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Here is a spell to protect our children from hate speech and crimes. Gather your coven (or work alone). Bring your children's favorite stuffed animals and a package of confetti. Cast your circle. Set a chair in the center, and as you place each stuffed animal on the chair, speak the child's name and your intention to protect the child with divine love and blessings. Sprinkle confetti over the stuffed animals and say:Let this confetti be blessed.Let it be strong.Let it touch our childrenwith ...
Juneteenth is an emotionally charged celebration of freedom from enslavement. Understandably, it is a time when anger and other feelings may arise. With all that we hold inside, it is a great day to get busy and manifest something with meaning, like an altar. Start by laying a red (for our blood), black (for the Black people) and green (for Mother Nature) cloth(s) on a table or mantel. Then collect the Earth's gifts respectfully and with great care: 5 pink carnations (for healing and ...
Hawthorn is one of the two flowers of May. It is a flower of hope and matters of the heart. Gather a handful of dried hawthorn flowers from your tree (if you're lucky enough to have one nearby) or from your magickal stash. Set aside. Light a charcoal on a fireproof surface and let it turn white-hot. Place the dried flowers in your dominant hand. Thank your flowers for working with you today. Place your hands together in prayer pose. Rub them together vigorously and let the petals drop onto the ...
Today is the National Day of Prayer. On this day millions of people may offer their prayers for guidance and leadership. As magickal people, the word prayer may not be a word we are comfortable using. However, the words affirmation and incantation carry the same intention. Some may find that using those words is a better fit for their practices. Many of us, as magickal practitioners, embrace a higher power, contrary to what others may think it means to be "Pagan." As people who embrace and ...
