Potions Lab

A Chicago Witch with a passion for potent potions.

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Madison Pagan Pride posts

I had a tone of fun! I was able to take a couple workshops from Selena Fox. Ate some great vegan food. And one of the vendors I met was @potionslab!

Unfortunately I couldn’t take any photos because my phones camera isn’t working at the moment…

So later tonight, meaning when my kiddos go to bed lol, I’ll be making a post (per vender) promoting the vendors I loved! I’ll tag them with #MadisonPaganPride

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So glad you had fun! Keep in touch!

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Protection Potion Kits

We founded the @twistedbroomstick​ back in 2017 with the intent of making magic fun again. We wanted to encourage Witches to get up out of their seats, roll up their sleeves, and start practicing magic! Just over a year later, we are happy to see the momentum behind our spell kits is doing just that for Witches all over. 

One kit in particular relates directly to the content of this blog - the Protection Potion Spell Kit. This kit has everything you need to brew a protection potion from the comfort and privacy of your own home, including detailed instructions for the magical construction of the brew. Literally, just add water.

Check out the Protection Potion Spell Kit by clicking here. For those that have an interest in diving deeper into potioncraft, this kit will offer a step in the right direction.

Happy Brewing!

The Protection Potion Spell Kit can be found here. 

[malliwaybros]

Working on our first book from The Twisted Broomstick! Excitinggg

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While this won’t be a book fully dedicated to potions, it will contain a good amount of recipes and formulas we have grown fond of along with a hefty selection of additional spells and workings for a multitude of purposes. Super excited to finish it! @twistedbroomstick

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A Guide to *EDIBLE* Potion Bases (based on the post by potionslab!)

Ok so there’s this absolutely wonderful post going around by @potionslab about potion bases and their correspondences!! It’s a great post!! A wonderful post!! an excellent post!!!

It has all kinds of potion bases and it’s so informative!! However, some of the bases on the list aren’t consumable, and there are quite a few drinks missing. So I thought I’d add to the list the other consumables.

Note that this is a list of safe, consumable potion bases. If you want some non-consumable bases, read the original wonderful post!

This is all based on the correspondences in the original post, with some of my own correspondences and those I’ve learned from others. And it’s alphabetical because yay OCD.

I really hope this doesn’t make me look like a thief, I just really want a list of purely consumable potion bases, please don’t be angry :c

**= Alcoholic *= Sometimes alcoholic

(Note that juices and sodas can be interchangeable in most cases)

Apple Juice: Healing, knowledge, love, youth

Beef Stock: Strength, safe land travels

**Beer: Slumber

**Bumbo: Healing, vitality, curing seasickness

Cherry Soda: Lust, love

Chicken Stock: Safe air travels, healing, curing fear of heights

Chocolate Syrup: Sweetening situations

*Cider: Celebration, new beginnings, home & hearth,

Clam Juice: Lust, love

Coconut Milk: Spiritual/Magical cleansing

Coffee: Speed, prosperity, luck, here’s some other correspondences!

Cola: Sweetening situations, quick dissolving destruction

Cranberry Juice: Love, romance

*Eggnog: Celebration, home & hearth

Fish Stock: Safe sea travels

**Gin: Protection, spiritual cleansing, banishing, exorcism, curse-breaking

Ginger Ale: Health, healing, recovery, vitality

Grape Juice: Abundance, prosperity

Grapefruit Juice: Bittering situations, vitality

**Grog: Healing, vitality, curing seasickness, prosperity, luck

Ham Stock: Abundance, fertility

Honey: Sweetening situations, slowing

Hot Chocolate: Sweetening situations, dreams, slumber, calming

Ice: Transforming

Lamb Stock: Purification, youth

Lemon Juice: Hexing, cursing, revenge, souring

Lemon-Lime Soda: Vitality

Lime Juice: Vitality

Maple Syrup: Abundance, prosperity, sweetening situations

Milk: Slumber, peace, dreams, motherhood

Molasses: Slowing situations, sweetening situations

Moon Water: Depends on the moon phase associated

Olive Oil: Peace, tranquility, youth

Orange Juice: Healing, success, vitality

Pineapple Juice: Abundance, fidelity, security

Pomegranate Juice: Love, lust, marriage

Prawn Stock: Growth, weakness

**Red Wine: Love, lust, death, the afterlife, necromancy

Root Beer: Healing, good fortune, cleansing, grounding

**Rum: Spirit work, abundance, death, the afterlife, necromancy

**Sake: Purification, spirit work, cleansing, prosperity, grounding

Soda Water: Joy, humor

Soy Sauce: Protection, good fortune, healing

Strawberry Soda: Love, friendship, happiness

Tea: Depends on the kind of tea

Tequila: Healing, cleansing

Tomato Juice/Sauce/Ketchup: Healing, love, death, illness

Vanilla Extract: Passion, calming, dream work

Vegetable Stock: Growth, healing

Vinegar: Cleansing, purification

**Vodka: Banishing

Water: Good overall base, cleansing

**Whiskey: Banishing, cleansing

**White Wine: Love, friendship, success

And I think that’s it. For the most common drinks, that is. 

Be sure to reblog with any of your own correspondences and be absolutely sure to reblog the original wonderful post!!!

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Awesome!! Let’s keep this theme going!!

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The Ultimate Guide to Potion Bases

We all spend so much time thinking about the correspondences of the actual ingredients that go into our potions that we often forget to think about what the potion base represents! (At least I do.) It would be nice to have a list of all the various liquids that can be used in place of water. Naturally, I can’t think of everything but I think this is a pretty good starting point! What else can be used? Eventually, at some point down the road, I will compile all these thoughts into a book on potion making and want to include this! Keep in mind that these are my own correspondences. Let me know if you disagree or if you’d change anything up! Let’s see how big we can make this list. Also, I should probably note that not all of these liquids can be ingested. (Obviously.)

The List

Vinegar: Used for cleansing and purification potions.  Lemon Juice: Used in hexing, cursing, or revenge potions.  Cranberry Juice: Used in love potions. Apple Juice: Used in healing, knowledge, and youth potions.  Ammonia: Used in banishing, cursing, purification, and protection  Red Wine: Love potions and potions dealing with death and the afterlife.  White Wine: Used in platonic love potions as well as success brews.  Rum: Used in potions involving spirit work.  Whisky: Another good base for potion work.  Vodka: A good base for work involving rapid banishing.  Laundry detergent: Good for cleansing potions.  Oils: Used to speed up a process.  Molasses: Used in potions intended to slow a situation down.  Rubbing Alcohol: Another good base for cleansing and purification. Hydrogen Peroxide: Used in healing potions.  Milk: Used in potions to promote sleep and peace.  Sour Milk: Used to cause nightmares or in potions designed to torment. Orange Juice: For potions of solar importance, healing, success.  Soda Water: Used in potions designed to encourage laughter and giddiness.  Ginger Ale: Used in health or healing potions.  Olive Juice: Used in peace potions.  Honey: Used in potions to sweeten up another’s disposition. Syrup: Used in abundance and prosperity potions.  Beer: Used in potions intended to induce slumber.  Clam Juice: Used in aphrodisiacs.  Cough Syrup: Used in healing potions and to make someone ‘cough it up.’ Soy Sauce: Used in protection potions. (Thanks Lexa Rosean for this one!) Pineapple Juice: Used in abundance potions and fidelity potions.  Coconut Milk: Used in spiritual and magical cleansing potions.  Ice: Solid first, then melted for transformation potions. Coffee: Really, a potion in and of itself in my book. Vanilla Extract: In small amounts, used in passion potions. Witch Hazel: Used in communication and cleansing potions.

What else can you all think of?

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Anna Riva – Just a Bit of Black Magic

Anna Riva was the pen name of a well-known Witch, author on various magical topics, and manufacturer of a plethora of magical supplies. She immersed herself in her craft and is probably most well-known for her hoodoo condition oils and little chapbooks on various magical topics. Her books, although short in page count, seem to contain more information than most books on comparable subjects published today! I recently picked up a copy of her book The Modern Herbal Spellbook, originally published in 1974. Skimming through the pages, we see several examples of magic crafted by use of various aqueous concoctions. Although the intent of these concoctions may be questionable to some, it is refreshing to see magic being used for things other than self-love or blessing! It just goes to show that there really is two sides to everything.

To cause death by enchantment, place into a jar some vinegar, a guinea pepper, a wolves heart [possibly the folk name of an herbal ingredient], and the victim’s name etched on a piece of paper in Dragon’s Blood Ink. Close the jar and shake vigorously by the light of a black candle while saying:

(Name of Enemy), I curse thee unceasingly,

May your bones break painfully,

May your mind wander aimlessly,

May your skin rot in agony,

May your heart die in jealousy.

Bury the jar upside down in a graveyard and your victim will perish within thirteen days.

 Here is another spell to hide your infidelities. 

To make your spouse blind to your adultery, take two silver coins and wash them in a potion made from Solomon’s Seal for nine minutes. These must then be taken to an Undertaker’s parlor and set upon the closed eyes of a dead person. Remove the coins and carry them in a small drawstring bag. If you carry this bag, your deeds will go unseen.

[tattletalesister]

Thank you so much @twistedbroomstick ! Wonderful witchy things and quality stuff. Let’s do this. ;) xox

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One of our awesome spell kits! Thanks for the feedback! Enjoy! @twistedbroomstick

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The Potions of Elizabeth Pepper

Over the last few weeks, I’ve fallen [back] in love with the writings of the late Elizabeth Pepper, founder and publisher of the Witches’ Almanac. I can still remember being new to the Craft and cautiously reading my tattered copy of the almanac while walking through the hallways of my high school, in much the same way that Bonnie did during the early scenes of the movie The Craft. This almanac and the articles it contained fueled a lot of my own personal practice as well as the vision we had behind the launch of @twistedbroomstick, our very own magical supply company specializing in custom spell kits, powders, oils, charms, and other tricks for the practicing Witch. You can find links to our shop at the bottom of this post. Also, @twistedbroomstick will have an add in the next edition of the Witches’ Almanac so be sure to check us out!

Anyway, shameless plugs aside, I have a thing for collecting magical tomes. Ask anyone who has seen my library and they will tell you it’s bigger than most occult shops! Surprisingly, there were a few of Pepper’s works that were missing from my collection so naturally, I had to buy them. In her small chapbook entitled Love Charms, Pepper gives us a few examples of love potions that were either concocted by her or those with whom she practiced her craft or drawn from other obscure sources. Unfortunately, she does not provide much in the way of references, but there is still a certain charm in her writing that should be recalled by all who practice the Craft today. Always remember, a successful love potion must be attractive to the eye, aromatic, and pleasing to the taste. It should be prepared with great care and presented with delicacy and grace.

Potion 1: Apricot Love Liqueur

Crumble to a powder one handful of dried leaves of vervain. Dip seven dried apricots in honey and coat them with the powdered leaves. Steep the fruit in one cup of brandy for a complete moon cycle. Keep this in a glass jar with a tight lid and store it in a cool, dark and secret place. Shake occasionally. Strain three times and serve to your beloved in a small liqueur glass.

 Potion 2: Love-Apple Potion

According to Pepper, tomatoes were once referred to as the Love Apple. It is easy to see how they became associated with various forms of love magic. Take two cups of tomato juice and add to it a perfect bay leaf and a heaping tablespoon of dried basil leaves crumbled through your fingers. Chill. Enchant by making three clockwise circles over the juice using your hands then serve to you and your would-be lover in long stemmed glassed.

Potion 3: Enchanting Cocoa

Combine three tablespoons of cocoa and sugar in a small saucepan. Add three tablespoons of cognac and a dash of vanilla extract to form a syrup. Stir clockwise and then stir in enough milk to make two cups of cocoa. Heat over a low flame while stirring constantly and concentrating on your intention. Just before it boils, remove from the heat and whip to a froth with an egg beater. Serve in red or white mugs.

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Happy Brewing!

In the words of Elizabeth Pepper:

Smile, Witch. Laugh, Witch.

Take your powers back, Witch.

[malliwaybros]

Tarot Requests

I just got a new tarot deck that I love and want to get more used to it. But by now I’m all out of questions to ask the cards. So if anyone wants any free simple readings just message me a question and I’ll get right on it!

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Any spell requests?

Every year we like to take a little time off to travel and dive deep into some magic. We’re looking to exercise with as many spells as we can so we can keep ourselves sharp. Does anybody have any spell requests they’d want us to try because we’d love to give it a go!

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Brewing up some magic! This is the potion that will be used in our 2018 Witch Jars!

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The Twisted Broomstick, Chicago, Illinois. 21 likes · 2 talking about this. Your one stop shop for potions and powders, tricks and charms, serving Witches and Wizard since 1013 AD

We are back after our holiday break! Be sure to like our Facebook page to stay up to date on shop updates!

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Hey everyone! The @twistedbroomstick is a great little shop featuring hand made spells, potions, powders, and charms. They are actively vending at metaphysical themed events all over the country. Let’s help them generate additional awareness by following their Tumblr and liking their Facebook page. We need to support our small magical businesses owners, if not through buying their products then by helping spread awareness. 

Also, my inbox is filled with potion requests! I plan on getting back on these as soon as the holidays are over. Thanks! 

[malliwaybros]

Witch Bottle charms at The Twisted Broomstick.

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Everyone should follow the twisted broomstick!!

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Heyo! If you're still doing potion requests, could you please make one for strengthening friendships and/or creating new?

Absolutely! I will work on this!

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A Potion to Commune with an Animal Familiar

Working with spirit familiars is a common practice in many magical traditions. They act as guides, escorting Witches through the astral realms and aiding us in our magical workings. According to legend, familiar spirits can manifest themselves in animal form. When this apparition occurs, the Witch should take steps to strengthen the newly-formed bond. As the relationship between Witch and familiar develops, so too will the gifts they bestow.

@phat-lava requested a potion to commune with an animal familiar through dreams. To achieve this, I have written the following. As always, use caution when taking potions internally. Keep the #potionrequests coming!

Equipment Required

-          Boiling Crucible

-          Mortar and Pestle

-          Glass Vial

-          Measuring spoon

-          Wooden Spoon

-          Sieve

Ingredients Needed:

-          475ml Pomegranate Juice (2 cups)

-          44ml Absinthe (1 shot; available from any well-stocked liquor store)*

-          The skin of 1 red apple

-          1 fresh fig

-          1 tablespoon valerian root

-          ½ teaspoon poppy seed

-          13 rose hips

-          1 tablespoon of chamomile flowers, dried

-          1 teaspoon of honey

-          Essence of the animal spirit, optional (feather, fur, etc)

INSTRUCTIONS

1.        Heat the pomegranate juice over a high heat and bring to a boil.

2.       Lower the heat and bring the juice to a simmer then add the absinthe.

3.       Contribute the apple skin.

4.       Take the fresh fig and grind it into a fine paste using the mortar and pestle.           Contribute this to the brew.

5.       Raise heat and bring to a boil while stirring and concentrating on your                    intent. Allow it to boil for five minutes.

6.       Set the heat to its lowest setting and let the potion return to a simmer.

7.        Add the valerian root and continue simmering for five minutes.  

Make certain the potion is not allowed to return to boil after this point lest the properties of the valerian root are destroyed.

8.       Stir in the poppy seeds.

9.       Contribute the rose hips, one at a time, while concentrating on your intent.

10.     Add the chamomile flowers and simmer for five minutes.

11.      Contribute the honey, stirring vigorously to ensure it is well-blended into                the potion.

12.     If you have the animal essence, ensure it is clean then simply touch it to               the surface of the potion.

13.     Remove the potion from the heat and allow it to cool. Once cool, strain it             through a fine sieve.

14.    Pour off the potion into a small glass vial.

15.     Ingest the potion right before bed while concentrating on that which is                   sought: communion with your animal spirit. In @phat-lava’s case, this                   would be the raven.

*Nota Bene: for a non-alcoholic version, you can substitute one ounce of dried wormwood. 

ANALYSIS: Pomegranate and Absinthe (a wormwood derivative) have long been associated with the other world. Apples and figs also have spirit associations. Chamomile, valerian, rose hips, and poppy seeds all bring sleep. The animal essence can be used to heighten the strength of this working, but if your mind is strong enough, the animal essence isn’t required.

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Potion to Acquire a New Residence

Requested by @markandreid-trash

This potion-ritual can be used when working to acquire a new home or residence. Do not ingest. Keep the potion requests coming! This is a lot of fun for me! If you’ve already submitted a request, worry not! I will get to them all!

Supplies Needed:

-          Boling crucible

-          Glass vial

-          Small mojo bag

-          Fireproof dish (optional)

-          Sieve

Ingredients Needed:

-          A pint of water

-          A pinch of salt

-          A small stone from the desired dwelling

-          A teaspoon of dirt from the dwelling

-          An old key that has touched the lock of the dwelling.  

-          A jade leaf

-          A grain of rice for each housemate

-          A silver coin

-          A feather from a bird of flight

-          A personal item for each housemate (lock of hair, fingernail, drop of blood, or saliva)

Instructions 

1.       Bring the water to a boil.

2.       Contribute the salt.

3.       Add the stone from your desired dwelling.

4.       Add the dirt from the dwelling.

5.       Add the key

6.       Contribute the jade leaf.

7.       Add the silver coin.

8.       Contribute the rice.

9.       Add the feather.

10.     Last, add the personal item of each housemate.

Allow the brew to boil and bubble while concentrating on your goal. When the concentration can no longer be held in the mind’s eye, remove the brew from the fire and allow it to cool. Once cool, filter the liquid through the sieve into the vial and remove the stone, coin, and key and secure them in the mojo bag. Take the vial to the dwelling and use the potion to anoint the threshold. Leave behind the mojo bag with the stone, coin and key, taking care to hide it somewhere out of sight and out of mind. Turn away and do not look back.

If you are moving out of state and visiting the dwelling to carry out this potion-ritual isn’t possible, this working can still be carried out with ease. Write the address of the desired dwelling on a slip of paper and burn it. Contribute the ashes to the brew, saving a bit to rub into the key and the stone. A small portion of ashes can be mixed into a measure of dirt from any location and this used in place of dirt from your desired dwelling.

Analysis

The symbolism of the above mentioned potion ingredients are pretty obvious. First, the salt is a symbol of the earth which is manifestation and the ground on which we build our shelters. The key, dirt, and stone are all links to the home that is sought. The jade leaf is a common plant that is often kept in the home to encourage luck. A silver coin is added to ensure financial requirements for the home are satisfied. The grains of rice are added to keep each housemate from going hungry and the personal items are added to tie the home to those that seek it.