Magick Rose Spell For Love

Gather your rose on the 27th of June; let it be full blown, and as bright a red as you can get. Pluck it between the hours of three and four in the morning, taking care to have no witness of the transaction.

Convey it to your chamber, and hold it over a chafing dish or any convenient utensil for the purpose, in which there is charcoal and sulphur of brimstone; hold your rose over the smoke for about five minutes, and you will see it have a wonderful effect on the flower....

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Bonfires of Saint John

Bonfires of Saint John is a popular festival celebrated around June 24,  (Saint John's day) in several towns in Spain. For this festival, people gather together and create large bonfires from any kind of wood, such as old furniture, and share hot chocolate while teens and children jump over the fires....

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Sweet Thoughts Bottle Spell

On a popsicle stick, write your full name. On the other side of the popsicle stick, write the full name of a person you want sweet thoughts from. Get a jar big enough to put the popsicle stick inside and fill the jar with water, honey, and sugar. Seal up the lid of the jar tight so that its contents can't spill out....

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The Courtship of Inanna and Damuzi

For the full Honey Moon, I thought it would be fun to post this amazing love poem from Inanna, Queen of Heaven and Earth.

The courtship of Inanna and Dumuzi is one of the oldest love poems from the ancient world. It is a story of love between the gods (although some argue that Dumuzi was a real person, who rose to power, and so attained mythical divine status). When the gods consummate their love the result is fedundity on earth, particularly for their worshippers.

This Sumerian text is often compared to the Song of Songs. The Egyptian love poetry makes a better parallel, but there are some connections. However, this is much more explicitly sexual than the Song, and, of course, it is about divine lovers.

Here it is:

The brother spoke to this younger sister

The Sun God, Utu, spoke to Inanna, saying:

'Young Lady, the flax in its fullness is lovely,

Inanna, the grain is glistening in the furrow.

I will hoe it for you, I will bring it to you

A piece of linen, big or small, is always needed.

Inanna, I will bring it to you.'

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Averting the Evil Eye

The belief that some persons had the power of injuring others by their looks, was as prevalent among the Greeks and Romans as it is among the superstitious in modern times. The ὀφθαλμὸς βάσκανος, or evil eye, is frequently mentioned by ancient writers. It was supposed to injure children particularly, but sometimes cattle also.

"Nescio quis teneros oculos mihi fascinat agnum." 

~Virgil

Various amulets were used to avert the influence of the evil eye....

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Druid Curse Bath Salts

• 1 cup salt
• 1/8 teaspoon dill weed
• 1/8 teaspoon ground hyssop
• 4 drops myrrh oil
• 1/4 teaspoon powdered galangal
• 2 drops anise oil

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A Litha Ritual For Change

If you possibly can, on the day of the Solstice go to the seashore, and at the low tide draw a solar image in the sand. Make it as large and ornate as you can, for this is in honor of the Sun. In the center place three stones or pieces of wood for three things you would like to change in your life. Position yourself where you can watch the incoming tide slowly erasing your image...

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Solstice Wheels of Fortune

In Sweden and Norway at the Solstice, people made wheels of fortune. Some of the wheels were wrapped in straw, set on fire, and rolled down hill. Other wheels were decorated and kept. These were used in two ways: One, the wheel was rolled away from a person to take away misfortunes; two, it was rolled toward a person to bring all kinds of good fortune....

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Kali Meditation For the Solstice

She is mad, Her lover is mad, and I am mad for loving Her!

This world is bewitched by the lovely Goddess.

No one can describe how lovely She is, how glorious,

how perfect Her gestures, how sudden Her moods.

Her lover, poisoned with love for her, calls out Her name

endlessly, singing Kali's name over and over and over.

Life has its currents, cycles, tides which ebb and flow....

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Cancer Begins

Themes: Kinship; Protection; Kindness; Moon; Love; Devotion; Fertility; Relationships

Symbols: Fish; Moon; Silver (lunar), Blue Items (her favorite color); Crab

Presiding Goddess: Lady of Regla

To Do Today:

In astrology, those born under the sign of Cancer have a great deal of compassion, desire family closeness and stability, and are ruled by the moon, all of which characterize this goddess's energies to a tee....

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Cancer Oil

Add the following essential oils to 1/8 cup of a base oil. Visualize as you mix and smell.  For best results, don't use synthetics....

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Bald Eagle Day

Themes: Freedom; Perspective; Overcoming; Health; Power; Destiny; Air Element; Movement
Symbols: Feathers (not Eagle - gathering these is illegal)
Presiding Goddess: Mother of All Eagles

About the Mother of All Eagles: On the warm summer winds, Eagle Mother glides into our reality, carries us above our circumstances, and stretches our vision. Among Native Americans, the Eagle Mother represents healing, her feathers often being used ....

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Dakini and Dzambhala Wealth Ritual

There is a powerful Buddhist ritual that addresses the popular aspiration to get rich. The practice involves offering a light stream of water over the head of the Dzambhala symbolized by its image. The White Dzambhala is a wealth granting aspect of the Compassionate Buddha and in this form sits on a turquoise dragon, surrounded by four dakinis each signifying a Buddhist cosmic family and a compass direction. Dakinis are powerful female angels who help Dzambhala bring riches into the lives of those who do the water ritual daily while reciting their mantras....

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The Golden Waterfall of Peace and Blessings

Golden Dakini
The Golden Waterfall of Peace and Blessings



I am the Dakini of calming, healing, and making whole
I am invoked when the meditator is tired, disillusioned, or sad
I come to aid those who have tried sincerely but have not the strength
To fight their way to liberation
I strengthen the weak, and bring idealism and compassion
I have them help themselves on their own path
by helping others....

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Divination with Herrings

To see an image of your future spouse...

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50 Fishy Superstitions

Here is a nice collection of folklore and superstitions about fish:

1. A certain bone in the head of a fish will bring good luck, if kept on your person. 
2. An empty fish tank means bad luck financially.
3. When a pet fish dies, something bad was deflected from the owner or household.
4. To ensure good luck and safety, a fish should always be eaten from the head toward the tail.
5. It's a bad sign to get married when the fish aren't biting.
6. Throw back the first fish you catch then you'll be lucky the whole day fishing.
7. If you count the number of fish you caught, you will catch no more that day.
8. Sometimes fish fall during a rain....

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Sir Fish

Also known as: Ca Ong; Mr. Fish; Grandfather Fish; Lord Fish
Origin: Vietnam
Favored people: Fishermen and men in general; Sir Fish is a men's deity.

Sir Fish is not exactly a fish: he's a whale. Sir Fish, King of the Sea, is a guardian deity in the form of a whale. He is the patron of fishermen whom he protects out on open waters. Sir Fish is widely venerated along the central and southern coasts of Vietnam. Festivals are held in his honor.....

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Love Yourself - Love Your Inner Family

In order to love yourself, you need to get to know your Inner Family.

But what does loving yourself really mean? Is it about getting yourself a hot chocolate when you are cold? Is it about getting yourself a new dress when you feel like it? Is it doing whatever you want when you want? Is it about putting warm clothes on when its freezing outside?

Loving yourself means to learn to treat yourself like a loving parent would do with his child....

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Reconnecting Your Inner Mother and Father

I don't often go in for channeled information, but this talk, or guided meditation, channelled through David Brown. can be a useful tool to reconnect with your inner parents. And there is a great explanation as to why this is important. So, here goes:

Greetings dear ones, for I AM KRYON of Magnetic Service.

Once again it is wonderful to be here on this warm summer night. There is much love in the air; the planets are shifting, creating the right circumstances for you to meet your soul mates, your twin flames. Love is the only way and you will find love within another person. True love can only really be expressed through another person or other people and joy is an emotion you will experience in your relationships with others and by being with others. As we have said in past channellings, love will always find a way. Like the tiny drop of water that falls from a cloud and makes its way back to the ocean. Remember, love and joy are intimately connected....

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To Bring Back A Lover

At ten o'clock on a Saturday night, wrap a piece of his clothing around a ham bone. Put in bundle in a plastic bag. Seal the end tightly with red string.

Place in bag in a large plastic container. Pour in 3 cups of salt water...

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Bring Back An Old Lover

You will need:

• Your favorite pen/ red in color
• White paper
• A piece of mica
• A piece of black satin fabric

This spell is best done on a Friday because Friday is governed by the Goddess Venus. On your piece of paper write your first name and ...

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Strawberry Honey Love Potion

Sometimes you have your love target in sight, and a little nudge is all that is needed. Some added sweetness can easily turn their thoughts toward you. Sweeten the disposition of your intended with this easy love potion!

Ingredients

• 2 cups frozen strawberries
• 2 cups milk
• 1 Tbsp honey...

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Clear Away The Old With Crystals

There are many aspects of our lives which we would like to improve, but we just can't muster up the willpower. In your time of need, a crystal can come to your aid.

You can program a crystal to help you lose weight stop smoking or overcome any negative attitudes about yourself. For example, you want to stop eating chocolate but just can't. You know you should stop for health reasons but you don't have the will power....

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The Bendideia of Bendis

At the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War, the Athenians allowed the founding of a sanctuary for the Goddess Bendis and shortly afterward created a state festival, the Bendideia, for her.The first celebration was held on the 19th of Thargelion (May–June), 429 bc, at the Piraeus, the seaport of Athens. Many pagan calendars list June 6th as the modern equivalent date for this festival honoring the Moon Goddess of Thrace. Other sources give that her festivals were held on the full moon preceeding or coinciding with the solstice - and if so, the dates would vary from year to year.

For a description of the festival we have this excerpt of a conversation between Socrates and a friend describing that festival (from Plato's Republic)...

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Herbal Amulets

Herbs are often worn or carried in order to tap their specific powers. Following are several traditional herbal amulets, some of which are questionable, some fanciful, but all fascinating and potentially useful.

• To See Ghosts: Carry lavender and inhale its scent.
• To Allay Fear: Carry a mixture of nettle and yarrow.

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Juno Safety and Shelter Spell

Juno may be petitioned for safety and shelter. Her ancient Roman temples housed shelters for abused wives. Herein though is the catch: Juno is intrinsically tied to legal marital rites. You must actually be legally wed to request her assistance with this matter...

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June Spells and Rituals

The month June was, according to some sources, named after the Roman goddess Juno, wife of Jupiter, the goddess of marriage and a married couple's household. June is known for the large number of marriages that occur over the course of the month, perhaps because it is considered good luck to be married in the month dedicated to marriage. Interestingly, in various calendars, June is also called the season of the unicorn.

This page serves as a jumping off point for June holy days, spells, magicks, lore, rituals, superstitions and  more.

General information on the month of June:

• June Lore
• June Lore Odds and Ends
• June Magick
• June - Magickal History
• This is June
• June Moon Names
• The Honey Moon
• The Full Honey Moon
• Correspondences for June

Astrology and birth signs for June:

(note: some of the dates will overlap with April and June)

• Sun in Gemini  (May 20 - June 20)
• Sun in Cancer (June 21 - July 22)
• Sign of the Lavender Flower (May 20 - June 20)
• Sign of the Acanthus (June 21 - July 22)

Celtic and Nordic Tree astrology and signs for June:

(note: some of the dates will overlap each other, and some overlap with May and July)

• Hawthorn  (May 13 - June 9)
• Ash (May 25 - June 3)
• Hornbeam (June 4 - June 13)
• Oak (June 10 - July 7)
• Fig (June 14 - June 23)
• Birch (June 24)
• Apple (June 25 - July 4)

Holidays, Feast Days and Holy Days in June:

• 1: The festival of Carna, the Roman goddess of bodily organs.
• 2: Festival of Juno
• 3: The festival of Bellona the Roman goddess of war.
• 3: Pharmakos
• 4: The Rosalia
• 8: New Moon
• 9: Festival of Vesta, the Roman goddess of the hearth.
• 10: Oak Moon begins - 7th month of the Celtic calendar
• 11: Festival of Mater Matuta, old Italian goddess of the dawn.
• 12: Zeus' Day
• 12: Dunwahu Festival (dates vary from year to year)
• 14: Birthday of the Muse
• 14: Vidar's Day
• 16: Night of a Teardrop
• 17: Ludi Piscatari
• 20: Father's Day
• 21: Summer Solstice - Litha
• 21: Yule (Southern Hemisphere)
• 21: Sun enters Cancer
• 23:  Full moon - Honey Moon
• 23: Day of Bad Omens
• 23: Rousalii
• 24: The festival of Fata, the Roman goddesses of fate and chance.
• 24: Saint John's Day - Feast of the Dews
• 24: Sânziene - A Romanian Midsummer Festival 
• 29: Feoh - First day of the Rune Cycle

Additional Spells, Magicks, and Lore for the June:

• Gypsy Spell for a Lover's Return
• Gypsy Spell for Good Fortune
• Heather Lore
• Icelandic Anti-Aging Spell
• Juno Regina's Day: Queenship Rite
• Kupalo
• Magick Rose Spell for Love
• Magickal Uses of Corn
• Purple Loosestrife Magickal Uses
• The Feast of the Dews

Spells, Magicks, Rituals, and Lore for Litha and the Summer Solstice:

• A Summer Solstice Ritual
• Activities for the Summer Solstice
• Correspondences for Litha
• Litha - The Summer Solstice
• Midsummer is here now
• Summer Invocation
• Summer Solstice Love Spell
• Summer Solstice Spell
• The Summer Solstice

Recipes for food, incense, potpourri, and more:

• Midsummer Ritual Mead
• Summer Solstice Ritual Potpourri

For anything newly posted on this subject and not on this list see: June Spells and Rituals

Correspondences for June

Here are the magickal correspondences for the month of June:

• Nature Spirits: sylphs, zephyrs
• Herbs: skullcap, meadowsweet, vervain, tansy, dog grass, parsley, mosses
• Colors: orange, golden-green
• Flowers: lavender, orchid, yarrow
• Scents: lily of the valley, lavender
• Stones: topaz, agate, alexandrite, flourite...

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