Kitchen Witchery: Unlocking the Magick in Everyday Ingredients

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A modern day kitchen witch may have an office jobduring the day, be running her kids to soccer practice in the evening, and have to buy her herbs instead of wild foraging or growing them herself. These scenarios are normal to modern day life, and that’s okay. What being a kitchen witch doesn’t mean, however, is that you need to be Martha Stewart. So please don’t feel like you haven’t the domestic skills to take on the title. The gifts of the Earth are transformed and combined into creations that nourish and benefit your body. That's pretty neat! The spiritual practices of kitchen witches are just as varied as the witches themselves. Some may use rituals and spells, while others may simply focus on the energy and intention they bring to their cooking. Whatever your spiritual practice, kitchen witchery can be a wonderful way to add a touch of magic to your life and bring a little more love and good fortune into your kitchen. Tools Used In Witchy Kitchens

It’s all about focus, intention, and the desire to manifest. But we need to know what to use and when as well. Summing up It absolutely doesn’t matter your gender, your religion, whether you consider yourself Pagan, or if you follow the sabbats. A mortar and pestle for the purpose of crushing herbs, seeds, and spices to release their energy and aroma. I have two. One is for spell work but the other is for cooking. Both do the same things.

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If you want to focus in on the study of herbs, you'd do well to get started with Apothecary at Home. You can learn traditional herbal medicine, and use what you learn to apply it to your kitchen witchery practice. Their Monthly Herbal Study Box is the perfect study companion for the aspiring herbalist, or anyone who desires a deeper relationship with plants. Each delivery introduces new herbs, recipes, and holistic medicine-making projects, as well as seeds, study guides, collectible art prints & other bonus goodies for your home apothecary. YARROW – Yarrow is another of those potent medicines known to heal a wide variety of ills. Magically, it’s known to bring in courage, strength and empowerment. TREES Your kitchen is a living, ever changing symbol of bounty and abundance. Be sure to treat it this way to help you maintain positive and harmonious vibrations. If you prefer not to have an altar or there is no space try some other options:

Disclaimer: For all intents and purposes, I must remind you that it’s poor witch etiquette to serve unsuspecting patrons food that’s been magically altered through your Kitchen Witchery. I’m supposed to suggest that you inform people before you cook for them. I’ll leave that up to you. I’m not the witch police. In addition to traditional recipes, kitchen witches also create their own signature style of cooking and baking, incorporating their own special magic and ingredients that are meaningful to them. Whether it is a family recipe passed down from a loved one, or a dish that has been created from scratch, kitchen witches put their own unique twist on their recipes to make them truly special and magical. Embracing Seasonal Recipes JUANILAMA – A classic garden plant in Central America used as a digestive aid and to lower high cholesterol. Often used as a smudging plant in ritual to clear the air from negativity and as a purifier. It’s often used energetically to help women heal from sexual trauma, or imbalances in the uterus.The German Kitchen Witch". Germandeli.com. Archived from the original on 2012-08-29 . Retrieved 2012-08-04. You'll also need to get into the habit of starting your magical cooking with a clean kitchen. This means wash all dishes and counters before you start cooking the next meal. Give your magic a "clean slate."

Smoke Cleansing: Burn sage, lavender, or rosemary, or a combination of these purifying herbs. Palo Santo is another option.Kitchen witchery' is the path of the herbalist, naturalist, spiritual ecologist, medicine woman, curandera, healer. It is an ancient practice that we all contain stored within our DNA, and it essentially speaks to the spiritual connection between us humans and to the soul of nature. Tapping into our inner “green witchery” is a free-form, poetic and creative practice for anyone that seeks to explore a spiritual conversation with nature. Eat with intention. Continue visualizing your life where your intention has manifested. Visualize the energy of the food transforming within you into your magical purpose.

If we think about the kitchen both from long ago and today, it could be said that the Kitchen is the heart of the home. The kitchen is a common room, which means everyone in the household uses it. It’s where we keep and prepare our food. Often times, it is where we congregate to eat that food, connecting and sharing our days, week, and lives. CARAWAY – Often used as a protective spice that prevents theft and protects from energy vamps. A great one to add into magical concoctions when wanting to call in trust and fidelity. Visualize your intention. As you are prepare the ingredients by chopping, peeling, and heating, visualize yourself in the life where your intention has manifested. This is the place you keep your magical herbs whether it's a designated room off the kitchen or just a couple of cabinets. It's okay to mix them in with all the other culinary goods (salt, canned and jarred food, dry pasta, sugar, flour, vinegar, oil etc.) you have around. Protect the places you store your food in some way. Cooking and Eating UtensilsBeing a garden kitchen means to work and practicing with the cycles of nature. A curandera is dictated by the rhythms of nature, which is the same eternal rhythm practiced by our ancestors. A witch’s craft involves that of sowing seeds, tending to the soil, listening to the voice of nature and being a steward of the earth. A garden witch, or a true hierbera, has a strong spiritual connection to nature, yet a practical one as well that naturally abides by the laws of sustainability. Being a seer of nature means that through the direct art of subtle perception, you listen to the plants. And thus, the plants disclose their secrets - many of which are far more subtle than a chemical analysis could uncover. To be a true green witch / herbalist / hierbera / curandera means to become a Seer. To cultivate the innate sensitivity that we have to commune in direct awareness with the spirit of nature and universal consciousness. It means to listen to when plants speak to you, and to look upon them with the humblest of hearts as one’s teacher. MAGICAL HERBS