Spiral Rain: Witch & Ohm – September 2022

This month’s Ohm box focuses on an Ayurvedic lifestyle and the Witch box focuses on Hedge Witchcraft.

Spiral Rain: Witch & Ohm Box Overview

Cost: $75.99 – $85.99/month + $25/month shipping + Tax

Value: $140+

Frequency: Monthly

Cancellation Policy: No returns/refunds.

Payment: Prepay full term.

Focus: “The Witchy and Spiritual world has a lot to offer, but also requires a lot of specific knowledge. Therefore it’s not always easy to begin or to grow in all of this. Our subscription boxes are there to help!”

Ships From: Trois-Rivières, Québec

Inside the Box

This month the booklets came already folded and even stapled. Amazing! This booklet is jam-packed with information, and it’s hard for me to read because I don’t have much of a schema for it. It’s also just a lot. I think for people who already have a good grasp on astrological things it would be more relevant and interesting, but that’s not really me. Also, I think some of the information in the booklets should come out during the prior month so that people can read the information and prepare for the coming month instead of being like “oh, well September 10 would have been an interesting day to do ____. Too bad it’s September 18 now.”

It was my mistake to include the box contents lists (white papers) in this picture.

The three double-sided coloured pages are different recipes for potions and ingredients for spells. These pages are really quite beautiful and produced by Style24Designs on Etsy.

I am a huge fan of this votive holder. I think it’s very cool and beautiful. Apparently it’s hand made,but doesn’t say by whom. It was also a nice touch to add a votive, even if it is an LED. It will be good for halloween pumpkins too!

I don’t think I’ve ever seen black bath salts before. I’m going to assume the colour comes from the charcoal. The scent is very earthy with a bit of floral which must come from the lavender. Apparently there’s labradorite stone in this. I don’t know if it’s ground up into the salts or if there’s a chunk sitting in there waiting to be found. I’m excited to use these because they smell very good. I wonder if it’ll colour the bath water. The information page says that it will make the water “as dark as night”. OoooOooooh.

This is another 4oz candle. I should really start taking pictures of the tops of the candles because they are quite prettily done. This one has star anise, tourmaline, and iolite. The scent is floral with a touch of citrus. Apparently all the candles are charged with Reiki and witchcraft. If you are interested in a candle you can find them here.

This is my favourite thing from this month’s box. I absolutely love owls. Black onyx is believed to be a protection stone that absorbs negative energies and the pentacle is associated with divine protective powers. This little guy (and it is quite tiny at 1.5″ tall) will watch over the house from his perch on the shelf.

Wow this is strong and reminds me a lot of Catholic churches, especially in Guatemala. During the Holy Week in Antigua Guatemala, they have these beautiful temporary carpets made of various materials on the ground that get trampled by the parades, and there’s always a lot of incense. If you have never been to Antigua during Holy Week, it is quite the experience.

Goloka is an Indian company (from India) that uses its profits for charitable activities.

My roommate finds the scent quite pleasing. The information page offered by Spiral Rain says that it is lavender scented, but I didn’t find that at all.

This is somewhat of a how-to guide, going from the “bitchin’ witchin’ basics” to establishing your own rituals. This book looks like a fairly comprehensive introduction to witchy things. I’m not practically interested in most of these things, but I think it will be fascinating read.

I am pleased as punch that this came already folded and stapled. I don’t need the staples, but they do help keep things together. If you have a printer that can do it, then why not?

I have minimal knowledge of ayurveda. It was briefly touched on in my herbal course many years ago, and again in my yoga teaching certification course, that I shamefully never finished, and that was my extent of exposure. This booklet looks like a good and simple introduction to some basic concepts. Here is a good summary: “The goal of living an Ayurvedic lifestyle is to prevent disease before it starts, rather than treating it once it manifests in the body.” I think this is a pretty solid way to live. But I don’t think I can/want to give up my Timmie’s addiction.

I am super excited about this cookbook. I am not a vegetarian by any means, but I love eating plants, and can always use more good recipes on how to cook them well. The book is beautifully done with lots of colour and pictures of what the recipe should produce. There’s also a lot of explanation of how different foods impact you and how to eat in an ayurvedic way according to you as a person. It looks like a pretty cool book overall.

This smells very strongly in its box. You can smell it pretty much in my whole house without it ever being burned. Once lit, however, it doesn’t smell much at all. Go figure. I think the subtle smell is the best route anyway. It’s better when it’s not overpowering and you can leave it burning till it’s done. In the end I found it to be fairly relaxing.

This is a very pretty little incense holder made of copper. It is useful.

This candle has amethyst, quartz, and rose petals on top and smells absolutely delectable.

These are not my favourite bath salts. I am not too keen on the scent. I don’t know what it is exactly, but I think it’s the dried ginger that gives off a foul smell. Because of the ginger, these salts are purported to create heat and possibly make you sweat. There is a big warning not to use if you have a pitta imbalance or if you have rashes, skin irritation/inflammation or open wounds.

This soap is not pleasant to me. I really don’t like the smell, and I don’t like the fact that it contains paraffin wax and palm oil. Why would I want wax in my soap? Can someone enlighten me why I would want a petroleum byproduct in my soap when it is wholly unnecessary? I don’t look forward to using this soap, but we all know I will.

If you don’t scrape your tongue already, you probably should. It is a quick and easy thing to add to your oral hygiene routine. It helps remove some of the bacteria from your mouth, which can improve the smell of your breath. It’s similar to brushing your tongue, but it causes less irritation than the bristles of a toothbrush. It’s also much easier to fully clean after.

I picked up this practice from my yoga teaching certificate class, and haven’t dropped it (unlike the course). It takes all of 10 seconds to scrape and rinse.

I do find it interesting that this company went to the effort to create a product with “zero waste product & packaging”, but the scraper itself has plastic handles and the item came in a plastic wrapper. Odd.

Overall Impression

Overall I think I liked last month’s box better, but there are some items in this box that I am very happy with. I’m not sure I feel like I’m getting my money’s worth (especially when shipping is factored in), but so far have no regrets with my subscription.