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The Rural Dionysia was a festival of fertility, travel, and entertainment. People baked phallic bread loaves and poured offerings of wine and water. They traveled from town to town visiting friends. They held games, contests, plays, concerts, and other revelries. During the modern holiday season, people also travel, so now is a good time for a blessing. For this spell you will need wine or grape juice, plus a bit of ivy, such as a sprig of silk leaves, a metal brooch, etc. Raise the ivy to ...
Late November and December are a popular time of year for parties and family get-togethers. If your friends and family are anything like ours, they often forget to RSVP and may not arrive at events on time. However, you can help your friends and family be a bit more prompt with just a couple drops of peppermint oil! When sending out paper invitations, put a little bit of (diluted) peppermint oil on the tips of your fingers while you work, and refresh the oil every fifteen minutes or so. This ...
They say it’s harder to make friends as we get older, but that likely has to do more with our work environment, family life, and busy schedule than our ability to actually find new friends. Sometimes we just need to make a little more of a window of opportunity and put that intent out into the universe. This fun little satchel will help draw friendship to you. Collect the following: * A cinnamon stick* A rose quartz pebble* A dried yellow rose bud or petals* 2 wrapped candies of your ...
Holding a big ball of rainbowcolored yarn, sit on the floor in a circle with friends. Sit so close that you’re all touching. With the end of the yarn in one hand, toss the ball so it flies like a comet with a rainbow tail to someone across the circle. As you toss the yarn, speak an affirmation that Concordia, goddess of community harmony, whispers in your ear. The person who catches the yarn touches it to their heart, then tosses it to someone else, speaking another affirmation of ...
