{"id":30156,"date":"2024-07-10T12:33:32","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T16:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/?p=30156"},"modified":"2024-07-17T16:44:15","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T20:44:15","slug":"spellcrafting-money-rice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2024\/07\/10\/spellcrafting-money-rice\/","title":{"rendered":"SpellCrafting: Money Rice \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-30197\" src=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449652966_364426450010937_6854179873497301417_n-238x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449652966_364426450010937_6854179873497301417_n-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449652966_364426450010937_6854179873497301417_n-813x1024.jpg 813w, https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449652966_364426450010937_6854179873497301417_n-768x967.jpg 768w, https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449652966_364426450010937_6854179873497301417_n-1219x1536.jpg 1219w, https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449652966_364426450010937_6854179873497301417_n-1626x2048.jpg 1626w, https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449652966_364426450010937_6854179873497301417_n-1140x1436.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449652966_364426450010937_6854179873497301417_n-scaled.jpg 2032w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/>With the land lush and green in the Northeast, it felt like a good time to make a batch of green money rice. I got the idea from a video posted by Witch the Raven on TikTok and was waiting for the right time. July&#8217;s dark moon in Cancer after heavy rains that left the world smelling rich and earthy was that time.<\/p>\n<p>To make it, put dry rice in a bowl, add green food coloring and stir to coat. To that, Witch the Raven added salt, basil, cinnamon, and chamomile. After mixing, she added patchouli essential oil and stirred again.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>When I made mine, I forgot all about the salt. I was moved to also add peppermint, dried patchouli, some money powder made a dozen years ago with my first coven, and chips of green aventurine, green moss agate, and citrine. I stirred it clockwise until well blended, then buried three small bay leaves attached to one stem. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Holding the small bowl in both hands, I charged it with intention. These are the words I found myself saying, but use those that come to you. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-30198 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449953320_1252022539297113_4850151546408841031_n-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449953320_1252022539297113_4850151546408841031_n-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449953320_1252022539297113_4850151546408841031_n-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449953320_1252022539297113_4850151546408841031_n-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449953320_1252022539297113_4850151546408841031_n-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449953320_1252022539297113_4850151546408841031_n-1140x1520.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449953320_1252022539297113_4850151546408841031_n-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Under this dark moon in Cancer<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><br \/>\n<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0May this be the answer<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><br \/>\n<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0For needs of money, abundance and wealth<\/em><br \/>\n<em><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>For daily living, and for health<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0 \u00a0For my highest good and greatest joy<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0 \u00a0With harm to none<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0 \u00a0The spell&#8217;s begun<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0 \u00a0And as I say so it shall be<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Because the weather is so humid, and to let everything marry, I will leave the bowl on my altar and stir it from time to time during the next few days. I will be adding some of this money rice to my pocketbook, using it to refresh a money charm purse, and storing the rest to use as needs arise, as well as to gift to others.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-30199\" src=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449913606_986253252979220_7954967702738004690_n-227x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"227\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449913606_986253252979220_7954967702738004690_n-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449913606_986253252979220_7954967702738004690_n-775x1024.jpg 775w, https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449913606_986253252979220_7954967702738004690_n-768x1015.jpg 768w, https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449913606_986253252979220_7954967702738004690_n-1162x1536.jpg 1162w, https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449913606_986253252979220_7954967702738004690_n-1549x2048.jpg 1549w, https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449913606_986253252979220_7954967702738004690_n-1140x1507.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449913606_986253252979220_7954967702738004690_n-scaled.jpg 1937w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/>About the author:<br \/>\n<\/em><em>All my life I have known magic was real. As a child, I played with the fae, established relationships with trees and \u201cjust knew things.\u201d In my maiden years I discovered witchcraft and dabbled in the black-candles-and-cemeteries-at-midnight-on-a-fullmoon magick just enough to realize I did not understand its power. I went on to explore many practices including Zen, astrology, color therapy, native traditions, tarot, herbs, candle magic, gems, and, as I moved into my mother years, Buddhism, the Kabbalah and Reiki. The first man I dated after my divorce was a witch who reintroduced me to the Craft, this time by way of the Goddess. It was like coming home to myself. I have been in multiple covens, some virtual. As an eclectic solitary practitioner, I travel the country in a converted school bus and share magick with those I meet. Find me at https:\/\/thewitchonwheels.com\/ and on Facebook.<\/em><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the land lush and green in the Northeast, it felt like a good time to make a batch of green money rice. I got the idea from a video posted by Witch the Raven on TikTok and was waiting for the right time. July&#8217;s dark moon in Cancer after heavy rains that left the world smelling rich and earthy was that time. To make it, put dry rice in a bowl, add green food coloring and stir to coat. To that, Witch the Raven added salt, basil, cinnamon, and chamomile. After mixing, she added patchouli essential oil and stirred again.\u00a0 When I made mine, I forgot all about the salt. I was moved to also add peppermint, dried patchouli, some money powder made a dozen years ago with my first coven, and chips of green aventurine, green moss agate, and citrine. I stirred it clockwise until well blended, then buried three small bay leaves attached to one stem. \u00a0 Holding the small bowl in both hands, I charged it with intention. These are the words I found myself saying, but use those that come to you. \u00a0\u00a0 Under this dark moon in Cancer \u00a0 \u00a0May this be the answer \u00a0 \u00a0For needs of money, abundance and wealth \u00a0\u00a0 For daily living, and for health \u00a0 \u00a0For my highest good and greatest joy \u00a0 \u00a0With harm to none \u00a0 \u00a0The spell&#8217;s begun \u00a0 \u00a0And as I say so it shall be Because the weather is so humid, and to let everything marry, I will leave the bowl on my altar and stir it from time to time during the next few days. I will be adding some of this money rice to my pocketbook, using it to refresh a money charm purse, and storing the rest to use as needs arise, as well as to gift to others.\u00a0 &nbsp; About the author: All my life I have known magic was real. As a child, I played with the fae, established relationships with trees and \u201cjust knew things.\u201d In my maiden years I discovered witchcraft and dabbled in the black-candles-and-cemeteries-at-midnight-on-a-fullmoon magick just enough to realize I did not understand its power. I went on to explore many practices including Zen, astrology, color therapy, native traditions, tarot, herbs, candle magic, gems, and, as I moved into my mother years, Buddhism, the Kabbalah and Reiki. The first man I dated after my divorce was a witch who reintroduced me to the Craft, this time by way of the Goddess. It was like coming home to myself. I have been in multiple covens, some virtual. As an eclectic solitary practitioner, I travel the country in a converted school bus and share magick with those I meet. Find me at https:\/\/thewitchonwheels.com\/ and on Facebook.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":210,"featured_media":30157,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":39,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10008],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spells-rituals"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/210"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30156"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30200,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30156\/revisions\/30200"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}