Salt is a crystal and like all crystals it carries an electrical charge. Salt holds energy. It doesn’t increase it or disperse it—it just neutralizes it. This is why salt is used for protection or banishings. It’s also often used to create a magic circle—keeping energy inside the circle and preventing outside disturbances from penetrating the circle. Place salt in small dishes on the hearth or in important areas of the home to keep out bad energy. The thing is, […]
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Roses are used magically in love potions, of course. Roses of any color are associated with Venus, water, and all aspects of the goddess. Specific colors of roses have different uses. Pink is for first love or friendship, red is for passion and lust, white is for peace as well as love, and yellow is for joy and happiness. Rose oil is used in aromatherapy to relieve anxiety and promote a peaceful and loving attitude. You can drink rose tea […]
Quartz (SiO2 Silicon Dioxide) is one of the most common elements on earth. Rose quartz, amethyst, citrine, blue quartz, brown quartz—quartz in these and many other colors can be found all over the world. Brazil and Arkansas have the best quality quartz deposits. In magic, quartz is a jack of all trades, often called the Master Healer and the Universal Stone. Used predominantly for protections and healing, quartz is believed to amplify energy and aid in spellwork and psychic endeavor. […]
Poppet comes from the Old English popet meaning a small doll or person which, inevitably, came from a Latin word pupa for girl. It can also refer to a small and dainty person. Poppet is a chiefly British term of endearment, especially for young girls. Somewhere around the 13th century, poppet also came to mean a doll or image used in witchcraft. In witchcraft, poppets could be fashioned in the image of a person. The idea was that according to […]
The word omen has changed little over the centuries. The Latin word omen meant foreboding and though omens can be good or bad we still think of an omen as a presage for a bad event. In the end, an omen is probably only as strong as you want it to be. When Haley’s comet appeared in 1066, it was a bad omen for King Harold II but a good one for William the Conqueror. Mark Twain was born as […]
Magic is a very old word. If you lived in England during the Middle Ages, you probably would have called somebody who did magic a witch and magic itself was called wiccecræft—witchcraft or galdorcræft or even dwimorcraeft. Before that, Druid was the term you used for someone who did magic. Somewhere around the 14th century, people began saying magic which came from an Middle French word magique which came from a Late Latin word magice which came from a […]