Mashed up some roses with salt and rain water and then added a bit of vodka for preservation to make a rose potion! Fantastic for spells involving any type of love, sex, and can even make a great offering to deities that are associated with roses!
Beelieve it or not, this blue bee is the real deal! 🐝 Meet the blue carpenter bee (Xylocopa caerulea). This large bee can reach lengths of up to 1.1 in (2.8 cm); compare that to a European honey bee which typically grows up to 0.7 in (1.8 cm) long! Unlike honeybees, this critter doesn’t live in large hives, but instead spends most of its time alone. This insect can be found in parts of India, China, and Southeast Asia where it plays an important role in pollinating its habitat.
☀️I barely slept last night so I missed the sunrise, but I did go sit out on the front step to greet the sun with my morning tea (honeybush, mandarin, and orange with homemade ginger syrup incase anyone was wondering).
☀️While I harvested some wild grape vine, cow vetch, buttercups, feverfew, catmint, and ferns from the property; I let the sun thaw some beet cubes for offerings to the Antlerless Buck, the deer skull that watches over my garden and outdoor altar.
☀️I wove the grapevine and flowers into a crown, creating sudo-antlers with the catmint and ferns.
☀️Once thawed the beet juice was poured into the skull from where the antlers were cut away as offering*.
*For me, beets are the heart of the earth. Their juice is a symbolic stand-in for blood.
You don’t have to do everything in the same way as others. As you grow as a witch your path becomes your own and you find ways of doing things that work for you.
☀️A writing utensil with a colour you associate with motivation, inspiration, and energy (I used a yellow watercolour pencil)
☀️Ginger* - vitality, high energy
☀️Sugar - joy, sweetness
☀️Coffee* - energy, connection
☀️Marigold* - happiness, solar energy
☀️Orange zest - abundance, joy
☀️Candle (optional) - wax used to secure the ends of your paper scroll so it won't unravel. The colour can even correspond with your intent.
☀️Quartz - intentions, amplification
☀️Sunlight (preferably morning light to build up the energy as the sun rises higher) - solar energy, vitality
*Ingredients should be fully dried to prevent mold growth, not fresh.
After gathering all your materials, cleanse the items as desired.
Take up your writing utensil and write the following on a small piece of paper: "May I be filled with inspiration, motivation, & energy ☀️".
Roll the paper into a scroll or fold small enough to fit into your jar. You can dab the ends of the scroll or sides of the folded paper in melted candle wax to seal it shut.
To the jar add ginger, sugar, coffee, marigold, orange zest and your paper.
Seal as desired and place in a sunny location with quartz to charge.
Carry with you to gain inspiration, motivation and energy throughout the day.
Additional notes:
Caffeinated tea can be used in place of coffee.
Dandelion root when roasted and brewed is a substitute for coffee (though it has no caffeine), so dried root could also be used to replace coffee.
Dandelion flowers could be used in place of marigold (I originally wanted to use them but sadly I'm not in the right season and did not harvest any last year).
Sigils or symbols can easily be added to the jar.
Crystal chips associated with inspiration, motivation and energy could also be added to the jar.
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