Middle Earth Magic: Inspired Ideas and Seasonal Spells for Your Enchanted Life

I grew up on a farm in West Virginia and learned much about herbs, trees, animals, gardening, foraging  and so much about nature. I incorporate this wisdom I learned from elders in my family into my spellwork. When I finally left the farm, I majored in Medieval Studies, my attempt to emulate my idol, J.R.R. Tolkien. All these influences led me to my own blended brew which I call "middle earth magic," containing a mix of the modern and the time-tested "old ways." 

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True Love Tea

Here’s a recipe to create exactly the right mood for romance. The verse at the end references the Garden of Eden before the fall. Gather the following:
  • 1 ounce dried hibiscus flowers
  • 1 ounce dried and pulverized rose hips
  • 1⁄2 ounce dried lemon balm
  • 1⁄2 ounce dried mint (ideally peppermint)
  • 1⁄2 ounce dried meadowsweet
 
Stir ingredients together in a clockwise motion. Store in a dark, lidded jar.

To make tea, add two teaspoons of herbs for each cup of boiled water. Steep for five minutes while visualizing your heart’s desire, and before straining, say aloud:

Herbal brew of love's emotion,
with my wish I fortify.
When two people share this potion
their love shall intensify
as in the Olde Garden of Love.

 

Read the Tea Leaves

After sipping your tea, let the leaves guide you to your lover’s lair. The answer to where you should make love lies at the bottom of the cup.

As you study the leaves, keep in mind that the tea cup handle is south, and going clockwise around the circle, left is west, the top is north, and the east is to the right of the handle when the handle is toward you.

  • North, you should tryst outside
  • West, you should go to your bedroom
  • South is in the kitchen or living room
  • East is at your lover’s house
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    Cerridwen Greenleaf has worked with many of the leading lights of the spirituality world including Starhawk, Z Budapest, John Michael Greer, Christopher Penczak, Raymond Buckland, Luisah Teish, and many more. She gives herbal, crystal and candle magic workshops throughout North America. Greenleaf's graduate work in medieval studies has given her deep knowledge she utilizes in her work, making her work unique in the field. A bestselling author, her books include Moon Spell Magic, The Book of Kitchen Witchery, The Magic of Gems and Crystals and the Witch’s Spell Book series.  She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.  

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