Magic in Your Spice Rack

Variety is spice of life, but spices, historically are stuff of magic! A spell, after all is really just a recipe and traditionally many of them involve plant life or herbs. Magic doesn't have to be complicated to work. In fact simplest spells sometimes work best of all, because they most resemble an innocent wish and doer is not attached to outcome. Check out magickal uses of some of these very common spices, which are found in almost everybody's spice rack or kitchen cupboard at home. CINNAMON: Cinnamon is practically one of most useful spices in practical magic and is used for purification, blessings, prosperity, protection and improved communication. Sprinkling a little cinnamon on your toast or your cafe latte in morning may help to improve business. To protect yourself from gossip or envy of others, place a tiny dot of cinnamon on your breast bone in morning while dressing. Sprinkling a little cinnamon under phone, may help you get that difficult person to call you back. Sucking on a cinnamon flavored candy before you need to make a presentation or a speech, can help you be more eloquent (as spice is ruled by Mercury.) The next time you wash floor, add a dash of cinnamon to pail to increase business. GINGER: Ginger is used to speed things up. Next time you do your floor, add a little ginger and cinnamon to water in pail to make your own "Fast Luck in a Hurry" floor-wash. A little sprinkled under phone may cause that important call to come faster, but don't use too much ... it can also cause a heated exchange or an argument. A mixture of ginger, cinnamon, crushed dried rose petals and coffee, placed under your mattress is said to spice up your sex life. SALT: Salt has been used for ages to purify spaces and prevent negative energies from entering your home. If you feel like you are under attack, try sprinkling a little in all four corners of house for protection. Taking a bath in salt is said to purify aura. BASIL: Said to be ruled by Mars, Basil is said to have a protective and cleansing influence. If you have had contact with someone who you dislike and whose negative energy seems to be hanging around, a bit of basil, steeped in warm water and drunk like a tea or mixed with tobacco and burned on tip of cigarette is said to drive obnoxious influence away. Basil sprinkled near front door is said to bring you money. BAY LEAF: Aside from seasoning stew, Bay leaf can also be used for granting wishes. Write your wish on a piece of paper and then fold it into thirds, after placing three bay leaves inside. Fold paper again into thirds. Once wish is granted, paper and bay leaves should be burned as a thank you. Bathing in bay leaves (add nine of them) is said to bring you fame and glory. MARJORAM: Marjoram can be used to clear negative thought forms from your home. Sprinkle it on floor and let it sit awhile (like astral baking soda) to absorb bad energy and then with a broom sweep negative vibes out front door.

Which Witch Are You?

Hey there, Dorothy -- are you a Good Witch or a Bad Witch? Is your friend acting like a bitch? Answer these five questions from Samantha's Twisted Book of Shadows and find out which witch is which? 1. These days I ride: a) side-saddle b) a broom c) a vibrator d) a vacuum cleaner e) bus home alone 2. My familiar is: a) a dog named Toto b) a flying monkey I conjured up other day in my cauldron c) Sailor Moon d) several black cats e) a gay friend 3. My idea of a good time is: a) baking cupcakes for poor b) stealing food and reselling it outside food bank c) dressing up like Vampira and going to fetish night d) doing impressions of Margaret Hamilton to amuse my friends e) being alone so nobody hurts my feelings.

4. My favorite television witch is: a) Martha Stewart b) Endora from Bewitched c) Sabrina Teenage Witch d) Heather Locklear e) Kathie Lee Gifford. 5. My favorite witch movie is: a) Practical Magic b) The Craft c) Rosemary's Baby d) Mommie Dearest e) The Wizard of Oz.

Now analyze your answers below to find out what kind of witch you are!! A) GLINDA THE GOOD WITCH If your answers were all "a", you are a modern Glinda Good Witch. You visualize all your troubles surrounded in a bubble and floating away from you, and it works. Congratulations. 1. You're probably a real tree-hugger and into horses and nature and all that. 2. You're just like Dorothy, who, if you'll recall, was Glinda Good Witch's protégée in The Wizard of Oz. 3. You know that all goodness that you do comes back to you three by three by three. 4. You love way Martha Stewart says, "It's a good thing" at end of every segment. 5. You love idea of a bunch of modern witches mixing up potions from their kitchen cupboards, wearing headscarves and dancing to music by Stevie Nicks. B) A WICKED WITCH If your answers were all "b", you are just plain eeevil. 1. If you get on a broom and your feet actually lift off ground, that is truly creepy. 2. A monkey with wings is a dead giveaway. 3. To steal from poor is pretty unspeakably evil. 4. Endora's a wicked old crone just like you -- only a little prettier. 5. You kind of like that Fairuza kid... you wish you had a daughter just like her. C) YOU'RE A WITCH WANNABE If your answers are all "c", you're just a wannabe. You've bought one of those do-it-yourself witchcraft books at local new-age store, and even though