Tag: Honey

Mojo Luck Spell

This spell provides you with a charm to carry with you at all times.

Items You Will Need:

  • One charcoal disk in a fireproof dish
  • Matches
  • Dried juniper berries
  • One teaspoon of honey
  • One cream pillar candle
  • One  spool of red cotton thread
  • One red velvet drawstring pouch
  • One small white pebble
  • One bunch of dried white sage

Best Time To Cast:

  • Weave this charm on the sixth night after a new moon, when the moon is visible in the night sky

The Spell:

  1. Cast a circle around your work area.
  2. Light the charcoal disk and sprinkle on the juniper berries
  3. Smear honey onto the top of the candle, avoiding the wick. Light the candle saying: “Hear me, I stand between the light and the dark, between a high place and a low place, and none that inhabit these places may gain way or cross the luck I seal within.
  4. Measure the circumference of your right wrist with the thread. Knot it into a “bracelet” and place it in the pouch.
  5. Cense the stone in juniper smoke, and place it in the pouch. Put three sage leaves in the pouch. Light the remaining sage with the candle and allow it to smolder.
  6. Using sage smoke, cense the mojo bag, saying: “All within is pure and safe, that within is that without, that without is that within, let the charm begin.”
  7. Seal the bag immediately.

FIRE OF LOVE SPELL

FIRE OF LOVE SPELL

Ingredients: honey wax
Honey and wax are doubly bewitching, as both are made from bees.
Take a red or pink candle and anoint with honey to draw someone to you.
Carve both your names into the candle and surround the names with a heart.
Burn on the new moon to attract a new lover or on a full moon to strengthen a relationship
that is already in progress. Burn a white candle anointed with honey if you want to heal a
relationship. This is best done on a new moon the honey will sweeten the wounds and the
burning wax will purify any surrounding negativity and seal in the white light and protective
vibrations of love.

Crone’s Corner – Winter Afternoon Tea

Crone’s Corner – Winter Afternoon Tea
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Ingredients:
1 tsp. dried chamomile
1 tsp. dried mint
1 tsp. dried lavender
honey
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Combine the herbs in your warmed tea pot and add 2 cups boiling water. Steep for 5 minutes and strain. Add 1 tsp. of honey to each cup of tea. Notes: I put together this simple mellow tea one winter afternoon. I like it with the honey, but lemon would be fine too. This makes 2 cups of tea, but it can easily be doubled and tripled.
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Courtesy of Brenda Hyde of OldFashionedLiving.com

Bees

The most familiar bee is the bumblebee which has a large hairy body, and a long reddish hairy tongue to soak up nectar. On their hind legs, pollen sticks to the combs and brushes located on their body which is then stored in a pollen basket otherwise known as a honeystomach. To fill this sack a bee must suck nectar from 60 flowers.

The males are known as drones and play no part in the organization of the colony. It is the queen and workers (their daughters) which create the complex social structures they live in.

These bees may have highly specialized functions such as defense, food collection, food storage, or reproduction.

Bee shows us we can accomplish what seems impossible by having dedication and working hard. It asks us to pursue our dreams with incredible focus and fertilize our aspirations. Bee teaches us to cooperate with others who have similar goals so we can learn how to help each other.

PIERNIKI (Polish Spice Cookies)

PIERNIKI (Polish Spice Cookies)

1-1 ½ c. honey
Pinch of black pepper
½ tsp. nutmeg
½ tsp. allspice
1 c. sugar
4-5 c. flour
½ tsp. cinnamon
½ tsp. cloves
4 eggs
1 tsp. soda dissolved in water

Heat honey until it boils, then allow it to cool until lukewarm. Sift the flour with the spices.

Beat the eggs with the sugar until thick. Add the soda, then the honey and the flour. Mix well. Roll out the dough on a lightly floured board to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut cookies in whatever shapes you like. Bake them on buttered sheets in a 350 degree oven for about 10-15 minutes, or until just lightly browned.

The pierniki may be decorated with a thin glaze made of confectioners’ sugar, water, almond or vanilla extract and a drop of food coloring.

Hot Ginger Tea

Hot Ginger Tea

1 Large Knob Fresh Ginger, Sliced
1 Stick Cinnamon
Several Lemon Slices
Several Whole Cloves, Inserted into the Lemon Slices
4 Cups (1 liter) Water
3/4 Cup (170 grams) Firmly Packed Brown Sugar or Honey (180 milliliters)

In a saucepan, combine the ginger, cinnamon, lemon slices with cloves, and water. Bring to a boil. Decrease heat and simmer for 15 to 20 minutes. Sweeten with brown sugar or honey, to taste. Strain and serve hot.