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🌳General Tree Associations🌳

Alder - Alder is used in rituals to balance actions and emotions. Associated with charisma, journeys, self-confidence, bravery, supervision skills, and spiritual growth. Alder

Apple - Used in rituals that focus on healing, love, and fertility. It is also associated with the fairy realm and wands made from apple trees are particularly effective when dealing with harmony, serenity, and peace.

Ash - Ash is associated with the mental. It is useful when dealing with communication, intelligence, and wisdom. Ash is associated with linguistic arts such as poetry. It is also said to prevent drowning, protect against unwanted life changes, and weather magick.

Beech - Beech can be used to help balance mental illnesses (in addition to proper medical treatment, of course). It is a great choice to aid in divination, contact with ancestors, and magickal research.

Birch - Birch trees are heavily associated with rebirth and cleansing. Birch can be used to aid in healing spells as well as banishing spells and rituals.

Cedar - Cedar is often used to create sacred spaces in which to perform rituals and spells. It is associated with protection, longevity, and preservation.

Cherry - Cherry trees are often associated with stability and can be used to increase focus. Cherry is also associated with animals, familiars, and unification.

Elder - Elder is most often used in association with fairie rituals, healing, imaginative endeavors, and banishment.

Elm - Elm trees are often associated with stages of life, specifically birth and death. It is used both to usher in newborns and send loved ones off into the next life.

Hawthorn - Hawthorn is used for psychic development and creativity. It is also associated with developing patience, magick detection and concealment, and male potency.

Hazel - Hazel is associated with artistic ability and talent as well as optimism.

Hickory - Hickory trees are associated with acquisition, abundance, wholeness, and leadership. It is known to promote eloquence, creative expression, and inspiration.

Holly - Holly trees are often used in sleep magick, but lore also exists concerning its ability to make those who possess Holly leaves and berries sexually irresistible. Holly can also aid those in mourning or those who are dealing with grief.

Lilac - Lilac trees (and bushes) are most often associated with romance and love. Lilac can aid communication between lovers, offer protection while traveling, and help with concentration.

Maple - Maple can help with intellectual pursuits and is often used in spells and rituals concerning beauty, art, and abundance.

Oak - Oak is a fairly common tree and is associated with strength, vitality, truth, protection, and knowledge. Oak trees can be used to help in grounding exercises.

Osage Orange - Osage Orange trees aid in repelling negative energy, astral travel and projection, and connecting with spirits.

Pine - Pine trees are known to give protection and joy to those who have branches of pine in their homes. It can help harness inner strength, ease stress, and renew one’s sense of purpose.

Poplar - Poplar is often used as an all-purpose wood as it contains useful energies for a large variety of uses. It can be used for evocation as well as banishing and is useful when divining.

Sassafras - Sassafras has long been used as a protection aid as well as a sleep aid. It is said that burying money by the roots of a Sassafras tree will bring the owner of the money prosperity. Sassafras has also been known to aid the digestive system.

Black Walnut - Black Walnut trees are associated with air and the astral plane. Black Walnut can be used to help one astral project or travel and work with the weather.

Willow - Willow trees are considered highly emotional. Willow trees can provide energy to the weak and elderly. Burning Willow wood can bring peace to the deceased. It can also aid in love spells, healing, and rebirth rituals. Willow wood is considered to possess the very essence of magick and is an extremely powerful tool.

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Personal rant

Long distance relationships are SHIT. Especially when their kids hone is taken away (even though they're almost 20 years old??) and that is your ONLY form of communication. I haven't talked to my boyfriend in 2 days which is shitty bc I miss him and I have no way of talking to him. Sometimes I don't want to actually date right now I just want to wait til I'm home (At school ) but it's not like if we did that I wouldn't still want to talk to him and miss him so what would be the point?!

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Went out into the woods for some inspiration for a new spread and the trees delivered! (Self insert much haha)

(If you want to rebog, please don’t remove this caption)

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[Image: Black graphic depicting an eleven (11) card Tarot spread as indicated by white outlined rectangles numbered 1-11. A title and card meanings in white text read as below.]

Tree of Protection Spread

1 - You, in your situation.

2 - Strong branch. Something or someone that makes you strong in your situation.

3 - Weak branch. Something or someone that makes you weak in your situation.

4-5 - Emotional protection. Where you can find support and strength emotionally in your situation.

6-7 - Physical protection. The possibilities you have for protection in the physical aspect of your situation.

8-9 - Spiritual protection. The paths your spirit can follow for protection in your situation.

10 - The axe point. Something or someone you ought to avoid in order to gain or keep your protection.

11 - Roots. Something you ought to do to make sure you stay protected.

Spread visual via text. Legend: [] brackets are cards, - hyphens are spaces, ‘, indicates card slightly higher/lower than line height suggests, /\ are cards titled right/left, * indicates horizontal card.

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How I Made Rosewater

1. I took the petals of four roses and placed them in a large pot. Put enough distilled water to cover the roses, not much more as to not dilute the water.

2. Heat to a simmer on a medium/low heat. Cover and let simmer for 20-30 minutes until the petals are pinkish.

3. Strain into another pot, let it cool before putting it in a jar or container to store.

Bonus: To make some facial mist I put 1tbs of the rosewater into a 2oz spray bottle and fill the rest of the bottle with distilled water.

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How to Make and Use Moon Water

Moon water is water that has been cleansed in moonlight and charged with the moon’s energy. Making moon water is simple. Full moons and super moons are considered by many to be excellent times to make moon water, though the phases of the moon have different magical and spiritual associations and you may want to consider this when making it.

How to Make Moon Water:

fill a clear container with water – spring water is ideal, tap is okay

seal the container

place it outside or on a windowsill where moonlight will shine on it

(optional) recite a chant over the water to bless it and/or dedicate it to a specific purpose

leave the container out from just after sunset to just before sunrise

you’ve made moon water!

Optional Ingredients:

crystals, such as clear quartz or rose quartz

sea salt

a few drops of essential oil

herbs and flowers (chamomile, lavender, mint, etc)

rain water or melted snow can be put out in moonlight (making the water better suited for storm witchcraft or winter witchcraft, should you practice these things) – I suggest straining it and not ingesting it

Some Uses for Moon Water:

cleanse your hands with it before spells and rituals

cleanse/purify ritual tools, crystals and other items

fill a spray bottle with it for cleansing spray

consume it for energy

use it in cooking and making teas

consume it prior to divination, to enhance your intuition

use it to add a kick to spells, charms or witchy brews/drinks/foods

sprinkle it around the perimeter of your home and/or altar space for cleansing and purification

use it to represent water (the element) on your altar and/or on a shrine for a lunar/or water associated deity

wash your hair with it

water your plants with it

fill a vial with moon water and wear it for protection/energy/intuition/etc

use it in any spell that calls for water and/or has lunar associations (if you’re not sure how to implement it into a spell, just keep a bowl of it nearby to benefit from its presence)

combine it with herbs and/or essential oils for a cleansing bath or charm

whatever you can think of, really, just be smart and safe with it

If you plan to consume your moon water and you want to add crystals to it, ALWAYS use tumbled stones. Raw/rough stones may leave behind shards or toxic debris that can cause harm if taken internally. It’s important to know the chemical composition of the crystal(s) you’d like to use as even some tumbled stones should not be used, such as malachite or fluorite (the resulting water would be toxic). Here is a list of such minerals.

Crystals can be placed on top of the container while it’s in the moonlight. You can also tie symbolic things to the bottle with ribbon or twine, such as charms (pentacle, triskele, moons, etc), flowers, etc.

If you happen to feel more called to the sun than the moon in your practice, all you have to do is put the water out in daylight for about 30 minutes.

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Wax seals being sealed is a fascinating experience

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Modern Pagan Ways to Worship

I’ve been thinking a lot about the ways I worship the gods, and watching my other Pagan friends to see how different our styles are. I thought I might list some of the ways I’ve noticed. Feel free to add anything you think is worth mentioning!

Learning about the gods: This is always the first thing I tell people to do when they decide to work with a new god. Read the stories we do have about them, even if there’s only one. What are scholars saying about the story/ies? What can we learn from knowing about the culture of the time? Is there any crossover from other cultures and mythologies?

Prayer: The obvious one, but perhaps not one that all Pagans engage in for fear of feeling ‘too Christian.’ Ceiswir Serith has a great guide, “A Book of Pagan Prayer,” if you want to take a look at new ways to pray.

Offering food/drink: Whether you’re offering a separate meal to the goddesses or sharing a part of your plate, this is a very old tradition. Some gods prefer you partake of the meal, and others don’t. Whatever is best for you, offering a glass of wine or a portion of your lunch to the gods also makes you more conscious of the food you’re ingesting.

Building/maintaining an altar: Another very common one under the Pagan umbrella. We dedicate a space to a deity or deities, and decorate it as a workspace for spells, a welcome mat for the god(s)/ess(es) we worship.

Donning a deities’ associations: If yours is a sea goddess, it is likely she’ll prefer you wearing shells, pearls, or colors that remind her of her home. By contrast, a fire god might like to see you sporting some carnelian or even lava rock. Wearing their colors, crystals/stones, scents, animal representations, symbols (either overt or covert), etc., is a way to remind yourself of them throughout the day.

Writing: Some Pagans keep journals, a Book of Shadows, and blogs to write to and about the gods. If you’re a verbal learner, this can be a great way to figure out your feelings if you’re working through new concepts, or to tell stories about your deities if they like to hear you talk about them.

Art: Other Pagans like to draw, paint, or otherwise decorate parts of their world with a visual representation of their god(s)/ess(es), their associations, or experiences they’ve had with their deity.

Music: Writing a chant, alternative Christmas carol lyrics, or compositions can be a great way to worship! Don’t forget drum circles and jam sessions.

Meditation: One of my personal favorites, guiding yourself (or having them guide you) through a visual meditation to show them more of their world. You can learn a lot about a god this way.

Crafty hobbies: Making jewelery, fetishes, or other gifts for the gods can be a relaxing and informative way to learn about how you see your goddesses compared to how other people do.

Volunteer work: Many goddesses and gods require their followers to flow good energy back into the world, whether that’s by volunteering at a women’s shelter, running a recycling campaign in your neighborhood, or counselling LGBTQ+ youth, this is a rewarding way to prove you can put your money where your mouth is, spiritually speaking.

Academic work: Particularly for knowledge/wisdom deities, this can be a good one for students. Silently dedicating your homework assignments to your gods can boost the quality of the work you turn in–it’s going to someone a little higher than your professor, after all!

Designing sigils and symbols: A lot of people are starting to take up the sigil-making hobby, which is great! Making a unique symbol for your deities lets them know you’re thinking of them, without necessarily letting other people know. Particularly good for people in non-Pagan-friendly households.

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Witch Respect

I respect the solitary witches who blaze your own trails, walk your own paths, and listen to your own gods. It can be a lonely, yet rewarding, life. It is not for the faint of heart. From the solitary we can all learn self-reliance and how to listen to our intuition.

I respect the witch who chooses a traditional coven. Whether it is Gardnerian, Alexandrian, reconstructionist, or another group, it requires an intense amount of devotion and time to learn a tradition. You have earned your titles and should be recognized by our community. From the members of groups and covens we can learn patience and determination.

I respect the kitchen witches who fill your homes with magick and tend the hearthfires. With the ancient elements you nourish your family and remind us all of our human history. From the kitchen witch we can all learn how to create magick from the mundane and appreciate the domestic arts.

I respect the hedgewitch who works with the spirits that surround us. It can be exhausting and misunderstood work. You have gifts that can help the living and the dead, and I admire that. From the hedgewitch we can learn how to communicate better and how to see different points of view.

I respect the sea witch who walks along the dunes at night and gathers kelp. The energy of the sea is one of the oldest and most powerful forms of magick, and is recognized in many cultures. From the sea witch we can learn to work in harmony with the elements and listen to the pull of the moon and tides.

I respect the gray witches who do not look at magick in black and white. Within magick, as within life, we are often called upon to use our own judgement in a situation. I do not condemn my fellow witches for not seeing things as I see them. From the gray witch we can learn to examine a situation from many points of view and realize that there are no rules but those we create for ourselves.

I respect witches of all genders and sexual orientation. Each person deserves to feel welcomed and comfortable in our community and does not need any more judgement than they already experience. From these witches we can all learn how to appreciate diversity and to practice tolerance and kindness.

I respect witches who are in tune with their local environment. It is important to learn about the creatures and plants who live near us and you have much knowledge. From these witches we can learn how to look closely at what is around us and how to be aware of the land we live on.

I respect the witches who are new to the craft and starting out. Most are willing to learn from elders and need to be guided by those of us who are older and have more experience. They do not need to be bullied or insulted, for we are all constantly learning. From the new witches we can learn to be teachers instead of judges and should remember the joys and mistakes of our youth.

I respect Christian witches. I support anyone’s personal beliefs. Perhaps we should view these members of the community as bridge builders. With their help we may be able to open doors and cross the divide that has separated the religions. From the Christian witches we can learn that religious tolerance applies to all spiritual paths.

I respect the witches who try to adhere to the paths of your ancestors. It is not easy to do that in the modern era and you are to be treasured. You truly connect the generations and help pass on information that would otherwise be lost. From these witches we can learn to honor our elders and ancestors.

I respect all members of the pagan community who treat others with respect. It is indeed a circle, and each of us is part of the whole.

For all the paths I forgot to mention, I respect them too, and I will probably add to this as the mood strikes me.

Most importantly, respect yourselves.