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Attraction Oil
Grated lemon zest
Lovage
Vervain
Essential oil of lemon petitgrain, melissa, may chang, or lemon verbena
Rose attar
Grind the first three ingredients together in a mortar and pestle.
Place them in a bottle together with a lodestone chip.
Cover with sweet almond oil.
Add the essential oils, drop by drop, until you achieve a scent that pleases you.
(from The Element Encyclopedia of 5,000 Spells by Judika Illes)
Rest Charm
Components:
1'x6" rectangle of nighttime fabric
3" circle of yellow or blue felt
½ Tb Dried Vervain
½ Tb Dried Chamomile
½ Tb Died Lavender
Needle
Thread
Scissors
This handkerchief is a charm that goes under your pillow to encourage a good night’s rest.
First, fold your fabric into a square, making sure to tuck in the edges. Then, sew it closed, stopping with half of one side open.
Put your dried herbs into the pocket, and sew the rest of the way closed.
Shake the herbs into the center, and put into an embroidery hoop.
Cut the felt into a crescent moon, and stitch down onto the kerchief, trying to trap as much of the herb mixture under it as possible.
When finished, keep under your pillow
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yo my religious followers what’s a good bible (or any other scripture) verse to go with this post
Peter 2:3 They will exploit you in their greed with deceptive words. Their condemnation, pronounced long ago, is not idle, and their destruction does not sleep.
that’s fucking metal
Blogging this because it is definitely a curse
FJÓLDÖYSTAVE will cause someone to slowly curse themselves as they spread lies.
The curse of the Fjóldöystave will cause the target to experience an increasing sense of “being dead inside”, growing in intensity every time a lie or false rumour is spread by the person.
The staves themselves are to be painted onto a piece of parchment or paper with ink mixed from charcoal and spit. The parchment is then folded up and wrapped in black cloth. Once this is done, the staves are to be hidden inside, or if not possible; simply near the home of your target.
The purpose of this is not to stop the lies from being spread, but rather cause the target to start even more lies and rumours. As this escalates, the lies will also become gradually more and more incredible, to the point where others will start to realise the obvious falseness and cause the web of lies to collapse in on itself, taking the target’s ego and all credibility with it.
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The Narrative of Accepted Magic
The nature of folklore is that it creates a dynamic for evolutionary influences, filtering out weak ideas and impractical solutions to actual problems. An herb that has a pronounced chemical effect will be found in oral tradition much more often than a placebo. A method of purification, an element whose properties are ideal for certain functions, a word that spoken gives true power. These things tend to stay while the superfluous falls away over time.
From handwritten manuscripts handed down from collector and scholar unto the introduction of print many such ideas, both valuable and inconsequential, have been put to ink. From centuries of antiquarian and ethnographic study in hundreds of authoritative volumes over the past three centuries there has grown a substantial body of dross, useless material with no practical knowledge or understanding of the craft. The 20th century’s ease of printing cumulated in decades of uninformed and badly researched material becoming common in the archival record. Ill thought dissertations and sensationalist propaganda that moves now yellow paged pulp paperbacks off of shelves into the hands of naive inquiring seekers.
Practical occultism in the past two centuries has been dictated by the occultists who happen to also be writers. The majority of practitioners (be they witch, wizard, shaman, sorcerer, or priestess), whose practice is as idiosyncratic as the next, have little or no input in the historic record in a post ethnologic environment.
Historically, those who publish books get the say, those who are interested in being public individuals with books (and blogs) and a public persona are the ones that have decided what is and is not occult practice. Across the board witches who are engineers, labourers, musicians, painters, but not writers have had little or no input in the dialog of occultism over the past two centuries outside of secondhand ethnographic reporting.
The ethnographic folklore record is at best 300 years old. It was only in the 18th century that scholars began to gather the stories of common people and publish them. Crofton Croker, the Brothers Grimm, Lady Wilde, those names we associate with fairy tales were actually scholars researching the history of the magic of common people. They travelled the towns and villages, lending an ear to anyone who had a tale to tell. Collating the data and constructing theories about the archetypes of storytelling, about the ritual practices of pre Christian central Europe and the British Isles, about which creatures you should fear most in the night. These words are a solid foundation of knowledge, and the most direct from living sources in the wild. Yet they are still viewed through the mind of the writer who is the folklorist.
Thus the practice of all forms of occultism have been viewed almost solely through the lens of the written record given to us by exclusively history’s writers. Not the painters, not the farm labourers, rarely the words of women, the insights of possibly powerful yet totally illiterate, or antisocial, practitioners of the world having no historic recourse. The thoughts, rituals, and practices of those isolated magicians mostly erased from history. For centuries the narrative of accepted magic has been the domain of those who work in written words, not the smith who works in iron, nor the midwife or the ploughman.
In the age of the internet something new is being born, a kind of veil made of information through which it is seemingly impossible to see. The catalyst for dross that was initiated by the continually less expensive printing process in the past century has finally broken open with online social media. Anyone can write anything and claim it as authoritative, dismissing naysayers as uninitiated or lacking insight. The adage coined by Theodore Sturgeon that “90% of everything is crap” needs to be updated in this age of too much information and not enough knowledge to “99% of everything is crap.”
The internet provides a seemingly endless supply of information on the practice of magic. Cliques of authors and bloggers siding with various historic and ahistoric documents and their infamous authors of the past. The entirety of the grimoire tradition is available online in highres scans, not to mention bootleg pdfs of contemporary analysis and comparison of these historic documents.
Beyond the hallowed halls of accepted occultism lies and vast ocean of cliques and niches, filled with people of every demographic and a few you didn’t know about. Oft naive of any age they are all seeking something, all wanting, praying, believing in magic and witchcraft. These people come to the craft looking for something, often not sure what that thing is. “Power” is a word commonly used, and traditionally magic has been the tool of the powerless. Yet in the 21st century the idea of what power is has become warped. Where centuries ago magic was used to distort and disrupt the common way of things, bending reality to its will, today it is often seen as a path of achievement, as a tool for expanding one’s material gains, increasing one’s positive emotional state, and increasing one’s luck - all buying into the structures of a contemporary society it once sought to destroy.
The illusion of knowledge created by the excess of information in the internet age has birthed an endless stream of fantastical (and that is truly what they are, fantasy) fictions of an imagined practical magic. Adjectives strung together to form infinite new subgenera of occultism without so much as a wink in the direction of its own absurdity. Chain letter blackmail with a whiff of cosplay kneeling before an Esty bought altar of other people’s killings and chinese made shiny things. A Borgesian labyrinth of nonsense parading as a magic it does not understand, as a craft it can only write fanfic about.
You will not find it in books, nor the internet. You may look, and often incredibly good advise on what to do once you’ve found it can be found in that rare book or two, but it is not there in the written word. It is in the world. In the soil and the sea, in the air and the trees. It is that humming vibrant energy that imbues all things. You have to go out and hold it in your hands, breathe of its scents, know its horrors and its delights. Lie in its tapestries of meadow and field, of forest and shore. Listen long and there you will find it. Not even in the dusty pages of the oldest book is it found. It is a secret whispered by the world, you only have to learn to listen.
When you are trying your eye in Enochian, but are too broke for custom furniture and precious metals, but too posh for paper.
Wood. Use all the wood.
Stay tuned.
So update on the tool making.
I am using a combination of instructions by Lon Duquette, Aaron Leitch and Donald Tyson. Where the sources differ, I break the tie by further research or instinct.
I have used all wood for the Holy Table, The Ensigns of Creation and the Lamen.
I have a beeswax disc ready for the Sigillum Dei, but I also have a wooden disc ready as a substitute, because I am afraid I am not going be able to make the wax look anything like it is supposed to.
I have burned in the geometric outlines into the Table, Ensigns and the Lamen, and then spray painted the whole surface (Table black, Ensigns silver and Lamen gold to at least keep the metal color requirement, if I am not able to have polished tin and gold). I am having the Ring custom made out of brass, because again, I am too posh for paper but too cheap for gold. Until I can get it though, I will be making due with the paper one.
As for the painting of the tools, where possible (outlines and lettering on the Table, outlines of the Ensigns and Lamen), I have used various color acrylic paints mixed with holy water, to at least come closer to the notion of using blessed oil paints.
Lettering on the Ensigns and Lamen is done by fine permanent marker, because it is the finest writing implement I have that will stick. Not happy about it, but nothing about that I can do. Below are some pictures:
Table and Ensigns in base color with outlines:
Lamen in base color and finished outline:
Almost finished table (edges are still in white marker as drafts):
Finished table (edges in silver paint with holy water):
I will update once all the Ensigns, Lamen and Sigillum are finished and I decide on which mirror / crystal to use and before consecration. After that, no more photos of consecrated items :)
This will be the final update on my current Enochian setup (please note, that the stone in the middle, peach selenite sphere, is not the real stone I am using. It just did not feel right to photograph and post the real thing, I keep the real one in a faux fur lined wooden box and it only comes out for workings):
I finished all the Ensigns, Lamen and the Sigillum, as well as acquired a ring.
I ended up engraving the ring myself on a pre-bought piece, as the sources for a finished ring tuned up either nill or not really what I wanted.
The ring I engraved myself is not really what I wanted either, but engraving it myself, even crudely, seemed like a better option than buying something I do not like for money I feel I either do not have to spend or that it isn’t worth. It is made of generic metal in rose-gold.
The Sigillum is also far from being a work of art, the center heptagram turned out super lopsided and I am far from a calligrapher, but again, I like the imperfection that comes with handcrafting. I used raw beeswax and added a bit rose petal, mimosa and jasmine floral wax, because I felt like they belonged there.
The engraving is colored with dragons blood ink (basically dragons blood dissolved in high concentration alcohol with a bit of holy water added in).
I may redo the Sigillum later, but I am happy for now. I am afraid it will end up even more lopsided though.
The Ensigns, as previously mentioned are wood, first pyrographed for texture, then colored in silver acrylic mixed with holy water, to substitute for the blessed oil paints. Writing is in black marker, because again, my penmanship leaves much to be desired.
Lamen is done in a similar fashion, but gold painted instead of silver. Holy water was added to the gold + to the black color in the grids. Writing is in marker. Again.
Below are some more pictures of the finished setup. I am quite proud to have made everything from scratch.
The cost of the whole set up, if anyone is interested, was probably under 50 EUR, not counting the scrying stone, with the biggest expense being the engraving machine bought only for this purpose for around 30EUR, 10 EUR for one kilogram of pure beeswax and the blank ring for 5 EUR. The table was cut from scrap wood and the woods for the Lamen and Ensigns being bought pre-cut from a craft store one piece was around 50cents and Lamen being 1 EURO or so. I am not counting the colors, floral waxes, special ink etc, as I had those at home, as well as the pyropen and most of this is purely optional anyway, if you are going the cheap and self made route.
It energizes, strengthens energy, reflects negative, works on internal blocks. General assistance.
Make the Team - A envelope spell to help you stay motivated for working out.
*inspired by Jay’s motivation to make the teams, and to always stay in shape.*
Needed: - Red, Yellow And Blue Candles - Carnelian - Citrine - Lapis Lazuli - Envelope - Paper, Pen
Steps: - Take your candles out and light them, Red for Energy , Yellow for Concentration, Blue for Health and goals. - Take your paper and pen and write out the fitness goals you have for yourself, include specific routines or habits your trying to integrate into your routine. - Fold that up and put it into your Envelope. - Add your Carnelian for Confidence. - Add your Citrine for Self-determination. - Add your Lapis Lazuli for Motivation. - Seal your envelope. - If you want to, Create a seal with wax from the candles you were burning. - Set the envelope aside until you feel you’ve achieved your goals. - Blow out your candles to close and seal your spell. - Get to those goals!
- Aesa <3 Shout out to @whitecrowspirit for the help with this one! This is my original spell, Do not repost on any platform without my explicit permission. Reblogging is Okay, Reposting is Not. Do not Advertise on this post
Theories of sigil magick:
Sigil magick is primarily understood from 3 different theories of understanding, these theories being the way of understanding how sigils are able to manifest. Practitioners will usually work with one of these theories, and will understand sigil magick from that point of view. From what I understand all of these theories are legitimate, and should not be looked at separately, but much rather together in order to have a higher understanding of the ins-and-outs of sigil manifestation. These theories I like to refer to as energy theory, consciousness theory, and psychological theory.
Energy theory:
Energy theory is the understanding that sigils work through the process of gathering up spiritual energy that is intended for a specific purpose, and when it is cast out that energy will go forth into the universe to manifest that intention. This is a theory that primarily works off the understanding of spiritual energy, and raising that energy in order to do a certain task.
Consciousness theory:
Consciousness theory is the understanding that sigils work through implanting sigils in the subconscious, so that they will be able to interact with the universal conscious in order to manifest a desired outcome. This theory works primarily off the understanding of universal consciousness, and how we are all connected to it, and because of that are able to influence it in order to make our desires a reality.
Psychological theory:
Psychological theory is the understanding that sigils work through the act of allowing you to focus on a specific construct, or situation, through the representation of the sigil. This is said to allow your subconscious mind to pull you in the direction of what you desire, by it suggesting to your normal waking consciousness certain decisions that will help you achieve your goal.
There are critiques, and criticisms to all of these theories but all of them support a very good understanding of the essence of sigil magick, and are all important to get acquainted with.
💀Beginner Death Witchcraft 💀
Here are some simple ideas to get your feet wet in areas of death witchcraft. This isn’t intended to be a Death Witchcraft 101 list, but more for general persons who are interested to incorporate some simple exploration.
Grave-tending or exploration: find a nearby graveyard and walk it, respectfully looking at the tombstones and picking up debris or clearing weeds. You can include offerings if it strikes you, but the acknowledgement of the cemetery itself and cleaning of it is truly an offering in itself.
Create an ancestor/relatives shrine: in this day and age I know many don’t necessarily have a bunch of deceased relatives they’re comfortable with inviting communication with. Feel free to choose ancestors that resonate with you by researching their life. Personal heroes, local heroes, and heroes of a cause personal to you are particularly good ones to go for. Create a simple space for them with items or pictures that make you think of them. You can also include things you associate with the cycle of life and death (animal and plant remains, statues or figurines relating to death, skull and afterlife art, etc.) You can either try to hone your spirit communication by communicating directly with the ancestors of the shrine, or if that is uncomfortable; just leave offerings and letters without opening yourself to spirits directly. Either is perfectly acceptable for death witchcraft- spirit working is not a prerequisite.
Volunteer for or research death related industries: hospice, hospitals, assisted living, death doulas, morticians, forensic sciences, end of life planning, etc. Confronting death in a direct way like this is important to being sincere in your exploration of death and related practice.
Preserve and dry your own herbs and plants: a simple way to experience decay and death in your own home and also something useful in your practice in other ways. Be aware of any danger to pets and children; don’t place toxic plants in their reach while they are drying. Store in jars or sealed containers once completely dried. Mark with their jarred date so you can know when they’ve expired (especially if for internal or topical uses).
Crafts relating to afterlife: crafts made of bones and remains, photography of abandoned or decaying locations, paintings of afterlife related images, headstone rubbings or memento mori journals, stories and poetry relating to death and the beyond. Even just recycling objects and clothes into something new is an extension of the cycle of life and death!
Some find artistically expressing their exploration of death particularly cathartic, but it can be intense. Don’t feel ashamed if you start a project and have to step back. Stay safe mentally, emotionally, and physically in your death exploration!
Vulture Culture: a particularly hands on way to explore death and its cycle. You can keep it simple and just deal with cleaned pieces you purchase/obtain and honor. If you do feel called to explore the collection and preservation of remains from start to finish, make sure you research methods and supplies beforehand. You will need a well ventilated “vulturing spot” for things like rot pots or a maceration tubs.
Low Spoon/Subtle ideas:
Visit a Natural History or art museum and just wander and explore peacefully. Feel free to bring non-witchy friends and family! You don’t have to say why you’re specifically picking this kind of museum.
Watch TV shows relating to forensics and academic death work. Or you can even ease into it by watching fictional shows as well, just take the process with a grain of salt 😉
Read myths and cultural practices that are related to the cycle of life and death.
Browse through articles or a blog like this one: http://www.thepostmortempost.com that examines aspects of death in an academic sense
All my death witch followers and friends are welcomed to add additional thoughts and ideas in reblogs!
Also feel free to send me any questions!
Imagine if you were a Christian medieval person from a small village and you had a feud with your neighbour… how annoying would it be to see them in church every Sunday? Not only are you obliged to be in the same space with them every week but you’d have to watch them receive the sacrament and have their sins forgiven even though you know damn well they don’t deserve it… and on top of that you get the priest preaching “love thy neighbour” from the pulpit, I think the fuck not, I’ll not love an unneighbourly misbegotten churl such as he, preach though thou might, father
I think I just got possessed by the ghost of a man who’s still really upset about his neighbour’s pigs eating his cabbages
why limit yourself between choosing between a pretty feminine aesthetic or a dark one? if persephone can be the goddess of spring & queen of the underworld at the same time so can you
This is both against the gender roles that God put forth and in favor of the worship of pagan God’s. This is blatant satanic blasphemy
frollo has logged tf on
Reblog if you too are against the gender roles that God put forth and in favor of the worship of pagan Gods.
Anne Carson, Bakkhai
Folklore Myths and Legends of Britain p.341
Tzitzimime by Ulises Uly
The Tzitzimimeh were female deities, and as such related to fertility, they were associated with the Cihuateteo and other female deities such as Tlaltecuhtli, Coatlicue, Citlalicue and Cihuacoatl and they were worshipped by midwives and parturient women. The leader of the tzitzimimeh was the goddess Itzpapalotl who was the ruler of Tamoanchan - the paradise where the Tzitzimimeh resided.
The Tzitzimimeh were also associated with the stars and especially the stars that can be seen around the Sun during a solar eclipse. This was interpreted as the Tzitzimimeh attacking the Sun, thus causing the belief that during a solar eclipse, the tzitzimime would descend to the earth and devour human beings
