Color of the day: Coral Incense of the day: Orchid Assemble the ingredients of your soup ahead of time. Divide the ingredients into four groups. Potential ingredients and their elements are: Air: Beans, endive, sage, lemongrass, mace, marjoram, chicory Fire: Peppers, almost anything hot and spicy, carrots, onion, rosemary Water: Water, broth Earth: Salt, barley, corn, potatoes, oats, turnips, beets With an athame, cast a circle around your kitchen, saying: "In this sacred space Only good may enter. All that is cooked here is blessed. So be it." Point your athame at each group of ingredients in order, saying: "I consecrate these things of (air/fire/ water/earth) to bless and balance this soup with (intelligence/passion/love/ abundance). So be it." When you have finished cooking, close the circle, saying: "The circle is now ended. The goodness remains. Blessed be." Leave the first portion outdoors as an offering of thanks for the blessings to be received. |