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Bath Recipes..

 

Dragon Smoke Bath Salts

~For Prosperity~

1 cup salt

2 drops anise oil

5 drops cherry oil.

 

Merddin Bath Salts

~For Prosperity Spells~

1 cup salt

8 drops lilac oil

4 drops violet oil

8 drops narcissus oil

4 drops wisteria oil

4 drops ambergris oil

 

Sacred Light Bath Salts

1 cup salt

8 drops sandalwood oil

3 drops nutmeg oil

3 drops cinnamon oil

 

Aura of Venus Bath Salts

1 cup salt

8 drops jasmine oil

4 drops frangipani oil

4 drops lavender oil

4 drops rose oil

4 drops synthetic musk oil

 

Mystic Wand Bath Salts

1 cup salt

8 drops heliotrope oil

6 drops violet oil

4 drops sandalwood 

  To make an herbal bath

Tie up a half cup of herb in a washcloth, muslin bag, or in jelly cloth and fasten it to the spout of the tub so that the hot waters run through it. After the water is drawn, just place the bag in the water with you. You may use just one herb or several.  

 

  Antiseptic: lavender, thyme, peppermint, eucalyptus, wintergreen.

Astringent: sage, milfoil, comfrey root, strawberry leaves.

Calming: fragrant valerian, balm, marjoram, hops, passion flower.

Cleansing (especially for oily skin):lovage, milfoil, lemongrass, geranium leaves.

Healing: peppermint, milfoil, camomile flowers, elder flowers, linden flowers, rosemary, lovage.

Moisturizing: orange blossoms, camomile flowers, rose leaves, rose petals, rose hips, white willow bark.

Softening: fennel, rose petals, elder flowers, linden flowers.

Stimulating circulation: thyme, mother of thyme, rosemary, lavender 

 

  BATH SALTS

Generally speaking, there shouldn't be more than ten drops of essential oil per half-cup of bath salts. Use only genuine essential oils! 

 

   

 

 

 Bath Bombs

1/4 C baking soda2 T citric acid (called "sour salt" in the kosher food aisle)

1 T borax

2 T Powdered sugar

2 T almond oil or olive oil

1 t vitamin E (or skin so soft)

1/4 t essential or perfume oilCombine dry ingredients. Drizzle almond oil previously mixed with vitamin E and fragrance and mix well. Take teaspoon sized globs and form into balls with your fingers. (Mixture is very crumbly, so do the best you can). Place these on wax paper and let harden 2 or 3 hours, then reshape again. Let dry completely, about 10 days. Store in an airtight container. To use, drop 1 or 2 into the bath and enjoy. Increase 4 times to make a batch.  

 

 MAGIC WATERS BEAUTY BATH

1 part dried Lavender Flowers

1 part dried Rosemary Flowers

1 part chopped Comfrey Root

1 part dried Thyme

1 part dried Rose Petals

Mix in small cloth bag and either make a decoction: Using 1 pint water for each pint of herbs, add herbs in bag to boiling water. Keep water to just below boiling and simmer for 30-60 minutes. Add decoction to the bath water. Or: add herb bag directly to hot bath water and let steep before entering bath 

 

 Love Bath

3 parts Palmarosa

2 parts Lavender

1 or more drops Rose

Use this mixture in your bath to attract love and expand your ability to

give/receive love.

Healing Bath

3 parts Niaouli

2 parts Eucalyptus

1 part Sandalwood

Use this in your bath to release your ailment into the water. Rinse after bathing and before drying off to help speed healing.

 

Protection Bath

3 parts Rosemary

2 parts Frankincense

1 part Lavender

Bathe in this mixture to strengthen yourself and for protection.

 

Spiritual Bath

4 parts Sandalwood

2 parts Myrrh

1 part Frankincense

1 drop Cinnamon

Bathe with this to help increase your awareness of your spiritual life.

 

White Goddess Milk Bath

1 cup cornstarch

2 cups dry powdered milk

1/8 teaspoon almond fragrance oil

Combine dry ingredients and add oil, blend. To use pour 1/2 cup onto hot bathwater or into cloth herb bag  

 

  (Elemental)

COLOR: Yellow

3 parts Lavender

2 parts Rosemary

1 part each Peppermint

Bergamont Mint Bouquet

Use to attune with the powers of Air, for divination, aiding the memory, concentration, clear thinking, visualization and study.

 

CELIBACY

BATHCOLOR: White

4 parts Lavender

2 parts Camphor

Add to a tub of tepid water - not hot. Bathe in this blend when you wish to cool down.

 

CIRCLE

BATHCOLOR: Purple

3 parts Rosemary

2 parts Myrrh

2 parts Sandalwood

1 part Frankincense

Bathe in before any form of magickal working to strengthen, purify and prepare yourself for ritual.

 

 

EARTH 

 (Elemental)

COLOR: Green

4 parts Patchouli

3 parts Cypress

1 part Vetivert

Use in attuning with the Earth, or for spells involving money, foundation, stability, creativity, fertility, ecology and so on...

 

EXORCISM

BATHCOLOR: White

3 Parts Frankincense

3 Parts Sandalwood

2 Parts Rosemary

1 drop clove oil

Bathe in this mixture for a heavy psychic cleansing. Splash fresh water over your body after the bath. NOTE: Do not use more than one drop clove oil (may irritate)

 

FIRE BATH

(Elemental)

COLOR: Red

3 parts Frankincense

2 parts Basil

2 parts Juniper

1/2 part Orange

For use in attuning with the element of Fire, or for rituals involving strength, courage, passion, lust and so on...

 

WATER BATH

(Elemental)

COLOR: Dark Blue

2 parts Camomile

2 parts Yarrow

1 part Ylang-Ylang

1 part Palmarosa

Use for attuning with the element of Water, or for love, psychic awareness, friendships, healing and so on...

 

WATER BATH

COLOR: Dark Blue

2 Parts Palmarosa

1 part Myrrh

1 part Geranium

Same as above 

 

 ...FLOWERY LOVE

 BATHCOLOR: Pink

3 parts Palmarosa

2 Parts Lavender

1 drop Rose (more may be added)

Bathe in this mixture to attract love and to expand your ability to give and receive love.

 

HEALING

BATHCOLOR: Dark Blue

3 parts Niaouli

2 parts Eucalyptus

1 part Sandalwood

For use in speeding healing. Release the ailment into the water. Splash fresh water over your body before toweling.

 

HIGH AWARENESS

BATHCOLOR: Purple

3 parts Cedarwood

2 Parts Sandalwood

1 part Frankincense

Bathe in this mixture to direct your consciousness toward higher things, to promote spirituality & to combat earth--obsessions such as uncontrolled spending, overeating, sluggishness & all forms of unbalanced materialism.

 

LOVE

 BATHCOLOR: Pink

3 parts Rosemary

2 parts Lavender

1 part Cardamon

1 part Yarrow

For promoting and attracting love. Use with visualization, as with all of these formulas.

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