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Spells, witches, magic and more. Amber | libra | proud witch. ~~~ A misc. blog that posts a lot of magical pagan pride, space, and positivity.

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25 amazing places to go for meditation and magical workings!

• Go outside! Sit in your yard and soak in the sun or moonlight. Let your toes dig into the grass and explore the earth.

• You can always sit in your own room, but keep it clean and happy, that doesn’t mean out of sight out of mind!

• Go to a group meditation camp or room! These are closer than you think and are mostly free, you will be surprised!

• A community garden or greenhouse! This will help bring you closer to nature but not all communities have this!

• Go to a pond near you, here you can take a chance to jot down some local greenery and species around you, get familiar with your environment!

• Go to a local forest, these can be beautiful, and you will be surprised at how long you’ll spend inside!

• Go to a lake near you, thing is harder than a pond since they tend to be farther from most people but go if you get the chance!

• For y’all sea witches, go to the ocean!!! Beaches are amazing places to find altar equipment and too grow your roots into the earth and the water.

• In bed silly! This is a place that you’re comfortable and feel safe, it brings great energies into your work!

• Surprisingly, airports and airplanes. These can teach you the art of calming yourself down!

• In the mountains! If you get a chance, spend some magical times in the highest points of our planet!

• In churches, temples, and sacred spaces. Need I say more?

• In a waiting room! This is perfect for meditation if you’re bored and have nothing to do!

• In a tree, (with caution)

• In a quiet house where there will be no distractions!

• In a corner, these are great because you can just stare and the wall and let your mind go blank. I’ve seen some interesting things…

• Go to a park! These are so calming and you can also meet new people if you’re lucky!

• On your work break!

• Meditate in your car! But don’t drift away, do not.

• Bookstores! Here you can read and soak in information, or just enjoy the quiet calm around you.

• Crystal shops! No more must be said.

• Museums are fantastic because of the cultural energy and strength that lies within them, just be sure to listen to the rules of said museum.

• Office lobbies are great!

• Yoga studios!

• ANYWHERE!

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Restorative Roasted Vegetable (and optional chicken) Soup

I found this recipe earlier today, already called Restorative Roasted Vegetable Soup and inspiration hit to look up the correspondences and share it with all of you (recipe sourced from the book Bite Me by Julie Albert and Lisa Gnat).

Ingredients (makes 8 servings):

2 large carrots, peeled and cut into 2.5cm cubes

1 large sweet potato, peeled and cut into 2.5cm cubes

2 zucchinis, cut into 2.5cm cubes

1 large capsicum, deseeded and cut into 2.5cm cubes

1 red onion, cut into 2.5cm cubes

75g small mushrooms, peeled and quartered

3 tablespoons olive oil

½ teaspoon sea salt

3 fresh rosemary sprigs

225ml water

1.9L chicken stock (or vegetable stock, if making it vegetarian/vegan)

3 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1cm cubes (optional)

225g cooked farfalle pasta

Method:

Preheat the oven to 190°C/375°F/Gas Mark 5. Line a baking sheet with foil and coat with non-stick cooking spray.

In a large bowl, combine the carrots, sweet potato, zucchini, capsicum, onion and mushrooms. Add oil and salt (I personally use Celtic Sea Salt), tossing well to coat. Spread the veges out on the baking sheet and nestle the rosemary sprigs among the vegetables. Bake for 40-45 minutes, stirring occasionally, discard the rosemary sprigs at the end.

In a large saucepan, combine the water, stock and chicken (if using). Bring to the boil over a high heat. Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer for 10 minutes. Add the roasted vegetables and simmer for a further 10 minutes. Add the cooked pasta and heat through.

Serve in your favourite bowl!

Magical Properties:

(source: http://www.kitchenwitchcorner.com/, but feel free to use your own correspondences, etc)

Carrots: banish, dispel illusions, fertility, clarity, clear vision

Sweet Potato: love, nurturing, comfort

Zucchini: spirituality, protection, prosperity

Capsicum: prosperity, security, strength, energy, comfort

Red Onion: oaths, promises, warding, protection, health, banishing, virility, potency, male fertility, energy, psychic, spiritual

Mushrooms: psychic awareness, physical strength, hidden truths, courage, healing, health

Olive Oil: abundance, beauty, joy, protection, marriage, peace, fertility, conception

Sea Salt: protection, banishing

Rosemary: remembrance, memory, love, loyalty

Stock: healing, nutrition

Chicken: health, healing, fertility, nurturing

Pasta: psychic powers, protection, communication, creativity (sourced from the book A Kitchen Witch’s World of Magical Food by Rachel Patterson)

Spoonie Witch Tips:

Make on a day where you don’t have to expend as many spoons as usual, so you can focus your energy on the restorative properties of the soup.

Pre-package the soup into portions and refrigerate/freeze (depending on how quickly you think you’ll eat them).

When reheating, focus your intentions on the soup restoring you and your energy (this goes for everyone, not just spoonies).

Good luck and happy cooking!

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Self Care Magic

✨Drinking iced raspberry tea infused with rose petals, or a pumpkin spice latte for the cinnamon allspice and clove but also just because you really like it

✨Power songs played during the morning commute and singing as loud as you can without worrying about other drivers seeing you, getting yourself fired up for the day

✨Banishing spells cast on toxic lovers and friends, because even though it hurts to let them go it also feels freeing as hell

✨Self cleansing rituals that make you feel recharged, whether it be fancy ritual baths, or that good smelling face wash that you use every morning

✨Wrapping yourself in the love of friends and family deity when you’re not feeling up to it yourself, they will love you no matter what so relying on them is okay and good

✨Going to a secret spot to be alone, or to watch the world go by and just be still, from a secret pond miles into the forest, to the quiet spot by the window in your favorite cafe

✨Protection spells cast before going out drinking and dancing to keep off the creeps and their unwanted advances, because you just wanna dance and that’s the last thing you need

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Pro-Tip

I know most people associate LUSH Cosmetics with white girls and bath bombs but products from this beautiful company have faded my scars and stretch marks, completely gotten rid of my acne, fixed my dry skin problems, thickened my eyelashes, laid my edges, made my hair grow like crazy… I can go on and on. I’ve actually never tried the bath bombs, but their skincare and haircare products work magic.

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Fading Scars / Stretch Marks Organic Therapy Massage Bar

Extra Dry Skin King of Skin In-Shower Body Conditioner, Skin Drink Facial Moisturizer, Sultana of Soap Bar, Tender is the Night Massage Bar, Each’s a Peach Massage Bar

Acne Fresh Farmacy Solid Cleanser, Eau Roma Toning Water, Full of Grace Serum Bar

Thickening Lashes Eyes Right Mascara / Lash Milk

Edges R&B Hair Moisturizer (if you put this on your edges before wrapping your hair, they’ll be relaxer-straight when you wake up, lasts about 12 hours), Dirty Styling Cream (cream-based edge control with a matte finish, no more shiny or crunchy edges) 

Hair Growth NEW! Shampoo Bar, Retread Hair Conditioner

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I was asked to list the rest of the products I currently have in my possession, so here y’all go!

FACE / HAIR STUFF

Magical Moringa Facial Moisturizer Oh my lordy. Let me tell y'all about this stuff. It’s marketed as a moisturizer but I use it as a primer because when you put this on your face, it’s completely matte. Like completely. All day. And it will lock your makeup in place like no other. You can sweat in it, swim in it, whatever. Shit won’t budge. Ever.

Jason & the Argan Oil Shampoo Bar Amazing for volumizing. It made the three bundles in my head look more like five when I used this thing the first time, I kid you not. Also gives your hair a really natural shine. I only use it when I really need a volume boost, otherwise it’s just too much.

No Drought Dry Shampoo If you have a weave, you need this stuff. Period. A lot of times, the natural oils in our scalps (referring to my fellow black women here) are too heavy for Brazilian, Peruvian, etc hair, and so it’s easy for weave to get weighed down between washes. Shake this stuff in your hair, brush it out - bam, flow city.

Honey Trap Lip Balm My favorite lip balm, ever. Really improves the texture of your lips and seals in moisture. However, this is not for fixing chapped lips - use Ultrabalm for that first, and then this to prevent them from chapping again. Also, pro-tip, if you apply it before liquid lipstick, your lipstick won’t crease or dry out all day.

MASSAGE BARS

Strawberry Feels Forever Smells like fresh strawberries! Has a much thinner consistency than the other massage bars, so it can be used every day, like a solid lotion.

Soft Coeur Smells like chocolate and honey, and is ridiculously moisturizing. More heavy-duty than the other bars, so I like to only use this one on spots like my knees, heels, and elbows.

From Dusk til Dawn The shape of this one is amazing. It’s shaped like a cone, so it gives a deep massage when you’re using it. Definitely recommend if you have any sort of muscle pain.

SCRUBS

The Rough with the Smooth This stuff smells soooo good. Like cotton candy. I use it before I shave because it really does an amazing job at removing any dead skin and it doesn’t leave a residue, so it won’t clog your razor. However, it’s a sugar scrub, so it melts super quickly.

Ocean Salt This is a heavy-duty scrub. Really amazing if you have dry, flaky skin, and the healing properties of the salt are really great if you have acne. It’ll dry it up and heal it super quick.

Cup o’ Coffee Face & Body Mask I’m on my fourth jar of this already. The coffee beans are ground up just enough to give a deep, yet gentle scrub and the caffeine in the bar really does wake up your skin and make it look brighter. Great for the morning.

Buffy It smells like a vacation, that’s really the only way to describe it. It’s an exfoliant bar and body butter mixed together, so you rub it all over while you’re still in the shower, and then rinse the sand off. After, rub the oils in and pat dry. No need for lotion after because it seals in the moisture from your shower.

SHOWER GELS / JELLIES

Rose Jam Shower Gel Smells like roses and has a really bubbly lather. More cleansing than moisturizing. I like to use it before a more moisturizing soap because it’s great for removing dirt and oil from the skin.

The Olive Branch Shower Gel A long-time favorite of mine. Great for dry skin, as it has a really creamy lather versus a bubbly one. Also, the smell is very calming and lingers for a long time.

Needles & Pines Shower Jelly It’s a solid shower gel (consistency of jello), and it smells like Christmas trees! I like to store it in the fridge and use it when it’s hot outside, super cleansing and refreshing.

SOAPS:

Roses All the Way Personal favorite! Smells like roses & vanilla ice cream. Super moisturizing and so, so creamy. Definitely buy if you suffer from dry skin.

Yog Nog Very moisturizing and the scent lingers for a really long time. Smells like snickerdoodles and eggnog.

Bohemian Not at all creamy, as it’s an exfoliating soap. It’s great to use on dark spots like knees and armpits because the exfoliants soften the skin and the lemon juice evens out your skintone. Smells like lemons.

Karma Another favorite. It has a super thin consistency but is still very moisturizing, so it’s a good shaving soap because it won’t gunk up your razor. Smells like incense and patchouli.

Figs & Leaves Smells like dirt and grass, in a good way. Super cleansing. As in your skin will literally squeak after using it, so I recommend using an in-shower moisturizer like King of Skin after using it.

OTHER:

Atomic Toothy Tabs Solid toothpaste that you crush up in your mouth. It sounds weird but these things are phenomenal. They really leave your teeth squeaky clean, and are the sole reason my teeth are so white - I don’t use any whitening products. This particular kind smells like cloves and cinnamon.

Ultrabalm All Purpose Balm This stuff is amazing. It’s an all-over balm for rough spots. I use it in the winter time on my hands and lips, because they get dry. I also use it year round on my face where I get dry spots, as it doesn’t clog pores.

Silky Underwear Dusting Powder Another holy grail. If you could turn cocoa butter into a powder, this would be it. It’s not drying like baby powder, it’s more silky (it’s also talc-free). I use it between my legs to prevent chafing and under my boobs when it’s hot outside to prevent sweating.

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This is actually so helpful because a lot of times I go into lush and I just end up getting pink things and things that smell good because I don’t know what other products are worth purchasing!

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For all my witchlings with low energy, these are great for simple glamours and self care spells, plus lots of the ingredients have their own great metaphysical properties

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Crystals & flowers grid  🌷✨🌸

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Masterpost of Simple Beginner Friendly Potions

Here is a masterpost of a ton of potions I have in my grimoire that are simple and easy to make with simple easy to get ingredients. 

Tea Potions

Headache Relief Potion

Ginger Root

Peppermint

Lemon Wedge

Steps: Add herbs to hot water and let them steep for a few minutes. Squeeze in lemon then let the wedge and skin soak for another 1 or 2 before drinking. 

Sour Tummy Be Gone Potion

Chamomile Tea

Spearmint

Ginger Root

Spoonful of Honey

Steps: Brew tea then add herbs to it, let them steep for 5 minutes before stirring in your honey counter-clockwise to banish the cramps and sourness in your stomach. 

Deep Slumber Potion

Chamomile Tea

Lavender

Dried Rose Petals/Buds

Lemon Balm

Steps: Brew tea then add in herbs to steep for 5 to 6 minutes, add sugar or honey to taste. Drink slowly before bed in a quiet place.

“Bring Me My Own Love” Self Love Potion

Rose Water or Rose Tea

Sugar

Milk or Milk substitute 

Steps: Brew your tea or warm your rose water. Pour in milk and sugar to taste and stir it clockwise to welcome in your own love. Drink while doing something you enjoy.

Release from a Bad Day Potion

Green Tea

Catnip

Lemon Wedge

Steps: Brew and steep your tea and catnip, squeeze in your lemon and stir it counter clockwise to banish the negativity that the day has given you. Add sugar or honey to taste

Give My Heart Strength Potion

Black Tea

Orange Peel

Honey

Steps: Brew tea and let orange peel steep for 5 minutes, stir in your honey clockwise to bring yourself emotional strength.

Open My Mind Awareness Potion

Black Tea

Cinnamon

Milk or Milk substitute

(Optional) pinch of Mugwort (use with caution)

Steps: Brew tea and add ingredients. Sit in a quiet place and drink the tea slowly while centering yourself and if you can meditate.

Cleansing Potion

Moon Water

Rosemary

Thyme

Steps: Heat your moon water and let herbs steep for a minute or two before drinking. You may add sugar if you desire

Protect Me From Parasites Potion

(protects from psychic and energy parasites)

Moon Water

Rosemary 

Mint

Steps: Heat moon water and steep your herbs for 5 minutes. Drink at the start of your day.

Coffee Potions

Strength For a Big Day

Coffee

Cinnamon

Sugar to Taste

Like a Storm Confidence Potion

Coffee

Hazelnut creamer

Cinnamon

Fresh Orange peel

Spark of Creativity Potion

Coffee

2 Drops Vanilla extract

Fresh Orange Peel

Spoonful of Caramel

Romancing Myself Potion for Self Acceptance

Coffee

Hot chocolate mix

Milk

Red rose petal

To Good Friends Friendship Potion

Coffee

Caramel

Sugar

A cherry

A good friend to share it with

Hot Chocolate Potions

Warm My Bones Happiness Potion

Hot chocolate

Marshmallow/Marshmallow fluff

1 drop vanilla extract

Cherry 

To Get Through Hard Days Potion

Hot Chocolate

Cinnamon

Milk

Fresh Mint Leaf

For Enhanced Energy Potion

Hot Chocolate

Orange Peel

Gem Elixir Potions

Note! Unlike the others, these ones are NOT edible nor should they be ingested! These potions are for anointing or bath magic.

None of these potions are made with the crystals in the water! I ALWAYS put my crystals around a jar or cup of water to charge over night. SOME OF THESE CRYSTALS SHOULD NEVER GO IN WATER!!! So please just place them around your jar of water over night, not in it.

I am Beautiful Potion

Water

Angel Aura Quartz

Clear Quartz

Coconut Oil (small amount)

Peaceful Thoughts Potion

Water

Amethyst

Moonstone

Lavender

A Pinch of Luck Potion

Water

Aquamarine

Sunstone

Spearmint

Divination Improvement Potion

Water

Amethyst

Nuummite

Orange Peels

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“I am unhindered by my past”

Boom, the Sigil Witch is back.

Sigil requests are currently closed!

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BASIC GLAMOUR SPELL

Basic glamour spell to make you look like however the fuck you want and radiate the vibrations YOU want.

a piece of jewelry you’re going to enchant

writing utensils 

a candle

a fireproof container

your favorite crystals 

Write down on small pieces of paper with writing utensils corresponding the trait you want to vibrate, or maybe a trait of yours you’d like it to shine, for example: you may be kinda anxious in social events so you’d write in a red marker or a black one “bad bitch and not the one you wanna fuck with” so people would be more resistant to talk to you.

You may want to show your leadership, kindness, sweetness, badassery, or humor or whatever trait of yours you treasure the most, so if you do write that down in a color you associate it with.

Write down with colors YOU associate with that trait; for example I wanted my kindness and me being compassionate to show so i wrote it down in a pink utensil because pink reminds me of kindness and compassion.

After you’re done writing down the traits and vibrations you want to set off from yourself, burn the papers from the candle flame and let them burn out in the fire proof container and for fucks sake be safe I dont wanna write how you’re supposed to handle fire. If you’re scared of fire put some water in a bowl and dump the pieces of paper in there. Or you can just shred them and put them in the bowl.

After you’re done place the jewelry in the container you just prepared and place your hands over it.

Visualize the energies of the words and your wish going into the piece of jewelry, filling it up, imagine the jewelry DAZZLING with the energies from the glamour.

Once you’re done with this take the crystals and put them around the container.

NOTE: it can be whatever crystals you want and you can set them however you’d like, just make sure you imagine the crystals are surrounding the container in a circular kinda way.

This can be done with make up too. ex:

mascara to make you look dazzling and glamorous 

lipstick to make you speak the truth, and/or make people listen to you

blush to make you calm and cool or make you intense looking

pink make-up to make you look sweet and loveable

bold and dark make up to make you look like a bad bitch

earrings to make you listen to people more

necklace to radiate positivity and calmness 

foundation to make you look invisible if you’re anxious 

colorful bracelet to draw attention to you

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Cosmic Witchcraft Challenge

Day Seventeen.  Make a glitter jar and share a photo. 

Genie in a Bottle 

A spell jar to aid in granting your wishes and bringing them to life. 

Ingredients:  Poppy, Ginseng, and silver glitter. 

Shake/rub the bottle and see your wish coming true. My recommendation, when the night is clear and the stars are bright, look above and make your wish with jar in hand. 

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Hi! Sorry I've been on hiatus for a while but I really appreciate it!!!! Welcome to my blog and the community! Feel free to message me anytime!

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Look at the cutie I found at the nursery today! Lumpy Space Plant, or LSP for short 😋🌿✨

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Here’s some advice I had about sigils, a fun and accessible way to make your life more magical! There was a lot I wanted to say so I hope it’s not too wordy.