August 2018 Magick Mail BOOXXX

Seriously am I the only one that wants to sing?

Here's the mail
it never fails
it makes me want to wag my tail
when it comes I wanna wail

MAAAIIIILLL

OK OK

I know you're not here to see me.
here's the video.....

JULY 2018 Hedgewitch is HERE!!!

You'll be super jelly if you missed it. . . its one of my FAVES!!... ok ok so their all my faves. I can't help it.

June Magick Mail 2018

This Girl Loves Trinkets

So, while I await my magick mail video going up I need to tell you all about my new trinkets!!!!

Ok, they aren't trinkets they're more like books and cards!

Trinket #1 Book

Stargazing!

This nifty little notebook!

You can order from the link above. It has a list of lunar eclipses  right in the cover. It teaches you the phases of the moon (if your reading this hopefully you already know those, but its nice to have references). The note pages are observation logs. In the back is a list of constellations (15) and a pull out of a simple astrolabe. 

Cool as fuck right!!!!

Trinket #2 Cards 

Constellations- A Deck of Knowledge.

This deck is bomb! Seriously! It has 48 cards. 1 card has definitions & info on it (front and back) and the other 47 look like so: 

That's right check out all that witchy history! A love for sure right!

Trinket #3 Book

Spooky Campfire Tales

This line of books also has a few for specific states! I've been in love with tales of haunting spirits since middle school when the librarian, (Who shaved his legs and dressed like a woman when we got our test scores up! He was great!). Read us the Tale Tale lilac!. 

Trinket #4 Book

Mountain Magic

Another book of lore just a little more local. I find these books all over the place (I usually grab them from a local book store.) But, on a treat-full occasion they can be found at local state/national parks in your area. There's nothing more I love than hiking out and about and visiting a gift shop to help support my favorite local parks.

HAPPY WITCHING!  

May Magick Mail 2018

:D

I don't remember buying this book...

but I'm glad I did.

While reading through some of my other books for my last blog, I found this neat little book. The Witch's Journal (currently out of stock there sorry.) (Don't buy it from amazon its listed as like $64.00 WTF rapist!)  This is a great review of the book :D

So, basically, I pulled all my books off the shelf and checked for the word hand-fasting in the index. Those are the books I kept off for the blog. Now, out of the 7 or so I used 2 for the blog. The reason for this is sometimes in the index it just shows the word hand-fasting is used on a page. For example, one book mentions hand-fasting in a small piece on Lammas. The two I chose to use had small pieces on hand-fasting. This book mentions it on a page about brooms which is what I'm about to share with you! :D I heart brooms.

Jumping the Broom:
This custom, originating from both Wales and Africa, is continued in Wiccan weddings (hand-fastings) today. Following the ceremony, the couple step over the broom to bless their fertility and their union. The broom is typically decorated with flowers and ribbons, and hung in a prominent place in the couple's home after the wedding.

Brooms and Protection:
According to folklore, a broom hung over or near a doorway with the bristles pointed up will protect the home from negative energy.

How to Make a Broom:
You can find decorative twig brooms in craft and home-decorating stores during the fall, but you can also make your own.

1. Soak the bristle material in water overnight. let it dry for a few hours until it is supple but not waterlogged. 
2. Arrange a layer of bristles around the base of the branch and tie tightly with twine
3. Add another layer, building outward until the bristles reach the desired fullness and shape.
4. Add a final layer, with 6 inches (15 cm) of bristle covering the broom handle. Wrap the twine securely around the top layer 3 inches (7.5 cm) from the base of the handle. Fold the bristles over the twine to hide it. Tie a length of twine tightly near the top of the bundle. Tie a second length about 2 inches (5 cm) down. 
5. If you wish, decorate the handle or the top of the bristle bundle with crystals, paint, or carvings. 

Handle Woods: 

The broom handle can be made from a variety of sturdy branches. The following are the most common:

• Birch
• Hazel
• Ash
• Oak

Bristle Materials:

• Straw
• Wheat
• Twigs, such as Willow
• Lavender
• Mugwort
• Thyme

Hand-fastings. Something I haven't blogged on about before.

For those of you curious, the last royal wedding was a hand-fasting. (Did you see that gold ribbon around the hands of Will and Kate?

Hand-fasting is a timeless Celtic tradition. Something so lovely and real about ribbons for the pretty show; and rope to remind you that you now have another responsibility.

Grimiore for the Apprentice Wizard cite hand-fasting as marriage, for as long as the love shall last. And if they should someday decide to part, a ceremony of hand-parting will allow them to do so with honor and good will.

To Light a Sacred Flame lists that there are three types of hand-fastings.

1. Ceremonial: A ceremony performed for a year and a day
2. Legal: A legal ceremony performed for life under the rules and regulations of state law
3. Spiritual: A ceremony performed for this lifetime and beyond. 

You will also find a step by step ceremony for a hand-fasting in To Light a Sacred Flame, along with this list of herbs for marriage: 

• Aconite
• Apple
• Basil
• Broom
• Caraway
• Coriander
• Elderflower
• Ginger
• Holly
• Ivy
• Jasmine
• Lavender
• Lemon Verbena
• Licorice
• Lotus
• Maple
• marjoram
• Mistletoe
• Orchid
• Rose
• Rosemary
• Skullcap
• Yarrow

If you're planning to tie your life to another's and you want a traditional ceremony, but you aren't by any means looking to do it in a church or a court house here is a list of officiants by state. 

I recommend a cat if your just feeling lonely and you have no partner or if your partner is an asshat.  

That is all!