Everyday Magic
Spells & Rituals for Modern Living
Published on 8. September 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-1-56718-469-3 (ISBN)
Description
Looking for simple solutions for today's problems: computer viruses, traffic that drives you crazy, and an overextended schedule?
There's an easy way to incorporate magic into your life without adding more stress to it. Everyday Magic updates the ancient arts to fit your busy lifestyle. It promotes the use of modern convenience items as viable magical tools, and it incorporates the use of easy-to-find spell ingredients-most of which are already in your kitchen cabinet. It discusses the items and forces that boost magical work, as well as offering a multitude of time-saving tips and a large assortment of recipes for creating your own incenses, potions, and powders. More than 300 spells and rituals cover the everyday concerns of the modern practitioner.
Set your spell into motion and speed up the results with "magical boosters"
Magnify your focused intent and energy flow with herbs, flowers, trees, and stones
Learn how to perform ancient arts with modern tools: your coffee maker, blender and crock pot
Make your own magical powders, sachets, bath salts, potpourris, incenses and oils
Discover the secret to success in magical workings
Practical spells for more than 300 purposes
1999 COVR Award Winner
There's an easy way to incorporate magic into your life without adding more stress to it. Everyday Magic updates the ancient arts to fit your busy lifestyle. It promotes the use of modern convenience items as viable magical tools, and it incorporates the use of easy-to-find spell ingredients-most of which are already in your kitchen cabinet. It discusses the items and forces that boost magical work, as well as offering a multitude of time-saving tips and a large assortment of recipes for creating your own incenses, potions, and powders. More than 300 spells and rituals cover the everyday concerns of the modern practitioner.
Set your spell into motion and speed up the results with "magical boosters"
Magnify your focused intent and energy flow with herbs, flowers, trees, and stones
Learn how to perform ancient arts with modern tools: your coffee maker, blender and crock pot
Make your own magical powders, sachets, bath salts, potpourris, incenses and oils
Discover the secret to success in magical workings
Practical spells for more than 300 purposes
1999 COVR Award Winner
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Minnesota
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 204 mm
Width: 134 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
415 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-56718-469-3 (9781567184693)
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Dorothy Morrison (Louisiana) is a third-degree Wiccan High Priestess of the Georgian Tradition, and she has been an avid practitioner of the Craft for more than fifty years. She founded the Coven of the Crystal Garden in 1986, and she spent many years teaching Wicca to students both in the United States and in Australia.
Dorothy's work has been published in many journals and magazines, including Circle Network News, SageWoman, and Crone Chronicles. She is the author of the acclaimed Everyday Magic, Everyday Moon Magic, Everyday Sun Magic, and Yule.
Dorothy's work has been published in many journals and magazines, including Circle Network News, SageWoman, and Crone Chronicles. She is the author of the acclaimed Everyday Magic, Everyday Moon Magic, Everyday Sun Magic, and Yule.
Content
Contents
Acknowledgments ...................................................... xiii
Introduction .................................................................. 1
Part One: Ancient Arts, Modern Solutions
Chapter One: Magical Boosters .............................. 7
Chapter Two: The Gifts of Nature ........................ 29
Chapter Three: Modern Tools for Ancient Arts ....... 51
Chapter Four: Living the Charmed Life ................ 73
Part Two: Modern Magic for Busy Folks: A Grimoire
Abuse .......................... 84
Acceptance .................. 86
Addiction .................... 88
Anger .......................... 91
Anxiety ........................ 93
Apathy ........................ 94
Attention ..................... 95
Automobiles ................ 96
Balance ........................ 98
Beauty ....................... 100
Business Success ........ 102
Change ...................... 105
Childbirth ................. 107
Cleansing .................. 109
Communication ........ 112
Computers ................ 114
Computer Peripherals ................ 117
Consecration ............. 119
Courage ..................... 119
Creativity ................... 120
Daily Blessings ........... 124
Depression ................ 126
Dieting ...................... 129
Divination ................. 130
Divorce ...................... 132
Dreams ...................... 133
Eloquence ................. 135
Empathy .................... 137
Enemies .................... 138
Energy ....................... 138
Fear ........................... 139
Fertility ..................... 141
Focus ........................ 142
Forgiveness ............... 144
Friendship ................. 145
Gambling .................. 149
Gardening ................. 152
Goals ......................... 155
Gossip ....................... 157
Grounding ................. 158
Habits ....................... 159
Handfasting/Wedding .................... 160
Harmony ................... 163
Health/Healing .......... 167
Heartbreak ................ 171
Home ........................ 174
Hunger ...................... 180
Hunting ..................... 181
Imagination ............... 183
Inspiration ................. 185
Intuition .................... 187
Jobs ........................... 188
Joy ............................. 189
Judgment .................. 190
Justice ....................... 191
Knowledge ................ 192
Leadership ................. 193
Legal Matters ............. 194
Liberation .................. 196
Lost Items ................. 197
Love .......................... 197
Luck .......................... 203
Lust ........................... 205
Magic ........................ 207
Meditation ................. 209
Menopause ................ 212
Mental Ability ............ 218
Money ....................... 219
Negative Energy ........ 223
New Endeavors ......... 225
Nightmares ................ 227
Obstacles ................... 228
Opportunity .............. 229
Parking Places ........... 230
Passion ...................... 231
Peaceful Separation ... 231
Pets ........................... 233
Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) ....... 239
Power ........................ 240
Problem Solving ........ 241
Protection .................. 243
Psychic Ability ........... 246
Psychic Attack ........... 247
Sexual Harassment .... 250
Sleep ......................... 251
Stinging Insects ......... 251
Strength .................... 252
Stress ......................... 252
Success ...................... 258
Theft ......................... 259
Time .......................... 260
Traffic ........................ 261
Travel ........................ 263
Unwanted Guests ...... 266
Victory ...................... 266
Vision ........................ 267
War ........................... 269
Weather ..................... 269
Wisdom .................... 272
Wishes ...................... 272
Afterword .................................................................. 277
The Appendices ......................................................... 279
Appendix A: The Magical Uses of Herbs, Plants, and Flowers...................... 280
Appendix B: The Magical Uses of Stones .......... 290 Appendix C: Deities and Their Magical Associations............. 296
Glossary .................................................................... 305
Bibliography .............................................................. 308
Herbal Warnings ........................................................311
Index ......................................................................... 312
Acknowledgments ...................................................... xiii
Introduction .................................................................. 1
Part One: Ancient Arts, Modern Solutions
Chapter One: Magical Boosters .............................. 7
Chapter Two: The Gifts of Nature ........................ 29
Chapter Three: Modern Tools for Ancient Arts ....... 51
Chapter Four: Living the Charmed Life ................ 73
Part Two: Modern Magic for Busy Folks: A Grimoire
Abuse .......................... 84
Acceptance .................. 86
Addiction .................... 88
Anger .......................... 91
Anxiety ........................ 93
Apathy ........................ 94
Attention ..................... 95
Automobiles ................ 96
Balance ........................ 98
Beauty ....................... 100
Business Success ........ 102
Change ...................... 105
Childbirth ................. 107
Cleansing .................. 109
Communication ........ 112
Computers ................ 114
Computer Peripherals ................ 117
Consecration ............. 119
Courage ..................... 119
Creativity ................... 120
Daily Blessings ........... 124
Depression ................ 126
Dieting ...................... 129
Divination ................. 130
Divorce ...................... 132
Dreams ...................... 133
Eloquence ................. 135
Empathy .................... 137
Enemies .................... 138
Energy ....................... 138
Fear ........................... 139
Fertility ..................... 141
Focus ........................ 142
Forgiveness ............... 144
Friendship ................. 145
Gambling .................. 149
Gardening ................. 152
Goals ......................... 155
Gossip ....................... 157
Grounding ................. 158
Habits ....................... 159
Handfasting/Wedding .................... 160
Harmony ................... 163
Health/Healing .......... 167
Heartbreak ................ 171
Home ........................ 174
Hunger ...................... 180
Hunting ..................... 181
Imagination ............... 183
Inspiration ................. 185
Intuition .................... 187
Jobs ........................... 188
Joy ............................. 189
Judgment .................. 190
Justice ....................... 191
Knowledge ................ 192
Leadership ................. 193
Legal Matters ............. 194
Liberation .................. 196
Lost Items ................. 197
Love .......................... 197
Luck .......................... 203
Lust ........................... 205
Magic ........................ 207
Meditation ................. 209
Menopause ................ 212
Mental Ability ............ 218
Money ....................... 219
Negative Energy ........ 223
New Endeavors ......... 225
Nightmares ................ 227
Obstacles ................... 228
Opportunity .............. 229
Parking Places ........... 230
Passion ...................... 231
Peaceful Separation ... 231
Pets ........................... 233
Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) ....... 239
Power ........................ 240
Problem Solving ........ 241
Protection .................. 243
Psychic Ability ........... 246
Psychic Attack ........... 247
Sexual Harassment .... 250
Sleep ......................... 251
Stinging Insects ......... 251
Strength .................... 252
Stress ......................... 252
Success ...................... 258
Theft ......................... 259
Time .......................... 260
Traffic ........................ 261
Travel ........................ 263
Unwanted Guests ...... 266
Victory ...................... 266
Vision ........................ 267
War ........................... 269
Weather ..................... 269
Wisdom .................... 272
Wishes ...................... 272
Afterword .................................................................. 277
The Appendices ......................................................... 279
Appendix A: The Magical Uses of Herbs, Plants, and Flowers...................... 280
Appendix B: The Magical Uses of Stones .......... 290 Appendix C: Deities and Their Magical Associations............. 296
Glossary .................................................................... 305
Bibliography .............................................................. 308
Herbal Warnings ........................................................311
Index ......................................................................... 312