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Category: Bayou Magic
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Let’s talk Yule/Winter Solstice vs. Jül, because folks throw these words around like they’re interchangeable, but they’re not twins—they’re cousins who took very different life paths. Yule (Anglo-Saxon / English Pagan Context) So basically, Yule as most folks say it today has been filtered through a neopagan lens, pegged to the calendar solstice, and often…
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We all love a big, cinematic ritual. You know the kind – the full moon, the dancing around the fire, the incense, the twelve herbs you have to grind counterclockwise while chanting in an ancient forgotten language or something vaguely Pinterestable. But let’s be honest: most days? We’re lucky if we remember to put on…
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Let’s get one thing straight: oak galls ain’t just tree warts.They’re battle scars. Witch bullets. Ancestral grenades. And in the hands of a skilled swamp witch?They’re pure justice magic wrapped in bark and wasp spit. So, what the Hell Is an Oak Gall? Picture this: a tiny wasp stings an oak tree, laying her eggs…
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Let’s be honest: this time of year can feel like a tornado of school supplies, anxiety, new schedules, and forgotten passwords to online parent portals. (Seriously, why are there so many logins?)And while we do our best to pack lunches and organize shoes and not totally lose it over spirit week announcements, there’s often one…
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Sometimes, life parks your energy in the spiritual mud and takes the keys. Whether you’re graduating, transitioning, starting something new, or just trying to remember why you walked into the room… this week’s focus is all about road opening.
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Some wounds don’t need talking through—they need rinsing off. Your mind’s tangled. Your spirit’s humming. Your body feels heavy in its own bones. It’s time to work a full-body swamp reset. This ain’t a bath for show—this is a ritual. A cleansing. A return to stillness. We’re not just cleaning skin. We’re cleaning’ energy. Roots…
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Hey Swamp Babies – Ya’ll ever wonder why we use what we use in a spell? A good spell or charm recipe should have specific items that are chosen for their exact ability to do a job. For instance, this first spell is something we call Cypress Whispers. It’s a wonderful little effective charm to…
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Now let’s take a look at beeswax. Beeswax is the oldest known ingredient in candle making history. It is reported to date all the way back to the ancient Egyptian culture and was found in many of the pyramid excavations. It is believed that they dipped papyrus leaves in the wax before burning them. Beeswax…
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As candles made with paraffin wax gain notoriety for being terribly unhealthy and non-environmentally safe, we turn to more natural alternatives. Soy and beeswax are the most common at this time. (As I mentioned in Part I – there are others, but I am covering the big 3 – paraffin, soy, beeswax.) These waxes are…
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Candles, in some form, have existed since the earliest civilizations. Inexplicable Things Apothecary now offers a variety of different candles in a variety of different wax types. Since we released our beeswax candles at the first of the year, we have been flooded with questions about the differences between the wax types. So I would…