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[lailoken]

is there a good spell for finding a new apartment & moving in going well?

Those are really two separate aims, so I would suggest the employment of more than one working—one for the finding of a domicile, and another to aid with moving into it smoothly.

In regards to finding a new home:

On the evening of a Newborn Crescent Moon, anoint a candle with Benison Oil and fill a cooking vessel with approximately one cup’s worth of Sesame Oil.

Light the candle and steadily bring the oil to a low simmer, before going on to add—in order—a Snail Shell, Hearth ash, Cinnamon, Dittany, Vitex, a Lodestone, and finally, a Metal Key (the more the key has been used, the better.)

At this point, begin to create a makeshift broom-whisk by winding together dried Wheat Stalks with a durable Green Cord. As you wind and secure the whisk, focus acutely on manifesting your intentions and wishes, pouring out your will into every turning and knotting of the cord. When this has been satisfyingly constructed, bring your cauldron to a boil and stir the contents dextrally with your whisk 27 times while stoking your Inner Flame. Thereafter, hold it aloft the the cooking vessel and recite a simple Orison;

“In the name of the Dodman—

Cardinal of Below,

Emissary of Verdure,

and Cultivative Warden of the Bower—

I sanctify and ratify the working of this Cantrip.

By the helical sanctuary of your Shell, so be it.”

Conclude by using the candle to ignite the whisk, and letting the ashes fall and integrate into the rest of cauldron’s contents, then snuff the candle in the mixture and transfer it to a sealable glass vessel. Allow it to steep for fourteen days, before burying the contents beneath your front step or gate on the evening of the Full Moon, offering a fumigation of Mint Blossoms as you do (barring that, use Ivy and Mint together.)

In regards to magic that will help with moving in:

It’s quite a lot simpler, but fastening a newly made copy of your House Key to a Stone Arrowhead (any kind of stone will do,) fumigating them with Dragon’s Blood smoke under the light of a Full Moon, and hanging the resultant amulet from the inner lintel of your front door should help promote ease while moving in.

[lailoken]

‘Desires and Good Fortune’

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“Moon Customs for Good Fortune

The West Country folk have long held faith in the ability of the moon to impart virtue, blessing and fecundity. There are preserved small and simple rites and taboos surrounding the moon, observed in order to ensure good fortune and its preservation.

Upon first catching sight of the new moon, one should turn money in one's pocket before curtseying three times to her. It is also fortunate to go outside and bathe in the virtue of the new moon. Tradition warns us though that to look upon the new moon, and the full, through glass is to be avoided as a bringer of ill-luck. In the event of this happening, the situation can be remedied by going outside in order to look at the moon over one's shoulder.

Pocket Charms for Good Fortune

To draw to one fortunate influences, various items may be carried as beneficent charms within the pocket according to West Country tradition. One such charm may be made by keeping the tip of a boiled cow's tongue, which should be preserved by allowing it to dry and carried to draw good fortune and luck.

The sensual snail has long been held to be a creature of fecund, potent, and blessed virtue, and their spiral form shells are desired charms. Most fortunate of all is a distinctly striped snail shell, which, upon finding, is to be immediately pocketed as a personal lucky charm.

It is quite understandable that the ancient and useful coal should be regarded as an amulet of good fortune, comfort and prosperity. This chthonic gift that fuels the fires of our progress and sustenance is to be kept in the coin purse as a charm for luck and prosperity, or else it is also fortunate, upon its finding, to spit upon the specimen before throwing it over one's right shoulder.

As a charm to guard against poverty, the following sign must be inscribed and carried within the pocket or within the purse:

The Toad Blessing

Upon taking residence in a new property, there is a West Country ritual employing the toad to make the new occupation a fortunate one. A fine black (dark) toad is to be carried to the front door of the property and solemnly brought through the house and out of the rear door. Here, in the garden of the property, the creature is set free to dwell and care is given to seeing that its needs are met and comforts provided. The presence of the black toad will bestow blessings of good fortune upon the property and its inhabitants, as well as ensuring a fruitful garden.

Blessing by Grave Dust

The Cornish practitioner will visit the churchyard under the cover of night, and there, at the arrival of midnight, they shall gather grave dust within a properly conjured circle, and with the aid of the familiar spirits. The dust must then be baked within an iron vessel over a fire and, at its cooling, be ground finely into a powder. This is then to be placed to keep within a covered bowl, or a lidded box, and throughout all the operations of the substance's preparation, the virtues of blessing and fecundity are to be worked into it by will and by spirit. When called to the work of blessing, under a moon of increase, the practitioner may carry the vessel in a dextral circle about the item, creature, person, or place to receive the influence, casting all the while pinches of the grave dust to impart blessings of fecundity, good fortune, strength, and growth.

To Obtain One's Desires

From Somerset we have a charm, which may be inscribed and worn as well as recited, to obtain all that one desires:

"Sator, arepo, Tenet, opera, Rotas,

Jah, Jah, Jah,

Gnom Jah, Jah, Jah, Rethur,

Gehuvah, Siphereh, megach, Hod,

Yesod, Malkush, amalium,

Jouae, Juest, Shadrach,

Mislach, abedinego,

Be ye all present in my aid,

And for whatsoever I shall

Desire to obtain."

Fire Charms for the Desires of Love

To bring back an errant lover into the fold of the relationship, the client is to be instructed to go to their hearth where a good fire is to be lit. There, upon the hearth, a mixture is to be prepared of the Dragon's Blood resin, quicksilver, and of sulphur. This potent mixture is, upon the arrival of midnight, to be cast into the fire to conjure the lover's return. The client desiring that their love for another is returned may be instructed to work the following charm at their hearth. Upon cleaning and preparing a fish, remove and keep its heart. Cut from a piece of paper the shape of a heart and write upon it of your love. Take up the heart of the fish, and wrap it with care within the inscribed paper heart; at every fold sticking it with a pin. This pin-stuck charm is then to be placed within the very hottest part of the hearth fire so that the one you desire shall feel for you the pricks of love.

Also for love, the following square may be inscribed, and speaking of those to be joined by its influence, the sign shall be enclosed within a small bag of silk to be carried by the one who desires the operation to come to fruition:

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The Black Toad:

West Country Witchcraft and Magic

Pt. 2: ‘Old Mother Red-Cap’

by Gemma Gary

[lailoken]

Benison Oil

For Rites and Rituals of Cultivation

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This recipe entails the steps necessary for the creation of an oil meant for use in rites of blessing, cultivation, and/or luck.

On the evening of a New Moon, combine together in a sealable vessel:

3 parts Blessed Milkthistle ,

1 parts Mint Blossoms,

3 parts Pearlwort,

2 part Clover,

1 part Wild Plantain,

3 parts Fern,

& 13 parts Safflower Oil.

Seal the mixture and then place it atop, or secret it within the hollow of, a Nurse Log. A Garden may also servevvas a suitable location for steeping. Before taking your leave, recite over it an Orison to the Snail, who oversees the Arcanum of Cultivation;

“In the name of the Dodman—

Cardinal of the Wild,

Emissary of Verdure,

and Fertile Warden of the Bower—

I sanctify and ratify the working of this Oil.

By the Helical Sanctuary of Your Shell,

Sīe”

On the third and final day of the Full Moon cycle, reopen the vessel and strain the contents of the mixture, before bottling the oil and storing it for later use in a shaded spot. Retain the materials from the oil, and take them to an old tree on a Sunday, along with a libation of Mead. Give thanks, aloud, to the wights of that place and the spirit of that tree, before digging a hole at its base and placing the remnant materials within it. Pour out the Libation over the residual materia and fill in the hole with earth again, then leave the site of the burial without looking back.

Thereafter, the oil can be utilized in a wide variety of ways relating to blessing, cultivation, and/or luck.

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