Urban Witchcraft - Quick NDirty Coffee Correspondences

Urban Witchcraft - Quick n’Dirty Coffee Correspondences

In my urban magic adventures I have found that some of the best quick & easy magic has been the passive magic you can employ in everyday urban rituals such as grabbing a cup of coffee.Urban Witchcraft is unique because our practices are defined by schedules and the quick pace of the city and the constant overflowing and conflicting energies we are in day in and day out. We don’t always have time to meditate intentions in the morning or to absorb peace from nature or take our time. 

As a result I’ve developed very quick and simple magical rituals with my coffee. This is mostly geared for the coffee-shop pick up but can be adjusted for workplace kitchens and your own kitchen.

A few random notes first:

Recongize the power built up by becoming a regular at a coffee shop, the energy in your cup will be affected by familiarity and the energy signature you leave there and resonate with. Also staffers will remember you and it will add power to your drink. 

Stir your coffee in a clockwise direction to promote prosperity and forward thought and action. However- if you are left handed stirring anti-clockwise will not have an negative affect.

If you need a boost of passive magic to work for a few days, pocket a packet of sugar or honey to use its magical properties passively or activate when needed.

While holding/fixing/stiring your coffee make sure to fill it with your intent for the next few hours for yourself, “I will have energy for my shift” “I will be confident in my interview” or “I will be charming on my date” fricking whatever.

The correspondences listed here are from my own experience as well as research but I highly encourage you to attribute any that you feel match your experience or reject those that don’t:

Coffee: Goes without saying, but energy is the big one. Positive industrious, social and academic energies are strengthened. Subtle self-healing and centering/grounding traits, especially if drank on the regular.

Milk: Nurturing energy. Good health, fulfilment and prosperity. 

Cream: Abundance, wealth, Glamor.

Sugar: Attraction like a magnet for what you want (if you ask for it), focus, energy, abundance, glamor/likeability.

Honey: Sweetens words and sweetens others to you, helps to seal the deal on agreements/work/dates etc.

Chocolate: Self-love, healing, introspection, wish-making, manifesting.

Vanilla: Creativity, productivity, love (less romantic more passive), 

Cinnamon: ‘Fierceness’ , confidence, energy, manifesting, prosperity

Nutmeg: Luck, confidence, creativity, prosperity and love

Of course you can get really indepth if you want to get into the nuances of these when it comes to espresso drinks and specialities and then tea lattes and everything else. Coffee magic really doesnt have any limits and is the modern and urban version of potions that we already use for magical affects without noticing. 

Feel free to add anything!

One Simple Exercise to Increase your Intuition

Intuition: the ability to understand something immediately, without the need for conscious reasoning.

We are all intuitive beings and we are all born with the same intuitive abilities, it is just that some people have had more practice.

Your intuition already lives within you, it is already strong, and it is already willing to guide you.

Learning to develop your intuition is truly an invaluable tool that can help you make decisions and can bring you clarity when logic alone is not enough.

You need not acquire any skills to enhance your intuition except a little patience and trust.

Meditation is one of the best ways to put you in the space of receiving intuitive guidance. This is because when your mind is still, you have the ability to filter out unnecessary thoughts in order to access that quiet, still, intuitive mind.

Another great exercise for increasing your intuition however, is a technique that is called Blind Reading.

Here is what to do:

Part 1

Take three blank cards and write: Yes, No & Maybe on one side. Turn them over and shuffle them around so you have no idea which card is where.

Still your mind, then ask a question that you know the answer to such as- “Is my name is Judy”. Close your eyes and place your hands over the cards one at a time.

Notice the different energy or feeling your receive when your hand is on top of each card.

Select the card that you felt the strongest pull to. Keep practicing until you learn what is your intuitive voice, and what is just your mind.

Part 2

When you feel that you have a good understanding of what your intuitive voice sounds and feels like, you can begin asking questions that you do not know the answer to.

Got something that is bothering you? Take the cards and write down three possible situations- one on each card.

Turn them over and repeat the exercise, see which possibility you are more drawn to- perhaps your intuition is trying to tell you something?

Blind Readings are a great way to develop your intuition and to discover what your intuitive voice sounds like. Again, with more practice you will soon become a natural at learning what your intuition is trying to tell you.

By: Tanaaz

Places where reality is a bit altered:

• any target • churches in texas • abandoned 7/11’s • your bedroom at 5 am • hospitals at midnight • warehouses that smell like dust • lighthouses with lights that don’t work anymore • empty parking lots • ponds and lakes in suburban neighborhoods • rooftops in the early morning • inside a dark cabinet

Spring Witchy Recipes

Here are some recipes I have made or have been trying out for spring!

Three Flower Sugar -

1 oz lavender

1 dried rose, just the petals

1 oz dried chamomile or honeysuckle

Grind in a mortal and pestle, add ½ cup of sugar and grind until powder fine. Store in pink jar for love spells, self care spells, and to amplify the properties of the flowers.

Uses: Sprinkle on sugar cookies for Beltane rituals, stir into an herbal tea, sprinkle over offerings for the fae, use in a self care spell jar, use in spells to sweeten relationships or communication, etc.

Floral Tincture -

Great for making drinks, baking, or use in potions for Spring celebrations.

equal parts dried lavender, honeysuckle, chamomile, elder flowers, roses etc (I used chamomile, elder flowers, and honeysuckle.)

1 jar (dark jar if possible)

 just enough vodka or other 180 proof alcohol to just cover the flowers, maybe ½ in over the dried materials

Place flowers into jar, cover with alcohol and shake vigorously.

Store in a dark cool place.

Shake periodically

let steep for 4 weeks or more

Strain through a fine mesh strainer/coffee filter or muslin cloth, squeeze excess out of the flowers.

Strain through coffee filter or muslin cloth once more and bottle in a glass bottle/jar. 

 Uses: Use in cooking recipes like you would vanilla extract or other baking flavorings, use an eye dropper to drop into sparkling water/tea for a refreshing drink, use like bitters in a martini recipe, use for potions or spells, etc.

Lavender Meyer Lemon Mint Tea -

From the book “infuse” 

8 sprigs of fresh mint

4 sprigs dried lavender

4 Meyer lemon peels

30 oz of water

Combine all ingredients in a pitcher in the refrigerator over night (for at least 10 hours). A relaxing and refreshing drink for  all spring celebrations. :) Also can be used for cleansing and purifying properties to boost your Spring Cleaning, from the inside out. 

‘Twilight’ void/black salt.

I had a neat gif of this rainbow-y sparkly goodness but of course tumblr isn’t letting me upload it… So this will have to do.

I only used one ingredient to get such black salt - charcoal. Specifically activated charcoal which you can find in the drug section of most grocery stores. It will make your hands and tools black, but can easily be cleaned. Or you can pour a pill of it directly into a jar of salt and start shaking, soon you’ll have black salt. I like the use of charcoal because it has cleansing properties, perfect for black salt. To turn it into my Twilight salt I added biodegradable holographic glitter and eucalyptus oil. Super cleansing/protective salt. Enjoy~

Use in recipes to promote healing, protection, success, illumination, magical power, physical energy, and to end legal matters.

From Scott Cunningham’s The Complete Book of Incense, Oils, and Brews

original image here