Disfest - Disablot

January 31 is Disfest or Disablot which is a day of sacrifice honoring the Disir. The Disir are all the female relatives from the eons of time that have passed over and over see as well as protect their living family members.

In some homes every candle and light is lit in the house...

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Up Helly Ah - A Viking Festival

Up Helly Aa refers to any of a variety of fire festivals held in Shetland, in Scotland, annually in the middle of winter to mark the end of the yule season and celebrate the arrival of the Vikings. The festival involves a procession of up to a thousand guizers in Lerwick and considerably lower numbers in the more rural festivals, formed into squads who march through the town or village in a variety of themed costumes...

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Spell for Sunshine

No need to cross your fingers and hope for good weather. According to the Romanies, you can make the sun shine whenever you want it to.


Here's how:

• Light a golden candle....

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St Paul's Day Lore

Today (Jan 25) is St. Paul's day, a festival of the Roman and English churches in commemoration of St. Paul. This day is thought to be prophetic as to the weather of the year:

• "If St. Paul's day be fair and clear, It doth betide a happy year; If blustering winds do blow aloft. Then wars will trouble our realm full oft; And if it chance to snow or rain, Then will be dear all sorts of grain."


• In Germany when the day proved foul the common people used to drag the images of St. Paul and St. Urban in disgrace to duck them in the river.... 

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The Feast Of Spring

Called Feriae Sementivae, this one or two day Roman festival was moveable, but generally began between January 24 and January 26. Sacred to Tellus, and Ceres, this festival was for the protection of seeds, either those sown the previous fall, or those to be sown in the spring. During Sementivae plowing oxen were decorated with garlands, and puppets or masks were hung from tree branches....

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Magickal Plants, Herbs and Spices

Looking to create a spell or plant a magickal garden? Maybe you just need a good substitute for an ingredient called for in a spell, or want to do some fine tuning. Here's a listing of plants, herbs, and spices for magickal intentions:

• Anti-Depressant: Lemon Balm, Eye-bright
• Anti-Hunger: Alfalfa, wheat, corn
• Anti-Lightning: Holly
• Anti-Theft: Caraway, Cumin, Garlic
• Aphrodisiac: Lemon Balm, Patchouli, Vanilla
• Astral Projection: Mugwort
• Attractant: Patchouli...

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Spells for St Agnes

Here we have a variety of old old spells for St Agnes night which is pretty much dedicated to finding a husband.

On Saint Agnes' night, 21st January, take a row of pins and pull out every one, one after another, saying a Pater Noster, sticking a pin in your sleeve, and you will dream of him or her you will marry...

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Bread of Luck Spell

This ritual derives from petitions to the orisha Babalu-Aye, believed to bring good luck.

1. Nail a slice of bread behind the front door
2. Fasten a purple ribbon to the nail
3. ....

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Good Luck Day!

Today is an excellent day for all magickal workings having to do with luck, success, and money.

Today is the feast day of Fausta Felicitas, an ancient Roman Goddess of Good Fortune and Lucky Happenstance.....

By the way, the Latin felix, "happy", and felis "cat" are related, through the theme of "fruitfulness", as cats have many young; I'm tempted, however, to interpret the connection as referring to purring, an obvious and defining feature of happy cats.

Her name evokes the Latin saying...

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Bitch-Be-Gone Spell

No, this isn't to banish unwanted bitches, it's to banish - or rather, ground out and transform into peace - negative feelings you yourself have, usually at work or in other circumstances where your anxiety level and desire to choke someone bare-handed rise as does your blood pressure. I keep a jar of this stuff in my desk and inhale its scent to alleviate bad moods, surliness, PMS, and other I-hate-my-species feelings.

Items you will need:

• peppermint leaf
• peppermint oil
• lavender buds
• lavender oil...

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Peace To The Mind Spell

This spell will give you peace of mind and is especially good for when you are having trouble sleeping.

You will need:

• 1 white candle
• 4 pink candles
• 1 piece of paper...

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Egg Bath Spell for Peace

This is a bath to bring peace into your life.

You will need:

• white candle
• 3 eggs
• white towel
• white clothing
• birdseed or bread...

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Calming Princess Milk Potion

This is a potion that totally calms you when you drink it, and puts you in a peaceful and relaxing mood. Best used when fired up over a frustrating situation.

Items you will need:

• Milk (skim, 1%, 2%, whole, lactose free... Any of those!)
• Brown sugar
• Honey (or banana)
• White sugar...

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Festival of Concordia

Today is the festival of Concordia, the Roman Goddess of harmonious relations. Who is she?

Concordia is the Roman Goddess of agreement and harmony. The sister of peaceful Pax, she's very conciliatory and will do almost anything to avoid upsetting people.... Read more about her here: Concordia

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Rhymed List of Gypsy Verbs

To dick and jin,
To bikn and kin;
To pee and hal,
And av and jal;
To kair and poggra,
Shoon and rokra;
To caur and chore,
Heta and cour,
Moar and more,...

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St Distaff's Day

Themes: Work, Weaving, Destiny
Symbols: Web, Spinning Wheel, Needle

Presiding Goddess: Arachne, the Greek spider goddess, inspires positive changes in your destiny for the new year. Legend tells us that Arachne challenged Athena to a weaving contest and won. In anger, Athena destroyed the girl's tapestry. Arachne, grief-stricken, took her destiny in hand and turned herself into a spider, but she continues to use her weaving talents to spin and pattern the lives of mortals....

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Family Unity Spell

Magic can be created from the humblest articles. This spell derives from a time when sewing, mending, and needlework were constant, everyday practices. Here's how it works:

• Keep a little jar beside you as you sew.
• Every time you finish a thread, toss the bit into the jar, saying something to the effect of "Bless this house. Protect all within from harm and hardship."...

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Why Crossroads Are Magickal

The crossroads are literally where different roads meet and where they separate, where opportunity emerges to change directions. They are unpredictable; you could take any one of a variety of choices. Magically speaking a crossroads is the place where multiple forces converge, where anything can happen, where transformations may occur. Energy is liberated and expanded at the crossroads. Instead of hopping over boundaries, you can stand in the center and be inundated by power, potential and choices...

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Onion Vacuum Spell

• On a Friday night when everyone else in the house is asleep, cut an onion in half.
• Hold it up, visualize it as a psychic vacuum cleaner....

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Onion Magick

Use this many-layered food to peel away problems in life and to dispel anger. The onion is also a love food and is said to increase male virility.

• Red onions promote lust when added to dishes.
• White onions clear away obstacles when peeled to the core.
• Use purple onions for power and seduction....

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A Ritual to Isis

Isis is the supreme goddess of the Egyptian tradition, patron of motherhood, mistress of magic. In ancient Egypt, this day was celebrated as the Advent of Isis. Worshipers would gather together to celebrate Isis' return from Phoenicia with the Ark of Osiris...

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An Ablution for the New Year

New time demands new spirit; this purification is required: prepare a basin of snow, or of clear water iced, and scatter over it earth dried in the sun to a fine dust. The hands should then be immersed and chilled, the brow anointed and cooled, and these words said:

Substance wasted,
substance spoiled ...

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