Moon Mirror Healing

Place a silvered mirror, face up on an altar or other sacred place so that the light of the Full Moon shines upon it. In the center of the mirror, place a symbol to represent the one seeking healing. The symbol could be a photo, crystal, lit candle, piece of jewelry, lock of hair, name on a card, or some other object. Use the symbol on the mirror in the Moonlight as a focal point as you imagine that the one needing healing is becoming well and then is healthy.

After the ritual, deliver the symbol to the subject of the healing rite as an additional way of transmitting healing. Cleanse the mirror you used by washing it with pure spring water or passing it through Mugwort smoke or some other incense so that the mirror will be ready for you to use for other healing work in the future.

Making a simple drawstring bag

EZ directions as to how to make a simple draw string bag using a handkerchief, a ribbon, and a needle and thread.

If you want to enlarge the image, you can click on it.

1. Lay a handkerchief out flat and put a ribbon across the middle of it with the ends hanging over a little bit. The longer the ribbon is, the easier it will be to tie it together when you are done.

2. Fold the handkerchief in half with the ribbon on the inside and in the crease.

3. Fold the handkerchief again. The handkerchief is now folded in quarters. The ribbon is at the top and both ends of the ribbon are on the same side.

4. Sew up the open sides of the handkerchief. Stop sewing right before you get to the ribbon. Tie a good knot.

5. Then turn the whole thing inside out. Pull the ribbons tight and Voila! You just made a drawstring pouch and it only took about 5 minutes. Cool huh?

Tomato and Lentil Quick Soup

Ingredients:

• One tin of chopped tomatoes
• One tinful of water
• Two handfuls of lentils

Instructions:

• Add all the ingredients together in a pan and simmer.
• Add flavours - salt and pepper, a teaspoon of mixed herbs, fresh basil and or a spoon of pesto. Or a teaspoon of curry powder. And/or paprika. Or a bit of marmite.
• After about 15 mins simmering the lentils should be cooked.

One thing; when making lentil soup of any kind, it's best to add salt after cooking the lentils, because otherwise they don't seem to cook properly.

From: Journey Folki

Owls

An owl is often considered to be a bird of ill omen, and to hear an owl foretells bad news, but personally I love to hear the owls at night and find comfort in their nearness.

Owls are a symbol of wisdom and often associated with goddess figures in different cultures. However, to kill an owl is very bad luck, as is seeing one hunting in the daylight hours during winter, which foretells a time of need. But this is not true in the long summer days, when the owl needs to feed its family and the hours of darkness are short.

Win the Heart of the One You Love

Write the name of the one you love on the base of an onion bulb. Plant in in earth in a new pot. Place the pot on a windowsill, preferably facing the direction in which your sweetheart lives.

Over the bulb, repeat the name of the one you desire morning and night until the bulb takes root, begins to shoot, and finally blooms.

Say the following incantation daily:

May its roots grow,
May its leaves grow,
May its flowers grow,
And as it does so
{person's name}'s love grows.

Robins and Wrens

The robin and the wren are both lucky creatures. They bring good news if they fly into your home, but a dead wren or robin near your door warns of bad news on the way.

Magpies

Members of the crow family, magpies are a sign of good luck if two are seen together, but one chattering near your property could be a warning of theft. This probably arises from the magpie's love of bright objects, which they will often collect to decorate their nests.

Swallows

It is a fortunate house that has swallows nesting under the eaves. Good fortune will abide within. But if you destroy the nests and kill the birds, all happiness will fly away with them.

Rooks

To have a property with a rookery on it, or in sight, is very fortunate, as long as the colony is fruitful. But if the rooks should desert the rookery, disaster and death are predicted. It is inviting disaster to shoot rooks.

A Lincolnshire businessman laughed at this "superstition" when he destroyed a colony on his property, but found himself bankrupt within a year and finally shot himself with the very gun he had used on the rooks.

In Ireland, when one was buying property that was blessed with a rookery the deal was once considered null and void if the rooks deserted the rookery within a year of the sale.

Staying Grounded

Here is an exercise in being grounded and fully present in the body. This is important before and after any spellwork or magick.

Wherever you are in this moment, as you continue to read and pay attention to the words on the screen, become aware of your feet. If they aren't on the ground, put them there and feel the earth beneath you. Notice how you automatically experience the motion of your breath, the tension in your shoulders, the hunger in your belly. When awareness is grounded, we become aware of what is going on in our bodies in the space between our heads and our feet.

Take a walk and keep shifting your awareness back to your feet. Remember to make this shift throughout the day; while you're standing in line for the cashier at the supermarket or at the bank, or waiting for a red light to turn green, or scrambling eggs. Find your feet.

From "Sweat Your Prayers"
by Gabrielle Roth

Crows and Ravens

All members of the crow family are surrounded by mystery. Considered to be exceptionally wise and intelligent, some country people say that crows can live to be three hundred years old. The god Odin has two ravens associated with him, and Noah sent a raven out from the ark after the flood.

To see one crow is said to bring sorrow, while two mean joy. However , for some, it is the behavior of the birds which is significant, not how many there are. A crow standing in the road signifies a happy journey, while a dead crow might be cause to turn back.

Cockerels and Doves

Cockerels are prominent in folk tradition, sounding a warning or reproaching the guilty. A cockerel crowing in the night brings ad news the next day. If a cockerel should crow on the afternoon of a wedding day in the hearing of the happy couple, it foretells an unhappy and quarelsome marriage, and if a cockerel should stand in the bride's path and crow complete disaster is forecast. On the other hand, if the newly married pair should come across a pair of cooing doves, the marriage will be long and happy.

Making your own colored candles

To make a colored candle, use a white tea light candle. These are the really small candles you can find in packages of 6 to 12 at the dollar store. They sit in little aluminum containers. A simple way to color them is to light the candle to get the wax melted, and then add chunks of crayon in the appropriate color. It will melt and color the wax.

A word of caution: Do not overfill with crayon, or the melted wax will drown the wick. You may have to carve out some of the white candle in order to make room for the colored crayon wax.

Gypsy Love Song

Gypsy Love Song

Tropical night, Malaria moon
Dying stars of the silver screen
She danced that famous Gypsy dance
With a hole in her tambourine

I was young enough and dumb enough
I swallowed down my Mickey Finn
She'd hijacked a few hearts all right
I went into a tailspin

Don't sing me, don't sing me, don't sing me
No more gypsy love songs
Don't sing me, don't sing me, don't sing me
No more gypsy love songs
Don't stir it up again

I put my arm around her waist
Says she, young man, you're getting warm
The room was going somewhere without me
And she laughed as she read my palm

Stillborn love, passionate dreams, pitiful greed
And the silver tongues of the tinker girls,
Who throw their book of life at you
But don't know how to read

Don't sing me, don't sing me, don't sing me
No more gypsy love songs
Don't sing me, don't sing me, don't sing me
No more gypsy love songs
Don't stir it up again

She was third generation Transylvanian
I was the seventh son of a seventh son
I begged the band don't play that tune
Please don't beguine the begun

When I awoke, she'd cut and run
She stole my blueprints and my change
Just a horseshoe and a note on the bed
And all it said was--strange

Don't sing me, don't sing me, don't sing me
No more gypsy love songs
Don't sing me, don't sing me, don't sing me
No more gypsy love songs
Don't stir it up again

*I found this little song in one of my files,
the music wasn't with it and I don't know the author.
If anyone reading this happens to know about it,
please post so I can give due credit.