Fall has finally arrived and it is truly a season of magic for practitioners of all traditions. I’ve decided to write on how to make use of those beautiful gourds that are so iconic of this time of year with 3 magical pumpkin spells. The pumpkin is powerful beyond what words can express. In Afro-Caribbean magic is represents wealth, abundance, prosperity and love. In the Lukumi tradition is sacred to the orisha Ochun who is herself the…
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May your Halloween, All Saints’ and All Souls’ Days be filled with magic, mystery and joy and full your life with blessings in the months to come – Happy Halloween!
In Haiti, the celebration is known as Fête Ghédé and the spirits of the Ghédé Nation, the lwa that represent and mock death, and venerated, especially Baron Samedi and Maman Brigitte. In cemeteries, there is often a large cross close to the front gate that is used as an altar to make offerings to Baron and Maman on this particular day, I don’t feel qualified to elaborate on the Haitian practice, since I am not a practitioner…
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In Afro-Caribbean magic is represents wealth, abundance, prosperity and love. In the Lukumi tradition is sacred to the Orisha Ochun who is herself the embodiment of love, sweetness and all that is good and pleasureful in life. In Eastern Europe there is a commonly held belief that if pumpkins are kept too long, wandering spirits may take up residence and clause them to move about and even bleed by night. From Ireland comes the tradition of the…
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