🌙 Graveyard Dirt Alternatives 👻
Sometimes you can’t find a graveyard (or you don’t want to venture into one or look suspicious taking a jar of dirt from one lol). When this happens, and your ritual or spells calls for graveyard dirt, you can use one of these alternatives instead.
Dirt from a dead or dying plant : It’s very sad when one of our plant babies don’t make it (we don’t all have a green thumb and some plants are seasonal) but you can put the soil from these plants to good use. Graveyard dirt is powerful because it embodies the energies of spirits that have died and moved on. If you believe everything has a spirit (as I do) plants also have a spirit and thus the soil they died in would embody that spirit. You could also used actually parts (like leaves and stems) that have died on your plants as well. I usually check all my plants weekly for any dead or dying leaves and pull them off. I don’t like to just throw them away so I grind them down to a powder and use them just as I would graveyard dirt.
Ashes from burned herbs, spells and incenses : I personally believe that these burned spells, herbs and incenses hold a similar energy as graveyard dirt. It’s a representation of an ending or transitioning. So, in my opinion, it can be used as substitute in any ritual or spell that calls for graveyard dirt for this particular purpose. Be mindful of what ashes you use too. The ashes of a love spell will hold a different energy than ashes from a money spell.
Patchouli, cinnamon and coffee : These are just popular, fairly known, alternatives to graveyard dirt. And I think each one could be a good substitute depending on what purpose the graveyard dirt is for. For example, if the protection spell you’re doing requires graveyard dirt and you don’t have any or you’re not down with the idea of getting some (lol) I would suggest using cinnamon. However, this substitute wouldn’t be as useful if you’re doing a Samhain ritual that requires graveyard dirt to represents honouring the dead. For that I would suggest either soil from dead / dying plants or patchouli.
☆ These are just my personal opinions and beliefs. These beliefs are not a reflection of the witchcraft community as a whole and I always encourage everyone to do their own research. ☆
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