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Goddess Cookies

Hello friends! I’m back again with another delicious recipe but this time it’s a dessert! These sugar cookies are delicious and perfect for a small offering to the God and Goddess during Litha or anytime really. The edible flowers on top make them really stand out!

Ingredients

2 cups of softened Sweet Cream Salted Butter

2 cups sugar

2 eggs

2 tablespoons of vanilla

4 teaspoons of baking powder

6 cups of flour

Optional

Your favorite edible flowers, dried and chopped into bits

Sun and moon shaped cookie cutters

Directions

Cream the butter and sugar together in a mixer until all the way combined. Be careful not to overmix

Add vanilla and eggs and let thoroughly mix

Add baking powder and mix

Add flour but two cups at a time

Roll a hand fulls of the dough out at a time and cut out into suns and moons (if you chose to do this)

Bake cookies at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 6-8 minutes

Sprinkle with your cookies with your favorite edible flower bits

Enjoy how pretty they look and how delicious they are!

This recipe was borrowed from:

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A guide by gumnutmagic on Instagram

I thought it could be useful in spells and knot magic !

In the Celtic tradition, nettles are great to ward off spirits when worn, protect your home and may also boost your sexual performances if placed under the mattress.

Magickal Properties of: Rose

Scientific Names:

There are over 300 species of roses, with more than 1000 cultivars. Roses are believed to have first been cultivated in China, historically dating back to 5000 years. The following seem to be the most common varieties that are sold as oils or marketed for magickal use. However, this is only speculation and may not be entirely accurate.

Rosa Gallica - Also known as the French Rose or Apothecary Rose, it is native to southern and central Europe. It is believed that this rose variety was first cultivated by the Greek’s and Romans.

Rosa Centifolia - This type of rose is also sometimes called the Cabbage Rose.

Rosa Damascena - Also known as the Damask Rose or Rose of Castile.

Most Rose oil is derived from the Rosa Centifolia and Damascena varieties. Although they differ a bit in color and fragrance, they share similar properties and uses. Rose oil is also quite expensive. For magickal purposes, it is more economical to use fresh roses or dried rose petals.

Correspondences

Energetic: Receptive

Element: Water

Astrological: Venus, Taurus

Deities: Isis, Hathor, Aphrodite, Demeter, Eros, Hulda, Aurora

Symbolism for Divination or Spell Associations: Love, Fertility, Romance, Protection, Beauty, Luck, Joy, Emotions

Uses

Use in sachets, spell bottles, teas, incense blends, anointing oils, to dress a candle, in a bath.

Use in spells for healing, love, peace, protection, beauty, to avoid conflict, to calm stress and to resolve problems peacefully.

Rose is one of the most versatile plants. Rose petals can be incorporated into any spell, ritual or meditation to enhance its effects. Rose is particularly potent in workings that focus on protection because roses protect in the energetic vibration of love and compassion. Roses have a fierce, yet gentle energy.

A single rose placed inside a glass of water on an altar can be used as a singular, but powerful focus for a spell.

Use rose petals in a bath to encourage beauty, healing and to attract love.

Carry rose petals in a sachet for protection.

Sprinkle rose petals in the home or around a space to resolve conflict and calm upheavals.

Roses planted in a garden are said to attract faeries.

Rose petals blended into a tea can induce prophetic dreams and assist with divination.

Use rose thorns to carve sigils into candles to enhance the spell.

Notes

If you are going to drink rose as a tea, or burn it as an incense, be sure to research thoroughly and buy your roses at food grade quality from a reputable source. Not all roses are grown for consumption and may have been exposed to dangerous pesticides and/or chemicals to help preserve them once cut. If you ingest roses that have been treated with chemicals, they may irritate the digestive tract.

Rose water is very good for the skin.

Roses also carry correspondences with spiritual enlightenment in some sacred traditions.

Sources & Links

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Healing Remedies- C. Norman Shealy MD, PhD - Harper Collins Publishers

Herb Magic: An Introduction to Magical Herbalism and Spells - Patty Wigingron, Illustrations by Mel Baxter - Rockridge Press

The Modern Witchcraft Guide to Magickal Herbs: Your Complete Guide to the Hidden Powers of Herbs - Judy Ann Nock - Adams Media

Cunningham’s Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs: Expanded and Revised Edition - Scott Cunningham - Llewellyn Publications

I made a crystal grid and moon phase tracker tonight. I used A paint your own mandala from dollar general that I painted over black with blue and splatter some blue, purple, and white on it. I used metallic craft marker for the grid lines and moon stickers for the moon, I had to doctor them up a bit to make it work. Now for a clear coat of poly and then all done.

Y’all the witchcraft you could do with this!!!! The deity work!! The protection spells!! 🤩

Eucalyptus Correspondences

latin: eucalyptus globules

properties: protection, purification, money, healing

duality/gender: passive/feminine

elements: air, water

planets: moon, mercury, venus

day of the week: wednesday

astrology signs: pisces, cancer

WARNING: Eucalyptus can not be consumed. Taking 3.5 mL of undiluted oil can be fatal. Even applying too much to the skin and absorbing large amounts is dangerous. (Use it very lightly, dilute it, or use a humidifier.) Signs of eucalyptus poisoning might include stomach pain and burning, dizziness, muscle weakness, small eye pupils, feelings of suffocation, and some others. Eucalyptus changes how many medicines break down in the liver. Eucalyptus should not be applied to the face, especially the nose, of infants and young children. Avoid using it in infants.

Eucalyptus will: Help with all forms of healing, protect your home, enhance your financial success

The plant: Eucalyptus is native to Australia, Africa, India, and southern Europe. It is a very fast-growing tree with leathery leaves that contain an aromatic oil. When the flowers bud, they’re covered with a cup-like membrane, which drops off when the flowers open. The fruit are also cup-shaped and contain numerous tiny seeds.

Magical properties: The dried flowers make a powerful stuffing for poppets to be used for healing, emotional, spiritual, and physical ailments. Sprinkle the oil around the inside of your home to raise the spiritual vibration and dispel any residual negative energy. If you’re feeling financially strapped, rub the oil on your money to ensure abundance. To ward off illness, hand the dries leaves over your front door. If you sleep with the leaves under your pillow, they will induce sweet dreams and prevent colds.

Medicinal uses: Eucalyptus oil is one of the most powerful antiseptics. It’s also believed to increase cardiac strength. When the oil is added to boiling water, the steam helps break up a chest cold.

sources:

The Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia of Magical Plants, Revised: A Practical Guide to Creating Healing, Protection, and Prosperity Using Plants, Herbs, and Flowers, page 188 https://www.groveandgrotto.com/blogs/articles/magickal-uses-of-eucalyptus https://vayas-witchcraft-and-spiritual.tumblr.com/post/111340109875/herbplant-eucalyptus https://witchygypsymomma.com/2021/01/20/digging-deeper-into-eucalyptus/ https://plentifulearth.com/day-week-magickal-correspondences/

Herbal preparations

The Decoction:

Solution obtained by boiling the plants in a covered saucepan for twelve to thirty minutes, then strained.

The Infusion:

Solution obtained by pouring boiling water over the chopped plants and then filtering.

Herbal teas:

Solution obtained from infusion of decoction or maceration prepared with a lot of water and very few plants.

Maceration:

Solution obtained by leaving the plants in contact with cold water, wine or oil for a few hours, a few days, or a few weeks.

The sirup:

Solution obtained by adding a large amount of sugar, up to 70%, to the infusion or decoction.

The Poultice:

Paste containing oils, starches, mucilages which are generally applied hot to the skin.

The Balm:

Fragrant resin that flows from certain plants, by extension, fatty preparation for external use that calms pain or heals.

The Ointment:

Perfumed oil based on the aromatic essence of plants.

The dye:

Solution obtained by macerating between 5 and 10 days one part of dried medicinal substance, reduced to powder in 4 parts of alcohol.

Medicinal Wines:

Solutions obtained by pouring wine over the plants in a glass container, letting the whole thing macerate and shaking it from time to time, then filtering it.

The Essential Oil:

Volatile aromatic substance obtained from plant raw material either by steam distillation preferably at low pressure or by a dry distillation process called pyrogenation, more precisely the essential oil is considered as the distilled essence of the plant and has the advantage of not containing any fatty substance.

Floral Water:

Or Hydrolat, is the condensed water vapor resulting from the distillation of an aromatic plant and / or a flower which naturally separates from the essential oil at the exit of the still and which is charged with molecules aromatic during distillation, rich in versatile active ingredients. Floral water has an aromatic molecule concentration varying between 0.05 and 0.1%. It complements and reinforces the action of the essential oil, thus allowing safe use.

The Extract:

These are aqueous or alcoholic macerations that are more or less concentrated by evaporation, in this way thick or solid fluid extracts are obtained.

Fresh Juice:

The fresh juice is obtained from crushed and pressed fresh plants. The juice obtained is put in the fridge for a day to let it settle and then it is filtered.

The powder:

Shade-dried plants are finely cut and then pulverized in a mortar. These single plants or in a mixture are sold in sachets (infusette) to make herbal teas that do not need to be strained.

Grimoire of Plants

Airmid

Plants consecration ritual

Stang by wicca witch

Bundle for fire by druidisme des haies

Haw to prune your herbs by little witchy gardeen

The sacred trees of beltane by druidisme des haies

Druid trees of power by druidisme des haies

Witch ball

Little witchy tricks

All about 24 wand woods

Tea craft your witch's brew

Brew recipes

Basic colors correspondences by safety-pin-witch

Magical Waters

Herbs and their uses in witchcraft

Magical Powders

Herbs in kitchen for green magic

kitchen witchery poster

Herbs for protection

Herb and Flora properties

Magical Oils

Essential Oils for spriritual protection

Gemstones and their meanings

Protective jar for the house

Magic bottle for the protection of home, property and people

Magic candles

Mama Bree's magical powders

How to make a spell jar

Irish healing water spell

Spell jar ingredients and wax sealing poster

Magic Oils for the sabbaths and flying Oitments

Sabbats :

Litha - Midsummer

Sacred herbs of Midsummer

Agrimony

Angelica

Absinthe - Wormwood

Bay leaves

Beladonna

Cloves

Garlic - Wild Garlic

Honey therapeutic properties

Magic Honey (and 2 spell jar

Laurel

Lilac

Fern (Male and Eagle)

Mandrake

St john's Wort

Verbena

I buy small jars and cut old wine corks into corks that fit!

Lilacs

Today I picked lilacs which are EVERYWHERE around where i live. Im drying them out right now to get them ready to make oil! With the oil ill be making a skin care cream! Heres what Ill do Steps: 1. Let lilacs dry for about a week or so 2. put dried lilacs and base oil (such as olive, sunflower, etc) in a jar and let it sit for about a month, shaking every day 3. Use oil (i prefer with herbs still in) mixing with bees wax (a base for creams and lotions, etc). 4. Put aloe vera in the cream and there ya go!. Both aloe and lilac are good for skin conditions and sunburns. Such as rashes, sunburns, acne and many more! I’ll update as things progress! Geez by the time i finish… Ill have TONS of cream/lotion/what ever