| Enhancing Your Kitchen Magick
Colours
Through visualization or the colour of the food itself, you can bring the energy of colour into your kitchen magick. Hold your hands over the food and visualize the particular colour energy you need radiating into the food, much the same way that you would bless or charge the ingredients when preparing a meal. You might wish to plan a menu based around a particular colour to incorporate more of its energy into your life, and you can also use combinations of colour, for example red tomatoes served with a green spinach salad for growing fortitude. Another way to work with colours in kitchen witchery is to choose the colours of your dishes, serving platters, napkins, tablecloths, and other kitchen items with magickal intention, depending on the energy or mood you wish to invoke.
Colour and Food Correspondences
Red strength, courage, vitality, fire
beets, radishes, red cabbage, watercress, spinach, meat, cayenne pepper, tomatoes, strawberries, cherries, all red-skinned fruits
Orange energy, harvest, warmth, compassion
oranges, apricots, peaches, melons, mangoes, carrots, mandarins
Yellow mind, divination, creativity, air, movement
yellow peppers, grapefruit, corn, melons, bananas, lemons, pineapple, eggs, olive oil, coffee, yellow squash, prunes
Green growth, prosperity, faith, health
avocado, beans, broccoli, cucumber, all salads, peas, squash
Blue water, peace, healing, joy, contemplation
plums, blueberries, brambleberries, fish, asparagus, potatoes
Purple spirituality, devotion, sensitivity
aubergines, broccoli, blue grapes, plums
White protection, purification, innocence
cauliflower, coconut, onions, garlic, milk, salt
Black banishing, the void, rest
black peppercorns, black teas, licorice, molasses
Numbers
All recipes have measurements or yields that can be considered for symbolism, including the number of cups or teaspoons the recipe calls for, or even what size pan is suggested. You could also use symbolic numbers in deciding how many spoonfuls, slices, stalks, etc., to serve or eat. For instance, you might pace 21 teaspoonfuls of a favourite soup in each bowl to commemorate a loved one who recently went to Summerland, or eat five bites of carrot before embarking on a divinatory attempt to improve supernatural "sight." If these options don't seem possible with your recipe, you can always try to stir, test, or check a mixture a preset number of times for much the same results.
Number Correspondences
1 Unity, birth, accord, sun magick
2 Balance, blessing, partnership
3 Symmetry, purpose, body-mind-spirit
4 Elements, time, goals, victory
5 Versatility, awareness, psychic endeavors
6 Protection, devotion, finishing projects
7 Insight, diversity, moon magick
8 Universal law, service to others
10 Follow-through, inner voice of reason
12 Fruitfulness, durability, a full year
13 Devotion, patience, convictions
21 Honour, memory, distinction
40 Hermitage, retreat, refilling inner wells
Aromatherapy
The tempting aromas of food, which often cause even the most reserved individual to snitch a taste, can also become a vehicle for cooking magick. The more savoury or aromatic a meal is, the better. For individuals who have to be careful due to dietary restrictions, specific scents can be incorporated through the use of potpourri, incense, scented candles, and essential oils.
Aromatic Correspondences
Almond
Wisdom
Apple
Wise choices, health, insight
Basil
Harmony, agreement
Cedar
Purification, money, healing
Cherry
Love
Cinnamon
Spirituality, healing protection
Cloves
Protection, romance
Coconut
Purification, relaxation
Frankincense
Spirituality, protection
Gardenia
Healing, spirituality, love, peace
Jasmine
Love, luck, money
Lemon
Purification, love
Lotus
Spirituality, protection
Musk
Passion, courage
Myrrh
Spirituality, protection, healing
Nutmeg
Psychic perception
Pine
Purification, refreshment, money, protection
Patchouli
Love, passion, money
Rose
Devotion, health, peace, love, healing, luck
Rosemary
Conscious mind, health, love
Sandalwood
Spirituality, protection, healing
Vanilla
Awareness, love, improved energy
Days of the Week
Monday
Originally known as Moons day. Cooking on Monday will improve magicks for creativity, insight, maternal nature, and Goddess-related efforts.
Tuesday
Tiw was a god of athletics, combat, and law. Consider meals to improve physical well-being, encourage justice, or increase strength and strategy.
Wednesday
Odin (Woden) was a god of the mystical, poetry, and resourcefulness. Meals prepared today can accent magicks for improved focus on your spiritual path, artistic ability, or imagination.
Thursday
Thor, the god of strength and commitment, ruled over this day. Consider dishes prepared to enhance vigour, stamina, devotion, and dedication.
Friday
From Frigg, the goddess of relationships and fertility. A good day to create foods for any lunar magicks, love-related spells, and improved productivity.
Saturday
Saturn was a god of harvests and planting. A good day to consider combining with harvest theme meals, or to sew any seeds to bring positive traits into your life.
Sunday
The sun is the ruler of this day. Any solar magick, god-related foods, and foods for leadership, logic, study, etc. are enhanced when prepared on this day.
Sources
Scott Cunningham, The Magickal Household
Inger Naess, Colour Energy for Body and Soul
Patricia Telesco, A Kitchen Witch's Cookbook | |
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