I'm training myself to learn how to curse abusers

[alittlebook-o-spells]

Curse: The Brand of Sacrifice

A sigil-based curse. Use the target’s energy to fuel your ambitions or yourself.

What you’ll need:

A taglock; a photo will work perfectly for this, but the written name of your target will work just as well.

A red pen, colored pencil, marker or crayon

A candle corresponding to your desires

How to do it:

Focus on your intent as you look over the photo of your target.

Using the red pen/marker/what have you, draw the Brand somewhere on your target (or on the back of the sheet of paper with their name), uttering the phrase, “I sacrifice.”

Tuck the photo somewhere hidden. Your target’s energy will charge the sigil over time.

Cleanse yourself thoroughly after this step; you don’t want this to come back and bite you in the ass.

When you think you’ve gotten all the energy you need from your target, light your candle, again focusing on your intent and desires.

Burn the photo/paper; make sure to burn it completely, again uttering the phrase, “I sacrifice.”

Scatter the ashes, preferably at a crossroads or at a waterway flowing away from you.

Cleanse yourself of any negative energy you’ve taken from the target.

[magicfrogbog]

Hate that when I look up the witchcraft tag the first thing that pops up is a terf witch groupchat :/

Feels good to block them all though, ngl

Real witches support all trans people so ⚡️⚡️⚡️bye terfs

[boxisawitch]

I don’t have tumblr mobile so I can’t see the groupchat. What are the urls of the terf witches? I’m only asking so I can block them.

[thesigilwitch]

Paint the Mirrors Black: Binding/Banishing Thing

Inspired by a song; this spell is to help you forget about an ex-partner / lover who was abusive, or just a negative presence in your life. You can also use this spell to help yourself move on from a bad relationship.

*This spell requires reflection on negative experience(s); if you are unable to do that for whatever reason, this may not be the best spell for you.

NEEDED:

a mirror; a handheld mirror is best for this (i.e. pocket mirror, make-up mirror, etc.); you can easily get one at the dollar store

black paint and a paint brush

some fabric to wrap the mirror in (an old t-shirt is fine)

a hammer

Set up your altar / work space by laying down scrap paper or old newspaper and readying your supplies, as well as any other actions you take before spell work.

Hold the mirror and close your eyes. Reflect on all the negative / harmful / abusive things this person has done to you. Remember how bad you were made to feel because of their actions, and project all that negativity into the mirror. You can either channel it through your body and arms, and out through your hands, or you can take in deep cleansing breaths, and exhale the negativity out and into the mirror. (If you have another method feel free to use that, just expel these feelings out of you and into the mirror.) Once you have removed as much of the negativity from your system as you can, set the mirror down on the paper and paint it. As you apply the paint, say / think / modify the following:

I paint this mirror black to forget you I no longer hear you in my mind I no longer see you in my dreams I no longer feel you in my heart The pain you once caused me is no more Any influence you once had is no more The thoughts and feelings are no more Trapped inside the mirror, bound in black You are gone from my life And gone you shall stay

Once your mirror is completely covered in the black paint, set it somewhere where you won’t see it often to dry (like on top of a cupboard or in a closet, etc.). Once it is completely dry, take it out and wrap it up in the fabric. Go outside with it, and bring the hammer. Set the wrapped-up mirror on solid ground and smash it. Channel any feelings of rage / hatred / etc. you have left in regards to the person or situation into the smashing of the mirror. As you do so, say / think / modify the following:

As this mirror breaks and shatters So does your hold on me I am free of your bonds Free of your [abuse / lies / manipulation / whatever they did to you] No more will you haunt me No longer shall you influence me You will never come back

Continue the smashing as long as you like. When you are done, rid yourself of the mirror, either by throwing it out or burying it somewhere away from your home.

[emrysmerlyn]

A mostly black cat, more or less above a ladder, for all your good luck needs

[naturebrujo]

Okay, so when are people gonna stop calling Vodou, Hoodoo, Santeria, and every other Traditional African Religion black magic and by black magic, I mean evil because it’s 2018  2019 2020 and people are out here still thinking these religions are evil all because it’s not “Love and Light.”

[tokimaeki-moved]

god works hard but occult twitter works harder

[radmona]

hey this "occult" language people are using is an African language called Amharic which people have used as a generic "curse" language for a while, it's really disrespectful and portrays African cultures and languages as demonic.

[versailles-nobara-deactivated20]

[jupitersmusings]

good things will happen 💫

things that are meant to be will fall into place 💫

[midnight4ever]

Magic Crystal Wand, Amethyst, Quartz, Labradorite

[yourwitchmama]

💧Emoji spell to summon rain on the west coast 💧

☔️🍀🌧☔️🌬💦💧🌧🌦🌨🌊

If you can, please donate to fire relief organizations I will link below. Everything counts- even if it is just a few dollars. Put as much intention into this post as you possibly can. Pray, do a rain spell, send vibes, do anything. You have more power than you think, and collecting energy is what this post needs to make it work.

☔️California wildfire relief 👩🏿‍🚒

🌧Oregon wildfire relief🧑🏽‍🚒

🌦Washington wildfire relief 👨🏻‍🚒

[auricwitch]

Witchcraft 102 Masterpost

So. You’ve covered the basics. You know what every kind of ritual tool does, you understand all the terms that seemed alien to you before and you think you’re finally starting to get a feel for this witchcraft thing. You’re not a baby witch anymore, but… where to from here? Making the move from beginner witch to intermediate witch is a lot more difficult than it seems, purely because resources aimed at intermediate witchcraft are few and far between. But there’s a good reason for that.

There are general rules and ideas that can be applied across all of witchcraft. There’s so much to learn from other witches, but your greatest teacher will always be yourself. There is a reason witchcraft is so customisable to the individual: some things just work better for certain people. Not to mention pretty much every magick practice in history was developed by witches using their intuition! Because of this, it’s hard to create resources that tell somehow how to go from a beginner to an intermediate. However, they do exist! You’ll just find that most of them will act as prompts or scaffolds. They’ll instruct you on how to figure things out for yourself.

This next stage of your craft will involve a lot of introspection, and a lot of trusting your gut. It’s the reason you learnt all that baby witch stuff in the first place. This is where most of the personal growth happens. It can be scary, but it’ll also be magical. It’ll be a while before you actually qualify as an ‘intermediate witch’, and there’s no shame in that. The process of moving from beginner to intermediate is one that can take years, simply because witchcraft is such a deep and complex art. I myself definitely wouldn’t identify as a baby witch, but I’m still a beginner in many aspects despite having been a witch for years.

Without further ado, I present to you witchcraft 102.

GENERAL

The Problem with Sharing Advanced Magic

Using Tumblr as a Resource

How to Stop Being a Beginner Witch

How to Deepen Your Craft

Developing Your Craft Beyond Tumblr

Creating a Spiritual Calendar

SOAP Journaling: a Devotional Framework

Devotional Journal (for deity worship)

Questions for a Deeper Spiritual Practice

ORGANISATION

When reading through information, I recommend taking notes on the content, as well as your thoughts on it. Do you notice any connections to other texts or ideas? Do you have any questions you’d like to follow up? This will not only help you remember the information, but encourage you to look at it critically and see the bigger picture. Here is an example of my personal note-taking scaffold which includes some of the notes I took a while ago. I adapted it from the Cornell notes system based on my personal needs.

At TechnoCoven, a recent online witchcraft convention, there was an hour-long panel about planning in witchcraft called Spirit Papers. Here is a link to the recording. It goes over different organisation systems, notebooks, etc.

Why you should cite sources

How to cite sources

What is an annotated bibliography?

I would highly recommend setting aside a specific time every day to study witchcraft. This way, you will be improving your craft every day. Even if you only set aside half an hour, you will be doing three and a half hours of study a week. An hour a day totals to seven hours a week. If you can’t find a specific time every day, then find a specific time every week. 6pm-8pm on Tuesday and Saturday, for example, or reserve all of Sunday afternoon. This structure obviously isn’t compulsory, but with it you will advance at a much quicker pace and probably find your craft more fulfilling.

You should definitely have a grimoire already, but if you don’t, get one. It can be on paper or online, if you’d prefer. OneNote, Evernote, Microsoft Word and Google Docs are all viable digital options. You probably have lots of loose information lying around, whether its physical, in note form or on your Tumblr blog. Categorise it and order it. Then go through it. Document the important and useful parts in your grimoire.

READING

Elemental Magick in Science

Elemental Systems

The Darker Elements

History of Magick Part 1

History of Magick Part 2

History of Magick Part 3

History of Magick Part 4

How Location and History Affect Spiritual Practices

Botanical Medicine for Women’s Health (ebook)

TAROT

Stop Learning Tarot Like Flash Cards

Learning the Major Arcana

Learning the Court Cards

Reading Tarot Cards Vertically

Reading Reversed Cards

How to Take Notes on a (New) Tarot Deck

Understanding Yourself Tarot Mega-Spread

Conceptions of the Self Through Spreads

Shadow February Divination Challenge

Daily Tarot Journal Printable

SHADOW WORK

Introduction to Shadow Work

6 Phrases for Shadow Work

Safety Planning (good to have one of these if you’re doing shadow work and have a mental illness)

Shadow Working with Stuck Points

Shadow Work with Hillbillyoracle (pt. 1)

Shadow Work with Hillbillyoracle (pt. 2)

Hillbillyoracle’s Personal Shadow Work Framework

RESEARCH

Good Things to Research When You Don’t Know What to Research

Areas of Research for the Intermediate Witch

Masterlist of Journals, Articles & Books on Folklore, Mythology and the Occult

Index of Old Grimoires

Working with Plants

Tips on How to Google Correspondences

The Cornell University Library Witchcraft Collection

Sacred Text Archive

Bocastle Museum of Witchcraft

Occult Library

Hermetics Library

Project Gutenberg Paganism Bookshelf

Legal Free Ebooks Masterpost

Good Pagan & Wiccan Publishers

How to Get Use Out of Older Texts

Finding Experienced Witches

PRACTICE

What to Do When You Fall out of Practice

Making Your Own Correspondences

Pendulum Dowsing for Correspondences

2019 Grimoire Challenge (a year of grimoire prompts)

Stones for Advanced Practitioners

On Tools and Psychodrama

A Way to Astral Project

Energy Alignment Identification

Magic in the Body

Spell Circles

Irish Concept of “On the Breath”

Sky Catch

Verbal Sigils

PODCASTS

Tea With the Gods

The Hillbilly Oracle

Hex Positive

The History of Witchcraft

The Empowered Modern Witches Show

Academy of Affluence

TESTIMONIALS

A Samhain Fairytale

Foundations of Diywitchery’s Practice

Godphoning

Devotional activities

GET OFF TUMBLR (AKA GET SOME VARIETY IN YOUR SOURCES) I’ve got some examples listed here but there are definitely more out there!

Bree NicGarran’s Blog

Luna Luna Magazine (Blog)

Witchy Words (Blog)

Mumble & Things (Blog)

Down the Forest Path (Blog)

The Travelling Witch (Blog)

Prisoner’s Apothecary (Blog)

Harmony Nice (Youtube)

BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS

6 Books for Advancing Your Craft

Hellenic Polytheism Books

Walker Between Worlds by Robert Kirk (I haven’t read it so I can’t vouch for its quality but I’ve heard its a valuable resources for those wanting to learn about the fae)

The Study of Witchcraft: A Guidebook to Advanced Wicca by Deborah Lipp (I will link to my book review here; this book is essentially a study guide)

Evolution of Goddess by Emma Mildon (book recommendation) (especially good if you are looking to find a deity but are unsure of where to start)

The Occult, Witchcraft & Magic: An Illustrated History by Christopher Dell (a fantastic starting place for looking into occult history)

[boxisawitch]

This is a spell to make all current excluses/aphobes put in an actual effort to stop being excluses/aphobic before it’s 2022. Because I am sick of their abusive behavior and I’m sure many other inclus witches are too. Likes charge, reblogs cast.

[underworldariel-deactivated2021]

30th August 2020

As per my previous update, I no longer actively use tumblr and am not reachable on this platform. For articles, my work, contact and live updates, please find me elsewhere. I am most active on Twitter and Instagram.

I'll keep this one nice and short, since a lot of these things have already been dropped elsewhere, and to keep up to date you can go to the places above.

Consultations, Readings, and Personal Work

I've rebuilt my website, and with that, also opened up new kinds of readings! Have an astrology question? Just check out my terms and drop me an email. My website also has an articles page now, as well as a brand new testimonials page waiting for kind words, so check it out!

If you're looking for a delivered divination PDF, Etsy is still where to find those. I'll be releasing at least one coupon code in September, so keep an eye on different platforms for that, you will definitely find them on twitter, at the least.

Patreon's September schedule follows the patron-requested theme of "Purpose and Healing," and I'm also working on creating more accessible content, so this month we have lots of written content, as well as free sigil and pendulum question days.

I've also started making more YouTube content! I'm starting a series on intermediate tarot, and you can watch The Tower and the King of Swords here.

Communal Work and Projects

By now, I hope you've all signed up and accepted your place at Raven Academy, because class enrollment begins on the 1st. I hope I'll be seeing some of you in my classes, as well as enjoying all the other brilliant offerings faculty has. I'm pretty excited for this new term myself!

A side note, the academy donorbox can be found here. RAMA is intuition free and all faculty donate their time and energy voluntarily, so if you'd like to support the running of RAMA, you can do so through the donorbox.

You are still more than welcome to join Madison and I's Discord Server, Sunflower Meadows, where we talk about all sorts of things, like tarot and the healing arts.

As of August 2020, a brand new project is underway, one which sits dear to my heart and has been brimming under the surface for some time: the Council of Interfaith Pagan Practices, an association for pagan and pagan adjacent people with a commitment to learning, inclusion, and authenticity. Along with my two co-founders, we hope to turn this initiative into a body of education, cohesion, diversity, and respect. We have strict policies advocating for the inclusion of Pagans of colour and LGBTQ+ Pagans, as well as a strong stance against bigotry and disinformation. Official announcements and board member debuts are soon in the running, but for now, you can read more on our website or follow us on twitter.

Miscellaneous

I'm getting new tattoos to mark my birthday this month! I can't wait to share them, since I'm very excited for them!

I will most likely be keeping updates via tumblr to once a month in future, because switching active platforms has been such an uplifting experience for me. Like mentioned, you'll find me on twitter and instagram if you want to keep up with my work and projects, as well as see new articles, free readings, future sales, and more.

[kurtwagnermorelikekurtwagnerd]

it's 2022. donald trump has died in disgrace days after being impeached and jailed. my chemical romance's new album is coming out the same day as the new spiderverse movie. the lizzo and janelle monaé collab song is blowing up the radio. lil nas x has a verse in it. you and your partner have time and energy for dates after work after jeff bezos' assets have been seized and distributed to the public in the wake of his arrest for keeping employees in unsafe working conditions.

[baconis42]

oh what a life

[dee-the-red-witch]

Like to charge, reblog to cast.

[thepoisondiaries]

Plants grown for Potions: Morning Glories

The name Morning Glory refers to the fact that the flowers tend to bloom in the cool morning air and close or wither and die while the hot sun is out.The name morning glory represents “love in vain” according to the Victorian language of flowers.

Morning Glories belong to Saturn, patron of Witchcraft. It is a plant of dawn and dusk and thickets and hedges separating civilization from the wild wood. Hedge Bindweed’s magick lays in the places in between – thresholds and doorways – openings to the otherworld. It is a good ally for hedgecrossers and spirit workers.

Its persistent vines create a bridge to both worlds - one is travelling between giving the safety of a return route. Its flowers are too delicate to use, but the tangled vines can be used in binding spells for people, objects, or spirits. The roots are the main part used in folk magick and Hedge Bindweed was one of the Native American conjurer’s roots. It is used as a substitute for High John the Conqueror Root and has the same magical properties of good luck, success, confidence in self, strength, and commanding power. 

In witchcraft Morning Glories were used to cast a wicked spell by;

Wrapping morning glory stems around a person nine times, but you had to be careful as it had to be used 3 days before a full moon.

[themodernsouthernpolytheist]

For the love of the gods above and below, please don’t plant morning glory in your yard. Even if it’s native to where you are, this stuff is impossible to get rid of and kills out other species. Case in point, my mom’s neighbor planted morning glory in c. 1998 despite my mother’s warning. It’s all over our neighborhood now. And the seeds will sit in the ground for YEARS just waiting for the soil to be disturbed before popping up. Last year I dug up one of the flower beds to plant some berries bushes for my mom. I’ve spent at least 48 hours pulling up sprouts from that one bed since last June. You just can’t control what the birds and animals will do with the seeds. And if you don’t keep after it every week or so, it will wrap itself up anything it can, chocking out and tearing down other plants in its voracious appetite for sunlight. Seriously, it’s not worth it. Even in a pot the seeds can get out cause again, birds and breezes.

[orriculum]

Methods for Spells

TO BIND- wrap in black thread, drip wax over, or seal in a jar and hide it in the dark.

TO BANISH- burn an effect to ash and sweep off the back door step, cast it out a window, or bury in the ground and spit on it

TO ENCOURAGE-  plant it by the front door/steps, bury by a window, or place it on a windowsill

TO HIDE- place in a jar painted black, cover with cloth and bury, or wrap with a ribbon

TO CLEANSE- bury it in a bowl of  salt, burn herbs and pass through the smoke, or lay it in a moonwater bath

TO GLAMOUR- leave under the full moon, hold its reflection over a mirror with herbs, or 

TO WISH- place before a candle and blow it out, drown a coin in water, or let seeds blow into the wind

TO COMMUNICATE- (with a spirit or deity) - anoint a candle, leave out offerings, or open the front doors and windows

TO WARD- leave part of the spell in four corners, draw lines around the protected area, or plant an object of projection in the north, east, south, and west edges

TO CURSE- spit on it, drag your nails down it, or stick sharp things in it

TO DISCOURAGE - plant or bury by the back door, or burn to ash

TO JINX- say it three times out loud, or say a word the same time as someone else

TO MANIPULATE - use wax, use poppets, or tie several strings to pieces of an effect

TO BENEFIT - light a candle, charge a crystal, or create a talisman

[boxisawitch]

*hopes that today is the day Lucifer answers my attempts to summon him*