A Healing Spell

A Spell For Healing Light

You will need:
A Blue Candle


Directions:


Visualize the person who needs healing. When the picture is clear in your mind, target the area of disease and color it bright red in your mind. Now, visualize tiny workers with buckets of soft green paint, brushes and rollers. Hold the picture until the workers completely cover the affected area with green. Then open your eyes and chant:


"I hold you in my heart and wrap you in my love.
My circle of protection descends now from above.
And as I send this energy, all pain shall disappear.
And all the disease shall dissipate and shrivel up in fear.
The emptiness I now replace, with fresh vitality, so you shall thrive upon the earth in laughter, love and glee.
Brightest blessings and good health, my friend,
Encase you from now on.
I ask that They watch over you and keep you well and strong."


Let the candle burn all the way out.

House Cleansing Spell

Take a large bowl of sea salt and sprinkle a pinch or two over the exterior doorways and windowsills of your home. Make certain you get each and every one.Choose the room that has the strongest negative feel to it. Light a white candle. In a large fire proof bowl combine the following:


~ 1 tablespoon powdered garlic
~ 1 tablespoon peppermint
~ 1 tablespoon ground clove
~ 1 tablespoon dried/powdered thistle 
~ handful or two of sweet grass, sage or dried oak leaves


Carefully light the mixture so that it smolders, giving off an aromatic smoke. Leaving the candle lit, carry the bowl in to each room and repeat the following:


"In the name of the Eternal Lady and Lord I bid thee part.
I consecrate and clear this space.
Let nothing but joy linger here."


When you have done each room, return to the first, set the bowl beside the candle and wait for the remaining mixture to burn out. Take the ash outside and sprinkle it over the grass/flowerbed/etc, thereby returning it to the Mother.

Hestia

Hestia was a goddess of hearth and fire,  Greek script lacks capital letters to distinguish names from objects so Hestia meant literally the "hearth" the center of the home kitchen and the keeper of the flame. Hestia's consecrated hearth could be found in the center of each and every temple honoring one of the other many differing Greek gods and goddesses..as well as being found in each and every home in Greece. Hestia was the first-born of the Olympian goddesses and her power extended over altars, hearths,therefore all prayers and sacrifices began or ended with praying and sacrificing to Hestia. 


She was the guardian of the innermost things, placed her higher in importance than any other deity that was  honored at each celebration. Her sacrifices were sweet wine and food burned in the flames of the fireplace. From every cooked meal the household they laid a portion of that meal on the hearth or burned it in the flames as a sacrifice. Her sacrifices also were first fruits, water, oil, and year-old cows.

~Gems and stones: gold, silver, brass, garnet, amethyst


~Herbs: basil, bay, oregano, marjoram, mint, sage, spearmint, rosemary, thyme, savory, fennel, coriander, parsley, dill, anise, hyssop.


~Colors: lavender, gold, rose, silver, black

Although we may not celebrate her as the ancient Greeks once did, here are a few ways that we can honor and invite Hestia into our homes...Create an altar to Hestia in your kitchen or where ever you consider the "heart" of your home. Place a few items that correspond to Hestia in this area... a few dried herbs maybe a small statue with a few stones. Try lighting a white candle and invoke Hestia by asking her to keep the home fires burning and ask for her blessing and protection of your home and loved ones who dwell within.


Most of all, take care of yourself because if you honor yourself in this way, you can care for your loved ones and your home so much easier.


  

Serenity Sunday

in·cite (in sīt′)

transitive verb incited -·cit′ed, inciting -·cit′·ing

* to urge to action; stir up; rouse: to spur on.

(from Merriam-Webster dictionary)

My List:


1.) My kids


To those who have ...


2.) Those who have inspired me...

3.) Those who have made me think...


4.) Those who have caused me to question...


5.) Those who have moved me to tears


6.) Those who have dared me to dream...


7.) Those who have told me I could...


8.) Those who have helped me along the way...


9.) Those who have given me insight...


10.) Those who have made me angry...


Thank you, for without you, I would not be who I am today.

Serenity Sunday

Food has magical properties – both in its nutritional value, but more importantly in how it makes us feel when we eat it. Living in a magical household means paying attention to the every day activities in our lives. When we go into the kitchen and prepare food it turns into an act of love for ourselves and our families – and it is magic.

We turn ordinary ingredients into fabulous meals using wooden spoons and spatulas as our wands. We perform simple alchemy to change base materials into “gold”. All good cooks know they are magicians in the kitchen, but for Pagans this daily work is as important as casting spells in the sacred circle.

A simple blessing I use before meals:

Blessings upon this food...

Blessings upon this family...

Blessings upon all who need...

May no one hunger.

My List:

1.) My children

2.) Good friends

3.) Beautiful colors at sunset

4.) Yorkshire pudding

5.) My t.v. remote

6.) A hot bath

7.) The smell of lavander

8.) Small pots of herbs growing on my porch

9.) Loreena McKennit

10.) Rainbow trout

A Blessing For My Tea

When I have a pot of tea, especially when I feel like I need to recharge my magical batteries so to speak, I like to light a few candles, some incense and soothing music and use this blessing......


BLESSING OF HERBS

With the tip of your athame touching the Herbs, intone this blessing:

Thou has grown by favor of the Sun,
The Moon, and of the dew.
I make this intercession, ye herb:
I beseech thee to be of benefit to me and my rite,
For thy virtues are unfailing.
Thou art the Dew of all the Gods,
The Eye of the Sun,
The Light of the Moon,
The Beauty and Glory of the Sky,
The Mystery of Terra.
I purify thee so that whatever is wrought by me with thee may,
In all its powers,
Have a good and speedy effect with good success.
Be purified by my prayer and be powerful!
So mote it be!

When water is hot enough, place the herbs in the Tea Pot and add water from the brewing dish, give it a couple of stirs.While the tea is steeping, intone this Prayer:

Earth Mother
Giver of life
Strengthen me during my life-long strife.
Teach me Your ways of perfect love,
Peace, and wisdom true.
Spawn from my purest heart
These words to You
May this prayer help me to better
Myself in word and deed,
To a higher plane I shall succeed.
Beautiful Light of Goodness Fair
Lore of old we both do share
A Witch's brew, I drink to You
My love for You, by day, by night
In thought and in sight
Will my soul learn
The meaning of this life again.

I thank the goddess and say blessed be, then I sit down and enjoy my fresh brewed nectar.