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'm grateful for friends.

I'm grateful for finally learning to make homemade pasta. I'm even more grateful that the second batch didn't have the look and texture of earth worms. 🤣

This week we're focusing on REFLECTION. This time of year there are many things to reflect on. Did i achieve my goals for the year? What worked and what didn't? What do i need to sit with in the Dark half of the year? What lessons do i need to take forward? What lessons am i still working on? Who or what have i lost that i want to keep the memory of? It's fitting that we focus on Reflection this week as Remembrance Day is Wednesday. I think with everything going on in the world today, we could use a lot more reflection as a whole. Like the quote from George Santayana: "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it". What are you REFLECTING on this week?

I achieve my goals easily with joy in my heart.