good gris-gris

Swappers will make a good gris-gris for their partners using the recipe below. A gris-gris is a little bag with fragrant, potent fetishes and natural objects inside it, that is used to provide a charm. Our gris-gris will differ from the traditional in that they are not voodoo and they are just for good fun.

Martha's Gris-Gris Recipe

• One small bag made of cloth, leather, pleather or other tactilely pleasing fabric. The bag must have an attached string tie closure. It is this bag into which you will put the gris-gris ingredients, below.

• A sprinkling of one or more fragrant natural substances like rosemary, lavender, any culinary herb or seed, balsam, cedar shavings, etc.(*)

• A tablespoon or more of small round natural objects such as little seashells, bits of stone or crystals, seeds with interesting shapes, nuts or beans.(*)

• A small coin such as a penny, dime, belly-dancing coin or birr.

• At least one feather.

• A tiny scrap of fabric that you have held close to your heart.

• A trinket or charm that relates to your partner's profile.

(*) some countries' postal regulations won't allow seeds etc., so please be prepared to substitute some creative non-natural items if your partner lives in, say, Australia.

Gently mix all these ingredients into the fabric bag, tie the closure shut, press the bag to your forehead and send good thoughts toward your partner.

Mail the gris-gris bag in a small padded mailer.

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