Here is another example of taking things from nature for my practice.
I was preparing for a baneful ritual, and suddenly knew I needed rose thorns. I finished what I was working on and immediately went out to our only rose bush.
I’ve got to admit I’ve neglected it altogether so far, despite having received roses off of it, from others. I knew it was okay to take the dead limbs for their thorns, but the rose bush was also pretty clear they wanted taken care of in exchange.
This wasn’t going to be a quick and easy job, it was out of control and had many, many dead parts that needed removed and it took, what seemed like hours to accomplish. Particularly since some of this is new to me, or so old it feels forgotten.
But that wasn’t even the goal, I still had to harvest the thorns I needed for my ritual. Luckily the remembrance of @anon39079500 experience with this brought itself to my mind. In his world, the more effort and energy I put into the prep work, the more profound the ritual may be.
Eventually, I did get my thorns:
Edit: Rose thorn removal tools:
