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•PocketWitch• Illustrations and Editing: Nadja Andersson Layout: Margaux Audy Independent printing, 2021

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Cinnamon

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Dandelion

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Ginger

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Draw S t r e n g h t A liquid anointment from Another •60 against evil things •70 For all Kinds of Sick- L o v e s p e l l ness in the Head •62 Tr o l l k n y t e Gambling •64 Garlic Healing •66 A wash to To G e t a G o o d th e Evi l Ey e

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•INGREDIENTS•

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Witchcraft: Feminine energy, water and lunar energy, protection against accidents Nutrition/medicinal: Anti-bacterial, antioxidant Trolldom: Against envy, jealousy and unhappiness

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• Aloe Gel • 1. Remove 3-4 leaves at a 5. Cut the aloe gel into time. slices or cubes.

2. Wash and dry the leaves. 6. If you want smooth aloe gel, after separating the 3. Trim the prickly edges aloe from the exterior part with a knife. of the leaf, you can put the 4. Using a knife or your aloe into a blender and fingers, separate the inte- then strain the substance rior gel from the outside to remove the pulp. of the leaf.

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Witchcraft: Blessings, love, money, happiness Nutrition/medicinal: Anti-inflammatory, digestive health, fights cancer, anti-depressant, detoxifying Trolldom: basil lifts the spirits of uninspired situations and strengthens motivation to act

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• Basil Pesto • 1/2 cup toasted pine nuts/ walnuts/pistachios/almonds/pecans 2 tablespoons lemon juice 1 small garlic clove 1/4 teaspoon sea salt

freshly ground black pepper 2 cups basil leaves 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil, more for a smoother pesto

In a food processor, pulse until combined.

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I N G R E D I E N T

•Cinnamon•

Witchcraft: Passion, shielding, quick success, spirit evocationa, fire magick Nutrition/medicinal: Anti-inflammatory, anti-diabetic.

Trolldom: cinnamon makes people warm up to you.

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• Filling for cinnamon buns/ swirls • 150 g vegan butter, 1 dl sugar,

1 tbsp vanilla sugar, 2 tbsp cinnamon

1. Mix all ingredients to- 2. Use to fill cinnamon bun gether. dough before wrapping and cutting into swirls and baking.

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I N G R E D I E N T

•Dandelion•

Witchcraft: Wishes, divination, calling spirits, charisma, success Nutrition/ medicinal: Antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, lowers blood sugar, reduces cholesterol, lowers blood pressure, liver health Trolldom: Psychic visions, communicate with spirits

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• Dandelion Wine • 3 quarts dandelion petals 1 gallon water 2 oranges, with peel 1 lemon, with peel

3 pounds sugar 1 package wine yeast 1 pound raisins

1. Collect dandelion blos- on. Zest half of the rind, soms. Remove any green peel off the rest in thin parts. strips. Peel the pith off the fruit, slice into thin 2. Bring water to a boil, rounds. pour over the flowers in a pot. Cover with a towel 4. Add zest to flower-wafor three days. ter mixture, bring to a boil.

Remove from heat, strain 3. Prepare oranges & lem-

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out solids. Dissolve sugar strain through layers of in the flower water. Allow cheesecloth & transfer to to cool. sterilized bottles. Slip a deflated balloon over the top 5. Add yeast, citrus slices of each bottle. When the & raisins to liquid. Put balloon remains deflated everything into a crock to for 24 hours, fermentaferment. Stir daily with a tion is complete. Cork the wooden spoon. bottles and store in a cool, 6. When mixture stops dark place for at least six bubbling (1 -2 weeks), months before drinking.

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•Garlic•

Witchcraft: Repelling negative energies, breaking spells, breaking dark thinking, preventing nightmares Nutrition/ medicinal: Antibiotic properties, anti-inflammatory, boost immunity, anti-bacterial, protects against cancer Trolldom: Garlic attracts all spirits and energies

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• Aioli • 1 egg yolk 1 tsp white wine vinegar 1 tsp Dijon mustard 1 cup grape seed oil

1 heads garlic, roasted 1 pinch Salt and pepper Lemon juice to taste

1. Beat the yolk with the 3. Squeeze the garlic out vinegar and mustard. of the roasted cloves into the mayonnaise and whisk 2. Whisk in the oil, drop smooth. Season with salt, by drop, to make a thick pepper, and lemon juice, mayonnaise. to taste.

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•Ginger•

Witchcraft: Passion, fire, success, personal power Nutrition/ medicinal: Anti- inflammatory, antioxidant Trolldom: Spices up relationships

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• Fresh Ginger Tea • 1. Thinly slice your fresh boil. Reduce heat. ginger.

4. Simmer for five to ten 2. In a saucepan, combine minutes. the ginger with fresh wa5. Pour the tea through a ter. fine sieve to catch all of the 3. Bring the mixture to a ginger.

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I N G R E D I E N T

•Lemon Peel•

Witchcraft: Cleansing, purifying, boosting energy, sweetness, charm Nutrition/ medicinal: Vitamin C, prevents kidney stones, antiviral Trolldom: Breaks spells, antidote for poisons

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• Candied Lemon Peel • 1 lemons 2/3 cup white sugar, or as 2-2/3 cups cold water, or as needed needed 1. Cut lemons into slices and set peels aside. & remove fruit pulp.

4. Combine 2 cups water 2. Cut the rings in half so with 2 cups sugar. Bring the peels are in long strips. to a boil, stirring. Reduce heat to low and stir in cit3. Bring water & lemon rus peels; simmer until the peel to a boil in a small white pith is translucent. pan. Drain water, repeat with fresh cold water. Re- 5. Store peels in syrup, repeat three times. Drain frigerated, to keep them

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soft, or allow them to dry.

Toss dry candied peels in sugar & store airtight at room temperature.

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•Nettle•

Witchcraft: Courage, consecration, protection, healing, deterring evil Nutrition/ medicinal: Vitamins A, C and K, B, calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, essential amino acids, antioxidants.

I use nettle to relieve inflammation and pain from rheumatoid arthritis Trolldom: Nettle protects against slurs, gossip and envy

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• Sauteed Horta • 1 pound stinging nettles

1 to 2 tablespoons olive oil

1. Cut lemons into slices with 2 cups sugar. Bring & remove fruit pulp. to a boil, stirring. Reduce heat to low and stir in cit2. Cut the rings in half so rus peels; simmer until the the peels are in long strips. white pith is translucent.

3. Bring water & lemon 5. Store peels in syrup, repeel to a boil in a small frigerated, to keep them pan. Drain water, repeat soft, or allow them to dry. with fresh cold water. ReToss dry candied peels in peat three times. Drain sugar & store airtight at and set peels aside. room temperature.

4. Combine 2 cups water

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•Raspberry• •Leaf• Witchcraft: Love, enjoyment, tempting others, divination Nutrition / medicinal: Antioxidant, reducing inflammation, vitamin A+B6+C, calcium+zinc Trolldom: to strengthen faithfulness and loyalty

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• Raspberry Leaf Tea • 1. Pick fresh leaves.

2. Wash them and dry in a salad spinner or roll up in a dish towel or paper towels.

3. Dry on the herb setting

in a dehydrator. Depending on the dehydrator and how many leaves you’re using it might take 8 hours or 2 days. You can skip this step and use fresh leaves.

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I N G R E D I E N T

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Witchcraft: Charms of love, beauty, harmony, divination, goddess rites Nutrition/ medicinal: Anticeptic, anti-inflammatory, anti-parasitic Trolldom: A white rose is the flower of the moon and light, symbolises witchcraft, womanhood, secresy and transformation. A red rose stands for love, blood, sex and romance.

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• Rose Water • 1. Pour boiling water over rose petals (about one part rose petals to two parts water) and strain when cool.

2. Store in a sterilized jar in the refrigerator, where it can stay good for as long as a month.

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I N G R E D I E N T

•Rosemary•

Witchcraft: Cleansing, purification, vitality, wisdom, protection Nutrition/ medicinal: Antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, digestive Trolldom: For faithfulness, used in bridal bouquets, protects against evil, calms fights.

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• Lemon rosemary roasted • • potatoes • red potatoes, halved 2 tablespoons olive oil Juice of 1 lemon 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 teaspoon dried rosemary Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to

taste 2 tablespoons unsalted butter Zest of 1 lemon 2 tablespoons chopped parsley leaves 2 sprigs fresh rosemary

1. Preheat oven. Lightly gle layer onto the prepared oil a baking sheet. sheet.

2. Place potatoes in a sin- 3. Add olive oil, lemon

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juice, garlic & rosemary; 4. Place into oven and bake season with salt and pep- for 25-30 minutes, until per. Gently toss to com- crisp. bine.

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•Wormwood•

Witchcraft: Psychic vision, spirit evocation, hexes, curses, reversal magick Nutrition/ medicinal: Treating fevers, treating muscle pain.

Natural anti-depressant Trolldom: Keeps evil spirits and trolls away

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• Wormwood Tea • 1. Place teaspoon of dried wormwood leaves in a cup.

Pour one cup of hot water over the leaves. Use no more than one teaspoon of the leaves as they are very strong and bitter.

Mix the wormwood tea with another herbal tea, such as peppermint or anise tea, to reduce bitterness. You can steep the leaves in hot or boiling prepared herbal tea.

2. Let the tea mixture steep for several minutes. You may want to drink wormwood tea after meals, since it will be more easily absorbed and digested on a full stomach.

Tip: You can use wormwood tea in several external ways. You can disinfect wounds and cuts with the tea and it may be used as an insecticide.

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Warning: Be careful not to overuse wormwood as it can be poisonous in sustained amounts. The toxicity of wormwood lies primarily in the essential oil

- very little of which is in the tea leaves. Wormwood is not legal everywhere, so make sure that you are legally permitted to use this herb.

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from Trolldom: Spells and Methods of the Norse Folk Magic Tradition by Johannes Björn Gårdbäck. 2015.

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The dew which falls in Autumn when the Northern Lights flame in the sky is said to heal the fear of darkness, loneliness, and colour blindness. Dew collected from the leaves of Lady’s Mantle is the most powerful. A patient who fears darkness is given three drops at midnight for three consecutive Thursdays.

For loneliness, the same dose is given at the same time on three consecutive Fridays.

Swedish witch, 19th century

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Draw Strenght From Another

Foretelling thistle, Carlina vulgaris, from which weather may be predicted, can be carried in the hand to draw strength from anyone about whom you think in that moment.

You will gain strength to the same degree the other person loses it.

Swedish witch, 18th century

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For all kinds of sickness in the Head (sinus conditions, headache, migraine, cold)

Put some whole anise seeds and whole juniper berries, a handful of broken pieces of rye bread, and a tablespoon of butter into a saucepan of old stale beer, and simmer well under a closed lid. This will thicken into a soup. Drink the soup with a spoon while it is still quite hot, then do not drink or eat anything else for one or two hours and stay warm thereafter.

-Norwegian witch, 16th century

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Gambling

Take an acorn and put wax around it. Then carry it in a cloth of silk under your left armpit and you will win consistently.

Norwegian witch, 18th century To win in card games or dice play, take a clover leaf, cut around it counterclockwise three times and throw it in the fire in the name of the Devil. Secretly put the ashes in the place where you are going to gamble or in your left shoe. Then you will win.

Swedish witch, 19th century Carry hazelnuts when gambling and you will always win Swedish witch, 18th century

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If a disease is caused by a spirit of nature blowing their breath against a person, the cure is to blow back through nine hollow nettle stalks. Repeat the following with each breath blown, once for each nettle stalk: ´I blow in the east, I blow in the west, I blow in the south, I blow in the north, I blow in the air, I blow in the water, I blow in the earth, I blow in the light, I blow for the night, I blow forever all disease away.´

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To Get a Good Memory

Cut lemon balm into small pieces and crush it. Pour some good wine on it and let it stand overnight in a sealed container. Distill it and each day drink a spoonful. This will give you a good mind to understand all things and keep them in your memory insofar as is possible for a human being.

Danish witch, 18th century

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A liquid anointment a g a i n s t ev i l things

Boil goldmoss stonecrop, calamus root, wormwood, garlic and angelica root all together in water collected from a stream that runs toward the north. Drink some of the tea and anoint your whole body with it as well.

Do this three nights in a row before going to bed. If something evil is upon you, you will see or hear something strange during these evenings or nights. Then drink a small amount and wash yourself in the same way for the next three Thursdays in a row.

-Norwegian witch, 19th century

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Lovespell

Carry nutmeg in the armpit of your left arm and work up a sweat, then grate a bit of it into a drink and serve it to the one you desire Swedish witch, 19th century

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Trollknyte

Trollknyte (troll bag): Sachet of mixed herbs, carried or worn for health, curing, warding off evil.

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One should always carry garlic in one’s pocket in case someone comes along and wants to test one’s strength. If this happens, put a piece of garlic in your mouth and chew, then breathe into your opponent’s mouth.

Regardless how strong they are, they will lose their strength at once and you can handle them.

-Swedish witch, 19th century

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A wash to bota the evil eye

Take willow, salep root, salt and dirt, and wash yourself with it.

-Norwegian witch, 18th century

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Online Recipes Allrecipes. Candied Lemon Peel.

Chicken Scratch NY. DIY Raspberry Leaf Tea. Cookie and Kate. Fresh Ginger Tea Recipe - Cookie and Kate.

Delicious, C. Lemon Rosemary Roasted Potatoes - Damn Delicious.

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FoodRetro. 15 Edible (and Delicious!) Rose Petal Recipes. Healthline. How to Use Aloe

Vera Plant: Benefits, Risks, and More.

LEAFtv. How to Make Wormwood Tea. Love and Lemons. Basil Pesto Recipe - Love and Lemons.

The Spruce Eats. How to Saute Stinging Nettles.

Winger, J. 16 Dandelion Recipes | The Prairie Homestead.

Spellbook: Gårdbäck, J., 2015. Trolldom. Forestville: The Ironwode Institution for the Preservation and Popularization of Indigenous Ethnomagicology (YIPPIE).

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