Basic City Witch

she/her 22 lonely witch in the city. I'm in the northern hemisphere  drinking tea to the rain and sirens in her lonely room  (( please look up masterlist in my account for the research I have done ))

[city-witch-magix]

It's crazy to me the motivation I feel after simply putting more effort into my witchcraft

I recently moved into my own place with my boyfriend and I feel like I finally have the chance to regularly do witchcraft and burn incense

The connection of my mental health and witchcraft has always been a mutual thing and I finally feel so much better mentally to practice and practicing helps me feel more clear and focused. It bleeds into the other areas of my life and I feel much better

Anyways, after that small rant here are the spaces I've made for my practice :)

[city-witch-magix]

Here's what I got today!!

I got a mystery box of crystals, a piece of selenite for my new apartment, a cat hairpin, and a mystery bag of a stained glass sun catcher!!!

The stained glass was such a lucky pull! It's so pretty in the sun ☀️

[city-witch-magix]

Here's what I got today!!

I got a mystery box of crystals, a piece of selenite for my new apartment, a cat hairpin, and a mystery bag of a stained glass sun catcher!!!

The stained glass was such a lucky pull! It's so pretty in the sun ☀️

[city-witch-magix]

I'm such a hypocrite lmaoooo

But, I will be posting my small haul from the oddities and curiosities expo!!

I've also been moving into an apartment with my boyfriend (not an excuse bc I've been meaning to post more before this) but we'll get through this guys 😜

I've been reading a lot more also guys! So maybe I'll start posting some stuff about that :)

[themirroredmoon]

Your Senses and the Magical

Below you’ll see a list of psychic ability terms/witchy terms and what they mean. This is not a comprehensive list by any means; I just wanted to make a list that was good enough for basics. • Astral Projection: The ability to have an out of body experience and separate the astral body from the physical body at will. • Aura Reading: The ability to perceive the energy surrounding a living being • Automatic Writing: Writing without any conscious thought. An act performed often by mediums. • Channeling: A way of communicating with a deity, spirit, entity, etc. A channeler is very similar to a language translator or interpreter. They allow themselves to sense the non-verbal communication from another being and then translate it into human words. • Clairalience: Having the ability to perceive smells outside the normal human senses. • Clairaudience: Having the ability to perceive audio outside the normal human senses. • Claircognizence: Having the ability to perceive thoughts outside the normal human senses. • Clairgustance: Having the ability to perceive tastes outside the normal human senses. • Clairsentience: Having the ability to perceive physical sensations outside the normal human senses. • Clairvoyance: Having the ability to perceive visuals outside the normal human senses. • Divination: The skill of gaining insight into a situation or life by the use of tools (tarot, bones, etc) or ritual • Dowsing: The ability to locate an object by the means of pseudoscience • Precognition: The ability to perceive future events • Psychometry: The ability to learn information about an object, person, place, etc by physically touching an object relating to the subject. • Retrocognition: The ability to perceive past events • Telepathy: The ability to transfer thoughts, words or emotions from one individual to another.

[psalmicwitch]

Protect your Peace

You do not have to engage in witchy content that makes you sad or upset.

This isn't like politics, where burying your head in the sand harms your rights, you lose nothing by not watching the "ex-witches convert to Christianity" video. You don't have to hate-read content from hateful pratcicioners. You don't have to scroll tiktok to see what witchtok or pagan tiktok is getting wrong this time.

Part of our job as practicioners is to keep our energies clean, and sometimes this shit just hurts you. Scroll past it. Protect your peace.

[city-witch-magix]

I'm going to be back more consistently and reworking my blog with more tags to work through it more easily for myself and anyone else who wants to see what posts I've made and collected :)

[aesethewitch]

Learning to Cook Like a Witch: The Absolute Beginning

So, you're looking to dip your toes into kitchen witchery, but you have zero experience cooking. Or, maybe you have experience that's not so great or that wasn't informative. Or, maybe you just don't know where to start, because no one ever taught you how to cook.

Great! Cooking can be intimidating to even approach when you're not used to it. I'm lucky in that I grew up cooking with my family and had the chance to take several cooking-based classes in high school. Not everyone has that sort of opportunity, so I'd like to pass on my experience to others!

(Note that you definitely don't need to be the best cook in the world to be a kitchen witch. No one's perfect! But it's okay to want to improve your skills, too.)

If you want to learn to cook, the first step is to familiarize yourself with the basic terms, measurements, and tools you'll be working with. Start with the following:

Learn the names and uses of the tools in your kitchen (for example, spatulas for spreading frosting vs. spatulas for flipping burgers)

Measurement conversions (how many teaspoons in a tablespoon, how many tablespoons in a cup, etc.)

Familiarize yourself with commonly used measurement phrases such as "dash" and "pinch," and learn exactly what they mean by that

Abbreviations for measurements (teaspoon = tsp = t, tablespoon = tbsp = T, etc.)

Various cooking terminology and the difference between terms, such as the difference between mixing, creaming, folding, and emulsifying

Read recipes and look up words you're not familiar with

Knife safety! Learn how to hold a knife properly and cut things without risking your fingers, and also learn how to keep your knives sharp. Remember, a sharp knife is a safe knife!

Once you've got knife safety down, learn how to cut an onion - dice, chop, and slice your way to delicious victory!

Learn fire, oven, and stovetop safety!

Familiarize yourself with what's in your spice cabinet; taste things if you've never had them, and look up common recipe usages for them

Learn about the Maillard reaction (this is what turns meat brown!)

Familiarize yourself with common substitutions, such as for cornstarch, buttermilk, and shortening/lard

Start with simple recipes; many chefs say you should start with omelets, white sauce, and homemade stock, and I tend to agree. Learning just these three things teaches a number of techniques that translate to a hundred other recipes!

Eat more food! Try new flavors, experiment with dishes from restaurants, ask questions about what's in what you're eating. Sample dishes and spice combinations from other cultures. Smell things before you eat them. Think about the flavors and how they're working together.

Watch videos from cooks on YouTube, or watch cooking tv shows! Honestly, Alton Brown's Good Eats was a foundational influence for me as a child, and I cut my teeth on Food Network. YouTube-wise, try Basics with Babish!

Pick a recipe you think looks good or that you've had before and just make it! Simple as that, just follow the recipe. Get the ingredients, follow the steps, eat the food!

Not everything you make is going to be good. And that's fine! Learn what went wrong and why. Figure out what tastes good and what doesn't. Let other people try your food and give you honest feedback. If you think your taste buds are biased or not "good enough," having someone else tell you "this needs more salt" or "this is really balanced" or "this would go nicely over rice instead of potatoes" is powerful.

Remember that you're learning. Look things up. Fuck up a recipe. Burn something. Realize you're missing an ingredient and figure out a substitute last minute. Leave something out, put something else in. Taste, taste, taste. Taste everything. Every time you put something in or complete a step, taste it. So long as it's not going to be a health hazard (such as with raw meat), taste it.

Take your time with it. Cooking is a skill that's earned over time via trial and error. Know that you're not alone in your worry and struggle. Millions of home cooks have stood where you stand, spoon in hand and apron tied tight. Practice, practice, practice.

Once you understand cooking by itself, you can more easily incorporate magic and weave spells into your meals, which I'll cover in another post, since this one is already quite long.

Happy cooking! 🍳🌿

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[themirroredmoon]

Wine in Witchcraft - Meanings and Associations

Wine is generally associated with Happiness, Success, Love, Relationships, and Offerings. However, specific types can be broken down further and have more associations.

RED WINE (In General) Element: Earth Season: Winter Associations: Love, Warmth, Contemplation, Happiness, Success, Money, Passion, Health, Lust

[Cabernet Sauvignon] Tastes Like: Full-bodied, dark fruit flavors of blackcurrant (cassis), black cherry, blackberry with notes of green bell pepper, spice, tobacco, wood, and vanilla Element: Earth Associations: Grounding, Protection, Banishing, Strength, Energy, Lust, Fertility, Ancestors, Written Magic (Sigils)

[Merlot] Tastes Like: Soft/round, dark fruit flavors of black cherry, blackberry, plum, and raspberry layered with herbal notes and undertones of vanilla and mocha Element: Water, Fire Associations: Unity, Love, Passion, Self-Care, Protection, Healing, Prosperity, Sexuality, Sea Witchcraft, Water Magic

[Pinot Noir] Tastes Like: Delicate and fresh, complex flavors that include cherry, raspberry, mushroom and forest floor, plus vanilla and baking spice when aged in French oak Element: Earth, Air Associations:  Prosperity, Protection, Wealth, Success, Beauty, Passion, Glamours

[Shiraz] Tastes Like: Hearty, spicy, black pepper, black currant, clove, blackberry, plum, leather, tar Element: Fire, Earth Associations: Wealth, Banishing, Divination, Tech Witchcraft, Comfort, Mystery, Secrets, Endings

[Zinfandel] Tastes Like: Rich, zesty, raspberry, raisin, black cherry, blackberry, pepper Element: Earth Associations: Growth, Wealth, Plant Magic, Vigor, Stamina, Happiness, Love, Healing, Versatility 

WHITE WINE (In General) Element: Air Season: Summer Associations: Joy, Happiness, Love, Relationships, Friendships, Endings, Success, Energy, Purification

[Chardonnay] Tastes Like: Wider-bodied, light, velvety, apricot, mango, green apple, citrus, melon, vanilla Element: Water Associations: Peace, Emotions, Safety, Success, Happiness, Balance, Polarity, Purification, Mental Power/Abilities

[Moscato] Tastes Like: Sweet, acidic, fruity, grapefruit, musk, citrus, apricot, rose, caramel Element: Air Associations: Love, Mystery, Lust, Relationships, Fertility, Purity, Cleansing, Healing, Love Magic

[Pinot Grigio] Tastes Like: Crisp, dry, fruity, peach, pear, acidic Element: Air Associations: Rebirth, Endings, New Beginnings, Happiness, Reality, Creativity, Longevity, Divination (especially open-ended, like tarot)

[Riesling] Tastes Like: Steely, crisp, fresh, slightly sweet, pear, apple, peach, petrol, honey Element: Fire, Water Associations:  Energy, Movement, Growth, Rebirth, Love, Friendship, Attraction, Activity/Movement (dance, preparation, cleansing, etc)

[Sauvignon Blanc] Tastes Like: Herbal, grass, bell pepper, green apple, lime, gooseberry, jalapeno, melon, mango, black currant, passionfruit, peach Element: Air, Earth Associations: Love, Peace, Friendship, Companionship, Arts, Healing, Happiness, Joy, Spirit Work

ROSÉ WINE (In General) Element: Air Season: Spring Associations: Beginnings, Happiness, Excitement, friendship, New Romance, Love, passion, Playfulness, Relaxation, Luck

SPARKLING WINE Element: Fire Season: Summer Associations: Success, Completion, Celebration, Wealth, Opportunity, Setting Things in Motion, prosperity, space Witchcraft, Weather Magic, Adding a “Spark”

[travelingthief]

You don’t have to have fancy crystals and herbs for spell jars btw. You can use sugar, coffee grounds, leaves, acorns, etc. Don’t fall victim to witchcraft consumerism.

[artofmaquenda]

Happy Ostara! 💚

[rainy-day-witchcraft]

Crystal and Stone Cuts

How Different Shapes Can Influence Energy Flow

By Rainy-Day-Witchcraft

This post a little spinoff from my “Explaining Crystal Healing” post, and describes how energy is directed throughout a stone based on the different, both cut and raw, shapes of gemstones. Enjoy ♡

Natural Point(s)⌇Best used when energy is meant to be concentrated and pointed in a specific direction. If a stone has more than one point, the energy will also tend to be directed in those multiple directions. Larger points make wonderful wands!

Grounded Point/Obelisk⌇Stronger version of the (natural) pointed stone, as the bottom of an obilisk-shaped crystal is flat, and allowing for a more grounded directional energy. Because these are meant to be placed standing and pointing upwards, they are best used when energy is needed to be pointed up from a flat surface.

Double-Terminated⌇Think of these cuts as having two poles, like the earth, moving energy in a elongated sphere around the crystal. Energy is taken in by each point and added to the ‘bubble’ of energy the crystal can work with.

Tumbled⌇Crystals and stones that have been tumbled (yet not quite into a perfect sphere) will have energy that softly emits in all directions, sometimes directionally varied if the stone is a little more abstractly shaped.

Natural/Raw⌇Energy flow with naturally shaped and formed stones, while being stronger than man-made stones, tends to be more sporadic than smoother or more even stones (unless, of course, the stone forms naturally with a smooth texture). Energy flow depends on the shape and texture of each mineral - Rough, cubed, pointed, etc.

Faceted/Multiple-Faced⌇Energy in and around faceted gemstones, such as those commonly used in jewelry, will be given off similarly to how a mirror or glass pane reflects/directs light; In this example, think of each face of the stone as glass, and energy as the light. This method of energy flow also applies to multiple-faced, non-pointed stones, such as some varieties of raw minerals that grow with cubed or edged faces.

Spherical⌇Crystal balls and spheres will give off energy in an evenly distributed way, as you expect a perfect sphere would. Spherical gemstones that are translucent and able to focus light (similarly to how a magnifying class can focus sunlight) can also direct energy in one direction if used in certain ways.

“Palm” Stone⌇Palm stones are similar to spherical stones in that they emit energy in a constant way, though these stones are more grounded. Because of their grounded nature and palm-like shape, these types of stones are ideal for emotional healing, grounding, or stress.

Worry Stone⌇Worry stones are created to, just as the name suggests, decrease or eliminate worry! These are made to work a bit differently than others; the piezoelectric energy of the stone is made to be given off as a trigger to physical touching or rubbing one’s thumb on the slightly concaved area of the stone. Besides metaphysical healing purposes, these are also made to give a person something do fiddle with in their hands to take the mind off worry.

[city-witch-magix]

Cultural Appropriation

If anyone has any sources that include certain cultures practices, how the white spiritual movement online is hurtful to certain practices, or closed practices please share them, I'm looking for some myself but if anyone has any I'd really appreciate this

[city-witch-magix]

Give me sources

Send me some of your favorite ways to research, methods to research, ways to stay motivated, some websites or books or other tumblrs. I'm especially interested in learning about closed practices to understand where certain beliefs originate, I'm not at all intending to use it, just understand anything I'm allowed to :)

Anything would be cool :)

[breelandwalker]

Ooo, my wheelhouse!

Okay, so the secret to staying motivated about any kind of education is to find something that makes it FUN. If a topic interests you, if you can get enthusiastic about it, start there. Don't worry so much about making a to-do list or a TBR pile right away. That can be fun, yes, and it's good for planning, but it can also be overwhelming.

Get yourself a cloud drive or create a folder in your computer or start a blog just for research. Have a place to store notes, images, articles, anything you find that's useful. Bookmark things to read later, even if you don't come back to them right away. Use the resources in your local library, both the information and the quiet study environment. (Patronage helps them stay open!)

If sitting down with books is too much or doesn't fit in with your schedule, try audiobooks or podcasts or videos. These days, we do have a lot of options for witchy education, and you can expand on that by learning about mundane topics related to your magical interests. Which, in all honesty, you'll want to do anyway. So you can learn about things like botany, geology, folklore, mythology, and basically all the history you can get your hands on. This will give you a lot of that context you're looking for and will provide a lot of origin stories for modern traditions.

Pro-tip for this: Find non-witchy sources for these topics. Modern witchcraft literature is all well and good, but it can require a LOT of critical reading and discernment, depending on the author. If you're going to learn about how to work safely with plants or how to identify stones or what actually happened in Europe during the 1500-1700 period, you'll want to go to an academic source that's more interested in relaying information that's been fact-checked and is supported by scholarly research than, say, telling you to dump mugwort in your tea for prophetic dreams (don't do this), recommending "elixirs" made from crystal water and essential oils (PLEASE don't do this), or propagating various tales of secret pagan witch-cults that were the "real" target of all those witch trials (Very Much Not True).

Also, if you're looking to learn about practices that might be closed, initiatory, or community-specific, look for sources written by someone FROM THAT TRADITION, and don't put your faith in any single source. No culture or tradition is a monolith and viewing the information from multiple angles and perspectives will broaden your understanding.

Just to get you started on the history of the modern witchcraft movement, I recommend Margot Adler's "Drawing Down The Moon" and Ronald Hutton's "Triumph of the Moon." They're both fairly dense books, but they're very comprehensive and both are written by very knowledgeable people who were reporting on history and sourced their work accordingly.

And the obligatory self-plug, I have a podcast called Hex Positive that deals with modern witchcraft from a secular angle, and my senpai Trae Dorn has one called BS-Free Witchcraft that covers the modern witchcraft movement from a Wiccan perspective. Both of us have discussed the origins of certain practices from time to time and you might find them interesting.

Hope this helps and good luck with your research!

[city-witch-magix]

Give me sources

Send me some of your favorite ways to research, methods to research, ways to stay motivated, some websites or books or other tumblrs. I'm especially interested in learning about closed practices to understand where certain beliefs originate, I'm not at all intending to use it, just understand anything I'm allowed to :)

Anything would be cool :)

[city-witch-magix]

Hello, I saw your post on deities the other day. I wonder how can we find out about our deities’ patronage if they’re a hero or a demigod. I’m really drawn into a demigod from the Mesopotamian pantheon but I don’t know what he likes as his offerings :( thank you so much

So I think it would be best to start online, looking that demigod/hero up and looking up the entire pantheon to try and find myths including your deity. I found a list of the Mesopotamian pantheon on wikipedia (I know, but it's always a good start and try to look at their cited sources as well) I also found this interesting website called godchecker

This is all very basic outlining research that might help and I hope it does!

But once you find them you can go further into understanding the culture and reading books about them

Let me know how your research is going and feel free to message me if you want more help, I'd be happy to help :)

[city-witch-magix]

Hey all!

It's been a while since I've posted anything, so I was wondering if anyone had any questions because my ask box is always open!

I've been expanding my library, witch and non-witch

I recently went on a trip to Scotland and got new tarot cards and went into graveyards and a ghost tour of Edinburgh

I have some tarot cards and oracle cards

I also have some crystals, I'm not very knowledgeable but my friend is into them so I have some

I've also been working on my Book of Shadows/Grimore

Ask me anything!!