Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Wicca in the Kitchen - Scott Cunningham 1990

Other Magical Food Diets
Magical food diets

These are short descriptions of other magical diets that you can follow.

Physical Strength and Magical Power

All foods that lend the body strength also lend extra magical power. There’s no difference between the two; there’s only the purpose for which they are used.

Fruits

Citron

Date

Fig

Pineapple

Other Power Foods

Chocolate

Coffee

Endive

Flaming foods

Honey

Leek

Meat (lean)

Proteins of all kinds

Rum

Salt

Sautéed foods

Spicy foods

Spirulina

Tea

Tofu

Foods to Avoid

All those that lead to sleep, such as lettuce and grapes; very sweet foods that lull us into a half-conscious state directly after consuming them.

Preparing and Cooking Power Foods

Burn red or purple candles in the kitchen. Sautéeing foods adds to their energizing effects.

Though it’s best not to eat directly before a magical ritual, a light meal two hours before the working is fine.

Fertility

Many couples are looking for ways to increase their chances of conceiving a child. If you’ve both been checked and neither is sterile, try adding these foods to your diet. Visualize!

Fruits

Fig

Grape

Mulberry

Pomegranate

Other Fertility Foods

Barley

Eggs

Egg breads

Hazelnut

Hot-cross buns

Milk

Poppy seed

Rice

Sesame

Watercress

Preparing Fertility Foods

Burn green candles while cooking or mixing. If possible, eat in bed with your lover. And keep trying!

Grounding

When you can’t seem to concentrate, when you’re psychic awareness is far too open, or when you can’t come down to earth, a grounding food plan may be advisable. Eat these foods when you feel lost in a dream world, or when fantasies cloud your mind.

These foods are also eaten after heavy magical and spiritual ritual to get back in touch with the earth.

Vegetables

Beans (all types)

Carrots

Potatoes

Sweet potatoes

Other Grounding Foods

Crackers

Cheese

Cheese omelets

Eggs

Grains

Heavy proteins

Meat

Peanuts

Salt (in moderation)

Tofu

Foods to Avoid

Beer and all alcoholic foods

Flower foods

Psychic foods

Seafood

Sugar

Yeast (raised) bread and baked goods

Preparing and Cooking Grounding Foods

Burn a tan or brown candle in the kitchen. Cut foods into square chunks and serve on square dishes (if you have any).

Conscious Mind

These foods can help us better cope with problems such as balancing checkbooks, filling out forms, and studying for exams and tests. They stimulate the conscious mind.

Herbs and Spices

Dill

Rosemary

Nuts

Chestnut

Hazelnut

Walnut

Other Conscious Mind Foods

Coffee

Honey

Raisins

Tea

Watercress

Foods to Avoid

All psychism-inducing foods.

Preparing and Cooking Conscious Mind Foods

Burn a yellow candle in the kitchen. Visualize your conscious mind operating at peak efficiency.

Luck

“Luck” is an ambiguous term, which is why I’ve enclosed it in quotation marks throughout this book. Some people believe that they have bad “luck” and want good “luck.” I’ve defined “good luck” in the glossary of this book as:

“An individual’s ability to make timely, correct decisions, to perform correct actions, and to place herself or himself in positive situations. ’Bad luck’ stems from ignorance and an unwillingness to accept self-responsibility.”

And so, positive or negative, good or bad, we create our own “luck.” If you wish, add some of these foods to your diet. Prepare and eat them with visualization.

All the “luck” that we’ll ever need is within ourselves. Perhaps eating these “lucky” foods will bring that point home.

Luck Foods

Bananas

Black-eye peas

Cabbage

Coconut

Coleslaw

Green foods

Hazelnut

Kumquat

Mincemeat pies (eat on New Year’s Day)

Noodles (eat on Chinese New Year)

Nutmeg

Pancakes

Pear (eat on Thanksgiving)

Red beans and rice

Sauerkraut

Preparing and Cooking Luck Foods

Burn green candles in the kitchen.