Drink the Damn Sun
Tea, Solar Spellcraft + Astro-Witchery for the Witch Who Refuses to Shrink
A Ritual training by Michael Blackthorn ‘The Deviant Witch’ of Gloam + Pestle (Yes I have a long list of names lol)
Course Description
Some witches talk about solar magic like it is nothing but confidence, joy, and a cute little sunflower sticker slapped on a candle. A glass candle… of course.
No, babes.
The Sun is not just “good vibes.” The Sun reveals. The Sun strengthens. The Sun exposes. The Sun ripens. The Sun burns away what cannot survive direct contact with truth. Solar magic is not about pretending everything is fine. It is about learning how to stand in your own heat without shrinking, apologizing, or turning your craft into decorative nonsense.
Drink the Damn Sun is a practical ritual training that teaches witches how to work with solar spellcraft through tea, materia, embodiment, and astro-witchery. Using the teas and ritual tools included in your box, you will learn how to turn a simple cup of tea into a working: a spell you drink, a current you carry, and a practice that actually does something.
This is tea as ritual technology.
Not just vibes. Not just aesthetics. Not just “I stirred clockwise and hoped for the best.”
We are giving the work structure, bite, and purpose.
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This training explores the Sun as a magical current of:
vitality
confidence
visibility
sovereignty
protection
charm
empowerment
boundaries
clarity
embodied magical selfhood
creative fire
spiritual authority
The central question of the course is:
How does the witch work with the Sun without watering it down into spiritual wallpaper?
What You’ll Need
Dragon’s Breath Tea
Creamsicle Charm Tea
Hexing Brew Tea
Sun & Soothe Cream
Homemade Uncrossing Incense Cones
Besom Writing Pen
Optional additions:
a candle, preferably gold, yellow, orange, white, or red
a journal or ritual notebook
a fire-safe dish or incense burner
a cup or mug used intentionally for ritual
sunlight, if available
your natal Sun sign
Safety note: Always review ingredients before consuming any tea or using any product. Do not consume or apply anything you are allergic or sensitive to. Follow the maker’s usage guidance for all teas, balms, and incense.
Course Objectives
By the end of this training, students will understand how to:
Work with solar magic as a current of power, vitality, visibility, and sovereignty.
Use tea as ritual technology, not just a cozy beverage with witchy branding.
Choose a tea from the box based on magical intention.
Connect their Sun sign to their personal style of solar spellcraft.
Use the included incense, balm, and Besom Pen as part of a structured working.
Create a simple solar tea ritual for confidence, charm, protection, boundaries, or renewal.
Stop treating their magic like spiritual decoration and start giving the work a job.
The Training: Modules 1-7
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Stop Calling Everything “Light”: What Solar Magic Actually Is
Core Teaching
Solar magic is not just happiness, positivity, and sparkly confidence. That is the kiddie pool version, and some of y’all need to get out before your craft wrinkles.
The Sun is a force of revelation, identity, power, exposure, heat, and life. It helps us see what is true, claim what is ours, strengthen what has weakened, and burn through what has been allowed to linger too long.
Topics Covered
The Sun as a magical current
Solar magic versus generic “light work”
Visibility as a magical act
Confidence as spiritual heat
The difference between ego and sovereignty
Why witches sometimes hide in shadow because radiance feels dangerous
The Sun as protector, revealer, ripener, and judge
Practical Takeaway
Solar magic helps the witch ask:
Where have I been shrinking, hiding, dulling, or apologizing for my own fire?
Reflection Prompt
Where in your life or practice have you confused being “humble” with being hidden?
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Tea Is Not Just Wet Herbs: Brewing as Spellcraft
Core Teaching
Tea is materia in motion. It is plant, water, heat, breath, steam, scent, taste, and body. That is not nothing.
When brewed with intention, tea becomes a spell you take into yourself. It moves through the mouth, throat, belly, blood, breath, and spirit. It does not sit prettily on an altar waiting to be admired. It enters the body and gets to work.
Topics Covered
Tea as potion, offering, spell, and ritual anchor
Heat as transformation
Steam as prayer and release
Scent and taste as magical memory
Drinking as embodiment
Why repetition builds magical power
How to speak intention into the cup
How to select tea by magical purpose
Practical Method
A basic ritual tea structure:
Choose the tea by intention.
Prepare the space.
Brew with attention.
Speak the purpose into the steam.
Drink slowly and intentionally.
Record the result.
Callout
Ingredients are not floating little decorations. They are workers. Give them a job or stop pretending you are formulating.
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The Teas + Their Magical Currents
This section introduces the teas in the box as ritual companions, each carrying a different current of solar, devotional, protective, or enchantment-based work.
Dragon’s Breath Tea
Lapsang Souchong, cacao, heather, white oak, rose petals, cinnamon
Current
Fire, courage, confidence, authority, solar heat, creative force, protection through presence.
Best Used For
reclaiming confidence
leadership moments
creative ignition
courage before difficult conversations
ritual work that needs heat and backbone
stepping into visibility
solar empowerment
Astro-Witchery Pairings
Especially resonant for:
Aries Sun
Leo Sun
Sagittarius Sun
Capricorn Sun
anyone needing more fire, courage, and command
Teaching Note
Dragon’s Breath is the tea for when your magic needs a spine. Not a suggestion. A fucking spine.
Creamsicle Charm Tea
Powdered cashew milk, marshmallow root, rooibos, orange slices, orange peel, orange powder
Current
Charm, sweetness, attraction, joy, softness, approachability, glamour, pleasure, warmth.
Best Used For
glamour work
social confidence
attraction magic
softening the nervous system
creative joy
self-enchantment
heart and body warmth
becoming easier to approach without becoming easier to consume
Astro-Witchery Pairings
Especially resonant for:
Taurus Sun
Gemini Sun
Cancer Sun
Leo Sun
Libra Sun
anyone working charm, glamour, or relational warmth
Teaching Note
Charm is not weakness. Sweetness can be strategic. Ask any witch who has ever gotten exactly what they wanted while smiling like butter wouldn’t melt.
Hexing Brew Tea
Empowerment, Protection + Boundaries
Current
Protection, boundaries, sacred anger, autonomy, refusal, empowerment, defensive magic, energetic consequence.
Best Used For
boundary-setting rituals
reclaiming power
protection work
preparing for defensive spellcraft
cutting access
strengthening the will
stepping out of victim energy
remembering that “no” is a complete spell when spoken from the right place
Astro-Witchery Pairings
Especially resonant for:
Aries Sun
Leo Sun
Scorpio Sun
Capricorn Sun
Aquarius Sun
anyone needing protection, sovereignty, and bite
Teaching Note
Boundaries are solar. Saying no is solar. Refusing access is solar. The Sun has gravity, babes. Not everything gets to orbit you.
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Astro-Witchery: Your Sun Sign as Magical Current
Core Teaching
Your Sun sign is not just your personality. It is not your entire chart, and it is definitely not a meme with glitter slapped on it.
For the witch, the Sun sign reveals how vitality, confidence, visibility, and personal power want to move through the craft.
This section teaches the Sun sign as a magical current: how the witch restores their fire, how they stand in power, and what kind of solar spellcraft strengthens them.
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The Tools in the Box: Function, Not Decoration
Core Teaching
A witch box is not a pile of pretty things. It is a working kit. Every item should know what it is doing.
This module teaches how the included tools support the tea rituals and solar workings.
Homemade Uncrossing Incense Cones
Purpose
To clear the ritual field before solar work.
Use For
removing stagnant energy
preparing the space
clearing spiritual static
resetting before tea ritual
supporting protection and boundary work
Teaching Note
Do not pour solar power over spiritual sludge and call it transformation. Clear the field first.
Besom Writing Pen
Purpose
To write the spell into form.
Use For
petitions
solar declarations
boundary statements
Sun sign reflections
ritual journaling
naming what is being claimed or released
Teaching Note
Words are spellcraft. Write like you mean it or do not be shocked when the spell acts confused.
Sun & Soothe Cream
Purpose
To restore, seal, and tend the body after ritual or exposure.
Use For
aftercare
grounding
ritual closure
soothing the body
sealing the work
reminding the witch that power still needs a vessel
Teaching Note
Even solar work needs aftercare. The Sun gives life, but it can also cook your ass if you forget you have a body.
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The Sun-Bitten Rite
Core Teaching
This is the final working of the course: a simple but structured solar tea ritual using the items in the box.
This rite can be used for confidence, charm, visibility, protection, empowerment, or spiritual renewal.
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Integration: Making Solar Magic a Practice
Core Teaching
One ritual can open the door. Repetition builds the house.
This module teaches students how to continue working with the solar current beyond the box.
Suggested 7-Day Practice
Daily Journal Questions
Final Challenge
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