Food Magic 101: The Wooden Spoon
In celebration of the publication of my very first book the next few weeks will be dedicated to food magic. While I did cover the basics of what it is, I feel that my favorite branch of witchcraft ought to be covered more thoroughly.
So today we are going to start with the most basic tool in your food magic repertoire…the spoon! Note: I am not talking about this guy:
In food magic a practitioner supplements the wand for the spoon. This everyday implement is what you can (and often will) use to connect yourself to your recipe and the food that you create.
How to Choose a Spoon:
Your spoon can be of any material that you want it to be. If yours is made of plastic, metal, or a food safe silicon that is perfectly alright. I will, however, be focusing on wooden spoons because they are what I know best, and what I find the easiest to work with. Wooden spoons are soft enough that they keep your dishware safe and are perfectly safe so long as you keep them clean (you know, like every other piece of your kitchen)
The first factor in choosing your spoon is to find out what it’s made of. Some woods are better than others, and some are only good for specific things. If you can ante up and buy from a local craftsman, I’d say do it. If you can’t that’s totally okay. Just try and figure out what your tool is made of and do some research.
*Note: I have a drafted post on woods and their magical correlations incoming. So if you don’t have a source for that, check back here later on this week.
How to Cleanse and Bless a Spoon:
Your kitchen spoon is as important to your food magic as your wand, athame, and boline are for your other crafts. It’s a little bit of all three wrapped into one and therefore require a bit of extra attention. When you first get your spoon you are going to want to bless your spoon.
You will need:
-Hot Water
-A heat safe dish long enough or seep enough to submerge your spoon.
-Olive Oil (about a tsp)
-Lemon
-Your spoon
-An herb of your choosing
I realize that the herb is a little vague, but here’s the thing. You may want to bless your spoon for a particular type of magic (divination, health/healing, inspiration, energy, ect) so do a little research into NON-TOXIC herbs and their magical correlations in order to bless your spoon for a specific way. If you are looking for a good all-around herb, I suggest using a salt and pepper mixture in place of the herb.
1) Clean your spoon of any tags, stickers, or visible debris using your hand.
2) First take the olive oil and smear with your fingers. Picture the oil pushing away any lingering energy from those who might have handled it before you. Not saying that other people touching your tools is gross, only that for cleansing you wanna do away with any lingering energies that aren’t…you know…yours.
3) Add the hot water to your heat safe dish.
4) Squeeze the lemon juice into the water
5) Submerge the spoon in the water, slowly cleaning the oil away with your fingers.
6) Set the spoon out on a towel to air dry. Preferably in a sunny spot.
7) When the spoon is dry place a tsp of your herb (or salt and pepper mix) unto the bowl of the spoon and allow to sit for a day or so. If you feel the inclination more it to your altar for this step.
8) Clean the herbs from the spoon (preferably outside) and use this new tool as you wish!
Spoon Correlations:
Energy Type: Feminine (Projectile)
Elemental correlation: Earth (subject to change upon the type of wood used)
Deities: All (often dependent on the wood and the symbols carved or burned on the wood surface)
Direction: North
Info: A magical spoon (like the wand that it resembles) is a tool used to bind and transfer energies from one item to another. By holding the spoon in your dominant hand and using it to stir food (clockwise) you invite energy from yourself into the item of your creation. But stirring counterclockwise you are banishing energy.
A wand also helps to bind items inside of a spell. By touching and moving items inside of a pot or pan it is bringing energy from one item into another until everything is mixed together.
Picture sources (if you are interested in buying a personalized wooden spoon from a reputable source) :
-https://www.etsy.com/listing/235239367/kawaii-cute-cat-cupcake-spoon-wood
-http://wildseawitch.weebly.com/personalised-wooden-spoons.html
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