St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome, Italy
Outside:
- Leave out birdseed ornaments as offerings to the season
- If snowing, play in the snowfall to appreciate the changing season or collect some for snow water
- After the sun has gone down, burn a yule log in a bonfire
- Take some friends and go wassailing!
In the Home:
- Make stovetop potpourri as an alternative to incense
- DIY gifts with your witch skills for your friends and family
- Read a winter solstice tarot spread for yourself
- Decorate your holiday tree, blessing the ornaments with good energy
- Hang mistletoe for protection and (consensual!) kisses
In the Kitchen:
- Make one of these Celtic Yule recipes
- Prepare some traditional or non-traditional wassail for any adults
- Bake mini yule logs to share with family and friends
- Make Swedish Lussekatter rolls or Norwegian Julekake bread
In the Bath:
- Bathe with fresh orange slices and frankincense and myrrh essential oils for a prosperity ritual bath
- Take a lazy witch holiday LUSH bath (our suggestions here)
- Do a pre-solstice ritual bath with essential oils
- Make winter spice bath bombs and enchant them for prosperity
On your Altar:
- Use colors like reds, greens, whites, and metallic colors
- Add holly, pine, ivy, mistletoe, juniper, or cedar for some greenery
- Decorate with a yule wish bottle to for some easy magic
- Represent the seasonal harvest with oranges, pears, nuts, and berries
- Incorporate snowflake obsidian, clear quartz, or bloodstone
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Articles
Herbal Magic
Herbs & Their Magical Properties
Communicating with a Plant Spirit
Offering Thanks to Plants & Trees
12th Century Herbal Invocation
Natural Magic & Earth Magic
How to Connect with Earth Energies (without going outside)
Grounding Embrace - Hugging A Tree
Using Dirt/Soil in Magic Spells
Internal Ritual Work
Constructing your own Inner Temple/Sacred Space
Prayers
Videos
Witchcraft: A Guide to Herb Magic
The Fairy Tradition (a wee introduction)
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Books I Have Read
Green Witchcraft & Natural/Earth Magic
- Way of the Green Witch by Arin Murphy-Hiscock
- Grimoire of the Green Witch by Ann Moura(Only use this book for references and DO NOT READ HER OTHER BOOKS. They are not about Green Witchcraft, but Wicca with the word “Green” thrown into every sentence)
- A Compendium of Herbal Magick
- Herb Magic for Beginners (Spells only)
- The Green Hedge Witch by Rae Beth
- Tree Wisdom by Jacqueline Memory Paterson
- Wild Witchcraft by Marian Green
- Encyclopedia of Natural Magic
Herbalism
- Healing Wise by Susun Weed
- Mastering Herbalism by Paul Huson
- The Herbal Lore of Wise Women and Wortcunners: The Healing Power of Medicinal Plants by Wolf D.Storl
- Culpeper’s Complete Herbal
- Herbal Healers by Glennie Kindred
Authors to avoid:
- Silver Ravenwolf.
- DJ Conway.
- Edain McCoy,
- Ann Moura
Why you should avoid these authors:
- failure to cite sources
- misinformation
- historical inaccuracies
- poorly research
- poor or no bibliography
an earth sign: i feel….you know. *gestures vaguely*
a water sign, probably, because they picked up on the earth sign’s emotions long before they did: sad?
an earth sign: yeah that’s it