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free sigil requests always open 22, mud-covered lesbian, death/green witch, studying botany, disabled

[dappermouth]

Strange roadside buildings where you shouldn’t ever go.

[windvexer]

Doubt is divine. It is healthy to doubt the lived experiences of witchcraft, magic, and spirit work. After all, a hypothesis which cannot be argued against is no foundation to build upon at all.

Some practitioners, when faced with the cold slap of, "what if I'm making this all up," have a go-to oh well statement. Like, oh well, at least my practice is good for my mental health.

Add your oh-well statement(s) in the tags.

[strangesigils]

“I Am Happy, I Am Calm, And I Am Motivated”

Requested by @ugrown​

[strangesigils]

"I Have The Energy To Improve"

I can think of a page-full of ways to use this sigil, so I'll put only a couple here, but as always I encourage everybody who uses my sigils to feel free to get creative with how you use it, because the possibilities are limitless.

You can keep this in your workspace you use to practice the thing you wish to improve on You can keep this on yourself You can put this on a cup of coffee or other drink You can draw or tape this onto a mirror you use frequently

[strangesigils]

“I Have A Job”

Keep this with you or have it on your altar when you’re looking for a job.

Have this sigil with you during job interviews.

[theweepingdahlia]

Lights Out: Banishing Spell

Use this on people who are making your life miserable and you wish they would go away.

What you’ll need:

White or Purple candle

Sewing needle

Black thread

Matches (A lighter will do in a pinch)

A night with a waxing moon

Carve the name of your target into the candle with the needle. Then take the thread, and just sew up and down the candle. Doesn’t have to be pretty but pierce all the way through the candle, weaving the thread through it at least a dozen times. 

Now as you strike the match, let the anger you feel for them wash over you. Light the candle and repeat 

“Gone from me, gone for good. When the light leaves, so shall your darkness” 

Let the candle burn almost all the way out and then blow it out. Visualizing and manifesting them leaving as you do so.

[strangesigils]

“I Give Off Feminine Energy” / “I Give Off Masculine Energy”

Carry this with you or draw on your solar plexus (that spot between your chest and your stomach)

[orriculum]

simple fresh start spells ♡

♡ write a list of things to leave behind, burn it to banish them.

♡ burn a white candle all the way through, and whisper a wish as it died out.

♡ cleanse with lemon water and rosemary on all windows and doors.

♡ rub one side of a coin with ash and the other with moon water, place above your door.

[hesteashearth]

Smoke Cleansing Ritual

Over the weekend I physically cleansed my whole apartment after having a friend stay the week, and thought it would be a perfect time to do a spiritual cleanse and purification as well!

For this ritual, you will need:

-a bundle of dried herbs (I used sage for protection and cleansing

- a glass of wine or non-alcoholic beverage of your choice! I would recommend purified moon water or tea.

- a fire proof container

To begin this ritual, physically clean the space, removing dust and dirt (or in my case, a TON of cat hair). As you clean, focus your intentions on the things you want to clear from the space and the things you want to bring in.

Once the space is clean, place your fireproof container in the center of the room and face north. Light the dried herb bundle. Take a sip of your drink and repeat the following chant:

Negative energy // You may not stay // I release you // be on your way // from here on out // I banish thee // these are my words // So mote it be.

Turn to the East and repeat the chant. Do this for the remaining directions. Drain the rest of your cup and place the smoking herbs into the fireproof container. Sit in front of the container and meditate on the energies you wish to banish and draw in. When done, extinguish the dried herbs.

This made a huge difference in how the space felt and my husband wouldn’t stop commenting on how much lighter he felt for the rest of the afternoon!

[natural-magics]

Samhain General Guide

[natural-magics]

Samhain, or “summer’s end,” has several aspects. For the ancient Celts, Samhain marked summer coming to a close and the beginning of winter. It is considered the final harvest (for meat) of the year, the Celtic New Year, a time to honor one’s ancestors, and a night that the veil between the physical and spiritual world is thinnest. It is thought that divination is more powerful at this time, that the faerie folk are more active and that the dearly departed are nearer to us (and thus easier to contact) for this reason. Today, Samhain takes place on October 31st. 

Colors

Orange, red, brown, gold, yellow, and black.

Flowers, Herbs and Scents

Acacia, allspice, almond, angelica, apples, basil, bay leaf, benzoin, broom, burdock, calendula, catnip, cedar, chrysanthemum, cinnamon, cloves, comfrey, copal, coriander, cypress, dandelion, dragon’s blood resin, frankincense, garlic, ginger, hazelnut, heather, heliotrope, marigold, mugwort, mullein, myrrh, nettle, oak, passionflower, patchouli, pennyroyal, pine, pumpkin, rosemary, saffron, sage, sandalwood, star anise, sunflower, tarragon, thistle, thyme, tobacco, wild ginseng, wormwood, and yew.

Food and Beverages

Apples and apple dishes, corn, meat dishes, gingerbread, hazelnuts, potatoes, seasonal fruits (quince, pomegranates, cranberries, kumquats), vegetables, pumpkin dishes, roasted pumpkin seeds, nuts, beets, squash, turnips, soul cakes, sweet potatoes, ale, mead, cider, mulled wine, and herbal teas.

Symbols, Associations and Decorations

Acorns, candles, torches, lanterns, apples, autumn flowers, autumn leaves, bats, besoms, black cats, bones, carved pumpkins and turnips, photos of ancestors and/or dearly departed, corn stalks, corn dolls, crows, cauldrons, gourds, jack-o-lanterns, masks, mirrors, oak leaves, pine cones, pomegranates, pumpkins, scarecrows, scythes, skulls, straw, tombstones, and spiderwebs.

Activities for Samhain

Divination (tarot, scrying, cleromancy, etc), honoring/consulting ancestors, remembering the dearly departed, holding a dumb supper, releasing the old, understanding death and rebirth, past life recall, lighting bonfires, leaving offerings for ancestors and/or faeries, cooking, feasting, pumpkin and gourd carving, lighting candles, and wearing costumes and/or masks.

Crystals and Stones

Black obsidian, black onyx, hematite, carnelian, amber, bloodstone, smoky quartz, and petrified wood.

Animals

Black cats, bats, owls, stags, ravens, crows, spiders, and dogs.

Spells and Rituals

Candle magic, divination, casting protection, shadow work, spirit work, and/or rituals/spells for manifesting transformation are all appropriate at this time.

Honoring Ancestors on Samhain

Past Life Spell: Magic Mirror

All Hallows Lucky Apple Spell

New Beginnings Spell #1

New Beginnings Spell #2

Find a Faerie Spell

Home Protection Spell

Stone Wall Protection Spell

Witch Bottle for Protection

Resources: (x), (x), (x)

[strangesigils]

I don’t really know what people generally call this method of sigil making, so I’m just calling it “Letter Shaping” because you’re using the basic shapes from certain letters. This is the most common form of sigil making, and it allows the most creative influence. As you see above the sigils are for nearly the same thing, yet the sigils came out completely different. Not because the purpose was different, but because I approached them both a different creative way, and that’s what I like so much about this method. There’s a lot of freedom and personalization involved.

(UPDATE: Here’s a link to a guide on how to deconstruct letters down to basic shapes)

[heatherwitch]

Valentine’s Witchery

Witchy things for everyone on Valentine’s day, not just the hopeless romantics! (More related masterposts linked at the bottom!)

Links updated February 1st, 2020.

Correspondences:

Flowers: Roses, jasmine, lilacs, daisies, marigold, most flowers!

Spices and Herbs: Vanilla, lavender, chamomile, pepper, basil, cinnamon, bay leaves.

Crystals: Rose quartz, pearls, opal, citrine, jade, clear quartz. 

Incense: Amber, cherry, jasmine, rose, sandalwood, ylang-ylang [X]

Glamour:

Aphrodite glamour water

Siren’s lipstick spell

Eye catching glamour spell

Glamour solid perfume

Affinity potion

“Life of the party” glamour charm

Attracting Romance Spells:

Attracting lover spell

Simple love attraction spell

Spell to attract love into your life

To attract a kind person for a relationship

Love spell for a third party

Love drawing bath soak

Romance Tarot Spreads:

Valentine tarot spread (3 card)

Love tarot spread (4 card)

What are the chances here? (6 card)

Anti-Romance Spells:

Ice queen breath spray 

To repel an unwanted lover

Love repression spell

Banish an unwanted lover

Anti-lust spell

“Cover My Ass” Anti-Harassment Charm

F*ck off… “leave me alone vibe” glamour

For the Brokenhearted: 

Mend the heart spell

Spell for emotional healing and moving forward

Forgetting that ex spell

Simple spell to heal the heart

Selkie spell to ease heartbreak

Heal your heart potion

Self Love Spells:

Lavender self love jar

Self love spell

Simple self love spell

A simple self love spell

Self love bath

Self love bath spell

Self Love Tarot Spreads:

Beautiful you tarot spread (3 card)

Self love spread for V day! (6 card)

Self love spread (7 card)

These lovely masterposts:

themanicnami’s list of love spells

sylvaetria’s list of magic for strengthening romantic bonds

urbanspellcrafts’s list of heartbreak-related magic

orriculum’s valentine’s day masterpost

[strangesigils]

“I Have The Self Control To Quit Smoking”

Draw this on yourself in the same area you might put a nicotine patch or something. Or draw this on a piece of paper and carry it with you and look at it or redraw it every time you have a craving for a cigarette (Or whatever it is you’ve been smoking)

[heatherwitch]

Low energy cleaning + cleansing

I make a lot of posts for bedridden witches, but many of us aren’t bedridden all of the time or have varying energy levels. This post contains a range of ideas and suggestions for keeping your home both clean and cleansed with low or unpredictable energy. While I do refer to energy levels, it is also applicable to pain levels. 

Setting yourself up for success:

Quick note: these are things I do, you may not find the same things to be overwhelming or necessary, as discussed later in the post! 

Multiple waste baskets. I keep two under my bed, for garbage and recycling. This makes it easier to throw things away when done with them, rather than letting them become an overwhelming pile.

A box or tray for used dishes, cups and water bottles. This keeps the piles from feeling overwhelming, and makes them easier to move to the kitchen when that’s do-able. 

Extra blanket to protect the bedding.  It’s easier for to move/wash one blanket when food spills, rather than wrangling with a comforter. 

Fitted vs. flat sheets. Fitted sheets are exhausting to remove/put on. Flat sheets can be easier! (Also, I recommend having two sets of sheets, so you can switch them out right away and have clean bedding whether or not you have the energy to do laundry.)

Clean and dirty laundry hampers. A way to avoid piles and stay organized without needing to fold laundry or put it on hangers. Simply have a hamper for each (or lots of baskets if you want it more organized).

Cleaning supplies in each room/area. That way, when the motivation to clean arises, you don’t need to spend that energy walking across the house to get the supplies.

Bedridden witch: The setup

Focus on the main areas:

My bedroom is my number one focus, as this is the room I spend the most time in. The others are my bathroom, living room and kitchen. There’s no point in having a spotless spare room if you’re overwhelmed by the rest of the house. Prioritize the places you spend your time in.

Do what you can, when you can:

The excellent thing about having a good setup is it means when you do have more energy, you don’t need to do as much to catch up (which often involves paying for it later by overdoing it). You know your limits, do what you can. 

Have no energy? Do your best to do the things I listed above. With this setup its okay if you can’t do it right away, when you feel able to, its there. Maybe today you can get the tissues in the waste basket and tomorrow you put the dishes in the box.  

Have a bit of energy? Empty your waste baskets, bring the dishes to the kitchen, move your dirty laundry into the washroom, etc. One step closer to helping your future self.

Have a lot of energy? Now is an excellent time to do some dishes or get some laundry started. Hopefully this is now manageable because of the steps your past self took. 

Along these lines, you don’t have to do everything at once. Because I have cleaning supplies in each area, I can clean whenever I feel like it. 

Perhaps I feel really motivated to scrub the toilet. That doesn’t mean that I also have to wipe down the counter and the tub, shake out the mats and sweep the floor. Each of those things can be separate. Cleaning something partially is better than not cleaning at all (or overdoing it) in my opinion.

Take breaks! It’s okay if things take you longer than that rude inner voice says it should, or if you need to take multiple breaks. 

Create a routine:

Here’s a glimpse at my daily routine (which is the ideal; when my health doesn’t allow for all of these, I do what I can):

Bedroom: Open the curtains and the window to let light and fresh air in. This also lets my bedding air out. After a few minutes I do a quick sweep of the floor and make my bed (which I can do while sitting on it).

Bathroom: Every few days I’ll sweep it and empty the trash + laundry hamper.

Kitchen: Sweep the floors each morning. Empty the dishwasher or load any new dirty dishes into it. Also feed the cats and check their water.

Living room: Whenever I get up to go to the kitchen, I bring any dishes or garbage. Each evening I tidy up and put things back.

I almost seem obsessive over cleanliness because I constantly do little things. Done using the kitchen counter? Wipe it down. Dirty plate? Rinse it and load in the dishwasher. My energy is very unpredictable so I do little things whenever I can so that when I crash, everything is taken care of.

Prioritize:

Sometimes the ideal and the practical aren’t compatible. 

What MUST happen? For example, my cats come first. They have no control over their food, water or litter boxes. I ensure all of their needs are met early in my day. 

What will have negative long term effects? Shit happens, and it doesn’t always line up with our ability to handle it. Sometimes you must clean up a water leak or remove the gross thing, even if you pay for it with a flareup later or it results in other things not getting taken care of for a while.

Ask for help. I understand that not everyone is lucky enough to have a support system, but if you can, ask a friend or family member for help when you need it. Sometimes things get to overwhelming, and a little help can go a long way. 

Make a list:

Figure out what key things make the space feel clean or dirty to you. What would you like to maintain? What feels more manageable when you do it each day? What are you going to prioritize? 

Figure out the ideal frequency of each task. I’ve given examples of my daily routine, but what about the bigger tasks such as changing your bedding, or vacuuming the carpet? What about dusting and getting the cobwebs in those hard-to-reach corners? How often would you like to do those? Having a list can be helpful for your higher energy days so you know what to focus on. 

Cleansing:

For me, a lot of my cleansing ties into physically cleaning + having a clean space. This can be a bit tricky when you don’t have the energy to keep an entirely clean home, which is why I focused so much on that side of things! Do the best you can and prioritize the places you spend time in. 

A few basic methods:

Bedridden witch: Stale energy edition (lots of small tips for cleansing and changing the energy in a space). 

Smoke cleansing. Can be done with a variety of plants.

Steam cleansing. An excellent alternative if smoke isn’t your thing, boil the plants instead and allow the steam to act the same way smoke would.

Cleansing spray. Similar to steam. Be aware that some plants may stain surfaces, and avoid using undiluted essential oils. You can also buy natural room sprays if making one feels unmanageable. 

Sound cleansing. This is often done with instruments, but can also be done with song.

Visualization.

Elements. Open your curtains and windows, let the wind, the rain, the sunshine, the full moon, etc. do its work.

Absorbing. Sometimes we can’t open a window or actively cleanse, this is when having things that absorb negative energy can help, such as a Himalayan salt lamp, a bowl of salt, etc. 

Negativity absorbing buddy

Salt bowls to absorb negative energy

You may also like:

Home cleansing tips

Energy cleansing through cleaning

Bedridden witch series

Spoonie witch masterpost

Witchcraft for the chronically fatigued

Housewarming magic

[north-of-annwn]

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[themanicnami]

“Honor To Us All” Honor Spell (Disney Inspired)

A spell to encourage your peers to show you respect.

You Will Need:

Amazonite (respect, honor)

Marigold (respect)

Ginger (confidence)

Garnet (confidence)

A jar with a lid 

Water (preferably storm)

Steps:

In your jar add your marigold and ginger, then fill with water.

Close the lid to your jar and on top of the sealed lid place your garnet and amazonite. if there is not enough room on the lid place the rest of your crystals around the jar pressed to the glass. Do not put them in the jar.

Leave over night and collect when the sun is rising

In a window where you can see the light of the rising sun place your jar and open it. Look at the morning light and sunrise outside and the vibrancy, imagine yourself glowing like this sun: full of power and confidence. How those around you will notice this and respect you for your glow, your strength and your actions. While visualizing these wants dip your dominant pointer, middle and ring finger into the jar of water and lift them out.

While still wet place them to your forehead to anoint yourself with the water. “Bring me honor, bring me might” say this 3 times.

Once anointing yourself continue getting ready for the day. 

If you would like to store the water/elixir for reuse strain out the marigold and ginger and store in the fridge. For added boost to the spell carry with you a piece of garnet or amazonite after finishing the spell.

[rainy-day-witchcraft]

Properties of Sands

By Rainy-Day-Witchcraft

⌲ Beach Sand: Use for calming or anxiety spells to gradually wash away and smooth out fear/negativity, for spells of change, or in magick for motivation or strength

⌲ Desert Sand: Use for cursing to “dry out” your target of wealth/luck/happiness/etc, or add to a resilience spell for the capability to grow through hard times or situations

⌲ River Sand: Use for spells that are focused on moving on physically or mentally, or for change and/or healing magick - Can also serve as an elemental water offering

⌲ Volcanic Sand: Use for destructive spells or curses, in magick to reveal deeper or hidden meanings/feelings, or for banishing magick - Can also serve as an elemental fire offering

⌲ Heavy Mineral/Crystal Sand: (Sands with significant presence of Quartz, Garnet, Olivine, Hematite, etc.) Use in magick for personal growth, focus, or motivation. If you have a sand heavily composed of a specific gemstone (quartz, for example) usable as a substitute for that gemstone in spellwork.

⌲ Black Sand: Use for protection, banishing, or negativity-based spells

⌲ Biogenic Sand: (Sand composed majorly of bioorganisms - shells, skeletons, bones, corals, etc.) Use in magick for healing or protection