Author: A Solitary Pagan
Ingredients for a Kitchen Witch: Tea – Courage
We all need a little courage now and then. As Witches, we are often looked down upon as we are miss-represented and feared by those who are ill-educated. This is only one example of why you could need a little extra courage on any given day. Sip some tea on mornings when you feel you need a little boost to get you through the day.
Ingredients for a Kitchen Witch: Basil – Protection
Basil – ProtectionWhile Basil is known to serve many purposes Ione use for basil is protection. Place it sauces, use as a garnish or in homemade salad dressing. You can even place a bunch on your altar or in a flower arrangement.
Kitchen Witch: The Ritual of Eating 1.1
The Ritual of Eating is a simple practice. We put food into our mouths, then chew and swallow it. Because of food’s importance, it has been linked with politics, social structures, legal systems, health maintenance, magic and, oh yes, religion. Our lives still contain vestiges of these earlier practices. Prayer (or “saying grace”) before meals is perhaps the most common. It is popular not on...
Kitchen Witch: The Ritual of Eating 1.2
When the harvest had been spared, our ancestors thanked their deities with offerings of food. This may have been buried, flung into the air, or tossed into afire. The portion earmarked for the deities wasn’t consumed by humans. Even today, with tremendous botanical knowledge and global weather reporting, farmers in most parts of the world are still at the mercy of natural forces. The increased kno...
Kitchen Witch: The Ritual of Eating 1.3
Our ancestors worshipped food, seeing it as a gift from the hands of their deities. Food magicians don’t worship food, though we respect it as a life-sustaining substance containing the energies of the earth. Food is a manifestation of divine energies that’s vital to our survival. Approaching food from this frame of mind makes it easier for us to utilize it as a tool of self-transformation.
Kitchen Witch: The Ritual of Eating 1.4
About prayer: if you don’t subscribe to any particular religion, and haven’t been in the habit of praying before meals, there’s no reason for you to begin to do so. Prior to eating, simply attune with the food (all of the food, not just that which you’re eating for magical purposes). You can easily do this by placing your hands on either side of your portion of the food before beginning to eat. Se...
Kitchen Witch: Vegetarianism 1.1
Many witches are strict vegetarians. They shun meat, poultry, and fish; some even avoid eggs and milk products. They often believe that spiritual advancement and magical ability can only be obtained with such a diet. There are many kinds of vegetarians. Those who follow a macrobiotic diet eat little more than grains. The more common type commonly called “vegans,” add fruits, vegetables, and nuts t...
Kitchen Witch: Vegetarianism 1.2
Another rationale for vegetarianism seems to be that meat is a poison. It’s true that much of the meat eaten today in the United States is injected with growth hormones and is too fatty for sustaining good health. But meat isn’t poison. If itwas, the entire world’s population would have died out thousands of years ago. As members of a largely affluent society, many of us eat too much meat; but thi...
Kitchen Witch: Vegetarianism 1.3
We’re all separate, distinct persons, connected with the rest of our fellow-creatures and with the universe, and yet apart. No one diet is correct for everyone, just as no single type of haircut, food, or religion is suitable for all. Opinions vary, but it seems that people of most earlier cultures ate meat. One food scholar states that no exclusively vegetarian society has ever been discovered. C...
Kitchen Witch: Vegetarianism 1.4
There have always been vegetarians, and there have also always been omnivores (though most earlier cultures ate far less meat than we do today). Neither way is more “correct” or “ancient” or, indeed, spiritual, although many are likely to disagree with this statement. Those in the West who feel that vegetarianism is necessary for magical and spiritual work are correct—for themselves. If they’ve ma...
A list of foods, spices, herbs and their magical properties
Barley – Money, sex Buckwheat – Money Corn – Spirituality Lentil – Peace, tranquility Millet – Money Oats – Money Pretzel – Protection Rice – Sex, money, protection Rye – Love Tortilla – Protection, spirituality Wheat – Spirituality, fertility, protection, psychic awareness Birthday cake – happiness, good luck, wishes, spirituality Wedding cake – Fertility, good luck Cookies –...
The Kitchen Witch1
Sharing a meal with friends or those you love is a ritual in itself, there is a certain energy associated with this simple pleasure, and with the magic of food our life is sustained. The oven is one of your magic tools, as alchemy takes place whenever you put something into the oven and it is transformed. Old magic paid attention to the lore of food and the energies that are contained in the food ...