STRAWBERRY BANANA CHEER-UP MUFFINSThis Recipe Has Always Cheered Up My Family, And Some Witchy Alterations

♡ STRAWBERRY BANANA CHEER-UP MUFFINS ♡ This recipe has always cheered up my family, and some witchy alterations can make it extra special ♡♡ INGREDIENTS:  ♡ 1 ¾ cup flour ♡ 2/3 cup sugar ♡ ½ teaspoon baking soda ♡ 2 tsp baking powder ♡ 1 pinch salt ♡ 3 small-medium or 2 large bananas ♡ 1/3 cup softened butter ♡ 2 tbsp milk ♡ 2 eggs ♡ 5-10 strawberries BAKING INSTRUCTIONS: ♡ Mash bananas and set aside. Cut strawberries into quarters and set aside. Preheat oven to 350. In large mixing bowl mix 1 cup of the flour with the sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Mix in the mashed banana, butter, and milk, and beat until blended. Turn mixer to high speed and beat for 2 more minutes. Add the remaining flour (¾ cup) and the eggs, and beat until blended. Stir in the strawberries. Pour the batter into lined cupcake tin. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean (for me this was around 25 minutes).  WITCHY ADDITIONS: ♡ Draw sigils or runes (I’d suggest wunjo and uruz for this spell) with a toothpick onto the banana peels. By the time the muffins are done the symbols should appear clearer, then you can add them to compost or discard.  ♡ When mixing dry ingredients, stir counterclockwise (before adding the salt) thinking about what currently vexes you or your family. Stir in the pinch of salt clockwise thinking momentarily about protecting you or your family from these struggles.  ♡ When adding the eggs, clean and set aside the eggshells to dry - these can be ground up and used in future spells or for your garden. ♡ When adding the strawberries, think about small goals to bring happiness to you or your family and stir clockwise. CORRESPONDENCES: strawberries (love, bring forth positive changes), salt (protection), bananas (love, success), eggshells (protection) ♡ Share with your family or close loved ones to bring happiness and small mercies their way!

Letting Go Potion [for relationships that no longer serve you]

Letting go of people isn't always easy, even if they aren't good for you. I could wax poetic about the number of toxic relationships, whether romantic or platonic, I've kept alive simply because I was too anxious to set boundaries. Even when people would hurt me, I'd still grieve those relationships after they ended. This concoction has a lot of ingredients that focus on cleansing, strength, and joy, which can be helpful in those times of transition after endings.

Ingredients

2 large leafy basil sprigs, stems smashed with side of knife

1 piece thinly sliced ginger

2 cups water

1/4 cup honey

1 tsp ground turmeric

2 cups grapefruit juice

2 cups orange juice

1/3 cup lemon juice

Add basil, water, ginger, honey, and turmeric to small saucepan and bring to a boil over med-high heat. Reduce to simmer and cook for 5 minutes.

Remove pan from heat and let cool. Strain the syrup through a fine mesh strainer over your pitcher. Use a spatula to press as much of the liquid goodness as possible. Measure off 1 cup of syrup (reserve the remaining for sweetening other teas).

To a large pitcher, add the measured syrup, lemon juice, orange juice, and grapefruit juice together until combined. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

This makes about 4 servings, so you can adjust portions as needed or make the full amount.

For magical workings: focus on your intention with ever step. Breathe in the vapors as the syrup heats, envisioning protecting your heart, strengthening yourself, and knowing that you are enough. You can also pray to whatever deities you feel can help with your working, or light candles that match your intention.

For a little extra layer of magic, do this in the last few nights of the lunar cycle, just before the new moon.

"It is summer. It is spring. I am immeasurably unbearably happy. I am three years old. I am sixty. I am six. I am there." –David Malouf 🌿 // all photos are mine 🌙

My favorite magic ritual is sunrise cinnamon and chocolate coffee.

Sunrises are newness. New energy. New opportunity. Energy. Drinking coffee with the sunrise is a sure way to energize new opportunities that may present themselves that day.

Cinnamon is also an energizer and also brings the fierceness of fire into the day as well. You can use it to give yourself an extra oomph in your step and to help bring you some extra courage to take a leap needed.

Chocolate opens your heart. Helps to provide solid connections and brings forth inner wisdom.

By combining the 4 things, you're setting yourself up for a strong, energetic day to make it easier to tackle the big problems of the day

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"Aphrodite loves terfs" do you really think a goddess of love formed from a literal penis and the mother of Hermaphroditus, an intersex god who was associated with androgyny and feminine men, fucks around with transphobia?

she is a literal trans icon and to deny that will get you smited by all the gods