I Dont Know What I’m Doing

I’m new to witchcraft, please be nice Basically a journal of all my notes and things I discover along the way as I figure everything out! Sorry for visibility, trying to fix it!

[hoodoowitchesofthetrials]

🌿💚😍😍

[fayeswitchcraft]

*delicately blows a kiss to all the spirits in my room* please dont knock anything over i live here

[ivy-covered-aquarius-deactivate]

Kitchen Witch Tip🌿🕯🌿

✨Keep a small journal in your kitchen to keep notes on your magic. Did the basil you used in that last recipe make a difference? Write it down. Soon you will have a journal of what works for you (and what doesn’t)✨

[criophorus]

THINGS YOU NEED TO BE A WITCH

a desire to learn

an oddly strong love for the moon, the sun, or both

an open mind

time

a little humility

salt, probably

THINGS YOU DON’T NEED TO BE A WITCH

a vagina

nor a uterus

fancy tools

money

formal training

a fancy witch name

a neurotypical brain

major talent right off the bat (this is a SKILL, you learn it, not everything will just come naturally)

[attention-deficit-witch]

May I offer a social distanced hug in this trying time?

[attention-deficit-witch]

I’ve noticed something

I always tend to feel happier and more....excited about life, more optimistic if you will, after performing spells. Especially when they’re for someone else. Just food for thought

[heatherwitch]

Magic to Replenish Energy

(Had to make a new version because tumblr messed with the gif on the original and won’t let me edit my own posts…)

As a spoonie witch, using magic to help regain my mental and physical energy has been extremely helpful. I decided to compile some resources to make life easier!

Tea/Drinks:

Mental reboost tea spell

Easy energy tea spell

Energy boost tea

Energy spell

Rejuvenating tea

Morning coffee spell

Lemon cayenne wakefulness potion

*resources for herbal interactions*

Spells:

Spoonie spell for energy + Spoons spell

Rain energy spell

Electric charge spell (storms)

Solar charged spell

Energy boost spell

Pick me up energy spell

Full bloom spell

Odds and ends:

Energy bath

Energy shower scrub

Recharge yourself (with crystals)

Sun meditations

Motivation charm bag

Spell jar/sachet for energy

“I Shouldn’t Be Awake But I Have to Be” Jar Spell

Sigils for energy: [X] [X] [X] [X] [X] [X] [X]

Related resources:

What to do when witchcraft drains you

Spells and sigils for energy

Witchy things to do when you’re low on spoons

Simple spell work for low energy days

You may also like:

Rejuvenating witchcraft

Spoonie witch masterpost

Bedridden witchcraft series

Sick witchery

How to return to the craft

Links updated February, 2020 (please inform me of broken links via askbox)

[orriculum]

Come Hell or Highwater Spell 🌊

a spell to prepare you for difficult times ahead, and give you the power to rise. 

🌊  gather: a jar, twine, high tide sea water, honeysuckle, lavender, lime peel, black salt, wax, and a self representative object.

🌊  prepare and dry the herbs, in the oven or naturally

🌊  charge with personal energy, and add the representative object  

🌊  ring the jar’s lid with black salt and seal thoroughly with wax, bind bottleneck with twine, secure with a strong knot. 

🌊  go to the beach when the water is at high tide, hold the bottle in the water as it comes in, letting the waves wash over it. while doing this, chant:

“come hell or high water i rise with the tide this time and after the sea will be on my side.”

🌊  do not litter the bottle in the water, take it back with you, keep in case you need to perform the ritual again. 

[my-witchy-journal]

🌼SOME FLOWERS IN WITCHCRAFT🌼

Abundance: Arnica

Balance: Heather

Banishing negative energy: Lilac, Snapdragon

Beauty: Amaryllis, Pentas, Wolf’s Bane

Clairvoyance: Poppy, Queen Anne’s Lace

Communication: Datura (with Deities), Foxglove (with Fae), Pansy

Courage: Geranium, King Protea

Creativity: King Protea

Divination: Chicory, Damiana, Datura, Hibiscus, Pansy, Poppy, Rose

Dreams: Calendula (psychic dreams), Dandelion, Datura, Poppy

Energy: Carnation, Sunflower (sun energy)

Exorcism: Angelica, Dandelion, Datura, Henbane, Lilac

Fertility: Daffodil, Damiana, Foxglove, Geranium, Heather, Myrtile, Poppy, Queen Anne’s Lace, Sunflower

Friendship: Hydrangea, Passion Flower

Happiness: Calendula, Hyacinth, Lily of the Valley, Pansy, Scarlet Pimpernel, Sunflower, Tulip

Harmony: Gardenia, Iris, Jasmine, Lavender, Poppy, Rose, Violet

Healing: Arnica, Angelica, Calendula, Carnation, Chicory, Gardenia, Geranium, Heather, Lavender, Rose, Scarlet Pimpernel, Vervain

Hope: Daisy, Violet

Innocence: Daisy, Freesia

Invisibility: Poppy, Wolf’s Bane

Joyfulness: Birds of Paradise

Love: Buttercup, Daffodil, Daisy, Damiana, Datura, Foxglove, Gardenia, Geranium, Heather, Hibiscus, Hyachint, Iris, Jasmine, Lavender, Lilac, Orchid, Pansy, Pentas, Poppy, Queen Anne’s Lace, Tulip, Vervain, Violet, Yarrow Flower

Luck: Carnation, Chicory, Daffodil, Dandalion, Honeysuckle, Poppy, Violet

Lust: Damiana, Heather, Hibiscus, Queen Anne’s Lace

Marriage: Buttercup, Yarrow Flower

Money: Bergamot, Chamomile, Honeysuckle

Passion: Chamomile, Passion Flower, Rose

Patience: Aster

Peace: Gardenia, Iris, Lavender, Passion Flower, Poppy, Violet

Pleasure: Sweet Pea

Prosperity: Jasmine, Poppy

Protection:  Angelica, Arnica, Carnation, Datura, Dogwood, Foxglove, Geranium, Heather, Holly, Hyacinth, Lilac, Lily, Marigold, Rose, Scarlet Pimpernel, Snapdragon, Tulip, Vervain, Violet, Wolf’s Bane

Psychic Ability: Arnica, Calendula, Damiana, Orchid, Rose, Moonflower

Purification: Chicory, Dandelion, Lavender

Relaxation: Chamomile, Jasmine, Lavender, Poppy, Vervain

Removal of Curses/Breaking Hexes: Chicory, Datura, Hydrangea, Lily

Second sight: Henbane, Queen Anne’s Lace, Scarlet Pimpernel

Sensuality: Heather

Sexuality: Damiana, Foxglove

Sleep: Chamomile, Elderflower, Linden, Poppy, Violet

Spirit: Arnica (keeps unwanted spirits at bay), Bergamot (lifts spirit), Dandelion (summoning spirits), Heather (conjuring spirits), Honeysuckle

Spirituality: Jasmine, Queen Anne’s Lace, Rose

Strength: Carnation, Chicory

Success: Bergamot, Chicory, Sunflower

Tranquility: Lavender, Poppy, Rose, Violet

Transformation: Datura, King Protea, Moonflower, Scarlet Pimpernel

Vision: Angelica, Damiana, Datura

Vitality: Carnation

Wealth: Elderflower, Honeysuckle, Jasmine

Wisdom: Henbane

🌈Flower Colours and Magical Correspondences🌈

BLACK AND DARK BURGUNDY: The Crone,  banishing, breaking hexes, and removing negativity

BLUE: Element of water,  healing, sleep, and peace

BROWN AND  BEIGE:  Home,  stability,  and pets

GREEN: The God, element of earth,   faeries, healing, money, luck and fertility

PINK:  Friendship, children, affection and love

PURPLE: Power, psychic abilities and passion

RED: The Mother, element of fire, lust, love, sex, healing and protection

WHITE: The Maiden,  all  purpose, purification, protection,  and moon magick

YELLOW: Element of air, wisdom, mental powers,and divination 

ORANGE: Energy, vitality, and success

🌻🍂Flowers of the Month🍃❄️

January: carnation (bestows energy, healing), snowdrop (symbolizes new beginnings)

February: violet (love, protection), primrose (protection, love)

March: daffodil (fertility, love)

April: sweet pea (friendship, strength), daisy (love), lily (keeps negative influences away  [White: symbol for the archangel Gabriel])

May: lily of the valley (perks you up, lifts your spirits [all part of the flower are mildly toxic, should not be ingested]), hawthorn (fertility, happiness, good luck in fishing)

June: rose (love), honeysuckle (prosperity)

July: larkspur (health, protection), water lily (healing, emotions, psychic powers [use it in water spells, rituals])

August: gladiola (ending relationships, ending situations,), poppy (luck, prosperity)

September: morning glory (can be used in binding spells, peace, happiness), aster (can be used in love spells)

October: calendula (strength, healing, justice)

November: chrysanthemum (protection, protects you from negativity)

December: holly (protection, male plant), ivy (fidelity, love, female plant)

🔱Goddesses and Associated Plants🔱

APHRODITE: Violet, Morning glory, Rose, Linden, Heather, Queen Anne’s Lace, Daisy and all true blue flowers      

APOLLO: Arnica, Henbane

ARADIA: Rue, Vervain, Verbena

ARIANRHOD: Linden

ARTEMIS: Artemesia, Daisy, Damiana    

ASTRAEA: Aster, Michaelmas daisy

BAST: Catnip

BIL: Henbane

BRIGHID OR BRIDE: Dandelion,  Crocus, Helebores          

CERNUNNOS: Chamomile

CERRIDWEN: Vervain/verbena

CHRONOS: Henbane

CYBELE: Chrysanthemum

DEMETER OR CERES: Red Poppy

DIANA: Rue, Henbane, Rose

DRYADS: Daisy

FAE: Daisy

FREYA:  Maidenhair fern, Daisy, Rose, Primrose and Arnica

GANESHA: Damiana

HADES: Datura

HATHOR: Rose

HECATE: Cyclamen, Lavender, Willow, Hensbane, Datura, Wolf’s Bane and Monkshood (aconite)

HEL: Chrysanthemum

HERA:   Iris, Willow

HESTIA: Passion Flower

HOLDA: Rose in full bloom

HYPNOS: Passion Flower

IRIS: Iris, Rose

ISIS: Rose, Heather and purple  Iris

JUNO: Iris

JUPITER: Carnation

KALO: Hibiscus

LADY OF GUADALUPE:  Red and pink roses, Poinsettias

LILITH:  Lily; Deep-Red, Thorny, Garden-Style Roses

LUNA: Queen Anne’s Lace

MAE LABRAID: Heather

MAIA: Scarlet Pimpernel

MARS: Daffodil

MEDEA: Lavender

MERCURY: Chamomile

MINERVA: Thistle, Olive, and Mulberries              

NATURAJA: Datura

NECHTAN: Heather

NEPHTHYS: Lily

OESTRE: Daisy

OSHUN: Chamomile, Yarrow Flower

PERSEPHONE:   Parsley, Pomegranate, Henbane

RA: Arnica, Chamomile

SATURN: Datura, Lavender

SELENE: Rose, Bluebell, Nicotiana, Queen Anne’s Lace   and all white and night-blooming flowers

SHANGO: Hibiscus

SHAVA: Linden

SHIVA: Datura

ST. ANNE: Chamomile

T’AO YUAN-MING: Chrysanthemum

VENUS: Violet, Morning glory,  Rose, Hibiscus, Queen Anne’s Lace, Heather and all true blue flowers    

YEMAYA: Passion Flower, Yarrow Flower

ZEUS: Damiana

Source: Garden Witchery - Magic from the ground up by Ellen Dugan 

[attention-deficit-witch]

Here’s a shoutout to all the depressed witches who couldnt get out of bed today

To the anxious witches who couldn’t step out their front door today

To the witches with adhd who got nothing done and still haven’t been able to meditate

To the autistic witches who got sensory overload and spent the day trying to calm down

To the bipolar witches who had a particularly bad day

Here’s to the witches who are mentally ill and had it prevent them from doing something today.

I feel like it’s not said enough, you’re allowed to have bad days. Sometimes the wall is too big to climb. That’s okay, gather yourself and try again tomorrow. You’ll be okay. This isn’t the end of the world and you aren’t worth less.

You did amazing today, even if all you did was stay alive, I’m proud of you.

[heaven-ly-mind]

[attention-deficit-witch]

It’s really pretty but I would definitely slip and bust my ass on this then crawl up the other side cause I was too scared to walk

[witchkitch]

✨🍓Sparkling Love Lemonade

1 tablespoon Lemon Zest (warding, purifying, cleansing, healing) 1 cup fresh Lemon Juice (warding, purifying, cleansing, healing) 1 pint Strawberries (abundance, love, fortune) 1 cup Sugar (attraction) Handful of fresh Mint (love, lucky, prosperity, fortune, cleansing) 2 cups Sparkling Water (sub with prosecco for a fun cocktail) 2 cups Water (use a charged water for an extra boost~)

(vegan.raw.gf) 🥄

[hunnybonny]

[attention-deficit-witch]

This is a little difficult for me to talk about because it feels like it’s not something to share but part of destigmatizing mental health is talking right? I don’t feel like I’m not allowed to share it I’m just not sure anyone wants to hear it but I’m trying to get better so this is my attempt at opening up.

Two days ago, Thursday, I went to the ER, because I couldn’t trust myself to not do something I’d regret. I got help and my counsellors drove me to the hospital. It was terrifying. The doctor wasn’t very helpful but the nurse was incredible. I missed work, my longest shift for the week actually. So I lost a bunch of my paycheck. But had I gone I’m not sure I would’ve lived through the night.

I haven’t been on for a while because my mental health is getting worse by the day and I feel awful. I’m stressed. I can barely get up. Even taking my meds takes more energy than I can spare.

I haven’t been practicing. I’ve been busy trying to survive. And that’s okay. It’s okay to care about myself. It’s okay to need time for myself. It’s okay for me to come first. I won’t be able to give if I’m not here. And I want to help others. So I need to get through this. Its okay to pause my practice to take care of myself. It’s okay to do little bits of magic instead of big gestures.

It’s just been really hard.

[elthealchemist]

A Few Words From Your Neighborhood Herbalist

Even if you aren’t always thinking about it, all herbs have some sort of medicinal quality when ingested, whether minor or major. By extension, teas that you drink can interact with the medicines that you’re taking.

An important example: diet teas can negate the effects of birth control. 

Before you throw a bunch of random herbs you saw on a Tumblr post into a pot to brew, always check for any medicinal interactions. 

[possums-against-cops]

reminder that terfs cannot and never will be punk

[corvidaesuggestion]

I am a:

⚪️man

⚪️woman

🔘crow

Seeking a:

⚪️man

⚪️woman

🔘small trinket or pretty object