The Simmer Pot

 I spent all day trying to write the whole truth about this simmer pot, and I just came to the conclusion that I can't.

But what I can share with you is this: I started the day in a slow, quiet way after a challenging night. Magic is often a complex and complicated thing, but sometimes, for some practitioners, it is a matter of acting on instinct and intuition.

Too many humans, for far too long, have separated themselves from their instincts and quieted their intuition. I'm not going to school you on how to fix that. You know if those things are missing in your life, and if you want to change that you will figure it out.

In the middle of the night last night, my intuitive reaction to a less-than-friendly presence was to keep my bedroom light on so that it would literally and symbolically push a certain darkness away. I also put away laundry and tidied up because chaos cannot thrive in neat spaces, and order helps balance shadow and light.

I woke after sleeping a few hours, intending to get right to my morning chores. However, when I went into the kitchen to give Hank his medicine, I saw the bowl of fruit on the counter, and in a flash, instinct told me to create a simmer pot with specific intentions.

I do not usually lay the ingredients for a simmer pot out on a cutting board; I just chop them up and put them in the soup pot.

Today, though...today I was moving on instinct. I sliced the fruit and laid it out neatly, then began combing through the bottles and jars in the spice rack and the apothecary shop housed in the corner cabinet.

The standard ingredients I used were apples, oranges, cinnamon, and star anise. Then some echinacea and bee balm, and a dozen other ingredients from last year's Cottage gardens. I put the whole thing together nwater in the soup pot.

It has been simmering all day. Occasionally I added water and additional spices. At one point I dropped a stone from a sacred space into the water. Every time I went into the kitchen I stirred the pot, and sometimes I went into the kitchen just so I could stir the pot because intuition gave me someone else's name and I needed to add them to it.

If you want me to add you or someone you care about, just say so in comments or send me a message. I do not need any details or reasons why. Just keep in mind this pot has good intentions and don't play the fool. You won't like the consequences.

The pot will simmer until its work is done. I guess I will, too.

Start improving your communication skills, especially pertaining to how you communicate with children. And set aside that damnable and damning attitude of "i went through X when I was a kid and it didn't hurt me" before something comes and rips it right out of your spirit when it tears your heart out of your chest.

Peace. Dear goddess, please, for all of us. Peace.

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