by Jessie Cross | Oct 3, 2025 | Elemental, Kitchen Witchery, Ritual
Autumn is the great turning. Heat slips into chill. Lush abundance slowly gives way to the starkness of winter. As fall deepens, it’s helpful to consciously balance your inner fire with the grounding weight of the element of earth. In many metaphysical...
by Jessie Cross | Oct 3, 2025 | Kitchen Witchery, Plant Medicine
Preservation as Spellwork Every jar in a witch’s pantry is more than food storage. It’s a spell sealed with heat, sugar, honey, vinegar, or salt. Our ancestors knew this well—preserving was survival, but it was also ceremony. What went into the jar was more than...
by Jessie Cross | Oct 2, 2025 | Kitchen Witchery, Plant Medicine
Food as Frequency So, every meal is so much more than survival calories. It’s a conversation between your body and your subtle field. Long before nutrition labels and dietary fads, healers and mystics understood food as vibration. A ripe peach carried not just...
by Jessie Cross | Oct 1, 2025 | Kitchen Witchery
Why Warmth Matters in More Ways Than One As the days shorten and the air turns crisp, we instinctively reach for bowls of stew, roasted roots, and loaves of bread pulled from the oven. On the surface, these foods are practical. They’re warming your body, stoking...
by Jessie Cross | Oct 1, 2025 | Fermentation, Kitchen Witchery, Plant Medicine, Ritual
Returning to the Old Ways All around the world, people are feeling a pull back to their roots. The fast pace of modern life, with its screens, shortcuts, and drama, has left many longing for the slow, grounding rhythm of soil, hearth, and home. There’s a deep desire...
by Jessie Cross | Sep 27, 2025 | Animal Medicine, Kitchen Witchery, Plant Medicine
So, honey is one of the most enchanting substances on Earth. This golden nectar is created through the tireless labor of bees, imbued with the essence of flowers, and has been revered since ancient times as both food and medicine. In the metaphysical and shamanic...
by Jessie Cross | Sep 27, 2025 | Elemental, Kitchen Witchery, Ritual
The kitchen is more than just a place to cook. It’s the hearth, the heart of the home, and a crucible of transformation. In the hands of a kitchen witch, everyday ingredients become ritual tools, and every simmering pot is a cauldron where the mundane meets the...
by Jessie Cross | Sep 3, 2025 | Celebrations, Harvest Festivals, Kitchen Witchery, Plant Medicine
The apple is no ordinary fruit. Crisp and fragrant, with skin like shining enamel and flesh like white gold, it hides ancient magic in its core. From Eden’s garden to the cauldrons of witches, from love spells to Samhain feasts, the apple has long been a symbol of...
by Jessie Cross | Sep 1, 2025 | Dieties + Spirits, Kitchen Witchery, Persephone, Ritual
As the sunlight softens and the air grows crisp, the myth of Persephone descends into collective consciousness like falling leaves. Persephone is the harbinger of harvest’s end, of descent into the underworld, and the sacred turn inward. More than a seasonal story,...
