Props

Ever since I first got interested in magic back around 1970, I have been attracted to the props: robes, fancy wands, blasting rods, chalices, athames, swords, altars, censers, and so forth. But outside of stuff like herbs, incense, and oils, I have almost never actually gotten any, much less used them. Take wands, for instance. [...]

Gah! And my herbal flying oil

Yutz pondering his yutziness

The other day someone sent me an email complaining that my herbal flying oil didn’t work, even though he smeared 1/4 of the botttle on his body and then drank the rest. That’s right. Drank it. !!!!!And it didn’t do anything!!!!!!

I read that and thought, “I am not going to answer [...]

Cranks and Bones

Sunday I spent time starting a number of seeds: wild white petunias, Black Toad (S. nigrum), clary sage, woad, weld, rue, more Chinese lanterns, some Black Cherry tomatoes, and some foxglove species to test their germination rate. I stuck two trays of belladonna, henbane, and black mandrake outside because I had to make room on [...]