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Kitchen Witch Superstitions, Charms, and Remedies by Intent
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Alertness
The fragrance of Caraway is refreshing to the conscious mind. Sniff to enhance alertness and to strengthen the memory. To smooth an ongoing relationship, smell and visualize the two of you working out your problems and communicating.
Alertness and Memory
Rosemary promotes alertness and stimulates memory. Inhale occasionally during long car trips and while reading or studying.
Baby Teething Pain
Use 1 drop of Chamomile oil on a washcloth wrapped ice cube to relieve teething pain in children.
Banishing
Osha Root can be used in charms and spells to protect against negative and/or evil spirits. This plant was revered by all Native American healers for it's powerful healing abilities. Used to treat respiratory and rheumatic complaints. Incredible butterscotch and celery scent permeates the room with magick. Smudge your kitchen with a sage bundle if you sense negativity. Salt water left out in the center of a room all night will absorb negativity. Wash it away with flowing water the next morning. If you are on a septic tank, either pour the water into the woods or into a body of running water. Braids of garlic, onions, or peppers make a lovely decoration for your kitchen and also ward off negativity. To keep away ghosts, negativity, unwanted guests and the evil eye - plant Lilies in your garden. To ward off evil spirits; on Halloween, hollow out Turnips and place candles inside. Put the lit turnips in windows or carry as you trick or treat! Mix Flax seeds with red pepper, put the mixture in a box and place it somewhere in your house.
Bread
It is considered unlucky in certain countries to wash a bread-knife on a Sunday, cut both ends of a loaf of bread, leave a knife stuck in the loaf, or take the last slice of bread. Accidentally dropping a slice of bread with the buttered side down is also said to be a bad omen; however, it is a good sign if the dropped bread lands with the buttered side up. If you and another person reach for the same slice of bread at the same time, an unexpected visitor will soon appear.
Business Success
Burn Benzoin with cinnamon for business success.
Cooling Bath
6-8 drops of Eucalyptus oil in the bath cools the body in summer and protects in winter.
Copper Polish
1 drop of Lemon essential oil on a soft cloth will polish copper with a gentle buffing.
Courage
Inhale Ginger before magickal rituals of any kind while you visualize the scent stimulating your physical body, to excite muscular contraction which will produce bioelectrical energy. Inhale Ginger and visualize to promote courage, confidence, aggression (needed for self-survival), purification and success on all levels. Because of its vibrant scent - it is best not to inhale before you go to bed, that is unless you plan on being up most of the night. Rub your hands on Columbine or carry it with you to induce courage and daring.
Cuts
Apply true Lavender oil and Tea Tree oil directly to cuts, scrapes or scratches. 1 or 2 drops will promote healing.
Damaged Hair
Mash a ripe banana with a few drops of almond oil and massage into hair. Leave it for about 15 minutes. Rinse with soda water and then shampoo and condition.
Depression
With proper visualization, Take a whiff from the bottle, or place a few drops of Orange oil on a cotton ball or in a diffuser for self-purification, for transforming depression into peace- even happiness- and to produce an increase in energy for both physical and magickal tasks. *NOTE* Too much orange oil can cause an overwhelming desire to sleep. Inhale straight Lemon Balm from the vial, or place a few drops on a cotton ball to help relieve depression and calm raging emotions.
Dish Washing Soap
To add fragrance or to improve the antiseptic action of your liquid soap, add several drops of essential oils such as lavender, Melaleuca alternifolia, fir, spruce, pine, lemon, bergamot, and orange.
Dish Water
A few drops of your favorite oil or blend in the rinse water of your hand washables makes for pleasant results.
Engagement
If you are engaged or wish to get married, according to an old belief once common in England, you should take care to never sit on a kitchen table, for this will break the engagement and also prevent you from ever being wed.
Fever
To bring fever down, sponge the body with cool water to which 1 drop each of Eucalyptus, Peppermint and Lavender oils have been added.
Flu Symptoms
When the flu is going around add a few drops of Thyme to your diffuser or simmer in a pan on the stove.
Forks, Spoons and Knives Fork ~ If a fork accidentally falls onto the floor, a woman will soon knock on your door; a spoon indicates the arrival of a gentleman. (In some parts of the world, the fork means a man, and the spoon a woman.) Unexpected or unwelcome visitors are also presaged by the dropping of a knife that sticks in the ground and by cracks that form on the shells of eggs boiling in a pot of water.
Good News It is believed by many to be an omen of good news when baked apples burst while in the oven, or when the salt and sugar are accidentally mixed up.
Hair Growth
Place 1 or 2 drops of Rosemary on your hair brush before brushing to promote growth and thickness.
Headaches
1 drop Peppermint oil diluted in 1 teaspoon vegetable oil rubbed on the back of the neck helps to relieve headaches
Home Protection
Bells or wind chimes hung from the doors guard against intruders and stagnant energy. Hang them where the air currents can ring them. They will set up movement in the air and clear the psychic energy of your home. For your home, place a few drops of Vetivert oil in a diffuser or potpourri pot and visualize. This scent is great for the manifestation of increased money in your life. Simply visualize this needed change as you inhale this rich scent. Use it to anoint candles, money or charms for the same outcome. Hang the root in houses and/or gardens to protect the occupants against the ill effects of bad weather- especially helpful with hurricanes and tornadoes. Wherever a Palm grows, it protects the area from bad weather, and a leaf of the palm kept near the entrance keeps evil and strange creatures from entering. The Blackberry leaves, vines and berries, if grown, protect the home and all the inhabitants.
Kitchen
When cooking any type of food, add magick to your cooking by drawing an invisible pentagram inside your pots and pans with you finger, a wooden spoon or another utensil. This guards the pan and the food, ensuring its wholesomeness.
Legal Matters
Celandine aids in escaping unwarranted imprisonment and entrapments of every kind. Wear the herb next to the skin. Need to solve a crime? If it's been committed in the past year - bury a piece of leather in a bed of Lilies and your clues shall arrive.
Longevity
Smell the scent of Rosemary while you visualize a long, healthy life. When you need to clear your conscious mind- inhale the scent. Place a few drops on a cotton ball and keep it next to you when you are studying and have to memorize the material- sniff often. When you need to recall, smell the oil again and the information will make itself available. A child passed through the branches of a Maple tree will have a long life.
Lost Items
If you've lost something, burn Stillengia and follow the smoke to its hidden place. Sesame has the power to discover hidden treasure's, reveal secret passages and open locked doors. Hence the infamous magical command, "Open Sesame!"
Love
With visualization, use in love rituals, either by inhaling or by anointing candles with Jasmine to enhance a current relationship or to draw one to you. Simply inhale the soothing scent of Jasmine to lift your spirits, remove depression, still nerves and silence worries. The uses for Jasmine far outweigh the heavy price tag for pure essential oil. A Lily can be an cure-all for a love spell. Simply wear or carry a fresh lily. This breaks love spells which have been cast involving a specific person. Carry of buds of Balm Of Gilead in an orange cloth/sachet to attract a new love and/or mend a broken heart. You can also seep them in wine to make a simple love infusion - share the charged wine with the one you love. To see a glimpse of your future love. Wear a piece of Goldenrod before you lie down to sleep. When you awake you will have a vision of them. Worn, Elecampane attracts love; you can sew some of the leaves or flowers in a pink cloth - or you can make a sachet. Use Pear wood for magickal wands. Dance beneath a pear tree on your birthday to invite love into your life. If you have a lover or admirer who will not leave you alone- place a plate of Turnips in front of them. They'll finally get the hint. Grind Columbine seeds down to use as a love perfume- rub on your hands and body to attract love. Eat Parsley to promote fertility and lust. If you are already in love, don't cut Parsley as you'll cut your love as well. If you are recovering from a broken heart- carry the blossoms around in a sachet to help your heart mend. Use Violet with Lavender to make a powerful love sachet. Indian Paint Brush is a powerful love-attracting herb. Add to lavender, rose petals and orris root for a super-charged love sachet. Take via a flower essence for a creative push- you can also burn the herb as an incense for the same effect. Rub the root of Trillium on your body to attract love. Aphrodisiacs: Love philters and aphrodisiacs should always be prepared during the waxing of the moon.
Luck
Place dried pineapple into a yellow or orange sachet and add to your path to attract good luck and fortune to you. If no dried pineapple is available - add the juice to your bath. The branches are used as magical wands for spiritual healing, learning, good luck and fortune. If Goldenrod springs up suddenly near the door of your home, unexpected good fortune will soon shine upon the family. Place several sprigs of Parsley into your bath to stop misfortune.
Lunar Calendar
A witch's kitchen should never be without a lunar calendar or chart showing the phases of the Moon and its movement through the wheel of the zodiac.
Money
Inhale the scent of Lemon Balm while visualizing yourself allowing money back into your life. Inhale the scent as you visualize money being drawn to you. See, feel, and hear what having the money can do for you and release those thoughts into the Universe. Put Honeysuckle flowers around green candles to attract money. Anoint High John The Conqueror root with some mint oil and tie up in a green or purple bag to attract needed money. Leave a jar of Sesame Seeds open to draw cash into the house. Replace the seeds every month. Place a few Flax seeds in your pocket, wallet or purse to attract money. You can also put flax seeds and some coins in a jar - place on an altar or area of importance. Repeat each day to bring in money. Place money next to a Briony root and as long as that money stays near the root - money will increase. Use Maple leaves in love spells and money rituals. Add the dried peel or flesh to money sachets, spells, incense or oils to draw financial satisfaction to you. A spot of Flax seeds in your shoes will fend off poverty. Money will soon come your way if any of the following things should occur: bubbles appear in a cup of coffee, you accidentally knock over a sugar bowl, rice forms a ring around the edge of a pot, or tea leaves float to the top of the cup. Slip some Orange Bergamot leaves into your wallet or purse to attract money. Rub fresh leaves onto money before spending it to ensure its return. Use Blackberry leaves in wealth spells. To bring money to the household- add a few Fenugreek seeds into the mop water before you mop the floor. To keep money coming into the home, half fill a small jar with Fenugreek and leave the jar open- adding a few seeds every couple of days until the jar is full. When it's full, dump out the jar and return the herb to the Earth. Begin again by adding the Fenugreek to the jar. Carry around Trillium in your pocket, attached to your purse or in a orange sachet to attract money and luck.
Mood Enhancer
Inhale Sandalwood before a religious ritual and/or meditation to create the proper mood. With proper visualization, the scent of Sandalwood can be used to stimulate sexual activity. In cases of emotional or mental sexual dysfunction, this aroma can effect a cure. To speed healing, add a few drops of Sandalwood to your bath water and visualize its aroma and energies doing their work.
Overindulgence
Essential oils of Juniper, Cedarwood, Grapefruit, Lavender, Carrot, Fennel, Rosemary and Lemon help soften the effects of a hangover. Make your own blend of these oils and use a total of 6-8 drops in a bath.
Peaceful Home
Put a few drops of Rose in a diffuser to spread loving energy throughout your home. The scent will calm domestic problems and instill peace and happiness. Inhaling the scent is helpful to the psychological impotence in men and may increase sperm count. Inhale the scent and visualize its energies leading you into a mutually satisfying emotional relationship. Sprinkle Purslane around your home to spread happiness throughout. Scatter Masterwort about to make spirits appear. Bury a Dandelion in the NW corner of a house to bring favorable winds.
Perfume
Essential oils or blends make wonderful perfumes. Create your own personal essence; Add 25 drops to 1 oz of perfume alcohol and allow to age two weeks before using.
Personal Purification
Use Lemon Balm's crisp and clean scent during a weekly personal purification ritual. Inhale Juniper and visualize to detoxify the body and for internal purification. The scent can also be used for helping you to eat correctly, exercise and think positive. Place Juniper in a diffuser, to purify your home and to protect it from negativity. For individual protection- inhale Juniper and visualize its energies guarding you from danger and negativity.
Physical Energy
Inhale Lemon to activate the body and dispel sluggishness. Smell first thing when you awaken as an aromatic substitute for a cup of coffee. Inhale to maintain health as an add on to conventional medical treatment. Visualize its energies strengthening your body as well as your mind. For an illness- feel the fragrance fighting off the infection. For a wound- visualize the scent encouraging cell growth and the resultant healing. Drop a few drops into a diffuser to fill your home with vibrant and pure energy. Molasses is super high in Iron and potassium. Tastes terrible but once a week, put a tablespoon in a half a glass of milk (or soy milk), and drink it down. It will keep you feeling fine and energized and won't upset your stomach like regular Iron pills do. Doing this is great when your pregnant, getting older, or just run down. Sniff Black Pepper for when you need to sharpen your mental faculties and energize the body. It is also beneficial when you need to stay awake- especially when driving.
Physical Health
Pine is a wonderful aroma that can speed the healing of your physical body. Inhale in conjunction with treatment or place a few drops in the sickroom. For purification, especially during the winter months, inhale the scent of Pine and enjoy. Better yet, grab some pine needles- crush them, and enjoy the fresh and vibrant scent. This oil also speeds healing when used with visualization and of course, proper medical treatment. Smell the scent at least once a day while you visualize your body in a healthy, healed and whole state. Physical Health: Inhale the fresh, healthful-like scent of Eucalyptus to maintain or regain your health. Add a few drops of Eucalyptus to a diffuser or potpourri simmer to purify and heal a room or house of negative psychic energy, particularly when people have been engaged in emotional, physical or mental abuse. You can also smell the crushed fresh leaves or fresh seed pods of Eucalyptus to induce health and to speed the healing process. A vase of leaves is helpful in a sickroom. Pine is a wonderful aroma that can speed the healing of your physical body. Inhale in conjunction with treatment or place a few drops in the sickroom. For purification, especially during the winter months, inhale the scent of Pine and enjoy. Better yet, grab some pine needles- crush them, and enjoy the fresh and vibrant scent. Inhale the scent as you visualize money being drawn to you. See, feel, and hear what having the money can do for you and release those thoughts into the Universe. Wear Masterwort to gain physical strength- especially good for laborers and athletes. Inhale the fresh, healthful-like scent of Eucalyptus to maintain or regain your health. Add a few drops of Eucalyptus to a diffuser or potpourri simmer to purify and heal a room or house of negative psychic energy, particularly when people have been engaged in emotional, physical or mental abuse. You can also smell the crushed fresh leaves or fresh seed pods of Eucalyptus to induce health and to speed the healing process. A vase of leaves is helpful in a sickroom.
Prosperity
Alfalfa can be used in spells involving prosperity, money and to ward off hunger. Carry the dried seed-pod of a Poppy as a prosperity amulet.
Protection Inhale the aroma of Vetivert while visualizing a protective field sealing you from negative energies. For your home, place a few drops of Vetivert oil in a diffuser or potpourri pot and visualize. This scent is great for the manifestation of increased money in your life. Simply visualize this needed change as you inhale this rich scent. Use it to anoint candles, money or charms for the same outcome. Grow Angelica in the garden for protection. Fill a jar with Cactus spines, rusty nails, old tacks, pins, and needles. Add rue and rosemary leaves to fill the jar, seal tightly, and then bury under your doorstep as a powerful protective device. Place two drops of oil onto a cotton ball. Strongly visualize a psychic force surrounding you so powerful (like a mini tornado), that it knocks away all incoming negative energy. Merge and solidify this scent and visualization into your conscious mind for 15 to 30 seconds. Repeat once a day for a week. When danger threatens- recall the scent and the visualization. You can carry Balm Of Gilead for protection and for healing purposes. Carry Elecampane for protection. Tuck some Parsley into your clothes for protection. Place on a plate with food to protect against contamination. Mix Flax seeds with mustard seeds and place next to your bed for protection while you sleep. Wherever Cyclamen is grown, no evil spells, hexes or negativity can take hold. Carry Knotweed to strengthen and protect the eyes.
Psychic Awareness
For psychic awareness, put a few drops of Bay Leaf Oil on a cotton ball. Sit comfortably in a chair or on the ground. Relax your body and push the busyness from your mind. Inhale the scent. Visualize your conscious mind letting go of your psychic mind. Allow the odor to engulf your mind and body. Once you've made a connection between the two halves of your mind, discover what you need to know. Burn the Stillengia root to develop your psychic powers. Especially helpful before you use divination. Smolder the herb on charcoal for the sharpening of psychic powers- especially when scrying.
Purification
Inhale Juniper and visualize to detoxify the body and for internal purification. The scent can also be used for helping you to eat correctly, exercise and think positive. Place Juniper in a diffuser, to purify your home and to protect it from negativity.
Relationships
With visualization, use in love rituals, either by inhaling or by anointing candles with Jasmine to enhance a current relationship or to draw one to you. Simply inhale the soothing scent of Jasmine to lift your spirits, remove depression, still nerves and silence worries. To induce sexual desire in both yourself and/or your partner, inhale the aroma of Jasmine with visualization to stimulate the mental, emotional and physical responses needed to have a fulfilling sexual experience. The uses for Jasmine far outweigh the heavy price tag for pure essential oil. Inhale Palmarosa oil during love-attracting spells while you visualize the outcome you desire. Make sure you focus your intent and remember to bring no harm to none.
Relaxation
Take a Lavender bath once a week to induce health maintenance- add nine drops to your bath water while you visualize good health. Lavender is associated with spiritual love as its power seems to lie in that it can reprogram our conscious mind on the way we think about love via our chakras. Inhaling this scent with proper visualization lets you send out signals to others on your need for love. Inhale to induce peace and put depression at bay. It also calms stormy or uncontrolled emotions by centering and controlling our conscious mind with a shot of reality. Rub on the temples to rid yourself of a headache. The oil of Bergamot soothes frazzled nerves and over stressed bodies. Sniff a Lemon! Researchers have found that a property in lemons called linalool will reduce the activity of stress genes.
Rid Negativity
Wear Bay Laurel as an amulet to ward of negativity and evil. Inhale Neroli while you visualize the scent burning away negative thought patterns, harmful habits and other misuses of your energy and mind. Beans can be used to charm away the evil in a person. In Ancient Rome, they were given to people at funerals to help bless the dead. Beans are carried to ward off negative energy and evil. Used in rattles to scare off spirits, very potent when ridding evil spirits that have taken a living form hostage. To cure warts, rub dried beans on them while saying, "As this bean decays, So wart, fall away." Inhale Juniper and visualize its energies guarding you from danger and negativity.
Sexual Appetite
Inhale the luxurious scent of Cardamom to increase your sexual appetite. For love- inhale and visualize yourself in a mutually beneficial relationship. It's important to create this image in your conscious mind to allow cardamom to stir your unique energies. After you inhale- put the thoughts aside to allow your charged power to go out and do its work. Let cardamom's spicy scent clear your conscious mind to new heights in unexpected ways. Inhale Neroli while you visualize your physical, emotional, spiritual, mental and psychic connection with the person you will be intimate with. Not an aphrodisiac, but calms the conscious mind and smooths the path to mutual satisfaction. Burn Lavender flowers to attract the opposite sex. Wear the flower of Gardenia to attract love, new friends and lovers. Dry and crush its petals, mix with ground orris root and light dust your body to attract the opposite sex. Add a half-handful of Dill seeds to your bath water to attract the opposite sex to you. Use in sachets, sprinkle under the bed to promote conception and raise sexual passion. With proper visualization, the scent of Sandalwood can be used to stimulate sexual activity. Eat a Pear to induce sexual arousal or add dried pear to a red sachet to attract a love partner. Eat or carry Dates or pieces of Palm leaves for an increase in fertility. The pits are carried for men who wish to regain sexual potency. Drink pineapple juice to help with impotence and/or to keep your lusting loins from getting you in trouble.
Shoes
Shoes can be freshened by either dropping a few drops of Geranium essential oil directly into the shoes or by placing a cotton ball dabbed with a few drops of Lemon oil into the shoes. Athlete's foot? Tea Tree works great!
Sleep
At night, take a few deep whiffs of Chamomile to induce sleep. During the day, smell this herb to promote peace and to remove the effects of stress and tension. For meditation- if you have trouble slipping into the proper state, smell Chamomile to reduce tension and facilitate meditation. Inhale Bergmont, the scent to produce a restful, relaxing sleep. Lay Purslane on the bed before you fall asleep to prevent nightmares from invading your rest. Place 1 or 2 drops of sleep enhancing oils such as Chamomile, Lavender or Neroli on your pillow before retiring for restful sleep.
Spiritual Love
The flowers of Jasmine attract spiritual love.
Spirituality This wonderful woody scent is excellent to promote spirituality. Inhale the soothing aroma of Cedar before any religious rituals to strengthen your connection with the Divine. You may also inhale Cedar to bring yourself into balance. Smell the fragrance and visualize yourself as centered, calm and in control of your life. Inhale Frankincense to achieve a heightened sense of awareness of the spiritual realms or to deepen any religious experience. The aroma also helps to reduce stress and tension by pointing out that our lives revolve on many realms- not just the physical. The scent also calms the physical form and awaken the higher conscious. Use before meditation. **NOTE** Placing undiluted Frankincense directly on your skin can cause irritation.
Thinking About You
If your apron comes untied by itself and falls off while you are working in the kitchen, this is generally seen as a sign that someone is thinking about you. Some say that it means your sweetheart is having romantic thoughts about you at that moment.
Toothache
Clove does wonders to tooth aches. You can find toothpaste with tea tree oil and clove oil. If you can find the old fashioned candy Clove Gum rock- you can pack and place the gum easily on the tooth, or you can use straight clove oil. Just be sure to cut it with olive oil or vegetable oil or it will burn.
Transitions
Inhale the oil of Cypress to find strength and comfort through transitions of all kinds - especially through the loss of friends, loved ones or the endings of relationships.
Travel
Carry Comfrey while your traveling to ensure your safety. Put some in your luggage to make sure it arrives at your destination.
Trouble
Trouble is indicted by the accidental omission of spices from a recipe or by the spilling of salt. Be prepared for an argument with someone if you should happen to spill pepper on the kitchen table or floor. (According to occult tradition, these bad omens can be remedied by simply adding the spices, and by tossing a pinch of salt or pepper over your left shoulder, respectively.) It is also said that if two persons stir the same boiling pot or sit together on a table, they will soon find themselves involved in a quarrel.
Vacuum
Put a few drops of your favorite essential oil on a cotton ball and place it in your vacuum cleaner bag. Lemon and Pine are nice. Rose Geranium helps with pet odors.
Warts
1 drop of Lemon essential oil applied directly to a wart is an effective means of elimination. Apply the essential oil daily until the wart is gone.
Weakness
Place a few drops of Geranium oil on a cotton ball and inhale when you are weak and most likely to get ill. As you inhale the aroma, visualize peace spreading through your body as it dissolves depression and uplifts your world weary soul. To help gain control over your own life and/or to guard your home against outside negativity- place a few drops of Geranium Oil in a diffuser to allow the scent to spread throughout your home.
Windows
Vinegar leaves windows shining. But nobody said your house needs to smell sour like vinegar. House Cleaning In a spray bottle mix: 1 cup White Vinegar 10-15 drops of Lemon oil Water. Mix vinegar and water and essential oil in a spray bottle. Shake well before each use.
