Floral Healing Remedies

Flower essences mixed with 30 milliliters distilled water water can also be used as the following remedies:

• Addiction: skullcap, agrimony

• Anger: nettle, blue flag, chamomile

• Anxiety: garlic, rosemary, aspen, periwinkle, lemon balm, white chestnut, gentian

• Bereavement: honeysuckle

• Depression: borage, sunflower, larch, chamomile, geranium, yerba santa, black cohosh, lavender, mustard

• Exhaustion: aloe, yarrow, olive, sweet chestnut

• Fear: poppy, mallow, ginger, peony, water lily, basil, datura

•  Heartbreak: heartsease, hawthorn, borage

• Lethargy: aloe, thyme, peppermint

• Stress: dill, echinacea, thyme, mistletoe, lemon balm

• Spiritual Blocks: oak, ginseng, lady's slipper

Safe Haven Potpourri

Potpourri was a medieval product revived by the Victorians, who used the symbolic meanings and powers of flowers. Grow flowers in your kitchen or outdoor garden, or buy cut flowers. Dry them, then place them in a pretty container. Choose flowers that connect with your astrological sun sign, moon sign, or personal energy. Try a mix of your personal favorites along with some of the beloved posies of Victorian and medieval times:

• Daisy opens in the morning and closes when the sun goes down; this beloved flower is associated with purity, loyalty, innocence, patience and simplicity

• Pansies are called Heartsease and represent merriment!

• Iris stands for wisdom, faith, friendship, and hope eternal

Under A Waxing Moon

When the first narrow crescent of a waxing moon appears in the twilight sky, place a green candle next to a white lily or freesia. White flowers have the most intense aromas. Anoint the candle with tuberose or rose oil. Take a handful of seeds, such as sunflower, walnuts, or pistachios, still in their shells, and place them in front of the candle.

Close your eyes and recite out loud:

Under this darkling moon,
In Eden fair, I walk through flowers
In the garden of my desires, 
I light the flame of my mind, 
I plant the seeds of things to come.

Seeding the Future - New Moon Ritual

What are your intentions for the coming months? What you can imagine, you can bring into being. This ritual will aid you in getting what you want and need for yourself and loved ones. Nothing says "new beginnings" like planting a seed, so use the power of a growing plant to bring success to your own new moon projects.

Assemble the following:

• A flowerpot filled halfway with soil
• Enough soil to fill the rest of the pot
• Seeds (nasturtiums are oh-so-easy to grow)
• Egg shells 
• A small piece of paper

Get everything together and write your intentions on the paper in as few words as possible and roll into a scroll. Place the scroll into the pot, and crush some eggshells on top of that. Fill the rest of the pot with soil. Repeat the following: 

I plant this seed when the moon is new, 

Manifest my intentions, I ask it true. So mote it be. 

Keep repeating this as you plant your seeds, and give them a little water. After the ritual, keep the pot somewhere sunny, and you should start seeing some success in your plans when your plant begins to sprout. Keep it healthy and thriving to keep the magic going. You can repeat this ritual every time you feel the need and the moon is new. You can also be very specific in your intentions: new love, an interview for a new job, finding a new home you love. I find that the more specific you are in setting your intentions, the more powerful the spell.

New Moon Flower Power

This flower-infused potpourri is wonderful for clearing the way for the new in your life and planting "seeds" for new beginnings. You can also create a wreath of garlic bulbs for self-protection and insurance that your newly-laid plans don't go awry.

Flower Ingredients:

• Rose
• Snapdragon
• Marigold
• Carnation

Place the flowers in a bowl and sprinkle them with a few drops of geranium, clove, and cinnamon oil. Place the mixture on the south point of your altar for the duration of a full lunar cycle, from new moon to new moon. 

Lavender Chamomile Tincture: Herbal Healing

Wise women elders were making a varation on this recipe centuries ago:

Herbal tinctures, which are concentrated reductions of the herbs, are more expensive but last longer and provide a higher dose of the herb.  We keep a tincture of echinacea and goldenseal in the house year round.  At the first sign of a cold or cough, a few drops go into herbal teas and hot lemon and honey toddies.  A hot toddy is traditionally made with hot water, lemon, sugar or honey, and liquor such as brandy, but it doesn’t have to be alcoholic to be medicinal.  Fresh ginger and garlic are great for adding to home remedies, particularly for colds; just chop finely or grate and add to teas and toddies.

This powerful healing curative should be kept on hand at all times for soothing the skin, the stomach and anything in need of comfort. I have even seen it be used to stanch bleeding in small cuts.

 You need the following:

Dried lavender1 1.2 cups

Dried chamomile 1 ½ cups

Clear quart jar with lid

Cheesecloth

Dark glass for storage

2 cups distilled water

1 cup clear alcohol such as vodka

Fill your clear quart jar to the halfway point with the dried lavender and chamomile. Pour in the alcohol also to the halfway point, Add in the water and seal with the lid securely and shake for a few minutes until it seems well mixed. Store in a dark cupboard for one month, shaking once a day.  After 30 days, strain with cheesecloth into the dark glass storage jar and screw the lid on tightly. The lavender and chamomile leavings will make lovely compost and the liquid tincture will soon prove itself indispensible in your household.

All We Need is Love Magic

Love is what makes the world go 'round. right?

Any metaphysician will tell you that the most common request for help involve matters if the heart. Witchcraft is based on the knowledge that our destinies lie in our own hands, even where love is concerned. So why suffer the slings and arrows of love gone wrong when you can do something about it? Why spend a Saturday evening alone when you already know the object of your desire? And why doubt your own power to attract love when a little herbal chemistry can make you virtually irresistible. Magic not only influences desired outcomes, but empowers one’s self and foster personal growth. What better way to begin this process than with spells for love: spells that create the potential for love, draw the attention and devotion of a lover, strengthen the union between an existing couple, invoke sexual magic, heal a broken heart, and perhaps most importantly, fill your own heart with love and compassion for yourself. Inside this book are secret recipes for aphrodisiacs, ritual celebrations for the high holidays of love, and insight into the mysterious realm of the moon and the stars.

 Your Shrine to Love

An altar is a place of power- your personal power- where you can make magic. It should be an expression of your deepest self, filled with artifacts that hold personal resonance. Allow your altar to be a work-in-progress that changes with the seasons and reflects your inner cycles.

To create your altar, find a small table and drape it in richly colored, luxurious fabrics- perhaps red satin or a burgundy velvet scarf. Take one red and one pink candle, and arrange them around a sweet-smelling incense such as amber, rose, or jasmine. Decorate your altar with tokens that represent love to you: a heart-shaped chunk of ruby glass, potpourri made with ROSE and AMETHYST, a photo of your lover. Fridays are the time for spelling love, right before dawn. Before you light your candles, anoint them with a love oil you select from the following pages. 

Scent your wrists, your throat, and your left breast over your heart with the same oil. Jasmine and rose have very powerful love vibrations to attract and charm a lover. If you desire sexual results, look into the flame of the red candle; if your desire is affection or flirtation, look at the pink candle instead. This simple spell, said aloud, will create loving magic:

Venus, cast your light on me,

A goddess for today I’ll be.

A lover, strong and brave and true,

I seek as a reflection of you.