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Discover the 2018 Mabon Sabbat Box • Moon Magick II 6
• 2018 MABON SABBAT BOX • MOON MAGICK • BOX BREAKDOWN •
Hail and Welcome, Sabbat Box Members and Friends!
Summer is moving on, and cooler air will soon invite us outside. Autumn is the time the earth brings for shorter days and longer nights, its balance culminating on the equinox--which many Pagans and witches refer to as Mabon. Around this time the harvest moon can be seen, the last of the fruits of the earth are to be gathered and the time of thanksgiving for all the bounty gathered and stored. This year’s Mabon Sabbat Box celebrates the moon and her magickal and mundane influence on our lives.
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• BOX SYNOPSIS •
All of the items that we curated for you inside this box correspond with -or- may help assist you with the following forms of magick:
- Moon Magick
- Candle Magick
- Intention Setting
- Working with the moon phases
- Working with and connecting with the divine feminine
- Using moon spells to help bring forth changes you seek
In addition to thanksgiving and harvest, the autumn exquinox is a time of balance. The word equinox itself comes from the Latin word aequinoctium - aequus meaning equal and nox meaning night. During both the spring and fall equinox, day and night are nearly equal. Enforcing the equilibrium is the fact that the sun enters Libra, a sign of balanced scales, on the morning of the autumn equinox. Celebrating balance means appreciating the light and dark within your life. What does the light bring you? Think of the sun, the day, the progress you make during that timeframe and what you draw to you. And what does the dark do for you? Think of letting go, of cleansing, of the night, and, especially, of the moon. After all, we’re entering her jurisdiction as we travel to the darker half of the year!
• MOON SPELLS BOOK •
ITEM 1: MOON SPELLS BOOK.................$12.95
• WHAT: Moon Spells: How to Use the Phases of the Moon to Get What You Want
• WHO MAKES IT?: Written by Diane Ahlquist, Published by Adams Media (a division of Simon & Schuster).
• WHERE CAN I GET IT?: Available at The Sabbat Box Store
• WHY WOULD I WANT IT?: This guide is packed with a compendium of moon-based information and inspiration that you will turn to every time you want to include the moon in your magickal workings.
BREAKDOWN
One way to interact with the moon’s energy is by reading about it, and we here at Sabbat Box wanted to include an in-depth informational guide to teach and inspire your lunar workings. Author Diane Ahlquist comes from a line of familial intuitives and uses her gifts through counseling, public speaking, and of course, writing books. In her book Moon Spells she walks you through utilizing the moon’s energy in every phase with easy to understand charts, images, and guides. Great for the visual learner and reader alike, this book takes a simple, practical approach to the many different manifestations of the moon. From waxing to waning, new to full, Ahlquist talks about the moon’s effects on an individual and the way we can harness these energies to our advantage. Moon Spells specifically looks at how to achieve success and get what you want, be it matters of money, love, divinity, and more. You’ll have all the information you need, from timing your moon rituals to various spells you can perform, right at your fingertips. Ahlquist even includes information about how the moon can intersect with astrology and numerology! This fantastic, straight-forward informational book is perfect for both the beginner moon witch and the advanced practitioner.
• FULL MOON RITUAL BATH •
ITEM 2: MOON BATH SOAK..........$10.00
• WHAT: Full Moon Ritual Bath Soak (with Organic Cotton Muslin Bag)
• WHO MAKES IT?: Earthen Alchemy
• WHERE CAN I GET IT?: Available at Earthen Alchemy or the Sabbat Box Store
• WHY WOULD I WANT IT?: A perfect ritual bath for all your lunar magick spells or rituals.
EXCLUSIVE VENDOR COUPON CODE: "MOONMAGIC"
Use the code above at Earthen Alchemy and receive 20% OFF your next purchase! Exp. 12/31/18
BREAKDOWN
The moon is often linked with water, an emotional and psychic element. That’s why this full moon ritual bath soak by Earthen Alchemy was perfect for the Mabon Sabbat Box! Use it this upcoming Mabon or during the Harvest Moon, or both, to invoke gratitude, balance, and the harvest. Bath soaks help to create balance by removing--cleansing--and drawing in the gratitude, within a daily task you already perform. You will enjoy this responsibly sourced harvest of salts, oils, and various herbs that together create the perfect combination for a soothing yet magickal bath. Let the marjoram cleanse you, the neroli soothe you, and the jasmine incite your psychic abilities! Use just half the package per bath and set aside some quiet time for just you and the moon herself. Also included with the bath soak is a reusable cotton bag that you can fill and use in the shower (if you don’t have a tub).
ABOUT THE VENDOR:
Earthen Alchemy is an old world esoteric apothecary specializing in spiritually crafted ritual supplies such as ritual oils, baths, wild crafted ointments and balms, herbal tinctures, skin care and more! All of their herbs are hand foraged and organically grown in the Canadian Boreal Forest, and are vegan and cruelty free.
Learn more about this vendor in the featured vendors section below...
• MOON MAGICK RITUAL OIL •
ITEM 3: MOON RITUAL OIL.........$19.95
• WHAT: Moon Ritual Oil (Waning Moon Ritual Oil)
• WHO MAKES IT?: Honey Rose Botanicals
• WHERE CAN I GET IT?: Available at Honey Rose Botanicals or the Sabbat Box Store
• WHY WOULD I WANT IT?: This heavenly oil blend is a fragrant way to anoint yourself or components that are part of your sacred workings.
EXCLUSIVE VENDOR COUPON CODE: "MABONMOON"
Use the code above at Honey Rose Botanicals and receive 15% OFF your next purchase! Expires11/1/18
BREAKDOWN
This Waning Moon Ritual Oil is a perfect addition to any ritual but is especially potent in banishing, ridding as well as spiritual cleansing and purification magick. The mix of lemongrass, lavender, vanilla, and moonstones represent the waning moon, which is a common time for performing banishing, cleansing, and repelling work. Use this oil to anoint the tools of your ritual or spell, from your athame and wand to your candles and even yourself! This oil comes in a roller ball glass vial for easy application.
ABOUT THE VENDOR:
Located in Philadelphia, PA, Honey Rose Botanicals is a small holistic medicine and botanical beauty company specializing in handcrafted, high-quality eco friendly bath and body products, with sustainable packaging and zero additives.
Learn more about this vendor in the featured vendors section below...
• MOON MAGICK HERBAL BLEND •
ITEM 4: HERBAL BLEND..........$12.00
• WHAT: Moon Magick Herbal Blend With Rainbow Moonstone
• WHO MAKES IT?: Light of Anjou
• WHERE CAN I GET IT?: Available at Light of Anjou or The Sabbat Box Store
• WHY WOULD I WANT IT?: This special lunar blend of herbs are a great way to incorporate moon correspondence and lunar energy into your spells and moon rituals.
BREAKDOWN
(**Remove moonstone prior to using these herbs.) Mabon is the time of the second harvest. What better way to celebrate it than with an herbal blend harvested by Light of Anjou! This Lunar Magick Herbal Blend contains various seasonal herbs with direct associations with the moon herself, such as blue lotus and white willow bark, and even a rainbow moonstone for extra lunar energy! Herbal blends can be used in a variety of ways, from anointing candles to offerings for deities, from filling sachets and poppets to burning as loose incense and more! Use your creativity during thise upcoming Harvest Moon to work a little herbal magick with this blend.
Moon Magick Herbal Blend By Light of Anjou
ABOUT THE VENDOR:
Located in Monroe, Maine, Light of Anjou is a witchery shop specializing in herbal potions, ritual and therapeutic oils, mystical art, divination, and magickal tools. Anjou draws upon the power of the moon phase and the flux of elements to craft powerful tools to help you in your witching journey.
Learn more about this vendor in the featured vendors section below...
• LUNAR INTENTION SPELL CANDLE SET •
ITEM 5: LUNAR CANDLE SET.........$8.95
• WHAT: Moon Magick Lunar Intention Spell Candle Set with Parchments & Holder
• WHO MAKES IT?: By Sabbat Box
• WHERE CAN I GET IT?: Available the Sabbat Box Store
• WHY WOULD I WANT IT?: This boxes' candle set provides all the tools you need to work your own moon spell or ritual.
BREAKDOWN
The light of a flame against the cool darkness of the moon’s light sets the mood for any magick you wish to work. This is why we included a chime candle set with a candle represending each major phase of the moon: New (black), Waxing (white), Full (silver), and waning (gray)! Each candle burns for about two hours, making them a perfect choice to add to your lunar workings.
Moon Magick Intention Spell Candle Set
• LUNAR MAGICK CORRESPONDENCE GUIDE •
ITEM 6: MOON MAGICK CARD...............$3.95
• WHAT: Lunar Correspondence Guide
• WHO MAKES IT?: Sabbat Box
• WHERE CAN I GET IT?: Available EXCLUSIVELY at the Sabbat Box Store
• WHY WOULD I WANT IT?: This detailed breakdown of lunar correspondences is handy for any practicing pagan.
BREAKDOWN
The moon phase insert is a custom-designed guide that provides information and correspondences for the moon, both in her various phases and as she arrives at her fullest phase each month. The insert includes colors, herbs, gemstones and key terms to begin building spells and rituals! This tool is a must-have for those looking to work with moon phases without having to scour for their data. At 5x7”, it inserts perfectly into a book of shadows or grimoire or makes a beautiful display piece in any ritual or altar area.
Moon Magick Lunar Correspondence Guide
• RAINBOW MOONSTONE SET •
ITEM 7: MOONSTONE SET...............$3.95
• WHAT: Rainbow Moonstone Crystal Set with Info Card and Bag
• WHO MAKES IT?: Sabbat Box
• WHERE CAN I GET IT?: Available at the Sabbat Box Store.
• WHY WOULD I WANT IT?: What better way to connect and draw forth all aspects of the moon than the stone that bears her name and corresponding energies?
BREAKDOWN
Moonstone gets its name from its moon-like appearance and is great for psychic protection and moon magick.
• PACKING & SHIPPING •
PACKING & SHIPPING: Part of the costs of your box include the box and the packing material itself. The items listed below account for a good portion of the overall costs for the Mabon Moon Magick Sabbat Boxes. Each Mabon Sabbat Box is lined with paper padding and wrapping to add to the surprise of what we’ve curated for you. Shipping is also included in the total price for Sabbat Boxes. The average cost to ship boxes is roughly $9.50. Also, we here at Sabbat Box wish to be as environmentally friendly that we can be and do our best to source packing supplies and material from companies that have the same beliefs we do, in that we want to make as little of an impact as possible on the environment, while also keeping the content of your boxes safe as they make their journey to you.
BOXES: Your boxes where made from high quality corrugated paper and are 100% recyclable. Please try to find another use for your box. They are 9x9x3 on the inside. You could decorate your box to hold some magickal supplies or use it again to ship something to someone or save it for another time when you may need it. If you have to get rid of it, please try to recycle it.
BROCHURES: Your brochures are printed on recyclable 16pt paper, which is sourced from sustainable forests.
TISSUE PAPER & FILLING: The black tissue paper is made from 100% recycled paper and is recyclable. The colored filler inside each box is made from scraps of recycled colored crinkle paper and is biodegradable. The filler comes from an eco friendly, woman owned company.
STICKERS: The stickers found within your boxes where printed on vinyl with a gloss laminate.
• SABBAT BOX SAVINGS & COUPONS •
SAVINGS:
Part of our goal is to provide a number of items to our members at a value far above what individuals can purchase on their own. When you add up all of the items inside your MABON Sabbat Box, as well as costs for shipping and packaging, you are saving over $35.00. We believe this to be another good reason to be a member. Also, each box we create helps to support Pagan run businesses and their employees. Sabbat Box looks forward to continuing to stay within our mission to work with other Pagan businesses to supply products for each box.
MABON SABBAT BOX PRICE BREAKDOWN
• Total MSRP of items inside: $71.75
• Total Savings on this box: $25.80
• Total Shipping Savings: $9.50
• Grand Total In Savings: $35.30
Our members helped to support 5 small/Pagan run businesses with their Sabbat Box membership! We work with other Pagans and Pagan owned businesses within the community to purchase, curate and supply the items featured within our boxes. In the end, we want to help the community grow and share our business with companies that share our same values and standards.
• SABBAT BOX FEATURED VENDOR - EARTHEN ALCHEMY •
COMPANY: EARTHEN ALCHEMY
ABOUT THEM AND WHAT THEY SELL: Earthen Alchemy is an Esoteric Apothecary that specializes in wellness for your mind body and soul. Their offerings are created with intent by an Alberta, Canada based Aromatherapist, Herbalist and Hedge Witch. They feature wildcrafted herbs and locally sourced ingredients and are inspired by the Boreal forest, pagan folklore and the greater beyond. Their offerings include apothecary goods such as lunar phase soaks and ritual oils, planetary oil blends, Deity inspired aura sprays, anointing oils, herbal tinctures, spell and craft tools, wildcrafted natural body care and more.
- WEBSITE/SHOP: http://www.earthenalchemy.ca/home.html
- INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/earthenalchemy/
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FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/earthenalchemyshoppe/
SABBAT BOX EXCLUSIVE VENDOR COUPON CODE: "MOONMAGIC"
Use the code above at EARTHEN ALCHEMY and receive 20% OFF your next purchase! Expires: 12/31/18
• HONEY ROSE BOTANICALS •
COMPANY: HONEY ROSE BOTANICALS
ABOUT THEM AND WHAT THEY SELL: Honey Rose Botanicals is a small botanical beauty company located in Philadelphia, PA. Always crafted with Mother Nature's purest ingredients and organically grown and sustainably foraged herbs.
Their mission is to create sustainable, earth friendly, cruelty free products that provide magical results one can see, smell and feel without leaving behind any trace of waste! While there is something for everyone, Honey Rose Botanicals' innate focus is feminine and witchy. Between CBD deodorants, Lucid Dreams Elixirs, Moon Phase Potions, Herbal Cough Medicine and Menstrual Salves, HRB has some buzz for every body."
- WEBSITE: https://www.honeyrosebotanical.com
- INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/honeyrosebotanicals/
- FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/HoneyRoseBotanicals/
SABBAT BOX EXCLUSIVE VENDOR COUPON CODE: "MABONMOON"
Use the code above at HONEY ROSE BOTANICALS and receive 15% OFF your next purchase! Expires: 11-1-18
• SABBAT BOX FEATURED VENDOR - LIGHT OF ANJOU •
COMPANY: LIGHT OF ANJOU
ABOUT THEM AND WHAT THEY SELL: Light of Anjou is an online witchery shop that specializes in creating handcrafted ritual oils, spell candles, herbal potions, apothecary items, occult art and more!
Located in Maine, Light of Anjou was started by Anjou. Anjou is a hedge witch toiling in herbal potions, ritual and therapeutic oils, mystical art, divination, spirit work, and magickal tools. Currently crafting out of an 1800’s farmhouse deep in the forested mountains of New England.
Anjou draws upon the power of the moon phases, the flux of elements, and the spiritual realm to craft powerful tools to help you in your witching journey. From psychic dream pillows to healing herbal potions and topicals, to ritual oils and divination tools, Light of Anjou is in and of itself a cabinet of curiosities, meant to tangle you in its web of Victorian Gothic romance, the mystery of the occult, and the magic in the deep, dark forest where the will-o-whisps dwell.
- WEBSITE/SHOP: https://www.lightofanjou.com/home/
- INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/lightofanjou/
- FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/lightofanjou/?ref=br_rs
- ETSY SHOP: https://www.etsy.com/shop/lightofanjou
• TIME •
TIME: We take pride in assembling each and every Sabbat Box by hand, no matter the amount of time it takes. We don't just throw your items inside a flat rate priority mail box like some other subscription box companies out there. We want your Sabbat Box to be delivered to you as beautifully as it left us, and it takes a tremendous amount of time to complete this task.
This includes folding the boxes together, individually cutting each sheet of tissue paper by hand, weighing out the crinkle paper for each box, designing the flyers, coupons, stickers and brochures to be printed professionally by commercial printers, individually placing each item within their corresponding bags, individually assembling the boxes, individually packing the tissue paper within each box by hand and also putting together and creating product packing. This timeframe doesn't even include the efforts made to manage the Sabbat Box website, the back end billing system, social media management, customer service inquiries, accounting, marketing, purchasing, networking, and so on. This is a labor of love and we enjoy serving the community!
We believe in what it is we are doing and we sincerely hope that each and every one of you can see that the purest of intent and utmost care goes into curating each Sabbat Box.
• OFFICIAL 2018 MABON SABBAT BOX UNBOXING VIDEO •
Don't forget to share your unboxing videos with us for Mabon here
• OTHER RESOURCES RELATING TO YOUR BOX •
MABON INFORMATION, LORE AND MORE!
We would like to thank each and every one of our suppliers, vendors, and MOST IMPORTANTLY, our members, for making Sabbat Box possible. This wouldn't even be happening if it wasn't for our members. We hope to continue to serve the Pagan community at large and continue to provide you inspiration to celebrate The Wheel of the Year! Have a Blessed Mabon!
Blessed Be,
Llyfr & Hugh
Founders of Sabbat Box
- Aeden B
- Tags: Autumnal Equinox Fall Equinox Mabon Members Only Moon Magick Moon Magick II
Mabon 2018 Sabbat Box Theme Release • Moon Magick II 1
• 2018 MABON - FALL EQUINOX SABBAT BOX THEME • MOON MAGICK •
The weather cools, a chill settling in the air. The leaves begin to turn to fiery colors: Yellow. Red. Orange. The spectrum creates a rainbow over the landscape as they fall to the ground, filling the air with an earthy scent. The autumn equinox is near.
The equinox itself is a scientifically observable event when the tilt of the earth is so that the sun passes over the earth’s equator. Because of this, the sun rises exactly east and sets exactly west rather than at a slight tilt towards the poles and we experience a near-equal day and night. This event occurs twice a year: Once at spring and once in the fall. In 2018, the Autumn Equinox will take place on September 22nd at 4:02 PM EDT.
For pagans and witches, the fall equinox is also known as Mabon, one of three harvest festivals on the Wheel of the Year. We owe the name "Mabon" itself to Aidan Kelly in the 1970s, a reference to characters, or perhaps gods, from Welsh lore. That being said, though the name is relatively new, the concept of a celebration occurring around the fall equinox is not. Oschophoria was a festival in ancient Greece that honored the grape harvest and wine. Eighteenth century Bavarians celebrated Oktoberfest in the last week of September, a festival that continues today. Even the US holiday Thanksgiving originally occurred on October 3rd, just a week and a half after the equinox. It wasn’t until 1863 that it was moved to November and 1941 before it settled on the date it is today. As such, the modern Autumn Equinox as a pagan festival is one of thanksgiving and gratitude.
Much of this thanksgiving tradition with Mabon is owed to its timing around the fall harvest. Customs of the holiday include this, creating themes of completion and goal achievement. This is a great time to reflect upon the past to see if you have reaped what you’ve sown from seeds planted in the spring. What goals did you want to achieve at the beginning of the year? Have they come to fruition? What do you need to do to find completion? This might even mean cutting your losses to move forward, much as a farmer might do with a dud crop.
Mabon altar for a Fall Equinox ritual
In addition to thanksgiving and harvest, the autumn equinox is a time of balance. The word equinox itself comes from the Latin word aequinoctium- aequus meaning equal and nox, of course, meaning night. During both the spring and fall equinox, day and night are nearly-equal. Enforcing this equilibrium is the fact that the sun enters Libra, a sign of balanced scales, on the morning of the autumn equinox. Celebrating balance means appreciating the light and dark within your life. What does the light bring you? Think of the sun, the day, the progress you make during that timeframe and what you draw to you. And what does the dark do for you? Think of letting go, of cleansing, of the night and, especially, of the moon. After all, we’re entering her jurisdiction as we travel to the darker half of the year.
Mabon has always had a close association with the moon. The full moon near the fall equinox, the Harvest Moon, is probably the most well-known. This particular full moon derives its name from the farmers working late into the night, the crops illuminated by its brilliant light. The Harvest Moon is sometimes called the Wine Moon as well because it rises in a beautiful orange-red splendor, akin to the fiery colors of the autumn leaves below. Moreover, for those that believe in the goddess, Mabon is when she officially enters her “waning” phase – another emphasis on the connection of this equinox with the moon.
But this isn’t all. As stated earlier, the equinox isn’t exactly a perfect balance of night and day – it is only nearly equal. That perfect equality, called equilux rather than equinox, occurs a few days before the actual equinox itself. We owe this offset on the day the sun passes over the equator’s plane to atmospheric diffusion and, of course, our beloved moon. Earth’s satellite causes the planet’s orbit to vary from a perfect ellipse. It’s also why we have the tilt, and thus the equinoxes, in the first place. Thus the moon has a profound effect on this sabbat in particular!
Because of the fall equinox’s especially close connection to the moon, Sabbat Box would like to announce its Mabon box theme: Moon Magick II. Our first Moon Magick themed Sabbat Box was presented on Ostara of last year. It seems only appropriate to present the second of this theme on the mirror holiday to the first. Moon Magick deals with the darkness and the ways we attempt to illuminate it, much like a candle in the night. It is spiritual, cleansing, divinatory and divine. It’s also natural, emphasizing harvested herbs akin to the harvest of the fall.
This box will assist subscribers on working with not just the Harvest Moon in its full status but every phase during this time – and throughout the year! The items you’ll discover will be educational, interactive and fully integrated with the moon herself, and will include more exclusive items just for our members. We can’t wait for our subscribers to open up this magickal box and begin harnessing the full power of the many phases of the moon this equinox!
- Marietta Williams
- Tags: Autumnal Equinox Fall Equinox Mabon Moon Magick Moon Magick II Sabbat Box Theme
Discover the 2018 Lammas-Lughnasadh Sabbat Box • Shamanic Connection 13
• 2018 LAMMAS SABBAT BOX • SHAMANIC CONNECTION • BOX BREAKDOWN •
Hail and Welcome, Sabbat Box Members and Friends!
Lughnasadgh, the Gaelic festival and feast celebrating the first harvest is upon us! For this year's Lammas Box, we looked at the connection between the first harvest and the world of the first spiritual practitioners, Shaman. We hope that with this year's Sabbat Box for Lammas, you are able to connect with the Sabbat in a unique way, while also enjoying the fruits of your labor and the joy of abundance that this beloved Sabbat represents.
- As some of you may know, we are currently at our maximum membership capacity at Sabbat Box. We have implemented a waiting list for those interested in joining when membership positions become available. You can join the waiting list here.
- Do you or someone you know make a product that would appeal to the Pagan community? Are you looking to launch a product or get your product in front of a large audience? If so, lets talk! Sabbat Box is always looking for new vendors and suppliers that create unique items to feature inside an upcoming Sabbat Box. Sabbat Box is a great way for people to find out about you, your product or your company. Whether you are looking to advertise inside the box or wish to feature a product within a box, we would love to hear from you. Register to become a Sabbat Box Supplier/Advertiser today.
• BOX SYNOPSIS •
All of the items that we curated for you inside this box correspond with -or- may help assist you with the following forms of magick:
- Help to aid with meditation
- Purification
- Spiritual cleansing and healing
- Offerings and divination
- Helps one to incorporate different tools that come directly from the earth into your practice
For this year’s Lammas Sabbat Box, we wanted to highlight the reliance on the earth by focusing on the original, human-spirit connection method: shamanism. While the most familiar picture of shamanism for many of us refers to the indigenous peoples of North America, shamans have extisted under different titles and names in every part of the globe from the beginning of human history. These early practitioners were the medicine people, the advisors, the knowing members of their group or tribe who were revered and honored highly in those cultures, Shamanism generally refers to practicing higher states of consciousness (sometimes through mind-altering plants and substances called entheogens) as a means of connecting to the Otherworld or Divine. Shamans would enter altered states of consciousness, reaching a state referred to as ecstasy, which in this state would divine messages and help provide guidancefor their people. Dancing, singing, drumming, storytelling, and ritual reenactments of important events were just some of what ancient (and modern) shamans throughout the world have done in their practice. Shamans were also the first spiritual practitioners who incorportated ritual tools and objects from the earth into their practices.
We at Sabbat Box--who are committed to introducing and providing tools to modern-day practitioners--seek to honor these ancient practitioners with this year’s Lammas Sabbat box theme, Shamanic Connection. We have curated a collection of items that we hope will give deference to shamanic practice and how it has informed our own modern spell craft and ritual practice. At this time of year, with our focus on the gifts of the earthand our place in it, we hope that this year’s Lammas Sabbat Box might bring you a little closer to the earliest roots of Pagan practice and the Earth on which we live.
Much like the gifts of sustenance the earth provides us during harvest season, the earth alone can lend us all that we need to allow us to further strengthen our bond with it, to further nourish our spirit, and bring us closer the divine.
• SHAMAN WISDOM ORACLE CARD SET WITH GOLD BAG •
ITEM 1: ORACLE DECK.........$22.95
• WHAT: Shaman Wisdom Oracle Card Set by Leita Richesson (w/Gold Bag)
• WHO MAKES IT?: US Games
• WHERE CAN I GET IT?: Available at US Games or at The Sabbat Box Store
• WHY WOULD I WANT IT?: This oracle deck is meant to provide a unique addition to your daily divinatory pursuits, while also acting as a standard oracle deck that can be used for standard readings.
BREAKDOWN
The Shaman Wisdom Card/Oracle deck is sure to catch the eye of many of our subscribers as it touts itself as a daily insight and medication deck inspired by Native American wisdom and shamanic practices. While the deck itself is non-specific to any one tradition or Native American tribe, we believe it serves as a launch point for those interested in earth-centered teachings and beliefs.
Each Shaman Wisdom deck has 65 cards divided into groups of different trees, moons, stones, plants, animals and directions. Cards 1–12 represent the twelve moons, or twelve astrological months of the year. The accompanying booklet gives the dates of the moon period with a short description of the cards’ intent. The next twelve cards depict the 12 animal sisters; animals such as the eagle and the buffalo that are considered spiritual helpers. There are twelve cards that relate to plants, twelve trees, ten sacred stones, and seven great directions.
Use it to familiarize yourself with the basic concepts of earth based spirituality and expand your knowledge. This deck is produced by US Games Inc, one of the largest publishers of tarot decks, oracle decks and inspirational decks, who is celebrating their 50th anniversary this year! Some of the most popular tarot decks are published by this company and they hold a variety of awards centered around divination.
• SMUDGE SET WITH RITUAL HORN BOWL, GUINEA FOWL FEATHER AND SMUDGE STICKS •
ITEM 2: SMUDGE SET.............$21.50
• WHAT: Smudging Set with Guinea Fowl Feather, Horn Bowl, and Smudge Sticks
• WHO MAKES IT?: Assembled via Eclectic Artisans
• WHERE CAN I GET IT?: Available individually at the Sabbat Box Store
• WHY WOULD I WANT IT?: These ritual tools are are great way to cleanse, protect, and purify a space as an honor to the practice of those who came before us.
BREAKDOWN
Smoke cleansing in some Native American practices is known as smudging, a multi-day ritual that involves fasting and certain preparations each unique to the tribes who practice it. That being said, smoke cleansing is universal to all cultures! This smoke cleansing set (smudging set) was included to assist our members with just that.
The first item of note is a bowl that is made of polished water buffalo horn. Native to Asia and China, the water buffalo horns utilized for this bowl are ethically salvaged. Use the bowl as a means of catching ashes from your herb bundle or as its own offering bowl.
Next is a Guinea Fowl feather. Related to the chicken, Guinea Fowls are native to Africa and have a unique reputation for pest control. They’re nature’s natural cleansers! Use the feather to gently direct the smoke of your smudge stick or herb cleansing bundle as another offering on your altar.
Finally, a set of 3 Lavender, Sage and Cedar smudge sticks complete your set. The combination of sage and cedar promotes protection while hints of lavender encourage relaxation. Burn this bundle to reset your space and tools or even cleanse your self! All of the herbs within this bundle are ethically sourced by a Native American Cooperative via Windrose Trading Company. Overall, this smoke cleansing kit is a wonderful way for you to connect with the earth around you during this earth-centered harvest.
• SHAMAN STONES (MOQUI BALL) SET WITH INFO CARD AND BAG •
ITEM 3: SHAMAN STONES.........$12.95
• WHAT: Shaman Stone Set (a.k.a. Moqui Ball Set)
• WHO MAKES IT?: Curated by Sabbat Box
• WHERE CAN I GET IT?: Available at the Sabbat Box Store
• WHY WOULD I WANT IT?: These curious, naturally formed stone deposits hold a special meaning to many for their vibrational qualities to calm and focus the mind.
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In keeping with the earth based practices of this box, we are including a set of Moqui Marbles. These naturally-forming hematite concentrations are found throughout the Moqui Desert in Utah. Each stone is comprised of a sandstone core with a hematite shell. Hematite is known for its magical uses involving stability and concentration, and sandstone has multiple uses including concentration, community and unification, traits which also follow the way the stone is formed.
Shaman Stones/Moqui Balls are commonly used in gendered pairs and are held in each hand to promote grounding, balance, and focus during meditation or Shamanic journeying. They are believed to also help with discovering or further connecting with your spirit guides or animal totems, as well as enhance one's psychic abilities.
• HAND BLENDED PALO SANTO RITUAL CLEARING SPRAY •
ITEM 4: CLEARING SPRAY..........$4.99
• WHAT: Hand Blended Palo Santo Clearing Spray
• WHO MAKES IT?: Sun’s Eye
• WHERE CAN I GET IT?: Available via Sun's Eye or at The Sabbat Box Store
• WHY WOULD I WANT IT?: This convenient form of smudging and clearing provides a means to help purify and refreshen your sacred space or room.
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Palo Santo, also known as Holy Wood, is a wild tree native to Central and South American coasts. For centuries, these trees have been used for purifying and spiritual cleansing in various South American Shamanic traditions. Use this spray to cleanse any sacred spaces, a magical tool before your Lammas ritual, or as a perfume to set the scene. Palo Santo has a light baked apples or burnt sugar smell that’s sure to please! Some use it as a replacement for sage if they are particularly sensitive to it as well. This product is handcrafted by Sun’s Eye, a metaphysical perfumery offering a range of ethical, vegan and chemical-free oils, sprays, and other ritual items.
• HAND CRAFTED EGG SHAKERS/MARACAS •
ITEM 5: EGG SHAKER.........$6.95
• WHAT: Handmade Egg Shaped Maraca/Shaker
• WHO MAKES IT?: Sourced via Eclectic Artisans
• WHERE CAN I GET IT?: Available at the Sabbat Box Store
• WHY WOULD I WANT IT?: These little egg shaped instruments make for a wonderful way to create sound and rhythm for meditation, mental focus exercises, space clearing, and shamanic journeys.
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The wooden egg shaker is an easy-to-learn instrument originating from Latin America and available in most music shops around the globe. Similar to maracas, the egg shaker can be used to add percussion to your harvest ritual or drum circle.
The traditional egg shape is representative of the womb, life, fertility, and birth, and can be used to encourage the fertility of the earth and the growth of the crops. You can also use them to represent the pace of your beating heart during shamanic journeys or astral projection, and in combination with smudging or prior to rituals as a form of spiritual cleansing through sound. Made from a wooden shell filled with seeds and decorated with plant-like patterns, this instrument adds to the earthy energy to your practices.
• SMUDGING PRAYER PARCHMENT/BOOK OF SHADOWS PAGE •
ITEM 6: SMUDGING PARCHMENT...............$1.95
• WHAT: Smudging Prayer Parchment/Book of Shadoows Page
• WHO MAKES IT?: Azure Green
• WHERE CAN I GET IT?: Available at the Sabbat Box Store
• WHY WOULD I WANT IT?: A lovely prayer or incantation to use while clearing or cleansing a space with smoke or spray.
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While smudging is a heavily-involved multi-day smoke cleansing ritual native to some indigenous tribes, smoke cleansing is universal and commonly applied to most practices. The prayer included on this parchment is perfect to use with your smudging kit!
This 8.5 x 11” parchment scroll will also make a beautiful addition to any altar or ritual space, with wording that encourages the cleansing of the mind, body and soul. Break down each statement provided on the prayer and utilize it as part of your Lammas ritual or as a precursor to it.
• PACKING & SHIPPING •
PACKING & SHIPPING: Part of the costs of your box include the box and the packing material itself. The items listed below account for a good portion of the overall costs for the Lammas Sabbat Boxes. Each Lammas Sabbat Box is lined with paper padding and wrapping to add to the surprise of what we’ve curated for you. Shipping is also included in the total price for Sabbat Boxes. The average cost to ship boxes is roughly $9.50. Also, we here at Sabbat Box wish to be as environmentally friendly that we can be and do our best to source packing supplies and material from companies that have the same beliefs we do, in that we want to make as little of an impact as possible on the environment, while also keeping the content of your boxes safe as they make their journey to you.
BOXES: Your boxes where made from high quality corrugated paper and are 100% recyclable. Please try to find another use for your box. They are 9x9x3 on the inside. You could decorate your box to hold some magickal supplies or use it again to ship something to someone or save it for another time when you may need it. If you have to get rid of it, please try to recycle it.
BROCHURES: Your brochures are printed on recyclable 16pt paper, which is sourced from sustainable forests.
TISSUE PAPER & FILLING: The brown tissue paper is made from 100% recycled paper and is recyclable. The colored filler inside each box is made from scraps of recycled colored crinkle paper and is biodegradable. The filler comes from an eco-friendly, woman owned company.
STICKERS: The stickers found within your boxes where printed on vinyl with a gloss laminate.
• SABBAT BOX SAVINGS & COUPONS •
SAVINGS:
Part of our goal is to provide a number of items to our members at a value far above what individuals can purchase on their own. When you add up all of the items inside your Lammas Sabbat Box, as well as costs for shipping and packaging, you are saving over $34.00. We believe this to be another good reason to be a member. Also, each box we create helps to support Pagan run businesses and their employees. Sabbat Box looks forward to continuing to stay within our mission to work with other Pagan businesses to supply products for each box.
LAMMAS SABBAT BOX PRICE BREAKDOWN
• Total MSRP of items inside: $71.29
• Total Savings on this box: $25.34
• Total Shipping Savings: $9.50
• Grand Total In Savings: $34.84
Our members helped to support 6 small/Pagan run businesses with their Sabbat Box membership! We work with other Pagans and Pagan owned businesses within the community to purchase, curate and supply the items featured within our boxes. In the end, we want to help the community grow and share our business with companies that share our same values and standards.
• TIME •
TIME: We take pride in assembling each and every Sabbat Box by hand, no matter the amount of time it takes. We don't just throw your items inside a flat rate priority mail box like some other subscription box companies out there. We want your Sabbat Box to be delivered to you as beautifully as it left us, and it takes a tremendous amount of time to complete this task.
This includes folding the boxes together, individually cutting each sheet of tissue paper by hand, weighing out the crinkle paper for each box, designing the flyers, coupons, stickers and brochures to be printed professionally by commercial printers, individually placing each item within their corresponding bags, individually assembling the boxes, individually packing the tissue paper within each box by hand and also putting together and creating product packing. This timeframe doesn't even include the efforts made to manage the Sabbat Box website, the back end billing system, social media management, customer service inquiries, accounting, marketing, purchasing, networking, and so on. This is a labor of love and we enjoy serving the community!
We believe in what it is we are doing and we sincerely hope that each and every one of you can see that the purest of intent and utmost care goes into curating each Sabbat Box.
• OFFICIAL 2018 LAMMAS SABBAT BOX UNBOXING VIDEO •
Don't forget to share your unboxing videos with us for Lammas here
• OTHER RESOURCES RELATING TO YOUR BOX AND THE SABBAT •
LAMMAS INFORMATION, LORE AND MORE!
We would like to thank each and every one of our suppliers, vendors, and MOST IMPORTANTLY, our members, for making Sabbat Box possible. This wouldn't even be happening if it wasn't for our members. We hope to continue to serve the Pagan community at large and continue to provide you inspiration to celebrate The Wheel of the Year! Have a Blessed Lammas!
Blessed Be,
Llyfr & Hugh
Founders of Sabbat Box
- Aeden B
- Tags: Lammas Lughnasadh Members Only Shamanic Connection
Lammas 2018 Sabbat Box Theme Release • Shamanic Connection 1
• 2018 LAMMAS - LUGHNASADH SABBAT BOX THEME • SHAMANIC CONNECTION •
“Shamanism has been defined as the first religion. It existed prior to the earliest civilizations, before our ancestors took the first steps down the long journey to the present. Prior to this time, the shamans were the medicine people, the power wielders, male and female. They wrought magick and spoke to the spirits of nature” — Scott Cunningham, Chapter 1: Wicca and Shamanism, from the book Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner.
Rolling storms and blazing, humid days. The sweat dripping from your temple and the distorted waves of heat rising from the scorched pavement. In the spring, the seeds were planted. Through the summer, we toiled over the crops. As the fields of corn and wheat glisten in the searing August sun, their stalks ripe with grain, they await their final goal: The first harvest of August Eve.
Also known as Lughnasadh or Lammas, this holiday is ripe with history. Lughnasadh is a Gaelic festival and feast said to have been started by the god Lugh. A celebration of the funeral of his mother Tailtiu who died clearing the Irish fields for crops, athletic games were competed in her honor. The festival would also include trial marriages of a year and a day, and massive dinners of the first harvest’s grains and berries would be enjoyed by all. Also associated with August Eve is the English and Scottish holiday of Lammas. Known as the Gule of August in medieval times, Lammas Day was a festival marking the annual wheat and corn harvest. Loaves were blessed and broken into four parts to protect harvested grain in barns while fresh stalks of wheat were gifted to landlords and friends.
Contemporary August Eve celebrations rely heavily on wheat and corn, crops pinnacle to modern civilization. Loaves of bread grace our holiday feasts while corn dolls are made from the husks of the first harvest. As a harvest holiday, we reap what we sow: Goals set in the beginning of the year are coming to realization. We take inventory of our lives and find gratitude in the path we’ve traveled, paved by our ancestors before us. In fact, the ancestral land, the earth, is a quintessential part of Lammas. Without it, we would have no agriculture, no crops and no harvest. Life as we know it would not exist. We owe everything to the earth and those who came before us.
For this year’s Lammas Sabbat Box, we wanted to highlight this reliance on the earth by focusing on the original human-spirit connection method: shamanism. While the most familiar picture of shamanism for many refers to the indigenous peoples of North America, shamans have existed under different titles and names in every part of the globe from the beginning of human history. These early practitioners were the medicine people, the advisors, the knowing members of their group or tribe who were revered and honored highly in those cultures. Shamanism at the core of its meaning generally refers to practicing higher states of consciousness as a means of connecting to the Otherworld or Divine. Shamans would enter altered states of consciousness through many trance inducing methods, reaching a state referred to as ecstasy, which would in turn help to divine messages for the shaman which further helped to provide guidance for their people. Dancing, singing, drumming, storytelling, and ritual reenactments of important events were just some of what ancient (and modern) shamans throughout the world have done in their practice, both in celebration or reverence of the earth and divine, and to also promote higher states of consciousness.
Shamans were also the first spiritual practitioners who incorporated ritual tools and objects from the earth into their practice, the drum for example (made of animal hide and wood) being one of the original, or herbs, which were dried and then burnt as offering being another. We at Sabbat Box are committed to introducing and providing inspiration to modern-day practitioners while revering and seeking to honor the traditions of those who came before us with this year’s Lammas Sabbat Box theme: Shamanic Connection.
The inspiration behind this year’s Lammas box theme was to curate a box of products that are physically “of or from the earth.” In essence, gifts provided to us that we could use and implement into our own practices…the same way a “Shaman” or any of the original “earth based spiritual practitioners” would have. We did this in a symbolic effort to tie in the connection between the “gifts” of the harvest, and to also tie in the connection of our general ancestral roots as well.
Much like the gifts of sustenance the earth provides us during harvest season, the earth alone can lend us all that we need to allow us to further strengthen our bond with it, to further nourish our spirit, and bring us closer the divine.
*NOTE: The items that are found within this year's Lammas box are not intended to teach anyone how to be a "shaman," nor are they intended to teach any specific spiritual practice that coincides with Indigenous tribes or cultures. We wish to provide items that are inspired by the original spiritual practitioners who would use these gifts of the earth and to incorporate these gifts into your own spiritual practices. At this time of year, with our focus on the gifts of the earth and our place in it, we hope that this year’s Lammas Sabbat Box might bring you a little closer to the earliest roots of spiritual practice and the Earth on which we live.
- Aeden B
- Tags: August Eve Lammas Lughnasadh Sabbat Box Theme
Discover the 2018 Midsummer Sabbat Box • Herbal Witchery 2 17
• 2018 MIDSUMMER SABBAT BOX • HERBAL WITCHERY • BOX BREAKDOWN •
Hail and Welcome, Sabbat Box Members and Friends!
Summer Solstice is here, and that means it’s time to celebrate Litha and all the blessings that it brings. As the daylight rules our lives at this time of year, we at Sabbat Box wanted to bring some its greener fruits to you in a collection of items that pertain and assist in herbal magick and green spellwork. While the summer is full of activity and growth, we mirror the world around us and bring light and energy to all that we do.
- As some of you may know, we are currently at our maximum membership capacity at Sabbat Box. We have implemented a waiting list for those interested in joining when membership positions become available. You can join the waiting list here.
- Do you or someone you know make a product that would appeal to the Pagan community? Are you looking to launch a product or get your product in front of a large audience? If so, lets talk! Sabbat Box is always looking for new vendors and suppliers that create unique items to feature inside an upcoming Sabbat Box. Sabbat Box is a great way for people to find out about you, your product or your company. Whether you are looking to advertise inside the box or wish to feature a product within a box, we would love to hear from you. Register to become a Sabbat Box Supplier/Advertiser today.
• BOX SYNOPSIS •
All of the items that we curated for you inside this box correspond with -or- may help assist you with the following forms of magick:
- Herb Magick
- Hedge Witchery
- Green Witchery
- Protection/Purification
- Using herbs in unique applications and in different methods to aid in your spiritual practice
The sun. The center of our solar system. Our life force. Without the sun, we wouldn’t be here. We rely on our star to light the way in the darkness of the universe, to provide warmth and comfort and to grow our food and, of course, our herbs. Historical pagans placed a great emphasis on the use of herbs for medicine and magick. From the use of bay leaves by the Greek oracles of Delphi to reach a trance state, to the cunning woman living on the outskirts of a European town (providing herbal medicine to the sick townspeople), herbs are infused as a part of our history. When focusing on such a historically significant holiday here at Sabbat Box, we wanted to use a theme that not only celebrated the sun’s hard work but also tied in its historical beliefs. With its major popularity last year, we decided to give it another go for Litha and do an Herbal Witchery--part two!
• GREEN WITCHES' HERB CHEST •
ITEM 1: HERB/APOTHECARY CHEST.........$15.95
• WHAT: Sabbat Box’s Green Witches’ Herb Chest
• WHO MAKES IT?: Sabbat Box
• WHERE CAN I GET IT?: Available at The Sabbat Box Store
• WHY WOULD I WANT IT?: This handsome set is a great way to collect and store your own herbal gatherings.
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Each 4x6” wooden box is hand carved with floral vines and includes three corked glass vials perfect for storing your herbs, oils, concoctions or tinctures. Each box also comes with a pocket guide to collecting herbs. Additionally, you’ll find three blank custom-printed labels decorated for Litha with corn flowers, sunflowers and witchy herbs. Whether plucking herbs from your garden or foraging in a local forest, this gives the aspiring herbalist a starter’s kit to begin their own apothecary and the experienced witch a beautiful addition to theirs. Use the vials to store your herbs for later use or set this box filled with herbs on your altar as an offering.
• BLESSED HERBAL FLOOR SWEEPS •
ITEM 2: FLOOR SWEEPS..........$12.00
• WHAT: Hand blended Blessed Herbal Floor Sweep
• WHO MAKES IT?: The Barefoot Witchery
• WHERE CAN I GET IT?: Available at The Barefoot Witchery or the Sabbat Box Store
• WHY WOULD I WANT IT?: These Hoodoo floor sweeps are a great way to incorporate herbs and herbal magick into your purification and cleansing rituals.
EXCLUSIVE VENDOR COUPON CODE: "SABBATBOX"
Use the code above at The Barefoot Witchery and receive 30% OFF your next purchase!
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When preparing for Midsummer, you may find yourself giving your house a good scrub-down. What better way to add a little extra spiritual spark to your housework routine than with this floor sweep from The Barefoot Witchery. Each package contains an herbal blend used to cleanse and bless the home while promoting love, communication, protection and comfort.
Common to Hoodoo practices, floor sweeps are a way of combining the mundane with the magical. Sherry Scott, the owner of The Barefoot Witchery, is a Hoodoo Practitioner herself and has a variety of suggestions on how to use Hoodoo floor sweeps in your spiritual practices. Help your guests feel at home and welcome in your space by sprinkling the herbs across your floor before sweeping or vacuuming them up. You can dispose of the remains by sweeping it out your door, flushing them down your toilet or pouring the herbal dust bunnies into your garbage bag. Some might even brew an herbal floor sweep mixture like they would a tea and add it to mop water. For an extra use, pour the brewed herbs into a spray bottle and cleanse other surfaces in your home, from your kitchen table to your stove, or even a sacred altar surface.
ABOUT THE VENDOR:
The Barefoot Witchery Shoppe was started by Sherry Scott in Osage Hills, Oklahoma. The Barefoot Witchery is an online pagan supplies store specializing in ritual and Hoodoo supplies.
Learn more about this vendor in the featured vendors section below...
• RITUAL RUE WATER •
ITEM 3: RUE WATER.........$12.95
• WHAT: Anjou’s custom made ritual Rue Water
• WHO MAKES IT?: Light of Anjou
• WHERE CAN I GET IT?: Available at Light of Anjou or the Sabbat Box Store
• WHY WOULD I WANT IT?: This traditional concoction is quite the versatile herbal tool in any pagan’s apothecary.
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This authentic rue water by Light of Anjou was made specially for our Herbal Witchery box. Made up of distilled water, rue infused vodka, essential oils of rue, lavender, lime, and citronella, and is also infused with black tourmaline chips. It is a unique twist to a traditional recipe.
Because of rue’s diverse historical and magickal significance in legend and lore within cultures all around the world, we wanted to find a way to include it within our boxes. One of the more common yet practical ritual applications it is commonly used in combination with today is making rue water with it (especially within Voodoo, Hoodoo, Santeria and Wicca).
Rue water itself has a variety of uses; from protection to purification, success to healing, to spell breaking or road opening. It is particularly known for its ability to break evil eye, attract customers, and bring good fortune. With Anjou’s extra addition of tourmaline (a stone known for its shielding and protective properties), it helps to enforce the protective and cleaning aspects of this specific infusion. Add a tiny drop to floor washes or ritual baths, trace your circle with it to protect yourself during your Litha ritual, or use around your home to garner protection. Located in Maine, Light of Anjou is an online witchery shop specializing in ritual tools and spell supplies.
ABOUT THE VENDOR:
Located in Monroe, Maine, Light of Anjou is a witchery shop specializing in herbal potions, ritual and therapeutic oils, mystical art, divination, and magickal tools. Anjou draws upon the power of the moon phase and the flux of elements to craft powerful tools to help you in your witching journey.
Learn more about this vendor in the featured vendors section below...
• SACRED BLESSEDINGS HERBAL STICK INCENSE •
ITEM 4: STICK INCENSE..........$6.50
• WHAT: Hand Crafted Stick Incense
• WHO MAKES IT?: Herbal Moon Apothecary
• WHERE CAN I GET IT?: A vailable from the Herbal Moon Apothecary or The Sabbat Box Store
• WHY WOULD I WANT IT?: These potent stick incense are handmade and feature purifying summertime herbs!
EXCLUSIVE VENDOR COUPON CODE: "SABBATBOX"
Use the code above at Herbal Moon Apothecary and receive 20% OFF your next purchase!
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One of the main reasons we included these incense in our box was Herbal Moon Apothecary’s dedication to eco-friendly products. Made with charcoal and bamboo instead of paraben and petroleum, these offer an all-natural alternative to the synthetic material often found in other incense sticks.
Another reason for their inclusion was their herbal connection. Each stick is handcrafted with a blend of three sacred herbs that flourish during the summer: rosemary, lavender and sage. Use them to clear your sacred space before your solstice ritual or burn it on an altar as an offering to the entity of your choice.
Sacred Blessings Incense By Herbal Moon Apothecary
ABOUT THE VENDOR:
Herbal Moon Apothecary is a small family-based business located in the lush woodlands of the Pacific Northwest offering eco-friendly bath and body products as well as esoteric products.
Learn more about this vendor in the featured vendors section below...
• SOLAR MAGICK WITCHING HERBS •
ITEM 5: TREE AGATE CRYSTAL SET.........$7.95
• WHAT: Sabbat Box’s Solar Magick Witching Herbs
• WHO MAKES IT?: By Sabbat Box
• WHERE CAN I GET IT?: Available the Sabbat Box Store
• WHY WOULD I WANT IT?: This small tin of herbs is a convenient way to incorporate all the correspondent herbs of summer and the power of the sun into your ritual or spellwork.
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We strive for versatility in the use of the items procured for each box and nothing is more versatile than an all encompassing witching herb blend! Utilize your 2 ounce tin of herbs as an offering for an entity or you can sprinkle it on a charcoal briquette to burn as a loose incense. Add the herbs to a carrier oil to apply them to candles for ritual use, or sprinkle them in your tub to create a Midsummer bath. The herbs included are infused with solar magick, ranging from the citrus of the orange peel to the liveliness of lemongrass, from the summery corn flower to the tropical tree resin, copal. Each set of herbs was hand blended in house by us here at Sabbat Box.
Each Witching Herb Blend Comes With:
- Calendula
- Copal
- Cornflower
- Lavender
- Lemongrass
- Orange peel
- Rosemary
- Vervain
- White sage
- Yarrow
• MOSS AGATE CRYSTAL SET •
ITEM 6: STONE SET...............$2.00
• WHAT: Moss Agate Crystal Set with Info Card and Bag
• WHO MAKES IT?: Sabbat Box
• WHERE CAN I GET IT?: Available at the Sabbat Box Store
• WHY WOULD I WANT IT?: The perfect crystal for the budding green witch.
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Known as “the Gardener’s Stone,” moss agate is associated with plants and herbs. It even looks like a plant itself with its moss-like texture, hence its name. Place this stone in your garden to promote the growth of plants or use it on your Midsummer altar to honor the fertility of the earth.
• 9 HEALING HERBS PARCHMENT •
ITEM 7: PARCHMENT...............$1.95
• WHAT: Book of Shadows Parchment
• WHO MAKES IT?: Azure Green
• WHERE CAN I GET IT?: Available at the Sabbat Box Store or from Azure Green.
• WHY WOULD I WANT IT?: This beautiful guide of the sacred healing herbs of old is a great addition to a ritual display or into your Book of Shadows.
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Give your herbal education a boost with this parchment from Azure Green. Each herb included is a common healing herb that grows during the summer months. Frame this as an altar decoration, cut the correspondences out as herbal labels or place this in your Book of Shadows for reference later.
Healing Herbs Book of Shadows Page
• PACKING & SHIPPING •
PACKING & SHIPPING: Part of the costs of your box include the box and the packing material itself. The items listed below account for a good portion of the overall costs for the Midsummer Sabbat Boxes. Each Midsummer Sabbat Box is lined with paper padding and wrapping to add to the surprise of what we’ve curated for you. Shipping is also included in the total price for Sabbat Boxes. The average cost to ship boxes is roughly $9.50. Also, we here at Sabbat Box wish to be as environmentally friendly that we can be and do our best to source packing supplies and material from companies that have the same beliefs we do, in that we want to make as little of an impact as possible on the environment, while also keeping the content of your boxes safe as they make their journey to you.
BOXES: Your boxes where made from high quality corrugated paper and are 100% recyclable. Please try to find another use for your box. They are 9x9x3 on the inside. You could decorate your box to hold some magickal supplies or use it again to ship something to someone or save it for another time when you may need it. If you have to get rid of it, please try to recycle it.
BROCHURES: Your brochures are printed on recyclable 16pt paper, which is sourced from sustainable forests.
TISSUE PAPER & FILLING: The green tissue paper is made from 100% recycled paper and is recyclable. The colored filler inside each box is made from scraps of recycled colored crinkle paper and is biodegradable. The filler comes from an eco friendly, woman owned company.
STICKERS: The stickers found within your boxes where printed on vinyl with a gloss laminate.
• SABBAT BOX SAVINGS & COUPONS •
SAVINGS:
Part of our goal is to provide a number of items to our members at a value far above what individuals can purchase on their own. When you add up all of the items inside your MIDSUMMER Sabbat Box, as well as costs for shipping and packaging, you are saving over $20.00. We believe this to be another good reason to be a member. Also, each box we create helps to support Pagan run businesses and their employees. Sabbat Box looks forward to continuing to stay within our mission to work with other Pagan businesses to supply products for each box.
MIDSUMMER SABBAT BOX PRICE BREAKDOWN
• Total MSRP of items inside: $59.60
• Total Savings on this box: $13.35
• Total Shipping Savings: $9.50
• Grand Total In Savings: $22.85
Our members helped to support 5 small/Pagan run businesses with their Sabbat Box membership! We work with other Pagans and Pagan owned businesses within the community to purchase, curate and supply the items featured within our boxes. In the end, we want to help the community grow and share our business with companies that share our same values and standards.
• SABBAT BOX FEATURED VENDOR - THE BAREFOOT WITCHERY •
COMPANY: THE BAREFOOT WITCHERY
ABOUT THEM AND WHAT THEY SELL: The Barefoot Witchery is an online Hoodoo supplies store located in Osage Hills, Oklahoma, that specializes in creating handcrafted Hoodoo oils, candle fixing blends, dusts, dirts and powders, spiritual baths, and more!
ABOUT THE OWNER:
My name is Sherry Scott, sole proprietor of the Barefoot Witchery Shoppe, and I began my studies in the metaphysical properties and magickal uses of herbs, roots, and gemstones in order to help myself and my family, and to make unique items that I felt could help others in spiritual ways. My path led me to the Hoodoo traditions, and the old traditional ways of folk magick resonates with me and reflects in my products, which are practical, purposeful, and effective. Since we opened in 2013, the Barefoot Witchery Shoppe has strived to offer only the best handmade products available with the best quality ingredients. We offer a wide range of quality oils, herbal blends, and professional Rootwork services and readings.
Our newest offering, Blessed Herbal Floor Sweep can help you take care of the energy in your home with some Hoodoo Housecleaning, as I like to call it. It is a simple, straightforward, and powerful blend that I first developed for my own home and use often. Care and dedication goes into everything we offer, and I hope that we can be a blessing to you. I believe that with persistence and faith, anything is possible.
- WEBSITE/SHOP: http://www.barefootwitcheryshoppe.com
- INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/the_barefoot_witchery_shoppe/
- FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/TheBarefootWitcheryShoppe
- PINTEREST: https://www.pinterest.com/sherryscott/the-barefoot-witchery-shoppe/
SABBAT BOX EXCLUSIVE VENDOR COUPON CODE: "SABBATBOX"
Use the code above at The Barefoot Witchery and receive 30% OFF your next purchase!
• HERBAL MOON APOTHECARY •
COMPANY: HERBAL MOON APOTHECARY
ABOUT THEM AND WHAT THEY SELL: Located in Puyallup, Washington, Herbal Moon Apothecary, is a small husband and wife team that creates all natural, organic herbal remedies, organic skin care products, and herbal apothecary items that honor the earth and nourish the body.
From Herbal Moon Apothecary's Website:
Herbal Moon has thrived over the years and is now known for their high quality ingredients that incorporate the natural healing cycles of Mother Earth. They strive to use their own homegrown plants and ethically foraged ingredients whenever possible and consciously craft each creation in small batches that incorporate crystals, herbs and lunar infusions. "Our small family business strives to create natural, organic products that honor the earth and nourish the body. Each of our herbal creations are handcrafted and infused with love and healing intentions that incorporate the natural rhythms and cycles of mother earth."
- WEBSITE: https://www.herbalmoonapothecary.com
- INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/herbalmoonapothecary/
- FACEBOOK: https://facebook.com/herbalmoonapothecary
• SABBAT BOX FEATURED VENDOR - LIGHT OF ANJOU •
COMPANY: LIGHT OF ANJOU
ABOUT THEM AND WHAT THEY SELL: Light of Anjou is an online witchery shop that specializes in creating handcrafted ritual oils, spell candles, herbal potions, apothecary items, occult art and more!
Located in Maine, Light of Anjou was started by Anjou. Anjou is a hedge witch toiling in herbal potions, ritual and therapeutic oils, mystical art, divination, spirit work, and magickal tools. Currently crafting out of an 1800’s farmhouse deep in the forested mountains of New England.
Anjou draws upon the power of the moon phases, the flux of elements, and the spiritual realm to craft powerful tools to help you in your witching journey. From psychic dream pillows to healing herbal potions and topicals, to ritual oils and divination tools, Light of Anjou is in and of itself a cabinet of curiosities, meant to tangle you in its web of Victorian Gothic romance, the mystery of the occult, and the magic in the deep, dark forest where the will-o-whisps dwell.
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TIME: We take pride in assembling each and every Sabbat Box by hand, no matter the amount of time it takes. We don't just throw your items inside a flat rate priority mail box like some other subscription box companies out there. We want your Sabbat Box to be delivered to you as beautifully as it left us, and it takes a tremendous amount of time to complete this task.
This includes folding the boxes together, individually cutting each sheet of tissue paper by hand, weighing out the crinkle paper for each box, designing the flyers, coupons, stickers and brochures to be printed professionally by commercial printers, individually placing each item within their corresponding bags, individually assembling the boxes, individually packing the tissue paper within each box by hand and also putting together and creating product packing. This timeframe doesn't even include the efforts made to manage the Sabbat Box website, the back end billing system, social media management, customer service inquiries, accounting, marketing, purchasing, networking, and so on. This is a labor of love and we enjoy serving the community!
We believe in what it is we are doing and we sincerely hope that each and every one of you can see that the purest of intent and utmost care goes into curating each Sabbat Box.
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We would like to thank each and every one of our suppliers, vendors, and MOST IMPORTANTLY, our members, for making Sabbat Box possible. This wouldn't even be happening if it wasn't for our members. We hope to continue to serve the Pagan community at large and continue to provide you inspiration to celebrate The Wheel of the Year! Have a Blessed Midsummer!
Blessed Be,
Llyfr & Hugh
Founders of Sabbat Box
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Midsummer 2018 Sabbat Box Theme Release • Herbal Witchery #2 0
• MIDSUMMER SABBAT BOX THEME • HERBAL WITCHERY #2 •
MIDSUMMER SABBAT BOXES ARE SCHEDULED TO SHIP: JUNE 8
The world grows warmer, the days longer and the trees greener. The sun rises high overhead towards the noon-hour as the Wheel of the Year turns once again. Here, we find ourselves nearing the Summer Solstice. But what’s in a word? “Solstice” comes from Latin root words “sol” and “sistere.”
Sol. Sun.
Sistere. Stopped.
Quite literally, “solstice” translates to “the day the sun stood still.” Looking back at what our ancestors must have thought, it’s no surprise as to why! On the solstice, the sun seems to simply stop at the height of the day, hanging in the summer sky.
Ancient Egyptians may have observed the solstice as it corresponded with the Nile’s rise, offering prediction for flooding. Some Greek calendars used the Summer Solstice to mark the start of their new year. Romans celebrated Vestalia, a holiday where married women could enter temples designated for virgins only in order to make offerings to the goddess of the home, Vesta. Ancient Europeans celebrated the solstice with bonfires to add to the sun’s growing energy, encouraging a bountiful harvest. And, of course, we have a number of ancient structures that align with the Summer Solstice, including the ever-popular Stonehenge.
Modern pagans celebrate the solstice as part of the Wheel of the Year, an adaptation of eight ancient pagan holidays of significance. Also known as Litha and Midsummer, the Summer Solstice is the beginning of summer and the longest day of the year as the sun reaches its apex in the astrological sign of cancer. Historically, it was the longest work day available, so we often associate this holiday with achievements, hard work and determination. We light bonfires, make music and celebrate success within our work, with all of the festivities being committed in the name of the sun.
The sun. The center of our solar system. Our life force. Without the sun, we wouldn’t be here. We rely on our star to light the way in the darkness of the universe, to provide warmth and comfort and to grow our food and, of course, our herbs. Historical pagans placed a great emphasis on the use of herbs for medicine 
and magic. From the use of bay leaves by the Greek oracles of Delphi to reach a trance state to the cunning woman living on the outskirts of a European town and providing herbal medicine to the sick townspeople, herbs are infused as part of our history. When focusing on such a historically significant holiday here at Sabbat Box, we wanted to use a theme that not only celebrated the sun’s hard work but also tied in historical beliefs. With its popularity last year, we couldn’t think of a theme more representative of this sabbat, or more beloved by our subscribers, than Herbal Witchery – Part Two!
At the time of the Summer Solstice, a number of herbs reach their peak. We see these herbs lining the pathways of the forest in the hot summer sun, dancing in the warm breeze of the fields and climbing their way down the rolling hills to reach the roads we tread. We grow them in our gardens, harvest them from our farms and keep them in small pots near our kitchen. They are available to us at every turn, reaching for our hands, encouraging us to seek their wisdom.
As pagans and witches, we use herbs in a variety of ways, from the simple seasoning of our food to the many magical applications they provide. We anoint our candles with them, grind them into incense, leave them as offerings on our altars and cleanse our homes with them. We store them in our herb cabinets and apothecaries carefully, honoring them and their wisdoms. Many of these herbs have correspondences with solar energy, ensuring success, happiness and fruitful rewards. Every herb is infused with the sun’s light, the warmth of the summer days required to for them to grow. They are, in a word, perfect for the Summer Solstice.
As an integral part of our practices from ancient times to modernity, herbs are often one of the first easily-accessible tools for the budding pagan or witch, and a reliable source of magic for the advanced practitioner. When we compiled this solstice box, we took particular care in curating items that would be of use for any level of practice. Continuing with our theme from last year, we wanted to place a particular focus on the herbs themselves, including items that would be both practically useful and magically inspirational. We can’t wait to send these your way!
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- Marietta Williams
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