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Tree Magic Holly should be burned to announce the end of winter. Rowan, sacred to witches for protection for making spindles and spinning wheels. Hazel will lead to water. Willow is sacred magic, transporting the soul. Yew signifies life, death, and rebirth, used for bows. Beware: the seeds are poisonous. Ash is sacred and healing, the leaves make a tonic for horses. Apple is the key to magic and is used for medicine, love spells. Birch, write spells on strips of bark and they will reach their intended. Pine tree sap is a salve for pox and spotted fever. The leaves of the larch tree boiled as
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Candles. Essential oil. Lavender for calming. Sage to purify. Rosemary for remembrance. Rose for love. Salt, garlic, stones, thread, talismans for fortune, love, luck, and good health. Always meet and depart from inside a circle. Honor the twelve full moons in a year from December until November: Oak, Wolf, Storm, Hare, Seed, Dryad, Mead, Herb, Barley, Harvest, Hunter’s, Snow, and the thirteenth moon, always most special, the Blue Moon. Silver coins, pure water, willow, birch, rowan, oak, string, knots, mirrors, black glass, brass bowls, pure water, blood, ink, pens, paper. Nettle will give
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This was true magic, the making and unmaking of the world with paper and ink.
Do as you will, but harm no one.
What you give will be returned to you threefold.
There are secrets that must be held close, and most of these have to do with the wounding of the human heart, for sorrow spoken aloud is sorrow lived through twice.
want can be a hundred times stronger than need, and a thousand times stronger than common sense.
What burns is best left to turn to cinders. Be wise and stay away.
Fate is what you make of it. You can make the best of it, or you can let it make the best of you.
Believe what the world shows you, and make no excuses. See what is right before you.
Love was the thing that tore you apart; it made you believe the lies you were told, obvious as they might be. It was nearly impossible to see your own fate while it was happening to you. It was only after, when what’s done had been done, that one’s vision cleared.
it the man you want, or the feeling inside you when someone cares?
Words were magic. Books were not to be trusted. What men could not understand, they wished to burn.
Beware of love. Know that for our family, love is a curse. He should have been my enemy, instead I thought I fell in love with him and I made the mistake of declaring my love. I was wrong to think that was love. I was too young to know any different.
These are the lessons to be learned. Drink chamomile tea to calm the spirit. Feed a cold and starve a fever. Read as many books as you can. Always choose courage. Never watch another woman burn. Know that love is the only answer.
