basic ass witch

I'm using this blog as my online grimoire. I'm still really really new to this, so if I post something incorrect or you want to teach me something please message me!

[powerburial]

all women born after 800 AD do is tempt, blaspheme, witchcraft, eat potent herbs to aid in their foul divinations, and lie

[witchtips]

Actions in Witchcraft

Just like each herb and crystal has certain properties and strength, so do actions taken during rituals and spells. When writing spells it is important to include the proper actions to make sure your spell is as effective as possible.

Burning - Burning an object is a common practice in spells and rituals. Fire is considered a cleansing and activating force.

If you want to destroy something’s influence, burn it and dispose of the ashes away from your home.

If you want to set something into motion, burn objects related to the situation to ash.

If you want to activate certain energies, burn objects related to those involved.

If you are performing a curse or hex, burn the object in the flame of a candle.

Burying/Abandoning - A Witch might bury and object for many reasons. They might want to put something to rest, perform a slow spell, or banish something. There are different ways in which one can bury an object to accomplish a desired outcome:

If you want to keep something close, bury the object in your back yard.

If you want to attract something, bury the object under the front door step

If you want to disperse something to a distance, throw the object into a crossroads

If you want to fix an influence, inter the object in a five-spot pattern

If you want something to work by means of spirits, bury the object in a graveyard (but don’t disrupt those buried there!)

If you want to hide something’s point of origin, conceal the object in a tree

If you want something/someone to work by stealth, hide the object in clothing or on objects

If you want an influence to begin or strengthen, throw the object East

If you want an influence to end or weaken, throw the object West

Rubbing - Rubbing an object can be the easiest and most immediate way to experience witchcraft. Transferring and garnering energy from objects can be done through physical contact with an object.

If you want to put energy into an object, rub it with your left hand

If you want to gather energy from an object, rub it with your right hand

If you want to bring positivity, rub clockwise

If you want to bring negativity, rub counter clockwise

If you want to use crystals to heal, rub the appropriate stone on the effected part of the body.

Soaking - Water is one of the main elements used in witchcraft. It comes in many forms with many different properties and uses.

If you want something to move away and sink, throw it in running water

If you want something’s influence to rise and fall cyclically, float it in a tidal estuary

If you want to protect or cleanse something, soak an object in rain water

If you are focused on your personal goals, soak your object in sea water

If you want to bring about transformation, soak your object in snow/melted snow

If you’re trying to make a wish come true, soak your object in well water

If you want to banish, soak your object in harbor water

[lokean-witch-deactivated2017061]

Spirit Houses

I haven’t seen any posts about it, so here goes.

We as people tend to dramatise spirits. (Especially Americans let’s not even lie, there’s a huge culture around occultism and ouija and all that shit that’s been blown out of proportions.)

“They’re all evil! They must be gone, exorcised, banished!” 

“DON’T PLAY OUIJA YOU’LL GET POSSESSED BY AN EVIL DEMON CREATURE.” 

The truth is, a lot spirits don’t even know or care that you’re there, they have a right to be there and were probably there before you. Possessions are really, really rare. Legit ones that is. 

However, minor hauntings, such as things being knocked over, spirits nicking things and putting them elsewhere, banging on walls and such aren’t really a threat, and more of an annoyance. So there’s no need to call the exorcist and put fear and negative energy into it (because the spirit feeds off your fear and only grows stronger.)

Trust me, if the haunting was really serious, it would be much more than banging or losing things.

So! How to deal with a minor haunting without getting your exorcist mallet out? The answer is simple: Build a spirit house. 

Offer the noisy or cheeky spirit a home. A space of their own that they keeps them occupied and content. 

There are tons of methods to build spirit houses, may it be in skulls/bones from other animals, large jars, little doll houses, an intricate structure of thread stretched over a frame, a woven cage of wicker, anything! It depends on what you can provide and also what the spirit may want/need. 

The interior decor varies just as much. From a little zen garden to a shiny little room fill with mirrors, and pretty things, it depends again on what you feel is necessary. The idea is to provide the spirit with something that’ll keep it occupied through it’s beauty, intricacy or shiny qualities. Keep them amused. So make an intricate little doll house, or a miniature garden, or a mirror room, it’s up to you! 

Once that’s said and done, invite the spirit into it’s home and welcome them there. From there, the annoyance should stop and the spirit may even become willing to aid you in your magical workings! 

Next time, consider that before being scared out of your wit and feeding bad energy into it. Sometimes, call it takes is a little compromise! 

Oh, and PRETTY PLEASE send me pictures of your spirit homes! I’d love to see them.

[da-at-ass]

I take this to a further level and feel my house is not occupied by enough spirits so I buy haunted objects from thrift stores and set aside spaces for spirit occupation. One of those “garden pagoda” statues is in my garden for land-based spirits to take refuge in/have as territory and it’s made the corner garden much more pleasant and secured against people on the sidewalk who walk by. (In fact it’s an imitation of the japanese version of a spirit house, but the garden decor section at Fred Meyer doesn’t advertise that.)

A haunted home is a secure home! Spirits help keep watch for you and make the place less lonely. Give them a board game and they’ll stop knocking on the ceiling for fun.

[hellboundwitch]

So, I made a spread to go with my Deity Communication Spread! You can use them together or separately or not at all!

Card One is the deity – this is the equivalent to the first card in the Deity Communication Spread.

Card Two is one of the qualities/traits associated with them. I tend to read this as a more “negative” trait. Something that might seem scary or intimidating.

Card Three is another personality trait, but this one is usually read as being seen as more positive.

Card Four is what this deity rules over, or has power over.

Card Five will be for something that the deity is associated with, like a symbol or animal or something. (In my first test I got a Queen court card and the Queen itself was the answer there)

These things can be pieced together to try to get a fuller picture of who it is you might be dealing with. If you’ve already used the Deity Communication Spread, you can take Card One from that reading and place it here – and if you haven’t, you can put Card One from this reading into the communication spread, once you’ve identified them and want to know what they want.

This one has been working out pretty well for me, so hopefully y'all will like it!

[nipuni]

“[Trickster gods] are the lords of in-between. A trickster does not live near the hearth; he does not live in the halls of justice, the soldier’s tent, the shaman’s hut, the monastery. He passes through each of these when there is a moment of silence, and he enlivens each with mischief, but he is not their guiding spirit. He is the spirit of the doorway leading out, and of the crossroad at the edge of town. […] In short, trickster is a boundary-crosser. Every group has its edge, its sense of in and out, and trickster is always there, at the gates of the city and the gates of life, making sure there is commerce. He also attends the internal boundaries by which groups articulate their social life. We constantly distinguish—right and wrong, sacred and profane, clean and dirty, male and female, young and old, living and dead—and in every case trickster will cross the line and confuse the distinction. Trickster is the creative idiot, therefore, the wise fool, the gray-haired baby, the cross-dresser, the speaker of sacred profanities. Where someone’s sense of honorable behavior has left him unable to act, trickster will appear to suggest an amoral action, something right/wrong that will get life going again. Trickster is the mythic embodiment of ambiguity and ambivalence, doubleness and duplicity, contradiction and paradox. That Trickster is a boundary-crosser is the standard line, but […] there are also cases in which trickster creates a boundary, or brings to the surface a distinction previously hidden from sight. In several mythologies, for example, the gods lived on earth until something trickster did caused them to rise into heaven. Trickster is thus the author of the great distance between heaven and earth. […] Boundary creation and boundary crossing are related to one another, and the best way to describe trickster is to say simply that the boundary is where he will be found—sometimes drawing the line, sometimes crossing it, sometimes erasing or moving it, but always there, the god of the threshold in all its forms.”

— Trickster Makes This World: Mischief, Myth and Art by Lewis Hyde (x)

[elagabalass]

Hi! I'm really interested in Dionysus and would love to know how to find out more about him! Primary sources, grimoires, and general resources are very welcome!! Thank you so much!!

Hello! I’ve got a bunch of things to share I’ll separate them into ancient, modern etc and add a little summary about them!

Ancient:

- ‘The Library Of Greek Mythology’ Apollodorus

Loads on all on everyone and anyone! Not fully Dionysus’ central but rly useful as the Penguin Classics addition has family trees to help u keep track of everyone etc)

- ‘The Bacchae ‘ Euripides

A must read for all your Dionysus needs! Make sure to read the intro and notes in ur addition of the play to get all the knowledge!

- ‘Frogs’ Aristophanes

A comedy play but important! To fully understand Dionysus, you gotta know what the Greeks found silly about him and Aristophanes is always ur man for sweet sweet parodies

- The Orphic Hymnns trans by A N Athanassakis and B M. Wolkow

Great for all ur Orphic needs! Find out about the darker aspects of Dionysus Chthonius !

- The Homeric Hymns

Useful for for those v important epithets! And as always read the notes !

(There’s many more ancient sources like pots and shit but we’d be here forever)

Modern Stuff:

- ‘Dionysus : Myth and Cult’ Walter F Otto

Some v respected scholarship on Dionysus ! He’s also got a book on the Olympian gods if ya want more about them!

- ‘Tending The Bull: A Tradition Of Dionysian Devotuon” and other things by Nysa Press

Books by modern Dionysus devotee H Jeremiah Lewis! Plenty on the god, how to worship them from a 1st hand worshipper!

- Theoi.com !

Great site for all ur needs! Epithets, family and stories all sourced and explained! (Great if ya want to know a lot about Minor gods too!

- ‘Dionysus in ‘69’

A play from 1969! A modern retelling of the Bacchae! Look into it it’s great!

- ‘Birth of Tragedy’ Nietzsche and other philosophy works looking at the Dionysian

Great way to understand Dionysus is through the Dionysian archetype and comparison to the Apollon so Worth Reading anything like that

(There was a documentary on Dionysus on the BBC but idk if you can still access it through iplayer so…)

Some blogs I really:

@senros (artist, Zagreus focused/retelling, stunning art)

@ganymedesrocks (posts a bunch of ancient stuff with useful captions !)

@theancientwayoflife (similar to above)

@a-gnosis (comic artist! Mostly Persephone/Hades but current story has plenty about Dionysus, super great and education at once)

(And bunch more I can’t think of rn!)

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Hope this helped!! Feel free to just hmu and talk Dionysus whenever

[autistic-witchcraft]

yknow the maenads ripped apart animals with their bare hands and ate them raw so i think me stoned in front of my fridge at 3am, shovelling cookie dough in my mouth with my bare hands, is a perfectly fine devotional activity probably

[delphicsacrifice]

Advice for the baby Hellenic Polytheists

I’ve got just about a year under my belt now, so I’m very much still a baby myself. But here’s a few things I wish I’d known, or think might be helpful.

Just make khernips with a match. No really. It’s the extinguishing of a flame in the water that makes it lustral. Don’t worry about the rest unless you really want to and have the time.

You don’t have to introduce yourself to any gods. They all want to be worshiped; just get to it.

We’re not as intimidating as you think we are. We just…read a lot. You can read a lot too. You’re welcome here. We’ll even help.

Books are expensive. Theoi.com’s library is free.

Statuary is nice. It is also wicked pricey. Here’s what you need on an altar: A bowl for offerings, a vessel for khernips (can be near the altar rather than on it)

Wine, olive oil, honey, water are pretty universal libations. You’re welcome.

Dispose of offerings however works for you. Just do it with respect, and you’re fine. Oh but don’t consume offerings to cthonic (underground) deities, alright? That’s bad times.

The gods demand Arete. That is your personal best, not the best of the person next to you, or your mother, or somebody you idolize on tumblr. Do your best.

This is a religion of Kharis. When you ask the gods for something, give them something. Then, do not forget the thank you. Offer again if you are granted what you asked for.

Our tumblr community is pretty great, but we also are sometimes wrong. Find sources, and for gods’ sake do not try to replace your studies with Tumblr. Read for yourself, learn for yourself, build your religion such that it best honors the gods and works for you.

If you’re like me, you’re constantly moaning “How do you pronounce THAT?”. I know, friend, I know. Try a couple of these lessons on the ancient Greek alphabet. It is NOT fool proof. It is an incredibly complex language, and pronouncing it ain’t easy. But boy it will help with those particularly tricky epithets.

Oaths are serious business. Gods are easy to fall in love with. Be careful. Be patient. 

Real life pagans are way, way nicer than the ones on the internet. Go find them.

There are exceptions to most rules. Most of those exceptions are Dionysos.

“I don’t know what to say” “I don’t know how to write a hymn” We basically have a hymnal. 

No, ___ will not get jealous if you also worship ____. It’s a fear of us recovering monotheists, but I promise it does not apply to this religion. It’s kind of what POLYtheist means, and plus, most of our gods are related. Show the whole family some love.

“What is [god name] like?” They’re pretty fucking cool. Go find out for yourself, and bring gifts.

The gods know we are mortals, and that mortals make mistakes. Apologize. Bring gifts.

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Dionysos References

Books of Myths, Poetry, Hymns, and Plays Involving Dionysos:

The Bacchae

The Frogs

D’Aulaire’s Book of Greek Myths

The Complete World of Greek Mythology

Dionysiac Poetics and Euripides’ Bacchae

Dionysiaca

The Glory of Hera <— take this one with a grain of salt, as it presents Freud’s theories as credible

The Library

Academic Texts on Dionysos and His Cult:

Dionysos: Exciter to Frenzy <— favorite

Pagan Regeneration, chapter iii: Dionysian Excesses

Dionysos: Archetypal Image of Indestructible Life

Dionysos (Gods and Heroes of the Ancient World)

Ecstatic

The God Who Comes: Dionysian Mysteries Revisited

The Glory of Hera

A Mythological History of Ancient Greece. Volume 1: In the Beginning

Dionysos in Archaic Greece: An Understanding Through Images (Religions in the Graeco-Roman World)

Mystic Cults in Magna Graecia

The God Who Comes: Dionysian Mysteries Revisited

Gods of the Greeks

Dionysus: Myth and Cult

Ancient Mystery Cults

Books on Ancient Greek Culture:

Religion and Art in Ancient Greece

Greek Religion: Archaic and Classical (Ancient World) <— favorite

The Gods of Olympus: A History

The Glory of Hera

A Mythological History of Ancient Greece. Volume 1: In the Beginning

Prayer in Greek Religion

Ancient Greek Religion (Blackwell Ancient Religions)

Race and Citizen Identity in the Classical Athenian Democracy

Human Sacrifice in Ancient Greece

Friendship in the Classical World (Key Themes in Ancient History)

Aphrodite and Eros: The Development of Greek Erotic Mythology

Girls and Women in Classical Greek Religion

The Homeric Gods: The Spiritual Significance Of Greek Religion

On Greek Religion: Cornell Studies in Classical Philology

“Reading” Greek Death: To the End of the Classical Period

From Death to Rebirth: Ritual and Conversion in Antiquity

Prayer, Magic, and the Stars in the Ancient and Late Antique World

Citizen Bacchae: Women’s Ritual Practice in Ancient Greece

The Greek Way of Death

Athenian Myths and Festivals: Aglauros, Erechtheus, Plynteria, Panathenaia, Dionysia

The Sacred and the Feminine in Ancient Greece

Psyche the Cult of Souls and Belief in Immortality Among Ancient Greeks

Gender and Immortality: Heroines in Ancient Greek Myth and Cult

Ritualized Friendship and the Greek City

Everyday Life In Ancient Greece

Siren Feasts: A History of Food and Gastronomy in Greece

Magika Hiera: Ancient Greek Magic and Religion

Myth and Thought Among the Greeks

Myth and Society in Ancient Greece

Myth and Tragedy in Ancient Greece

Magic in the Ancient Greek World

Ancient Magic and Ritual Power (Religions in the Graeco-Roman World)

Greek Mysteries: The Archaeology of Ancient Greek Secret Cults

Greek Religion: A Sourcebook

Ancient Greece: Everyday Life in the Birthplace of Western Civilization

The Greek Way of Death

Devotional Texts:

Written In Wine: A Devotional Anthology For Dionysos

Miscellaneous:

Athenian Myths and Festivals: Aglauros, Erechtheus, Plynteria, Panathenaia, Dionysia

Rain, Conceive! Ancient Mysteries of Demeter & Persephone; Dionysos; Percival

Old Stones, New Temples

Prometheus: Archetypal Image of Human Existence

thehellenicguy’s resources

[joyousmadness]

I might be drooling.

[theredpelican]

listen i might be drunk but im right. art & literature & nature & music make life worth living. people who look like they were ripped out of a caravaggio painting make life worth living. go organize a bacchanal in the woods. take pics of your lover in your hotel room in venice. who cares if there’s a void in your soul. who cares if you can’t get attached to anyone. neither can michelangelo’s david.

[dailynietzsche]

“Saying yes to life, even in its strangest and harshest problems, is what I call Dionysian. That is the bridge I found to the psychology of the tragic poet. Not to escape horror and pity or cleanse yourself of a dangerous affect by violent discharge, as Aristotle thought, but rather so that you yourself may be the eternal joy in becoming.”

—F. Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols, “What I Owe The Ancients,” §5 (edited excerpt).

[arcadiansatyr]

Pagan Musicians Masterpost

Here’s a list of pagan bands/artists for your listening pleasure! Feel free to add more if you know them:

Damh the Bard - Folk (Celtic)

Blackmore’s Night - Folk Rock (Renaissance)

Castalia - Rock (Wiccan/Greek)

Elaine Silver - Folk/Acapella (Faerie)

Emerald Rose - Folk (Celtic/Wiccan?)

Enya - New Age  (Not actually pagan, but very calming/spiritual)

Faun - German Rock (Celtic/Norse)

Fleetwood Mac - Soft Rock (Again, not pagan, but spiritual)

Stevie Nicks - Pop/Folk Rock (Lead singer of FM, very witchy)

Fugli - Folk/Spoken Word (Shakespearean Faerie)

Gary Stadler - New Age Composer/Pianist (Celtic/Faerie)

Fehu - Folk Rock (Norse)

Wendy Rule - New Age/Rock (Faerie)

Heather Dale - Folk Rock (Greek)

KIVA - New Age/Chants (Greek/Celtic)

Spiral Dance - Folk Rock (Greek/Celtic)

Heather Alexander - Irish Folk/Acapella (Celtic/Arthurian)

Lisa Thiel - Acapella/Folk (Faerie)

Moonstruck - Rock/Metal (Wiccan/Celtic)

Lucidian - Folk (Wiccan)

Llewellyn - New Age (Arthurian/Healing Spirituality)

Robert Gass - Chants (Mother Earth Spirituality)

S.J. Tucker - Folk Rock (Celtic-ish, just generally Witchy)

Spiral Rhythm - Chants (Perfect for drum circles)

Threefold - New Age (Wiccan/Celtic)

Gheorghe Zamfir - Instrumental Pop (Pan pipes)

Loreena McKennitt - New Age/Folk Rock (Celtic)

Heidevolk - Folk Metal (Norse/Celtic)

Wolfchant - Viking Metal (Norse)

Arkona - Russian Pagan Metal (Norse)

[follower-of-odin]

Adrian Von Ziegler - Epic, classical, metal, all kinds (Celtic, Norse)

Antti Martikainen - Similar to Adrian Von Ziegler in genres and kinds of paganism represented by his music.

Brunuhville - Brunuhville is like Antti and Adrian.

Wardruna - traditional Norse music, they try to sound as close to the Viking Age as they can. They’re… tricky, though, as Gaahl, one of their members, seems to be quite a racist dick, and yet another one of their members, Einar Selvik, seems to be quite an anti-racist who thinks it a shame that “right-wing racist idiots” use Norse symbology. I absolutely hate Gaahl, myself, yet I still love the music. It’s… complicated. Feel free to disregard Wardruna if you’d prefer not to deal with that cognitive dissonance.

[nordic-celt]

This is gonna lean heavily towards metal bands, but…

Elvin’s Tales - Folk Rock (Estonian)

Skyforger - Folk/Black Metal (Latvian History & Mythology)

Branâ Keternâ - Folk (Celtic)

Celtibeerian - Folk Metal (Celtiberian)

Hordak - Folk Metal (Celtic, Celtiberian)

Allobrogia - Black Metal (Allobroge & Gallic history/paganism)

Eluveitie - Folk Metal (Gaulish, particularly Helvetian)

Celtachor - Folk Metal (Irish)

Cruachan - Folk Metal (Celtic, Irish)

Mael Mórdha - Folk Metal (Celtic)

Orthodox Celts - Folk Rock (Celtic)

Cnoc An Tursa - Folk Metal (Scottish History)

Skiltron - Power/Folk Metal (Scottish)

Karl Sanders - Ambient Folk (Egyptian)

Laboratorium Pieśni - Folk (various; Finnish, Polish, Lemko, Serbian, Belarusan)

Athlos - Heavy/Folk Metal (Greek)

Whispered - Folk Metal (Bushido, Japanese Legends)

Epinikion - Power Metal (Kievan Rus)

Tierramystica - Power/Folk Metal (Andean spirituality)

Ch’Aska - Folk Metal (various South American)

Nechochwen - NeoFolk, Folk Metal (Native American traditions)

Ex Deo - Symphonic Death Metal (Roman)

Fleshgod Apocalypse - Symphonic Death Metal (Greek)

Tengger Cavalry - Folk Metal (Tengrism)

Cultus Ferox - Folk Rock (German)

Equilibrium - Folk Metal (Germanic/Norse - in their early stuff)

Adorned Brood - Folk Metal (Norse)

Ásmegin - Folk Metal (Norse)

Forndom - Ambient Folk (Norse)

Hagalaz’ Runedance - Ambient/Folk (Germanic/Norse)

Helisir - Folk (Germanic/Norse)

L.E.A.F. - Folk (Scandinavian)

Leaves’ Eyes - Symphonic Metal (Norse)

Nebelhexë - Ambient Folk (Germanic/Norse)

SIG:AR:TYR - Ambient, Acoustic, Folk Metal (Norse)

  Skuggsjá - Progressive Black Metal by Einar Selvik of Wardruna (Norwegian history)

Týr - Progressive Metal (Faroese/Norse)

Eivør Pálsdóttir - Folk (some of her songs focus on Faroese/Norse, particularly the song Trollabundin)

[strawberriesforastrology-deacti]

Breaking Astrology Down

Your Sun is about yourself. Your Moon is your heart. Your Rising is how you look. Your Mercury is the way you think. Your Venus is how you love. Your Mars is how you deal with life. Your Jupiter is your luck. Your Saturn is how you discipline yourself and your responsibilities. Your Uranus is how unique you are. Your Neptune is your imagination. Your Pluto is your transformation. Your Chiron is how you heal. Your Ceres is how you take care of yourself. Your Pallas is your relationships. Your Juno is beauty and Influences. Your Vesta is your potential and your organization. Your North Node is how you develop in your current life. Your South Node is how you developed in your past life. Your Midheaven is your career, how others view you. Your Lilith is your hidden emotions.

[xquiet-stormx]

Finally, a simple explanation.

[ocean-gems]

Magickal Properties of Incense

(by Raven and Crone)

The spiritual meanings of fragrances and magickal properties of incense will help focus your mind on achieving specific goals. Burning incense has a symbolic meaning that helps pagans and witches focus their attention on the purpose of a ritual or magickal working. ACACIA: Burned with sandalwood to stimulate the psychic powers. AFRICAN VIOLET: Burned for protection and to promote spirituality within the home. ALLSPICE: Burned to attract both good luck and money. ALOES: Burned to attract good fortune, love, spiritual vibrations, and strength. ALTHEA: Burned for protection and to stimulate the psychic powers. AMBER: Burned for love, comfort, happiness and healing AMBERGRIS: Burn for dreams and aphrodisiac ANGELICA: Burn for protection, harmony, integration, insight and understanding, stability and meditation ANISE SEEDS: Burned as a meditation and emotional balance incense. BASIL: Burned to exorcise and protect against evil entities such as demons and unfriendly ghosts, and to attract fidelity, love, good luck, sympathy, and wealth. This is also an excellent incense to use when performing love divinations. Also burn for concentration, assertiveness, decisiveness, trust, integrity, enthusiasm, mental clarity, cheerfulness, confidence and courage BAY: Burned to facilitate the psychic powers, and to induce prophectic dream-visions. BAYBERRY: Burned mainly to attract money and also burned for protection, happiness and control BENZOIN: Burned for purification, astral projection, clears negative energy, emotional balance, eases sadness, depression, weariness, grief, anger, anxiety and to attract prosperity. BERGAMONT: Burn for money, prosperity, uplifting of spirits, joy, protection, concentration, alertness, confidence, balance, strength, courage, motivation and assertiveness BISTORT: Burned often with frankincense as a powerful incense to aid divination. BRACKEN: Burned in outdoor fires to magickally produce rain. CARDAMOM: Burn for mental clarity, concentration, confidence, courage, enthusiasm and motivation CARNATION: Burn for protection, strength, healing, love and lust CEDAR: Burned for purification, to stimulate or strengthen the psychic powers, attract love, prevent nightmares, and heal various ailments, including head colds. CEDARWOOD: Burn for healing, purification, protection, money, balance, grounding, clarity, insight and wisdom CHAMOMILE: Burn for harmony, peace, calm, spiritual and inner peace CINNAMON: Burned for protection and to attract money, wealth, prosperity, business success, stimulate or strengthen the psychic powers, and aid in healing. Also burned for stimulation, strength and lust CITRON: Burned in rituals to aid healing and also to strengthen the psychic powers. CITRONELLA: Burn for cleansing, warding off, healing and exorcism CLOVE: Burned to dispel negativity, purify sacred and magickal spaces, attract money, and stop or prevent the spread of gossip. Also burn for pain relief, intellectual stimulation, business success, wealth, prosperity, divination, exorcism, protection, eases fears, improves memory and focus COCONUT: Burned for protection. COPAL: Burned for purification, uplifting spirits, protection, exorcism, spirituality and to attract love. CYPRESS: Burn for strength, comfort, healing, eases anxiety, stress, self-assurance, confidence, physical vitality, willpower and concentration DAMIANA: Burned to facilitate psychic visions. DITTANY OF CRETE: Burned to conjure spirits and to aid in divination, astral projection, especially when mixed with equal parts of benzoin, sandalwood, and vanilla. DRAGONS BLOOD: Burned to dispel negativity, exorcise evil supernatural entities, courage, purification, attract love, and restore male potency. Many Witches also burn dragon’s blood for protection when spell casting and invoking. When added to other incenses, dragon’s blood makes their magickal powers all the stronger. ELECAMPANE: Burned to strengthen the clairvoyant powers and scrying abilities-divination by gazing. EUCALYPTUS: Burn for healing, purification and protection FERN: Burned in outdoor fires to magickally produce rain. Also used to exorcise evil supernatural entities. FRANKINCENSE: Burned to dispel negativity, spirituality, purify magickal spaces, consecration, protect against evil, exorcism, aid meditation, astral strength, induce psychic visions, courage, protection, attract good luck, and honor Pagan deities. FUMITORY: Burned to exorcise demons, poltergeists, and evil supernatural entities. GALANGAL: Burned to break the curses cast by sorcerers. GARDENIA: Burn for peace, love and healing GINGER: Burn for wealth, lust, love and magical power GINSENG ROOT: Burned to keep wicked spirits at bay, and for protection against all forms of evil. GOTU KOLA: Burned to aid meditation. HEATHER: Burned to conjure beneficial spirits, and to magickally produce rain. HIBISCUS FLOWERS: Burned to attract love, lust and also for divination. HONEYSUCKLE: Burn to attract money, happiness, friendship and healing HOREHOUND: Burned as an offertory incense to the ancient Egyptian god Horus. HYACINTH: Burn for happiness and protection JASMINE: Burned to attract love and money, and also to induce dreams of a prophectic nature, purification, wisdom and astral projection JUNIPER: Burned to stimulate or increase the psychic powers, and also to break curses, exorcism and hexes cast by evil sorcerers. It is also burned for calming, protection and healing. LAVENDER: Burned to induce rest and sleep, and to attract love-especially of a man. Also burned for cleansing, healing, happiness and relaxation LEMON: Burn for healing, love and purification LEMONGRASS: Burn for mental clarity LILAC: Burned to stimulate or increase the psychic powers, and to attract harmony into ones life. LOTUS: Burn to elevate mood, protection, spirituality, healing and meditation MACE: Burned to stimulate or increase the psychic powers. MASTIC: Burned to conjure beneficial spirits, stimulate or increase the psychic powers, and intensify sexual desires. The magickal powers of other incenses are greatly increased when a bit of mastic is added. MESQUITE: The magickal powers of all healing incenses are greatly increased when mesquite is added. MINT: Burned to increase sexual desire, exorcise evil supernatural entities, conjure beneficial spirits, and attract money. Mint incense also possesses strong healing vibrations and protective powers. MUSK: Burn for aphrodisiac, prosperity, courage MYRRH: Burned (often with frankincense) for purification, consecration, healing, exorcism, and banishing evil. Myrrh is also aids meditation rituals, and was commonly burned on alters in ancient Egypt as an offering to deities Isis and Ra. NUTMEG: Burned to aid meditation, stimulate or increase the psychic powers, and to attract prosperity. OAKMOSS: Burned for money and attraction ORANGE: Burned for divination, love, luck and money PATCHOULI: Burned to attract money, love, growth, mastery, sensuality and also to promote fertility. PEPPERMINT: Burned for energy, mental stimulant, exorcism and healing PINE: Burned for purification, and to banish negative energies, exorcise evil supernatural entities, and attract money, as well as to break hexes and return them to their senders. Also burned for grounding, strength, cleansing and healing POPPY SEEDS: Burned to promote female fertility, and to attract love, good luck, and money. ROSE: Burned to increase courage, induce prophetic dreams, house blessing, fertility, healing and attract love. Rose incense is used in all forms of love enchantment and possesses the strongest love vibration of any magickal incense. ROSE GERANIUM: Burned for courage and protection ROSEMARY: Burned to purify, aid in healing, prevent nightmares, preserve youthfulness, dispel depression, attract fairy folk, and promote restful sleep and pleasant dreams. RUE: Burned to help restore health. SAGE: Burned for protection against all forms of evil. It is also burned to purify sacred spaces and ritual tools. Plus it is great for promoting wisdom, clarity, attract money, and aid in the healing the body, mind, and soul. SAGEBRUSH: Burned to aid healing, and to banish negative energies and evil supernatural entities. SANDALWOOD: Burned to exorcise demons and evil ghosts, conjure beneficial spirits, and promote spiritual awareness. Sandalwood incense is also used by many Witches for protection, astral projection, healing rituals and in wish-magick. SOLOMONS SEAL: Burned mainly as an offertory incense to ancient Pagan deities. STAR ANISE SEEDS: Burned to stimulate or increase the psychic powers. STRAWBERRY: Burned to attract love and for luck. SWEETGRASS: Burned to conjure beneficial spirits prior to spell casting. SWEET PEA: Burned for friendship, love and courage THYME: Burned for the purification of magickal spaces prior to rituals, to aid in healing, and to attract good health. VANILLA: Burned to attract love, increase sexual desire, and improve the powers of the mind. VERVAIN: Burned to exorcise evil supernatural entities. VETIVERT: Burned to break curses, exorcism, for protection against black magick and thieves, money, peace and love. VIOLET: Burn for wisdom, luck, love, protection and healing WILLOW: Burned to avert evil, attract love, and promote healing. It is also used by many Witches as an offertory incense for Pagan lunar deities. WISTERIA: Burned for protection against all forms of evil. WORMWOOD: Burned to stimulate or increase the psychic powers. When mixed with sandalwood and burned at night in a cemetery, wormwood is said to be able to conjure spirits from their graves. YARROW: Burned to arrow courage, exorcism YLANG-YLANG: Burned for love, harmony and euphoria

[legalizememes]

bruh

[heathyr]

everything about this… this statue, the choppy waves, the cliffs behind her, the echo, the drumming….. aesthetic

[tuulikki]

Lyrics in Faroese:

Trøllabundin eri eg eri eg Galdramaður festi meg festi meg Trøllabundin djúpt í míni sál í míni sál Í hjartanum logar brennandi bál brennandi bál

Trøllabundin eri eg eri eg Galdramaður festi meg festi meg Trøllabundin inn í hjartarót í hjartarót Eyga mítt festist har ið galdramaður stóð

English translation:

Spellbound am I, am I The wizard has enchanted me, enchanted me Spellbound deep in my soul, in my soul In my heart burns a smouldering fire, smouldering fire

Spellbound am I, am I The wizard has enchanted me, enchanted me Spellbound in my heart’s root, my heart’s root

[thelostknee-deactivated20210422]

Did anyone else just get the shivers? Cuz I’m definitely getting the shivers.

Btdubs, the singer is Eivør Pálsdóttir.

[viaggiatricecompulsiva]

Herblore

The Basics:

Earth Based Spirituality

How to Harvest your Magical Herbs

How to Dry your Magical Herbs

How to Store your Magical Herbs

Herbal Preparations

Herbs in Magic

Herbs:

Magical Correspondences of Herbs, Roots, Flowers & Resins

Ten Magical Herb to Have on Hand

Aloe

Amaranth

Apple

Arnica

Basil

Bloodroot

Bryony

Calendula

Cardamomo

Chamomile

Chestnut

Chrysanthemum

Cinnamon

Corn

Daisy

Dandelion

Echinacea

Lavender

Mandrake

Marigold

Marsh Mallow

Mistletoe

Mugwort

Nettle

Parsley

Poppy

Rose

Rosemary

Sage

St. John’s wort

Thyme

Valerian

Vervain

Violet

Wormwood

Yarrow

Trees:

Alder

Oak

Magical Gardening:

Gardening by the Moon

Lunar Gardening

Butterfly Gardening

Faerie Gardening

Teas and Brews:

Herbs for Magical Teas

Absinthe

Chrysanthemum Tea

Dandelion Tea

Lavender Tea

Marigold Tea

Nettle Tea

Valerian Tea

DIY:

Homemade Lip Balm

Sugar Lip Scrub

St. John’s Wort Oil / The result

Lemon & Pppermint - Foot scrub

Coconut Oil - Body Butter recipe

Aloe Vera & Coffee - Home remedy for Stretch Marks

[a-green-witch]

@justalittlewiccan I may be utterly mistaken, but is this the master post you were referencing??

[juniperandfog]

As always, please, please be incredibly thorough in your research about what amounts of various herbs are safe for you and your specific situation (medication interactions, diagnoses, etc) to ingest.

[cottage-and-cauldron-blog]

Herbal Medicine: What is an Electuary?

An Electuary is a medicinal paste created with something sweet, such as honey or jam. Thick electuaries can be rolled into little balls for children to take with some juice, and thinner electuaries can be mixed with beverages such as hot tea. At its essence, an electuary is an herb infused honey.

According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary the first known use of an Electuary dates back to the 14th century. ‘Electuarie’ is a Middle English word derived most likely from the Greek ‘Ekleikton’ or ‘Ekleichein’ meaning to lick up. After all, a spoon full of sugar helps the medicine go down, am I right? ;-)

The common kitchen witch (and herbalist) will already be familiar with the process of herbal infusions, such as making tea blends, but making and storing electuaries can really kick your magic crafting up a notch. The primary use is medicinal but you can expand this into everyday spellcraft as well. Below are just a few examples of both medicinal and magical electuaries and how to create them.

Medicinal

Chamomile – Mildly sedative and soothing for stress relief.

Mint – Soothes digestive track to help with heartburn, nausea, and indigestion.

Raspberry Leaf – Especially beneficial for women by balancing hormones and helping with painful menses.

Elderberry, Echinacea, Licorice Root – This blend is a good immune supporter and very helpful for viral respiratory infections and treating the symptoms accompanied by the flu.

Magical (individual ingredients or blend to your tastes)

Love – Rose Petals, Lavender Flowers, Lemon Verbena, Apple, Cardamom

Money – Cinnamon, Clove, Nutmeg, Almond, Orange

Protection – Anise, Elder Flower, Fennel, Basil, Blackberry

Purification – Rosemary, Bay, Lemon, Chamomile, Nettle, Turmeric

How to make an Electuary

The best results come from using dried herbs or flowers and local raw honey. The dried plant material allows you to store your electuary longer because it has little to no water in it, where fresh plant material will thin the honey and require refrigeration to prevent mold. Raw honey from your local area is also best because it will contain traces of pollen from the trees and flowers in your area which assist with preventing seasonal allergies.

The process is to create a double-boiler system by putting a pot with some water on to boil, then placing a slightly larger metal bowl in it so that it sits snuggly (but not too tight) without touching the water. The gentle steam will warm the metal bowl enough to melt your honey without boiling it directly. Once your double-boiler is assembled put in your desired amount of honey and dried plant material. You can use herbs from your kitchen, ground spices, dried flowers, etc. I would recommend finding food grade if you’re buying online or at a local shop. Organic would be the best of course (pesticides don’t make good electuaries!). The amount of honey to plant material is up to you depending on how strong you want the infusion to be. Let your plant material simmer for an hour in the honey over your double-boiler.

*Alternative* You could infuse your honey and herbs using a small crock pot if you wanted to so you could simmer for 2-3 hours.

If you want your electuary to be a thick paste, finely grind your herbs prior to infusing using a spice grinder (or mortar and pestle if you have that kind of patience). Alternatively you could just use store bought ground herbs/spices. You will want to use more of an equal ratio of plant material to honey to make sure it stays thick. Please note that this will make the honey taste strongly of the herbs you use so be mindful of taste when you’re choosing herbs to blend, or just plan to roll into more of a “plant pill” to be swallowed. After infusing, store in a clean dry jar with a lid.

If you prefer a thinner electuary that can be mixed by the spoonful with a cup of hot water or tea, then you can use any kind of plant material in any amount you’d like with your honey to control strength and flavor. After infusing, strain it into a clean dry jar with lid for storage. Straining a combination of leaves, roots, bark, and ground spices will allow the smaller particles to stay within the electuary while removing the larger more undesirable pieces. This seems to be the most popular method.

You can now use your electuary however you’d like! Medicinal, Magical, with tea, in your cooking, the possibilities are endless so experiment!

Brightest Blessings,

Thalya /|\

Originally posted on my druid page, DruidDaydreams.