Copyright © 2006 Kerri Connor
(This is part four of a four part series)

Let's get started brewing - recipes

Here are some recipes to get you started on your tea brewing practices. Feel free to experiment with these teas by altering the amounts of each ingredient you use:

Find True Love Tea

Use this tea to help you find your true love. When preparing and drinking the tea, you should focus on the qualities you want your true love to have, not a specific person. You can also focus on the attributes you want others to notice in you.

* 2 parts lemon balm leaves
* 2 parts mint leaves
* 1 part catnip leaves
* 1 part chamomile flowers
* 1 part clover flowers
* 1 part yarrow flowers


Keep Me Healthy Tea

Prepare this tea when you are already in good health and want to maintain it. As you drink it, visualize yourself in the days to come as healthy, happy, and active.

* 4 parts calendula flowers
* 1 part mullein leaves or flowers
* 1 part marjoram leaves
* 1 part St. John's Wort


Heal Me Tea

Although your potions should never replace a trip to the doctor when you are ill, this tea can give you a magical boost to speed your healing. Focus on ridding your body of whatever ails you. If you are running a fever, add 1 part of feverfew. 4 parts rose petals

* 3 parts violet petals
* 2 parts dried apples
* 1 part dried blackberries
* 1 part eucalyptus leaves
* 1 part ginseng root


Sip for Success Tea

While sipping this tea, envision yourself succeeding at a current project you are undertaking. Use tangible images such as seeing the project complete. Feel yourself doing your job successfully. This tea works best when working with specific projects or situations. Don't just imagine yourself being successful~efine what success means to you.

* 4 parts clover flowers
* 2 parts lemon balm leaves
* 1 part ginger root


Keep Me Safe Protection Tea

This tea is to protect you from psychic attacks from others. As you drink this tea, imagine yourself surrounded by a giant protective bubble of white light. Think of the bubble as a protective shield that keeps anything out that can harm you and lets only love and light through. Feel the strength in knowing you are safe and protected.

* 4 parts thyme leaves
* 2 parts sage leaves
* 1 part basil leaves
* 1 part clover flowers
* a pinch of mugwort


Home Protection Tea

Slowly sip this tea as you walk throughout your home, both inside and outside if possible. Walk along each wall and your property line as you outline your living area. The aroma will surround your home with protection while the tea flows through your body and radiates into the environment around you.

* 3 parts mint leaves
* 2 parts raspberry leaves
* 1 part eucalyptus leaves
* 1 part rose petals
* 1 part lavender flowers
* a pinch of irish moss


Psychic Kick Tea

This tea is to help you increase your psychic abilities; sip it slowly while meditating before performing any type of psychic task such as dream interpretations, scrying (a form of divination where the reader looks into a reflective surface such as water), or readings. Note that this tea is not meant to be used on a daily basis, just when the need arises.

* 3 parts thyme leaves
* 3 parts rose petals
* 3 parts yarrow flowers
* a pinch of St. John's Wort
* a pinch of mugwort


Courage and Strength Tea

Use this tea when you need an extra boost of strength and courage. Visualize yourself as being the strong and courageous person you will need to be in order to overcome the simation. Imagine your problems shrinking in size until you tower over them and see them as small and insignificant.

* 3 parts pennyroyal leaves
* 1 part thyme leaves
* 1 part columbine leaves
* 1 part borage flowers (or leaves)
* 1 part mullein flowers


Calming Peace Tea

This tea is for when you are completely stressed out and need desperately to unwind, calm down, and relax. Try sipping it sitting under the shade of a tree or in a warm, relaxing bubble bath. Visualize yourself at complete ease. While sipping this tea, use other relaxation techniques, such as deep breathing, to help it work to its fullest potential. Be careful though, this tea tends to make the user very sleepy.

* 4 parts lavender flowers
* 3 parts violet flowers
* 2 parts calendula flowers
* 1 part pennyroyal leaves
* 1 part meadowsweet leaves
* a pinch of skull cap leaves


Show Me The Money Tea

This tea is designed to help you attract money. Don't expect money to simply fall into your lap after drinking this tea; however, it will increase your chances of having monetary opportunities present themselves. If you feel a strong desire to buy a lottery ticket after drinking this tea, by all means do so.

* 4 parts mint leaves
* 3 parts alfalfa leaves
* 1 part irish moss
* 1 part clover flowers
* 1 part chamomile flowers


A Good Night's Sleep Tea

Drink this tea up to an hour before going to bed for a great night of peaceful sleep. You will awaken in the morning feeling renewed and refreshed.

* 4 parts chamomile flowers
* 3 parts lavender flowers
* 1/2 part thyme leaves


Hip Hip Huzza Tea

This tea is for when you are down and out and need a bit of cheering up. Designed to lift your mood and spirits, sip this tea while remembering a happy occasion in your life. Imagine yourself back at that moment and bring that feeling back to the present with you.

* 4 parts marjoram leaves
* 3 parts catnip leaves
* 2 parts St. John's Wort leaves
* 1 part violet flowers
* 1 part lavender flowers
* 1 part witch grass