The Wiccan Life: Herbs

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Sunday, January 17, 2021

Sunday this and that

Blessed Sunday, friends! This has been one of the few three-day weekends I have had in a while as I have the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday off from work tomorrow. So, I have been busy doing some much-needed work in my altar room - especially with Imbolg coming up. While cleaning up and organizing, I happened to find a heart-shaped wreath I had forgotten that I had - funny how you come across things that way, eh? Anyhow, I finished decorating it Friday night and created a new Imbolg wreath ...

I also began setting up my sabbat altar as well ...

This year, I added something a bit new. I found a small cinnamon besom to use for smudging before my ritual. It smells wonderful! But other than the pleasing scent, the properties of cinnamon are very useful indeed. Cinnamon is good for grounding, protection, success, attracting money, even love and sex magick.

This past week, I had been working downstairs until around 3AM. I plan on finshing up today.

Have a great rest of the weekend everyone! Brightest Blessings!

Gratuitous Merlin pic.

Sunday, August 24, 2014

A shopping I did go ...

This weekend, I took a little trip to one of my favorite Wiccan/Pagan supply shops called, "Celtic Myth & Moonlight." I stop by there a couple of times a year to pick up any supplies which I need ~ herbs, essential oils, candles, etc.

Handcrafted votive candles made with pure essential oils by Willow Chestnut.

A beautiful tall Autumn Equinox sabbat candle created by artist Lori Baratta

I also bought some more rose water, a few meditation incense sticks to burn in the Reiki Room, and some more herbs ...

Pennyroyal (Mentha Pulegium) ~ Often used for purification, protection and exorcism. Associated with masculine energy, Mars and Fire.

Cat's Claw (Uncaria Tomentosa) ~ Known as a powerful aid in treating fevers, inflammation, arthitis and stomach issues.

Catnip (Nepeta Cataria) ~ Used in magick to help reach a state of euphoria for trances and general well being; also used to find a psychic bond with animals.

Sage (Salvia Apiana) ~ Very powerful purification herb! I use it quite often, most especially when performing house blessing and/or cleansing rituals.

Of course, the cats were more than happy to help me open up the catnip bag!

Among the various other supplies sold there, they also carry a gorgeous assortment of jewlery. I couldn't resist taking home this beautiful sterling silver and starburst-colored ring ...

The only down side is that it is located in the city and parking is always a bit of a challenge to say the very least, but as you can see, it is well worth the trip!

Friday, May 27, 2011

My Herb Cabinet

Lately, I have been doing a little organizing around the house. One of the projects I have wanted to get to for quite a while now is my herb cabinet.

I have been gathering herbs for my herbal cabinet for years ~ some of them had I bought from a cool place we used to have in our area called, "Peter's Naturals" and some I brought back from Laurie Cabot's store, "The Cat, The Crow and The Crown" when we visited Salem, MA a few years ago.

I even found some that were still in their bags from when I bought them. I really love using the little Mason jars to store them in and I finally got around to labeling them!

You see, I have what you might call a "brown thumb" when it comes to growing plants and such, so it is much easier for me to just purchase my herbs wherever I can rather than try to grow my own.