The Corn Mother Box
The Corn Mother Box
Chiron’s Protection Powder
Cailleach’s Candle
Corn Mother Doll
Lughnasadh Palo Santo Pop
Chiron’s Protection Powder. Y’all have continued to love this one, so I made it bigger and more fragrant this year!
Love and history (Celtic, Greek, and Native) come together in this blue mix of magick that is nestled into little potion bottles I’ve been hoarding for just the right thing and time.
Cornflower! In the Celtic traditions, sprinkling gorgeous, powdered Cornflower blooms in doorways and windows will keep out negative intentions. For modern times, physical entry is not the only way to enter a home, I’ve also read of people sprinkling the powder around devices as well. Brilliant!
Magically, Cornflower represents renewal and can be used in divination for a deeper dive into your inner world during truth seeking rituals.
Lavender is also a major plant for me at Lughnasadh, as it honors the abundance vibe and the grasses vibe. Lavender has a strong connection to Circe (this season’s namesake perfume) and has also been used for protection for ages in Greek traditions.
There’s also my very special native-grown, heirloom blue corn meal that honors the Corn Mother. Some native tribes hold a purification celebration and tradition this time of year, with Corn being a major player of course.
I’ve named this potion powder after Chiron, the great healer centaur, who healed Achilles with Cornflower. Known for his wisdom and plant knowledge, Chiron is an excellent energy to invoke for protecting your home.
Cailleach’s Candle! I’m so so so happy to bring back this special beeswax candle this season.
In Celtic tradition, it was believed that grain was home to the spirit of the divine, the Corn Mother. She is a sacred ancient mother, a creator deity. In Gaelic this divine hag is known as Cailleach.
This luscious, honey-vibing candle can be used in ritual or just enjoyed for the beauty it provides and inspires. It’s wrapped up in a little Corn husk bow to honor the Mother and is surrounded by an abundant spray of wild grasses from our meadow to honor the season.
Corn Mother Doll! This year, Mother will be wearing a chatelaine!
A chatelaine was a set of little chains attached to a woman's belt that would hold keys or other items she needed. As always, I found some inspiration in the All Souls Trilogy. I kept thinking about the chatelaine Diana wore in the second book while in Elizabethan London. All those skirt folds with dangling precious items. Swoon.
But first, why corn dolls? We think of corn as the juicy yellow vegetable we slather with butter. But in old Europe, the word corn meant grain. So it would apply to oats, barley, rye, and wheat. Back then, “corn” dollies would have been made with any of these grains.
In Celtic tradition, it was believed that grain was home to the spirit of the divine, the Corn Mother. She is a sacred ancient mother, a creator deity. In Gaelic this divine hag is known as Cailleach. When the harvest was complete, she no longer had a home, so they would make her into a dolly from the harvest.
She would be brought in, to the hearth, to be kept safe and warm through the dark days. In return, the Corn Mother would protect the home. When it was time to plant again, her energy would be returned to the fields by either burying in the soil or burning in a sacred fire.
So what is Mother wearing? Gorgeous, peachy-coral crushed velvet with a brass key and a fresh water pearl!
Brass is always used around here for protection. I recently read that Velvet has also been used magically to offer protection, lining special boxes or hiding treasures within their folds. Pearl is connected to moon magick, offering a soothing energy through transformation and healing.
I love how the dolls have this Warrior Pose aspect, windswept skirts, a far off look like they are guarding the horizon. Capable and ready. In your hands, they feel like powerful amulets, protection for what’s coming. I always feel humbled through the process of making these and honored that they will be in your homes.
The belt is made from braided Nettle fiber for extra protection.
Lughnasadh Palo Santo Pop, dipped in foraged evergreen resins and rolled in homegrown flowers!
Last year I made these with green and yellow Sweet Clover. This year I leaned into the pink and purple of Lavender, Cornflower, and Peony.
Palo Santo is used for cleansing and purifying. Healers from South America, where this “holy wood” grows, believe that it has a spirit that should be respected. The spirit lives on in the wood, and if treated properly, it will help you in your healing. My sticks are sustainably harvested from fallen trees.
Peony brings that sweet, something good should find me right now energy. Lavender adds a layer of calm that reveals the truth we need. Cornflower rounds it all with mighty protection and foresight.
My custom mix of foraged resins of Fir, Spruce, Pine, Cedar, and Pinyon offers ancient cleansing. I’m so in love with these, not only because of their magick, but their scent… oh gosh, their scent.
Wood. Bloom. Resin. Sometimes these things are like a touchable poetry for me.
{This product was lovingly created from my home and sacred space out of responsibly harvested, natural ingredients in small batches. It has not been evaluated by the FDA and is not meant to treat, cure, or prevent any disease or condition. Use at your own risk.}