{"id":9746,"date":"2014-04-01T01:10:36","date_gmt":"2014-04-01T06:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=10082"},"modified":"2014-03-30T15:04:16","modified_gmt":"2014-03-30T20:04:16","slug":"the-witchs-cupboard-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2014\/04\/01\/the-witchs-cupboard-19\/","title":{"rendered":"The Witch’s Cupboard"},"content":{"rendered":"

Merry Spring!<\/span><\/p>\n

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I thought for this month it might be nice to use traditional correspondences of Ostara and incorporate them into the entire month. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Here are some correspondences:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Symbolism \/ Ritual Work: new beginnings, new life, rebirth, fertility, balance, communication, growth, agriculture, planting, love, sex<\/span><\/p>\n

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Decorations \/ Symbols: Eggs, new moons, butterflies, bees, cocoons, rabbits, baskets, sprouting plants, wildflowers, lambs, robins, chicks<\/span><\/p>\n

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Stones: Aquamarine, amethyst, rose quartz, moonstone, bloodstone, red jasper<\/span><\/p>\n

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Plants: Blessed thistle, crocus, daffodil, jasmine, Irish moss, oak, snowdrop, ginger<\/span><\/p>\n

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Incense \/ Oils: Lotus, magnolia, ginger, jasmine, rose, sage, lavender, narcissus<\/span><\/p>\n

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Foods: Seasonal foods, seeds, edible flowers, eggs, fish, hot crossed buns, sweet breads, chocolate, honey cakes, fresh fruit, milk, dairy foods, nuts, sprouts, asparagus<\/span><\/p>\n

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Drinks: Lemonade, mead, egg nog<\/span><\/p>\n

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Colors: pastels, grass green, robin’s egg blue, red<\/span><\/p>\n

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Butterflies for instance: \u00a0Citizen scientists track the monarch butterfly migration each fall and spring as the monarchs travel to and from Mexico. Report your own observations of migrating butterflies to real-time migration maps. Share data to help scientists understand how monarchs respond to climate and changing seasons. Explore monarch butterfly life cycle, ecology, habitat and conservation needs.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Find out what you can do to help the honey bee crisis: \u00a0Honey bees work hard to pollinate hundreds of crops, including fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Yet over the last five years, we’ve lost over one-third of our honey bee colonies nationwide, due to factors such as Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), an alarming phenomenon that occurs when honey bees mysteriously desert their hive and die.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Researchers do not know exactly what causes CCD, but they believe there may be many contributing factors, including viruses, mites, chemical exposure, and poor nutrition.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Try a Spring Morning Blessing:<\/span><\/p>\n

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My body reaches to the spring sun, (stretch arms up)<\/span><\/p>\n

My mind is clear and fresh (hands on the head)<\/span><\/p>\n

I bless the day\u2019s beauty (stretch hands out in front of you and around in a sweeping gesture) and hold it in my heart (hands move to rest over the heart center)<\/span><\/p>\n

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For Health and Spring Spirituality try eating Spiritual Foods!<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

For health, eggs, especially yolks. Eggs are both highly nutritious and an ancient symbol of new life and possibility.<\/span><\/p>\n

Other symbols of fertility and life include seeds, sprouts, and breads baked in rounded fertility goddess shapes.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Plant Something, Anything! \u00a0Get the Kids Involved! \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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A good choice would be something that attracts the honey bee. \u00a0Plants include; mints, basil, sage, thyme, borage, oregano, lavender, chives, buckwheat, berries, strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, cucumbers, tomato, winter squash, pumpkins, melons, watermelons, flowering broccoli, crocus, snowdrops, jonquils, tulips, sunflowers, asters, dandelions, clovers, lilacs, wisteria, cosmos, black-eyed susans, gaillardia, cup plants, goldenrod, loosestrife, bachelor\u2019s buttons, bee balm, sedum, peony and honeysuckle. This is just the tip of the iceberg! \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Burn this combination of oils at full moon in April:<\/span><\/p>\n

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1 Part Sage, 1 Part Jasmine and 1 part Lotus and add to almond, grapeseed or olive oil. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Try some Oomancy <\/span><\/p>\n

Oomancy (sometimes termed ovomancy or ooscopy) refers to divination by eggs. An example would be the oracular reading (i.e., scrying) of the shapes a raw egg white forms when dropped in a glass of water. \u00a0In another method, the separated white of a raw egg is dropped into hot water and the shapes in the rapidly cooked egg material are interpreted by the diviner.
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Merry Spring! \u00a0   I thought for this month it might be nice to use traditional correspondences of Ostara and incorporate them into the entire month. \u00a0   Here are some correspondences:   Symbolism \/ Ritual Work: new beginnings, new life, rebirth, fertility, balance, communication, growth, agriculture, planting, love, sex   Decorations \/ Symbols: Eggs, new moons, butterflies, bees, cocoons, rabbits, baskets, sprouting plants, wildflowers, lambs, robins, chicks   Stones: Aquamarine, amethyst, rose quartz, moonstone, bloodstone, red jasper   Plants: Blessed thistle, crocus, daffodil, jasmine, Irish moss, oak, snowdrop, ginger   Incense \/ Oils: Lotus, magnolia, ginger, jasmine, rose, sage, lavender, narcissus   Foods: Seasonal foods, seeds, edible flowers, eggs, fish, hot crossed buns, sweet breads, chocolate, honey cakes, fresh fruit, milk, dairy foods, nuts, sprouts, asparagus   Drinks: Lemonade, mead, egg nog   Colors: pastels, grass green, robin’s egg blue, red   Butterflies for instance: \u00a0Citizen scientists track the monarch butterfly migration each fall and spring as the monarchs travel to and from Mexico. Report your own observations of migrating butterflies to real-time migration maps. Share data to help scientists understand how monarchs respond to climate and changing seasons. Explore monarch butterfly life cycle, ecology, habitat and conservation needs.   Find out what you can do to help the honey bee crisis: \u00a0Honey bees work hard to pollinate hundreds of crops, including fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds.   Yet over the last five years, we’ve lost over one-third of our honey bee colonies nationwide, due to factors such as Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), an alarming phenomenon that occurs when honey bees mysteriously desert their hive and die.   Researchers do not know exactly what causes CCD, but they believe there may be many contributing factors, including viruses, mites, chemical exposure, and poor nutrition.   Try a Spring Morning Blessing:   My body reaches to the spring sun, (stretch arms up) My mind is clear and fresh (hands on the head) I bless the day\u2019s beauty (stretch hands out in front of you and around in a sweeping gesture) and hold it in my heart (hands move to rest over the heart center)   For Health and Spring Spirituality try eating Spiritual Foods!   For health, eggs, especially yolks. Eggs are both highly nutritious and an ancient symbol of new life and possibility. Other symbols of fertility and life include seeds, sprouts, and breads baked in rounded fertility goddess shapes.   Plant Something, Anything! \u00a0Get the Kids Involved! \u00a0\u00a0   A good choice would be something that attracts the honey bee. \u00a0Plants include; mints, basil, sage, thyme, borage, oregano, lavender, chives, buckwheat, berries, strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, cucumbers, tomato, winter squash, pumpkins, melons, watermelons, flowering broccoli, crocus, snowdrops, jonquils, tulips, sunflowers, asters, dandelions, clovers, lilacs, wisteria, cosmos, black-eyed susans, gaillardia, cup plants, goldenrod, loosestrife, bachelor\u2019s buttons, bee balm, sedum, peony and honeysuckle. This is just the tip of the iceberg! \u00a0   Burn this combination of oils at full moon in April:   1 Part Sage, 1 Part Jasmine and 1 part Lotus and add to almond, grapeseed or olive oil. \u00a0 Try some Oomancy Oomancy (sometimes termed ovomancy or ooscopy) refers to divination by eggs. An example would be the oracular reading (i.e., scrying) of the shapes a raw egg white forms when dropped in a glass of water. \u00a0In another method, the separated white of a raw egg is dropped into hot water and the shapes in the rapidly cooked egg material are interpreted by the diviner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":204,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9746","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\/204"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9746\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}