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[lunareye]

A lunar witches wand 🕯🌿🖤

Hand made by me. Insta ~ lunreye

[dutchpagan]

Beautiful autumn equinox everyone, here’s to happy harvest and lovely dark times!

[urban-witch-tales]

dutchpagan: Beautiful autumn equinox everyone, here’s to happy harvest and lovely dark times!

[supine-aesthetic]

[stupidkaty]

broke witch hacks 🍄

🌙 use old socks to make spell satchets! these are also great because theyve spent a lot of time with you, so the spell will have an enhanced effect :))

🌙 buy your herbs in bulk!!!!!!!!! never pay more than a dollar for a lil bag of herbs! buy huge bags of them, you wont regret this! i recently bought a huge container of cinnamon sticks, i absolutely love it.

🌙 if you simply cannot get a physical copy of a book, download a pdf of old grimoires and spellbooks! theres so much knowledge out there, you just have to go find it!

🌙 cant afford fancy herbs? thats okay! table salt can be used in almost every recipe, (savory) and has cleansing properties. it can also protect against misfortune. pepper is also good for banishing negativity, and if you can get your hands on some cinnamon or sage those are wonderful for drawing love and happiness, and sage is perfect for cleansing.

🌙 if you cant afford a big fancy leather vintage whatever book for your bos, its okay! a composition book is fine. better yet, you can use the notes app on your phone! this is great for if youre on the go.

🌙 not being able to afford fancy shiny gems and crystals is okay!!!!!! stones you find yourself have a much more sentimental value and can be used just as youd use any other rock.

🌙 you dont have to dress witchy!!!!!!!!! witches can wear whatever, they dont have to wear all black and crystal necklaces! although thats the aesthetic i hope to achieve

🌙 meditate. even if its the only magick you can do! try energy work!!!!

🌙 collect rocks and sticks and stones and plants you find! go outside hunting for cool rocks! talk to the bugs! hug the trees!

🌙 hotels sometimes have tea in the lobby, steal a crap ton of teabags because fuck capitalism

the most magickal tool is yourself. you are divine 💘

[heatherwitch]

Mentally ill witchcraft: For your symptoms

It’s really common to find witchy mental illness/health related content that is catered towards specific illnesses (usually anxiety and depression). This is more catered to specific symptoms.

Witchcraft is to be used as a supplement to proper medical care, medication and therapy - not as a sole alternative!

Anger:

Amethyst anger release spell

Easy anger release spell

A quick way to cool anger

Anger dispersion magic tea

Anger reducing bath

Bath spell to release anger

“I channel my anger in a healthy, safe and productive manner” sigil

“My anger is under control” sigil

This masterpost

Anxiety:

Anti-anxiety shower spell

Soothing bath spell

Rainy day anxiety spell

I will be okay spell

Anti-anxiety spell jar

Anti-anxiety spell charm

Anti-anxiety tea

Brain Fog + Memory:

ADHD concentration spell bottle

Brainfog lifting

“Brainfog begone” sigil

Rosemary memory spell

Finding things/ memory spell

Memory and concentration spell

Memory enhancement sachet

Memory and awareness spell bottle 

Depression:

Post-depressive-episode bath spell

Ease my depression spell bottle

“Last hope” spell for depression

Anti-depression tea

Gems for depression

Disassociation: 

Spell for disassociation 

Witch’s disassociation bracelet 

“Anti-disassociation” sigil

“I am grounded and in control of my emotions + reactions” sigil

Fatigue:

Spell for energy

Energy gain spell

Energy jar

Energy bath

Crystals for fatigue

“No fatigue” sigil

“Energy” sigil

“I am energetic” sigil

“I have the energy to take a shower” sigil

Flashbacks/trauma

Spell to release emotional blockage

Piece by piece trauma healing spell

Healing from childhood trauma spell bottle

Spell bottle for reassurance 

“My trauma does not hold me back” sigil

Insomnia + nightmares:

Restful sleep and sweet dreams sachet

Sleep crystal spell

Stuffed animal sleep spell

Sleep easy spell sachet

Sleepy witch tip

Nightmare ward charm

Nightmare repellent

Nightmare prevention - crystals and herbs

Dream witch nightmare tips

Intrusive thoughts:

OCD assistance bath

Spell to ward against intrusive thoughts

Spell to control intrusive thoughts

Banish intrusive thoughts incantation

Banishing unwanted thoughts spell

Intrusive thought banishing spell

“I am in control of my OCD” sigil 

Panic attacks:

Panic attack relief pouch

Anti-panic attack spell earrings

Rose Quartz calming spell

“Ease my panic attacks” sigil

“I have less panic attacks” sigil

Paranoia:

Crystals for paranoia

“My paranoia does not control me” sigil

“I don’t let paranoid thoughts overcome me” sigil

“My paranoia does not affect me” sigil

Picking (hair, skin, etc.):

Ease skin picking spell

“I resist the urge to pick my skin” sigil

“I keep from picking” sigil

“My trichotillomania is under control” sigil

“I don’t pull out my hair or eyelashes” sigil

“I am in control and resist the desire to pick my hair” sigil

Mood Swings/Emotional Balance: 

Increasing your emotional tolerance spell

Crystals for BPD

“I regulate my emotions well”

“I am happy and do not have mood swings” sigil

If anyone has content on a category I wasn’t able to include, or for a category that is lacking, feel free to send it my way and I’ll get a part two started for this post! Click [here] for the chronically ill symptoms masterpost. 

[xxpeachywitchxx]

So helpful!!!

[orriculum]

When Your Spell Fails

no witch succeeds with their spells 100% of the time. here’s a short list of reasons why it could have happened and some solutions

possible reasons why:

distraction - a spell you’re not invested in isn’t going to have much power behind it. if you’re concentrated more on you. if you cast a motivation spell while planning out your vacation, it’s going to subtract from that motivation. 

rosemary replaces everything - supposedly. it supplies general power, but if you add nothing into the spell that has any real meaning to you, then what is that power supposed to do? where does that energy go with no direction?

associations - the correspondences everyone else lists for herbs and stones and planets can be very useful, but sometimes you have a personal conflicting association. perhaps lavender is gross to you, and not peaceful at all. then that dream sachet isn’t going to give you peaceful dreams. 

didn’t help the spell - magic does not exist in a vaccum. spells can only do so much, but if you don’t make the effort, it much less likely to work. job spells dont work if you don’t fill out applications, love spells don’t work if you don’t go out and talk to people, and so on. 

too many cooks - if you cast 10 love spells, and yet no one is attracted to you, it’s entirely possible they all did work but they all conflicted with each other, and ended up canceling each other out. 

shot for the stars- sometimes you try to achieve something, and you set your expectations too high. either it’s impossible, you’re trying from the wrong angle, or you didn’t get as much as you wanted.

cancellation - sometimes a spell may appear not to work when it does, but the results are invisible because it canceled something else out. say you cast a money spell and get no extra cash after several weeks, it could be just helping you maintain your current income and blocking extraneous expenses.

impatience - unless you programmed a working time limit into it, the spell could be working and you just don’t see the results yet. these things can take time.

out of your depth - if you don’t feel like you’re ready to do a spell, your lack of confidence or discomfort can either disable the spell or not give it enough power to work

what to do:

take a break, ground, cleanse, and give it time. refocus your intentions

contemplate each ingredient and step in the spell, and modify

use the ingredients that you know best work for you, old standards hold up.

think about what you could do to help the spell work. what mundane methods haven’t you tried?

take a step back and look at it realistically. is there another angle you can approach this from, can you break it down into smaller steps?

return to the spells you are comfortable doing, and work from there.

[goodbyedearfriends-deactivated2]

Latin phrases to use as incantations.

This is gonna be a long list.

ab intra - from within

ab origine - from the source

absit iniuria - “let insult be absent”

absit invidia - “let envy be absent”

absit omen - “let omens be absent”

ab uno disce omnes - from one, learn all.

abyssus abyssum invocat - deep calleth unto deep

a capite ad calcem - from head to heel

acta non verba - actions not words

ad altiora tendo - “I strive to higher things”

ad astra - to the stars

ad fontes - to the sources

ad meliora - towards better things

ad oculos - to the eyes

ad undas - to the waves

ad victoriam - to victory

adsum - I am here

a fortiori - from the stronger/from strength

a mari usque ad mare - from sea to sea

audeamus - let us dare

audentes fortuna iuvat - fortune favors the bold

audi, vide, tace - hear, see, be silent

beatae memoriae - of blessed memory

bona fide - in good faith

bono malum superate - overcome evil with good

capax infiniti - holding the infinite

carpe diem - seize the day

carpe noctem - seize the night

cave - beware

ceteris paribus - all other things being equal

circa - around

citius, altius, fortius - faster, higher, stronger

clavis aurea - golden key

cogito ergo sum - I think, therefor I am

compos mentis - in control of the mind

concilio et labore - by wisdom and effort

concordia cum veritate - in harmony with truth

concordia salus - well-being through harmony

coniunctis viribus - with connected strength

consummatum est - it is complete

corruptus in extremis - corrupt to the extreme

crescit eundo - it grows as it goes

de novo - from the new

de profundis - from the depths

dies irae - day of wrath

dona nobis pacem - give us peace

ego te provoco - I challenge you

esse est percipi - to be is to be perceived  

esse quam videri - to be, rather than to seem

esto quod es - be what you are

ex animo - from the soul

ex luna scientia - from the moon, knowledge

ex scientia tridens - from knowledge, sea power

ex silentio - from silence

ex undis - from the waves of the sea

experientia docet - experience teaches

fac et spera - do and hope

fac fortia et patere - do brave deed and endure

faciam quodlibet quod necesse est - I’ll do whatever it takes

faciam ut mei memineris - I’ll make you remember me

facta, non verba - deeds, not words

fortis et liber - strong and free

fortis in arduis - strong in difficulties

gloriosus et liber - glorious and free

hic abundant leones - here lions abound

hic et nunc - here and now

hic sunt dracones - here there are dragons

hinc illae lacrimae - hence those tears

hinc itur ad astra - from here the way leads to the stars

igni ferroque - with fire and iron

in memoriam - into the memory

in nocte consilium - advice comes over night

libra - balance

littera scripta manet - the written words endure

locus standi - a right to stand

luceo non uro - I shine, not burn

luctor et emergo - I struggle and emerge

mare liberum - free sea

memento vivere - remember to live

more ferarum - like beasts

natura non contristatur - nature is not saddened

nec spe, nec metu - without hope, without fear

noli me tangere - do not touch me

ophidia in herba - a snake in the grass

pro se - for oneself

propria manu - by one’s own hand

quaere - to seek

quod abundat non obstat - what is abundant does not hinder

resurgam - I shall arise

semper ad meliora - always towards better things

semper anticus - always forward

semper apertus - always open

semper fortis - always brave

semper liber - always free

stet - let it stand

tuebor - I will protect

vera causa - true cause

[astralwitchling-blog]

crystals/stones grouped by use

Crystals for Healing

Agate / Amethyst / Aqua Aura / Aventurine / Azurite / Bloodstone / Calcite / Chrysoprase / Cornelian / Fluorite / Haematite / Iron Pyrite / Jasper / Jet / Lapis Lazuli / Quartz (Clear) / Sodalite / Sugilite / Tourmaline / Turquoise

Crystals for Strength

Agate / Amber / Bloodstone / Blue John / Diamond / Kyanite / Scapolite / Unakite

Crystals for Love

Agate / Amber / Aquamarine / Beryl / Chrysocolla / Chrysoprase / Diopside / Garnet / Lapis Lazuli / Malachite / Moonstone / Quartz (Rose) / Rhodochrosite / Sapphire / Tourmaline / Turquoise

Crystals for Protection

Agate / Amber / Blue Coral / Carnelian / Citrine / Jasper / Jet / Lapis Lazuli / Leucite / Malachite / Obsidian / Onyx / Peridot / Quartz / Ruby / Sapphire / Sulphur / Tigers Eye / Turquoise

Crystals for Luck

Amber / Aventurine / Jet / Tigers Eye / Turquoise

Crystals for Psychism

Amethyst / Aquamarine / Aventurine / Azurite / Calcite / Carnelian / Citrine / Emerald / Geode / Jet / Lapis Lazuli / Quartz  / Sugilite / Tigers Eye / Turquoise

Crystals for Peace

Amethyst / Aquamarine / Aventurine / Calcite / Carnelian / Chrysocolla / Malachite / Obsidian / Sodalite / Tourmaline

Crystals for Happiness/Optimism

Amethyst / Dolomite / Goldstone / Malachite / Quartz (Rose)

Crystals for Divination

Azurite / Haematite / Jet / Obsidian / Tigers Eye

Crystals for Wisdom

Chrysocolla / Hornblende / Lapis Lazuli / Sodalite / Sugilite

Crystals for Wealth

Aventurine / Bloodstone / Calcite / Lapis Lazuli / Peridot / Ruby / Tigers Eye / Tourmaline / Turquoise

Crystals for Clarity

Amazonite / Tiger Iron / Zircon

Crystals for Meditation

Azurite / Celestite / Dioptase / Eilat Stone / Fluorite / Larimar / Moss Agate / Quartz (Snow) / Serpentine / Sodalite / Thulite / Variscite / Wollastonite

Crystals for Friendship

Chrysoprase / Jade / Rhodochrosite / Turquoise / Vanadinite / Verdite

Crystals for Confidence

Astrophyllite / Bloodstone / Cerrusite / Corundum / Danburite / Sodalite /Spessartine / Tourmaline

Crystals for Imagination

Franklinite / Hickoryite

[oleanderspells]

Witches really be out there spending all their money on candles, crystals and incense and then cast spells with this stuff to get money

Im witches

[vestahebe]

In Norse mythology, Lofn is the goddess of forbidden loves - any romantic love that is forbidden or frowned upon by family, clan, or society. While she may not change the minds of the disapproving, she gives star-crossed lovers permission to find a way to be together and create their own hearth where the vision is more tolerant. She is also a goddess of games.

Today she is invoked by lgbt people, as well as those who have nonstandard relationship styles. Her symbols are keys and Lavender is her flower (Lofnarblóm in Icelandic means “Lofn’s flower”). She is also one of goddess’ Frigg’s handmaidens, just like Sjofn, goddess of affection, whom she is very close with. (picture)

[softandsapphic]

was she, yknow, obssessed with the goddess artemis at a young age?

[mrspankhurstsraspberryjam]

It's fascinating that people bring up the handful of males killed it witch hunts as proof men can be witches. First of all it's pretty safe to say the vast majority of people killed for being witches did not in fact engage with any kind practice of magic. The killing of witches had nothing to do with actually practicing any kind of magic. It was about the socioeconomic suppression of females, especially those with valuable knowledge. Those people killed for being witches were not involved in wicca, they were not involved in whatever shit Allister Crowley cooked up. Using The Crucible to prove men can be witches is also nonsensical because the whole point is that every single one of the people accused were innocent of practicing witchcraft.

In the waves of European witch hunts there were a small number of males killed. Estimates vary anywhere from 10% to less then .5% of those killed were male. Again the likelihood is none of these people were involved in any magical praxis but 1) mentally ill, 2) had some sort of physical deformity 3)a developmental disorder 4) had something worth having near someone with power or 5)was associated with a powerful or wealthy woman. At any rate when 90% of victims share a single characteristic it's pretty clear those outside that main group are merely collateral damage.

It's the whataboutism logic that has MRAs come up with when feminists try to have a conversation about male pattern violence. The will say women commit rape too. Which of course is true some females have committed rape and sexual assault. That doesn't change the fact that 90-95% of rapes regardless of the victim's sex are committed by males. Hence rape is a manifestation of male pattern violence. The 5-10% of female sex offenders are 1) statistically insignificant 2)outliers. Crying men get raped too or women rape too obscures the core issue. The thing that motivates the vast majority of violence. Saying men were kill for being witches tries to hide the universally acknowledged motivation behind witch trials-misogyny!

There are many reasons why witches can only be female that are foundational to magic itself. Magic is an act of creation, males are not capable of such creation. I could go on there and if you wish to, please elaborate on magic being a manifestation of female being and energy.

But far more relevant to a discussion of history of European witch trials and hunting (nothing comparable can be found outside European societies) is the fact that what one might marginally associate with modern witchcraft was knowledge shared matrilinally, from mother to daughter. This magic education was imparted by females to females and was in fact the most cutting edge and serviceable practice of medicine. Men called doctors had very little accurate knowledge of the human body. Surgeons who were essentially barbers didn't even yet exist and would gain any legitimacy until a surgeon successfully fixed the king of France's anal fistula (the surgeon practiced and killed many poor in his development of the surgery. )

Women were midwives. They understood the body, especially the female body in much more advanced way.

These "witches" were midwives knowledgeable about herbal medicine. Something beyond the understanding of men because the knowledge of plants again was imparted between women. These women were the preferred source of medical treatment. They didn't kill their patients as regularly. Their patients delivered healthier babies, their mothers had a lover rate of maternal mortality than women seen to by a doctor. As a result these women became wealthy. Some quite wealthy. Wealthy enough they could live outside the the tight social restraints most women lived under. This of course was unacceptable. Women being educated, women being financially independent, women having a profession exclusively female other than prostitution. These were the original targets of the witch hunts. It then expanded beyond these knowledgeable women to any woman with wealth. Many widows were charged and hung for witchcraft based on a male neighbor's testimony when it was clear his intention was to steal the assets of the wealthy woman. It happened again and again. By the time the witch fever ended the women who knew the magic of plants were all but lost as was their knowledge, it's still unclear how much knowledge on plants and herbal medicine was lost in the waves of witch hunting. But also these women ultimately were the minority of those charged with witchcraft. Most were just hated by some man who used the state to murder innocent women.

Beyond magic belonging to the female it is unethical for males to claim ownership of a tradition they once used as an excuse to murder women. Males claiming to be witches are white people wearing blackface.

[slayerr-of-tims-deactivated2021]

If you're a male and call yourself a "witch" I fucking hate you. You could call yourself literally ANY other term but you choose to appropriate women's practises and terms instead. It is male entitlement and misogyny at its finest.

[feral--bog--witch]

A term they themselves abandoned and then vilified women with. A term they slung at women as they abused and tortured and murdered them. A term they defined with the blood of women.

But now that women reclaim it, suddenly men wish to use it to and claim we are barring them from it.

No. You barred yourselves with blood and hate. That is a curse that can't be cast out.

Fuck men calling themselves witches. That is no longer for them. I will not allow the defilement of the torment that my witch sisters endured at the hands of men by allowing men to wear the term witch. Fuck that.

[slayerr-of-tims-deactivated2021]

If you're a male and call yourself a "witch" I fucking hate you. You could call yourself literally ANY other term but you choose to appropriate women's practises and terms instead. It is male entitlement and misogyny at its finest.

[s-c-r-ee-ch]

Apollo and Athena on a full moon 🌕

Academy of Athens

[imaginarywitchcraft-deactivated]

”Make a plan that can happen without Magic. Then use Magic to make sure that it does.”

-- Jason Miller, "The Elements of Spellcrafting"

[will-o-the-witch]

Bigger Devotional Ideas

For when you really want to do something out of the ordinary. This none of these are requirements and it’s definitely not a complete list, just something to get the ideas flowing.

Write a song, or a few songs, or a whole album…

Hold a feast in their honor. Invite all your friends. This can be done with subtlety.

Cook a meal for the deity. Incorporate foods and ingredients that are considered sacred to them, or traditional foods from that region.

Devote a period of time (like a week or a month) just to them, studying all you can about them and acting on your best behavior.

Have friends in the faith? Host a libation or ritual in the deity’s honor!

Make a statue out of clay, or another craft in a medium that is a healthy challenge for you.

Create your own devotional jewelry, prayer beads, etc.

Create your own altar items, such as candles, altar cloths, offering dishes, etc.

Go on a journey to somewhere particularly sacred to the deity.

Name something important after them like a pet, original character, or online business.