Witchcraft From A to Z

Welcome Witches to Witchcraft from A to Z, your go-to witchy podcast for finding the magic hidden among the mundane! My name is Elaine Evergreen, a practicing witch of over 15 years now and I'll be your host this week. I hope you all had a beautiful and cozy Yule and that your New Year has started off auspiciously. Thank you all for your continued support while I took a little break to relax after my wedding, celebrate my birthday, and enjoy the holiday festivities with my family and loved ones.

Now that I’m back from my little holiday hiatus, lets talk about stars and using them in your magical practice.

The stars have guided humans of all cultures throughout their time on earth. We’ve all heard people joke about mercury being in retrograde and it negatively impacting our lives. But the stars can do more than that. Some believe that the stars can tell you about your future, predict the personality of a child, predict the rule or end of the reign of kings and queens, and it can tell you where you are in the world. Sometimes they fall, granting you wishes if you’re so lucky to see it. So this week's episode is all about how you can use stars in your magical practice.

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Welcome Witches to Witchcraft from A to Z, your go-to witchy podcast for  finding the magic hidden among the mundane! My name is Elaine  Evergreen, a practicing witch of over 15 years now and I'll be your host this week.

This week's episode is all about rice. Rice is perfect for a lot of great stuff right? It’s the ultimate food for an upset and sensitive stomach, very healing and comforting. Plus its inexpensive and incredibly accessible as one of, if not the, world’s most eaten foods. You can even find little rice spells used by the everyday person. Think rice tossed towards couples who just got married for blessing of fertility and prosperity.

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Welcome Witches to Witchcraft from A to Z, your go-to witchy podcast for finding the magic hidden among the mundane! My name is Elaine Evergreen, a practicing witch of over 15 years now and I'll be your host this week.

This episode is all about the aspects of witchcraft that many of us are attracted to and how it all intersects with the LGBTQ+ community.

Now, one thing about the witchcraft community that I, and many others, have noticed a long while ago is the heavy representation of the LGBTQ+ community in the witchcraft community. In fact, a Pew Research Center study in 2015 found that twice as many queer adults say they identify as a member of a non-christian faith group such as paganism than the general population. It seems that when many organized religions and cultures around the world take away power from and discredit people they deem less than or other, those very same people gravitate towards communities that uplift, empower, and embrace those who don’t fit the status quo. Enter - the witchcraft, pagan, and alternative spirituality communities.Support this Podcast:

Welcome Witches to Witchcraft from A to Z, your go-to witchy podcast for finding the magic hidden among the mundane! My name is Elaine Evergreen, a practicing witch of over 15 years now and I'll be your host this week.

Since it is the first week of October and we happened upon the letter P for this week’s episode, I could not pass up the opportunity to cover Pumpkins as a magical tool. This is the time of year where Florida is finally getting a taste of cooler weather and I can actually open the windows, or spend any amount of time outside without risk of heat stroke, so needless to say I am very excited. Pumpkins are always the first thing I pick up once the weather starts to cool as they double as adorable decorations, edible goodies, and magical tools. Pumpkins are associated with wishes, abundance, fertility, love, protection, banishing, prosperity, creativity, growth, harvest, home, the element water, and many lunar and Celtic deities. So get your pumpkin carving kits out and let’s make some magic.

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Welcome Witches to Witchcraft from A to Z, your go-to witchy podcast for finding the magic hidden among the mundane! My name is Elaine Evergreen, a practicing witch of over 15 years now and I'll be your host this week. I hope you all are having a magical Mabon and that you spent some time enjoying the wonderful outdoors or doing something for yourself during the autumn equinox this past Friday.

This episode is all about oats and how you can incorporate this hearty grain into your magical practice.

Oats are a fairly overlooked magical ingredient for new witches and odds are, you have some in your pantry. They are inexpensive, readily available, hearty, healthy, filling, and versatile as a food staple.

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Welcome Witches to Witchcraft from A to Z, your go-to witchy podcast for finding the magic hidden among the mundane! My name is Elaine Evergreen, a practicing witch of over 15 years now and I'll be your host this week.

This episode is all about nails, both nails made of keratin and those made of metal, and how you can incorporate these easily attainable materials for your magical practice.

Let’s start with our keratin-based nails, which come free of cost and are often disposed of anyways, so why not use them for magical purposes!

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Welcome Witches to Witchcraft from A to Z, your go-to witchy podcast for finding the magic hidden among the mundane! My name is Elaine Evergreen, a practicing witch of over 15 years now and I'll be your host this week. This episode is all about milk and how you can incorporate this creamy beverage into your magical makings!

Milk is deeply connected with life itself. It is the first food of humans and other mammals. It was and still is a staple and a lifeline of nutritious calorie dense sustenance in many cultures. And it has been revered enough by humans to be a food of the gods, frequently given as gifts of devotion and worship. Milk has also been a symbol of power and love throughout history, and even milk that has been turned into butter or cheese has power as can be seen through the internet famous image of a page in a book about spells, charms, and incantations which states “you may fascinate a woman by giving her a piece of cheese.”

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Welcome Witches to Witchcraft from A to Z, your go-to witchy podcast for finding the magic hidden among the mundane! My name is Elaine Evergreen, a practicing witch of over 15 years now and I'll be your host this week. This episode is all about licorice and how you can incorporate this commonly candied root into your magical makings!

Like pineapple on pizza, this polarizing root is either loved or hated by many. Licorice was one of the first candies made by humans and has been used to treat sore throats, cough, shortness of breath, certain viral infections, eczema, inflammation of the follicles, tooth decay, bad breath, and low blood pressure. But Licorice is not just a flavor for sweets, it is a medicine and a powerful tool for the witch in all of us.

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Welcome Witches to Witchcraft from A to Z, your go-to witchy podcast for finding the magic hidden among the mundane! My name is Elaine Evergreen, a practicing witch of over 15 years now and I'll be your host this week. This episode is all about knot work and how you can incorporate this long used practice into your magical makings!

The power of knot work has been used for centuries in human history. Evidence of the importance of knot work in civilizations can be found in artifacts used be the Norse, the ancient Greek, the ancient Celts, ancient Egyptians, Buddhists, the Babylonians, and so many other cultures and peoples throughout time. Beautiful knot work can be found gracing the front of ships, swords used for battle, the jewelry of lovers, ceremonial garb, crests of peoples, and really anything of significance or great power to the peoples they belong to.

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Welcome Witches to Witchcraft from A to Z, your go-to witchy podcast for finding the magic hidden among the mundane! My name is Elaine Evergreen, a practicing witch of over 15 years now and I'll be your host this week. This episode is all about juniper berries and how you can incorporate these ancient berries into your magical practice!

Happy Lammas or Lughnasadh everyone!

Juniper berries are not really something that is used much anymore, however, if you’re a fan of the Skyrim series you may have heard a quote or two about juniper berries being used in mead. Juniper berries, which are not actually berries, are the seed cones from the Juniper plant, are used as a spice in cooking. Magically, juniper berries have been used throughout Europe as incense, hung on doors to protect homes, burned during exorcisms, worn for protection, used in love spells, and used to break curses and hexes.

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Welcome Witches to Witchcraft from A to Z, your go-to witchy podcast for finding the magic hidden among the mundane! My name is Elaine Evergreen, a practicing witch of over 15 years now and I'll be your host this week. This episode is all about iron and how you can incorporate this underrated metal into your magical practice!

Iron is one of those ingredients that have long been in the witches toolkit for its excellent repelling and protecting attributes. Think iron horseshoes above doorways, iron to protect from the Fae in the many stories we hear growing up, and iron to protect the body from anemia.

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Welcome Witches to Witchcraft from A to Z, your go-to witchy podcast for finding the magic hidden among the mundane! My name is Elaine Evergreen, a practicing witch of over 15 years now and I'll be your host this week. This episode is all about hemp and how you can incorporate this multipurpose tool into your magical practice!

Hemp, part of the cannabis family, is a tool that has been used in society for centuries both medicinally and practically. From clothes, yarn, string, rope, paper, medicine, food, candle wicks, and oils hemp is a fantastic multipurpose plant. And though in the United States, laws surrounding hemp have been unfavorable for a while, they have in recent history started to loosen in several states bringing about the reintroduction of hemp in societies’ tool box and in our own.

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Welcome Witches to Witchcraft from A to Z, your go-to witchy podcast for finding the magic hidden among the mundane! My name is Elaine Evergreen, a practicing witch of over 15 years now and I'll be your host this week. This episode is all about garlic and how you can incorporate this pungent tool into your magical practice!

Garlic has been a staple both in the kitchen and in the witchy toolbox for a very long time. There are many uses for garlic, both mundane and magical, plus its super cheap, safe so long as you aren't allergic, it hides in plain sight so as not to raise suspicion, and it is sustainable and easy to acquire.

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Welcome Witches to Witchcraft from A to Z, your go-to witchy podcast for finding the magic hidden among the mundane! My name is Elaine Evergreen, a practicing witch of over 15 years now and I'll be your host this week. This episode is all about feathers and how you can incorporate this silky soft tool into your magical practice! 

In addition to that: Happy Midsummer/Litha to you all!

Midsummer or Litha is one of the pagan holidays that falls on a solstice, so it is a major holiday throughout the pagan community. The summer solstice is the longest day of the year and marks the return of shorter days as the year continues on. And like many other pagan holidays, midsummer is celebrated with lots of fire.

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Welcome Witches to Witchcraft from A to Z, your go-to witchy podcast for finding the magic hidden among the mundane! My name is Elaine Evergreen, a practicing witch of over 15 years now and I'll be your host this week. This episode is all about eggs and how you can incorporate this eggsellent tool into your magical practice!

While not thought of in the witchcraft community too often these days, eggs are and have been an amazing magical tool. You can see eggs used as symbols of fertility, abundance, spring, and of course, life itself, in stories and practices throughout the ages from decorative eggs to depictions of eggs cracking to create the world.

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Welcome Witches to Witchcraft from A to Z, your go-to witchy podcast for finding the magic hidden among the mundane! My name is Elaine Evergreen, a practicing witch of over 15 years now and I'll be your host this week. This episode is all about dirt and how you can incorporate this plentiful and free tool into your magical practice!

Eye of newt, adders tongue, and graveyard dirt are some common ingredients in a witches repertoire on the big screen. But what if I told you that dirt, and not just graveyard dirt, is a valid tool to use in your magical practice. And the best part about dirt is that its readily available, free, inconspicuous, and easily accessible.

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Welcome Witches to Witchcraft from A to Z, your go-to witchy podcast for finding the magic hidden among the mundane! My name is Elaine Evergreen, a practicing witch of over 15 years now and I'll be your host this week. This episode is all about crystals and how you can incorporate this sparkly tool into your magical practice!

One thing I love about using crystals in my practice, other than the obvious beauty of them, is the plethora of uses that crystals have in any magical practice. Crystals have been used for healing, divination, siphoning, charm work, spell bags, talismans, and more. Another is that there are so many different crystals on this planet that you can always find one that works best with you and with your practice.

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Welcome Witches to Witchcraft from A to Z, your go-to witchy podcast for finding the magic hidden among the mundane! My name is Elaine Evergreen, a practicing witch of over 15 years now and I'll be your host this week. This episode is all about bells and how you can incorporate this musical tool into your magical practice!

Tiny and decorative, hung on doors, or ringing atop a church, bells can do more than call you in for dinner or let you know someone has entered a shop. Originally made of iron, bells have been used all throughout history for both mundane and magical reasons.

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Welcome Witches to season 2 of Witchcraft from A to Z, your go-to witchy  podcast for finding the magic hidden among the mundane! My name is  Elaine Evergreen, a practicing witch of over 15 years now and I'll be  your host this week. This episode is all about acorns and how you can incorporate this revered tree nut into your magical practice!

If you are fortunate enough to live in an area where mighty oaks grow tall and towering, then you’re definitely quite familiar with the abundant nut that drops from the oaks each fall adding to the crunch of leaves beneath your shoes as you walk through neighborhoods and parks. Acorns are the hearty, edible seeds of the oak tree which have been highly valued throughout history and among several peoples.

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Welcome Witches to season 2 of Witchcraft from A to Z, your go-to witchy podcast for finding the magic hidden among the mundane! My name is Elaine Evergreen, a practicing witch of over 15 years now and I'll be your host this week. With May first fast approaching, This week’s episode is all about Beltane and how you can celebrate and enjoy this wonderful start of summer in your magical practice!

Beltane is the Gaelic May Day festival held on May 1st to celebrate the beginning of Summer and is one of four, and one of the most important, seasonal Gaelic festivals historically observed in Ireland, Scotland, and the Isle of Man.

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Welcome Witches to Witchcraft from A to Z, your go-to witchy podcast for finding the magic hidden among the mundane! My name is Elaine Evergreen, a practicing witch of over 15 years now and I'll be your host this week. For this week’s episode we are going to be finishing the first round of the alphabet with x for xylitol, y for yogurt, and z for zucchini.

As these items dont particularly have enough content to write entire episodes on I figured why not finish off the first season of Witchcraft from A to Z with them together.

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Welcome Witches to Witchcraft from A to Z, your go-to witchy podcast for finding the magic hidden among the mundane! My name is Elaine Evergreen, a practicing witch of over 15 years now and I'll be your host this week. This episode is all about walnuts and how you can incorporate this common tree nut into your magical practice!

Walnuts have been used, traded, eaten, and revered by humans for at least 7 thousand years. Used for barter by the Persians and Phoenicians, revered by the Greeks in dedication of the goddess Diana, and renowned by the Romans for its health benefits. Walnuts are even referenced in the bible when referring to King Solomon’s garden. Though there is not record that shows exactly when walnuts came to make its place in human history, the records that are written show that it was valued highly, consumed by nobility with dessert in Rome, and that under its trees feasts were held in honor of gods and goddesses.

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Welcome Witches to Witchcraft from A to Z, your go-to witchy podcast for finding the magic hidden among the mundane! My name is Elaine Evergreen, a practicing witch of over 15 years now and I'll be your host this week. This episode is all about vanilla and how you can incorporate this common household spice into your magical practice!

One of the worlds favorite flavors, vanilla is a beautiful, aromatic, tropical orchid that has been cultivated since the 15th century by the Aztecs in what is now called Veracruz. After their invasion by a neighboring Aztec tribe, the discovery and love of vanilla slowly spread around the world as different civilizations conquered, visited, or traded amongst one another. Tune in to learn what you can do with this coveted spice in your magical practice!

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Welcome Witches to Witchcraft from A to Z, your go-to witchy podcast for finding the magic hidden among the mundane! My name is Elaine Evergreen, a practicing witch of over 15 years now and I'll be your host this week. Before I get started I want to thank you all for continuing to support this podcast during my short, but longer than expected, hiatus. I spent my time resting as much as possible and now that I’m feeling much better let’s get back to making some magic. And although it has already come to pass, I hope you all had a wonderful Ostara.

This week’s episode is all about working with the universe to manifest what you need in your magical practice! Now I’m sure we have all heard of manifestation or the Laws of Attraction either through TikTok, YouTube, or some other social media or content sharing site. The whole putting your intention out into the Universe with the expectation that the Universe will reward you with what you need by utilizing the energy you gave to it kind of thing. “Manifesting” is essentially willing what you want into existence.

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Welcome Witches to Witchcraft from A to Z, your go-to witchy podcast for finding the magic hidden among the mundane! My name is Elaine Evergreen, a practicing witch of over 15 years now and I'll be your host this week. This episode is all about Thyme and its uses and significance in witchcraft!

Thyme is a sun-loving, aromatic, and pretty old herb where you can find text about dating back to the Roman era and which was most likely used well before the time of the ancient Greeks. In fact, the word ‘Thyme’ derives from the Greek word Thymos which means “to fumigate”. Thyme is not only a delicious herb for seasoning meats and vegetables, but is also an antiseptic, deodorizer, and antifungal.

Historically, it was used as a medicine, a food preservative, a charm of bravery, a safeguard against poisoning, an incense burned during sacred rites, an antiseptic, a perfume, and a body oil.

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Welcome Witches to Witchcraft from A to Z, your go-to witchy podcast for finding the magic hidden among the mundane! My name is Elaine Evergreen, a practicing witch of over 15 years now and I'll be your host this week. Happy Valentine’s day and early Lupercalia everyone! This episode is not about Lupercalia, but is instead all about sage and its uses and significance in witchcraft!

So the wonderful thing about common sage is that is has many of the same qualities of white sage and has been used both magically and medicinally throughout the ages.

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Welcome Witches to Witchcraft from A to Z, your go-to witchy podcast for finding the magic hidden among the mundane! My name is Elaine Evergreen, a practicing witch of over 15 years now and I'll be your host this week. This week’s episode is all about rosemary and its uses and significance in witchcraft!

Easy to find, inexpensive, inconspicuous, drought tolerant, and easy to grow or propagate. Rosemary, also known as Compass Weed, Dew of the Sea, Elf Leaf, Guardrobe, Incensier, Libanotis, Polar Plant, and Sea Dew is one of those holy grail kind of herbs that you can find in almost every witch’s arsenal due to its versatility and availability. All this hype didnt just come out of nowhere though. In fact, rosemary has a rich history of possessing magical qualities.

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Welcome Witches to Witchcraft from A to Z, your go-to witchy podcast for finding the magic hidden among the mundane! My name is Elaine Evergreen, a practicing witch of over 15 years now and I'll be your host this week. As tomorrow, February 1st, is the official start of Imbolc, this week’s episode is all about Imbolc and its celebrations and traditions.

One of the eight sabbaths for modern Wiccans and a holiday celebrated by multiple faiths, Imbolc (meaning “in the belly”) is a pagan holiday traditionally celebrated in Neolithic Ireland and Scotland that starts at sundown on February 1st and ends at sundown on February 2nd which marks the midway point between the winter solstice and the spring equinox. Its a wonderful reminder that Spring is coming soon and winter is over in just a few weeks. Imbolc dates way back to the Pre-Christian era of the British Isles and its earliest mention can be found in Irish literature from the 10th century and was connected to the breeding cycle of sheep as it is typically around when the sheep’s milk starts.

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Welcome Witches to Witchcraft from A to Z, your go-to witchy podcast for finding the magic hidden among the mundane! My name is Elaine Evergreen, a practicing witch of over 15 years now and I'll be your host this week. This week’s episode is all about paint and its uses and significance in witchcraft!

One of the great things about witchcraft is the amount of creativity you can express in your practice. You can stick with many traditional forms of practice and ritual, or you can get a bit creative and incorporate your favorite forms of art into it. Paint is not only a great outlet for creativity and emotions, but it is also a wonderful tool for witchcraft.

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Welcome Witches to Witchcraft from A to Z, your go-to witchy podcast for finding the magic hidden among the mundane! My name is Elaine Evergreen, a practicing witch of over 15 years now and I'll be your host this week. This week’s episode is all about oil and its uses and significance in witchcraft!

Although I can’t quite find the exact time frame when oils first started appearing in the toolboxes of those practicing rituals for one religion or another, there are references of different kinds of anointing oils being used in rituals going back as far as 300-600 A.D. These oils were and still are used during rituals of the Christian and Jewish religions. As we look specifically for oils in witchcraft, we are brought to information on Abramelin Oil. This oil, was also the inspiration of Aleister Crowley’s early 20th century essential oil based “Oil of Abramelin” which was also called the “Holy Oil of Aspiration”. Which starts the common trend in anointing and dressing oils in modern witchcraft. 

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Welcome Witches to Witchcraft from A to Z, your go-to witchy podcast for finding the magic hidden among the mundane! My name is Elaine Evergreen, a practicing witch of over 15 years now and I'll be your host this week. I hope you all have a wonderful Holiday and I am wishing each an every one of you a Happy New Year! This week’s episode is all about Nutmeg’s significance and uses in witchcraft!

Nutmeg is another one of those wonderful spices that can be found in the pantry in almost every home. It’s easily accessible and super affordable. Not to mention how delicious nutmeg is in cuisine. Most use this aromatic spice in fall and winter based recipes due to its warming qualities; however, nutmeg has a lot to offer other than making a delicious cookie.

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Welcome Witches to Witchcraft from A to Z, your go-to witchy podcast for finding the magic hidden among the mundane! My name is Elaine Evergreen, a practicing witch of over 15 years now and I'll be your host this week. Happy Yule to you all!

Yule is considered to be one of the oldest winter celebrations in the world. And although today, Yule is most commonly used synonymously with Christmas. It is actually a celebration of the winter solstice that occurs midwinter starting on December 21st and lasting 12 days until it ends on the New Year. The winter solstice is the shortest day of the year and so as that day passes, Yule is thought to be a celebration of the re-emergence of the sun and its ability to renew the land.

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Welcome Witches to Witchcraft from A to Z, your go-to witchy podcast for finding the magic hidden among the mundane! My name is Elaine Evergreen, a practicing witch of over 15 years now and I'll be your host this week. This week's episode is all about lemons and their significance and uses in witchcraft.

These cheery-yellow and sour citrus fruits are great multipurpose tools when it comes to witchcraft, just thinking about the simple aspects of a lemon can give you quite a few ideas about its uses. They're yellow, bright, they can be used to clean items, they're sour, and their juice can be used to stop the oxidization of other foods. From that alone, to me lemons are great at cleansing, banishing, happiness, and binding spells.

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Welcome  Witches to Witchcraft from A to Z, your go-to witchy podcast  for finding the magic hidden among the mundane! My name is Elaine  Evergreen, a practicing witch of over 15 years now and I'll be your host  this week.

When it comes to knives in the our magical toolboxes, they've been present and depicted since the beginning of recorded histories of magic and sorcery and knives are still a staple in many a witches tool kits. In Ancient Egypt they were used to pierce the veil between the worlds to allow power to flow through, in the Middle ages to inscribe circles and symbols, and in some modern magical practices they're used as a symbol of masculinity and are used in others to cast and close circles. Check out my latest episode on knives and witchcraft! 

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Welcome Witches to Witchcraft from A to Z, your go-to witchy podcast for finding the magic hidden among the mundane! My name is Elaine Evergreen, a practicing witch of over 15 years now and I'll be your host this week.

Have an item of jewelry that you love to wear and want to give it more than just sentimental value? Enchanting jewelry is the way to go. From confidence glamours to hexes, enchanting jewelry is one of the most inconspicuous forms of wearable magic and you can look great while doing it. 

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We can't all be the beautiful Italian Christmas Witch or the Winter Witch of the Norse, but we can utilize ice in our practices to banish, hex, heal, and cleanse. Join me in this short episode all about ice. 

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Dried, powdered, fresh, candied, preserved, and pickled, this easy to find root is found in the spice cabinets and cuisines of families all around the world. Historically, ginger has been recommended for many reasons involving health and spiritual practices. It was recommended as a digestive after meals by both Confucius and the ancient Greeks. The Buddhist monk Faxian wrote about its use in staving off scurvy and the ancient Austronesians, used ginger to bless their ships. The Austronesians also used this prized root in healing rituals rituals which asked for protection from spirits. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, you can find ginger used to represent and heal the whole body due to the shape of the rhizome when harvested, which often looks like it has a head, arms, and legs.

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