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This is a great ritual to do when you know you want to engage in new self-care practices but you're not sure which ones would be most powerful for you. To begin, relax and call on the Divine. Write the word Home on a piece of paper. Then ask yourself, "What area of my home can I bring into greater harmony?" Contemplate various areas of your home while checking in with your pendulum. When you get a "yes" answer, write the name of that area down. Ask for clarification as needed. (For example, ...
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 ...
In one of the subplots of The Merchant of Venice, Jessica (Shylock's daughter) elopes with Lorenzo. It's true love. In act 5, they are sitting together and gazing up at the sky. Lorenzo's speech is one of Shakespeare's most evocative:How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank!Here will we sit and let the sounds of musicCreep in our ears: soft stillness and the nightBecome the touches of sweet harmony.Sit, Jessica. Look how the floor of heavenIs thick inlaid with patines of bright gold: ...
There are times when we need clear communication and can't get it. If you are being iced out by someone or are getting the silent treatment, this spell can help you open up communication and get things moving. You will need the following items: A glass-encased white candle A felt tip pen (for writing on the candle's glass) A small bowl of olive oil A pinch of dried deer's-tongue or peppermint A pinch of dried rose petals Using the felt tip pen, write the word Communication around the ...
