Tea magick
Tea magick is one of my go-to spells! This is the method that I use because it’s quick, simple and you get to drink a nice cup of magickal intention afterward.
Step 1: Select your tea by intention
Selecting the tea with intention is the first step in this magickal process. Find a resource for magickal herb or tea associations like a book, a blog, etc. and pick out a tea that aligns with the intention you want to set:
Some of my favorites are:
Nettle: for protection and healing (also really helpful for seasonal allergies, especially with locally sourced honey)
Hibiscus, rose hips, or rose tea: for love, self love, beauty
Mint: for prosperity spells
Mugwort or Butterfly Pea-Flower: for divination/transformation
Black tea: for strength, protection and banishing
Green tea: for healing, awareness and cleansing
Oolong tea: for love and wisdom
White tea: for healing, happiness and spiritual clarity
But there are so many teas out there! When you have tea blends with multiple herbal/floral energies, it’s good to look them all up to see what you can work with and if there are consistent properties between them that you can use! Not everything has to be perfectly in line with your spell, you can choose to bind your intention spell to a specific part or herb of the tea, and the rest are just for flavor!
Optional: select a sweetener
To sweeten the tea AND your spell, you can add sugar or honey. Honey is great for binding two things together.
Step 2: Make your tea
After selecting my blend and intention of choice, I make the tea based on its’ recommended heat and steep times. Every step of the way, focusing on spell’s intention. As the tea steeps, you can meditate, you can visualize your desired outcome, or you can just let it steep while you do other things and trust that the herbs are building up some magickal energy. Once it is ready, it’s time to cast your tea magick spell.
Step 3: stir/draw circles over the tea 9 times
If you’re adding a sweetener or have a spoon handy, stir the tea 9 times. Clockwise if the spell is something you want to draw to you, like love or prosperity. Counter-clockwise if it is something you are sending away like banishing anxiety, or warding negativity. If you aren’t adding sweetener, you can just run hand or finger around the brim of the cup instead.
Step 4: breathe in/out 9 times
Breathe and out 9 times, in pairs of 3. In out, in out, in out ... x3
Step 5: Blow intention into the tea
With the 10th breath, breathe in slow and blow all of that built up intentional breath work spell energy on your tea and take a drink.
Step 6: Drink and enjoy your tea!
Now you can just sit and enjoy your cup of tea magick!