vinegar. If you wish, you can heat the vinegar to boiling
before adding it to the herbs. Cover the container with a
tight lid. Let sit in a warm room for five days. Strain the
mixture through a fine sieve or cloth. Add a quarter
ounce of powdered camphor if you wish. Then pour into
a labeled bottle.
This mixture smells more like a salad dressing than a
disinfectant, so you can use it in sick rooms and around
the house without offending anyone. In its time, this
recipe was considered to be magick, because no one
could explain why it worked.
Like many other types of alternative healing and
magick, herbal charms and spells aren't instantaneous.
Nor will a magickal spell work if you only do it one time
or with a skeptical attitude. The healer-magician's
attitude is very important. Negative thinking has no
place in magick. A healer must visualize the patient at
all times as healed and free of disease.
There is a standard rule in magick pertaining to the
phases of the moon. To decrease anything, work from
the day after the full moon until the next new moon; this
is called the waning moon. To increase anything, work
from the day after the new moon until the next full
moon; this is called the waxing moon. Growths and such
should be worked on during the waning moon, while
wounds and sores should be worked on during the
waxing moon. Diseases like pneumonia, lung diseases,
and heart problems should be worked on during the
waning moon to draw out infection or damage and on
the waxing moon to strengthen the organs and muscles.