The Yuletide holiday season fast approacheth and I believe there isn’t a single witch reading this post that can say their coffers are filled sufficiently to survive the inevitable onslaught comfortably. Everyone could use a little feathering of their nest especially this time of year. Enter The Golden Goose; a delicious little money spell that has the bonus side effect of soothing the frazzled nerves so common this time of year.
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Sorrow, betrayal, heartbreak, disillusionment, pain, loss, grief…these are all embodied by the three of Swords, one of the most dreaded cards in the tarot deck. Yet without sorrow, there is no joy, without loss, no gain; the bitter truths of life. While these experiences are never welcome, they are inevitable and if we can work through them faster or make getting to the other side a bit easier, so much the better. Thus the following potion, both bitter and sweet, designed to soothe and guide you through whatever misery is at hand.
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Liquore Strega is a saffron-hued herbal liqueur from Benevento, Campania, Italy. “Strega” is Italian for witch, drawing on legends of witchcraft in Benevento that go back to truly olden times. Benevento was a hotspot for a cult of Isis, a temple for which was also devoted to Hecate and Diana, all representing goddess moon aspects.
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As the new calendar year begins, bright with promise, it’s difficult to not want a peek – just a small one – into what fate has in store for us. In Germany and Nordic countries a fortune-telling technique called Bleigiessen is traditional on New Year’s. This is a form of molybdomancy, from the Greek molubdus (lead) + manteia (divination), where molten lead is poured into cold water and the resulting shapes, or the shadows of the resulting shapes cast by a candle flame, are interpreted as omens or auspices of the future.
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