Apalachian Pagan Alliance Feb. 2008 Newsletter

This month Ginger, And her middle two daughters, 
Amethyst and Sybilsue went to Egypt....
the land of the Gods!
 
Beth and Ginger love their little APA ladies night out 
trip to Egypt back in March 05 so much. Ginger wanted to take some
of the Witchlings group, alas it is too costly to take 
them all but....The three of them went for 10 days this month 
They have been driving everyone else 
crazy talking about it nonstop...before and now after their trip.






FROM OUR BOOK OF SHADOWS;
By Ginger Strivelli

Karkaday tea made from the Hibiscus Sabdariffa plant flowers. 
It was the preferred non-alcoholic drink of the Pharaohs in 
ancient times and is still very popular in Egypt 
today.
Served both hot and cold, with lots of sugar it is 
refreshing and delicious. Nonetheless it has significant 
uses as a medicine, both magical medicine and health 
medicine. Karkaday tastes somewhat similar to cranberry 
juice, is a similar beautiful rich garnet color, and is 
very high in Vitamin C. It also is a natural diuretic 
and said to lower cholesterol. 
It is used by pharmacists, herbalists and magicians 
alike to treat nervous conditions, anxiety, panic attacks, 
high blood pressure, hyperactivity, insomnia and such 
aliments. Though one Egyptian herbalist told me with 
a wink, “If too much is taken by men it can be 
bad for their ‘strength’ if you know what I mean.” 
He went on to say a few glasses a day were all right, 
(motioning to his fellow shopkeepers all drinking it 
along with him,) for men and women could drink as 
much as they wanted. 
Karkaday by other names does taste as sweet in Jamaica, 
Mexico, Thailand and other areas of the world that have 
discovered it since the ancient Egyptians started 
drinking it thousands of  years ago.








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