Wishing Well

secretsoftheserpent

Where did the idea of throwing money into a well full of water or any body of water come from? People throw money into fountains everywhere and don’t even know why or how it started. Researchers will tell you that water was scarce so people gave money to the gods in order for the gods to keep giving water to the people. If this tradition is European then that’s not the reason. You could kick a rock over anywhere and find water under it. This tradition goes back to Egypt. With the worship of Isis.

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How to Create Your Own Tarot or Oracle Deck for Personal Use

The Druid's Garden

My local ogham-like oracle system 🙂

Ever since I self-published the Tarot of Trees, I get a fairly regular stream of people who are interested in creating their own oracle decks and want to know how to do it. So in today’s post, I’ll share the process of developing a variety of different oracles. Some were published oracles, like The Tarot of Trees and my forthcoming Plant Spirit Oracle, while others were private oracles just for me, such as the Ancestor Oracle and my ongoing East Coast Ogham project and tree spirit project. Through these projects, I detail the process for how you might create your own. We’ll talk about the act of creation itself, as well as options for if you want to get it out into the world (self publish, print on demand, etc).

In today’s post, I’m going to focus on oracle decks that you…

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Old-fashioned Baked Apple Roll

Can’t wait to try this

A Hundred Years Ago

Fall is the season for apples, and the perfect time to make apple desserts. I recently found a lovely hundred-year-old recipe for Baked Apple Roll; however, it has one quirky characteristic. The recipe does not call for any cinnamon.

The Baked Apple Roll is smothered in a very simple sugar, water, and butter sauce. The roll looked beautiful, but (since I’m so used to apple dishes being spiced with cinnamon), the roll tasted bland to me. If I made this recipe again, I might add some cinnamon – though I recognize that wouldn’t hold true to the old recipe.

Here’s the original recipe:

Source: The Old Reliable Farm and Home Cook Book (1919)