 Deep within the still being of my body, may I find peace. Silently within the quiet of the grove, may I share peace. Gently and powerfully within the greater circle of humanity, may I radiate peace. Hey there saplings, welcome to esoteric moment. Today I want to talk about using magic for healing and finding that inner peace within us through our practice. I've talked about my sister in the past but for those of you who don't know my sister had a disease called FOP. It's where muscles and ligaments would turn to bone. And this is a genetic disorder that you're born with it's not contagious or anything but it is extraordinarily painful. The white blood cells in her body would basically eat away at the tissue making the area really hot and painful and just dreadful. A flare up like this could last a couple days to months. I think one of the biggest motivations for my sister to get involved with paganism and wicca was because magic could be used for healing and she needed a lot of healing in her life. My sister's influence has also impacted my magical practice. Healing is a huge focus of what I do when I'm practicing magic. You can see that in the love spell that I did earlier. The spell card I created and the main ritual I talk about is more about healing how we feel about ourselves than changing someone else's will to love you. That's what magic is to me. It's using my will and symbols to find change within myself and to motivate myself to change things without. I can't do change if I feel shitty or if the friends that I love and care about are hurting. So covering the basics of healing for myself and for those around me is really important as I'm doing magical practice. Healing is a pretty generic word. When I talk about healing I'm going to be talking about mostly healing that inner turmoil within us. There are lots of ways of using herbs or different magical items to provide physical healing and I think that's really important but if you're going to explore healing in the physical side definitely be aware that there are some plants and herbs that shouldn't be ingested. There are negative effects between different items that you should be aware of before using them magically. Magic does not mean throw commons out the door. It means consult resources, check with your doctor, check in with your therapist, make sure that you have a whole team behind you when you're using magic to provide healing for yourself or others. The desire for finding healing through magic can come from a need of immediate result. If you are in pain and you hurt everything, sucks. Magic can be a powerful way of changing your mindset and it can happen pretty quickly but sometimes it doesn't and I think we need to address that concern that when we're using magic for healing it can feel like it will be something that happens immediately but that's not always the case. It doesn't mean it isn't working or that it can't be relied upon but you should be aware that there are limitations of using magic for healing and sometimes those limitations are definitely on the side of time limitation. Magical healing acts that focus on finding inner peace or calming the anxiety that we have, helping us remember that we are not alone when we're feeling depressed. That type of magical healing is something that often takes slow and long regular magical practice. On the other end of magical healing, using infused ice cubes with healing herbs in an ice pack after you twist an ankle, that magical result might come very quickly. Homotherapy is fairly magical, often used in ritual and that magical healing can also be pretty quick so be aware of the time that is involved in whatever magical spell work or craft that you're doing. When I'm looking to work on magical healing in whatever form, a very simple process of making a cup of tea in a magical way is something I use to initiate the magical work and the healing in my life. For me, this means that I heat my water to the perfect tea temperature. I pick out my most favorite mug and I will use loose herbs. I would prefer to use fresh herbs but it is not the time of year in Wisconsin where I can go out to the garden so a stash of dried herbs is what I'm using here. Chamomile is a really easy herb to obtain. It's a very healing herb. It's also an herb that rarely will interact negatively with other herbs or things that you are doing so it's very safe. As I'm pouring the water over my loose herbs, I'm focusing my will and intention on healing and peace. The prayer that I said at the beginning of the video is often what I will use when I'm initiating healing magic or focusing on finding inner peace. So I say that to myself and then I take a spoon or knife with local honey and I stir the cup three times to the right and three times to the left. Magical tea is very simple and what makes the tea magical is intention, will and a regular routine that makes it set apart from other tea that you might drink. This chamomile honey tea often helps me find healing for anxious days or upset stomachs. I'm lucky enough to have all of my journals that my sister kept when she was alive and some of these journals include spells or healing magic that she's written in the margins or whole pages in her journals. I've kind of taken some of those ideas and distilled them down to a larger ritual format and you can find a spell card on my blog link in the description if you're interested in kind of getting that guideline of doing a healing ritual. There's a lot of pain and there are a lot of wounds in the world. We can't heal everything and we can't heal it quickly but hopefully when we are in a loving and open community like druidry and paganism we can all remember to be kind to each other and help with the healing process whenever possible. In the comments below let me know what you think about using magic for healing. Do you get worried about you know dangerous herbs or crazy charlatans recommending weird things or is it a really wholesome and vital combination for you? I'm curious to hear what you have to say. Today's sapling shout-out goes out to Megan Coates. She wrote a comment on the video that I did to new druids. She said that she sometimes struggles to find motivation and to finish her bard course. Well I hope this is motivation. I don't think you are alone. It's really hard to be consistent in our spiritual practices and sometimes life just is like ugh I don't have time for higher things. I just want to get through the day so I hope you are finding motivation and I hope that the druidry and bard course is really helping you in the rest of your life so that you can keep moving on and accomplish the things that you want and define the spiritual peace that you're after. If you want to be a sapling shout-out in another video leave a comment below so I will see you. Thanks for watching and as always may you find peace in the sacred grove.