Moon Mondays: Invoking Hestia

Each Monday I will be sharing a spell with you from this wonderful book!   

Make every day magical with a spell from Llewellyn’s Witches’ Spell-A-Day Almanac. Spellcasters of all levels can enhance their daily life with these easy bewitchments, recipes, rituals, and meditations.

Susan Pesznecker, Tess Whitehurst, and other experienced magic practitioners offer simple spells for every occasion that require minimal supplies. For convenience, the 365 spells are cross-referenced by purpose: love, health, money, protection, home and garden, travel, and communication. Beginners will find advice on the best time, place, and tools for performing each spell. With space to jot down notes, this unique spellbook can be used as a Book of Shadows. There’s also astrological data and daily color and incense recommendations to enhance each day’s magic.

   About the Author

Llewellyn Publications has grown and expanded into new areas of personal growth and transformation since it began as the Portland School of Astrology in 1901. Along with the strong line of astrology books the company was founded upon, Llewellyn publishes books on everything from alternative health and healing, Wicca and Paganism, to metaphysics and the paranormal-and since 1994 has published a growing list of Spanish-language titles.

Llewellyn has long been know as one of America's leading publishers of New Age books, producing a wide variety of valuable tools for transformation of the mind, body and spirit.  Reach for the Moon-and discover that self-help and spiritual growth is what Llewellyn is all about. 

Color of the day: Silver Incense of the day: Rosemary  Presidents' Day (observed)
Invoking Hestia Mid-winter, a time when pantries are emptying out, is a time to invoke Hestia, the Greek goddess of hearth and home, the "keeper of the reserves." Take stock of home and hearth. What's needed for comfort, protection, and nourishment? It's cold outside, and time to create warmth within.  Cook hot oatmeal and invoke Hestia. As the oatmeal warms you, be with Hestia:

Hestia, make this house a home, a santuary to all who enter. 
Bless this doorstep. All who cross, come in peace. 
Bless this home. Family and friends feel welcomed and nurtured. 
Bless this kitchen, the spiritual heart of this home. 
Bless this stove, warm center of sacred space, creator of nourishment for body and soul.
And bless this pantry, with reserves to see us all through winter, Warmth to provide comfort and respite from the outside world, And your sweet spirit to warm us within. 
Blessed Be, Hestia. Dallas Jennifer Cobb

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