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I found this photo in r/witchcraft, and the poster said they found it in a “social media pagan group.” I wanted to share here for Tumblr witches who want to try and help the Amazon rainforest.

For those who haven’t heard, the Amazon rainforest is on fire. Brazil’s Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE) detects and keeps track of the fires and has stated that there has been an 83% increase since last year. It’s the highest number of fires since record keeping began in 2013. As of Wednesday August 21, 74,155 fires have been detected in Brazil.

This is very important! Brazil’s rainforests produce 20% of the world’s oxygen. They are the lungs of this earth. With the ongoing climate crisis, they are under attack. There has been an increase in deforestation lately under President Jair Bolsonaro, as he has rolled back a lot of environmental protections. The forests and the three million plants and animals that live there are in danger.

And we cannot forget the people who call the rainforests home. One million indigenous people from up to 500 tribes are at risk from these thousands of forest fires. Lives are at stake, as the skies turn black and the smoke plumes are visible from space.

In addition to magic, please consider signing the many petitions circulating as well as donating to groups like Rainforest Action Network to help directly protect the forests!

Here’s an article about the fires

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Witchy Knowledge with Waya!

❇️runes❇️

~As with all posts, this is my take, my opinion, my knowledge. If you make your magick in a different way, great! Don't hate on other ways of the Craft. As I say again and again, there's no wrong way to witchcraft.~

Long post! Get ready!!

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In the Elder Futhark alphabet, there are 25 runes. They can directly correspond to the letters of the English alphabet, but not all the letters are represented. I have a set of runestones, they’re very useful because they can be cast as a divination method, or carried to hold close the properties of each rune, somewhat like carrying crystals to hold close the properties of that crystal. Each rune has many meanings associated with it and much is up to interpretation and what you personally feel the rune stands for. The basic meanings are as follows:

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Fehu: wealth, rewards, nourishment

Uruz: will, personal power, sexual energy

Thuriaz/Thurisaz: temptation, chaos, discipline, night

Ansuz: wisdom, success, communication, air

Raidho: Journey, arrival, departure, travel, travel safety

Kenaz: heat, light, enlightenment, fire, clarity, fertility

Gebo: forgiveness, partnership, luck, skill

Wunjo: happiness, light, emotion, motivation

Hagalaz: weather, change, natural force, influence

Nauthiz: need, cravings, desire, compulsion

Isa: ice, freezing, halting, binding, stagnation

Jera: harvest, fertility, fruition, gathering

Eihwaz: protection, deflection, prevention, magick

Perthro: revealing, psychic aid, chance, gamble

Algiz: growth, development, protection, safety

Sowilo/Sowulo: discovery, wholeness, strength, healing

Teiwaz: warrior, physical strength, protection

Berkano/Berkana: rebirth, newness, beauty, growth, earth

Ehwaz (not to be confused with Eihwaz): speed, power, sending, momentum, messages

Mannaz: humanity, self, soul, man or womanhood

Laguz: clarity, water, cleansing, movement, moving on

Ingwaz/Inguz: harmony, unity, balance, peace, love

Dagaz: day, dawn, breakthrough, change

Othala/Othila: Home, the homeland, possessions, physical wealth

Odin: hidden, secret, unknown, invisible

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Pronunciations:

Fehu: fay-who

Uruz: ooh-ruse

Thuriaz/Thurisaz: thuur-ee-as/thuur-ee-saz

Ansuz: an-sooze

Raidho: raid-ho

Kenaz: kay-nahz

Gebo: gay-bow

Wunjo: woon-joe

Hagalaz: hah-gah-lahz

Nauthiz: now-these

Isa: ee-sah

Jera: yea-rah

Eihwaz: eye-waz

Perthro: pear-throw

Algiz: ahl-geese

Sowilo/Sowulo: so-we-low/so-woo-low

Teiwaz: teh-was

Berkano/Berkana: bear-can-oh/bear-can-ah

Ehwaz: eh-was

Mannaz: mahn-ahz

Laguz: lag-ooze

Ingwaz/Inguz: ing-wahs/ing-ooze

Dagaz: dah-gahz

Othala/Othila: oh-thaw-la/oh-thee-law

Odin: oh-din

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What they look like:

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Runes are easy to turn into sigils just by combining two or more. For example, if I wanted a sigil for harmony in my home, I could combine Ingwaz and Othala like so:

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One can also cast runes for divination. To do this, make a set of runestones, and ask a question, and then reach into the bag of runestones or cast them onto a flat surface like a table, and read the runes that you pull out or that fall face up. Remember that an upside down rune means the opposite of the written meaning.

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Thank you for reading another post! Blessed Be 💕

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Spell / Charm for proctecting a loved one, who is far away.

You can put the ingredients into a bottle, jar, bag.. whatever you please. Remember to cleanse it first. You can write their name on a paper and put it inside, or do what I did.

Feel free to substitute any ingredients with what is available to you. Intent is key.

Ingredients:

Lavender: for protection and purification

Fern: for protection against evil

Salt: to rid of negative energy

Clear quartz: protects against psychic attack

Dandilion: calling the spirits

Usunea: to enhance the other ingredients

Amethyst: to balance emotion and prevent irrational fear

Keep the intent of every ingredient in mind and keep the intent of the spell in mind as well. Place it in a warm and well lit place. I sealed mine with wax. This is optional.

[uneventfulness]

[laceforest]

adult: what do you want to be when you grow up?

me: an old lady with a garden, soulmate, tons of animals, & a peaceful forest home

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[annieskywalker]

I AM A GARDEN 💐✨

[crystalsncats]

Theodosia and Ghostie had so much fun exploring our altar 💕🌿

[fernthewhimsical]

Witchy tip:

Washi tape!

Are you in a dorm or other place where you can’t burn candles, but the healing spell asks for a blue candle? Use washi tape to turn your electric candle into a blue one! Do you want to burn a rose candle on your Aphrodite altar but you’re not allowed an open flame? Well, it doesn’t smell like roses but it’s pretty and has pink flowers!

Do you want the tealight in forest-themed travel altar to match the rest of the aesthetic? Washi tape!

Washi tape is removable, so you can keep changing the colour to whatever you need. And you can write on it, so instead of carving candles, you can draw your sigils or runes on the tape!

Happy Crafting!

[venusiandreamz]

Tarot Does Not Tell the Future

When getting a reading, please keep in mind that the cards do not expose what your future will be. 

The cards will give insight.

They will help you figure out your past, they will clarify your current situation. 

Tarot will show you your options/choices and what your path might look like if you make said choices and/or some changes. This all depends on what you seek from your reading. 

Don’t get mad at your spiritual worker, etc, when “the cards don’t tell the future”. 

Also, remember a tarot reading requires energy. It cannot be created from the nothing.

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Sigil of the year. It’s 2019. Get what you want.

[tinybitsywitchy]

Jinxes, Hexes and Curses. What’s the difference?

Hey loves!

Sooo turns out I had this doubt too. But the marvellous @lavenderlundi was kind enough to explain it to me!

“A curse is a long term spell designed to inflict serious harm onto another person, even in some cases to kill them or bring about a misfortune which would cause them lethal harm. Curses can hurt people physically, mentally, and emotionally and can last from a few months, to a few years, to a lifetime if left unbroken.

A hex is usually less serious than a curse and usually doesn’t bring serious harm to the victim. But these usually bring lots of misfortune onto the victim. Hexes are relatively short term.

Jinxes are simple spells which don’t harm anyone but usually prevent them from doing tasks or things that they can usually do. Such as not being able to speak clearly in front of a crowd, walk without stumbling, not be clumsy, etc. Jinxes are very short term and a very mild, harmless (and sometimes fun) way to get back at someone.”

But what about your own protection, kind witch? Do you have to cast a circle or cleanse your practicing area?

“It really depends witch to witch.

I always suggest to cleanse the space before and after to prevent the negative energy from doing any harm.

And I only say this because some may see casting a circle as a Wiccan tradition or may not agree with it. So just suggesting to cleanse your space before and after is a nice secular way to inform everyone to stay safe and protected <3”

Well now isn’t that enlightening? Thank you very much, @lavenderlundi !

Please, don’t ruin someone else’s life over petty matters. Sometimes it is indeed better to solve matters with your own hands, but measure your feelings and analyse them very well before taking any drastic measures.

By the way, we just hit 2000 FOLLOWERS!!! You know I can never thank you enough for the love and support you all give me! <3

Soo that’s it! Have fun jinxing (not too much tho) and stay safe cursing! <3

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Beauty and the Beast Curse

This is a curse to show others someone’s true personality until they learn to change their ugly ways.

What You’ll Need:

A Glass Jar (large enough to hold your items)

Dried Rose Petals

Chili Powder

Rose Thorns

Broken Glass (be careful!!)

Something Reflective (like a dime)

Pen and Paper

Ashes

This spell is best performed on a Tuesday, day of Mars, for the aggression and anger you need to manifest it. This is intended for those who have wronged you, those who have a beastly nature that no one ever sees.

Write the name of the cursed on your scrap of paper. Add it to your bottle first. Take your rose petals and mix them with your ashes and chili pepper in a mortar and pestle. Focus on your target’s face in your mind. Think back on how it made you feel to be treated this way. Feel the anger in your heart move into your hands as you pound your mortar and pestle. Be sure not to make too much of a mess! Put your rose thorns on the bottom of the jar with the name and then add your petal mixture. The broken glass should come next. Top it off with the reflective dime. Make sure it’s a shiny one. The thorns and broken glass’s purpose are to keep your target entangled in their curse and the dime is there to reflect their inner image back at them and anyone who sees them.

Until they learn to change their ways, there the curse stays.

[beginningwitchyshit]

Ruin Your Party Hex

Ruin somebody’s attempt at a good time when they definetly dont deserve it (or shouldnt be celebrating something.)

You will need:

Strong Anger, Hatred, desire for justice, or a mixture of these

Black paper

Something you can write visibly on it with

Fire

Safe place for burning: culdron, fireproof bowl ect

Insence: Coriander, Fennel or Frankincense will all work.

6 pinches of Graveyard dirt

Rue - to cause the hated one torment.

Sachet bag - black would be preferrable

Sigil to cause destruction

A taglock to the party - invitation works best. You can write down the info if there was no hard copy invite (use black paper if you write it)

If you dont wish to make a sigil yourself you can use mine for Destruction & Revenge :

Steps:

🥂 First, Gather all your ingredients in a energetically clean space. (However you like it, on your altar, cast a circle, cleanse the room first,)

🥂 Second, Light the insence of your choice.

Coriander & fennel - intice your anger and infuriate your mind

Frankincense - intices intensity and brings about justice.

🥂 Third, Draw the sigil on the black paper and the information to the party youre crashing on the back. (If you have the actual invitation you dont have to write anything on the back)

🥂 Next really start working up your anger. Conjure all the energy you can into this rage.

🥂 Once you have begun to boil, start the fire by lighting the sigil and invitation (if you had one)

🥂 Start speaking your intent into existence as it burns. Theres no wrong way to do this, just make sure you’re specific and dont leave loopholes in what you want to happen.

If you dont know what to start with maybe dress up this with more info:

Fire burn and anger bubble, in good time there will be trouble. Damn your party, damn your guests. Hex your food, drinks, and all the rest. On (date) at (time) you guests will arrive. But nothing next will go quite right. (Tell all the things that will go wrong in detail) In the name of Chaos, this be my rite!

🥂 Now throw the Rue into the fire, to cause the hated one (in this case, the party) torment. This needs to be infused with the Earth Element so:

🥂 As the fire begins to die, throw in your 6 pinches of graveyard dirt one at a time to fully cease it while saying:

Now bury the deadened spirit of the night-

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6-feet deep!

🥂 Then drop in the leftover ash from your insence.

🥂 When the ashes and dirt are all cooled, dump them into the satchet.

🥂 You may bury it or hide it at the place of the party OR if you are invited….. Go sprinkle it around and watch it all fall apart!

Happy Party-Crashing,

- @beginningwitchyshit 🥂💀

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All these fools: taking pics of black cats is hard!

Me:

Git fuckn gud son

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Bird Symbolism

So I was looking out my window and saw two birds and the idea of making a list of symbolism associated with types of birds came to mind. My mom always taught me if you see an animal -especially if they are doing something out of the ordinary- you should take it as an omen. So here’s a list of some basic birds, some of the associations are personal but I hope you like it!

Blue Jay-the truth will be revealed, high energy, playfulness, clarity and communication.

Cardinal-hope, joy, good health, some associate them with angels or deceased love ones, passion and warmth.

Crow-often associated with magic and witches, transformation, power, intelligence and mystery. 

Duck-friendships, new friends, happiness, good fortune and protect against negative energies “water off a ducks back” :)

Dove-peace, harmony, joy, love, might be telling you to break away from a toxic situation, think positive, often associated with Aphrodite or Jesus or Angels

Eagle-power, leadership, freedom, adventure, breaking free.

Hawk- common as spirit guides, courage, protection, and awareness. 

Hummingbird- I adore hummingbirds and often associate them with faeries. Creativity, joy, love and beauty. Can be a sign that you are moving too fast in life and need to take a break.

Owl- wisdom, associated with the goddess Athena, intuition, spiritual exploration, change, observation and intelligence.

Raven- associated with the nordic god Odin, mystery, magic, fae magic, knowledge, mischieve, and can be seen as a death omen (but can also mean change) 

Robin- luck, prosperity, good things will happen, joy and your hard work will soon be rewarded. 

Sparrow- associated with Aphrodite, new love and relationships, fertility, team work, time of productivity and stop procrastinating.

Stork-long life, prosperity, fertility, new life, wisdom, take time to relax, motherhood and luck.

Swan- also associated with Aphrodite and Apollo, gracefulness, beauty, music, poetry, creativity, loyalty, and long lasting relationships.

Vulture-death, cleaning up other people’s messes, renewal, patient, use your resources and be perceptive.

Woodpecker- hard work, take advantage of new oppurtunities, attention, progress and determination.

Tip! If you are repeatedly seeing a certain animal or have a strong liking to an animal it could be a way a spirit guide is trying to get your attention (or that animal is just really common in your area lol )