Making your own incense is very easy, and using the powerful energy of roses, it will bring a boost to your rituals and magic, especially those rites you wish to keep “sub rosa,” as we have been discussing. Mix and store only in a clean glass container. Plastic is not only NOT airtight, but it … Read more
If you were wondering if you can still join us THIS AFTERNOON for my Herbs and Magickal Gifts from the Garden workshop, the answer is — YES! There are still seats for you (maybe even a friend or two).Join us from 1 to 5pm TODAY at Dancing Moon Books in Raleigh as we: Create Sacred … Read more
Rose Petal Love Spellfrom The Spells Bible, by Ann-Marie Gallagher Intention:To help those who are single and ready for true love send out the magical message that you are now ready to settle down with the right person. Ingredients:One red candle (6-8″ in length)Matches/ lighterOne quarter wineglass of pure spring waterPetals from 6 red roses, … Read more
Howbeit we know after a time there will now be a general reformation, both of divine and humane things, according to our desire and the expectation of others; for it is fitting, that before the rising of the Sun there should appear and break forth Aurora, or some clearness, or divine light in the sky. … Read more
Contemplate through Me [the Divine Mind], the world and consider its beauty … See that all things are full of light. See the earth, settled in the midst of all, the great nurse who nourishes all earthly creatures, All is full of Soul, and all beings are in movement.— Corpus HermeticaWe continue our journey through … Read more
Say no longer that God is invisible. Do not speak thus, for what is more manifest than God? He has created all only that you may see it through the beings. For that is the miraculous power of God, to show Himself through all beings. For nothing is invisible, not even the incorporeal. The intellect … Read more
Moonlight -Maxfield ParrishMoonlightby Vita Sackville-West What time the meanest brick and stoneTake on a beauty not their own,And past the flaw of builded woodShines the intention whole and good,And all the little homes of manRise to a dimmer, nobler span;When colour’s absence gives escapeTo the deeper spirit of the shape, — Then earth’s great architecture … Read more
All this focus on secret societies in the dusty past seems far distant from the sweet flowers in our gardens. Why do we care about Rosicrucians and Freemasons? The rose has a long heritage as a symbol of these powerful secret societies that many believe have ruled or influenced European and American history for centuries. … Read more
For what we do presage is riot in grosse,For we are brethren of the Rosie Crosse;We have the Mason Word and second sight,Things for to come we can foretell aright. — Henry Adamson, The Muses’ Threnodie (1638) Our journey with the Graces, specifically Thalia, continues, as She guides us through the magical garden. We are … Read more
A Summer Day by Lucy Maud Montgomery I.The dawn laughs out on orient hillsAnd dances with the diamond rills;The ambrosial wind but faintly stirsThe silken, beaded gossamers;In the wide valleys, lone and fair,Lyrics are piped from limpid air,And, far above, the pine trees freeVoice ancient lore of sky and sea.Come, let us fill our hearts … Read more