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Kindness is like a snow. It beautifies everything it covers.

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Thrifty Witch Thursday: Cork Magick

So, I recently had a big celebration and I noticed the cork which came from my prosecco bottle. I’m sure many other witches enjoy the odd tipple - especially when the solstices come around. It’s a great way to show thanks and alcohol, especially wine, is associated with many gods. Not least Dionysus and Odin.

I figured cork would be a great magickal tool but honestly i couldn’t find much out there, so this is a very experimental post. But hey, they can be the best ones!

Corks will be imbued with the essence of wine: sharing and communion. Also as they are used to contain things I figure they’d be pretty good at containment spells too.

I know many people use spells where they write down their worry, habit or regret on a piece of paper and put it in a bottle to throw away as containment…but it’s very hard to put a cork back in a bottle of wine and this is thrifty witch!

So I think it would work just as well if you cut a hole or slit in the cork to put the paper in and either burn or throw it away. Cork is a natural material, so burying should be fine. You could also write whatever you want to restrict on the cork and cut it up into pieces, scattering it to the wind.

One charm i’m aware of as well is the good luck that comes with putting a coin in a cork with a special date on it. Say the date of your 18th birthday placed into the cork of the wine you drank that day (21st for US, etc. For your respective countries).

I also imagine it would be great for love spells, again made into small pieces it could be added to a number of things for added oomph (keeping in mind the qualities of wine and grapes.)

So there we have it, my ad-hoc magick lesson about corks! Hope you guys have fun experimenting the next time the wine flows at your table.

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Bourdain: How to Travel

“The first thing I do is I dress for airports. I dress for security. I dress for the worst-case scenario. Comfortable shoes are important — I like Clarks desert boots because they go off and on very quickly, they’re super comfortable, you can beat the hell out of them, and they’re cheap.

In my carry-on, I’ll have a notebook, yellow legal pads, good headphones. Imodium is important. The necessity for Imodium will probably present itself, and you don’t want to be caught without it. I always carry a scrunchy lightweight down jacket; it can be a pillow if I need to sleep on a floor. And the iPad is essential. I load it up with books to be read, videos, films, games, apps, because I’m assuming there will be downtime. You can’t count on good films on an airplane.

I check my luggage. I hate the people struggling to cram their luggage in an overhead bin, so I don’t want to be one of those people.

On the plane, I like to read fiction set in the location I’m going to. Fiction is in many ways more useful than a guidebook, because it gives you those little details, a sense of the way a place smells, an emotional sense of the place. So, I’ll bring Graham Greene’s The Quiet American if I’m going to Vietnam. It’s good to feel romantic about a destination before you arrive.

I never, ever try to weasel upgrades. I’m one of those people who feel really embarrassed about wheedling. I never haggle over price. I sort of wander away out of shame when someone does that. I’m socially nonfunctional in those situations.

I don’t get jet lag as long as I get my sleep. As tempting as it is to get really drunk on the plane, I avoid that. If you take a long flight and get off hungover and dehydrated, it’s a bad way to be. I’ll usually get on the plane, take a sleeping pill, and sleep through the whole flight. Then I’ll land and whatever’s necessary for me to sleep at bedtime in the new time zone, I’ll do that.

There’s almost never a good reason to eat on a plane. You’ll never feel better after airplane food than before it. I don’t understand people who will accept every single meal on a long flight. I’m convinced it’s about breaking up the boredom. You’re much better off avoiding it. Much better to show up in a new place and be hungry and eat at even a little street stall than arrive gassy and bloated, full, flatulent, hungover. So I just avoid airplane food. It’s in no way helpful.

For me, one of the great joys of traveling is good plumbing. A really good high-pressure shower, with an unlimited supply of hot water. It’s a major topic of discussion for me and my crew. Best-case scenario: a Japanese toilet. Those high-end Japanese toilets that sprinkle hot water in your ass. We take an almost unholy pleasure in that.

I’ve stopped buying souvenirs. The first few years I’d buy trinkets or T-shirts or handcrafts. I rarely do that anymore. My apartment is starting to look like Colonel Mustard’s club. So much of it comes out of the same factory in Taiwan.

The other great way to figure out where to eat in a new city is to provoke nerd fury online. Go to a number of foodie websites with discussion boards. Let’s say you’re going to Kuala Lumpur — just post on the Malaysia board that you recently returned and had the best rendang in the universe, and give the name of a place, and all these annoying foodies will bombard you with angry replies about how the place is bullshit, and give you a better place to go.”

Anthony Bourdain: How to Travel

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Self care is self Love - so I say treat yourself! One of my favorite quotes: “Nourishing yourself in a way that helps you blossom in the direction you want to go is attainable, and you are worth the effort.” ~Deborah Day I try to make self care a priority and sometimes it's something really small, but it makes a HUGE difference in my mood. - dry brushing my body - getting a massage or mani/pedi - evening yoga - a relaxing bath with my favorite essential oils One of my favorite ways to make myself feel special that only takes a few seconds is to add a bit of cardamom essential oil essential oil in my coffee. You're probably thinking - so what? It's spicy, it's fruity, it's warming... it smells amazing and tastes even better. AND you're doing something awesome for your body (Cardamom promotes clear breathing and enhances respiratory health). Then you have it's aromatherapy benefits! Its distinct scent can promote a positive mood - soooo important for us spiritual bosses! I'm working on a little e-book chock full of essential oils for entrepreneurs like us! I'd love to know how you're loving yourself on a regular basis. Xo #yoga #meditation #doterra #coffee #essentialoils

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B A T H M A G I C K

Bath Magick is the easiest form of witchery to practice, as all you need is a tub and some intent along with things you can easily find around the house or from the kitchen.

Ritual baths are a great way to cleanse your mind, recharge, set your intention and work some magick for the following day or week. Water holds positive energy and has the ability to realign your whole body and mind.

Your basic Bath Magick tools should include:

💧Candles 💧 Salt (coarse sea salt or epsom salt) 💧 dried or fresh herbs 💧 dried or fresh flowers 💧 homemade or store bought essential oils 💧 crystals, rocks or gemstones

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The first step to a successful Bath Spell or Ritual Bath is to set up an altar on the rim of the bath or the counter close to your tub. Choose crystals that match your intent, as well as a candle in a color that corresponds to it. Arrange your crystals around your candle and on the rim of the bath. Light the candle to start your ritual.

Draw your bath, adding your salt first for protection and Cleansing, and then follow with your chosen herbs and flowers. Put in a few drops of a corresponding essential oil. If you have a crystal that is safe to use in water, you can add it into the bath. When the temperature is right, get in and soak. Meditate on your intent as you relax and let the water calm you.

When you have finished, rise and blow out the candle, whispering or thinking: The Ritual is now over.

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Energizing Bath 🌸 Yellow Candle 🌸 Orange Calcite, Carnelian, Tiger’s Eye 🌸 Orange slices, lemon slices, cinnamon, mint 🌸 4 drops of Peppermint essential oil (be careful, only a little)

Self Love Bath 🌸 Pink Candle 🌸 Rose Quartz, Clear Quartz 🌸 Rose petals, Rosemary, Lavender Buds 🌸 Geranium or Rose essential oil

Prosperity and Luck Bath 🌸 White Candle 🌸 Aventurine, Pyrite, Snowflake Obsidian, Malachite 🌸 Basil, Parsley, Mint, Thyme 🌸 Sweet Apple essential oil

Calmness and Rest Bath 🌸 Lilac or White Candle 🌸 Amethyst, Clear Quartz 🌸 Lavender leaves, Lavender Buds, Thyme and Rose petals 🌸 Lavender essential oil

Beauty Bath 🌸 Red Candle 🌸 Clear Quartz, Pearls 🌸 Oats, milk powder, red rose petals

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Take care that the essential oils you use are safe to use in the bath, and less is always more when it comes to oil!

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Soak up the magick!

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