i learned of “Box beds” – cabinets with beds in them and, sometimes, lockable doors – were used for privacy and safety in parts of rural medieval Europe before individual bedrooms were common. They became fashionable even in homes with bedrooms and remained in use in Scotland into the 1900s (x)
I don’t want a swimming pool, I want a box bed/nook bed
One of the rental houses I lived in had a walk-in closet that was exactly as deep as our mattress was wide, and so the mattress went into the closet and it was quite literally the best thing in the world when I had a migraine or when I had to work nights, and needed dark and quiet and it was The Best.
When we find a house, one of the things I want is In Cave We Hide again.
You seen this new trend about cutting a criss cross in a lemon and filling it with sea salt to banish negative energy or whatever. I'm all about creating new spells but this is ridiculous
Eh, I’d have to know the metaphysics behind it but that’s no sillier than drawing on candles or whatever.
I mean….I can see where lemon and salt as vibe cleanser could have some decent metaphysical underpinnings.
Given that lemon and salt is a pretty effective actual cleanser (good for wooden cutting boards and porcelain sinks!), it tracks that you could incorporate the concept of “clean your sink” into “clean your vibes.” Is it super ceremonial? Not particularly. But if I just wanna spruce up my metaphysical space as I scrub down my kitchen, I don’t necessarily need an elaborate ritual cleansing, and since ritual bathing/space cleansing is already a component of so many ceremonial traditions, I think salt+lemon could absolutely be incorporated into the preparation of a ritual space.
And at the end of the day, if it resonates with a particular practitioner, there’s nothing dangerous or magically “wrong” about adding salt to a lemon.
