The colder months are a great time to add Simmer Pot Spells to your daily Magical Practice. Simmer Pots or "homemade PotPourri", have been used for centuries to fragrance the home, add moisture to dry air, improve moods, healing and even driving out demons. On top of being an effective working method, they also add fragrance and an additional sense of warmth in your home. The kitchen is also traditionally the energetic hub of a home for many reasons, so having a Simmer Pot going on your stove allows that working to easily access that energy and disperse it either throughout your home or into the Universe to manifest, depending on your intent. Because of this Simmer Pots are great for workings that affect your home and/or the people in it, such as: Prosperity / Abundance Cleansing Health / Healing Peace / Harmony Protection Simmer Pots have the potential to be very powerful workings because they draw on all five of the Elements at once: Water - the vehicle that combines the ingredients and holds your intention Earth - the botanical ingredients that align with your intent Fire - the heat that activates everything Air - the steam that carries the intent throughout your home or out to the Universe to be manifested Spirit - your focus and intent that transform a simple pot of ingredients into a working spell for your home. They are also very easy to do: 1) Fill a medium sized pot with water. 2) Add in a handful of herbs, spices, essential oils and aromatic botanicals that correspond with your intent 3) Stir the pot clockwise for drawing things in, counter-clockwise for removing things, while focusing your intent into the water. 4) Turn the burner on medium-high until the pot just starts to boil, then turn it to low so your pot simmers and steams nicely. Make sure to keep an eye on your Simmer Pot so it doesn't boil dry and add more water if necessary. What are you putting in your simmer pot?

I make decisions and take actions that best support my goals.

I listen to my mind and body and give them what they need.

by John Mccrae In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie, In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields.

Did you know... The act of researching and writing your own spell is an important part of the spell itself. I know it's often easier to simply duplicate a spell created by someone else. Yes, these spells can be effective. When you research and write a spell, ritual or working yourself, you are creating energy and purpose to your working from the moment you start the process. A working doesn't start when you add flame to candle, it starts when you make the decision to do it. Through researching the best path to take, what ingredients / supplies you will need, why you need those specific ones, creates a deeper energy and attachment to the working than simply recreating one you found in a book or online. Putting pen to paper, or typing out the process and words, adds further energy and focus to the process. This process puts your own energetic signature on your working, giving it energy and focus before the actual working itself starts. Simply going through the motions of a pre-written working, using suggested ingredients and tools without fully understanding why they're being used, prevents the process of building this energy for your working. It prevents your working from being as effective as it could be. Researching and writing your own workings and rituals is more work, yes. That's the point. I'm sure you'll find the extra effort benefits you more at the end of the process. Now you know.