[hɑ:θ]
noun
hogar m
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| hearth and home n | (domestic realm) | hogar nm |
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Hearth and Home Witchery
Hearth and Home Craft
Hearth and Home Witchcraft
The Domestic Witch
The Way of the Hedge Witch: Rituals and Spells for Hearth and Home
What is a Kitchen Witch? The Kitchen Witch's Cottage: Traditional Witchcraft for Hearth and Home
A Kitchen Witch (Cottage Witch)
Kitchen & Green Witchery
Kitchen Witchery
Kitchen Witchery is
essentially the practice of witchcraft or folk-magic based in the kitchen or
hearth of the home. The new rash of books on Kitchen Witchery may lead many to
believe that it is a new practice, but magic in the kitchen and hearth goes
back thousands of years and is practiced across cultures. Fire and stone ovens
were thought to be magical with their transformative powers. In later centuries
the large iron cauldron over the fire was the centre of the hearth – where
dinners were cooked, water boiled, and medicines made.
In peasant mythology
the oven had a magic dimension, and ritual propitiators presided over the
rising and baking of bread.
The easiest way to see
how important the processes of food making and agriculture were important to
our ancestors is to look at their deities. There are numerous domestic and
hearth deities across cultures (too many to list here), some of the more
well-known ones being Brighid, Frigga, and Hestia. The Chinese have various
deities whose specific role it is to watch over the stove or hearth such as
Zao-Jun and Sui-Ren. There was even a specific Roman goddess Fornax whose role
was to watch over bread baking and ovens. The list of agricultural deities is
even longer.
Kitchen witchery is
the continuing practice of domestic magic where for the practitioner, the
mundane is magical. The stove, spoons, knives, pots, and ingredients are the
magical tools. The rituals of the everyday are this witch’s magic. From our
ancestors’ domestic rituals of baking bread, churning butter, brewing, and
preserving to today’s rituals of preparing the daily meal, brewing a cup of
tea, or making medicines – the role of the domestic witch hasn’t changed much
over the centuries.
All About Kitchen Witchery: Honouring the
Mundane
What is a kitchen
witch? Learn all about this unique form of solitary witchcraft and its
important relevance in today's modern age. Kitchen witchery honours the mundane
in life and finds sacredness in every day, simple acts. The kitchen witch finds
pleasure and meaning in cooking especially, but also knows the secrets of
making housework magical and turning the garden into a source of healing and
wonder.
Kitchen witches, as
the name suggests, are most likely to be found in the kitchen. But it is not
all about hubble bubble on the stove; there is much to be learned from the ways
of the kitchen witch, for theirs is an ancient, traditional magic that honours
the goddess in her many forms.
So pull up a chair,
pour a cup of nettle tea, and watch the embers of the fire as we explore the
magical realm of the modern kitchen witch...
The Magic Circle by John Waterhouse
The kitchen witch does
not practice formally or create structured ritual for working her 'simple'
magic. A solitary craft, usually self-taught and self-initiated, unless passed
down within the family, is preferred to a coven or formal initiation.
But is this not witchcraft in its most natural form? Kitchen witchery follows the tradition of the wise women of the Burning Times, who kept their herbal remedies and magic-making subtle and discreet. Kitchen witches connect with an ancient, primeval power that is inherent in all of us.
But is this not witchcraft in its most natural form? Kitchen witchery follows the tradition of the wise women of the Burning Times, who kept their herbal remedies and magic-making subtle and discreet. Kitchen witches connect with an ancient, primeval power that is inherent in all of us.
Sacred Kitchen for the
Kitchen Witch
The kitchen witch
recognises that food is sacred and life-giving. Unlike many modern folk, she
does not see cooking as a chore, or something to be done as quickly as possible
to get out of the way.
Food is life, and part
of the balance and cycle of nature. By nurturing our bodies, we honour the
Earth, the life-giving goddess, and by creating a sacred act of cooking; giving
thanks for what we eat; we show our appreciation for what we have, and respect
for the living land.
Ceridwen's Cauldron by Emily Balivet
What is Kitchen
Witchery?:
There's a growing
movement within modern Paganism known as kitchen witchery. The kitchen is,
after all, the heart and hearth of many modern households. When you have a
gathering in your home, where do most of your guests hang out? Why, the
kitchen, of course! Also, thanks to a declining economy, many more people are
making meals from scratch and the kitchen has once again become a place where
people spend hours, rather than minutes. So it's no surprise that kitchen
witchery has seen a rise in popularity.
Meal Prep as Magic:
When you take the time
to put meals together from the basic ingredients, you have a magical
opportunity at hand. You can infuse every dish with intent and will. A meal can
stop being something you dump out of a can, and start being a ritual in and of
itself. When you take time to prepare something with your own hands, that lends
it sacredness, and will make you want to spend time savoring it with your
family, rather than just snarfing it down on your way out the door to soccer
practice. By changing the way you view food, its preparation and its
consumption, you can craft some practical magic at its simplest level.
How To Bring Magic
Into the Kitchen:
As you become more
aware of what it's like to live magically, and more in tune with your own
actions and activities, you may at some point realize that your kitchen is a
magical one. There are a number of things you can do to enhance the magical
atmosphere in your kitchen. Try some or all of these to get started:
Have a kitchen altar.
The stovetop is today's equivalent of the hearth fires of old, and it's where
most food preparation is done. Create a small altar with items that can be
moved as needed -- add a statue of a home or hearth goddess, a cauldron, or a
candle. If you like, paint a trivet with symbols of your tradition.
Make sure your herbs
are readily accessible. If you cook with them, display them in decorative jars.
Make sure that they're not sitting in direct sunlight, though, or they'll lose
their potency. If possible, have live plants in pots to use during the year.
Keep fresh vegetables on hand as well.
Read up on practices
like Feng Shui so you can optimize your work space for maximum efficiency, both
spiritual and practical.
Keep the space clean.
Much like any other sacred space, physical cleanliness maintains spiritual
cleanliness. It's hard to find balance in a place that is cluttered and
chaotic. Make sure counter tops are wiped down after each meal, keep the sink
free of dirty dishes, and organize cupboards and shelves so they are easy to
use.
Paint the walls in
colors that are comforting and happy. If your house still has the 1970's
metallic flecked wallpaper in the kitchen, it's time to get it out of there.
Choose a color that makes you and your family feel good -- earth tones are
soothing, yellows are happy and bright, and greens bring prosperity and
abundance.
Keep cookbooks and
recipes organized where you can find them. You might even want to have a
special book of magical recipes that you keep separate from your regular Book
Kitchen Magic, Working
with the Goddess and Honouring the Mundane
Louise Heyden
When it comes to
witchcraft, most people think of Wicca, but there are various forms of solitary
witchcraft that are more nature-based, which don't necessarily follow the
ritual-based Wiccan system.The hedge witch is one such path, with green witchcraft
and cottage witchcraft being other examples of natural witchcraft. Kitchen
witchery, however, is a unique form of the Craft, which focuses more on
honouring the mundane in life. This involves honouring the Goddess by taking
care of hearth and home, from finding sacred meaning in daily household chores
to blessing everyday cooking with love and magic.
Being a Domestic
Goddess with Kitchen Magic
Cookery and food is an
integral part of kitchen witchery. The kitchen witch honours what she
cooks, preparing meals
with loving intent. Using fresh ingredients, often from her own garden, she
makes magic in the kitchen by creating delicious, seasonal food, herbal
remedies, and magic spells.
Make Household Chores
Enjoyable
Finding the sacred in
the mundane means carrying out household tasks with joy. Kitchen witches
recognise that cleaning, tidying and cooking are important, meaningful tasks
and by honouring their home they are honouring the Goddess. They find ways of
making chores more enjoyable, thus making magic in the home.
Garden Magic
The garden is very
important to the kitchen witch. Here she will grow her own organic vegetables,
fruit and herbs. She will grow food seasonally, and share her harvest with the wildlife
that visits the garden. She may also spend time in the garden communing with
nature,working iwth elemental spirits, and casting simple spells.
Honouring the Earth
with Sustainable Living
Environmentally
friendly living is essential for kitchen witches. Using natural products,
organic where possible, they avoid chemicals in the house and garden. Recyclinginitiatives,
composting and growing organic food are all facets of kitchen witchcraft.
Attuning to the
Seasons
The kitchen witch is
attuned to the seasons and elements of nature. She grows and eats food in
season, and honours the wheel of the year by marking festivals, solstices and
equinoxes, although she does not adhere to specific rules or rituals. Many
kitchen witches celebrate a particular festival or season by decorating the
home with natural objects, and cooking seasonal meals.
Honouring the Goddess
Kitchen witches honour
the Goddess in her many forms. Specific goddesses they may work with include
the Greek goddess Hestia, goddess of Hearth and Home (or Vesta, her Roman
counterpart). Others include earth goddesses, such as Gaia, grain goddesses
like Demeter, and goddesses of fire (Sekhmet), abundance (Lakshmi) or
creativity (Sarasvati).
Arts and Crafts
Most kitchen witches
are creative in the home, making their own decorative or practical items. Many
learn the old crafts, suchas weaving, spinning and working the loom. Sewing,
embroidery, painting, sculpting and wildcrafting are all common kitchen witch activities.
Their homes will feature images of the Goddess and many make their own by
sculpting with salt dough or painting Goddess imagery.
Magic Spells for
Hearth and Home
Many spells for
kitchen witches will involve food. Even the act of preparing a meal is seen as
sacred, and can provide a ritualistic basis for focusing intent. Spells for
prosperity, harmony, abundance and health are carried out whilst mixing
ingredients. Casting magic with candles, needle and thread or natural objects
are other methods, along with divination and weather magic.
Kitchen witchery would
suit those seeking an informal solitary witchcraft path, and whose interests
lie in homemaking, cooking, gardening, crafting and the natural world.
I never had any other
desire so strong, and so like covetousness, as that....I might be master at
last of a small house and a large garden, with very moderate conveniences
joined to them, and there dedicate the remainder of my life to the culture of
them and the study of nature.
~Abraham Cowley
Hidden Cottage by Thomas Kinkade
The door is always
open to her kitchen
warm and bright,
She'll listen to your
troubles be it day, or be
it night.
Her cat sleeps by her
fireside, contented
warm and fed
As she casts a spell
of plenty while she
bakes her daily bread.
Fairies dance around
her while she weaves
her magick cloak,
To sit around her
shoulders as she gathers
moss of oak.
Her cauldron's always
bubbling on her
hearth of rough hewn
stone,
A witch in name and
nature from childhood through to crone.
~ Jan McDonald
(author of Cottage
Witchcraft)
Cottage Witch. Artwork by Wildcat Studio
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