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Now is a good time to make an herb bag full of some of summer's best herbs. Hang it in your home or carry with you as a multi-purpose talisman. My Instagram Follow me https://www.instagram.com/mscheriluv/ Follow me on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/CherylsCookingandCraftingatHome Follow my Kitchen Witch Blog http://craftykitchenwitch.blogspot.com/ Follow me Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/CheriliciousC My Tiktok @craftykitchenwitch13 My Youtube Witchy Woman Cheryl https://www.facebook.com/thecraftykitchenwitch Please be sure to follow Me, Thanks These are all herbs commonly available during the midsummer season, but if you don’t have access to them, feel free to substitute other herbs that grow in your area. Usually people use dried herbs in craft projects, but because these are growing right now, you may want to just use them fresh. Gather equal amounts of the following herbs:  Basil, for good fortune  Hyssop, for cleansing and purifying Lavender, for calmness and peace Mug...

Who says that magick has to be complex? Here are fifty simple charms that utilize many different common items, herbs, fruits and vegetables. Note: Please do not use any of these charms in place of medical treatment, or when outside help is obviously advisable. 1. Lay thorny branches on your doorstep to keep evil from your dwelling. 2. Eat a pinch of thyme before bed, and you will have sweet dreams. 3. Place chips of cedar wood in a box with some coins to draw money to you. 4. Carry an anemone flower with you to ward against illness. 5. Hang a bit of seaweed in the kitchen to ward evil spirits. 6. Keep a jar of alfalfa in your cupboards to ensure the prosperity of your house. 7. Burn allspice as an incense to draw money or luck to you, as well as speed healing. 8. Cut an apple in half, and give one half to your love to ensure a prosperous relationship. 9. Carry an avocado pit with you to let your inner beauty shine outwardly. 10. Avocado is an aphrodisiac. 11. Strawberries...

Acorn An acorn anointed with musk oil and carried in your purse, pocket, or charm bag will help to attract the opposite sex to you. To increase you income, anoint an acorn with three drops of pine oil when the Moon is waxing, and then bury it in your yard as close as possible to the front door of your house. For Witches and Pagans who follow a Druidic or Celtic tradition, three acorns placed on a Yule Sabbat altar will help increase magickal or divinatory powers and also bring peace and protection to a druid circle. at one time acorns were commonly used by practitioners of the occult arts as an amulet to gain immortality. Adam and Eve Root Carry a musk or rose oil anointed Adam and Eve root in your pocket, purse, or charm bag as an amulet to attract the opposite sex or to make any form of love magick more potent. Agate Agate is a semiprecious crystalline gemstone that attracts good luck, aids meditations, and protects against accidental fall...

AMULET: Usually considered an object of protection that has been charged to deflect specific negative energies or thought forms. Amulets can be made of feathers, plants, beads, etc. The horseshoe and the four-leaf-clover are two examples of amulets. TALISMAN: An object that has been magickally charged in order it bring something to the bearer. Such an item could be a gemstone to win a court case, or a drawing to put in your pocket that will bring good luck. Even full-fledged witches do not agree on the exact difference between amulets and talismans. (So much of witchcraft is based on tradition that some rules are a bit blurry.) However, everyone versed in the occult agrees on one thing: Whether they are called amulets or talismans, these objects are basic necessities in the practice of witchcraft. When linked with an appropriate spell, they greatly increase its strength. However, they can also be used alone, for their magic is powerful. Amulets:  Amulets are objects infused wi...

The creation and application of talismans is a vital part of the magical art, which this article aims to examine at a level suitable for the novice, or those with a limited knowledge of such things. A talisman can be well defined as a material object that holds an inward spiritual or occult power, with the aim of conveying this essence upon the creator to aid in personal transformation. In a more basic summary it can be seen as a spiritual storage battery. The creation of a talisman usually occurs after someone wishes to stimulate a particular factor in their nature or to attract a certain force toward them. The first step in achieving this is to take the desired factor and to give it thorough analysis, to uncover the factors primary attributes. It is at this point the realisation dawns that talismanic magic relies heavily on the form of magical correspondence. This being the interrelation of forces by identifying the attributes that are common amongst them. For example the element of...