Something Fun For Walpurgisnacht

This is a series of vintage postcards from Paris, printed in 1910 depicting a Witches Sabbat.

Here's one, the rest can be found on my new website, More Cool Pictures, here: Something Fun For Walpurgis Night

Gypsy Spell For A Windy Day

To stir up the wind to dry washing on a line, stand with your back to the breeze and exhale facing the washing.

To make it less windy...

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It's Kite Flying Day!

Themes: Wishes; Freedom; Playfulness; Air; Movement
Symbols: Wind; Sailing Ships
Presiding Goddess: Shina Tsu Hime

About Shina Tsu Hime:
This Japanese wind goddess disperses the morning fog. She also keeps away evil, distracting winds, winds that threaten to uproot or blur our spiritual focus. Because of this, Shina Tsu Hime has become the patroness of sailors and farmers, the latter of whom pray to her for fertile winds bearing seed and rain....

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Flowers for Your Astrology Sign

Every astrological sign has flowers associated with it. These might be, but are not necessarily the same as the flowers assigned to the specific months of the year, and some flowers are assigned to more than one astrological sign.

Here's the list:

• Aries - (March 21 - April 20) - Honeysuckle
• Taurus - (April 21- May 20) - Rose
• Gemini - (May 20 -June 21) - Rose; Violet
• Cancer - (June 21 -July 20) - Rhododendron...

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Flowers Of The Month

Each month has specific flowers associated with it. This list is similar to, but not the same as the flowers associated with specific astrological signs.

Here's the list:

• January - Carnation, Snowdrop. 
• February - Violet, Primrose. 
• March - Daffodil, Jonquil.
• April - Daisy, Sweet Pea. 
• May - Lily-of-the-Valley, Hawthorn. 
• June - Rose, Honeysuckle.
• July - Water Lily, Larkspur.
• August - Gladiolus, Poppy....
• September - Aster, Morning Glory.
• October - Cosmos, Calendula.
• November - Chrysanthemum.
• December - Narcissus, Holly.

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Spell for Healthy Flowers and Plants

Gather together a green votive candle and a yellow votive and dress them with patchouli oil. Place the candles near the plant you wish to protect and grow vibrantly and say the following words as you light the candles...

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Ritual For Floralia

Color: Pink
Element: Earth
Daily Meal: Vegan. Beans. Salad with edible flowers in it. Flower jams.
Offerings: Give flowers to people. Allow a rabbit and a goat to run free in the house.

Altar: Upon a cloth of pink set a pitcher of water, pots of earth, flower seeds, incense of flowers, a bowl of beans, and many fresh flowers should be strewn around the room. The candles of Walpurgisnacht (if you have been observing it) should remain and be lit, and a sixth added to them, for Odhinn's journey continues even as we celebrate Floralia.

Floralia Invocation

Hail Flora, Lady of Beauty!

We must have not only our bread,

And our work, and our discipline...

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Floralia: The Roman May Day Celebration

The Romans had a celebration for just about everything. Certainly, any deity worth their salt got a holiday of their own, and Flora was no exception. She was the goddess of spring flowers and vegetation, and one of many fertility goddesses. In fact, she was so well respected as a fertility deity that she was often seen as a the patron deity of Roman prostitutes....

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Flora's Self Love Beauty Spell

Flora is the Roman spirit of flowering plants and, by extension, of fertility and the life-force. Her festival, the Floralia, once began April 27th and continued for six days of revelry, especially by women of all ages celebrating their own bodies and natural beauty. The festival was celebrated in the nude until the third century CE, when Roman authorities ordered that revelers be clothed. The festival held out in that form for one more century until all pagan festivals were banned...

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The Goddess Flora

Flora is the Roman Goddess of flowering plants, especially those that bear fruit. Spring, of course, is Her season, and She has elements of a Love-Goddess, with its attendant attributes of fertility, sex, and blossoming. She is quite ancient; the Sabines are said to have named a month for Her (which corresponds to our and the Roman April), and She was known among the Samnites as well as the Oscans, where She was called Flusia....

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The Language of Flowers

The language of flowers, sometimes called florigraphy, was a Victorian-era means of communication in which various flowers and floral arrangements were used to send coded messages, allowing individuals to express feelings which otherwise could not be spoken. This language was most commonly communicated through Tussie-Mussies, an art which has a following today.

The nuances of the language are now mostly forgotten, but red roses still imply passionate, romantic love and pink roses a lesser affection; white roses suggest virtue and chastity and yellow roses still stand for friendship or devotion. Also commonly known meanings are sunflowers, which can indicate either haughtiness or respect – they were the favorite flower of St. Julie Billiart for this reason. Gerbera (daisy) means innocence or purity. The iris, being named for the messenger of the gods in Greek mythology, still represents the sending of a message. A pansy signifies thought, a daffodil regard, and a strand of ivy fidelity.

These language correspondences can be used when creating a spell, planting a magickal garden, to set an intention, or to send a message. You may notice some of the flowers (and plants) have meanings that seem incongruent or inconsistent. This is because language tends to change over time. Also, you may find that magickal correspondences to some of these flowers are in direct conflict - that is because the meanings were not derived from magickal sources. When in doubt, go with the meaning that resonates with your personal experience, and be clear with your intention. Pictures may be substituted for the actual flower or plant.

Here's the list:

• Acacia - Secret love
• Acanthus  - Art
• Aconite - Misanthropy
• Acorn - Nordic Symbol of Life and immortality
• African Marigold - Vulgar minds.
• Agrimony - Thankfulness
• Allspice - Compassion
• Aloe - Grief

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The Key To Happiness

The Romanies believe that it is extremely lucky to find a key. It means that you will soon be opening a door to success in love, marriage, or work, or even something very specific, such as getting a new car. No matter the form, happiness is assured.

With a key at hand, light a white candle. Visualize the metaphorical door you wish to open with the key. On a piece of paper, draw a door that will open to your wish....

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Key Magicks

To find an old key is magical. It is said that the finder will experience spiritual mysteries and have prophetic dreams. They will become a channel of communication between heaven and earth. But to break a key is an unfortunate omen: it predicts a broken relationship.

Wearing an old-fashioned key will unlock spiritual doors...

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Easter Monday - Dyngus Day

The spirit of Poland's Dyngus is captured in this description from the Poznan region during 1800s:

Poland's Dyngus, or Smigus, Day is said to hark back to the baptism of the founder of Polish Christianity, Prince Mieszko I (c. 935 - 992), and his entire court, on Easter Monday, 966. Dyngus is an ancient celebration which is still observed both in country villages and the big cities, with singing, pranks, visiting friends' houses, and the custom of dousing.

The custom of pouring water is an ancient spring rite of cleansing, purification, and fertility – at this time of year ...

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The Robigalia

The festival of the Robigalia is celebrated to appease the God Robigus (or perhaps the Goddess Robigo; the gender of this deity, who originated as one of the numinae, is uncertain), who is the deity of wheat-rust, mildew, and blight....

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Livestock Blessing Spell

This blessing spell for livestock is meant to be performed on St George's day - April 23.

Preserve a palm blessed on Palm Sunday (If this isn't available or appropriate you may substitute a sacred protective plant, such as wormwood or rosemary.)

Place this before a sacred image, together with two whole raw eggs and a pot filled with raw barley.

Light candles before the image. (Some versions of this spell specify a church candle.) Use the flame from a candle to light a torch....

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St George's Day Blessing Spell

In many communities, Saint George's Day (April 23 by the Julian calendar, or May 6 by Gregorian calendar) was the day animals were lead out into the field, thus protective, blessing rituals abound.

Here's one:

Lead all healthy animals three times around the perimeter of their field, barn or home, always in a sunwise direction....

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Cow Flower Protection Spell

Flowers from Good Friday church services may be used to protect cattle. Good Friday is indicated because of the connection to the resurrection. Because of cattle's intrinsic connection with human fertility, any sacred day with fertility overtones, such as Beltane or Midsummer's Eve, may be substituted, or a day with personal resonance for you if more appropriate....

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The Festival of Ishtar

Themes: Love; Fertility; Passion; Sexuality; Moon
Symbols: Star; Moon; Lion; Dove
Color: Gold
Incense: Eucalyptus

Sometimes known as the sacred prostitute of Babylon, is the Babylonian goddess of fertility, sexual love, and war, Ishtar encompasses the fullness of womanhood, including being a maternal nurturer, an independent companion, an inspired bed partner, and an insightful adviser in matters of the heart....

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Ishtar's Day

Color: Pottery red, terra cotta
Element: Earth
Offerings: Grains. Stars. Give food to those who need it.
Daily Meal: Wholegrain bread. Cooked grains. Milk and dairy products.

Altar: Set with a cloth of earthy red, and on it place a pitcher of milk and another of wine, bowls of wood and clay filled with grains, olives, figs, and dates, a star, and the figure of a lioness.

Ishtar Invocation

I beseech thee, Lady of Ladies,
Goddess of Goddesses,
Ishtar, queen of all cities,
Leader of all men...

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The Story of Ishtar

For those of you who are still interested in the story of Ishtar, here is the story of Ishtar that is written in a way that is much easier to read, and with a few minor alterations would be suitable for children too.

Ishtar was the Lady of the Gods, the Goddess of fertility. She had been unlucky in love. Her husband Tammuz, the great love of her youth, had died when he was still very young. She had fallen in love with Gilgamesh, that great king, but he had spurned her advances.

In Babylon, the dead were sent to the Underworld, a place of darkness ruled over by the Goddess Irkalla. It was said that in this place they lived on dust and mud. After being rejected by Gilgamesh, Ishtar became depressed and decided she would descend into the Underworld to be with Tammuz. So dressed in her finest garments, brilliant jewellery and her high crown, Ishtar entered the cave that leads into the Underworld. Irkalla’s realm was surrounded by seven walls, each with its own gate that had to be passed to get to the dark Place where the dead resided....

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Ishtar - The Original Myth

At their first encounter, Ishtar is said to have fallen in love with the shepherd boy Tammuz who in turn asks for her hand in marriage. The Holy Marriage of Ishtar and Tammuz takes place and Tammuz is elevated to the god of fertility. As a result, their marriage endows the earth with fertility, and the cyclical renewal of life is ensured.

But a terrible day was to come when Ishtar would lose her lover, and would have to travel to the ends of the earth, and endure much pain and suffering, in order to bring him back....

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Day of Pales Ritual

Color: Sand-colored
Element: Earth
Altar: Upon a sand-colored cloth set a man's right shoe and a woman's left shoe, side by side, with a shepherd's crook between them, and small figures of goats and sheep.
Offerings: Work in the barn with livestock. Do some chore or work-task that you were taught was inappropriate for your gender.
Daily Meal: Goat. Lamb or mutton. Coarse bread. Soup or stew. Greens.

Invocation to Pales

Hail, Keeper of Flocks and Herds,

Ass-headed god/dess, you who are

Both male and female,

Both god and peasant...

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The Festival of Pales

Palilia (Parilia), the festival of Pales, the Roman goddess of sheperds and flocks. This is also the legendary founding date of Rome.

The Parilia is both an ancient agricultural festival sacred to Pales and the birthday of Eternal Roma Herself. The sheep-fold is decorated with greenery and a wreath placed on its entrance....

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Romany Rosemary Divination

A sprig of rosemary can be used to divine a yes or no answer to a question. First, ask the question seven times. Then pluck a leaf from the sprig and say, "Yes." Pluck another leaf and say, "No." Continue alternating yes and no...

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Gypsy Hair Divinations

Throw some hair into a fire. It is said to be a sign of long life if the hair flames up vigorously. It is an omen of ill health if it simply smolders away.

To determine whether a person is flirtatious, pluck a single hair from their head. The hair should then be stretched between the forefingers and thumbs....

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Romany Water Divination

Romany children play at divination using water and a stone to find the answer to a question. Here's how it works:

Holding a stone, sit in front of a bowl of water and ask a question, one that can be answered with either a yes or a no....

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Cerealia - Persephone's Return

Color: Green
Element: Earth
Offering: Flowers. Begin something new.
Daily Meal: Dark, coarse bread. Root vegetables. Poppy seeds. Millet. Nuts and seeds.

Altar: Upon a green cloth set as many spring flowers as possible, a bowl of earth saved from the day of Persephone's descent, and the figure of a girl's head emerging from the earth.

Invocation to Persephone's Return

Let the Earth take joy!

Demeter's heart is warmed,

For her beloved daughter...

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Festival of Ceres

Ceres is the Goddess of agriculture, and was credited with the discovery of spelt wheat, the yoking of oxen and ploughing, the sowing, protection and nourishing of the young seed, and the gift of agriculture to humankind; before this, it was said, man had subsisted on acorns, and wandered without settlement or laws. She was the first to "break open the earth", and all activities of the agricultural cycle were protected by her laws. She held the power to fertilize, multiply and fructify plant and animal seed, whose offspring were the physical incarnations of her power....

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Magical Sign Lost Animal Spell

When an animal goes missing, one common immediate response is to post signs requesting information and assistance from others. This Russian spell takes that notion a step further: assistance is requested from Earth's various spirit powers, so that they will locate and send your animal back home. As with standard signs, a reward is posted. Should the spell work, be sure to pay it.

Write messages on three pieces of birch bark - one for each of the nature tsars. It should read as follows...

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Animal Spirit Dedication Ritual

Here's how it works:

1. A specific animal is chosen to be dedicated to a specific deity.
2. Purify the animal with juniper incense.
3. Sprinkle it with wine.
4. Decorate the animal with ribbons in colors associated with the specific spirit.

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Animal Protective Spirits

Many spells, especially those that request healing or protection for animals, or those to locate lost animals, suggest consecrating the animal to a spirit. Although there are also many others, the following have earned a reputation as renowned animal protectors. Incorporate them into your spells as needed:

• Spirits that protect cats: Artemis, Bastet, Freya, Hecate, Lilith
• Spirits that protect big cats (tigers, lions, leopards, etc): Dionysus, Durga, Hathor, Kybele, Sekhmet
• Spirits that protect dogs: Artemis, Hecate, Ogun, Saint Roch...

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Feast Day of St Bernadette

Today is the feast day of Saint Bernadette. If you think the visions of Saint Bernadette have no connection to magick and the Goddess think again - here is an alternative version to the traditional story:

On the cold morning of February 11, 1858, there was no wood in the Soubirous home, and no fire to warm them. Bernadette set out with her younger sister Toinette, and a neighbor girl, Jean Abadie, to scrounge in the forest for kindling. Maybe they would get lucky and find a rag or a bone to sell....

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Fordicalia - Day of Tellus Mater

Color: Green
Element: Earth
Offering: Go outside the community and find land to clean up.
Daily Meal: Vegetarian

Altar: Upon a green cloth place several large stones of different sorts, some in a clay bowl of water; a clay bowl of salt, a loaf of thick, nourishing black bread with herbs and vegetable gratings in it, a chalice of herbal tea, boughs of greenery, and four green candles.

Invocation to Tellus Mater

Our Mother lies beneath our feet

And holds up our every step.

There is nowhere that we can walk...

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Fordicia - The Festival of Tellus

On April 15th, every year, the Ancient Romans held the festival of Fordicia, also called Hordicidia. This festival was in honor of Tellus, or Terra Mater, the Roman personification of the earth.

Terra Mater or Tellus Mater was a goddess personifying the Earth in Roman mythology, with both names meaning "Mother Earth" (a common metaphorical expression for the Earth and its biosphere as the giver and sustainer of life) in Latin....

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Fast Money Wash

Combine the following ingredients, empowering them one by one by stating aloud the specific function each will perform.

• 1 teaspoon cinnamon (victory, success, to win favor of the Gods)
• 5 cloves (command and compel)
• 1 tablespoon orange zest (symbolizing gold and prosperity)
• 1 teaspoon ginger (luck)...

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Wishy Washy Sepll

This magical wash is thought to make your wishes come true.

• 1 tablespoon sage
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 1 tablespoon sandalwood

Combine all the ingredients in a pan, empowering them one by one. Bring to a boil and boil for three minutes. Add the mixture to cold wash water, and bless it saying:

My wishes will come to me,

to take care of myself and my family....

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Ocean Water Cleansing Spell

Here is an simple magickal wash you can use to cleanse and clear your home:

Fill empty glass bottles with ocean water and bring them home. Use this water to cleanse walls and floors and whatever requires magical cleansing....

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New Home Floorwash

This is highly recommended for a preliminary cleansing when moving into a new home. This floorwash removes old vibrations and emotions lingering from past residents and allows you to begin with a fresh slate.

• Make a strong infusion from basil, hyssop, and pine needles.
• Strain and add to a bucket of rinse water, with vinegar....

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Angelica Floorwash

In addition to its cleansing abilities, angelica possesses a strong protective aspect. Here's how to make an Angelica floorwash:

1. Make a strong infusion from dried angelica.
2. Strain out the herbs....

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Aura Cleansing Floorwash

Agrimony repels and sends back hexes. Peppermint is an aggressive cleanser that beckons the resence of helpful, benevolent spirits. Combined, these botanicals create a particularly potent floorwash.

1. Make a strong infusion from dried agrimony and peppermint.
2. Strain out the herbs and add the infusion liquid to a bucket of water, together with white or rice vinegar....

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Magickal Floor Washes

Floorwashes are an integral component of the Hoodoo and Conjure magical traditions. They combine actual physical house cleaning with spiritual and magical work, effectively killing two birds with one stone. They are potent yet discreet and perhaps the single most effective use of multi-tasking within magic.

Although the liquid is called floorwash, technically it refers to the final rinse used to clean a floor or other interior surfaces....

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Ludi Cereales

Today is the first day of the Ludi Cereales, another spring vegetation festival, this one in honor of the goddess Ceres, goddess of grains and cereal crops. It lasts for eight days, and like the Megalesia before it, the Cerealia culminates on its final day....

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A-ma Festival

A-ma is the patroness of all fishers and sailors in the region of Macao, where today (April 9) is her festival day and her birthday. Also sometimes called Matsu, this divine figure offers safety in any of life's literal or figurative storms, often by teaching magical weather charms. Legend says that A-ma achieved enlightenment and a mastery of magic at the young age of 28, after which she went to Nirvana and became a Goddess....

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Geranium Magick

Ruler: Moon
Type: Flower
Magickal Form: Flower, Oil

The geranium is a popular house and garden plant, not only because it is bright, cheerful, and hardy but also because it magically repels evil spirits...

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Hana Matsuri Flower Festival

Hana-Matsuri refers to the memorial service performed at temples throughout Japan to celebrate the birth of Buddha on April 8th. It is formally called Kanbutsue. On this day, small buildings decorated with flowers are made at temples and a tanjobustu (baby Buddha figurine) is placed inside. This figurine is sprinkled by worshipers using a ladle with ama-cha, which is a beverage made by soaking tealeaves in hot water Some people take this ama-cha home and drink it as holy water....

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Ritual For Fortuna's Day

Color: Purple
Element: Air
Altar: Upon a purple cloth lay nine purple candles, a great cup of wine, the figure of a ship, deck of Tarot or other divinatory cards, and the figure of a Wheel of Fortune.
Offerings: Take a chance.
Daily Meal: Potluck, with everyone contributing one dish, which is not discussed beforehand.

Fortuna Invocation

Lady of the whirling wheel

That throws some up and flings some down;

Lady who both wounds and heals,

Lady who spins us round and round,

We beg you, Fortuna, for your bounty,

And pray you will not cast us aside,

For we cannot let go of your magnificent wheel,

But we all must hang on for the ride....

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Lady Luck Day

April 5th. When the next Dawn shall have shone in the sky, and the stars have vanished, and the Moon shall have unyoked her snow white steeds, he who shall say, "On this day of old the temple of Public Fortune was dedicated on the hill of Quirinus", will tell the truth.
~Ovid

Today is Lady Luck Day. As you can see from the above quote, it is dedicated to Fortuna, the Roman goddess of good fortune, and marks the day that her temple of Public Fortune was dedicated in Ancient Rome on the hill of Quirinus....

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Megalesia

April 4 is Megalesia, a Roman Festival celebrating the accuracy of the Sibylline oracles, who predicted the way for the Roman victory in the Punic Wars. Romans traditionally honored the goddesses today with music and song, so put on some magical tunes...

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Tree Magick Divination

This ritual lets you ask a tree a question.

If you live near a pine forest all to the good, but as all woods have their own particular magic, any wood will do. Avoid following this ritual when there is a lot of wind, for you will probably find that there are too many leaves vying for your attention!

As you make your way to the woods, form a question in your mind to which you want an answer....

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Spell To Become A Mermaid

I do not vouch for this spell, but maybe, if you want it badly enough, and if the incantation is said with enough power and comviction... ??

While touching water on a full moon or during a solar eclipse say the following:

Mermaid now let it be.
Mermaid when wet so mote it be.
Human when dry so shall it be.
On land I walk.
In the sea I swim with a long_______(tail color) tail.
Blessed be.

And by the power of 3x3x3.....

... I am so sorry but this post has been moved to my new website, Book of Shadows, and can be found in its entirety here: Spell To Become A Mermaid.