Enhancing Your Kitchen Magick

Colours

Through visualization or the colour of the food itself, you can bring the energy of colour into your kitchen magick.  Hold your hands over the food and visualize the particular colour energy you need radiating into the food, much the same way that you would bless or charge the ingredients when preparing a meal.  You might wish to plan a menu based around a particular colour to incorporate more of its energy into your life, and you can also use combinations of colour, for example red tomatoes served with a green spinach salad for growing fortitude.   Another way to work with colours in kitchen witchery is to choose the colours of your dishes, serving platters, napkins, tablecloths, and other kitchen items with magickal intention, depending on the energy or mood you wish to invoke.

Colour and Food Correspondences

Red   strength, courage, vitality, fire
 beets, radishes, red cabbage, watercress, spinach, meat, cayenne pepper, tomatoes, strawberries, cherries, all red-skinned fruits  

Orange  energy, harvest, warmth, compassion
 oranges, apricots, peaches, melons, mangoes, carrots, mandarins

Yellow  mind, divination, creativity, air, movement
  yellow peppers, grapefruit, corn, melons, bananas, lemons, pineapple, eggs, olive oil, coffee, yellow squash, prunes

Green  growth, prosperity, faith, health
   avocado, beans, broccoli, cucumber, all salads, peas, squash

Blue  water, peace, healing, joy, contemplation
   plums, blueberries, brambleberries, fish, asparagus, potatoes

Purple  spirituality, devotion, sensitivity
   aubergines, broccoli, blue grapes, plums

White  protection, purification, innocence
   cauliflower, coconut, onions, garlic, milk, salt

Black  banishing, the void, rest
   black peppercorns, black teas, licorice, molasses

Numbers

All recipes have measurements or yields that can be considered for symbolism, including the number of cups or teaspoons the recipe calls for, or even what size pan is suggested.  You could also use symbolic numbers in deciding how many spoonfuls, slices, stalks, etc., to serve or eat.  For instance, you might pace 21 teaspoonfuls of a favourite soup in each bowl to commemorate a loved one who recently went to Summerland, or eat five bites of carrot before embarking on a divinatory attempt to improve supernatural "sight."  If these options don't seem possible with your recipe, you can always try to stir, test, or check a mixture a preset number of times for much the same results.

 Number Correspondences

1    Unity, birth, accord, sun magick

2    Balance, blessing, partnership

3    Symmetry, purpose, body-mind-spirit

4    Elements, time, goals, victory

5    Versatility, awareness, psychic endeavors

6    Protection, devotion, finishing projects

7    Insight, diversity, moon magick

8    Universal law, service to others

10   Follow-through, inner voice of reason

12   Fruitfulness, durability, a full year

13   Devotion, patience, convictions

21   Honour, memory, distinction

40   Hermitage, retreat, refilling inner wells

Aromatherapy

The tempting aromas of food, which often cause even the most reserved individual to snitch a taste, can also become a vehicle for cooking magick.  The more savoury or aromatic a meal is, the better.  For individuals who have to be careful due to dietary restrictions, specific scents can be incorporated through the use of potpourri, incense, scented candles, and essential oils.

Aromatic Correspondences

Almond
 Wisdom

Apple
 Wise choices, health, insight

Basil
 Harmony, agreement

Cedar
 Purification, money, healing

Cherry
 Love

Cinnamon
 Spirituality, healing protection

Cloves
 Protection, romance

Coconut
 Purification, relaxation

Frankincense  
 Spirituality, protection

Gardenia
 Healing, spirituality, love, peace

Jasmine
 Love, luck, money

Lemon
 Purification, love

Lotus  
 Spirituality, protection

Musk
 Passion, courage

Myrrh  
 Spirituality, protection, healing

Nutmeg
 Psychic perception

Pine
 Purification, refreshment, money, protection

Patchouli
 Love, passion, money

Rose
 Devotion, health, peace, love, healing, luck

Rosemary
 Conscious mind, health, love

Sandalwood
 Spirituality, protection, healing

Vanilla  
 Awareness, love, improved energy

Days of the Week

Monday
 Originally known as Moon’s day.  Cooking on Monday will improve magicks for creativity, insight, maternal nature, and Goddess-related efforts.

Tuesday
 Tiw was a god of athletics, combat, and law.  Consider meals to improve physical well-being, encourage justice, or increase strength and strategy.
 

Wednesday
 Odin (Woden) was a god of the mystical, poetry, and resourcefulness.  Meals prepared today can accent magicks for improved focus on your spiritual path, artistic ability, or imagination.
 

Thursday
 Thor, the god of strength and commitment, ruled over this day.  Consider dishes prepared to enhance vigour, stamina, devotion, and dedication.
 

Friday
 From Frigg, the goddess of relationships and fertility.  A good day to create foods for any lunar magicks, love-related spells, and improved productivity.
 

Saturday
 Saturn was a god of harvests and planting.  A good day to consider combining with harvest theme meals, or to sew any seeds to bring positive traits into your life.
 

Sunday
 The sun is the ruler of this day.  Any solar magick, god-related foods, and foods for leadership, logic, study, etc. are enhanced when prepared on this day.