Better Than Atkins

My friend Melissa wrote this spell. She is very talented.

She said I could share it and so I am. I plan on giving it a try myself.

Weight Loss Spell
By Melissa L.

Supplies:
Green Candle
Olive Oil
Red Apple
Incense- Holly, Heather, Primrose, Pine, or Angelica

Timing:
Sunday, as close to the new moon as possible, but in the waning.

Cleanse and consecrate your space. Set the apple in the middle of your alter. Light your incense.

Anoint your green candle with the olive oil. As you light it, say

Fifty pounds less I want to weigh.
From this goal don’t let me sway.
Please keep my hunger pangs at bay
And lusty cravings well away.
Please take and harden my resolve
So I can make this fat dissolve.
Healthy and strong I want to be,
To live the life best meant for me.
Please show me signs of my success,
I want to wear a size six dress!

You can change the amount in the first line and the size in the last line to suit your needs.

Recite this 3 times. Then eat the apple.

Snuff the candle.

Put the core outside for the fairies or birds.

Re-light the candle each night and repeat the chant 3 times each time until the candle is gone.

A New Year's Prayer

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
Courage to change the things I can,
And wisdom to know the difference.

My mom had a magnet on her refrigerator that said that when I was a teen. It’s a pretty popular prayer. And I think it holds up to views throughout religion in general. I ask the Gods and Goddess to grant me serenity to accept the things I cannot change. I also ask for the courage to change what I can. But my theory is that people in general have forgotten the last line.

The wisdom to know the difference.

Just because you don’t see how right away doesn’t mean it is unable to be changed. Don’t just give up on it. These days people give up too easily.

Oh, well, nothing I can do. Moving on.

No.

In the words of Captain Jack Sparrow…

The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem.

The Gods and Goddesses have given you a lot of power and trust. You can do more than you think.

Today is the first day of a new year. Happy New Year!

Today I pray for peace and happiness this coming year. May it be filled with blessings, positivity and love.

Don’t just say it. Don’t just think it. Don’t just post a silly meme about it. Go out and do it. Live it. Show it.

Blessed be.

On A Cold Night

Sometimes your best laid plans don’t always pan out. Sometimes what the Gods deliver is better than your plan.

Tonight we honor the full moon. This one is called the Cold Moon or the Long Night’s Moon. Both of those names are apt as for the fact that they happen around the winter solstice and the coldest and darkest time of the year.

Today I went to Disneyland and honored the God and Goddess by spending the time with my family. We walked around and had a great time as always. (FYI… I read somewhere that Walt Disney was Pagan. His family came from Ireland, so perhaps Celtic.) In the park they had booths set up to try holiday foods of other cultures. We tried a curry dish from India, a lamb dish from the Middle East and kugel from the Jewish booth. (The curry was my favorite.)

Since I knew we had planned to go to Disneyland today, I had planned to have an esbat last night by myself.

Planned to.

But then…

Some very nice person made a coconut cake for a friend. And that friend was having a bad day and the cake sure lifted her. Then she called me and asked if I wanted to share in this cake. And I told her since she is sharing her cake with me; I will share my dinner with her. (It was tacos and pozole.)

So instead of an esbat service for one, I held an impromptu, informal service for several. We ate a fabulous meal. I taught a younger witch (13) about runes. She and I did a candle spell together for good luck. She told me about her first deck of tarot cards. She admired things on my alter and I gave her stuff to set up her own at home. (Much like mine and her mother.) I gave her a candle and some incense and an incense holder. I even lent her a book to study and gave her a new blank book to write in.

Before I go on… let me tell you about that blank book.

Earlier this month I received a box of items from a subscription service I subscribe to. Inside the box was this blank book. It has a design on it from the new movie “Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them”. (Yes, I am a huge Harry Potter nut.) When I pulled it out of the box, my husband asked me what I was going to do with yet another blank book. I immediately told him I was going to give it to the before mentioned 13 year old. I told him she would need it. For what purpose and when, I did not know, but she would need it.

And she did. Last night. The God and Goddess know what they are doing.

Anyway, she and I read runes and talked. Then we enjoyed an informal communion. We used the coconut cake as it was already a blessing.

After they left, her mother sent me this picture of the alter she went home and set up.

I love it.

See…

I wrote this post for these reasons…

1. Being Pagan is a perfectly normal part of life.
2. The God and Goddess know what is best for us.
3. Magick is everywhere, you just have to look for it.
Blessed be.

Book Review: Teen Witch

Teen Witch: Wicca for a New Generation by Silver RavenWolf

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


If you go into this book thinking it is for mature adults, you will be disappointed. This book is clearly written for the 11 to 16 age group, depending on their maturity level. Which is fine, because I didn't buy this book for me. I mean really, at my age I would not buy a book for me titled "Teen Witch". I bought it to share with the younger members of my group. But I decided to read it myself first.

I like this book. It was a good way for a kid to get started without providing them too much at once. Yes, it is a little hokey. Yes, it can be a little patronizing. But you know what, at that age and at that level, that is what you need.

It has a bit of a Christian overtone, but the author clearly wrote it for teens who do not come from Pagan families. It is also a little dated. It was written in 1997. So technology has certainly changed since then. Actually, the whole world has changed since then. The author laments that teens who are interested maybe discriminated against. While that certainly may still be true, I believe that it is way less of a problem than maybe in 1997.

I thought it was a good start. I have not read other books by this author, but now I would like to find out what she writes for adults. Should be interesting reads.



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Snow People Make The Best Friends

Another full moon is upon us. Time passes way too quickly.

This full moon is called the Snow Moon or the Quickening Moon. The full moon that occurs in February is traditionally called the Snow Moon because that is the height of the winter snow season. It is also a time when we are all sick of being cooped up inside and are looking forward to Spring.

I spent my full moon with one of my closest friends. She brought her daughter and we had a fabulous tea party and chatted and laughed. For dinner we made fondue and stuffed ourselves with all kinds of goodies. Then at night we bundled up and sat around the fire in the back yard and enjoyed the night. Our girls ran around and toasted marshmallows and everyone was happy.

I don’t think you can beat that.