{"product_id":"the-wicca-cookbook-second-edition-isbn-9781587611049","title":"The Wicca Cookbook, Second Edition","description":"The spiritual tenets of Wicca are steeped in an inherent reverence for nature and stewardship of the environment. In fact, Wiccan practitioners have been living—and cooking—green since ancient times. In the decade since the first edition of the \u003ci\u003eThe Wicca Cookbook\u003c\/i\u003e cast its spell over culinary history buffs and adventurous cooks everywhere, many readers have asked “What makes a cookbook Wiccan?” The tenth anniversary edition answers that question and more, bringing fresh dimensions to this heady witches’ brew with new rituals and delicious recipes. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMore than 100 dishes, many historically authentic, all meticulously researched, emphasize the use of organic ingredients at their seasonal peak and celebrate all the major pagan holidays: enjoy \u003cb\u003eStuffed Nasturtiums\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eGoddess Athena Pitas\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eDeva Saffron Bread\u003c\/b\u003e for the Spring Equinox; serve \u003cb\u003eElder Flower Chicken\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eLilith’s Lily Fair Soup\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eWild Woman White Sage Jelly\u003c\/b\u003e during the Summer Solstice; and \u003cb\u003eCupid’s Cold Slaw\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eImbolc Moon Cookies\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eSnowflake Cakes\u003c\/b\u003e make delightful Candlemas treats. Nature-honoring dishes, eco-friendly living tips, and an inclusive message of spirituality make \u003ci\u003eThe Wicca Cookbook\u003c\/i\u003e a unique contribution to the culinary world and a magickal tribute to the pagan spirit.Introduction        1\u003cbr\u003eCreating a Sacred Space       10\u003cbr\u003eSpell Casting      14\u003cbr\u003eMedieval Cooking    17\u003cbr\u003eGrowing and Using Herbs        23\u003cbr\u003eWhat Makes a Cookbook Wiccan?  29\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCandlemas          35\u003cbr\u003e   Candlemas Pâté       36\u003cbr\u003e   Brigid’s Seeded Hummus 37\u003cbr\u003e   Cupid’s Cold Slaw    38\u003cbr\u003e   Walnut-Onion Bread   39\u003cbr\u003e   Brigid’s Magical Bread 41\u003cbr\u003e   Puffy Omelet         42\u003cbr\u003e   Frumenty             43\u003cbr\u003e   Crustade of Chicken  44\u003cbr\u003e   Blood Orange Mahi Mahi 45\u003cbr\u003e   Imbolc Moon Cookies  46\u003cbr\u003e   Snowflake Cakes      47\u003cbr\u003e   Valentine’s Chocolate 49\u003cbr\u003e   Divinely Spiced Wine 50\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpring Equinox      53\u003cbr\u003e   White Sage House Blessing Ceremony       54\u003cbr\u003e   Wild Woman White Sage Jelly 55\u003cbr\u003e   Quenelles            56\u003cbr\u003e   Stuffed Nasturtiums  57\u003cbr\u003e   Springtime Quiche    58\u003cbr\u003e   Goddess Athena Pitas 59\u003cbr\u003e   Gumbo                61\u003cbr\u003e   Violet Salad         62\u003cbr\u003e   Deva Saffron Bread   63\u003cbr\u003e   Elder Flower Sweet Bread     64\u003cbr\u003e   “Be Sweet” Honey Cakes 65\u003cbr\u003e   Hot Cross Buns       66\u003cbr\u003e   White Chocolate Mousse in Tulip Cups      68\u003cbr\u003e   Ostara Pineapple Punch 69\u003cbr\u003e   Dandelion Wine       70\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeltane           73\u003cbr\u003e   Ares’ Asparagus Soup 74\u003cbr\u003e   Scrumptious Sage Soup 75\u003cbr\u003e   Beltane Oatcake      76\u003cbr\u003e   Zucchini-Chocolate Muffins   77\u003cbr\u003e   Wild Rose Faery Jam  79\u003cbr\u003e   Angel Noodles in Faery Butter             80\u003cbr\u003e   Ham and Calendula Finger Sandwiches      81\u003cbr\u003e   Divine Chicken Skewers 82\u003cbr\u003e   Griddle Ahi with Herbs 84\u003cbr\u003e   Mead                 86\u003cbr\u003e   May Day Wine         87\u003cbr\u003e   Beltane Wine Punch   88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSummer Solstice     91\u003cbr\u003e   Litha Avocado Salad  92\u003cbr\u003e   Cucumber Salsa       93\u003cbr\u003e   Lilith’s Lily Fair Soup      94\u003cbr\u003e   Midsummer Ale Bread  95   \u003cbr\u003e   Bejeweled Green Beans 96\u003cbr\u003e   Noodles della Italia 97\u003cbr\u003e   Vegetable Frittata   98\u003cbr\u003e   Elder Flower Chicken 100\u003cbr\u003e   Almond Milk         101\u003cbr\u003e   Sun King Pork       102\u003cbr\u003e   Sunshine Jell-O    104\u003cbr\u003e   Midsummer Witches’ Rose Dessert      105\u003cbr\u003e   Cherry Pottage      106\u003cbr\u003e   Fruited Iced Tea    108\u003cbr\u003e   Summer Sangria      109\u003cbr\u003e   Rose Hip Wine       110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLammas           113\u003cbr\u003e   Potato-Corn Chowder 114\u003cbr\u003e   Barley and Mushroom Soup     115\u003cbr\u003e   Cornbread           116\u003cbr\u003e   Herbed Flatbread    117\u003cbr\u003e   Sun Bread           118\u003cbr\u003e   Lugh’s Corn Casserole 119\u003cbr\u003e   Sun Rice            121\u003cbr\u003e   Cú Chulainn Pasta   122\u003cbr\u003e   Grilled Trout       124\u003cbr\u003e   Raspberry Nutty Muffins      125\u003cbr\u003e   Berry, Honey, and Hazelnut Crumble 126\u003cbr\u003e   Blackberry Pudding  128\u003cbr\u003e   Lammas Cooler       130\u003cbr\u003e   Rose Water          131\u003cbr\u003e   Luscious Lavender Lemonade          132\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAutumnal Equinox   135\u003cbr\u003e   Dionysian Stuffed Grape Leaves      138\u003cbr\u003e   Kitcheri            140\u003cbr\u003e   Parsley and Potato Soup      141\u003cbr\u003e   Enchanting Grape Salad 142\u003cbr\u003e   Luminous Crescents  143\u003cbr\u003e   Roasted Carrots     144\u003cbr\u003e   Farls               146\u003cbr\u003e   Yam Enchiladas      147\u003cbr\u003e   Medieval Game Bird  148\u003cbr\u003e   Vegetable Lamb Shanks 149\u003cbr\u003e   Banana Bread        150\u003cbr\u003e   Soothing Juniper and Mulled Pears      151\u003cbr\u003e   Pomegranate Sorbet  152\u003cbr\u003e   Witches’ Thanksgiving Brew   154\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSamhain          157\u003cbr\u003e   Yam and Acorn Squash Soup    158\u003cbr\u003e   Chicken-Barley Stew with Herbs        159\u003cbr\u003e   Onion Shortcake     160\u003cbr\u003e   Apple Scones        161\u003cbr\u003e   Baked Butternut Squash 162\u003cbr\u003e   Stuffed Pumpkin     163\u003cbr\u003e   Magickal Mushrooms  165\u003cbr\u003e   Eclectic Eggplant   166\u003cbr\u003e   Rosemary Salmon     167\u003cbr\u003e   Pumpkin-Praline Pie 168\u003cbr\u003e   Molasses-Ginger Animal Cookies           170\u003cbr\u003e   All Hallows’ Eve Cakes 172\u003cbr\u003e   Baked Apples        173\u003cbr\u003e   Wassail Wiccan Punch 174\u003cbr\u003e   Pumpkin Juice       175\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinter Solstice    177\u003cbr\u003e   Bourbon-Rosemary Almonds           178\u003cbr\u003e   Latkes              179\u003cbr\u003e   Chakra Cranberry Sauce 180\u003cbr\u003e   Wheel of the Year Soba and Tofu          182\u003cbr\u003e   Caraway Breadsticks 183\u003cbr\u003e   Lambs Wool Apples   184\u003cbr\u003e   Yule Turkey         185\u003cbr\u003e   Stuffed Turkey Burgers 188\u003cbr\u003e   Tamales de los Martinez     189\u003cbr\u003e   Yuletide Treats     191\u003cbr\u003e   Dana Dew’s Fudge-O-Rama      192\u003cbr\u003e   Hot Ginger Tea      193\u003cbr\u003e   Glüwein             194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKitchen Witchery with Kids         197\u003cbr\u003e   Grandma Gloria’s French Bread             199\u003cbr\u003e   Full Moon Cookies   200\u003cbr\u003e   Earth Mama Granola Bars      201\u003cbr\u003e   Ostara Rolls        202\u003cbr\u003e   Cheesey Toast       203\u003cbr\u003e   Cherry Scones       204\u003cbr\u003e   Summertime Garden Pizza      205\u003cbr\u003e   Autumn Awesome Apple Pie         207\u003cbr\u003e   Magickal Roasted Pumpkin Pasta     208\u003cbr\u003e   No Leftovers Lentil-Cauliflower Soup  210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBibliography      211\u003cbr\u003eIndex            213\u003cbr\u003eMetric Conversion\u003cbr\u003eChart 216“What exactly is in this elusive licorice-tinged Italian digestif? A half dozen toads, two chicken feet, one bat's ear, three hairs of a princess -- who knows. Like the \u003ci\u003eWicca Cookbook\u003c\/i\u003e re-release, the spirit is oddly mesmerizing.”\u003cbr\u003e—LA Weekly, Squid Ink blog, Top 10 Cookbook And Drink Gift Pairings, 12\/14\/10\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A solid, refreshingly historic view with revised Middle Ages recipes. . . . The well-researched recipes and their historical relevance are really interesting reads, and hardly in a dry, academic sort of way.\" \u003cbr\u003e—LA Weekly, Squid Ink blog, 10\/29\/10JAMIE WOOD has been a practitioner and teacher of Wicca and other earth-based spiritual practices since 1990. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Wiccan Herbal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Teen Spell Book\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Enchanted Diary\u003c\/i\u003e. Also a novelist of young adult fiction, Jamie lives and works in southern California.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTARA SEEFELDT is a graduate of the University of California at Los Angeles in medieval history and has been a practicing Wiccan since 1985. She lives and teaches in Arizona.INTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAccording to ancient earth-based traditions, a deep-seated spirituality has always been a part of food preparation. When cooking is combined with a ceremonial significance, it transforms an ordinary task into an extraordinary connection with the Divine Source. Without requiring any commitment to Wicca and its beliefs, \u003ci\u003eThe Wicca Cookbook\u003c\/i\u003e offers ways to celebrate and honor the divinity in nature and each of us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWicca, also known as Witchcraft, the Craft, or simply the Old Religion, is a nature-based religion, close in ideology to Native American and shamanistic traditions. As an earth-centered religion, its origins predate Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism. Wicca comes from the Saxon root \u003ci\u003ewicce\u003c\/i\u003e, loosely translated as “wise” or “to bend or shape the unseen forces.” The knowledge of Wicca is derived from the movement of the sun, moon, and stars, and the cycles of the seasons.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo hard and fast rules exist in Wicca. It is not based on a degree or a set of beliefs but rather on a practice of aligning oneself with the natural forces of life. Wiccans honor and celebrate the female energy known as the Goddess in Her triple reflection of the Maiden, Mother, and Crone. Her Consort, the male energy known as the God, Hunter, or Horned One, completes the total being of the Divine Source. Emphasis is placed on personal experience and a tolerance of other paths and lifeways. Wiccans recognize the innate presence of divinity in the natural world, each individual, and the cycle of the seasons.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWithin Wicca are eight sabbats, each holding a sacrosanct place on the Great Solar Wheel of the Year, also known as the Mandala of Nature. The sabbats give way to each other like the changing of the seasons. Each sabbat is celebrated with corresponding symbols, traditional foods, herbs, and the ritual invocation of Divine power through the creation of sacred space.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wicca Cookbook\u003c\/i\u003e is divided into these nature-based festivals. Each recipe is preceded with a hallowed meaning, the ingredients’ therapeutic value, historical significance, or a spell or ritual that you can perform in conjunction with the food preparation. Great value is placed on personal creativity, poetry, and the artful integration of different myths and ritual elements. Therefore, you are encouraged to add to or create a ceremony or meditation that reflects your feelings and understanding.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe recipes include many edible flowers and medicinal herbs, whose use dates back to the Middle Ages and even earlier, when ancient people included them in recipes as well as used them for their healing and medicinal properties. Except for those few that were grown locally, most herbs were quite costly in the Middle Ages and protected with tenacity. Only the lady of the household held the key to the herb cabinet, since the servants were not to be trusted with such a precious commodity. The village midwife held the secrets to the curative uses of the flowers and herbs and the lore was then passed down through the generations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeals were heavily spiced to add flavor to otherwise bland food and in an attempt to cover up the unsavory taste of decaying food. Flowers and herbs were also used in dishes to impart both flavor and beneficial medicinal effects. The fragrances and textures of herbs and flowers delighted the senses. Their importance can be seen in the many treatises on gardening that have survived from the Middle Ages. Eighty-six plants are listed in a fifteenth-century treatise on gardening, and the author clearly indicates that he could have added more. Herbs have long been considered essential for a full and happy life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach flower and herb possesses unique characteristics that not only enhance the flavor but also add a sacred quality that imparts the Divine in every dish. By inviting Mother Nature into your dishes, you welcome the flow of Divine spirituality. In this cookbook, herbs and flowers from the Mother’s garden are used in recipes during sabbats that coincide with their seasonal peak. This alignment increases the spiritual benefit of the recipe and reflects the Universe’s perfect rhythm. Eating foods at their prescribed times not only offers more nutrients, it also ensures heightened medicinal potency.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou may either grow your own herbs and edible flowers or purchase them. A delightful kitchen herb garden conveys the message of Divine abundance. It reminds one of the wealth that is available to us all in the natural world. The recipes in \u003ci\u003eThe Wicca Cookbook\u003c\/i\u003e call for fresh herbs, but in most cases you may substitute dried ones. When substituting dried herbs for fresh ones, halve the required measurement of fresh herbs to get the desired amount of herbs. You may even choose to grow your own herbs and dry them for your culinary purposes. (See Growing and Using Herbs, beginning on page 23, for suggestions on harvesting, drying, and preserving herbs.) If you do not have the time or means to cultivate your own garden, you can obtain medicinal herbs from various seed and nursery companies that specialize in growing herbs. In addition, we encourage you to grow flowers specifically for culinary purposes. If this is not possible, be sure to purchase flowers that are organically grown and free of pesticides.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCook with as many whole foods as you can obtain. The way in which you create the recipes will reflect your personal spirituality and love. This individuality is vitally important in Wicca. So create and enjoy! Wicca adores and praises our uniqueness. The Old Religion revels in individualism, recognizing that every one of us is a perfect child of the Universe and created from the same Divine Source. This Divinity is both male and female; however, to reestablish our connection with the earth and the Mother energy and since the feminine power is considered the beginning of all creation, the place from which all life originates, Wiccans often say Mother or Goddess when referring to the Divine Source. We always remain a part of that source, just as the rays of sunshine never leave the sun. “We have not left that Source to enter a body and die,” explains \u003ci\u003eA Course in Miracles\u003c\/i\u003e. We are a life, a spirit having a body for a time, not a body having a life. As such, we each have something miraculous and Divine to offer. Today too many people do not recognize the Divine in everything and everyone. They only see the Divine in extraordinary events, miracles not to be expected every day, whereas Wiccans know magic is commonplace and happens throughout the natural world, manifesting in the smallest acts from hour to hour, day to day, season to season.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWiccans take part in ceremonies and rituals as a means of performing white magic for healing purposes. White magic is positive and used only to promote good and healing. The innate good within Wiccan magic transforms negativity, allowing the old to die and make room for the new. The cyclical change of the seasons in nature and human life is seen as the essential erotic dance of life, death, and rebirth. New growth comes from death and destruction of old ideas, past pain, and bad habits, just as the greenest plants grow best from a pile of compost.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach ceremony is as unique as the Wiccan performing it. Some ritual items are common to almost every Wiccan tradition, such as the \u003ci\u003eathame\u003c\/i\u003e (ritual knife) and \u003ci\u003echalice\u003c\/i\u003e (ritual cup). Other tools that you may want to incorporate into your realm of magic could include bells, a Book of Shadows (a secret diary of spells, rituals, or dreams), a \u003ci\u003ebesom\u003c\/i\u003e (broom), a \u003ci\u003eburin \u003c\/i\u003e(engraving tool), candles, cauldrons, cords, crystals, drums, incense, jewelry, special plates, pentacles, rattles, rune stones, scourges, statues, swords, staves, tarot cards, and wands. But it will be your own personality that adds a unique dimension to each magical incantation, providing the meaning and resonance. The tools just enhance the process and help you focus.\u003cbr\u003eThe key to building power within your tools and manifesting that which you desire is to use your ritual items often. These tools will help you connect with the Mother when you are feeling detached and alone. Place them where you see them every day. Many Wiccans choose to create an altar where they can arrange their most sacred items. An altar offers a refuge for meditation, relaxation, and observance. You can also place your ritual items throughout the house, reminding you at every turn that the Mother is waiting to shower you with her love and guidance. With regular use, your tools will soon be charged with your unmatched energy and ready for the next ritual.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen you perform rituals, you will be invoking sacredness into being. Whether you are holding ritual ceremonies, casting spells, or working with symbols, always keep a positive goal in mind. One commonly held Wiccan belief is the threefold law: Whatever you do comes back to you three times. The first rule of all Wiccan traditions is “Harm to None.” Wicca is truly a joyous religion with a reverence for the benevolent Divine Source who gives lovingly in abundance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRituals remind us of the deep spirituality found in everyday life as well as in sacred ceremony. Rituals recognize and honor the moon, the sun, the Goddess, the God, the sabbats, and more. They offer guidelines for honoring the changing seasons, planetary cycles, and the Mother. All Wiccan rituals welcome a personal touch as each practitioner contemplates the higher power within and surrounding them. Through rituals, Wiccans work magic that takes them beyond the human limitations of mind and substance, creating a sacred connection with Spirit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is not to say one must deny or disregard desires of the flesh. Spell casting for material gain or comfort is a legitimate manifestation of the Divine. We are put here on this earth plane to learn lessons of the highest order such as forgiveness, trust, and the gift of life, but we must still thrive on the material level. When we prosper and flourish, we illustrate to the world the many forms of abundance available to us all. As the faery saying goes, “Work for yourself, and soon you will see that Self is everywhere.” By casting a spell, we tell the Universe it is okay to send us our most fervent desires. We \u003ci\u003ewill\u003c\/i\u003e it to happen, and as long as it is in the highest good of all concerned, the Universe complies. We are in charge of our own destiny; we create our own reality. When we look deep within, we see that the Divine Universe is not outside of ourselves, but within us. This revelation is so profound and expansive that Wiccans utilize rituals and symbols to conceive its vastness. It is when you stop trying to understand through the commonplace and the five senses that these rituals and symbols open up those channels of understanding and propel you toward enlightenment and personal growth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSymbols speak volumes to our unconscious mind of things that cannot be explained, defined, or fully comprehended with our everyday language. They represent concepts that extend far beyond human understanding. Wiccan symbols provide a point of reference, a wider awareness for “that-which-cannot-be-told,” and allow infinite interpretations of experience, especially those in which one feels the connectedness to Spirit. Symbols speak of love and the universal and eternal intelligence that is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent. Symbols put us in touch with our younger selves, when we never doubted out intimate relationship with the Universe. Therefore, they are essential for recognizing and remembering the love the Mother holds for all Her children. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSymbols hold a place in magical history as well. Often symbols were used to hide the workings of ancient people from a populace afraid of self-sufficient women. Many people had moved so far away from their natural roots that they deemed women who practiced the Old Religion evil witches. The pentagram, ankh, and symbols of the Goddess and the moon in Her many phases were carved into woodworking, sewn onto robes, or engraved onto chalices and athames. These symbols provided identification amongst fellow worshipers, which enabled them to maintain anonymity from the society at large.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou need not belong to a coven of witches to practice these age-old traditions: you just need to believe that something wiser and older than you is working in harmony with nature. Through heightened consciousness—seeing the life force in everything—you can direct nature’s gifts for your highest good as well as for that of others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo ensure the most potent kitchen magic, we suggest that you consecrate your kitchen, stove, and utensils. Consecrating your tools is a means of purifying them from past energies and intent and infusing them with your vibrations and purpose. If this ritual seems complicated, we invite you to create your own for manifesting a sacred environment that feels right for you.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlace a pentacle on your kitchen counter. A pentacle is a physical representation of the pentagram, a five-pointed star, which symbolizes the four elements in balance with Spirit. Fill a chalice or other cup with water. The chalice is symbolic of the receptive passivity of the Mother’s womb. With your finger or an athame, draw three pentagrams in the air over the chalice and say\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI purify thee, O Element of Water,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnd cast out from thee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAll impurities and negativity.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBy My Will so Mote it Be.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePlace a pinch of salt on the pentacle. Draw three pentagrams over the salt and say\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI purify thee,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eO Element of Salt,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFree of contamination, pure by nature,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI infuse my blessing upon thee.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBy My Will so Mote it Be.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAdd the salt to the water and say\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI mix this water and salt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSo that whatever it touches\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShall be blessed by my pure intent.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBy My Will so Mote it Be.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWalk around the perimeter of your kitchen and sprinkle the stove, oven, your utensils, and anything else you wish to be purified. Say\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBy casing this water and salt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNo interference can permeate\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy spells good and true.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBy My Will so Mote it Be.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePlace an inch of sand in a thurible or other safe incense burner. Burn charcoal, a representation of the element of fire, on top of the sand. You may substitute a lit candle for the charcoal and use stick incense as well. Draw three pentagrams over the charcoal and say\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI purify thee, O Element of Fire,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFree of contamination, pure by nature,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI infuse my blessing upon thee.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBy My Will so Mote it Be.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePlace incense, symbol of air, on the pentacle. Draw three pentagrams over the incense and say\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI purify thee, O Element of Air,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnd cast out from thee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAll impurities and negativity.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBy My Will so Mote it Be.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAdd some incense to the coals and say\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI mix this fire and air\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSo that whatever it touches\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShall be blessed by my pure intent.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBy My Will so Mote it Be.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eYou are now ready to begin cooking. When preparing your dishes, it is important to remember the sacredness of food preparation. There are two joys to gain from creative cooking within a hallowed space: one, in which you are cocreator with the Mother, thus allowing Divine interpretation to shine through you; and the second, in which you welcome the creative forces, enabling all Her love to flow from Her through your hands and kitchen to your loved ones.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen you cook, declare yourself an artist at work. Handle each ingredient with loving care. See the life force still pulsing through each whole food. Allow your ego to step aside and make room for divination and magic to take place. When you are creating with the Mother, you may find that inspiration will direct you one way or another; always follow Her instruction. With these recipes, you are creating from the fruits gleaned from the Goddess’s garden. Together you bring into being the food that turns into energy for the ones you love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaking food with love and harmony raises the vibration of the ingredients, invoking their most innate healing powers. Cook not only to satisfy hunger, but also to quench the thirsty soul that is searching for comfort. This process appeases and fulfills the ancient need to intertwine food, security, and love. When a great work of art is completed and the meal is well received by all, remind yourself that you were just present during its creation. 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