Getting Your Magickal Ingredients RightFrom Your Own Kitchen

Many practitioners new to the magical arts believe thatbefore casting a spell or performing a ritual, one must drive across town tothe occult supply store and spend money getting just the right ingredients. Inreality, the ingredients to many successful spells, rituals, and other magicalpractices may be right there already–in your own kitchen! Here are somesuggestions as to how to transform common items in your kitchen cabinets andrefrigerators into the accoutrements of magical practice.

Herbs Need some fast cash? All out of money-drawing incense?Look at your spice rack for some leafy green herbs such as mint, oregano, basilor parsley. Write the amount of money you need right now on a piece of plainwhite paper. Place the paper beneath a candle and light the candle.

Scatter the herbs on a piece of charcoal in your incenseburner. You can also scatter herbs around the candle if you wish. Use driedherbs for this: fresh ones won’t burn. Supplement the herbs with anyabundance-type self- burning incense to help the herbs burn if you wish.

Forgetful? Try a “rosemary for remembrance” pillow.Simply tie some dried rosemary into a piece of cheesecloth and place it insideyour pillowcase. Then you’ll remember that you need to restock your moneydrawing incense! If you check your spellbooks, aromatheraphy guidebooks, andnatural medicine books, you’ll find many more uses for common kitchen herbs.

Extracts Remember when Granny Clampett on “The BeverlyHilbillies” had Ellie May put vanilla extract behind her ears before aprospective beau arrived? Turns out the old back country wise woman was right.Studies have shown that sweet aromas, such as vanilla, are alluring to men.Many perfumes on the market now contain vanilla. Make sure you include vanillain the baked goods that you make for your favorite suitor (vanilla improveseven the flavor of chocolate). Why not dab a bit on the pulse points if you’rehoping for a night of passion?

Perhaps you’re up late studying for a big test. Insteadof taking one of those harmful caffeine tablets, try sharpening your tiredmental faculties by taking a whiff of the peppermint extract in your cupboard.If that doesn’t do the trick, try taking the top off a jar of peppercorns andalternately inhaling the peppermint and the peppercorn. Now you’re awake!

Apple Cider Vinegar Feel the need for a cleansing orpurification ritual? Before you begin, take a purifying bath by putting acupful of apple cider vinegar in the bath. If showering, warm a cupful in themicrowave for thirty seconds; pour over yourself in the shower. As you bathe,visualize a pure white light surrounding and protecting you. Chiropractors,massage therapists, and other body workers also recommend the apple cidervinegar bath after a treatment.

People in New Englandand in the South often recommend tonics to stimulate the system, especially inthe spring. A simple tonic is made by adding one teaspoon each of apple cidervinegar and honey to a little water. Sip slowly and visualize your system beingrenewed and energized.

Learn the correspondences between common herbs andastrology, Witch workings and natural healing methods, and you’ll find a wealthof simple abundance right there in your cupboards!