Between a dream and the sea, this is where I’ll be

seacraft. hedgecraft.

[astral-tides]

do you ever have a dream that sticks with you for days after? and after you wake up from it and days later you are still living in that dream? and it gives you this horribly nostalgic, longing feeling that is worsened by the fact that it was just a dream and you’ll probably never return to it again? That’s what’s happening to me right now.

[astral-tides]

Went to the beach today for my birthday! It was lovely. 

The sun was shining, the water was refreshing and SOOO clear I could see all the way to the bottom as i swam out to the buoy. 

[seawitchgoddess]

Sea Witch’s Scapegoat

thehaenyeo:

What is a scapegoat? A scapegoat is an object or perhaps even a sigil or whatever really that takes the curses or negative energy that’s meant for you. Whether it reflects it back to the sender or takes it into itself is something you can choose. However, the one I’m posting about is the former. Scapegoats are WONDERFUL additions to any home. It’s better to be safe than sorry.

What do I need?

Two clam shells. They do need to comfortably fit together, so they should relatively be the same size.

Thread to tie the two together. Color depends on you, but since this is for the scapegoat spell, you’ll probably want white for extra protection.

Small bells, marbles etc to put inside the shell.

Something personal to you. To make it easy it could be a nail clipping or some hair, it just needs to be something you identify as being you.

A piece of something reflective. Can be from a mirror, glass, sunglasses, maybe even dimes.

I have everything ready. What do I do?

Cleanse the two shells with ocean water. Hold the two shells together where they would connect, but keep it slightly open. Visualize just enough of your energy filling the inside of the shells. Put in a piece of yourself to help and something to make noise for when you shake it later. And if possible, a small piece of something reflective. Tie the two shells together with the thread. Speak: “Please take all curses and negative energy meant for me and reflect it back to them.” Keep it facing your window of the area you’re in most often.

Shake the shell to become accustomed to the sounds it makes. Sometimes it will make those noises when it is taking the brunt of the negative energy for you so you know when it’s happening. To keep its energies up, simply splash some ocean water on it however often you feel it needs. Once a month seems plenty.

[gamerkuken]

celestial—doll

[astral-tides]

bathed in the ocean today with an old friend. It was blissful. 

When I came home I felt so rejuvenated, like a layer of heaviness had been removed from me. 

I can still feel the ocean on my skin. I feel like I’m glowing.

[clickholy-deactivated20150913]

okay so here are some things to consider about sea witchery

think about all the lost things that wash up on coasts, think about the stewards and beachcombers who collect them

think about how every shell you find there was once a home, a fortress, armor

think about the way whales sing to each other in a way we don’t understand except to know that it means something, that it could be as complex and diverse as our own languages

and then think about whale carcasses sinking miles deep to give food and shelter to other creatures for decades

think about the mid-ocean ridges, two miles high, 28,000 miles long, endlessly splitting apart while the inside of the earth heaves itself up

think about hydrothermal vents, where life is so stubborn that it learned to exist without ever once seeing the sun that gives energy to all other things

think about corals, tiny living creatures clustered together in their castles

think about schooling fish and how they can seamlessly move as one, and about the predators who know this and use this

think about dolphins casting bubble nets

think about trenches seven miles deep where ancient creatures have lived unchanged for millennia

think about volcanoes bubbling all the way up to the surface to form islands that then gain their own endless diversity of life

there are so many things and we literally only know 1% of it and if that’s not the most goddamn witchy shit I’ve ever heard than I don’t know what is

[sserkett-deactivated20170309]

sea witch tip: shark teeth

sharks are hunters, so the teeth can aid in spells to find lost items.

also, sharks are attracted to shiny things, so if you’ve lost your keys or jewelry, shark teeth can be extra helpful

[sceptical-mystic]

What about cursing? like. Put a bunch of shark teeth in a jar and throw a photo of your target in it and shake it with a clever incantation like “bitch that thing you did is gonna come back to BITE YOOU”

Or use a shark tooth in a glamour to strike fear in the hearts of your enemies.

[softheartedfarewell]

This is beautiful

[pastorwitch]

I love this, but be careful to only get shark teeth through ethical means. They do shed a lot of teeth, so it’s possible, but please be careful.

[nymphet-lana-deactivated2016032]

Reblog if you post witchy stuff

Like:

Sea Storm Eclectic Green Kitchen/cottage Hedge Etc.

Altars (ESPECIALLY ALTARS OMG) Divination Sigils Spells & hexes Herbs Tools Tips on witchcraft Book recommendations Website recommendations Etc.

Or just cool witchy photos altogether~!

I want to follow you guys :)

[astral-tides]

Changed my name to fit my blog a lil better

Previously seawitchsun!

[astral-tides]

next next project

Make a wind chime made with shells and sea glass 

[astral-tides]

Next Project

Make a dreamcatcher embellished with shells and hagstones and sea glass and other ocean goodies.

[astral-tides]

Realization

So I feel like I can hardly call myself a witch. 

here I am, trying to say that I do dream work, when I don’t even take care of my sacred space. 

I don’t keep my room clean, my bed is a mess, and I sleep with random things on it and by me. There are useless things and dust under my bed. 

How could I not realize that this may be hindering my dream work?

Here are some standards for my “altar” that I am going to start trying a little harder to maintain as to maximize my work:

1. Keep my room clean and minimize clutter (especially around my bed) 

2. Keep under my bed clear and clean

3. Keep my bed made and invitingly comfortable (to me . . . )

4. Do not sleep with anything on my bed except for objects that bring comfort and ease (like my old childhood stuffed animal, which I have always had near me at night, and my dream protection pouch, and MAYBE my journal, though i may just keep that at a close reach)

5. Decorate my bed frame and wall above my bed with things that will bring good dreams (like dreamcatchers, and other things that will make my bed feel special . . . in this way it will be an altar)

I think that will be a good start in creating a space for me to grow as a dream witch

[seraphickalmagick]

A guide to the different forms of clairvoyancy.

[basttjamheri]

This… is rather inaccurate. What is being referred to here is called the “Claires”. The word “clair” is French for “clear”. There are as follows:

Clairvoyance (Clear Seeing) - Having visions and being able to see shapes, colors, auras, etc. through the mind’s eye. It is what is used a lot in meditations, projections, and is typically what people think being “psychic” means.

Clairaudience (Clear Hearing) - Being able to hear what normal ears cannot hear such as voices, whispers, music, or other sounds from the past, future, or spirit planes.

Clairsentience (Clear Feeling) - This is being able to feel energies and emotions, sometimes confused with empathy. You can feel the outward energies of emotions, vibrations, auras, and spiritual entities.

Claircognizant (Clear Knowing) - Sometimes confused with Clairsentience or Clairvoyance. Claircognizant is about knowing something typically before it happens. It does not involve visions or picking up vibrations, but instead just a sense of knowing.

Clairgustance (Clear Tasting) - Typically seen as a more unusual psychic ability, clairgustance is the ability to know things through taste, such as a bitter taste if a friend is in a foul mood or a sour taste before something goes wrong. It can even be as mundane as tasting or craving something a spirit or entity as eaten or desires to eat. Great for knowing offerings to deities.

Clairalience (Clear Smelling) - The ability to know things through smell or to smell things that normally are not there. For example, smelling your deceased Grandmother’s favorite perfume when her spirit is around. Or maybe smelling fire and finding out a family member’s house is on fire.

Clairangency (Clear Touching) - Different from clairsentience, clairangency is picking up information through touch. It is also known as psychometry where one can hold on to a necklace (or touch a person) and learn about who it is, what they were like, where they have been, etc.

I hope that clears (ha no pun intended) things up a bit. I personally am clairsentient and claircognizant and they are way more than just “psychic touch”. During a scientifically controlled test I participated in, I was asked to perceive objects in another room. Even though I could not see them, I was able to pick up on their feeling not by psychic touching. Was it warm or cold? Did I feel a particular emotion? Did it feel closed in like a box or light like paper? I was successfully able to pass this test using my clairsentience (one was one of those plastic gem paperweights and another was a book).

[seraphickalmagick]

This is a much appreciated elaboration + improvement on this post (which I now realise has a very embarrassing typo in it that I can’t believe I missed) thank you! To my followers, here is some more in depth insight on this post from someone who has a better idea of what they’re talking about, hehe.

[cladinscarlet]

The Water Spell

Take the appropriate herbs to a river, spring, lake or seashore. Hold them tightly in your power hand and visualize your need. With a sweeping motion, scatter the herbs on water. The power has been sent.

(Source: Cunningham’s Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs)

[pisceswitch]

The basics of sea magic. I can seriously be this simple. :D

[astral-tides]

I was very excited to read that you've done astral travel. I am very interested in learning how to do it. Now for starters, I have lucid dreams very often and I was wondering if that is linked with astral travel and if it makes it easier to (transition???) to the traveling part. Sorry if this doesn't make sense. Thanks. :)

Hi! I am excited too! I am pretty inexperienced myself, but I do think that the ability to lucid dream will definitely help you learn to astral travel. 

The first time I experienced astral projection, it actually did start as a lucid dream. I became lucid and then, realizing I was in a dream, was able to “wake up” my mind while my body stayed asleep. It can be tricky though, I think, because it’s hard to separate your mind and body like that… when your mind wakes up, it seems that your brain sends the message to your body to wake up too. It definitely takes a lot of control, and on a different level than I have ever experienced.  But with practice i am sure it  becomes easier. 

To answer your question, becoming conscious in a dream (being lucid) seems to be the first step in gaining that control over your mind to become completely conscious while your body sleeps,  and allowing it to travel the astral plane. 

At least that is how it makes sense to me. As I said, I am pretty new to this as well, and i am sure it is a little different for everyone. 

Just keep trying! if you will it, it should happen eventually! I hope this helps a little bit! Good luck!

[astral-tides]

I DID IT

I astral traveled last night for the first time!!!!!!!!!!

It was crazy, and now i completely understand why one should be wary of others they meet on the astral plane. I came across two others, and they definitely did not have good vibes, they tried to block my sight and disorient me.

Also, now that I have gotten over the fear of traveling, I can work on control. I was able to sort of control my movement through the plane but it was really hard and didn’t feel fully in control. 

but overall I am very excited that I was able to actually leave my room this time, even if i was a little clumsy!! 

[astral-tides]

i met my soulmate in a dream last night

[astral-tides]

i NEED to go to the beach tomorrow. For the sake my health.