Source: Your Book of Shadows by Patricia Telesco
Just as magick touches everything, it also touches food. One of the most intimate magicks in the world works through the ingestion of food and drink as food and drink are eventually integrated into your body on a cellular level and fill your body with their essence. Therefore, any magicks attached to your food will permeate every cell in your body and will strongly further your purpose. This is why love potions have been popular throughout history as have putting charms on food. You can either attach a purpose to your chosen food or work off their basic purposes as listed below.
Bread: earth, harvest, and abundance
Cake: celebration, sweetness
Citrus Fruits: joy, vitality
Corn: earth, harvest, and abundance
Grains: earth, harvest, and abundance
Hot spices: sexuality, creativity
Mangoes: sensuality
Pomegranate: rebirth, abundance
Salt: purification
Seeds and sprouts: new potential
Wine: celebration, bounty, creation of new life (red wine: feminine power-white wine-masculine power)
Beer: purificiation, healing, blessing, promises and vows
Coffee: prayer, alertness, energy, socialization
Cider: health
Distilled Beverages: banishing
Mead: eloquence, creativity, love, strength
Milk: the mother aspect of the goddess, sustenance
Tea: divination efforts, comfort, healing, courage
Water: cleansing, purification, refreshment
Wine: celebration, luck
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