#spell recipes

[witchcultureis]

i KNOW this spirituality shit works because i did a healing spell with Lord Apollon to clear out all the negative energy clogging my spiritual arteries and the second I lit the candle i not only felt immensely better but my talking stage started texting after two days of radio silence.

if you want to know the spell i did, it’s below the cut.

Ingredients:

Fire-safe dish

Lighter

Incense

Blue candle

Lavender

Ginger root

Elderberries

Osha root

salt

1. Cleanse your space.

2. Melt the bottom of your candle to your firesafe dish so it stands up on its own.

3. Around the outer edge of your dish, in a circle, place your salt. Say, “this is a barrier to protect my work from any negative energies that may interfere.”

4. In no particular order, dumb your herbs inside that salt circle. I like to dump them on top of the candle so they scatter around it decently well. This is casual tho, no one really cares

5. place your osha root specifically facing away from you. this is to flush out the negative energy and sending it careening away to where it can’t clog your pores anymore.

6. now is a good time to pray to any deities you worship. I asked Lord Apollon to watch over the spell and guide it to where it needs to be.

7. Light the candle with your intentions and spend a while with it. visualize what it looks like for you to flush out that negative energy. chant things like, “in (deity)’s name, i am free from the negativity plaguing me” and “may i rid myself of the negative energy around my soul”.

8. let the candle burn down. so mote it be.

[aesethewitch]

Learning to Cook Like a Witch: From Recipe to Spell

Cooking and spellwork have a lot in common. Just as a witch might craft a spell from disparate odds and ends, so too might a cook create a meal. It's not such a jump to consider that any food, no matter how simple, can become a spell.

In my practice, the thing that differentiates a mundane action from a magical action is the doing. If I'm doing something just to do it, it may have a magical effect. But if I do the same thing with the understanding that it may have that magical effect, it will have that effect.

Therefore, to go from recipe to spell is a simple act: Cook with purpose. The particulars are a bit more involved, of course, as most things often are as you become more advanced.

You have to know what your ingredients are for. When cooking, you can't just throw things together and expect them to taste good with no technique or thought. What does a particular ingredient add to the mixture? Is it for flavor? Does it add or change the texture? Does it bind the other ingredients together or provide a base to be added to?

The same idea applies to spellcrafting. You can't just throw random things together and expect it to work. There has to be a pattern, an understanding, a purpose to what you include. If your materials don't apply to your goal, how on earth will they work?

Success in spellwork comes from the intersection of purposeful doing and appropriate material selection -- just like in successful cooking.

The art of taking a recipe and turning it into a spell is rather simple when it comes down to it. It requires two fundamental cooking skills:

Recipe reading and comprehension

Understanding how and when to make substitutions

If you'd like the food you make to still taste good, as well, you have to also understand what various ingredients taste like. Rosemary and mint might both be good for cleansing or purification, but they taste so vastly different that replacing one with the other will wildly alter your food.

You've got to choose wisely and within the bounds of your tastebuds. Cooking up magic is no good if you can't eat what you make!

If you'd like to read the extended version of this post, including an inside look at my method for turning recipes into spells and an exclusive recipe, check out my Ko-Fi! For as low as a one-time contribution of $1, you can get extended and early access to my work.

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Learning to Cook Like a Witch: From Recipe to Spell

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[kitchenslattern]

I'm about to dive headfirst into writing and testing out a bunch of my own spell recipes, so I've been absolutely hoarding every soup, slow-cooker, and dessert recipe with interesting ingredients that I've come across, but I've also finally been feeling much, much better physically, and much more confident in my deity work with a flock of love and war goddesses - and Loki, for some reason - so, I've been planning loads of social engagements and dates at the same time, and it's all swirling up together. "Cinnamon Maple Brown Butter Blackberry Peach Crisp???" I yelled at my partner this afternoon, "Send me that link!!" I feel like there's some kind of potential there for a spell of deepening attraction for bi-curious babes with simultaneous protection against cis-het men. Do I need another witchy blog to separate out the recipes and the queer dating stories? Maybe!

[theflintwarlock]

To the one follower who is waiting patiently for my flint knapping post I will get on it soon 🖤

For now a recipe for good luck loose leaf tea:

2-3 apples (I make this when I'm making apple pie)

Cinnamon sticks

Some ground ginger (optional)

A bit of sugar

Black loose leaf tea (I use supermarket plain loose leaf tea as the base for this recipe, the nicer stuff does taste better but you're going to flavour it anyway so it doesn't really matter)

Preheat the oven to about 180c fan

1. Peel the apples in small-ish pieces, the apple peel is the star of the show here. Coat it with sugar and ground ginger if using, then place on a lined baking tray

2. Cover the peel with tea leaves and broken up pieces of cinnamon sticks (1-2 sticks, depending on how cinnamony you like it). This is where you say your good luck charm.

3. Wack it in the oven for at least half an hour, taking it out to mix and turn over the peel. You want the peel to be dehydrated but not burnt (browned is fine), the tea leaves should help soak up some of the liquid.

4. Take the tea out to cool down, and once cooled add to a sterilised jar or paper bag, whatever you store your tea in. Make sure to seal it to keep the flavour stronger!

1 table spoon makes a decent cuppa, 2-3 if you're making a pot. Mixing in some honey can be nice, but it tastes better without milk in my opinion.

[aesethewitch]

Spring Equinox Recipe Cards!

If you've been keeping up this week, I've been posting exclusive recipes all week long for the upcoming Spring Equinox (which is Tuesday, March 19!). Now, those recipes are recipe cards available for sale!

For only $8, you can get all four of the recipes I published this week on convenient, printable 5x7 recipe cards. Here's what they look like (purchased cards don't have the watermark):

Or, if you want the recipes but don't want to buy the cards, you can tip me on Ko-Fi to get access to the original posts! Plus, supporters get access to my entire backlog of articles and recipes, not just the ones I posted this week. Support helps me keep the lights on, since this is my full-time gig right now!

Spring Equinox Spread Recipe Card Digital Bundle - Aese the Witch's Ko-fi Shop

This bundle contains a digital download of four double-sided recipe cards in PNG form. Celebrate the Spring Equinox with roasted chicken, as

[aesethewitch]

It is time. The first set of my spell recipe cards are here! And they can be yours this Valentine's Day for the low, low price of $2.00! (Or more if you want to throw additional dollars at me!)

This set is the Love + Gratitude Recipe Card Duo. Now you can have my Sugar Cookie Fries and Pumpkin Pie Dip recipes in convenient 5"x7" cards! Show your favorite person (or people!) your love and appreciation with a sweet treat to share. Keep the cards digital or print them front and back, whatever you like.

And, in honor of the season of hearts and because I'm extremely grateful to everyone who has supported me so far, I'm offering a coupon code for all commissions over on Ko-Fi! Treat yourself with a special spell recipe written and tested just for you or order a tarot reading.

Enter code LOVE-AND-GRATITUDE at checkout or click here to get 25% off your next commission from me! This coupon's only active until 2/21, so take advantage while you can!

[kitchenslattern]

I think I must be like this, on a subconscious level, when I'm cooking or baking spell recipes for myself, because they consistently seem to attack my partner if I share any of the food, regardless of its purpose. He either finds the taste weird and off-putting, or experiences mystery gastrointestinal upset. And not only does that not happen to me, but that never seems to happen to him when I share my mundane cooking or baking. Nor does it happen if I cook or bake a spell recipe with the specific intention of sharing it. Intriguing.