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It's still Beltane season, a time when we like to feel sexy and romantic! A great way to bring that feeling in is to create a salt or sugar scrub with some wonderful aphrodisiac essential oils. Gather the following items: 1 cup carrier oil (almond, apricot, jojoba, etc.) ½ cup sugar or salt A combination of your favorite sensual essential oils (or a single oil), such as jasmine, ylang-ylang, sandalwood, neroli, and rose A small glass bowl A metal spoon A glass jar with a ...
Use this altar spell to attract good fortune throughout the spring season. Cover the altar with a green or white cloth. In the middle of the altar, place a basket. Choose some items to symbolize the blessings you hope to enjoy this spring. For example, you might choose a favorite toy or stuffed animal to represent happiness and laughter, candy to represent sweetness, colored eggs to represent fertility or new beginnings, and flowers to represent love and sexuality. Place the items in the ...
On this day in 1820, an eighty-ton sperm whale sank the Essex, a whaling ship from Nantucket, Massachusetts. This event was the inspiration for Herman Melville's famous fictional story Moby Dick. Nantucket is a beautiful, mystical, magical seaport. I once rode the ferry to Nantucket, and I'll never forget the experience. I clearly felt the energies of past lives upon me. Are you the captain of your ship, or are you the crew? Do you command your voyage, or are you fighting fictional monsters ...
Love comes in many different flavors. One of these is what the ancient Greeks called storge, or familial love. This is a subtype of platonic love, which is based on affection rather than sex or romance. Storge takes as much care and maintenance as romantic love, just in different ways. Turn off your electronics and pay attention to each other. Shared meals, game nights, and cuddle piles are all good. Pagan families may work spells or rituals together. This work is sacred to Hestia, the Greek ...
