Supermarket Magic: Creating Spells, Brews, Potions and Powders From Everyday Ingredients (14 page)

Faery magic, velvet haze

Wrap me in your shimmering light,

Glittering aura, beauty amaze

Blemishes blurred; glamour takes flight

For Good of All, by my true will,

Makeup charged; promise fulfill!

Whenever you use this makeup, it will help create

extra beauty and attractiveness around you. This effect

will last for as long as you are wearing that application

of makeup. When you wash it off; the glamour fades and

when you reapply, the glamour is restored. You can use

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this spell on all your makeup and skincare products, if

desired.

Foods

There is of course a lot of food at a supermarket and some of it can be used to draw love to you. Keep in mind however that it is a bad idea to try to manipulate a specific person into loving you. Using food in love magic is best

left to creating or keeping loving harmony between exist-

ing loved ones as opposed to drawing in new loved ones.

Some of the more popular foods of love are oysters (care-

ful for allergies!!!), chocolate, strawberries, vanilla, and red wine. Any food made to have a magical effect must be

charged to do so otherwise its effect will be minimal.

Aphrodisiac Recipes

These foods when prepared either alone or in combina-

tion increase attraction, sexuality and the bonds of love

when consumed by a couple. Since I am a Leo and most

of us are dessert first kind of people, I will start with recipes for a banana split and a magical chocolate cake.

Banana Split (of Love)

• 3 scoops of ice cream (vanilla or 1 scoop

each chocolate, strawberry and vanilla)

• 1 banana

• 100% fruit strawberry jam

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• 100% fruit apricot jam

• Chocolate sauce

Cut the banana lengthwise and place in a dish. Place

the three scoops of ice cream in between the banana

halves and spoon one topping on each scoop according

to taste. If the jams are too thick, you can warm them in

a sauce pan to create a more syrupy texture. Hold your

hands over the completed banana split and charge it with

your desire to increase love then, serve.

Each of the chosen sauces as well as each of the possi-

ble ice creams are naturally filled with energies attuned to love magic. The banana, though tuned more toward abundance, has a shape that could be said to evoke thoughts

of passion and besides, abundance in love is a good thing.

Chocolate Cake (of Love)

• 2 cups flour

• 1 ¾ cups sugar

• ¾ cup baking cocoa

• 1 ¼ cups milk

• ¾ cup butter (not margarine), softened

• 3 eggs

• 1 teaspoon baking soda

• 1 teaspoon salt

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• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

• ½ teaspoon baking powder

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Measure all dry in-

gredients into a mixing bowl. Make a “well” in the center

and add the eggs. Mix gently with a fork to bring a bit of the dry ingredients into the eggs. Now, add the milk and

mix lightly again just to combine a bit more. Next, add

the softened butter and finally, use an electric hand mixer (if desired) to mix the rest of the way. Continue beat-ing on low until thoroughly mixed, then increase speed

to medium for two minutes. Grease and flour two 9-inch

round cake pans. Pour half of cake batter into each pan.

Trace either a pentagram or heart shape into the batter

while charging with your intent and bake at 350 for 30

to 35 minutes. Cool cakes in their pans on wire racks for

10 minutes then remove cakes from pans and allow each

cake to cool completely before frosting.

Frosting

• 2 cups confectioner’s (powdered) sugar

• ½ cup butter, softened

• 3 tablespoons milk

• 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract

• ⅛ teaspoon salt

• 3 squares baking chocolate

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• 2 egg yolks

Add first five ingredients in a mixing bowl. In double

boiler, melt the 3 chocolate squares and once they are

completely melted, stir in the egg yolks. Remove from

heat and combine in the mixing bowl with the other

ingredients. With large fork or hand mixer at medium

speed, beat until smooth. If the consistency is too thick, you can add one more tablespoon of milk. Smooth out

the surface then trace a pentagram or heart shape in the

frosting while charging with your intent before using.

The active magical ingredients in both the cake and

frosting are: the flour, since wheat is related to fertility; the milk and eggs, which are also related to fertility; sugar, since it is dedicated to Venus, the Goddess (and planet)

of love; chocolate, a powerful aphrodisiac; butter, a sym-

bol of transformation tied to the faery realm; and finally vanilla, a classic ingredient for both love and lust. As you can see, this recipe combines several strong ingredients

and when charged with magic to focus their intent, a sim-

ple chocolate cake becomes an amazing love and passion-

enhancing food.

Pesto (of Love)

• ⅓ cup olive oil

• ¼ cup grated parmesan cheese

• ¼ cup parsley

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• 1 garlic clove, minced

• ½ cup fresh basil leaves, chopped (or 2

tablespoons dried basil)

• 1 teaspoon salt

• ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg

Mix all ingredients in a blender on medium until well

combined. Pour the pesto into a bowl. Hold your hands

over the bowl and charge with your desire for peace, love

and happiness. Olive oil promotes peace, basil and nut-

meg promote love and the garlic, salt and parsley promote

purification and healing. This mixture is very good to add to pasta or chicken dishes when trying to promote love

and goodwill and also when trying to reconcile after an

argument.

Tomato and Leek Soup (of Love)

Tomato, basil, and leek soup is a classic Italian dish and luckily, these ingredients, specifically the basil, leeks, tomatoes and carrots are perfect for inspiring feelings of

love and romance.

• 2 pounds of tomatoes, or 2 16-ounce cans

of whole tomatoes, peeled

• 4 cups vegetable broth or water

• 1 large leek, cut in half lengthwise and

chopped

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• 2 tablespoons olive oil

• 1 carrot, chopped

• 1 potato, peeled and chopped into 1 inch

pieces

• 1 onion, chopped

• 2 cloves garlic, chopped

• 2 cups fresh basil leaves

• Salt and pepper to taste

Crush tomatoes in a bowl and retain the juices. Chop

all the vegetables in set in separate bowls and charge the ingredients with your intent for love and romance, then

begin cooking. Heat 1 tablespoon of the olive oil in a pot over medium heat. Add onion, garlic, carrot and potato

and cook for 5 minutes, stirring frequently.

Add tomatoes with the reserved juice, broth, and salt

to taste. Bring to a boil; reduce heat, and simmer, covered, for 25 minutes, until vegetables are tender.

While first part of soup is cooking, wash the chopped

leeks thoroughly. Heat the other tablespoon of oil in a

pan. Sauté the leeks over medium heat for about 5 min-

utes, or until leeks are firm/tender. Remove from heat and set aside.

After the 25 minute cooking time is up, add the basil

leaves to the soup and remove from heat. Puree soup until

creamy with a hand held blender or a hand mixer then,

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add the leeks and season to taste. Return to heat and cook an additional 5 minutes to reheat before serving.

Shopping List

Here is a quick listing of the ingredients used in the recipes in this chapter.

❏ Allspice

❏ Cinnamon

❏ Mint

(spearmint,

preferred)

❏ Apples

❏ Cloves

❏ Nutmeg

❏ Apple cider

❏ Coffee

❏ Olive oil

❏ Apricot jam

❏ Coffee creamer ❏ Onions

❏ Baker’s

❏ Coriander

❏ Oranges

chocolate

squares

❏ Baking cocoa

❏ Eggs

❏ Oregano/

powder

marjoram

❏ Baking powder ❏ Epsom salt

❏ Parmesan

cheese

❏ Baking soda

❏ Ethyl rubbing ❏ Parsley

alcohol

❏ Bananas

❏ Flour

❏ Potatoes

❏ Basil (fresh and ❏ Food coloring ❏ Salt (sea salt

dried)

(red)

and regular)

❏ Black pepper

❏ Garlic

❏ Strawberries

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❏ Black tea

❏ Ginger

❏ Strawberry jam

❏ Butter

❏ Honey

❏ Sugar

(granulated,

powdered and

brown)

❏ Candles (red,

❏ Ice cream

❏ Tomatoes

pink and blue)

(vanilla,

chocolate and/

or strawberry)

❏ Cardamom

❏ Leeks

❏ Vanilla extract

❏ Carrots

❏ Lemon

❏ Vegetable

broth

❏ Chamomile tea ❏ Milk

❏ Wine (red)

❏ Chocolate sauce

there is nothing more annoying than feeling like

you’re wading through a run of bad luck. Every-

thing just seems a bit off and like the world is against you.

This I assure you is not the case. “Bad luck” occurs when

our intuition is distracted for whatever reason and we are blocked from fully interacting with our inner guidance

system. When this happens, we don’t get that pull toward

what is best for us and we are left to flounder and flail in seeming chaos.

This can be caused by a number of different factors;

exhaustion, excessive multi-tasking, illness, anxiety, and/

or trauma can all contribute to weakening the connection

to our inner voice and not to sound alarmist, but genuine

psychic attack and black magic can also cause this bad

luck problem; creating bad luck and misery is usually the

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goal of such acts. Having actual black magic directed to-

ward you is a rather rare occurrence, but if you feel that this may be the case, work as many cleansings as you feel

necessary to free yourself of any harmful energy before

you work magic to restore your luck. Refer to Chapter 3,

Clearing (and Cleansing) for help in removing negativity.

There are a great many options to magically improve

your luck, after all, spells to improve your luck and good luck charms have been staples of magical practice for centuries.

Brews

These brews are a quick method of improving your for-

tunes. They are a good first course of action to take if you are feeling stuck or blocked in your efforts or if you are having trouble making a decision for fear of choosing

wrong. The first one is a surprisingly easy fruit juice drink.

Good Luck Juice Blend

• 4 cups of orange juice (preferably fresh,

but concentrate will do in a pinch)

• 9 fresh strawberries

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Wash, remove the stems and mash the strawberries

and pour into a small pot. Add the vanilla extract and

warm over low heat to combine then, remove from heat

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and allow it to cool. Once cooled, combine the straw-

berry mixture with the orange juice and charge with your

desire to improve your luck. Pour the mixture through a

sieve into a pitcher to remove any large chunks of straw-

berry (you can use the back of a spoon to mash more of

the strawberries through the sieve). To use, drink a glass whenever you want to feel luckier and when making difficult decisions.

This next brew is a bit more expensive (about 16 dol-

lars, last time I checked) due to its primary ingredient, but the investment is well worth it.

Golden Luck Brew

• 2 pinches saffron threads

• 2 cups water

Charge the saffron threads with your desire for luck

and place them in a pot with the water. Bring the water

just to a boil and then remove the pot from heat. Once

the brew has cooled, bottle and refrigerate it for future

use. To use: anoint the hands with the brew to enhance

your luck or anoint good luck charms with a few drops

of the brew to energize them. You can also sprinkle this

brew in the corners of your home (if it won’t stain your

flooring) to create an atmosphere of good fortune.

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Oils

What would a chapter on luck be without a nice, reliable

luck-enhancing oil recipe? This recipe is easy to prepare

and filled with ingredients that will bring positive ener-

gies into your life.

Good Luck Oil

• 1 tablespoon ground allspice

• 1 teaspoon grated orange zest

• 1 teaspoon powdered nutmeg

• ½ cup corn oil

Gently simmer the spices and orange zest in the corn

oil until the scent is transferred and the, remove from

heat and allow to cool. Once the oil has cooled, strain it into a bottle and charge it with your desire for good luck and happiness.