1. Remove all four playing cards corresponding to the gender of the person you desire from a deck of playing cards: kings for men and queens for women.
2. Place the four cards under your pillow to dream of your true love.
If for any reason, one card, not necessarily a court card, holds special romantic significance for you, substitute that card instead.
Lavender is one of those interesting substances that may serve as an aphrodisiac–or create the opposite effect. The only way to find out how someone will react is to server it.
Add fresh lavender to a bottle of white wine. Allow it to steep several hours or overnight, then strain and serve.
Lady’s tresses are orchids of the Spiranthes family. Approximately 300 types exist worldwide, many extremely endangered. They have traditionally been used as aphrodisiacs and as love potions.
Alchemilla vulgaris, the latin designation for Lady’s mantle, underscores that plant’s deep connection to alchemy and magick. Collect morning dew from the leaves and pollen from the flower and add to any other love potion for extra enhancement. Lady’s mantle dew and/or pollen will also transform any food or beverages into a love potion. (Avoid during pregnancy.)
Job’s tears are tear-shaped pearly seeds of an Asian grass. Powder some of these seeds and slip them into your lover’s drink to retain their affections.
Of course, simmering the formula over the stove implies that you wish to cast a love spell at home. Perhaps you were planning a picnic or a road trip. This version of creams of Delight offers possibilities of mobility and spontaneity.
Bruise the herbs in a mortar and pestle. (Don’t grind them finely as this causes difficulty in straining the mixture.)
Add these herbs to a bottle of wine.
Let it steep for several hours or over night them when you’re ready strain and share.
The aroma of simmering Dreams of Delight may be so inviting that drinking may not be necessary. Merely inhaling the fragrance with its subliminal message of love and seduction may be sufficient for the purpose
Fill a pot with wine.
Add the dried botanicals and warm to a simmer.
Strain the solids out and serve the warm potion to the one you love.
Bring an errant lover back with Cleopatra Oil. The oil may be worn as perfume, otherwise saturate a cotton ball with it to wear or carry when you anticipate running into your ex.
This spell is from Spain, “Charm” is meant in its classical sense as a magickal incantation, chant, or song rather than the popular usage indicating a magickally empowered object.
Gather your materials:
Caraway seeds
Coriander seeds
Cumin seeds
Mastic resin
White lime (not the fruit, but burned limestone preparation once very easily obtainable through any pharmacy; substitute oyster shell calcium tablets if easier)
Verdigris (the green coating which forms on brass or copper; it can be created or secuured from art supply store or pharmacist)
Myrrh resign
Dragon’s blood
Broom straw
Take your materials to a crossroads or cemetery.
Make a fire.
Toss in the ingredients, one by one, chanting over each something to the effect:
Oh magick caraway bring him to me!
Oh magick coriander blind him with love for me!
The order of the first eight ingredients doesn’t much matter but leave broom straw for last, chanting: “oh magick broom, fly him to me!”
Grind bay leaves, cinnamon, lavender, and star anise together.
Blend with an equal amount of sugar.
If personal belongings have been left behind especially underwear and socks, sprinkle them with powder. If there are no belongings, try to meet him, and sprinkle him surreptitiously with a little powder. As a last option, write him or her a letter, adding some powder to the envelope.
Sugar has profound summoning powers: allegedly this spell will draw someone quickly. Chew fresh sugar cane while keeping your mind’s eye fixed on your beloved.
Make and eat this potion to sweeten your love and romance with that special person.
For this potion, you will need:
One apple, apricot preserves, ground ginger, and ground cinnamon.
After dinner, preheat the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Cut an apple horizontally so you can see the seed star within. After you cut the apples, hold the apples halves in your hands, and say:
Apple of Goodness, apple of love
Sweeten our romance, as below so above.
Now dig out the seeds and core and make a little pocket to put the preserves. As you do, chant:
Apple of goodness, sweeten our love.
Mix the preserves with a pinch or two of ginger and cinnamon, then spoon into the apple. As you spoon the mixture into the apple halves, repeat:
Apple of goodness, apple of love
Sweeten our romance as below so above.
Wrap the apple halves in aluminum foil and bake for fifteen to twenty minutes. Allow the apple halves to cool enough to eat them, but make sure you eat then warm. Eat one of the halves yourself, and feed your love the other half. Just before you take the first bite, repeat:
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