SPELLS - FAMILY LIFE

   A SPELL FOR MENTAL STRENGTH TO HELP DEAL WITH SCHOOL BULLIES    .    

You will need:
a handful of borage blossoms or leaves
dragon's blood powder
sandalwood powder
piece of tiger's eye (which is a crystal)
yellow silk pouch
red candle
drop of blood from person needing the spell!

To a handful of borage blossoms or leaves, add a teaspoon of dragon's blood powder and a teaspoon of sandalwood powder. Grind these together and add a piece of tiger's eye and a drop of blood from the person needing the spell.

Place all this in a yellow silk pouch and light a red candle. Holding the pouch in both hands call on the Archangel Michael: "Archangel Michael avail me of the power of your mighty sword to cut down my oppressors and free me to be whole"

Carry the pouch at all times to ward off problems and recharge it's powers by lighting the red candle and calling on the Archangel.

   BLESSING FOR NEWBORNS AND YOUNG CHILDREN    .    

You will need:
Lavender
Lavender oil
Rosemary
Glass bowl
Spring water
Rose quartz crytsal
White candle

Decorate the cot or bed with daisies. The night before the ritual, sprinkle a circle of flax seed around the babies sleeping area to protect and begin the blessing.

Bathe the baby in a warm bath that has a piece of elderwood in it. (Or place a handful of elderflower blossoms in a muslin bag and float in the water).

Burn incense that is made of 1 part cedar, 1 part lavender, 1/2 part rosemary. Grind together with a mortar and pestle and burn on a charcoal disc or just throw handfuls of the mixture on an open fire.

Set up a small altar with a crystal or glass bowl of springwater in which a piece of rose quartz crystal has been placed. Also a white candle in which the name of your baby has been carved and traced over with some lavender oil.

Hold the baby in your arms and say:
" (Name) you are held in the embrace of the Lady and Lord.
May your life be a divine work of art
And all the blessings of the Universe bestowed upon you"

Sprinkle a little of the springwater on her head as you say:
"Blessed is (Name) by sacred Water and Earth"

Fan a little of the incense smoke over her as you say:
"Blessed is (Name) by sacred Fire and Air"

Seal the blessing with the Witches' sacred words:
"So Mote It Be"

Now have a celebratory party to honour your child's blessing.

Plant a patch of Iris on the day of your baby blessing ceremony. It can be done as a part of the rite and as the flowers grow so will your child's wellbeing and happiness.

Note: Feel free to elaborate on the above and include words and actions that are particularly meaningful to you. As a part of the ceremony you might like to write a letter to your child expressing your love, hopes and dreams for her. Seal with wax and place in a safe chamber until the child's sixteenth birthday, upon which you have another 'Rites of Maturing' blessing ceremony when the child can break the seal, open the letter and read.

MORE TIPS FOR HAPPY BABIES

Hang a mulberry leaf above your baby's cot to protect it

Adding half a cup of chamomile tea to a baby's milk in the bottle with a little honey to sweeten will soothe the baby. (Check with your doctor first).

The juice of the milkweed herb, (press the leaves and stem) can be anointed on the baby's third eye (between the eyebrows) upon waking to enhance imagination and creativity.

Add parsley to the baby's bathwater for protection.

   DEATH OF A CHILD    .    

A listener called in saying she had recently lost her first child to SIDS. She is devastated and wondering if there is anything magickal she can do to help her grief.

Violets are said to bring comfort to those who have lost a child. You can plant them on the child's grave or place them in vases. They will ease yours and your child's spirit.

Bluebells planted can also offer peace.

A ritual for this kind of beravement is as follows:
Burn Myrhh incense (eases grief and helps you to understand the spiritual nature of life and death)

Light a white candle next to a photo of your child and place some violets in a vase next to the photo. Ask the Goddess for guidance and understanding and she will answer.

   FOR A CALM PREGNANCY    .    

Burn aromatherapy oils like lavender and sandalwood or rose geranium (not clary sage - it is contraindicated)

Burn a pale blue candle next to a single gardenia in a crystal vase and invoke the Goddess Hestia asking her to help you and your baby grow in peace together.

   FOR A TROUBLEFREE PREGNANCY    .    

Wear a bracelet featuring the crystal, bloodstone, on your left arm to prevent miscarriage and then when it is time switch it to your right to have an easy delivery.

Drink a mild infusion of Golden Seal herb (check with your doctor first) during your pregnancy.

Under each full moon of your pregnancy massage a blend of neroli and almond oil into your stomach in an anti-clockwise direction as you say:
"Bless me Mother Moon
Fill me with elation
As I join with you
On my own journey of Creation"

   IDEAS TO HELP EASE CONFLICT IN THE HOME BETWEEN MOTHER AND DAUGHTER    .    

Charge two pieces of smokey quartz crystal by placing them at the base of a growing basil plant. Leave them overnight and then in the morning, place them in a white pouch each and carry them with you throughout the day - you will not be able to argue.

Smokey quartz helps prevent arguments and encourages peace and harmony in conversations.

Basil is a symbol of love and grown in the kitchen and used in cooking it is calming for the nerves - medicinally and magickally.

   MOTHERS DAY SPELL    .    

Make an altar somewhere where your mother will see it when she awakes on Mothers Day. A small table decorated with pink, red and white carnations (sacred to Mothers) and representing honour, love and respect.

Write a letter or poem to your mother on parchment and put in an envelope, seal with wax and trace your initials in the wax with a toothpick. Place this with the flowers with a white candle with your mother's name carved in it and light the candle. Write a little note saying, "Please read the letter and carry the candle with you to the dining room/kitchen when you're ready.

Prepare a beautiful breakfast in honour of your mother. When she joins you place the candle in the centre of the table and declare that the candle will burn all day as a symbol of your love and respect for your mother.

Your mother should keep some of the wax from the candle with the letter for the coming year as a good luck charm.

Note: Make sure your candle is a beautiful one, perhaps scented with oils and decorated. Also make sure that it cand burn safely (maybe in a glass holder).

   SPELL FOR OVERDUE BABY    .    

*NB: Don't cross your legs! (Old Witch Tale!)

You will need:
1 orange candle
A small bell or gong

Facing East at Sunrise light an orange candle (for release and success and the colour of the womb chakra) Strike the gong/bell three times and say:
"By the power of Three
Bring forth this life
that is ripe within me"

Strike the gong/bell three times again and snuff the candle. Do this every morning until the baby comes (which won't be long!) Drink raspberry leaf tea throughout the day (Check with your doctor first). As you drink the tea visualise your womb a vibrant orange.

Use clary sage oil in an oil burner and apply diluted three drops to one teaspoon jojoba oil on stomach
NB: PLEASE CHECK WITH YOUR DOCTOR FIRST AS CLARY SAGE IS CONTRAINDICATED DURING PREGNANCY BUT CAN HELP EASE LABOUR.

   TWO SPELLS Spell to help conceive a girl    .

SPELL TO HELP YOU STUDY
Taken from Witch-A Magickal Year by Fiona Horne page 98 (Random House)

SPELL TO HELP CONCEIVE A GIRL
Taken from HOCUS POCUS by Titania Hardie (Quadrille)

   SPELL TO MAKE THE INLAWS LIKE YOU    .    

A gift that features pearls (they encourage honesty and loyalty).

Perhaps a mirror or photo frame with inlaid pearls. You need to bewitch this gift by placing it in a box with three bay leaves and leave out under the light of a full moon. At midnight tap the box three times wth your left index finger and say:

"I conjure by the moon's full light
a charm of honour, free of spite.
Love, harmony- I bestow on thee
So shall those feel when they receive
For the good of all
So Mote It Be"

Leave the box out all night, collect and give the gift the next day.

   TO ENCOURAGE A CHILD TO SETTLE DOWN AND DO THEIR HOMEWORK AND FIT INTO FAMILY LIFE    .    

Encourage the child to keep snails as pets - snails encourage tenacity, patience and stability.

Together with your child collect about three empty snail shells from the garden. Crush the shells into a powder and add three good pinches of thyme (to encourage the removal of restlessness). Have the child sprinkle this around the base of an orange candle and then light the candle as they say "I can do my homework easily, I enjoy being with my family".

This needs to be said three times and then the candle snuffed - not blown out as this will blow the power of the spell away. The candle lighting ritual can be done morning and night for seven nights.

   TO HELP CONCEIVE A BABY    .    

Try this Old European trick - bind either 11 or 13 coriander seeds to your left thigh before making love. Increase your husband's libido by adding crushed coriander seeds to his morning coffee.

To further assist in inviting a new soul into your life:

Skyclad and under a full moon, rub jasmine oil onto your belly and into a silver candle. Light the candle and hold it up to the moon as you say:
"Mother Goddess of the Moon
Bless me with your fruitful glow
As I stand in your ripe light
May a willing soul enter me tonight"

Carry the candle inside, being careful not to let the flame blow out and then make love with your partner in the candle light. Snuff the flame when you are finished and start making plans for the baby!

   A SPELL TO MAKE A CHILD TELL THE TRUTH    .    

Place a bay leaf on the child's tongue and she/he will be unable to lie. Bay was sacred to the ancient Priestesses of Apollo who used to chew bay leaves before having wise and prophetic visions. It encourages honesty and wisdom.

   CAT CHARMS    .    

To calm a crazy cat!

Grow catnip (the herb). The smell is pleasant to cats and they love to rub up against it and chew the leaves and twigs.

A weak infusion of red clover herbal tea poured over cat food will help calm cats.

Hold you cat often, consciously channelling calming, blue light over it.

   FAMILY HEALING ALTAR (for when everyone in your house is sick and the bugs just won't go!)    .    

This altar will balance the elemental energies of the house and encourage the healing attention of the Goddess Hestia.

Make an altar on top of a table or chest of drawers or similar.

You will need:
2 blue candles
majoram and thyme oil (three drops of each in an oil burner)
1 quartz crystal bowl of spring water with a flower floating in it
photos of the householders when everyone was well and happy
1 thick red candle with an equal armed cross traced into it with a pin (to invoke the Goddess Hestia)

After dinner gather together around the altar, light the candles and oil burner, all hold hands as one person (or all together) recites:

"Hestia, Goddess of Home and Hearth
Make us healthy, make us laugh!"

The key now is to laugh, either spontaneously, or tell some jokes or funny stories- laughter is the best medicine and the key to charging up this altar and sending healing energy through the home is laughter. Do this every night after dinner until the illness is gone. You can keep the oil burner burning and topped up with oil and water through out the day.

   FOR A DAUGHTER/SON HAVING PROBLEMS WITH ANOTHER CHILD AT SCHOOL WHO TURNS HER/HIS FRIENDS AWAY FROM THEM.    .    

Write the troublesome child's name on a piece of paper and put it in an ice cube tray with a clove of garlic with the child's name carved into it with a pin. Pour water over it and freeze. It will 'freeze' the actions of this child.

   FOR HELPING A YOUNG CHILD WHO IS SCARED OF MONSTERS FALL ASLEEP    .    

If you can't convince her that the monsters she fears don't exist make a circle of salt and crushed sage leaves around the bed. Salt is for protection and sage gets rid of evil spirits. When the child is in bed, you sprinkle it around for them and reassure them that nothing can get to them.

Sweep it up (or vacuum in the morning) and sprinkle it fresh every night.

With your child make an altar to watch over her while she sleeps. Put a beautiful picture of a Goddess, a vase of flowers and a rose quartz crystal. Richard suggested putting any favourite superhero dolls on the altar as well to get rid of the monsters which is a great idea. The Incredible Hulk, Superman or whichever ones your child is drawn to.

   MESSY KIDS SPELL    .

   First try to explain to your children, young and old, the benefits of being tidy and organised - how this can make them more successful and happy people.

For the littlies:
Tell them about 'Tidy Fairies'. Tidy Fairies live in their room and they can help you and give you good luck if you keep them happy. They get very sad when where they live is really messy.

Make a little special place for the tidy fairies. Buy a small colourful lamp and put it on a timer. Whenever the lamp comes on the tidy fairies are 'in the house!' and it's time for the kids to clean up their room before the tidy fairy gets too sad. When they finish they can leave a little present at the base of the lamp - maybe a biscuit or a flower. Then Mum and Dad can swap this for some pocket money or a little present.

For older kids:
Buy them a lapis lazuli necklace and encourage them to wear it. Lapis cleanses the aura and encourages a more orderly approach to living.

   RELAXATION RITUAL BEFORE HAVING A BABY    .    

Find a favourite spot in nature where you feel safe and can visit every day for 15 minutes. (If you only have a balcony, buy a beautiful lush plant to sit next to.

Make a charm pillow using pale purple or blue silk and stuffed with lavender, chamomile, 4 drops of rosewood essential oil and a moonstone crystal.

Carry this with you when you sit in your special place and press to release the divine scent and qualities of the herbs and oils. Breathe deeply and repeat this charm at least seven times:
"Peaceful is my divine state
My baby grows and I wait
for our time to meet face to face
All joy is mine, my power great"

   SPELL TO HELP A MOTHER COMMUNICATE WITH A TEENAGE DAUGHTER    .    

Mother and daughter need to go out and find a feather each. Then place this under their respective pillows. This will help brush away resentful thoughts during sleep.

Also mother and daughter can go out shopping together and buy each other a lapis lazuli necklace to wear at the throat to encourage clear and harmonius communication. It would be good if they can put the necklace on each other as they each say: "With intent pure and whole, I will argue with you no more."

Yellow flowers throughout the house will also help, especially if you refresh them every Friday to benefit from the loving energy of Venus.

Add the herbs, basil and rue to family meals, these reduce negativity and encourage harmony.

If the daughter is not keen to do any of the above, the mother (or father!) can do these things on their own - it will still help.

   SPELL TO HELP TWINS SLEEP AT NIGHT    .    

Tips:
Pale blue sheets and sleeping wear
A weak infusion of cool chamomile and mint herbal tea before sleep (Check with Doctor first)
Lavender essential oil in an aromatherapy oil burner

A Sleep Spell Sachet
You will need:
dried rose petals
dried mint
crushed cloves
muslin

In a muslin sachet combine the above ingredients and hang the sachet over the child's bed. At bedtime, crush the sachet with your hand, agitating the contents as you say, "I weave a charm of peace, so that you my love will sleep".

   TODDLERS BEWARE!    .    

(taken from `The Book Of Magickal Herbs' by Margaret Picton)

If a toddler is the first person to touch a newly planted thyme plant, he or she will remain single for life!

   TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATION WITH AN EX-HUSBAND WHO IS REFUSING TO PAY ALIMONY    .    

Time:
Wednesday (for prosperity)

You will need:
a picture of your ex
bergamot oil
a glass

With your index finger dipped in the oil, trace a heart over you ex's face and then place the photo in your bra before you meet him to discuss money.

If he speaks unpleasant words or yells, catch his breath in a glass (hold the glass close to his face and cap your hand over the top as his breath falls in, then run outside and release the air, asking the sun to nulify the negativity. (This will have the added effect of breaking the ex's concentration and help to end the argument!)

   TO HELP HEAL THE MOTHER/CHILD SPLIT HEARTACHE THAT OCCURS WHEN THE KIDS HEAD OFF TO SCHOOL FOR THE FIRST TIME    .    

You will need:
Small red or pink cloth drawstring bags/pouches (one for mum and as many as necessary for the children)
Pieces of adventurine crystal to go in each bag - adventurine is pale green and helps heal and strengthen the heart chakra
St John's Wort dried leaf - now proved scientifically what Witches/healers have known for ages - St John's Wort helps heal depression, physically and magickally.

Place a crystal and three pinches of St John's Wort in each bag. Perhaps mum could pack the little amulets in the kids lunch box or school bag, or they can keep them in their pockets to be close to the beneficial vibrations.

Before school stand in a circle holding hands as mum says:
"In the great Circle of her Creation
The Goddess holds us in her protection.
Her love is like the sun that warms and nourishes our hearts
Always Merry Meet and Always Merry Part."

Throughout the day keep your amulet bags close and the love you have for each other will be felt in a happy way all day.

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