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🌻🌞Litha🌞🌻
🌻 Midsummer, or summer solstice
🌻 Art By: Lanajay_Art on instagram
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🌞 When Is Litha?
🌻 Northern Hemisphere:
20-24 June
It is typically celebrated on the longest day and the shortest night of the year
🌻 Southern Hemisphere:
20-24 December
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🌞What Is Litha?
🌻 Litha is the celebration of the longest day and the shortest night of the year. The sun god is thriving and at his most vibrant peak, giving warmth to the earth and growth all around. We are celebrating the potential and successes that surround us. From now on the days will begin to become shorter again and darkness will begin to take over. The summer and warmth are still sticking around for a while, though, and it is still a very happy occasion. We are celebrating the pregnancy of the Triple Goddess with the Horned God. The Oak King is currently ruling the waxing half of the year while the Holly King is ruling the waning half of the year. The Holly King and the Oak King are battling with each other and the Holly King will eventually overrule the Oak King. Litha is a time for important magick and major spell work that needs to be put into action; It’s the best time to complete any huge magickal workings that need tackling. Before the darker days return, we must celebrate.
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🌞How To Celebrate It
🌻 Litha comes at such a positive time of year and your celebrations will reflect this.
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🌞Activities
- 🌻 Tackle the most challenging and most anticipated spells and rituals at midsummer, the ones that require the most energy from you; what better time to do it than when the world’s energies are at their peak! It’s the best time of the year for rituals to do with fire,faery magick, love, passion, energy and luck for the warmer times to come.
- 🌻 It’s also a good time to renew any tools or create or purchase any extra magickal tools you may require.
- 🌻Throw a midsummer bonfire or have a fire ritual. Or organize an outside gathering to simply enjoy the sun! There are loads of different ways that you can do this, a traditional midsummer bonfire would (obviously) be outside, although if this is not an option, a wood burner inside would also be fine. Burn pieces of old oak, light them on the evening before midsummer, then let them burn out as they reach the morning. It is also common to scatter herbs on the fire. Some Wiccans also burn the nine sacred types of wood (birch, rowan, ash, alder, willow, hawthorn, oak, holly and hazel) to bring them good luck and a good harvest. During the midsummer bonfire they would jump over the fire, then let the fire burn down completely and sometimes collect ashes from the fire and scatter them on the fields or on their herb garden to bring good fortune in the harvesting season coming in the near future. You could also keep some ashes for luck within spell work or rituals.
- 🌻 Create a god’s eye: it is typically made from wool or string and its purpose is to give protection and luck for the darker and colder days to come. Hang the god’s eye above your altar or on your door.
- 🌻 Go for a walk and enjoy the peak of summer! Collect things from the natural world that you need for magickal workings and to place at your altar. Have a picnic or barbecue or even just go to the beach or go for a bike ride.
- 🌻 If you work with the fae or just like to appreciate them, midsummer is the time for the faery rede. At this time, the fae will be riding magickal animals across the countryside, so hang out, either outside your house or in a nearby field, Bells and offerings such as sparkly decorations and food can be used to create the perfect area for the fae.
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🌞Altar Ideas
- 🌻 Light green, yellow, gold and red candles to represent the sun god at his peak and the green earth at its fullest.
- 🌻 Decorate your altar with summer flowers such as sunflowers, carnations,poppies and hydrangeas.
- 🌻 Place a ring of flowers around your altar or around specific items for protection.
- 🌻 Pictures of the sun or ornaments symbolizing the sun honour the sun god being at his peak.
- 🌻 Oak leaves represent the Oak King, who has been ruling for this hald of the year, but will be laid to rest soon. Oak in different forms can be relevant to Litha.
- 🌻 Gold, yellow and orange ribbons and cloth can be draped at your altar.
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🌞Food And Drink
- 🌻 Warm-colored vegetables such as butternut squash,sweet potatoes, carrots and tomatoes are all great to eat around this time of the year. They represent warmth and the wonderful produce we receive from the summer.
- 🌻 Home-grown or locally produced leafy green vegetables
- 🌻 Spicy foods
- 🌻 Curries
- 🌻 Spiced cakes
- 🌻 Spiced punch and rum
- 🌻 Anything with honey or as an alternative golden or maple syrup- bees are another representation of Litha, the midsummer full moon is acutally also known as the honey moon!
- 🌻 Barbecued food or flame-grilled food is good to eat too; once again it represents the heat and the sun’s energy.
- 🌻 Ice cream- not only is it cooling in the summer months, it also represents the colder days to come.
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🌞Crystals
🌻 Relevant crystals to carry around with you this time of the year, to meditate with, to use in divination and spell work, and to place at your altar are:
- Emerald
- Sunstone
- Citrine
- Yellow Tourmaline
- Yellow Topaz
- Calcite
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🌞HERBS
🌻 Seasonal fresh herbs are great of Litha, as is anything that represents heat, flavour and greenery and ties in with Litha’s celebrations.
- Mint
- Basil
- Rosemary
- Sage
- Honeysuckle
- Carnation
- Paprika
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🌞INCENSE
🌻 Good incense to use during casting circles and burning at your altar around Litha time and for cleansing and consecrating, as well as for magickal workings, are:
- Lavender
- Citrus scents, such as orange and lemon
- Musk
- Pine
- Rose
- Summer Flowers
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Some Helpful Definitions
- Witchcraft- The art of altering the energy around you to accomplish a goal.
- Wicca- A religion that centers around the worship of a god and goddess (most commonly the tri-horned god and the triple goddess) that typically uses aspects of witchcraft to help the world around them.
- Paganism- A broad term usually used to describe nature-based alternative crafts and religions.
- Animism- The belief that everything, including inanimate objects, have sentience and a soul. Some believe that the souls of certain natural features (forests, lakes, mountains, etc.) can manifest into a specific form if the need to communicate arises.
- Hellenism - The practice of worshiping the ancient Greek pantheon.
- Closed Religion- A religion that you are typically born into or have gone through a very specific and complicated conversion. These religions usually have strong ties with the cultures of specific peoples and most have specific rules concerning who is able to practice and the sharing of knowledge that is passed down within it. There is almost never a concept of recruiting others into the religion with closed religions. It’s very important to be respectful of closed religions and the cultures surrounding them. Some examples of closed religions are Hoodoo, the religious practices of native Hawaiians, and the Aztec religious practices.
- Polytheistic- To worship more than one god/desses.
- Monotheistic- To worship one god.
- Sigils- A symbol, when activated, will achieve a specific goal. The methods to create sigils are endless and usually vary from person to person.
- Grounding- The act of calming and strengthening your energy which will help keep you in the present and focused. People tend to recommend grounding before rituals and also as a technique to help with anxiety.
- Cleansing- The act of removing negative or unwanted energy from an area using any method. More common methods include using salt, burning sage, bells, and holy water.
- Familiar- A companion, usually an animal or spirit companion, that you establish a special bond with and helps with your magickal endeavors.
- Wand- A tool that a witch uses to help focus their energy to a specific target. These can be both hand-crafted and bought.
🌿Magical herbal salt🎀
Hi!🌹 Today I want to share here one of my magic salt recipes!🔮💜
First at all I took some fresh herbs from my little balcony garden and rock salt.🌱
Salt is a crystalline mineral made of two elements, sodium (Na) and chlorine (Cl).Salt magical properties are cleansing, purification, protection.
I used Parsley, Lavender, Basil and Marjoram.
Herbs magical properties are:
Parsley - increase strength, vitality and passion.Parsley is also supposed to protect food from contamination.🌿
Basil - helps steady the mind, brings happiness, love, peace, and money and protects against insanity.🌿
Marjoram - cleansing, purification, and dispelling negativity.🌿
Lavender -love, healing, purification, sleep and beauty.🌿
So that all herbs make my salt more magical and powerful!🌙🔮
I used mortar and pestle to mix that all.🌿After that I added my salt into glass jar and I left in on my altar🔮.
I will add my herbal salt to everything that I cook.
Also I will use it for my protection spells and rituals.🔮
My instagram - crystalia_witch
All pictures are mine.
With love,
Agata🎀
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4 green witch’s little cat rituals
to bless a cat
♥ catnip (cat magic, love, happiness)
♥ a cat treat
♥ a few flower petals (make sure it is a cat-safe flower just in case!)
find your chosen cat. offer the catnip and/or treat; as they are eating, give them some chin rubs and pets. as you do so, visualize golden energy passing from your fingertips and coating the cat’s fur.
a quick little chant will do: “may this creature be safe from harm, never lonely, never hungry, and always loved.”
sprinkle the flower petals where the cat was resting.
to form a deeper connection with a cat
♥ a piece of licorice root (love and connection)
sit in a comfortable spot in or outdoors with the cat, preferably relaxing. spend as long as you like giving gentle affection to the cat; meditate on the feeling of its fur, the vibrations of its purr, the way its ears twitch. let the cat smell your hand until it is comfortable with the scent.
take the licorice root in your hand, inhale its scent, then offer it for the cat to smell. cats typically like the smell and taste of licorice root, and medicinally it can help strengthen their immune systems and digestive tracts. magickally, sharing the scent of the licorice can connect you and the cat more deeply.
a charm to draw cats to you
♥ a pinch of dried catnip, valerian, and rue
♥ a piece of brown cloth and brown thread (animal magick)
make a charm out of these three herbs and carry it with you to inspire magickal attraction to you from cats nearby.
a beauty charm/spell to capture feline elegance
♥ a square of pink fabric and pink ribbon
♥ a teaspoon or so of catnip
assemble the catnip in the fabric, gather the corners, and tie the pink ribbon to secure it as tightly as you can (or use another method, like sewing, to fasten it). hold the charm close and inhale its mild herbal scent; whisper, “may i possess a cat’s beautiful energy
