Free HedgeWitch by Silver RavenWolf

washed. If not, I will reserve this task to be completed before I have finished this fourteen-day HedgeWitch guide.
    Weekly planner: If you are spending a week on this rite, look through Sections 4 and 5 of this book and choose one or more projects, techniques, or formulas that you feel relates to spiritual cleansing, and make those items. In this way, you will begin to build your HedgeWitch magickal cabinet of supplies.
    Herbs for today: lavender, rosemary, chamomile, lemon verbena, lemongrass
    Supplies for tonight: your magick key, incense, small bowl of spring water, a white candle, a representation of your signature herb (just the word or a picture will do for this evening), cleansing herbal mix (see recipe, page 52), cotton conjuring bag or small net bag to hold herbal mix, mortar and pestle to grind herbs if you are not using fresh herbs, paper (on which to draw your wind sigil), pen, pin to inscribe the white candle
    Rite of Wind
    Light incense. Pass over working area. Place the representation of your magick key (see Section 1) near your other supplies for this night. Smile. Close your eyes, and envision yourself surrounded by white light. Take thirteen slow, even breaths, inhaling through the nose and exhaling through the mouth. When you feel relaxed, open your eyes, smile, and repeat today’s affirmation three times. Smile again.
    Cleansing Herbal Mix
    Combine equal amounts of:
    Lavender
    Rosemary
    Chamomile
    Lemon Verbena
    Lemongrass
    â€”If using fresh ingredients, no need to grind.
    Loosely grind a small amount (about ½ teaspoon) of cleansing herbal mix with mortar and pestle. The ingredients for this mix are lavender, rosemary, chamomile, lemon verbena, and lemongrass. If you are using fresh herbs, you won’t need to grind them. Place herbal mixture in a cotton conjuring bag or white piece of cloth tied with white string. Hold your hands over the bag, smile, and breathe deeply. Now, repeat the following conjuration:
    Sunlight to activate
    Moonlight to blend
Spirit to bring the power to cleanse
    Touch of wind!
    Hold your hands over a bowl of spring water, smile, close your eyes, and breathe deeply, remembering to allow yourself to become one with Spirit. Say: “Joy, peace, and perfection. Peace with the gods, peace with nature, peace within.” Smile.
    Dip the bag of herbs in the water and sprinkle the water over your magick key (do not let the bag touch the key). Say: “Joy, peace, and perfection. Peace with the gods, peace with nature, peace within.” Smile.
    Dip the bag back in the water and begin sprinkling on yourself (if the bag touches you, that’s okay). Envision that all negativity you may be carrying around is lifted from you with gentle breaths of fresh air. Allow the winds of peace, healing, and harmony to circle about your mind and body. You may experience a tingling, a rush of energy, or simply pleasant and well-deserved peace. If you are having trouble releasing any unhappiness or fear, repeat the same conjuration you initially used to empower the water. You can sprinkle as much or as little of the water as you think you need. Throw the bag out when completed.
    Note: If you are doing this activity with more than one person, each individual should use water empowered only for them and a personal herb bag.
    Say: “Thank you!” and smile.
    On the white candle, inscribe the word wind with a pin, nail, or clay-inscribing tool. Place the candle in safe holder, and light. Intone the following charm:
    Herbal magick, speak to me
    Of wind and language in the trees
    Of cleansing breath and harmony
    Of balance, knowledge, destiny
    Spirit power lies in me!
    Face east, and hold the candle out in front of you. Slowly, so that you can fully experience the impact of your own words, say:
    I seek the source
    I breathe in the source
    I connect completely with the source of all things
    Peace with the gods
    Peace with nature
    Peace within.
    Face south, continuing to hold the candle