Also can be used for protection.įRANKINCENSE TEARS: A rsin I use a lot in my workings both in it's raw form and as an oil. Cover this mixture tightly and secur eit within your house somewhere where it will not be disturbed and it is said you will have peace and quiet.ĮUCALYPTUS: A herb I use a lot for healing.
To quiet a noisy housepowder some dragons blood, mix it with sugar and salt, and place in a bottle. A pinch of this resin in any incense will increase the incenses power.
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Burneas an incense with the windows opens will drive out all negativity. Using cloves in your magickal spells is said to ensure that your magickal intention is realized.ĬOPAL: Is a resin that is great for love and purification.ĭRAGONS BLOOD: A resin used for love, protection, exorcism, and potency. Can combine with a little Lavender for assisting as a sleep tea.ĬINNAMON: Used for money and success or to use as a healing charm.ĬLOVES: Their magickal properties include banishing evil,Ĭlearing your head, protection, love, and money. She lives near Boston.CATNIP: Useful in love, beauty, and happiness spells and drawing positive vibrations and good luck to you and to your house.ĬEDAR CHIPS: Useful in healing, purification, protection, andĬHAMOMILE: Useful in spells for luck and gambling as well. * The film starring Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock is a cult classicĪlice Hoffman is the author of more than thirty works of fiction, including The Book of Magic, Magic Lessons, The World That We Knew, Practical Magic, The Rules of Magic, the Oprah’s Book Club Selection Here on Earth, The Red Garden, The Dovekeepers, The Museum of Extraordinary Things, The Marriage of Opposites, and Faithful. * Acquired by Scribner UK and re-released to coincide with the publication of its sequel, Rules of Magic in October ' A scrim of magic lies gently over fictional world, in which lilacs bloom riotously in July, a lovesick boy's elbows sizzle on a diner countertop and a toad expectorates a silver ring.' Publishers Weekly ‘Dark comedy and a light touch carry the story along to a truly Gothic climax, complete with heaving skies and witchery on the lawn’ New York Times ‘What do you do when your long lost little sister shows up on your suburban front step… a dead man in the Oldsmobile that’s blocking your driveway? …You help her bury him in your backyard, underneath a wilting lilac bush that will suddenly spring back to life, bearing masses of heady flowers that remind everyone who passes by of desires they thought they’d long since stifled’ Vogue ‘ delicious fantasy of witchcraft and love in a world where gardens smell of lemon verbena and happy endings are possible’ Cosmopolitan An enchanting tale of love, forgiveness and family, Practical Magic is beloved of readers of all ages.
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