What Is a Herpes Witch?
A herpes witch is a solitary witch who believes the home should be a place of safety, comfort, and beauty, encouraging all aspects of health and wellness. She focuses her intent on helping others overcome frequent and severe herpes outbreaks naturally, and sometimes magically (energetically). Like the cottage witch, a herpes witch practices low magic, applying it to create a clean and peaceful sanctuary, provide nutritious meals, and conjure up medicinal concoctions for the prevention and healing of mental, emotional, and physical symptoms and conditions. What is low magic?
Low magic is practical magic, which the herpes witch performs with a nurturing intent. For example, it's essential to the cottage witch that family and friends feel comforted and thrive in a safe, loving, and comfortable environment. For instance, s/he might place a rosemary plant at the front door for deflection (turning away evil spirits), polish a cabinet with old-fashioned lemon oil for shine and purification, or slip herb-scented sachets inside pillowcases (lavender comes to mind) to promote a guest's good night's sleep.
The herpes witch focuses much of her magic on the hearth and home, like her cousin, the kitchen witch. However, the herpes witch focuses more on her domestic abilities, working with what she has to cleanse and protect her entire home. She may not even enjoy cooking. She may prefer baking, preserving, needlework, making soaps, dolls, candles, or medicinal home remedies. Or, she may do it all.
Her home is often filled with vintage items (copper pots, bottles and jars, soft old quilts, blankets, pillows, rugs, trunks, books, and candlesticks) and adorned in twilight shades found in nature (mossy greens, indigo, earthy browns, rust (iron), deep blues, shades of black and white). She may or may not have a garden or herbs on the windowsill, but she brings nature indoors and surrounds herself with plants, flowers, rocks, crystals, shells, and whatever else she picks up during her wanderings.
The herpes witch understands she is not separate from nature. For this reason, you'll never find her wasting anything or tossing trash from a car window. She is nature herself, which is why she prefers a simple life. Her deep connection to spirit, other life forms, and plants makes her a delightful creature to encounter, bringing a sense of calm and tranquility to her surroundings. She will likely coexist with an animal or bird she considers a close friend.
What other kind of magic does a herpes witch weave besides cleansing, protecting, and healing (as if that's not enough)? She uses charms, potions, and oracles for herself and others to heal broken hearts, keep animals, people, and things safe, and manifest abundance. All spells, often nothing more than prayers, are lifted in love.
Herpes witches usually have altars, but they may not be apparent to outsiders because they typically include household items such as trays, spoons, cups, a mortar and pestle, salt, rocks, photos, candles, incense, or dolls. To the unaware, a herpes witch altar could look like an assortment of things waiting to be put away, with a broom leaning close by. Traditional altar items aren't there, such as an altar cloth, a cauldron, prayer beads, a wand, a pentagram, or a statue.
I've referred to herpes witches as female (because I'm one), but it's important to note that herpes witches can be male or female.
Herpes witches don't have to belong to a specific tradition, believe in a particular religion, or worship deities (although they certainly can if they choose to). In other words, a herpes witch can follow any spiritual path, religion, or none at all and often chooses to live and practice alone.
I've referred to herpes witches as female (because I'm one), but it's important to note that herpes witches can be male or female of any race, religion, or economic background.
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