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 Alpine Strawberry Ali Baba

“Heart berries,” the Anishinabe (= “Ojibwe”) call them.

Don't get me wrong, now: I like commercial strawberries just fine, while acknowledging that, eating them, we're essentially eating petroleum. In fact, I'm grateful for them and—the day is coming, let us admit it—when they're gone for good, I will truly, truly miss them.

But make no mistake: they're ciphers, no more, standing in for the real thing.

Until a friend recently gifted me with a bag of local strawberries, I'd forgotten just how very good they really are.

They're tiny, real strawberries, especially compared to those styrofoam monsters from the supermarket that you could carve a jack o' lantern from, that seem to get bigger and more flavorless every year. Our local berries, by contrast, are small: the very largest, maybe the size of your thumbnail.

Oh, but all that flavor packed into just one.

It doesn't get much more sensual than real strawberries. These, after all, are strawberries that you have to suck.

 

How to Eat a Real Strawberry

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Strawberry Moon Ritual: Nature as Altar + Crystal Charge Recommendations
Tonight, the Mead or Strawberry Moon, the Lover’s Moon, will appear across the sky, announcing the departure of spring and the coming of the Summer Solstice. Now we can taste the sweetness of life and celebrate our strength and fruitfulness. It is a time of security and protection, and assess the results of all that you have planned and seeded in the past months.
 
To overcome any blocks of fear obstructing your creative output, you can dispel the negative energy by going for a walk in the nearest park. Find a round, flat rock, six to ten inches wide. This will become an altar supplied directly to you by Mother Nature, and it will have the purest energy. Begin by charging this stone on the full moon at your home altar. Light a white candle for purification, and then place your hand on the stone and chant three times: 
 
Goddess of Night, moon of tonight,
Fill this stone with your light,
Imbue it with all your magic and might,
Surround it with your protective sight.
So mote it be. 
 
Ideally, you’ll want to perform this spell three times on three consecutive full moons before you begin drawing upon its energy. Like your altar, your stone will be a reservoir you can turn to any time you feel stuck or uninspired. Make a pilgrimage to it when you require creative rejuvenation.
 
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Here are some crystals best recommended for channeling this extra special energy for later spellcasting:

  • Second half Gemini birthstones are great conductors for this mid-June event. Grossulars, geodes, cat's eyes, and jade will be attuned the most to tonight's supermoon.
  • Chrysoberyl is often used for emotional release and cleansing emotional blocks in your life.
  • The snow quartz invokes major changes in your life, whether personal or professional. With the Strawberry Moon, great positive change will be on its way to you.
  • Rose quartz under tonight's full moon will strengthen your relationship more than ever.
  • Charging your amber or rhodochrosite under the Strawberry Moon will keep your flourishing energy grounded from departing or being canceled out by negative energy. 
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