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Use this altar spell to attract good fortune throughout the spring season. Cover the altar with a green or white cloth. In the middle of the altar, place a basket. Choose some items to symbolize the blessings you hope to enjoy this spring. For example, you might choose a favorite toy or stuffed animal to represent happiness and laughter, candy to represent sweetness, colored eggs to represent fertility or new beginnings, and flowers to represent love and sexuality. Place the items in the ...
On this day in 1820, an eighty-ton sperm whale sank the Essex, a whaling ship from Nantucket, Massachusetts. This event was the inspiration for Herman Melville's famous fictional story Moby Dick. Nantucket is a beautiful, mystical, magical seaport. I once rode the ferry to Nantucket, and I'll never forget the experience. I clearly felt the energies of past lives upon me. Are you the captain of your ship, or are you the crew? Do you command your voyage, or are you fighting fictional monsters ...
Love comes in many different flavors. One of these is what the ancient Greeks called storge, or familial love. This is a subtype of platonic love, which is based on affection rather than sex or romance. Storge takes as much care and maintenance as romantic love, just in different ways. Turn off your electronics and pay attention to each other. Shared meals, game nights, and cuddle piles are all good. Pagan families may work spells or rituals together. This work is sacred to Hestia, the Greek ...
Many people fear Friday the 13th, but when you consider that Friday is named for the goddess Freya and 13 is her number, it's easier to enjoy the day. Freya is a complex Nordic goddess of many things, including love, sex, fertility, battle, death, magic, and witchcraft. As the goddess of witches, she and her day should be heralded and embraced. One of the ways you can do that is to make this altar today. Lay out a flax and hemp cloth on a small table. (Any natural or mostly natural textured ...
