The Hearth Witchery

This blog is here so I can share some of my spell recipes with you, and hopefully they prove useful. I'm a historian with a Master's, and I love researching, reading, cooking, and using scents/herbs to make candles, incense, tinctures, teas, and bitters. I'm hoping to share a little with you. ******** I now have a ko-fi! Find me at https://ko-fi.com/thecottagecraft or instagram: @sennasmagic

[witchkitch]

🌞Tuscan Summer Panzanella

3 cups torn Ciabatta** (abundance, prosperity, grounding) 6 tablespoons Olive Oil (healing, peace, protection) 2 tablespoons Red Wine Vinegar (protection, cleansing, banishment) 1 tablespoon Lemon Juice (warding, purifying, cleansing, healing) ½ cup fresh Basil (protection, love, abundance, purification) 1 tablespoon fresh Oregano (healing, luck, protection, love, happiness) Red Pepper Flakes (passion, warding, cleansing, protection) 1 Peach (protection, warding, love, longevity) 1 Nectarine (protection, warding, love, longevity) 1 Red Plum (love, protection, creativity, manifestation) 1 Tomato (love, romance, security) ½ cup Cherries (love, psychic strength) ½ cup Cherry Tomatoes (love, romance, security) 2 tablespoons toasted Pine Nuts (purification, prosperity, warding) 8 ounces Burrata* (manifestation, glamour, cleansing) Salt (cleansing, protection, banishment) Black Pepper (banishment, protection, warding)

(vegan.gf.sf) 🥄 Vegan* sub for soft fresh vegan cheese or 86 it GF** sub loaf of your choice

[birdygreythewitch]

hi! it’s been a million years since i posted on this blog.

i’ve recently been thinking about expanding my knowledge of kitchen witchcraft a bit and was wondering if anybody had book recommendations or anything to keep in mind?

[teawitch]

I feel like I just did this one recently. There are plenty of books out there, but I'd probably start with Arin Murphy Hiscock for an overall view point.

The House Witch: Your Complete Guide to Creating a Magical Space with Rituals and Spells for Hearth and Home - Arin Murphy Hiscock

Then perhaps

Skye Alexander - The Kitchen Witch: Your Complete Guide to Creating a Magical Kitchen with Natural Ingredients, Sacred Rituals, and Spellwork (House Witchcraft, Magic, & Spells Series)

A Kitchen Witch's Cookbook - Patricia Telesco. Telesco has been around forever which may be why I keep getting a 70s vibe from this one.

Now highly recommended but a bit pricey is Karen Ainsworth course on Kitchen Witchery. It's online (Karen lives in England) but gives everyone a chance to break away from books and social media and get hands on into their witchcraft. The course is only offered every couple of years or so but a new session starts in May.

Kitchen Witchery & Crafting for the Home - Temple of Witchcraft

9-month online course with High Priestess Karen Ainsworth starting May 2024 • $195 class fee online registration form Due to the amazing suc

[the-hearth-witchery]

Who doesn't loove a nice cup of soothing tea?

Long beloved by peoples everywhere it grows, Chamomile can be used as a tea to soothe anxiety, help bring sleep, or promote healing. You can add it to purification mixtures or even to attract money. 🍵

Of course, with any herbal tea, be sure to check all labels and warnings, as some may interfere with medications or irritate underlying conditions.

[the-hearth-witchery]

Even in the heart of winter, we long for nature's return. Hibiscus serves to remind us of long summer days.

Although it's often used as an ornamental, Hibiscus has always been so much more. Since ancient times, it has been used as an aphrodisiac and used in tinctures, sachets, or incense for such. Hibiscus also serves as a lovely tea or mocktail base. Some even steep the flower for aid in divination or dreams.

As with many herbal teas, please research or ask a physician before using in excess, and avoid during pregnancy. 🔮

[the-hearth-witchery]

Fruit of Persephone, honored in myth, pomegranate is a powerful, magical fruit. Its deep red color symbolizes love, fertility, and luck. 

Just like love, pomegranates take work, but oh how they prove their worth! You'll find them in myths and legends about temptation, the underworld, and birth. The leaves of the tree and the skin of the fruit have been used to attract wealth and luck. The abundance the pomegranate brings is the perfect addition to aid in your winter wishes.

[the-hearth-witchery]

Oranges

I can't remember a holiday season without oranges.

From clementines to navel oranges, they've shown up in stockings and gift bags. You can use the fruit and peel in a variety of cute and ingenous ways to bring a little sunshine to your long winter.

Oranges are fruits of love, luck, and good fortune, so is it any wonder we gravitate to them so much? Gift them as a show of your devotion, or a wish for prosperity. Use the blossoms to grace your home with beauty and wealth. Above all, enjoy!

[the-hearth-witchery]

Peppermint

Peppermint has always been one of my favorite additions to the winter season. Be it an essential oil added to a spell, or a dash of extract in some baked goods or coffee, it just brings a certain sense of Yuletide to my day.

Add peppermint to any spell or tincture to encourage healing and good spirits. You can use it to relieve headaches or even to strengthen your dreams. Of course, as part of the mint family, you can also use it for those correspondences in a pinch.

Happy tidings!

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Enjoy <3

ps. this is something i would offer to agriculture and chthonic deities.

@fiddlysticks recommends toasting walnuts first. Let's all try this!!! I think they're right on the flavor being amazing from toasting them.

[the-hearth-witchery]

Gingerbread

Made with ginger, clove, nutmeg, and cinnamon, Gingerbread packs a powerful aromatic punch. Is it any wonder that mix serves up just as much magic as well?

Be it crisp gingersnaps or soft loaves of Gingerbread cake, indulging in this treat during the Yule season will attract all manner of fantastic benefits to your home.

By creating Gingerbread ornaments or Gingerbread houses, we create magical talismans to help protect hearth and home and encourage wealth in the Midwinter. Sweeten with honey to strengthen loving bonds or enhance prosperity or top with vanilla icing for a similar effect.

Above all, enjoy the scents of the season!

Ginger: Love, Money, Success, Potency

Clove: Protection, Love, Money

Nutmeg: Luck, Money, Health

Cinnamon: Success, Healing, Power, Protection, Love

Vanilla: Love, Energy

Honey: Love, Prosperity

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Yule decorations

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[thespectralcottage]

Pumpkin Witchcraft

Keep carved pumpkins to scare away spirits and negative energy

Make pumpkin pies for abundance

Roast pumpkin seeds and put them in your money bowl

Add pumpkin spice to your coffee for abundance

Give a pumpkin to your deity as an offering

Offer a pumpkin to your home wards

Light pumpkin scented candles for abundance

Drink pumpkin tea before bed to protect you while you sleep

[oracle-fae]

[themirroredmoon]

Wine in Witchcraft - Meanings and Associations

Wine is generally associated with Happiness, Success, Love, Relationships, and Offerings. However, specific types can be broken down further and have more associations.

RED WINE (In General) Element: Earth Season: Winter Associations: Love, Warmth, Contemplation, Happiness, Success, Money, Passion, Health, Lust

[Cabernet Sauvignon] Tastes Like: Full-bodied, dark fruit flavors of blackcurrant (cassis), black cherry, blackberry with notes of green bell pepper, spice, tobacco, wood, and vanilla Element: Earth Associations: Grounding, Protection, Banishing, Strength, Energy, Lust, Fertility, Ancestors, Written Magic (Sigils)

[Merlot] Tastes Like: Soft/round, dark fruit flavors of black cherry, blackberry, plum, and raspberry layered with herbal notes and undertones of vanilla and mocha Element: Water, Fire Associations: Unity, Love, Passion, Self-Care, Protection, Healing, Prosperity, Sexuality, Sea Witchcraft, Water Magic

[Pinot Noir] Tastes Like: Delicate and fresh, complex flavors that include cherry, raspberry, mushroom and forest floor, plus vanilla and baking spice when aged in French oak Element: Earth, Air Associations:  Prosperity, Protection, Wealth, Success, Beauty, Passion, Glamours

[Shiraz] Tastes Like: Hearty, spicy, black pepper, black currant, clove, blackberry, plum, leather, tar Element: Fire, Earth Associations: Wealth, Banishing, Divination, Tech Witchcraft, Comfort, Mystery, Secrets, Endings

[Zinfandel] Tastes Like: Rich, zesty, raspberry, raisin, black cherry, blackberry, pepper Element: Earth Associations: Growth, Wealth, Plant Magic, Vigor, Stamina, Happiness, Love, Healing, Versatility 

WHITE WINE (In General) Element: Air Season: Summer Associations: Joy, Happiness, Love, Relationships, Friendships, Endings, Success, Energy, Purification

[Chardonnay] Tastes Like: Wider-bodied, light, velvety, apricot, mango, green apple, citrus, melon, vanilla Element: Water Associations: Peace, Emotions, Safety, Success, Happiness, Balance, Polarity, Purification, Mental Power/Abilities

[Moscato] Tastes Like: Sweet, acidic, fruity, grapefruit, musk, citrus, apricot, rose, caramel Element: Air Associations: Love, Mystery, Lust, Relationships, Fertility, Purity, Cleansing, Healing, Love Magic

[Pinot Grigio] Tastes Like: Crisp, dry, fruity, peach, pear, acidic Element: Air Associations: Rebirth, Endings, New Beginnings, Happiness, Reality, Creativity, Longevity, Divination (especially open-ended, like tarot)

[Riesling] Tastes Like: Steely, crisp, fresh, slightly sweet, pear, apple, peach, petrol, honey Element: Fire, Water Associations:  Energy, Movement, Growth, Rebirth, Love, Friendship, Attraction, Activity/Movement (dance, preparation, cleansing, etc)

[Sauvignon Blanc] Tastes Like: Herbal, grass, bell pepper, green apple, lime, gooseberry, jalapeno, melon, mango, black currant, passionfruit, peach Element: Air, Earth Associations: Love, Peace, Friendship, Companionship, Arts, Healing, Happiness, Joy, Spirit Work

ROSÉ WINE (In General) Element: Air Season: Spring Associations: Beginnings, Happiness, Excitement, friendship, New Romance, Love, passion, Playfulness, Relaxation, Luck

SPARKLING WINE Element: Fire Season: Summer Associations: Success, Completion, Celebration, Wealth, Opportunity, Setting Things in Motion, prosperity, space Witchcraft, Weather Magic, Adding a “Spark”

[witchkitch]

🌷🌱Grounding Pansy Cake

2 sticks Butter* (calming, strength, glamour, purification) 3 tablespoons Cocoa Powder (love, grounding, balance) 1 cup Water 1½ cups Sugar (attraction, abundance, prosperity, love) 2 cups Flour** (abundance, prosperity, grounding) 1 teaspoon Baking Powder (protection, growth, purification) 1 teaspoon Baking Soda (cleansing, protection, growth, banishment) ½ cup Buttermilk* (glamour, manifestation, strength, purification) 2 Eggs* (creativity, cleansing, psychic power, rebirth) 1 teaspoon Vanilla (serenity, love, mental clarity) 4 cups Powdered Sugar (attraction, stability) 4 Tablespoons Whole Milk* (confidence, strength, glamour, purification) Edible Flowers

(vegan.gf) 🥄🥄 

Vegan Substitutions: *1 cup Canola Oil  (luck, abundance, manifestation, protection) *½ cup Almond Milk (mental clarity, abundance, protection) +1 tablespoon Lemon Juice (warding, purifying, cleansing, healing)  [let sit for 10 minutes before use] *1 tablespoon ground Flax Seed (warding, protection, healing, protection) +1 tablespoon Water *4 tablespoons Almond Milk GF Substitutions: **GF flour, almond flour, etc.

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Blackberry, Apple, and Whisky Pie to celebrate the Autumn Equinox or Mabon

The Autumnal equinox is here! It’s the day where light and darkness are equal, a perfect balance. We are now entering the dark part of the year. It’s time to celebrate the second harvest sabbat. Personally it’s one of my favourite because we can see the shift in Nature. Summer is fading away but there is still lots of green leaves. The air is getting colder but the sun is still hot. I am now preparing my home for the winter to come. I decluttered all my closets and donated every thing I didn’t needed anymore. There is still plenty of fruits to make jams and preserves as well

On this day of celebrations, I am giving you this amazing Apple Pie recipe. It requires a bit of work but it is totally worth it, I promise! Funny story, it’s the first time I am baking a pie, I’ve never had pies before, it not really custom where I grew up. I was curious so I decided toggle it a go. I had to do it 3 times with small adjustments every time and now I am really satisfied of the result, and now I am really convinced that it is one of my favourite fruit desserts!

Time

Preparation: 30 min the day before (the dough) + 1h30 (making the pie)

Cooking: 1h

Cooling down: 45min

Ingredients

Pie dough

If you want to just a single crust pire, you’ll have to divide the quantities by 2.

330g all purpose flour

1 tsp salt

3tbsp sugar

230g butter (must be very cold) cut into 1cm cubes

120mL iced water approximately

Filling

4 apples peeled, cored and cut into thin strips

200g blackberries, lightly crushed

2tbsp whisky (I recommend a sweet one, not too smoky for a light flavour. I used Glenmorangie)

3tbsp light brown sugar

1tbsp grounded cinnamon

1tsp all spices

1/2tsp clove

1/2 tsp nutmeg

40g flour

3tbsp Salted Maple Caramel (I used this recipe here https://bromabakery.com/salted-maple-caramel-recipe/ ) If you don’t want to do this recipe, any caramel spread will do.

1 egg beaten for the egg wash

Preparation

Pie dough

Make the day before

In a large bowl combine sugar, salt and flour

Add the butter. Mix to cover the butter cubes with flour (it keeps them cold longer). Rub butter into flour until it is the size of walnut halves.

Make a well in the center and add the water a few tablespoons at a time and mix lightly until the dough comes together (don’t over do it)

Wrap the dough in plastic and let it rest in the fridge for the night. This step is really important because a very cold dough will be extra flaky!

Filling

In a large bowl, mix together apples, blackberries, whisky, sugar, cinnamon, all spices, clove, and nutmeg.

Let it rest during the next step.

Making the pie.

Pre heat your oven 190°C / 375°F

Lightly grease your pie pan with butter then dust it with flour (your pie will not stick to the pan in this case)

Divide the dough in 2 balls.

Put one ball back in the fridge

Roll out the other ball in a disk. It has to be large enough that it will recover your pan and drape over the edges of it. Gently fit the disk onto your pie plate by patting the edges of the pan.

With a fork make some holes in the dough

Filter your filling through a colander to separate as much as juice than you can. Now add the caramel, and the flour, mix well. The fruits have to be coated by the flour and the caramel.

Don’t throw away the juice, it is delicious to drink with black tea

Pour the filling into the pie pan.

Let the pie rest in the fridge while you are doing the next step.

Decorating the pie

Roll out the second ball of dough, then cut thin strips about 1 cm wide.

Use them to create a lattice pattern on the top of your prepared filling.

You can make braids and lie them around the edges of the pie. You can also use cookie cutter to add fun shapes, let your creativity guide you!

There is tons of amazing inspirations on Pinterest and Instagram if you need it!

When your design is done, brush the pie with the egg wash.

Bake for an hour at 190°C / 375°F.

IMPORTANT! Check the pie regularly and if it becomes too brown, cover it with an aluminum foil. I usually have to do it after 35-40 min of baking.

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Happy Mabon my dear witches!

🕸🎃🍁🍂🍂🍁🎃🕸

[a-magpie-witchling]

Yeyé’s Little Handbook For The Everyday Witchling

Today: Peppers and allspice, when to use each kind

Sunday is when Yeyé visits! Several people asked for more advice, and she was delighted to share her knowledge. Yeye’s health hasn’t been great, and she’s been feeling terribly bored since she can’t walk so much anymore. So getting the chance to write her spells and advice has given her a fun project to work on while she’s bedridden. Thank you all for taking interest! When she saw all those notes in the post of her advice she blushed and got all flustered. It was so cute. We’ll be doing a few weekly specials if it piques people’s interest. Tell us what you think!

So today Yeyé wanted to share with you how we use different kinds of pepper. In Argentina allspice is known as “Jamaican pepper”, so that’s why we’ll be talking about it. I hope you don’t find it too odd lol

I debated with myself whether I should adapt Yeyé’s advice, but I decided to let it as close as possible to her actual words because it would feel wrong to put words in her mouth. However, do remember she’s two/three generations older than most of us here. It means that her practices can sound a little bit archaic (for example for her witchcraft per se was always a women’s art, men are healers, not witches. Also for her “spirit” and “fairy” are synonyms). If you have any questions, we can clarify or provide more info as needed!

Let me translate what she said about peppercorns:

Pepper is a very powerful way to keep away everything we don’t like, to protect, and to spice life up. It’s very interesting, because at the same time it repels bad things, but brings in exciting ones. All kinds of peppers have these two different secrets. It depends on how we combine them with other ingredients what effect we’re gonna make stronger. Pepper keeps away the fairies because it makes them sneeze.

White pepper: is more spicy and stronger. You use white pepper when you want to kick something very bad very far away from your life. And if you want to bring adventure to a very boring life, you use this kind. White pepper protects from the worst dangers. If something really threatening comes, it’ll keep it away. Put a grain of white pepper in each corner of a room to keep Mandinga (an aspect of the devil or also a powerful evil fae in Argentinean folklore) away.

Black pepper: Is the most famous one, right? Green pepper is exactly the same thing. It’s good to banish and to attract things in moderation. Somebody hurt you but you think you’ll be ready to forgive one day? Keep them away for some time with black pepper. Also when your job is boring, a single black pepper grain in your suitcase will make it more exciting. If you’re looking for a new, more fun job, rub a grain against the edges of your curriculum without staining it. Grind black pepper on any kind of food to make yourself stronger and more interesting (that’s a glamour advice, people).

Allspice: this is a very soft kind, and it helps to keep away things that didn’t mean to hurt us but did by accident. For example if you have a fight with your sister, allspice will not let it happen again, but it will not kick her out of your life forever. If you want good spirits to enter your house but bad ones to keep away, you can put allspice in a jar near the window. Bad spirits will munch on it, and since it’s spicy they will run, but good ones are more thoughtful and will only smell it and they can pass. If you are making chocolate cake for the fairies, putting some ground allspice on top of it makes so the bad ones can’t steal it but the good ones can eat.

Pink pepper: this one is the spiciest one. Very hot. You have to be careful or it’ll burn your tongue. Pink pepper is good to keep away bad love. If there is a boy who wants to be your boyfriend and you don’t like him, you keep a grain of pink pepper in your pocket when he comes to talk to you to chase him away. But pink pepper also is really good for when you and your husband are having too much routine and want to change things.

If you want to make a mix of peppers that will keep your life safe but interesting, you can do it like this:

-One part pink pepper

-One part allspice

-Two parts white pepper

-Two parts green pepper

-Five parts black pepper

[She pauses] The parts… should be SMALL.

So that’s about it on pepper. Let us know in the comments or captions if there’s any specific topic you would like to ask Yeyé about next week (I can’t keep track of all the tags, sorry :/ ). We hope this was useful, and she sends a lot of love to all of you! She’s really happy you guys take her advice to heart, and I personally thank all of you for making her feel so loved and welcomed.

We’ll see you soon!