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[sylvaetria]

Spells for Health, Healing, and Pain

Updated: March 30th, 2016

Please remember that these spells are not meant to be a substitute or replacement for proper medical care, nor should they be. If you are concerned about your health, your first action should be to visit a doctor. These spells can help and boost any medical treatment, but are not meant and should never be used as an end-all-be-all for any health issues.

[“Afraid of Doctors” Tea Spell]

[All-Pupose Healing Amulet]

[Anti-Migraine Spell Bottle]

[Animist Reset Ritual]

[Aromatherapy Spell For Migraines / Headaches]

[Autumn Stone Healing Spell]

[A Bottle Spell for Healing from Childhood Trauma]

[Charm for Healing]

[Easy Aches and Pains Healing Spell]

[Easy Healing Spell]

[Emotional Healing - Bottle Magic]

[“Feel Better” Charmed Soup]

[Fire in My Bones: A Healing Spell]

[The Forest Spirit]

[Going into the Earth Spell for Emotional Healing]

[Green Light Spell to Speed Recovery]

[Hasten Recovery]

[Heal What Has Been Hurt]

[Healing Ashes of Andraste]

[Healing Candles Spell]

[Healing Fire Candle Spell]

[Healing Herbal Sachet]

[Healing Jar]

[Healing Jar]

[Healing of Mind and Body Spell]

[Healing Oil]

[Healing Oil]

[Healing Pouch for PMS and Cramps]

[Healing Powder]

[A Healing Ritual]

[Healing Sachet]

[Healing Soak]

[Healing Spell]

[Healing Spell]

[Healing Spell: Mint Hot Chocolate for Healing]

[Healing Spell: To Heal Physical Pain]

[Healing Spell Using Earth]

[Healing Spells]

[Healing With Water]

[Health and Vitality Spell]

[Herbal Bath for Pain Relief]

[Herbal Remedies for Cold and Flu Season]

[High Protection Winter Tea]

[Homemade Cough Syrup]

[Hot Brew for Healing]

[Immunity Boosting Noodles]

[Magic Chicken Soup]

[Major Arcana Spells: The Sun’s Vitality Spell]

[Mental and Physical Health Spell]

[“My Throat is Trying to Kill Me” Ginger Brew]

[My Uterus is Trying to Kill Me!: A Healing Spell for Shark Week]

[Natural Pain Remedies]

[Nayru’s Wisdom: Healing Waters]

[Peppermint Healing Spell]

[Physical Healing Bottle Charm]

[Protection and Healing from Abuse]

[Quick and Easy Spell Pouch for Healing]

[Rev-Up-Your-Health Spell]

[Ring for Health and Vitality Spell]

[Rose’s Tears: A Healing Bath]

[Simple Pain Relief Spell]

[Simple Spells to Lessen Pain]

[Smooth Cycle Herbal Tea Blend]

[Spell Bundle: Healing]

[Spell for Good Health]

[Spell for Good Health & Healing]

[Spell for Healing]

[A Spell for Healing Others]

[Spell to: Heal Another]

[Spell to Remove a Fever]

[A Spell to Restore Good Health]

[Stomach Tea]

[Stones and Teas for Healing]

[Upset Stomach Tea]

[White Candle Healing Spell]

[Winter Witchery; A Brief Healing Companion]

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[recreationalwitchcraft]

Finding time for Witchcraft

Sometimes it’s hard to make room for magic in daily life. We understand, so we made this hypothetical schedule to give you an idea of how to incorporate a little magic every hour of your day.

6:00 am Charge your morning tea or coffee while checking the moon phase

7:00 am Pick out a talisman to wear for protection/luck/etc. when dressing

8:00 am Use a sigil or glamour perfume to enhance confidence for the day

9:00 am Use a protective charm for traveling on your way to work or class

10:00 am Use an attraction charm or friendly glamour to improve interactions

11:00 am Drink plenty of fruit or crystal infused water for magical hydration

12:00 pm Add charged spices to your lunch for midday energy re-boost 

1:00 pm Spend a moment with enchanted smelling salts for calmness 

2:00 pm Cast a simple spell using emojis on your smartphone 

3:00 pm Give a cup of coffee with enchanted sugar to ‘sweeten’ someone up

4:00 pm Use a concentration sigil to improve your work or studying

5:00 pm Use a money or luck spell for payday, or to beat traffic home

6:00 pm Choose specific ingredients for your intent when making dinner

7:00 pm Cleanse your home with herbs, or a crystal-infused room spray

8:00 pm Set aside some time to light some candles and meditate

9:00 pm Remove the day’s energy with an herbal soap in the bath or shower

10:00 pm Use a dream pillow or cast a sleep circle for the perfect night’s rest

There’s always time for magic!

[astrophagia]

I live for lazy magic, tho. 

just cuz not all of us have the mental energy and the money for ritual work. And not all of us take magic extremely seriously.

- every time you close a door, add will to your entrance being locked and protected by things that mean you ill

- while you put on make up imagine how this will change how someone will perceive you. Add a veil of glamour for whatever purpose you need (intimidation, beauty, other-worldly, etc.)

- whenever you wash your hair, it’s a cleansing. When your wring your hair, imagine all miasma washing off you. 

- adding sigils to things when you don’t have the energy to add the notion yourself since the sigils are a representation of what you want anyway. 

- ringing loud bells over your workplace to cleanse it/banish something

- glaring at someone and pushing all your angry thoughts at them when they piss you off

*~ lazy magic ~*

[recreationalwitchcraft]

6 Cute Ways to Make a Sleep Circle

We love sleep circles. They are great for enhancing dreaming, allowing deeper sleep and warding away bad energy and bad dreams when you’re in a vulnerable state. What we don’t love is surrounding the bed with salt circles or incense ash and getting it in the carpet. Pass.

So here are some ways to make a protective and dream-enhancing sleep circle – without all the mess.

1. Enchant a cute string of lights. Nothing chases away darkness faster than light, so why not put these to use? Weave pieces of thread around the cords in colors that match your desired effect. This is a particularly great option for college witches in dorms.

2. Make your own canopy or buy one and charge it for your intent. This is potentially thicker magical barrier because you can have it completely cover you while you sleep. Stitch in sigils you’ve made into the fabric for your desired effect.

3. Make a chandelier to hang above your bed like ones here and here. Use colored fabric that corresponds with your intent, or hang crystals with your desired associations. Moonstone, amethyst, and clear quartz would be ideal for this kind of fixture.

4. Or make a mobile. Make a simple crystal mobile like the one in this video. Press and dry flowers and herbs of your intent to make the one here. Are you a sea witch with extra shells? Make a fixture like this for protection. The possibilities are endless.

5. Hang some plants associated with protection around your bedroom. A cute DIY for this can be found here. As desert witches, we are partial to hanging little cacti in our planters for their protective abilities. You could also dry your herbs around your bedroom for the same effect.

6. Make a garland to hang around your bed or bedroom. You could make a macrame yarn garland like the one found here made with colors to match your intent. If florals are more your style, make this DIY and write sigils on the leaves.

[qedavathegrey]

The Crossroads

The Crossroads are an infinitely powerful place – where the planes collide, the worldly nexus and the paths of decision. While always related to the actual crossing of roads, the symbolic nature of the Crossroads extends far beyond – even in the physical plane. The nexus include far more than the mere crossing of paths, but present at many – both naturally and made-made – destinations. Below you will find a (non-comprehensive) list and a brief description of how they apply to the Crossroads and what work might be done most efficiently at the particular junction.

Physical Crossroads

“X” and “T” Crossroads

This grouping includes the Crossroads in its traditional sense – as the crossing of roads in an “x” or “+” formation. These, of course, are well documented and are usually what is being discussed when talk of crossroads come up. These can be specified – for instance: a crossroad at the edge of town, in the woods, etc., all of which have their own, unique connotations. Their “sister” crossroads is the T crossroad (alt. “Y”) – which is still prevelantly known. These are my personal favorite, being an adherent to Quimbanda – these Crossroads are held sacred to Pomba Gira. They offer a more concise, selective and direct crossroads energy – as they only offer 3 roads, two choices, the forward option rendered entirely void. In this capacity, there is no option but to change. You cannot continue as you are, but instead must choose a new path – change at its greatest.

Bridges

These are much like the traditional crossroads, though there is a minor planar separation. As the water and the bridge never transect. In this capacity, you have a path or tangent that is not wholly present, but guiding. From above they appear to intersect, but from the ground we see they do not and cannot – though this doesn’t make them any less useful. It is at these places that change can be made fluidly. Where as the “T” crossroad is (arguably) the most severe, change-bring crossroad, this the the least so. As such, this one is not so much about bringing in the new, but freeing yourself of the old. Symbolically, spirits were always said to be unable to cross running water – in this case, there is a part of you that you feel needs to be relinquished, one you will not permit to cross the water with you. This is the cross of letting go of that which need be so.

Railroad-Track Crossings

Again, similar to the above to entries, these represent more traditional crossroads. These can be broken down into two, separate sets of places:

Where Tracks Cross a Road: These can be used as a symbol for a path that is fixed, continuous and unstoppable. The train will continue, it is your responsibility to stop. This can be a place to work rituals for motivation, drive and success – or alternately, to learn patience. Sometimes the only, real option is to sit and wait – there is strength in patience, these places might allow for this realization.

Where Tracks Cross Tracks: A recipe for disaster. Two, headstrong, unstopping forces are doomed to collide. While the former has the potential to grant motivation, this one is the reality of too much or counterproductiveness. These places are great for working curses that breed devastation, and chaos working from all sides. Place a penny at the junction, allow it to be flattened and collect it to use in particularly nasty curses.

Property Corners

That’s right, little did you know you had a Crossroads (literally) in your own backyard! At each of the corners of your property, where four plots meet, there is a crossroads. These, naturally, are best used for things relating to the home – protection, finance, martial issues, health and well-being. Probably not the best to use these to call up Crossroads Spirits or make any Faustian Deals. 

Cemeteries

The liminal space of the dead on the plane of the living – these are the sites where the dead interact (in great number) energetically with our plane, building a nexus of sorts. Naturally the larger the cemetery, the more effective this nexus becomes (here’s looking at you, New Orleans). It’s not enough that they exist spiritual in one place, but its that they exist as both physically and spiritual distinct in the location – their spirit and body exist, but no longer bound, working in a sort of intersecting movement. To no one’s surprise, these are the places most fitting work with the Dead, bridging the planes, communion with the spirits, etc. It’s also little surprise that many Cemetery Spirits have numerous correlations to their Crossroads counterparts.

Churches

That’s right, churches, too are liminal spaces – wherein the Divine (of which ever sort) ground to the earth and form a crossroads. These are obviously most fitting religious works – divine paths, orchestrating change with the help of the Divine, resolution to crises of faith, etc. As for curses go, these same qualities can also be harness to bring about crises of faith and repurpose the energies for more malignant works. 

Metaphorical Intersections

Doorways

While at first thought, one might assume that doorways would be much like a “T” crossroad of not more severe – as there is but one path that may be taken. This, however, symbolically is not the case. While we know a closed door will always open to the same place here, spiritually that’s never a guarantee. In fact, doors have the capacity to connect all things. One door may lead to any other. But be warned, doors  go both ways – be careful where it leads, for it will also lead back.

Hands/Feet and Mouth/Ears

Hands and feet are the intersection of the mind and the physical. It is they who move us, connect us, or create from our mind something on this plane – such as art, writing, gesture. Mouths bridge mind to mind through verbal communication – what the mouth sends, the ear receives and the mind interprets. As such, all of these things occupy a sort of liminal space.

Cosmic/Season Crossroads

Twilight

Twilight is the bridge from day to night, a time of change – a commingling of both of their characteristics. Depending on what you seek, these can be used as a way to gain insight. For illumination, enlightenment utilize dawn – allow the sun to bring light to the darkness. For understanding, self discovery or occult knowledge, use dusk – wherein the preconceived notions of day fall away to reveal the hidden truths of night.

Midnight

The minute when one day ends and the next begins – colloquially referred to as “the witching hour,” it is a time between time. This can be used for many works – though, when I utilize midnight, I use mid-night. The time at the middle of when the sun sets and rises – the darkest part of night, when it is at its strongest, after is has waxed, but before it has waned.

31st day

Like Twilight and Midnight, this is time related – a place between months, a time for change. These can be utilized much like more regular New Years: a time to make resolutions, enact change and bring anew/cast out the old. As such, they’re good for exorcisms and rebirth.

There are countless other options, but I chose to note the ones I’ve been known to use. I’d love to hear and see what some of all know to be unconventional crossroads!

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[bibliotecha-secreta-deactivated]

Faerie Sight

How to see faeries:

Wearing one’s coat inside out.

Wearing a posy of primroses.

A four leaf clover crushed and put into an ointment may give one sight of the Faeries as well as placing Faerie Ointment on the eyelids.

Bending over and looking backwards through your legs.

Looking through a Fir knot hole.

Looking through a loop made with a Rowan twig may cause Faerie sight.

Looking through a hag stone. 

Meditating on a daily basis.

Averting one’s vision.

Dawn, moon, dusk, and midnight are the best times for faerie sightings.

Believe - faeries will most likely not show themselves to non-believers.

Have good intention - faeries can sense it.

Looking for a long time without blinking.

[fw98]

Crash course on fake stones/misrepresentations

Because I have been too lazy to type this all up.

Quartz:

If your quartz has teeny air bubbles it’s glass.

If it’s got a fruit name it’s dyed. End of story. (strawberry, cherry, lemon, pineapple, blueberry) yes there may be some very rare exceptions-fire quartz being dubbed strawberry- but due to the rise in fakes with that name it’s generally called fire quartz now.

Aura quartz is a regular quartz that’s been bonded with another material. (man made)

Cinnabar Infused Quartz usually reconstituted and mixed together to make a red crystal.

Green quartz can be grown in a lab and anything that forrest green color is

Turquoise:

Magnesite and howlite look very very similar to turquoise when they’ve been dyed, magnesite will have very deep cracks in it though.

No there is no white turquoise. 

You can do a uv test to see if it’s real

Amber

Often faked with Copal. They look nearly identical.

Amber will float in salt water-copal will not.

Irradiated/dyed stones:

Very vibrant colors!!

Irradiated: (they irradiate the crystals to get a deeper or more vibrant color)

deeply pigmented topaz or kunzite

dark (almost black) smokey quartz 

very deep pink or red tourmaline 

colored diamonds 

some cultured pearls 

vibrant yellow heliodor 

Dyed:

Pearls

Agate

coral

other stones may be dyed as well, generally if it looks fake..it is.

Heat treated stones: (really not a bad thing but if you’re going for natural)

Amethyst-lighten color+remove brown

Citrine-heat treated amethyst.

Aquamarine-remove green

Ruby-clearer stone 

Sapphire-clearer stone

Rainbow Cal-Silica

Nope, completely fake 100%

Literally just car paint layered with calcite and resin.

Citrine: (im so sorry)

Much of the citrine on the market is lab made.

If it’s lab made it’s usually amethyst that’s been heated until it changes color

The bottom of these stones will be white with more color at the tips.

srry

Lapis Lazuli:

High quality is vibrant blue, hard to come by, and very expensive.

Low quality howlite, jasper or sodalite is dyed blue, and passed off as lapis.

Acetone will remove the dye but damage the stone.

Obsidian:

The clear green obsidian you see all over ebay is slag glass.

Natural green obsidian has been found but it is opaque and is more gray than green.

there is red obsidian as well but again, it’s not a vibrant red and is more brick colored.

Wikipedia is not always right.

Goldstone:

it’s glass it’s legitimately just glass

Opalite:

also glass. 

real opalite exists but it’s green and not commonly found

once again, don’t believe everything on wikipedia.

Bismuth:

Doesn’t naturally form in the crystals, lab made!!!

rlly pretty though

Hematite:

Not naturally magnetic!

Magnetic hematite is 100% man made!

I’ll add more as I come across them~

[fw98]

Jade:

Real jade is p. heavy! A way to tell if it is real is that it’ll be heavier than it looks.

Jade is faked with the following:

Serpentine “New Jade” or “Olive Jade”

Prehnite

Aventurine quartz

Grossular garnet “Transvaal jade”

Chrysoprase “Australian jade”

Malaysia Jade- dyed quartz that may be called by its color – Red Jade, Yellow Jade, Blue Jade

Opaque dolomite marble “Mountain Jade” (usually dyed)

Dragon vein agate: 

Quench cracked, bleached, and dyed agate and some is quench cracked, and dyed glass.

Snowflake obsidian:

Being faked with a very low grade cheap dalmatian jasper.!

Snowflake will be gray while Dalmatian should have a lighter color

Hollow galena:

A lot of pieces have been proven to have been faked through sand blasting + similar techniques (but there may be real ones I’m not 100%)

Charoite:

Chinese Charoite doesn’t exist.

If it’s called that then it’s not real, real charoite isn’t banded and is more swirly.

Moldavite:

Very very commonly faked!!

Biggest giveaway is the ‘wet’ look a faked piece has due to the molding process

White moldavite doesn’t exist!!

Sunspar:

It’s really just yellow Labradorite, which isn’t a v rare gem

[chemicalheart-deactivated202009]

i can confirm that this is 100% correct, most of the moldavite out there is literally just green glass. Like, if it looks like green glass that’s exactly what it is. True moldavite is very fragile but uh, u don’t exactly wanna test it by throwing it around or putting it in water :\ also a lot of people get a strange feeling called a ‘moldavite flush’ when handling it. Basically for gemstones u really wanna go to a reputable store and ideally in-person if you can. Also real citrine (as opposed to heat treated amethyst) is generally a lot lighter in colour.

[violetwitchcraft-deactivated202]

seems like someone has beaten me to the post i’ve been meaning to write for the longest time. Read up people! This is why i’m not too big on crystals.

[cunningcelt]

Some new pages from my Grimoire. Please do not remove my tag.

[stormbornwitch]

This is beautiful - I love your calligraphy cunning

[thesigilwitch]

Spell Directory

I have decided to move the sigils-only posts to a separate list, as a way to save space and prevent clutter. I will try and keep it updated fairly often, but for now it is still in my drafts. I will publish it when I feel it’s ready for a first posting, and will provide a link to it on this post for easy access.

This is still nowhere near completion. This is probably around 15 hours of work so far, maybe even more. Please don’t copy-paste this to your own blog or posts, reblog this post and keep the source. I am doing this in my free time, without any sort of recompense, to help out you guys and provide a HUGE resource for spells of all kinds. Please respect myself and this post by reblogging and not reposting / copying it.

Updated 06/16/15

* If you see any of your own spells on here and you would like them removed, please inform me and I will delete them immediately for the next update.

** Please also inform me of any spelling mistakes or broken links.

Ambition

A Spell to Promote Ambition and to Increase Prosperity [nightshadeandroses]

Anger

Match Spell for Anger [thesigilwitch]

Anxiety / Stress

Anti-Anxiety Amulet [windvexer]

Anti-Anxiety Pouch [witchoncampus]

Anti Anxiety Spell Charm [witchy-tips]

Anxiety Reduction Oil Blends [original post removed]

Anxiety Relief Spell - Jar Spell [original post removed]

A Sea Spell for Anxiety and Panic Attacks [calledbythesea]

“I Can Get Through the Day” Spell [thewhimsicalwolf]

Soothing Bath Spell [natural-magics]

“Strawberries & Cream” Potion and Bath [oldmotherredcap]

Stress Fix Bath [blessedbemyway]

The Jar of Fucks [polar-solstice]

Vanilla Anti-Anxiety Spell [natural-magics]

Water Spell to Soothe Anxiety [original post removed]

Banishing / Binding

Coffee Grounds Banishing Spell [the-coffee-witch]

Creating Banishing Stones [autumnsnaketongue]

Intrusive Thought Banishing Spell [starrylamb]

Paint the Mirrors Black [thesigilwitch]

Psychic Parasite Pesticide Paper Charm [breelandwalker]

Self Binding Spell [bohemianwitchcraft]

Calming / Peace

Calming Doll [original post removed]

Calming Pouch [witchcraftings]

Calming Spell [christowitch]

Calming Summer Rain Sachet [natural-magics]

Inner Peace Spell [original post removed]

Lavender’s Calm Jar Spell [lavenderwrath]

Simple Calming Room Spell [medievalwitch]

Career / Employment

Choose Me Jar [althara]

“Making Connections / Career Success” Charm Bag [starrylamb]

Safe Employment Sachet [original post removed]

Cleansing / Purification

Animist Reset Ritual [windvexer]

Cheap Ways to Cleanse Yourself [low-budget-witches]

Cleanse & Purify Spell Bottle [witchfit]

Cleansing Spell [artemis-witchcraft]

Dorm Room Cleansing Salt [honeycoyote]

Easy Cleansing Spray [honeycoyote]

How to Energetically Cleanse an Item [windvexer]

Purification Bath for Samhain [quoththeravennvm]

Purification Powder [graycloakgrimoires]

Rosemary & Lavender: Smokeless Cleansing [candles-and-courtmaidens]

Sea Salt Purification Jar [windvexer]

Self-Cleansing [diviningdusk]

Self-Cleansing Through Ritual Bathing [windvexer]

Simple Cleansing Tea Potion [birch-hallow]

Simple Protective Cleansing Bath [honeycoyote]

Confidence

A Charm for Confidence [natural-magics]

Confidence Spell Jar [some-witchy-bits]

Self-Confidence Powder [appleglimmer-during-moonlight]

Simple Self Confidence and Attraction Spell [saltwater-phoenix]

The Pearl Spell: Confidence & Beauty [fuckyeahpaganism]

Courage

A Spell to Inspire Courage and Bravery [nightshadeandroses]

Courage Charm [booksandtails]

“Courage in a Bag” Spell [oldmotherredcap]

Depression

An Anti-Depression Spell [seashellies]

Anti-Depressant Jar [original post removed]

A Spell for Depression [thesigilwitch]

Charm Bag Spell to Alleviate Depression [original post removed]

Simple Anti-Depression Pill Bottle Charm [scarletgloves]

Detection

Find What You Need [windvexer]

Location Spell - Help Me Find the Thing [stormbornwitch]

Thu’um Magix: Aura Whisper [thecoffeecoyote]

Dissociation

Avoiding Dissociation Spell [broomcorner]

Divination / Psychic

A Simple Jar to Aid in Divination [honey-amber]

Open Your Third Eye Spell [witchcraftings]

Dreams

Dream Message Spell [witchcraftings]

Remember Your Dreams/Have Precognitive Dreams [foresthoney]

Spell for Prophetic Dreams [witchcraftings]

Sweet Dreams Charm Bag [original post removed]

Sweet Dreams Herbal Pillow [honeycoyote]

Dysphoria

Dispelling Dysphoria, by Cousinnick [queerpagans]

Education

End of Term School Success Spell [wood-fires]

“Good Luck On That Test!” Charm [spooksayer]

Knowledge Candle Spell [natural-magics]

Knowledge Spell [stereotypicalwitch]

Spell for School [original post removed]

Study-Aid & Test Success Spell [original post removed]

Study Buddy Charm/Test-Taking Charm [scarletgloves]

Study Success Spell [natural-magics]

Witch Tea: Going to Class [honeycoyote]

Energy

Energy Gain Spell [natural-magics]

“I’m Tired, I’m Dying” Spell [fuckyeahpaganism]

Overworked Pick Me Up Spell [booksandtails]

The Extra Spoon Spell [lunar-lavender]

Friendship

Snow White and Rose Red: A Spell to Find a True Friend [original post removed]

Mending the Bond: A “Brave” Spell for Rekindling Friendships [original post removed]

Glamour

Enchanted Mirror Spell [lilfairyboy]

Glamored Masculinity Potion [thepunkgreenwitch]

Goddess Glamour Spell [recreationalwitchcraft]

Thu’um Magix: Animal Allegiance [thecoffeecoyote]

Happiness / Joy

Happiness Bundle [windvexer]

Happiness Charm Bottle [asphodel-grimoire]

Happy Atmosphere Bag / Jar [original post removed]

Happy Oil [funnylittlewitchgirl]

Joyful Candle Spell [natural-magics]

Healing

Autumn Stone Healing Spell [witchcraftings]

Emotional Healing - Bottle Magic [liberumbrarum]

Facial Mask— Healing the Heart Spell [pomegranateandivy]

Healing Herbal Sachet [thedruidsteaparty]

Healing of Mind and Body Spell [lavenderspells]

Peppermint Healing Spell [natural-magics]

Physical Healing Bottle Charm [liberumbrarum]

Spell for Good Health & Healing [original post removed]

Spell for Healing [cladinscarlet]

Intuition / Decision Making

A Sea Witch’s Intuition Jar Spell [sea-sorceress]

A Spell for Wise Decisions [natural-magics]

Inspiration / Creativity

A Spell To Promote Creativity and Intellectual Curiosity [nightshadeandroses]

Dance Magic Dance Jar [original post removed]

For Inspiration [natural-magics]

Kindness

A Spell to Encourage Kindness and Patience [nightshadeandroses]

Love / Lust

A Spell for Romance and Sensuality [original post removed]

Love-Drawing Jar [natural-magics]

Love-Drawing Spell [original post removed]

Love Drawing Spell [witchoncampus]

Love Salt Recipe [honeycoyote]

Traveler’s Luck Powder [breelandwalker]

Luck

Easy Luck Powder with Household Herbs [fuckyeahpaganism]

Fast Luck Oil [natural-magics]

Luck Spell [natural-magics]

Luck Spell [spirit-magick-nature]

Stone of Luck [witchcraftings]

Memory / Concentration

Concentration Sachet [follow-at-pansy-flower]

Concentration 64 Concentration Spell [bitchstitchwitch]

Memory Bottle Charm [liberumbrarum]

Miscellaneous Spells

A Simple Braiding Spell [talesfromthebroomcloset]

A Spell for Making Other People See Through Somebody’s Bullshit [5firtrees]

A Spell to Reveal the Lies of Another [the-weatherwitch]

A Spell to Reverse a Curse/Hex Placed on You [applesaucebro]

Autumn Faerie Spell [witchcraftings]

Be a Better Writer Spell Bag [carbonlyingnexttome]

Burning Bridges Spell [royalautumnfrost]

Enchantment Water Spell [nonwiccanwitch]

Flesh to Stone [funnylittlewitchgirl]

Four all-Purpose Spells [natural-magics]

Fuck No Jar [lavenderwrath]

Kitchen Cabinet Abundance Jar [natural-magics]

Mood Marbles [witchcraftings]

“My Body is a Weapon” Spell [blacklikemagic]

Pokemon Card Invocation Spells [dog-rose]

Restorative Spell [karaxin]

Simple Beach Sea Spell [sea-sorceress]

Spell to Make a Curse Undetectable [applesaucebro]

Spell to See Things Clearly [witchcraftings]

Three Pretty Poisons Empowerment Bottle [karaxin]

To Ground: To Stay Put [starlitcrow]

Wrath Needs Patience: A Spell Jar [lavenderwrath]

Money / Prosperity

A Sea Witch’s Prosperity Jar Spell [sea-sorceress]

“Four Corners of the $$ Tree” Money Spell [feather-set]

Mint and Copper Money Spell Jar [herbs-and-journals]

Money Jar [liberumbrarum]

Not-So-Pretty Prosperity Spell [ofearthandtarot]

Prosperity & Success Jar [bekkathyst]

Prosperity Bottle [thelittleboxofmagic]

Prosperity Knot Spell [natural-magics]

Simple Money/Prosperity Charms [natural-magics]

Straw Into Gold - A Spell to Bring Wealth [breelandwalker]

Super Easy Poppet Money Spell [talesfromthebroomcloset]

Swimming In a Sea of Green Spell [honey-amber]

Wax Talisman of Prosperity [althara]

Witch Bottle for Money [original post removed]

Motivation / Productivity

Charm to Light a Fire Under Your Ass [gritmagic]

Flames Within (Motivation, Passion) [natural-magics]

“Get Shit Done” Bottle [original post removed]

Motivation Charm Bag [recreationalwitchcraft]

Motivation Potpourri [original post removed]

Motivation Sachet [thesigilwitch]

Motivation Spell [swampseer]

Stop Scrolling and Do Stuff Productivity Spell [ofearthandtarot]

Worker Bee Spell for Productivity [lavenderwrath]

Moving On / New Beginnings

Adventure Time “Now It’s Gone” Spell [chaosundone]

A Spell For New Beginnings and New Self [dearqueerlings]

New Moon New Beginning [fumbletongue]

“Towards the Sun” Spell to Move on From Your Past [chaosundone]

Negativity

Basic Warding Jar [original post removed]

Brain Bleach: Spell to Remove Unpleasant Thoughts [little-urban-witch]

Burn Away Negativity Spell [original post removed]

Spell for Banishing Negative Emotions [royalautumnfrost]

Nightmares

Nightmare Guardian [windvexer]

Nightmare Jar [witchsmoke]

Simple Nightmare Ward [swampseer]

Protection / Shielding

Anti-Intruder Charm [original post removed]

Black Salt - Spell for Protection and Absorbing Negative Energy [sacred-chaotic-geometry]

Blood Magic—Protection Jar [pomegranateandivy]

Candle Spell: To Protect Your Home [gardenofthequeen]

Charm for Safe Travel [witchcraftings]

Complex Bramble Protection Spell [thelivingwiccan]

Dark as Night Protection Powder [honeycoyote]

“Do Not Want” Online Protection Spell [ofearthandtarot]

Easy Protection Charm [original post removed]

Fishcraft: Protecting Your Space [saltwater-phoenix]

Herbal Protection Bath [thewoodlinds]

Home Protection - Delineate Your Boundaries [windvexer]

Home Protection Spell [fuckyeahpaganism]

House Guardian [anon-barefoot]

Keep Out Prying Eyes Room Protection Pouch [honeycoyote]

Magically Protecting Your Home - Cairn Method [windvexer]

Make a Protection Charm Bag [christowitch]

Making a Witch Bottle (Protection Charm) [witchsoul]

Peacock Key Ward [lavenderwrath]

Pet Protection Spell [brujitamae]

Protection Amulet [cladinscarlet]

Protection Amulet [thebluechicory]

Protection Bottle [thebluechicory]

Protection Bottle Charm [liberumbrarum]

Protection Charm [natural-magics]

Protection Sachet [natural-magics]

Protection Satchel to Ward Off Ex-Lovers [feather-set]

Protection Spell [appleglimmer-during-moonlight]

Protection Spell [royalautumnfrost]

Protection Spell “My Blood is Armour” [wild-ruin]

Protection Witches’ Ladder [shalottlives]

Protective Charm [spellbookofwitches]

Retreat Into Your Shell Shielding Spell [stagkingswife]

-Screw You Anon- Spell [ofearthandtarot]

Simple Protection Spell With a Strong Kick [adviceforwitches]

Simple Protective Cleansing Bath [honeycoyote]

Spell to Give Some Protection to a Loved One [brujitamae]

Strong Protection Spell: For Your Home [adviceforwitches]

Threshold Protection Spell [thepathofthewise]

Thu’um Magix: Become Ethereal [thecoffeecoyote]

Travel Pouch/Charm [funnylittlewitchgirl]

Travel Protection Satchel [feather-set]

Wall of Fire Property & House Protection Spell [breelandwalker]

Winter Protection Spell [original post removed]

Witch-Bottle to Protect From Negative Energies [thorandaine]

Recipes

Banishing and Cleansing Powder [ivysbookofshadows]

“Black as Night” Curse Removal Body Scrub [oldmotherredcap]

Blood, Sweat, and Tears Potion [fumbletongue]

Cascarilla Powder [graycloakgrimoires]

Dragon’s Bite (Warfare Powder) [honeycoyote]

Dream Pillow Blends [natural-magics]

Elemental Salt: Air [snwitch]

Elemental Salt: Fire [original post removed]

Elemental Salt: Water [snwitch]

Fire Salts [pomegranateandivy]

Full Moon Water [sstoness]

Go Away Powder [althara]

Green Salt [thedruidsteaparty]

Hands Off Spell- Body Scrub to Prevent Unwanted Touching [pomegranateandivy]

“Hell Hath No Fury” Protection Powder [thelivingwiccan]

Herbal Bath for Pain Relief [breelandwalker]

Herbal Powders [blackivywitch]

Hit the Road Jack Powder [witchcraftings]

Hot Foot Powder [confessionsofagreywitch]

Luck & Money Powder [recreationalwitchcraft]

Money and Customer Drawing Oil [funnylittlewitchgirl]

Moon Water Ritual [original post removed]

“Outta My Way” Powder [breelandwalker]

Persuasion Powder [breelandwalker]

Potion of Extreme Stamina [thecoffeecoyote]

Powdered Kelpie Hair [pomegranateandivy]

Prosperity and Luck Salt [honeycoyote]

Purifying Lemon Bay Salt [honeycoyote]

Violation Bath Salts [recreationalwitchcraft]

Sadness / Grief

Sage Drops Spell [appleglimmer-during-moonlight]

The Sorrow Pot - A Spell for Sadness [breelandwalker]

Self Love

A Self Love Spell [priestessintraining]

Magic Mirror (Self-Love) Exercise [cladinscarlet]

Self-Love Folder Charm [ofearthandtarot]

Self-Love Spell [blusilkworld]

Self-Love Spell [diviningdusk]

Self-Love Spell Jar with Protection and Luck [original post removed]

Self Love- To Promote Self Love in Yourself or Another [pomegranateandivy]

Self-Love Transformation Spell [booksandtails]

True to Yourself- Spell [pomegranateandivy]

Sleep / Insomnia

Deep Sleep Herbal Pillow [honeycoyote]

For Restful Sleep [fuckyeahpaganism]

“Restful Sleep” Charm Bag [starrylamb]

Sleep Charm [natural-magics]

Sleep Spell [original post removed]

Sleep Well Spell [natural-magics]

To Rid Yourself of Insomnia [belladonnaswitchblog]

Speech

Aid with Speech Charm [tinyrosemarysparrows]

Sweet Speech Lip Balm [funnylittlewitchgirl]

Success

Sachet for Success [thedruidsbell]

Transformation / Changes

A Spell to Transform Destructive Feelings [thedruidsteaparty]

Autumn Spell for Personal Change [funnylittlewitchgirl]

Emergency Emotional Transformation Spell [cicadinae]

Thorns Transformation [thelivingwiccan]

Uncrossing

Basic Uncrossing [windvexer]

‘Clear My Path’ Uncrossing [windvexer]

Wishing

Birthday Wish Spell [wiccanink]

Full Moon Wishing Spell [the-darkest-of-lights]

Make a Wish Spell [original post removed]

Northeastern Magic: Winter Wishes [stormsorceress]

Simple Wish Spell [thesigilwitch]

[violetwitchcraft-deactivated202]

GIVEAWAY TIME!

 I told you all I would do it, so here it is! This is a big thank you to all of the Violetwitchcraft family for sticking by me. I love you all <3 

You will receive;

 Living Wicca by Scott Cunningham 

Herbal Remedies by Anne McIntyre 

Viking Mythology by John Grant 

 Lavender Incense sticks 

Lavender and Lemon Yankee Candle tea lights 

 Sandalwood Oil 

Two Amethyst clusters 

 Small notebook for spells (I use the same one myself and love it) 

Two jars

SECOND PLACE WILL WIN

Amethyst Runestones 

 GIVEAWAY RULES 

 1. Must follow me. I will check. This is a follower giveaway, and while I’m happy to enter you if you’re just finding my blog today, I won’t do so if you don’t follow me at all! 

 2. Entry is one reblog. 

 3. I will ship anywhere! But if this shipping gets extremely expensive then I may need a little help from you. Probably won’t though. 

 4. Do NOT tag as giveaway, Tumblr will take this post down. If you want to tag, tag as VioletWitchcraftFamily. 

 5. Last of all, the more notes this gets the more I will add prizes! Contest ends October 22nd. Good luck everyone!

[wicked-bitch-of-thewest-deactiv]

Bindings, Bindings, Bindings!

Inspired by a convo with breelandwalker, I’m doing a series of posts on Binding spells. I’m breaking this into at least two parts. Part 1 (this post) will be about the different types of bindings and how they can be used. Part 2 will be a few examples of bindings I have used in the past.

Personal Bindings: This is where you are binding yourself to something/someone. These bindings can bind you to another person, an object, an element, a place, a Primal Power (eventually I’ll post on them since it is a major part of my personal practice), or even a deity or entity. Most witches I know have some kind of binding to their familiars, if they have familiars, and this is a good example of a personal binding.

Aiguillette:I use this word to refer to any kind of enemy binding that has an actual cord incorporated in the working. For an example of the words original usage in folklore:

A loop of knotted thread, also called a ligature, which witches were said to use to cause impotence, and perhaps even castration, in men; barrenness in women; and general discontent in marriage. The aiguillette also served to bind couples in illicit amatory relationships. (The Encyclopedia of Witches, Witchcraft and Wicca by Rosemary Guiley)

I’m sure if I snooped around I could find more examples, but that book was one of the first I read on the subject of witchcraft, and the first place I saw the term.

Ligature: Based on the Latin word for binding, the word is used as a modern term for an object used to strangle a person (rope, cord, garrote, etc). I use the term for a binding that affects an enemy, either to bind them to something unpleasant, or to prevent them from doing something. I’ve also heard this type of binding referred to as Enemy Binding, and it’s the most common type referred to when most people say the words “binding spell.”

Talismanic Binding: In my practice, the word talisman refers to any object imbued with power that serves as a way to help a witch channel his/her powers or that serves as a kind of “battery” for energy. I have quite a collection of talismans, most of them jewelry, so I use this type all the time. Talismanic binding serves to link a talisman either to other talismans, to the witch who created it, to a Primal Power, element, or place. If you bind a talisman to yourself, it ensures that only you can use it. Binding it to a Power, element, or place is generally done in order to give the talisman a power source (think of the binding as an extension cord, the place/Power/element as the outlet, and the talisman as the laptop plugged into both).

Blood Binding: A binding based on blood. Working within my practice and paradigm, blood bindings are extremely hard to break and quite potent. I am blood-bound to several of my talismans and tools. It can be used in addition to the above talismanic binding, or all on its own.

Hobble: According to one of my teachers, a hobble serves to both weaken a person/entity and to tether them to something. In other words, if you hobble someone, you need an anchor. Once it is completed, the person/entity will be bound to the anchor, and unable to stray too far away from it. The distance is typically set by the witch during the casting of the spell. Most of the hobbles I was taught requires a long ritual complete with bodily taglocks, fire, and bloodshed.

There are other types of bindings, especially since you can essentially perform any kind you want, but these are the basics in my practice, and nearly all the types of binding spells I’ve learned or heard of fit into one of these definitions. I hope this helps someone, feel free to shoot me an ask if you want some clarification or if you have any kind of question/comment on the subject.

[capitalistslayerisgone-deactiva]

fairies dont care about earth friendly shampoos. they literally blighted your fucking land & crops if you so much as looked at them funny.

fairies dont care if youre vegan either, they’d also kill your livestock (specially cows) if you pissed them off

[dungeonspire]

Spell For A Friend In Need

I have a friend that is in a difficult situation which is affecting her physical health, and her emotional, spiritual and mental health all at once. I came up with this spell on the spot, and realised it might be nice to share. Instead of a simple healing spell, happiness spell, banishing spell individually, this is a simple little charm with all round well wishes, positive healing, banishing and protective energy; and all it takes is your love and care for someone in need.

What You’ll Need:

Twigs/sticks roughly the same size (NOT broken off a plant but found on the ground)

Twine or string

Candle

Incense of your choosing

Crystals

Salt water/rain water/moon charged water

Method: 

Light the candle, cleanse your space and focus on your person in need, what position they’re in and how you want to help them.

While focusing on this, take the twigs and carefully and slowly tie them together with the string in the shape of a star. Put all your positive spiritual energy into the creation of the pentagram. Think about the earth the twigs came from and how you can give the strength of nature to your friend.

When done, light the incense and hold the pentagram in the smoke. Ask the element of air for communication and reason for your friend. To help them maintain rational thought and mental stability in a difficult time. ( I sat there for the entire incense stick to burn down, holding the each point of the pentagram over the smoke, but if you’re in a rush you don’t have to wait that long).

Next, hold the pentagram over the flame of the candle and continue to focus on your friend. Fire will bring them willpower, courage and strength. It will help them persevere and built resilience. (Be careful not to burn the pentagram)

Sprinkle the pentagram with water, or you can dip it completely into the water while wishing for your friend balance, emotional and mental clarity and stability.

Lastly, place your pentagram somewhere it can rest for a while, and surround it with your crystals. Mine were chosen for general spiritual, mental, emotional and physical health and protection as well as happiness and energy, but you may want to put all of your crystals around it or very specifically chose them. This is for the Earth element, which will bring physical health and wellbeing and extra strength and stability. Alternatively, if you do not have any crystals or not many, you can put the pentagram outside in the grass or on the dirt under a tree and let it rest there to absorb the Earth’s energy.

Finally, blow out your candle, and when you’re ready, give the pentagram to your friend and tell them to carry it with them or put it under their pillow. If you can’t give it to them, keep it with you to remind you to constantly send them your positive energy.

Love & Light x

[magicusersresource]

Spells for Trans and Non-Binary Folks

Dysphoria & Transphobia Trap Sigil by trans-warlock

Genderqueer Sigil by trans-warlock

Agender Sigil by trans-warlock

Gendervoid Sigil by trans-warlock

Genderfuild Sigil by trans-warlock

Bigender Sigil by trans-warlock

Nonbinary Sigil by trans-warlock

Demiboy Sigil by trans-warlock

Demigirl Sigil by trans-warlock

Sigil for Confidence in Gender Expression and Identity by pomegranateandivy

Sigil for Increased Femininity by pomegranateandivy

Sigil for Protection for Trans and Intersex People by mistikovo

Masculinity Jar by ace-nebula via trans-warlock

“Shapeshift” Sigil for Trans Glamour by stormwinged

Confidence Mirror Glamour by taurotrickster

Mirror Cleansing by gardenofthequeen

If you’ve got anything else that should be on this list, send us an ask or a link and we’ll gladly add it!

[sympatheticact-blog]

Bone Collecting: The Dos and the Don'ts

Actually what this post is really about is a bunch of information from other sources on how to clean and prepare bones and feathers for safe handling so that I don’t have to keep a hundred bookmarks. Some other people may enjoy this information too.

From The Bone Room’s FAQ on Maceration:

I found a bone, how do I clean it?

First of all, don’t boil or bleach bone! Boiling causes fat to soak into the bone, resulting in a greasy, yellowish specimen. Superficial grease can be removed with ammonia and certain industrial solvents, but this is an unpleasant process and cannot remove deep grease which will eventually migrate to the bone surface. Chlorine based bleach irreparably damages the bone itself, resulting in chalky, weak, extremely porous specimens that will turn to bone meal with age.  So, how do you really clean bone?

Maceration - Using bacterial action to clean bone

This is the simplest method of cleaning bone.

Remove any remaining tissue or hide from the bone

Immerse the bone in a container of water.

Leave the container in a warm location where you won’t mind the smell.

Periodically pour the greasy, smelly water out (gardens love it!) and replace with fresh water.

When the water runs clear, the bacteria have run their course.

Soak the bone in regular drugstore strength hydrogen peroxide until it reaches the whiteness you prefer. This also sterilizes the bone.

You’re done!

Other fabulous links with information on how to do this come from Sarah Anne Lawless’ blog:

Dem Bones: Skulls & Bones in Magic & Ritual

The Girl Who Found a Feather

[fuckyeahpaganism]

Another link helpful on cleaning, which includes different levels of decomposition: Jake’s Bones

Also please be careful not to mix ammonia and bleach together accidentally (I know it says to avoid bleach but you never know who is reading). Be careful with chemicals. 

[natural-magics]

Books and Resources (Paganism, Witchcraft and More)

This list has been updated over the years and will continued to be updated over time. If you re-post this elsewhere, kindly credit me because it’s taken a long time to compile what I feel are useful resources on the following topics. The very basics are covered in my FAQ.

Last updated: 8/24/2014

Paganism:

A Pagan Primer — For Those New to Paganism

Paganism: An Introduction to Earth-Centered Religions by River and Joyce Higginbotham

Pagan Spirituality: A Guide to Personal Transformation by River and Joyce Higginbotham

Drawing Down the Moon: Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, and Other Pagans in America by Margot Adler

Connecting to the Power of Nature by Joe H. Slate

Exploring the Pagan Path: Wisdom from the Elders (a collection of articles, essays and general commentary from various pagan authors)

ChristoPaganism: An Inclusive Path by River Higginbotham and Joyce Higginbotham

Myths and Symbols in Pagan Europe by H.R. Ellis Davidson

Wicca:

Wicca for the Rest of Us

Wicca Resources

Wicca for Beginners by Thea Sabin

Witchcraft Today by Gerald Gardner 

The Meaning of Witchcraft by Gerald Gardner

The Spiral Dance by Starhawk (most recent edition only, old editions have inaccurate info that has since been updated)

Elements of Ritual: Air, Fire, Water & Earth in the Wiccan Circle by Deborah Lipp

Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner and Living Wicca: A Further Guide for the Solitary Practitioner (Scott Cunningham)

Witchcraft (non-Wiccan):

The Element Encyclopedia of Witchcraft by Judika Illes

Encyclopedia of 5,000 Spells by Judika Illes

Crone’s Book of Charms & Spells by Valerie Worth

Witchcraft: a History by P.G. Maxwell-Stuart

Mrs. B’s Guide to Household Witchery by Kris Bradley

Candle Magic for Beginners by Richard Webster

Master Book of Candle Burning by Henry Gamache

A Grimoire for Modern Cunningfolk by Peter Paddon

Traditional Witchcraft: A Cornish Book of Ways by Gemma Gary and Jane Cox

Non-Wiccan Witchcraft Reading List

Witch of Forest Grove: Sarah Anne Lawless

Welcome to Witchcraft - A Post for Beginners

Witchcraft by Type:

Hedge Witchery Resources

Traditional Witchcraft Resources

Historical Witchcraft Books

Sea Witchcraft Resources / Sea Witchcraft Tag

Cottage Witchcraft Resources

Kitchen and Green Witchcraft Resources

Green Witchcraft: Walking the Green Path

Kitchen in the Cottage

Urban Witchcraft Resources

College Witchcraft/Tips

Chaos Magic:

What is Chaos Magic?

Resources for Sigil Magic and Crafting

World Mythology:

www.sacred-texts.com (free archive of online books about religion, mythology, folklore, and the esoteric)

Mythology: Myths, Legends and Fantasies by Alice Mills

Illustrated Dictionary of Mythology: Heroes, Heroines, Gods, and Goddesses from Around the World by Philip Wilkinson

The Oxford Companion to World Mythology by David Leeming

World Mythology: The Illustrated Guide by Roy Willis

Hellenic Polytheism and Greek Mythology:

www.hellenion.org

www.theoi.com

neokoroi.org

baringtheaegis.blogspot.com

Hellenic Recon Beginner’s Guide

Reconstruction of Hellenic Polytheistic Practices

Hellenic Calendar

An Outline for a Presentation on Hellenismos

Hellenic Resources by Bayoread

Hellenic Resource Download Bundle 1 by Elaphos

Hellenic Resource Download Bundle 2 by Elaphos

Orphic Incenses

Hellenic Terminology

Treasury of Greek Mythology: Classic Stories of Gods, Goddesses, Heroes & Monst​ers by Donna Jo Napoli

D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths by Ingri d’Aulaire

Old Stones, New Temples by Drew Campbell

Greek Mythology and Prehistory by W. Harris

The Gods of Reason by Timothy Jay Alexander

A Beginner’s Guide to Hellenismos by Timothy Jay Alexander

Hellenismos Today by Timothy Jay Alexander

The Complete World of Greek Mythology by Richard Buxton

Did the Greeks Believe in Their Myths? by Paul Veyne

Kharis: Hellenic Polytheism Explored by Sarah Kate Istra Winter

Homer’s Iliad, The Odyssey and Homeric Hymns

The Homeric Hymns (PDF) and The Orphic Hymns (PDF)

Homer’s Odyssey (PDF)

Homer’s Iliad (Theoi.com)

Hesiod: Works and Days (PDF version here)

The Theogony of Hesiod (PDF version here)

Magic in Ancient Greece:

Magic in the Ancient Greek World by Derek Collins

Magic, Witchcraft and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds by Daniel Ogden

Arcana Mundi: Magic and the Occult in the Greek and Roman Worlds by Georg Luck

The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation (PDF)

Magika Hiera: Ancient Greek Magic and Religion

Greek Folk Religion by Martin P Nilsson 

Curse Tablets and Binding Spells from the Ancient World by John G. Gager

Magic in the Ancient World by Fritz Graf

Magic and Magicians in the Greco-Roman World by Matthew W. Dickie

Roman Polytheism:

Click Here for Books and Resources

Kemeticism and Ancient Egyptian Mythology:

www.egyptianmyths.net

Kemeticism by The Twisted Rope

The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt by Richard H. Wilkinson

Symbol & Magic in Egyptian Art by Richard H. Wilkinson

Egyptian Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Goddesses, and Traditions of Ancient Egypt by Geraldine Pinch

Celtic Recon and Myth:

Celtic Folklore on Sacred Texts

The Celtic Recon FAQ

The Religion of the Ancient Celts (Sacred Texts)

What is Celtic? 101

Carmina Gadelica by Alexander Carmichael

The Celts: A Very Short Introduction by Barry Cunliffe

The Mabinogi and Other Medieval Welsh Tales by Patrick Form

Dictionary of Celtic Myth and Legend by Miranda Green

Gods and Heroes of the Celts by Marie-Louise Sjoestedt

The Pagan Religions of the Ancient British Isles by Ronald Hutton

Early Irish Myths and Sagas by Jeffrey Gantz

Druidry/Druidism:

druidry.org

druidnetwork.org

Druidry - A Mega List of Resources

Non-Wiccan Witches: Modern Druidry

Irish Druids and Old Irish Religions (Sacred Texts)

Asatru, Heathenism and Norse Mythology:

www.thetroth.org

grumpylokeanelder.tumblr.com

“Alright, I’m interested in this Norse stuff. Where do I even start?”

The Eddas: The Keys to the Msteries of the North by James Allen Chisholm (PDF)

The Poetic Edda (PDF)

The Prose Edda (PDF)

Exploring the Northern Tradition by Galina Krasskova

Norse Mythology: A Guide to Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs by John Lindow

Dictionary of Northern Mythology by Rudolf Simek

Teutonic Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie

The Nature of Asatru: An Overview of the Ideals and Philosophy of the Indigenous Religion of Northern Europe by Mark Puryear

Crystals and Stones:

The Encyclopedia of Crystals by Judy Hall

The Crystal Bible by Judy Hall

Crystal Healing by Judy Hall

Rocks & Minerals by Chris Pellant  (identification handbook)

Encyclopedia of Crystal, Gem & Metal Magic by Scott Cunningham

Crystal Grids: How and Why They Work by Hibiscus Moon

The Book of Crystal Spells by Ember Grant

Herbal (Magical, Medicinal):

The Master Book of Herbalism by Paul Beyerl

Compendium of Herbal Magic by Paul Beyerl  

The Green Mantle: An Investigation Into Our Lost Knowledge of Plants by Michael Jordan

The Book of Magical Herbs: Herbal History, Mystery, & Folklore by Margaret Picton

A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs: of Eastern and Central North America (Peterson Field Guides)

Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs by Scott Cunningham (good for quick reference, but not in depth information)

The Complete Book of Incense, Oils and Brews by Scott Cunningham 

A List of Threatened Magical Herbs

Resources to Start Learning Local Plants

Notes: please take care before using herbs for medicinal and/or supplemental purposes. Many herbs are toxic (some authors fail to mention this!) and/or have harmful side-effects. Always do research and consult a professional before use. 

Fae and Faerie Faith:

Resources for the Fair Folk

Fairy Faith 101

Working with Faery (Info and Resources)

The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W.Y. Evans

Runes:

Futhark: A Handbook of Rune Magic by Edred Thorsson

Runelore: A Handbook of Esoteric Runology by Edred Thorsson

The Complete Illustrated Guide to the Runes by Nigel Pennick

Authors to avoid (due to misinformation, historical inaccuracies, poor research, and/or failure to cite sources):

Silver Ravenwolf (here’s why)

DJ Conway

Edain McCoy

Ann Moura 

Ralph Blum (runes)

approach Llewellyn-published books with caution — there are some great ones, but many aren’t well researched and may contain misinformation.

if all else fails, Google the author and ask around to see what people have to say about them - many bad authors have entire pages or discussions dedicated on why to avoid them!

always fact check information (especially if it involves ingesting anything or putting anything on the skin — just because an ingredient is natural does not mean it isn’t harmful/toxic)

How do I know what to believe? Critical Thinking and Pagan Books

[chevko]

polytheistcommunitycenter

[fumbletongue]

Bitter Bad Luck Curse

Materials: 

Black paint or thick marker

A mirror

A box or bag (cloth would be preferred)

Hammer and nails or needle and thread

Salt

An implement to draw in dirt with (stick or rock)

Instructions:

You need a small mirror or reflective surface. If you cannot find something or afford it an old CD (blank is ideal) will also work.

On your reflective surface you need to paint or draw a cat. If you aren’t artistic is perfectly ok, a circle and two triangles will suffice as a cat.

At the bottom of the box or bag place the cat. Place a pile of salt on top of the cat (try to keep this as neat as possible). 

Before sealing we’re going to set this curse on our target. To do this slip something of theirs inside as well. It can be anything, a pencil you borrowed, trash they threw on the ground, spare change they dropped. If you can’t find anything of theirs a name or image of them always works as well. Add the object and then if you’d like chant:

Crossed the path of this cat of black, I tip the salt and tip the scale A mirror with a single crack, May all of your endeavors fail. Your luck will wither sealed inside, My target __________________ you cannot hide. And these thin strings of fate I pluck So it seems that you’re out of luck.

Either hammer the box or sew shut the bag. As you do so shake the container harshly. Your target will spill the salt, break the mirror, pass the black cat. Once you’re satisfied find a flat surface (preferably clear enough to draw shapes in the earth). Make sure no one will find it (so its best to stay near your own property). On the top of the container draw a:

This “ladder” symbolizes the target walking beneath one. Now take your tool and draw many jagged lines in the dirt or sand. These cracks should be scattered over a good distance. Place the container in the middle of all the cracks.

Leave the container there for 13 days if you can, if this isn’t possible 13 minutes will most likely suffice. 

Once the days have past you can dispose of the curse however you see fit (burning, tossing it in the rubbish, smashing to pieces) but I WOULD NOT open it again or try to reuse any parts of it.