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interchangable with bitch-of-pentacles. I keep forgetting which one I'm using. anyone who hates "the woke left" is a moron and I am laughing at them harder than you can even imagine

[breelandwalker]

General Advice for Beginner Witches

A brief masterpost of some of my advice posts for beginner witches and the episodes of my podcast dealing with the same. (There is UPG here, particularly where marked, as I base a good deal of my advice on my own experience and observations of other witches.)

Hex Positive Podcast Episodes

Hex Positive, Ep. 04 - Advice for Beginner Witches (July 2020)

Hex Positive, Eps. 6-7 - Come In For A Spell 1 & 2 (Sept 2020)

Hex Positive, Ep. 12 - Witching From The Broom Closet (Jan 2021)

Hex Positive, Ep. 24 - Warding A Witchy Home (Dec 2021)

Hex Positive, Ep. 27 - When Inspo Takes A Holiday (March 2022)

General Tips & Advice

I Feel Like I Might Be A Witch...But I Don't Know

I Have Mental Health Issues - Can I Still Be A Witch?

Can I Still Be A Witch And Use Magic If I Take Medication?

How Do I Teach Myself To Believe In Magic?

How Does Magic Work? (upg ahoy)

Will I Be Possessed Or Haunted If I Try Witchcraft?

What Are Some Things I Can Do To Get Started?

How Can I Start My Practice If I Don't Have Tools Or Books?

How Do I Organize My Study Materials?

How Do I Contact A Deity?

How Do I Worship My Deity If I Can't Have An Altar?

Tips On Working With Deities And Spirits (here be upg)

My Intuitive Spark Feels Low - How Do I Get It Back?

I'm In A Slump - How Do I Get Out Of It?

I've Reached A Stopping Point - What Do I Do Next?

My Candle Is Flickering - Does It Mean Something Bad?

How Do I Make A Magic Circle For Spellcasting?

What Happens If I Get Interrupted While Casting A Spell?

Do I Need To Maintain Positive Vibes For My Spells To Work?

What Should I Do If I REALLY Want To Hex Someone?

How Do I Know / What Do I Do If I've Been Hexed?

How Do I Become More Skilled And More Powerful?

How Do I Know When I'm Ready For The Next Step In My Practice?

Additional Tips For Developing Your Practice

Witchcraft Exercise - Quantifying Your Craft

Witchcraft Exercise - Dig Through The Ditches

Witchcraft Exercise - The Book of Lessons

Witchcraft Exercise - Home Brews

Tips on How to Visualize and Construct Basic Wards

Practicing Your Warding Technique

Cleansing Before Warding / Warding A Shared Space

Refreshing / Patching Existing Wards

Non-Appropriative Herbs for Smoke-Cleansing

Smokeless Cleansing / Other Methods

Recommended Reading & Book Suggestions

[theburntleaf]

Sourcing Materials

Though my main goal is to work with plants that I’ve grown myself or are wildcrafted from the local area, it is sometimes nice to explore and use other ingredients.

Trust me I know how tempting it is to want to save some money on perhaps a normally more expensive ingredient, but sourcing is really important.

Herbs, spices, essential oils, supplements, even seeds [X], are some of the most adulterated agricultural products in the market. [X]

What to look for:

Latin (scientific) name: very important! Do you know how many plants share common names ... it’s a lot. Take Ambrette, a source of musk from the “musk mallow” is this the same musk mallow that grows in my yard.... no, it is not (abelmoschus moschatus is ambrette, malva moschata is the other musk mallow)

Plant parts: as noted in the cited article, certain herbs/spices could be adulterated with less desirable parts of the same plant. If you only want say flowers make sure that’s what you’re getting (not flowers and leaves and stems etc)

Country of origin: chain of custody is good to notice. It’s always nice to know where your suppliers are getting their goods from. This can be important for more endangered ingredients: ie. if you see sandal wood grown in Australia you know it’s from a farm and not taken from the wild. Also some countries are just known for their excellent quality of a certain plant. (Saffron from Afghanistan for instance)

How was it grown and harvested: Always opt for organic* (certified or from a reputable “natural” non-certified organic grower) especially if your making incense! You don’t want to burn fertilizer and pesticide. (Or any other non-disclosed additives) for wildcrafted ingredients look for for “sustainably wildcrafted”* and origin.

*organic doesn’t necessarily mean free from such things but it is at least better than conventional alternatives. Homegrown and wildcrafted (away from roads or contaminated sites) materials free from pesticides and synthetic fertilizers are obviously just as good as organic though not certified.

*never buy endangered spieces that have been wildcrafted. Instead look for places who are cultivating these spieces instead.

Price: is it too good to be true? This might mean the product you are buying was adulterated in some way along the supply chain (note the above article) or harvested in an unethical or even illegal way. If you’re not willing to pay a little more to obtain sustainably sourced endangered ingerdients then it’s best to just stick to local and abundant species. (I prefer to work with local woods instead of expensive and endangered sandal or aloes)

Ingredients: If you are purchasing herbal products or mixtures, (especially to burn, consume, or apply topically) be sure you know what you are purchasing. Recipes, because they can’t be patented, are often kept secret which is fair to an extent, but an ingredient list is not a recipe. Ratios and formulas can be kept proprietary, but a source that values health and safety should list all ingredients. As a crafter I put the value of my products in my dedication to creating a perfect formula, my time and care in crafting, and quality of the ingredients and end product; not a secret recipe.

Essential oils need to be carefully considered. The amount of plant material needed to make such things is astronomical so it’s important to consider all the factors above. Some to definitely stay away from: Rose, rose is usually sold as an absolute (which is fine) but if you see it as “100% essential oil” that’s a red flag. Frankincense, Sandal, White Sage, and other endangered species. EOs from abundant plant speices are best! [Read more: X , X] A great alternative to essential oils are hydrosols, usually a bi-product of essential oil making (and can be more sustainable), they are less intense, easier to make at home, and still offer the extra kick of frangrance eos add. [X]

Recommended vendors:

First and foremost check out your local area for suppliers. Here in Vermont I am lucky to be surrounded by many organic herb farms and seed growers. A shout out to my local favorites: Zack Woods Farm, Foster Farm Botanicals. For seeds and plants: Wilson’s Herb Farm, High Mowing Seeds, Milkweed Medicinal Seeds, Perennial Pleasures

Of course local growers can’t supply everything so other places I source from:

First check your local co-op or health food store, they usually carry from trusted bulk suppliers and is great if you only need a small amount.

Mountain Rose Herbs for bulk herbs, spices, and herbal products

my essential oil supplier went out of business but they were great :( but mountain rose also sells essentials.

I usually stay away from Etsy for sourcing but the Apothecary’s Garden is a reputable shop for resins and Higher Mind Incense for Makko and Australian farmed sandal. (on Etsy always make sure to check for the things listed above most shops don’t pass the sourcing test)

Strictly Medicinal Seeds (for seeds and live plants; herbs and medicinals) Fedco (for veggies and common garden seeds)

[fairieshavefeatheredwings]

Yule Tea

Yule time is almost here, and as your friendly neighborhood tea witch, I’m going to give you my Yuletide tea! This tea is nice because you’ve got a lot of options, as I know not everyone has every ingredient. What you will be making is basically a ginger chai tea, but you can substitute the white tea base with a hibiscus base, or a rosemary base. Let’s go!

Yields: 1 mug

Ingredients:

½ tsp cinnamon

¼ tsp cloves

1 tsp ginger

¼ tsp nutmeg

White tea bag/ hibiscus tea bag/ 3tsp rosemary.

1 cup water

OPTIONAL: Topaz/clear quartz/rose quartz/stone of your choice.

OPTIONAL: sigil on piece of paper

Directions:

Boil water, and add ingredients. Stir clockwise to welcome in the new beginnings. Place sigil under cup, and a paper plate or other cover over the mug. Place stone on top of cover and let the tea steel for 4-5 minutes. If you want an extra kick, place in sunlight, or brew with snow water.

Enjoy!!

[normal-horoscopes]

May I ask what the 4 Courts of the Fae are like, and what truly would happen if a human were taken by said Fae? I offer the key I found amidst the sand that opens no known locks, a book of runes my father knows not where he bought it from, and a textbook beneath my bed that dates back hundreds of years yet remains unaged.

IT IS HARD TO TRULY DEFINE THEIR NATURE IN A TUMBLR ASK BECAUSE ALTHOUGH THEY ARE BOUND BY OVERARCHING RULES THE HIGH COURTS ARE AS DIVERSE AS ANY GROUP OF HUMANS

WINTER IS THE SEASON OF CHANGE THE WINTER FAE ARE INTELLIGENT CALCULATING. THOUGH MERCILESS, THEIR LOGICAL NATURE CAN MAKE THEM EASIER TO NEGOTIATE WITH BUT ALSO MAKES THEM PRONE TO MURDERING PEOPLE WHO ARE NO LONGER USEFUL

SPRING IS THE SEASON OF GROWTH THE SPRING FAE ARE ADAPTIVE FLEXIBLE AND CLEVER. THEY TEND TO BE THE MOST UNORTHODOX OF THE HIGH COURTS, EVEN AMONG THEY FAE THEY EXCEL AT MISDIRECTION, AND ALWAYS HAVE SOME TRICK UP THEIR SLEEVE.

SUMMER IS THE SEASON OF PASSION THE SUMMER FAE ARE DRIVEN PROUD AND DEEPLY EMOTIONAL. THEIR PASSIONATE NATURE MAKES THEM POWERFUL BUT ERRATIC, ONE MOMENT THEY CAN BE RIGHTEOUS AVENGERS, THE NEXT THEY CAN BE VENGEFUL BACKSTABBERS.

AUTUMN IS THE SEASON OF HUMILITY THE AUTUMN FAE ARE PRACTICAL RESERVED AND GROUNDED. THEY ARE FURTIVE, AND TEND ONLY TO INTERACT WITH OTHERS WHEN THEY KNOW THEY HAVE THE ADVANTAGE. THEY PLAY CLOSE TO THE CHEST AND ALWAYS KEEP THEIR MOTIVES HIDDEN.

[seedling-druidess]

Imbolc

On August 1st Imbolc will be here in the Southern Hemisphere. This will be my first Imbolc and I wanted to share with you how I will be celebrating this Imbolc.

First, what is Imbolc? Imbolc is also known as Imbolg, Candlemas, St Brigid’s Day, Gwyl Fair (Welsh), Lá Fhéile Bríde (Irish), Là Fhèill Brìghde (Scots Gaelic), or Oimelc (meaning “milk in the belly”). It is a sabbat which is important to Brigid or Bride, the Celtic triple Goddess of poetry and inspiration, healing and midwifery, and smithcraft. As a pagan goddess she was canonised as a saint by the Christians as St Brigid of Kildare. St Brigid’s Day and Candlemas are celebrations in her honour.

It is also an important seasonal festival which marks the lambing season, which signifies the return of growth and life, the beginning of the return of the sun in its journey across the sky, and also the return of milk after the depletion of winter stores. With winter having used up most vegetable and meat stores, this is a time where families would collect milk and use it to make cream, butter, and cheese to use in their diet to make it through to late spring.

In Australia this carries a similar meaning although generally it doesn’t snow, and lambing practices have changed from ancient times to be midwinter instead so that we may have a bounty of dairy year long. Since the sun is present all year, though warmth ebbs and ekes, it is a celebration of the return of light, for the return of the warmth present through the summer, and a return of fast and verdant growth, I see it as primarily a seasonal (albeit solar focused) festival, and so try to follow similar practices used to usher in light and warmth to the home and hearth. I also see it as a time to acknowledge the earth awakening from slumber, getting ready to burst back into summer bloom again.

This is a great time to think back on the things which have occurred during the year, and let go of that which holds you back. It’s also a time to reflect on what you hope to grow this year, new habits, new practices, new routines, and new commitments. It’s also a time to nourish yourself, waiting for the new seasons ahead with hope and listening to the past with gratitude and acceptance. This period is representative of growth, hope, new life, rebirth, and purity. These are the rituals that I hope to do through the day:

Clean the house – by physically cleaning the home it helps to remove stagnant energy and ready it for the new energy that you will receive during the year.

Cleanse the home – I usually do this on all sabbats, but this is an especially powerful time to cleanse with the fresh clean breath of spring. You can use traditional smoking herbs such as lavender, juniper, pine, rosemary, and herbs sacred to Brigid such as blackberry, or you can cleanse with Australian plants such as eucalyptus with respect to the spirits of place and traditional owners and ancestors of place. (I have a lot more to learn about indigenous plant uses in my area, and encourage you to reach out to your local elders to find out more for your own area.)

Burning Yule Greens – I made a yuletide wreath and traditionally you can burn these to burn away the old energy to make way for the new. You can also replace it with an Imbolc wreath if you like. You can make a new one from any plants you like, such as the 9 woods, oat, wheat, vines or brambles, making sure you thank the plant and give it an offering in return for the use of its matter.

Bake – I’m going to try and do some baking this Imbolc! I hope to make some almond milk bread with herbs for the season, but you can also make some lovely herb cakes or muffins. I’ve seen some great recipes on other blogs with similar tags.

Milk bath – A ritual bath is a good way to start (or finish) a sabbat. I’ll be using a recipe which includes:

1 Cup whole powdered milk (for nourishment)

1/3 Cup honey (for sweetness)

1/3 Cup coconut oil (for moon magic, as the sabbat will be 3 days before the full moon)

Handful of rosemary sprigs

Handful of lavender buds

Lavender essential oil

Rosemary essential oil

Bardic Initiation – Imbolc is a good time for dedications, devotions, and commitments including initiations. Having started the Bardic Grade with OBOD I’m so excited to initiate myself into the Order this Imbolc!

I’m so excited to celebrate this Imbolc on the first steps on this new path, Bright Blessings to you all  /|\

[officialbrooklynn]

As a black woman, I am furious. I have no words. I have no more patience. I am angry. I am tired. WE are tired. Oh and our president is a piece of shit racist and unfollow this account if it hurts your poor little feelings to hear me say that. I have spent my whole life watching and experiencing racism and white silence. No more being nice. No more staying silent. If this hurts your feelings and you feel personally attacked by the sentiment then you ain’t ready to hear the message yet. I don’t have any more time for white fragility. I’ve been tip-toeing around it my whole life and I am done. For those that are using their privilege to speak up and make a difference, thank you. You are on the right side of history. ✊🏽 Artwork By Me: @BrooklynnMusic on Instagram

[will-o-the-witch]

Antisemitism in Witchy Spaces

I decided to start writing down every time I saw/experienced something in hopes that it will help shed light on some specific stuff Jewitches go through. My hope is that people will see antisemitism as a community-wide issue and not the fault of just a few individuals. We all play a part in making it better.

Facebook Witch Group: post is made by a user with a profile picture of a clear nazi swastika. After being notified, admin declares the user is allowed to stay because the group is a “judgement free zone.”

Facebook Witch Group: Jewitch witches were assumed white by default and pitted against other groups, as if Jewish people are leveraging their identity to “play up” their own oppression and undermine others. Many openly Jewish witches are harassed out of the group.

A witchy discord group implements a rule that outlaws all mention of all closed practices (including Judaism) “to protect from appropriation,” even if the person has legitimate claim to the practice. When I pointed out this basically forced me into hiding, admin says, “you can be Jewish. Just not here.”

A user identified themselves as a Kabbalist. Later in the discussion, they were surprised to learn Kabbalah was Jewish in origin, admitted they didn’t know a single Jewish person in real life, and argued that Kabbalah couldn’t be that bad because Arianna Grande also used it. (”Are you saying she’s wrong too??”)

Another user is called out for appropriating Kabbalah and proceeds to sling antisemitic jokes until they are banned.

Just. So many more people appropriating Kabbalah and just becoming really nasty towards any Jewish person that expresses discomfort. (Including one person that even gave themselves a Hebrew username)

A group of users too big to argue with talking about how amaaaazing working with Lilith is. A few Jewish folks respectfully ask them to be mindful of her origins. They’re not given attention. (Or what attention they are given is only to debate her origin.)

Discord server has rooms for every major subcategory of Paganism and one room for “Abrahamic.” Christian witches completely dominate the conversation.

I mention on my blog that I am a proud Jewish person. One of the comments shortly after is “go be Jewish in Israel.”

A Nazi sympathizer joins a Discord group, reveals themselves, is banned, and proceeds to try and join again over and over again through different accounts.

I’m checking my blog activity and see a nazi witchy blog had gone through my blogged and liked a ton of stuff so I’d be sure to see their username (they did this to other notable tumblr blogs as well.) Looking at their bio revealed their agenda of proving Nazis “weren’t all bad,” and their dash included an open invite to a holocaust denial discord server.

A tumblr thread gets big of a bunch of witches arguing to cancel the word Sabbat because of supposed antisemitic origins. Jewish people chime in to insist that we really don’t give a shit about Wiccans using the word Sabbat, and not to speak over Jewish people and declare what we’re offended by. Tumblr arguments ensue.

I get “called out” for baking challah. That’s not antisemitism but it made me laugh really hard. (It’s okay for goyim to bake bread, obviously. Just don’t be weird about it.)

“High magic” and ceremonial practitioners ignoring or brushing off their tradition’s origin in blatant appropriation.

A user shares a magical chant to a group for everyone to use. The chant is in Hebrew. It includes a name of Gd. They didn’t realize that was a part of it.

Another discord group asserts in the rules that members of closed cultures may be openly themselves and discuss their craft, but not in an educational way. A mod practices exclusively Hermetic Kabbalah. I don’t have the strength to get into it. (Thankfully we had an actually decent discussion but it still made me feel kinda shitty.) 

Everyone is free to reblog. Jewish witches, please feel free to add your own experiences! 

[will-o-the-witch]

More happened, you say?

Discord server-wide prompt ping: Tell us about your Christian upbringing! (This isn’t “pure” antisemitism, but it sure does erase those of us who weren’t raised in Christian households)

The nazi witch blog starts making rounds again, dropping asks in multiple inboxes to the effect of: “Jews are anti-pagan and anti-gentile, so why can’t we be anti-Jewish?” (Hopefully I don’t have to explain why that’s a shit take

I suppose I’ll just update this every time I get a decent-sized batch going again?

[mysticmachmir]

So so so tired of appropriation of our practices and mysticism. “Wiccan mezuzahs” because ‘being a witch means we take things whenever we want’ (yeah, seriously).

People practicing Hermetics/OTO/Thelema, which is all based around appropriated Jewish mysticism, anti-Judaism from xtians, and fetishization. Same with Solomonic magic.

The antisemitic/nazi satanism (note, that is not all satanists obviously!).

Appropriation of Lilith dear G!d!!! I know you already said it but I felt the need to repeat it.

[will-o-the-witch]

Wait, Wiccan mezuzahs?? Seriously? Thats a new one for me

Like I know this whole post is about being Jewish but Jesus Christ

[mysticmachmir]

Yeah, especially because they don’t realize the mezuzah is…. the scroll….

And honestly the witchcraft reddit you write “Jewish” and you find tons and tons of just appropriation in general of Kabbalah and talking shut abt “Solomonic magic” and people suggesting using a Star of David necklace in a Solomonic ritual and I’m just !!!! Stop

[sorekbekarmi-deactivated2022051]

Oh my fucking FUCK this is

A compilation of things I am already always mad about

So I can be mad all at once

So convenient

[theladymorganlefay]

🌙 Moon Water for Every Phase 🌙

🌑New Moon Water

Charge your water under the New Moon and use this water as a booster for spells of new beginnings. If you are looking to:

Start a new job or business

Open your heart to a new relationship

Move into a new place

Sprinkle your altar, your home or workspace with some New Moon Water! If you are planting seeds, water them with some of this moon water to promote a healthy start.

🌒Waxing Moon Water

The benefits of this lunar phase are associated to growth, evolution and development in both the spiritual and material realms. If you are casting:

Spells for Money and Success

Good Luck Rituals and Spells

This phase is all about manifestation, attraction and moving forward. Invite the power of Water to your life by placing a cup of Moon Water on your altar.

🌕Full Moon Water

The energy of the full moon can help you reinforce any kind of Witchcraft spells: 

Love and Beauty Spells

Spiritual and Psychic Protection Spells

Meditations for Growth and Wisdom

Divinations and any ritual practice in which you need to strengthen your spiritual powers will see benefits. Just place a cup of Moon Water on your altar as you cast it.

🌘Waning Moon Water

Enhance the power of banishing spells by using this blessed water in your ritual.

If you want to get rid of a problem, a person or a situation, cast a banishing or a freezing spell and add a cup of Waning Moon Water to the list of ingredients

[didnthurtmyselfdontworry-deacti]

┏┓  ┃┃╱╲ in this  ┃╱╱╲╲  house ╱╱╭╮╲╲  we ▔▏┗┛▕▔    appreciate ╱▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔╲       Keeping terfs out of the witchblr community because our fellow trans, nonbinary, and male witches deserve respect ╱╱┏┳┓╭╮┏┳┓ ╲╲ ▔▏┗┻┛┃┃┗┻┛▕▔

[mossandjuniper]

Hey witches!

Reblog this if you're a witchcraft blog that posts spellwork and practical advice. It's a plus if you're a green witch but that's not necessary!

-must be LGBT+ friendly

-no racist Nazi republican shit

-basically if you're not an ass reblog

[thats-howthelightgets-in]

MY BIG COMPILATION OF USEFUL WITCHY TIPS

Draw sigils on clothespins or binder clips. You can now easily clip it to an outfit before you use it, the back of a curtain, the underside of your bed, wherever.

Learn how to macrame. Seriously, it's so useful for trying crystals to things

Lightly scratch a rune or simple sigil into your lip balm for an added boost.

Wanna symbolically launch a lantern into the sky but know it'll just end up litter? Unfold a teabag and empty it of tea, stand it up, and light the bottom on fire. Look it up, it's super cool, and it'll burn up so no litter involved.

Use index cards to organize plant/crystal correspondences. Index card boxes are additionally small and easy to hide.

Get some plain label stickers, like the kind you'd stick on an envelope after writing your address on it. Boom bam, an easy way to tag something with a sigil

Homemade soap! Almost every craft fair you'll ever go to will have someone selling soap, and generally pretty cheap! I've got a goat milk and honey bar that gives me correspondences energies, and most places will sell messed up balls of soap for 2 bucks or so! All of them have correspondences and can give your shower a charge for the low price of supporting community businesses!

If you can't sew, twig and/or vine poppets are very much a thing.

Get a loose tea strainer. Make yourself tea from plants around you. Dandelions make fantastic tea (make sure the area you gather from isn't sprayed!) Imo, the most useful thing a witch can own is a loose tea strainer, it's good for any type of brew.

Envelope spells. I CANNOT stress this enough. Sigil the envelope, fill, and dispose of however you need to. Paper is biodegradable, easy to sigil and seal, and you can make your own envelopes a bajillion different ways.

Spool spells. Find an empty spool. Do your knot magic with the string you use. Use the string to bind a small sprig of each herb you use to the spool. Glue the end down. Sigil or seal the top. Tada! Cute, easy to hide spell. Pictured below is a spool spell of mine. I superglued an acorn cap and quartz chip to the top instead of sigiling, but you get the jist.

If you're any good at embroidery (or even if you're not) Norse runes are literally the easiest thing you could possibly sew onto something.

Speaking of runes, stick them on literally anything. Someone asks, say it's the Norse rune for [insert thing] and no one will question it or give a fuck. My extremely christian transphobic mom bought me, a trans man, a tiwaz patch (the rune for masculinity) because I said it was the rune for strength. She did not suspect it was a trans thing or a witchcraft thing.

Use the witches foot! It's a Lowkey symbol for witches everywhere, and easy to explain away as "just a cool pattern" because it's so simple and ridiculously hard to google if you don't know the name of it.

If you're a witch into astrology, get into the non witchy, stargazing part of astrology and let your parents know. They will consider nothing suspicious about you knowing zodiacs, constellations, and moon phases because you're just "into stargazing".

Make your grimoire a school notebook. Keep it with your school stuff. Nothing is less suspicious than a notebook in your backpack. Writing in it is just "doing homework".

Listen to Ren Faire music. Nothing feels witchier than blasting violin and bagpipes whilst a woman sings about telling men to fuck off or a dude sings about a witch cursing his whole village.

Set aside a pocket knife to do all your witch shit with. Clean it regularly. A good pocket knife can get you any plant matter you need, and can help you out when you're fucking around out in the woods

Plain rocks are useful! Look up correspondences and uses for limestone, river rocks, smooth black stones, gravel, etc. Any rock you fish out of a water source will likely have the properties of that water source!

Go to garage sales and thrift shops. LOOK THROUGH THE BOOK SECTION. Not only can you find witchy books, bu, more importantly, you can find old beat up books! Find a good reference book or two that won't be missed and cut those fuckers up! Use the pictures to decorate your grimoire. I had an old reference book for plants and now all of my plant index cards have cut out pictures on them from that book. My pages for moon phases have some sick moon watercolor pictures on them.

Travel bottles are your friend. Use them for herb and water storage- those spray bottles are SUPER useful for spritzing your room with moon/rain/ocean water.

[bitchofpentacles]

Thanks Tumblr for only showing me my notifications two weeks later

[bitchofpentacles]

What's everyone doing for Beltane in quarantine?

I'm thinking about just doing some artwork in the sunshine.

[that-punk-music-witch]

I'm baking bread, putting honey on EVERYTHING, going for a walk on the greenway (maintaining social distancing of course), and making lavender sun tea. What are you witches doing on this blessed Beltane?

[fubvsfcikbdshnklnfsvh]

Greetings, Witches! 🔮🌿🕸🖤🌈

My name is Ambrosia (they/she), I'm 18, and I was raised pagan and still practice today! I am a mixed (white passing) disabled lesbian. I also run a new witchy shop on instagram called theherbalvirgo!

Reblog this if you are active and post/reblog:

Astrology

Palmistry

Tarot

Herbalism / Green Witchcraft

Spoonie Magic

Cats

I'm looking for more people to follow, and I am also a new blog looking for more friends and followers!! 💕

[bitchofpentacles]

What's everyone doing for Beltane in quarantine?

I'm thinking about just doing some artwork in the sunshine.

[skaldish]

So fun fact: I spell it as “magic” and not “magick” because the latter spelling was popularized by Aleister Crowley who was an anti-Semitic, misogynistic, racist Nazi sympathizer. ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

[will-o-the-witch]

All of this plus the fact that the distinction just isn’t needed! Nobody is getting confused thinking you’re talking about stage magic any more than a doctor saying you need a cast means you’re going to hire some actors. Besides, the k really just feels self-aggrandizing and “I’m so different,” at least to me.

So yeah, I’m fine leaving “magick” in the past. It’s not relevant or needed and has a nasty background.

[scretladyspider]

Did not know that about that spelling! Thank you for this information.

[servantofthefates]

How to Speak to Any Living Soul

Do not use this spell on people you can easily reach through natural means. It is meant to connect you to strangers you have only once seen, or to someone you have met just in your dreams.

STEP 1: Write a letter.

You do not have to know the person’s name. Writing “Dear You” while thinking of their likeness is more than sufficient.

As always, natural paper uncoated with polymers, as well as pencil instead of processed ink, are what will help you acquire supernatural aid.

STEP 2: Stamp it.

Ready yourself for sleep. Prepare to never get up again before sunrise.

While sitting on your bed, use a red marker — anything dark, strong and long-lasting — to write on the palm of your right hand:

ALLAS GALLI YNOMINAM

STEP 3: Post it.

Read your letter out loud. With feelings. As if the person is right in front of you.

The more sincerely you speak, the greater the chance of them hearing you.

STEP 4: Transport it.

Hold the letter in your right hand as you lie down. Make sure it is touching the red writing.

Close your eyes and sleep. Use the roads between the veils to transport your message.

STEP 5: Protect it.

When you wake up, wherever you find the letter: under a pillow, on the floor… do not move it. If that means you have to leave your bed unmade, so be it.

Throughout the day, do not consciously remove the writing on your palm. Wash your hands and take a bath, but do not actively scrub away the ink.

When every line and dot has faded, it means your letter has been “read”.

Do with it what you will afterwards. It has already served its purpose.

STEP 6: Wait for a reply.

Their response will also travel between the veils.

It could come in the form of a dream or a waking vision, as well as a message on a billboard or a conversation you overhear.

So in the coming days, make sure you open your eyes and your ears.