and plain ...

A Green Witches Window and Mirror Cleaner

One half cup of white vinegar One half cup of plain tap water Two teaspoons of borax Two or three drops of washing up liquidMix thoroughly to dissolve Borax. Add washing up liquid after. Pour into an ...

Morgan Le Fay, Fairy Witch Goddess.

Shrouded in legendary mystery, Morgan Le Fay has been a prominent character in the Arthurian legends. She was the sister and aid to King Arthur himself. In some of the legends, Morgan Le Fay saves Kin...

Circe, Witch Goddess of Aeaea.

A name that’s come to be popular in modern times, Circe is a nymph and goddess of Ancient Greece. Her father, Helios, sends her to exile on an island called Aeaea. Circe is a goddess of transformation...

Isis, Egyptian Goddess of Magic.

While not referred to as a “witch goddess”, Isis was indeed an Egyptian goddess of magic, in particular ritual magic. She is as ancient as time itself, and henceforth is the embodiment of the Feminine...

 Hecate, Goddess of the Crossroads.

Hecate is a well-known witch goddess of Ancient Greece still worshiped by modern-day pagans. She is the lady of the crossroads with three heads or, alternatively, guarded by a three-headed white dog. ...

Cailleach, The Winter Witch Goddess.

Cailleach is a witch goddess from Scotland, Ireland and the Isle of Man. She is the Old Woman, the Winter Crone, the Veiled One, the Old Hag, and the Old Crone. Cailleach is the epitome of the “old ha...

Baba Yaga, The Slavic Witch Goddess.

Perhaps one of the most well-known pieces of Slavic folklore is the story of the witch goddess Baba Yaga. Baba Yaga was once a well-respected and revered witch goddess in Eastern Europe and Western As...

Working with the Enchantress Pomba Gira, 1.

Pomba Gira (pronounced pohm-ba shira), is Brazilian female spirit found in the traditions of Umbanda, Quimbanda, and Candomblé. She is revered by initiates and noninitiates alike as she is quite easy ...

Working with the Enchantress Pomba Gira, 2.

To work with Pomba Gira involves a ritual called a trabajo. This ritual is similar to the trabajo of the exus, with some specific differences. All trabajos, like any ritual, include a specific intent,...

Working with the Enchantress Pomba Gira, 3.

Pomba Gira is often called the Sacred Whore. She was originally thought to be a Kongo deity unique to Brazil. Some say she is the wife of Exu and shares many of his characteristics. Some say she is a ...

Working with the Enchantress Pomba Gira, 4.

Pomba gira spell for quick money You will need : ​ 1 red tea light 1 pack of long white cigarettes 1 box of matches 3 red roses 1 bottle of Gin { airline bottles work well for this} 1 piece of pink pa...

Working with the Enchantress Pomba Gira, 5.

​A significant study on the cult of Pomba Gira, this is the most comprehensive work in the English language on the Devil’s mistress, whose Brazilian cult has bewitched so many. It is a book that...

GODDESS BRIGHID and Her Holy Time of Imbolc, 1.

Deep in ancient history, all the way from the regions of eastern Europe and India to the British Isles, are the roots of the worship of Brighid. Her name is also spelled Brigit, Bridget, and Bride (pr...

GODDESS BRIGHID and Her Holy Time of Imbolc 2 Brighid of the Tuatha De Danaan

Brighid is of the Tuatha De Danaan, the people of the Great Mother Danu, also called the Fae. She was probably originally a Sun Goddess. The story of Her birth is that She was born at sunrise, and a t...

GODDESS BRIGHID and Her Holy Time of Imbolc, 3. The Triple Goddess.

Brighid is a triple Goddess, but not in the sense many think of as maiden, mother, crone. She has three aspects and all have associations with Fire and Water: Brighid the Healer and Midwife, Brighid t...

GODDESS BRIGHID and Her Holy Time of Imbolc, 4. Brighid the Healer.

As Brighid the Healer, Her wells and springs figure prominently, as their water is considered holy and healing. She is a Water Goddess. In this aspect She is the teacher of herbal and plant medicine. ...

GODDESS BRIGHID and Her Holy Time of Imbolc, 5. Brighid the Smith.

Brighid the Smith is mistress of the smithy fire, the anvil. She is associated with horses in this aspect. But this also extends to fine jewelrysmith workings – silver and gold – and any craft that a ...

GODDESS BRIGHID and Her Holy Time of Imbolc, 6. Brighid the Bard.

Brighid the Bard, the Inspirer of the Fire in the Heart and Mind, which produces song, music, poetry, stories, writing, eloquence, theatrical performances, and the harp. Although the oral tradition wa...

GODDESS BRIGHID and Her Holy Time of Imbolc, 7. Brighid the Goddess of Imbolc.

Brighid is the Goddess associated with Imbolc, the holy days celebrated from the eve on January 31st until the night of February 2nd. It is the beginning of the first signs of Spring’s return. As a Go...

Signs Hekate is Reaching Out,10. First steps working with Hecate.

If you are ready to start working with Hecate, you can start small and work up progressively. Here are some ideas to start your journey. Include her in your altar Having her picture on your altar or l...

Signs Hekate is Reaching Out, 9. What to do when you are called by Hecate.

Receiving these signs from Hecate herself might be overwhelming. Maybe you sense that she’s trying to get through, but you are not completely sure. That is normal, especially if you have never worked ...

Signs Hekate is Reaching Out, 8. Symbols.

Sometimes, the calling is even more obvious. If straightforward symbols, like Hecate’s wheel or triple moon imagery, appear around you repeatedly, she might be trying to call you.