Wisecrafting

[tamerlaine2]

[divineandmajesticinone]

“Dost thou see a book before thee?”

THE VVITCH (2015) | dir. Robert Eggers

[crownofheather]

"A dream is a wish your heart makes..." 😉

[theoldcottage-deactivated202208]

To Close the Doors of an Enemy

You will obtain an long nail that has not been used for anything outside of this ritual. Alongside this, a black thread and an image or taglock of the person you wish to work this ritual on. You will prepare a pot of soil or, if you have access, a small patch of land close to the west. When night comes, preferably on a saturday, you will take the taglock and bind it to the nail with the black thread saying:

I hammer nails into your feet, your hands, your head, youur throat. No paths shall open for thee, no roads, no doors. I say it and it shall be so.

This nail is then taken to the western side of the property or to the pot of soil which has been placed in the western part of the property. You will take the nail and place it in the soil so that it stands up and then slam it down with your hand declaring:

It is done. The nails are set, you shall not wander and no glory shall be yours.

Inspirations

Slavic Witchcraft by Natasha Helvin Backwoods Witchcraft by Jake Richards

[memewhore]

[the-darkest-of-lights]

Pine cone ink

Magical pinecone ink

The recipe is super simple:

1 cup (45 g) pine "scales"

2 cups (475 ml) distilled water

2 teaspoons (8 g) soda ash (or washing soda store-bought)

bring the content to a boil then very slow simmer for 2 hours. I ended up with 1/4 cup of dark liquid. The content was strained and voila!

In the bottle I added 6 drops of cloves essential oil which helps for storage and potential mold. You could also use wintergreen essential oil. If you don't need to store the ink for a long time, you could skip that step. The ink is placed in the fridge.

Magically pinecones are associated with the planets Saturn and Mars Pine is a funerary tree that represents everlasting life and immediately as an evergreen tree. Pine trees were often planted over graves to strengthen the souls of the deceased and help preservation. I found the pine cone I used to make my ink at the oldest cemetery in my area.

Pines magical aspects are: necromancy, healing, protection, fertility, prosperity, cleansing, immortality. Spiritual protection from negative energies. Luck ,Joy, Balance , Purification , Banishment

pine cone as a symbol of spiritual consciousness and enlightenment, awakening, or immortality.

[the-darkest-of-lights]

The witch ride stave drawn using dragons blood ink

[the-evil-clergyman]

The Dreams in the Witch House, from Halloween in Arkham Portfolio by Harry O. Morris (1979)

[memewhore]

[isnyr]

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[themori-witch]

Witch Crafts: How to Make A Scrying Mirror

• WHAT IS A SCRYING MIRROR? •

A scrying mirror is one of a variety of tools that can be used in the divination method that is scrying [click here for more information on scrying].

WHAT YOU WILL NEED:

A photo frame with glass.

Matte black spray paint (it doesn't need to be spray paint, but I find this easier!).

Glass cleaner (if you want to use a vinegar and water solution instead, that's fine!).

Clean cloth.

Microfibre cloth (optional).

HOW TO:

Firstly, remove the glass from the photo frame and set the frame aside as you'll be popping the glass back inside later.

Using your glass cleaner and cloth, thoroughly clean both sides of the glass and try to avoid leaving smears or smudges. You can use another clean, dry cloth (microfibre for best results) once the mirror is dry, to go over the glass and buff it/remove any dust.

Allow the glass to dry completely, then take it to a ventilated area, lay the glass on a piece of paper or fabric you're not too attached to, and use the spray paint to coat one side of the glass. Allow the first coat to dry, then add a few more layers ensuring that the coverage is as even as possible, and opaque.

Leave the glass to dry in a safe place.

Once the paint is dry, reinsert the glass into the picture frame with the unpainted side facing you.

*OPTIONAL: you can embellish your frame, or the edges of the glass if you wish. It's your scrying mirror, so make it yours!

You are now ready to scry your heart out! Make sure the glass is smudge and mark free before you scry, as to not skew anything you may divine from the mirror.

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[lailoken]

Does the Rat have a role in the Wending Way?

I want to preference this response by saying that virtually every living thing holds significance in the Wending Way, but yes, the rat does play its own role to play.

In a broader sense, they represent messengers of the subtle world—especially where psychopompic Wights are concerned. For instance, at one point—shortly before a loved one’s health took a drastic turn for the worst—we were very directly approached by an extremely docile and friendly rat in the street outside their home, which spent a long while with us behaving quite oddly, before scurrying off into the brush again. Having just asked for an omen regarding this loved one’s health the previous day, we were then able to ready ourselves some for the imminent decline that we sensed this exchange portended.

In a bit more specific of a context, the Rat is one of the Intermediate Wardens of Hood-Working, representing an intermediary between the Cardinal Wardens of Bat and Moth. That’s a whole other matter, though, and one I’m not ready to write much else about here at this point.

[witch333s]

[blackthornwren]

"The blackness and the blood; formlessness, terror, entrapment. And yet blood and darkness are also associated with sexuality, bodily hunger. Fairyland is hungry for human blood, vampiric, and this hunger for blood symbolizes a hunger for blood products, for male seed, male flesh. This passion for blood links fairies to ancestors, to the dead. Ancestors, if neglected and not fed carefully, are vengeful, and are apt to drink the blood of the living members of the family. A Highland legend says that you must bring water into the house at night so the fairies don't quench their thirst with your blood. Women seem particularly hungry for blood: an old woman given shelter for the night in the Highlands was surprised drinking the blood of her hosts. In Ireland, according to Lady Wilde, the peasants sensibly refused the common medical procedure of bleeding patients, because being bled would make the good people angry. Fairies are also said to have dried bodies, hard, wrinkled, bony; they need blood. They need new blood.

Fairyland - or the way to it, at least - is a kind of womb as imagined by a terrified male, a maternal body which does not nurture but destroys. To enter fairyland is to be born again, to go through birth as an adult, an adult who is conscious of the dreadful process."

At the Bottom of the Garden, Diane Purkiss, pg. 68-69

[servantofthefates]

5 Signs that a Spell Book is Authentic

1) It has Christian or Biblical elements.

As I openly shared in my previous blog, my ancestors were among many pagans who dressed up their incantations in Catholic disguise to avoid persecution and prying eyes. So if you see words that sound like a Christian prayer, names of saints, or verses from the Bible, then the spells are likely old and were used by earlier pagans — not invented by New Age Christians.

2) Google Translate cannot decipher all the words.

When a foreign spell can be translated to English perfectly, it may have been reverse-engineered. Which means someone wrote it in English then translated it to Latin or another old language to fake heritage. Witches used to tweak their grimoires, using the wrong vowel or symbol here and there to encrypt their orisons. Real spells should be “imperfect” when translated. Which brings me to my third point:

3) Most of the orisons are not in English.

Not because “English is too mainstream”, but because pagans and witches from various cultures were still creating and strengthening their spells by the time practicing witchcraft had become fatal in the English-speaking world. In other words, the growth of English-language spells was stunted and killed while everything else was still thriving.

4) Some details are quite disturbing.

In line with the above, remember that witches of the past did not live by today’s politically correct standards. Spell books that mention gutting animals or taking a drop of your neighbor’s blood while she’s asleep are most likely copied from authentic sources. Which is not to say that we should do such things now. But a spell that is all sugar, spice and everything nice is unlikely to have any old roots.

5) There are inconsistencies or gaps in the instructions.

Unlike in today’s blog posts and YouTube videos, where spell instructions are step-by-step, grimoires of the past were, again, encrypted. So that the authorities or anyone undeserving can try the spells but gain nothing from them. An initiated witch would have been taught how to recognize the “code names” and ignite all the necessary flames.

Not all modern and easy spells are useless. I myself share potent but simplified spells. However, if you’re investing financially in spell books to deepen your connection to the craft, feel free to use this as a guide so you do not waste money or time. 

[hekateanwitchcraft]

For Protection Against Witchcraft

Mix together agrimony, rue, motherwort, and yarrow. Sprinkle the herb mixture into an equal armed cross. Use more to make a circle around the cross. Place a white candle encased in glass on each point on the crosss. You can choose candles of any burn time, but the longer they burn for, the more effective and lasting the spell should be. Dress the candles in fiery walls of protection oil. Place any protective talismans around the circle or in the center of the cross. Light the candles and say

Witch’s mouth, hold thy spells, reverse upon you all your Hells. Charms and curses be stripped of power, protection from magic in every hour. Devil’s be vanquished and bane be banished. All magic against me, henceforth, will vanish. Wicked be gone and evil flee. As I will, so shall it be!

Allow the candles to burn completely.

[thygravedancer]

To Bless or Curse by Gesture

Pointing or touching with one of the fingers has long been associated with blessing and cursing. In Scottish witchcraft, a simple curse is performed by pointing with the index finger, while a simple blessing performed with the thumb, during which the witch speaks a version of the charm, such as the following:

Ill may thee thrive, and ill may thee stead.

The sticks of hell light on thee,

and hell's cauldron mayest thou seeth therein,

thy bones to rake about the stygian banks.

In the Devil's name, I pray it.

Or, alternatively:

Well may thee thrive,

and well may thee stead.

Blessed waters refresh thee,

and the cup of life mayest thou drink thereof,

thy blood protected from shore to shore.

In our lady's name, I pray it.

From: Folk Witchcraft : A Guide to Lore, Land, and the Familiar Spirit for the Solitary Practitioner by Roger J. Horne

[msgraveyarddirt]

Queen of Hungary's Water

“Hungary water (sometimes called “the Queen of Hungary’s Water”, Eau de la Reine de Hongary, or “spirits of rosemary”) was one of the first alcohol-based perfumes in Europe, primarily made with rosemary. The oldest surviving recipes call for distilling fresh rosemary and thyme with brandy, while later formulations contain wine, lavender, mint, sage, marjoram, costus, orange blossom and lemon.“ – Wikipedia, ’Hungary water’

My foray into perfumery starts with a memory-heavy Queen of Hungary’s Water recipe from my mother’s old herbal book. A future devotional tool, but also a personal tribute to the complex relationship between mother and daughter.

Fresh rosemary and (spear)mint from my container garden, wild rose petals from local hedges and woodlands. Locally produced vodka made from locally grown potatoes. Rosemary and rose petals dedicated to Theotokos [Virgin Mary] prior to steeping.