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RICE: A Magickal Herb

• The staple food of the Philippines, rice has long been regarded by ancient Filipinos as sacred. Sacred because it gave them life. It feed them. For them it was like a mother, so they made there agriculture goddess, who was once male, Female.
• To keep away Evil spirits and aswangs, keep a plate of rice under your bed. rice was said to have the power to keep away this evil beings.
• To protect yourself from magickal harm, throw some rice on top of your house. Rice acts here as a force field that creates an unbreakable aegis of energy around your house.
• Every Filipino knows the custom of throwing rice at a newly wed to bless them with lots of happiness and prosperity. Because rice is a great representation of earth, the element of luck and prosperity, it was thrown to greet them with the said virtues. Rice also is a fertility symbol, so by throwing rice you are wishing them fertility.
• In the Magical Tradition of Kublis, Rice is used to invoke the energies of the earth element. Also because it symbolizes earth, the planting of rice was seen as the awakening of it after a year long slumber.
• One of the most important use of rice is in child food. Am as the pinoys call it, is the water boiled from rice. This rice water is said to have lots of great properties. Studies also say that it is a great Tonic.

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