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Magical Ingreident Gathering 2015- Mabon Crafting Smudge Sticks

Posted in crafting, nature trips, tagged artemisia tridentata, Big Cottonwood Canyon, juniper, Magical ingredients, mullein leaf, sage brush, smudge stick, utah on September 23, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Each fall brings many opportunities to craft! Magical crafting is one of our favorite activities at SLPS. Each year SLPS gathers sacred sagebrush to make smudge sticks, magical wands, and other crafts with. This year SLPS gathered on the fall equinox, Mabon on Wednesday, September 23, 2015. A little known spot in Big Cottonwood Canyon contains all the sage needed to make smudge sticks for years to come! The little leafed Artemisia Tridentata in Utah is a different variety than the broad leafed of California found in most shops. The little leafed grows all over the North American West. This small leafed kind is even more powerful than the broader leaf, and smells sweeter. Having gathered it ourselves, SLPS can charge the sticks with love, protection, and power.

Magical Ingredient Gathering 2015, Mabon Sage Smudge Sticks, sagebrush, Wednesday, September 23, 2015, Big Cottonwood Canyon, UT

Magical Ingredient Gathering 2015, Mabon Sage Smudge Sticks, Tanya Thorton (l) and Lauren Holman, Wednesday, September 23, 2015, Big Cottonwood Canyon, UT

Magical Ingredient Gathering 2015, Mabon Sage Smudge Sticks, April Love, Wednesday, September 23, 2015, Big Cottonwood Canyon, UT

Magical Ingredient Gathering 2015, Mabon Sage Smudge Sticks, Daniel Cureton, Wednesday, September 23, 2015, Big Cottonwood Canyon, UT

Magical Ingredient Gathering 2015, Mabon Sage Smudge Sticks, rolling smudge sticks with juniper and mullein, Wednesday, September 23, 2015, Big Cottonwood Canyon, UT

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Magical Ingredient Gathering 2014

Posted in nature, Other, tagged harvest, Magical ingredients, Mill Creek Canyon, mountain dirt, Sagebrush, Salt Lake Pagan Society, Scrub Oak, summer, wand wood on August 11, 2014| Leave a Comment »

The members of SLPS gathered in Mill Creek Canyon on Sunday, August 11, 2014 for some magical ingredient gathering. This year the harvest brought in lots of sage, mountain dirt, sagebrush wood, oak wood, and Jerusalem sunflowers and shale. At the middle and ends of summer, SLPS makes a trip to get the bulk supplies to for the apothecary and personal use for the next year. Offerings were left in thanks and gratitude for the items gathered. Even a small brown praying mantis was spotted, gracing those present with its beauty and blessing.

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Magical Ingredient Gathering 2013

Posted in magic, nature, Other, Pagan, tagged Big Cottonwood Canyon, Magical ingredients, river, Sagebrush, wild rose on September 16, 2013| Leave a Comment »

What a fun day out after Sunday morning tea! A few SLPS members headed to Big Cottonwood Canyon to gather magical plants and items on Sunday, September 15, 2013. River rocks, white sage, wild rose and granite were on the list and after several hours of hunting and gathering, they were successful! Each September brings the opportunity to gather the last of the summer plants and the pre-fall blooms. With the river being almost too cold to wade through, any time post Mabon is just too cold!

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Magical Ingredients- Sage, Flowers, and Cacti!

Posted in Other, shamanism, witchcraft, tagged Big Cottonwood Canyon, Creeping Myrtle Spurge, gathering 2012, Hairy Goldenaster, Magical ingredients, prickly pear cactus, Sagebrush, Scarlet Gilia, Uinta Groundsil, Utah Goldenrod on September 30, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Thanks to all who came this morning, September 30, 2012 at 9am and helped collect magical plants and herbs! After finding the appropriate guides and maps to wildflowers and trees of the Wasatch, the members of UUPS headed up to Big Cottonwood. With field guides and magical bolines, the identifying, harvesting and thanking commenced. Many of the plants were eager to be part of a magical apothecary and be in a warm home before the fall snow hits in October.

After a few hours, the sun was sneaking high into the sky and everyone called it a day. There will be another herb gathering event. For now the fruits of the harvest include sage brush, prickly pear cactus, unita groundsel, hairy goldenaster, perry’s goldenrod, and scarlet gilia! The big poisonous plant we found is Myrtle Spurge! Just a note, the flowers look pretty but this plant in the third and fourth photos is poisonous and considered a noxious weed when cultivated! So do not cultivate if you take some home on our next trip. Check out the photos below!