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Correspondence Journal

Correspondence: Rosemary

Correspondence:

  • Element: Fire
  • Planet: Sun
  • Zodiac: Leo
  • Deities: Aphrodite, Venus, Virgin Mary
  • Powers: protection, raise vibrations, healing, glamour, love/fidelity, cleansing, memory

Uses:

Burn rosemary and cinnamon in a smudge for protection and to invite gentle energy and a higher vibration.

Use rosemary with lavender in a bath or tea to help alleviate anxiety.

Use rosemary oil and peppermint oil diluted in a carrier oil (like almond, coconut, olive, or jojoba oil) as a massage oil to alleviate aches and pains.

Use rosemary oil or infusion in glamour spells and homemade cosmetics to increase circulation to the skin/scalp and promote hair growth.

Use with basil in love and fidelity spells.

Wear a rosemary crown at your wedding to promote a happy and faithful marriage.

Use with oranges or orange peels in cleansing spells and homemade cleaning products.

Wear rosemary oil to an exam or while studying, or burn rosemary incense while meditating to improve your memory.

Plant rosemary near your front door for protection.

Burn rosemary with juniper berries to purify a sick room and promote healing.

Rosemary can be used as a substitute for other herbs in spell work.

Cook with it! Use it in chicken, lamb, potatoes, or vegetables. It pairs well with thyme and sage.

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Spell and Recipe Journal

Recipe: Herbal Leo Moon Water

Because I so rarely repeat a recipe exactly the way I did it last time, I’m making the executive decision to repost the recipe every time I change it. Because it’s my grimoire and I can do that shit. Also it helps to keep track of what worked and what didn’t. So with that said, here’s my herbal moon water recipe for the Leo moon.

Ingredients:

  • mason jar
  • water
  • rosemary (dried)
  • chamomile
  • 3 bay leaves
  • sigil
  • coins

Process:

I taped my sigil to the bottom of the jar, facing inward. I wrote intentions on both sides of each bay leaf and added it to the jar, with the rosemary, chamomile, and coins.

I filled up the jar with water, capped it, and left it in an east facing window over the full moon in Leo.

Uses:

  • add to glamour magic potions (<= this is the one I’m going to do)
  • dilute castile soap
  • add a spoonful to the water in a diffuser
  • bless/cleanse your witchy tools
  • use as a floor wash to bless your house
  • pour over your head as a spiritual bath

This is a full moon in Leo, so it’s particularly good for glamour magic, but it will also hold some of the influence of the sun/Saturn/Jupiter conjunction in Aquarius and the Uranus/Mars/Lilith conjunction in Taurus. Keep this in mind when deciding how to use your moon water.

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Spell and Recipe Journal

Recipe: Smudge sticks

Ingredients:

  • herbs/plants (scroll down for suggestions)
  • baker’s twine

Process:

Cut the branches of the plant material you are using into 6-8 inch lengths.

Measure a piece of baker’s twine the width of your arm span.

Bundle the branches together (to your desired thickness).

With the tips of the branches pointing down, begin wrapping the cord tightly around the base of your bundle.

Then, wrap the cord around the bundle (while firmly pressing the plant material together) working your way to the tip of the branches.

When you reach the tip, begin working your way back down toward the base.

Tie the two ends of the cord together at the base.

Set the smudge stick to dry in a basket or on a drying rack for 7-10 days (or as long as necessary).

Uses:

Burn a smudge the same way and for the same reason you’d use incense, as a daily energy clearing ritual, or for more specific purposes:

  • sage – cleanse and purify, banish negative energy
  • rosemary – protect the home, cleanse and purify, elevate vibration
  • cinnamon – protect the home, comfort/warmth
  • basil – attract love, money, abundance
  • lavender – promote calm, serenity, friendly energy
  • fennel – protection
  • dragon’s blood – increases the power of whatever you put it with
  • thyme – invite positive spirits, sweetness
  • rose petals – attract love
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Spell and Recipe Journal

Recipe: Herbal Moon Water

Ingredients:

  • hot water
  • mason jar
  • rosemary (dried)
  • chamomile
  • lavender leaves
  • bay leaf
  • sigil

Process:

I added a handful of dried lavender leaves (the dead ones I picked off my plant), chamomile, and rosemary to a mason jar.

I wrote “abundance” (for Jupiter) on one side of the bay leaf and “protection” (for Saturn) on the other side and added that to the jar as well.

I filled the jar up with boiling water.

I covered the jar with wax paper, put a sigil over the wax paper, and then screwed on the lid.

I’ve left the jar in an east-facing window (because that’s what was available) over the full moon in Cancer. In a few days I’ll move it away from the window and put it on a shelf with all my other mason jars full of potions.

Uses:

  • Add to glamour potions
  • dilute castille soap
  • drink as a tea while reciting an incantation
  • add a spoonful to a vaporizer
  • sprinkle over witchy tools while reciting an incantation to bless said tools
  • pour over your head as a spiritual bath
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Spell and Recipe Journal

Recipe: God is Love Vinegar

Ingredients:

  • apple cider vinegar
  • orange peel
  • cinnamon
  • rosemary
  • parchment paper
  • sigil
  • jar

Process:

Put orange peel, cinnamon, and rosemary into a jar, and then fill up the jar with apple cider vinegar. Cover the top of the jar with parchment paper. This is important, as it will prevent the vinegar from corroding the lid of the jar. Set (or draw) a sigil on the parchment paper before putting on the lid. Put the jar away for at least one moon cycle.

Uses:

  • Add hot water and honey for a health tonic
  • Add to cosmetic mixes for glamour magic
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Recipe: Holy Oil

I made this holy oil on the December Solstice which was also the Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn.

Ingredients:

  • 150mL clove oil
  • 1 gram of THC concentrate (LA Chocolat Shatter, 81%)
  • 750mg CBD (10 droppers, 0.75mL per dropper, 100mg per mL)
  • rosemary oil
  • patchouli oil
  • frankincense oil
  • bay leaf

Process:

The clove oil has been soaking for maybe two months in a 200mL mason jar. I don’t remember when I set them to soak, and I didn’t write it down, but I’m sure it’s been two months or more.

I’ve scooped the cloves out of the oil with a fork and now it’s only 150mL of oil. (I put the oil soaked cloves into another jar to make more clove oil. [Edit 4/20/21: this was a bad idea. Next time I make clove oil I’ll use new cloves rather than used ones.]) I’ve crumbled the THC shatter into the mason jar and I’ve set that into a teacup of boiling water to gently heat the oil and melt the shatter. I’m occasionally taking it out and shaking it to speed it along, as well as occasionally replacing the water when it cools down.

I discovered that I can kill two birds with one stone by putting a bay leaf into the teacup.

Melting the shatter takes hours. It’s wise to do something else at the same time. I’m also making candles and researching the difference between witchcraft and mysticism as I do this. [Edit 4/20/21: in retrospect, the next time I do this, I’ll leave the shatter in the clove oil overnight.]

I’ve added 10 droppers of CBD. The droppers claim to be 1mL but they don’t fill all the way; I can only fill them up to about 0.75mL. I’ve added ten drops each of rosemary, patchouli, and frankincense oils, and then, because my oil pump is 200mL, I’ve topped it off with un-infused almond oil.

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Uses:

  • Soak sigils in holy oil before burning them to increase their power and ensure a clean burn
  • Anoint hands and/or candles before doing candle magic
  • Use as a massage oil for sex magic
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Recipe: Thieves Vinegar

This is a personal, spirit-led variation on the traditional Thieves Vinegar, made on the new moon (and solar eclipse) in Sagittarius. By the full moon (in Cancer) it should be ready to use.

Ingredients:

  • white vinegar
  • orange peel from 1 orange
  • rosemary (fresh, leftover from smudge making)
  • basil (some leftover from smudge making, some dried)
  • sage (left over from smudge making)
  • 7 bay leaves
  • worship sigil

Process:

Put orange peel, rosemary, basil, sage, and bay leaves into a jar. Fill the jar up with vinegar.

I’m considering adding cinnamon, but for now I will not.

In fact, as I’m typing this, it occurs to me that I can add my sigil to absorb some of the more chaotic energy. I covered the mouth of the jar with parchment paper before putting the lid on, and I can slip a sigil between the parchment paper and the lid.

Uses:

  • cleaning
  • any banishing spell that requires vinegar