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We're almost at the longest night of the year, holiday expectations are high, and we need a bit of cozy. Block off two hours for this spell, in a place where you will not be disturbed. You will need a hot beverage, blankets, pillows, a key, a pen, and a journal. Create a comfortable space where you feel cozy. Write a few paragraphs in your journal depicting YOUR perfect cozy day in the cozy retreat of your dreams. Then, sipping your beverage, read it over as if you are living it. This is now ...
St. Nicholas Night was a big deal in my household growing up. We would leave a shoe by our bedroom door before bedtime on December 5 and wake up the next day to find it full of fruit and candy! In addition to being the patron saint of children, St. Nicholas also helps sailors, merchants, archers, repentant thieves, brewers, pawnbrokers, the unmarried, and students. For this spell, you will need a bag of chocolate coins (which are available in many stores for the season) and an image of St. ...
Today is the celebration of Anahita, revered in ancient Persia as the goddess of water, fertility, and war (protecting her people). In her honor, dress a white or gold candle with lotus oil. Set the candleholder in a sturdy, firesafe bowl, and pour some water into the bowl. Place a few branches or twigs of greenery around it. Light the candle and say: Anahita, I honor your fierce protectivity and your generous gifts of fertility. Thank you for your gifts this season. I ask for your help in ...
We are just past Samhain and the Day of the Dead celebration. Now is a good time to confront our own feelings about mortality and have a conversation with Death. Sit where you will be undisturbed for about twenty minutes and where there is an empty chair facing you. Imagine a figure representing the personification of Death seated in the other chair. This figure is not a threat to you and has not come to claim you at this moment. Death is here for conversation. Talk about your fears ...
