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The hearth is the center of your home. It may be a fireplace, a woodstove, a central furnace, or even your kitchen range. Wherever it is, it deserves a blessing. Begin by cleaning your hearth—a gesture of care and respect. Perhaps your fireplace or woodstove needs the chimney or flue swept and cleaned, and the floor in front of it swept or polished. A furnace may need its filter changed or vents vacuumed out, while your range might need to be cleaned and polished. Some of these are ...
At this time of year, time often seems to be running short, because there is so much to do before the festivities of the new year. This spell will help you stretch what little time you have so that you can accomplish more. You'll need a pen, some small pieces of paper, an ice cube tray, and your kitchen freezer. Write down what you still need to do this year. Be careful how you word this. For example, you don't want to write "present for Mary," because that could freeze the energy in a way ...
No matter when you get on a plane, it often feels like all the bin space has already been claimed by your fellow passengers. To make sure we can always get our bags in the bins, we carry sachets for luck and success in all our carry-on luggage. To make the sachet, you'll need a small piece of fabric, a piece of string, and a few dried herbs from your kitchen pantry. You can use whatever herbs you want here (be sure they are dried!), but we recommend basil, rosemary, bay leaves, chamomile, and ...
Today is Giving Tuesday. Held on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, this holiday reminds us to think of those less fortunate. Turn your attention to deities of compassion, like Quan Yin, Eleos, and Clementia, or of generosity, such as the Charites (or Gratiae), the Vanir, and Lakshmi. Service to the gods is about more than just saying a prayer or casting a spell. It's about doing their work in this world, where human hands and hearts are well scaled for the tasks, while a divine touch is often a ...
