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Homemade Herbal Vinegars

It's a joyous thing to transform produce from the earth into beautiful objects you can also eat! And homemade herbal vinegars are a perfect example. Today I cut herbs fresh from the garden and promptly drowned them in magical herbal mix. Here's how I did it. Simply gather herbs - take…

7 February 20230Comments

Fig and Ginger Jam – A Recipe for Lust

Fig and Ginger Jam is a warm, sensual eating experience. But I wouldn't have said it was an aphrodisiac and definitely not an accidental love potion. Well, not until I did a little research into the symbolism of the ingredients. According to which text you read, figs (Ficus carica) are a powerful symbol of either…

19 March 20220Comments

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Blissful Forest Bathing with the Spirits of Place

As I sink into the green joy of forest bathing, I sense the spirits of the place rejoice. Dr Maggie B This post is about connecting with nature and communing with the spirits of place for health and wellbeing. It's also a travel plug for A.H. Reed, a park in Northland, New Zealand, that is a…

11 March 20220Comments

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Connecting to The Spirit of Place

Traditionally, all peoples of the world connected with the spirit of place where they lived. Deities, ancestors, creatures, and all kinds of seen and unseen beings, were paid homage depending on the culture, need and seasonal, astrological and lunar cycles. They sanctified them in altars in homes or within particular sites and created poems, chants,…

5 March 20220Comments

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Working with Portals for Beginners

I want to talk to you today about working with portals. Of course, you don't need to believe in actual interdimensional portals (as in The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, Stargate SG1, Star Trek, The Witcher), but be at least open to the fact that certain places have powerful feelings and energies associated with…

4 March 20220Comments

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Bee-Ing Resilient in an Uncertain World

Strong networks support resilience in times of challenge . . . but make sure these are diverse, there is room for growth and critical thinking is welcomed. Dr Maggie B It's a cliche to say we live in difficult and uncertain times and now more than ever we need to be more resilient. As the pandemic…

25 February 20220Comments

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Mindful Tomato Relish Making

Today, at the Whangarei Grower's Market, an enormous bag of saucy tomatoes winked at me from the corner of a stall. The humble brown bag was filled with ripe, luscious, and slightly edgy red fruit. Almost every tomato was flawed: scarred, overripe, burst open and damaged. I love a project that can help me be…

14 February 20220Comments

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Harvesting and Drying Badly Behaving Herbs

First and foremost, this is a practical post about drying herbs. But, it is also about boundaries. Because if you grow herbs, you will know they sometimes need a reminder about minding their own business. And that's what I will be covering today, along with some hints and tips to help you along your herb…

9 February 20220Comments

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Gratitude in Action – Making Black Doris Plum Jam

All Plums are under Venus. Culpepper's Complete Herbal This is a recipe for making Black Doris Plum Jam, and it's also a post about gratitude. As the quote from Culpepper notes, plums have very feminine energy and are associated with love and protection. For example, according to Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs (1998: P80), branches were…

9 February 20220Comments

Homemade Herbal Vinegars

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