The Pagan Heart
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March 2005 Issue
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The Art of the Kitchen Witch
By Rhiannon NosTylluan
Kitchen Witchery to me is one of the simplist forms of magic. It involves utilizing the magickal properties of herbs and other ingredients in magickal cooking. In kitchen witchery the ritual of cooking itself is the act of manipulating universal energy to meet your needs. If I am needing to do ritual and/or spellwork for a prosperity working or health, even for divination, I might bake ritual cakes or muffins or perhaps a savory dish. While I am chopping or stirring or kneading I use that time to chant or say my invocation while adding herbs or other ingredients. Before eating I offer a piece to the Gods as a thank you. Kitchen magick isn't just about the foods you eat for enjoyment. Perhaps you want to make some herbal charms, or natural healing remedies that utilize the healing properties in the herbs and other ingredients you are using. For example garlic has great antiseptic qualities and honey is a natural antibacterial. This type of healing work and herbal use is considered kitchen witchery. It's so simple... just research some of the herbs you want to use and why then get yourself into the kitchen and start having fun!
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