Many of us think of using evergreens only as part of Yule and Christmas celebrations, but their magical uses extend well beyond the Yule season. Here are some ways to use pine to enhance your magic year-round:

Garlic: The Kitchen Witches Best Friend

One of the most versatile tools of any magical person is garlic. Often called the “wonder drug” by herbalists, it serves a variety of medicinal as well as magical functions.

This is the black-hilted Witches' Knife also known as Seax or Yag-dirk used for commanding and manipulating power.  It is always a double edged knife with a blade usually from five to six inches long and is never used to 'cut' anything on the physical plane (some paths see no need for this restraint). The athame is a witches primary tool for rituals and circle magic. It is the instrument we use to draw magical circles and other diagrams, in the midst of which many of our spells are cast and stands for intellect, right thinking, and calculation.  Highly coveted, once consecrated, this tool is extremely precious to Wiccan folk indeed!