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[tofuvi]

spring moon.

[recreationalwitchcraft]

Limited Witchcraft Masterpost

So you live in a place that limits your uses of things typically associated with spell casting. Maybe you’re in a dorm, an apartment with indoor sprinklers or are simply not in a place where you can practice openly. Don’t worry, we got your back.

Cleansing Alternatives to Smoke & Open Flames:

Moon Water/Blessed Water/Storm Water Cleansing

Moonlight/Sunlight Cleansing

Salt Cleansing

Burial/Earth Cleansing

Salt Jar Cleansing

Cleansing Mist

Heatless Ritual Fragrance Alternatives:

Potpourri Sachets

No burn Reed Diffuser incense

Essential Oil Sprays

Alternative Representations of Fire:

Fire Salts

Fire Sigil

Fire Oil

Fire Associations

Cheap & Easy Herbal Magic:

Kitchen Cursing

Grocery Store Alternatives

Household cooking herbs & spices and their correspondences

Discreet Altar Options:

Pocket Altars

Travel Altars

Bath Altars

E-Shrines

Hidden Altars

Discreet Practices:

Bath Magic 

Technopaganism

Secret Witchcraft

Sigil Magic

Textile Magic

Kitchen Witchcraft 

Tea Magic

Beauty Magic

No-Cost Divination Methods:

Free Online Tarot Deck

Free Tarot Goddess Online Tarot Deck

Free Llewellyn Online Tarot Deck

Free digital Ouija Board

Fire or Water Scrying

Free Apps:

Witchy Apps for Android

Witchy Apps for Apple

Material Substitution Lists:

In a pinch substitutions list

Bonus Substitutions

Herbal Substitutes List

Budgeted Witchcraft:

Tips & Tricks for Frugal Witches

Moonstone Beginning’s Frugal Pagan Resource

A Witch in a Pinch (Blog)

Budget Witch (Blog)

Witchcraft on a Budget

Being a Witch on a Budget

Budget Witchcraft (Site)

Accumulating Witch Stuff on a Budget

Ways to Practice Witchcraft with Little or No Money

[witchtips]

Common Substitutions In Witchcraft - Herbs and Oils

Disclaimer: When working with herbs and oils is it imperative to be aware of your own allergies and sensitivities as well as any dangers posed by the herbs or oils. Be sure to research any herbs or oils that you plan on using before doing so. It is also important to research the status of herbs and plants in the wild and to avoid those that are endangered or threatened. Be aware of herbs that may not be harmful to yourself, but may be harmful to your pets.

“*” - Denotes known herbs with poisonous properties /essential oils that are poisonous when ingested.

Herbs

General Substitutions:

Rosemary can be used in place of any other herb

Rose can be used in place of any flower

Frankincense or Copal can be used in place of any Gum Resin

Sage can substitute for any mint

Tobacco can be used in place of any poisonous herb

Specific Substitutions:

A

ACACIA - Gum Arabic

ACONITE* - Tobacco

ALLSPICE – Cassia, Cinnamon, Cloves, Mace and Nutmeg

AMBERGRIS - Cypress, Patchouli

AMMONIAC GUM - Asafetida

ASAFOETIDA* - Tobacco, Valerian

B

BALM OF GILEAD - Rose Buds, Gum Mastic

BELLADONNA* - Tobacco, Tomato

BENZOIN - Gum Arabic, Gum Mastic

C

CACHANA ROOT - Angelica

CAMPHOR - Eucalyptus, Lavender

CARNATION - Rose petals anointed with a few drops of Cinnamon Oil

CASSIA - Cinnamon

CASTOR BEANS - A few drops Castor Oil

CEDAR - Sandalwood

CINQUEFOIL - Clover, Trefoil

CITRON - Equal parts Orange Peel and Lemon Peel

CLOVE - Mace, Nutmeg

CLOVER - Cinquefoil

COPAL - Frankincense, Cedar

COWBANE* - Tobacco

CYPRESS - Juniper, Pine Needles

D

DEERS TONGUE* - Tonka Bean, Woodruff, Vanilla

DITTANY OF CRETE - Gum Mastic

DRAGON’S BLOOD - Equal parts Frankincense and Red Sandalwood

E

EUCALYPTUS - Camphor, Lavender

EUPHORBIUM* - Tobacco

F

FRANKINCENSE - Copal, Pine Resin

G

GALANGAL - Ginger Root

GRAINS OF PARADISE - Black Pepper

GUM AMMONIAC - Asafetida

GUM ARABIC - Frankincense, Gum Mastic

GUM BDELLIUM - Copal, Pine Resin, Dragon’s Blood

GUM MASTIC - Gum Arabic, Frankincense

H

HELLEBORE* - Tobacco, Nettle

HEMLOCK* - Tobacco

HEMP - Nutmeg, Damiana, Star Anise, Bay

HENBANE* - Tobacco

HYSSOP - Lavender

I

IVY - Cinquefoil

J

JASMINE - Rose

JUNIPER - Pine

L

LABDANUM - Hibiscus

LAVENDER - Rose

LEMON GRASS - Lemon Peel

LEMON PEEL - Lemon Peel

LEMON VERBENA - Lemon Grass, Lemon Peel

M

MACE - Nutmeg

MANDRAKE* - Tobacco

MINT - Sage

MISTLETOE - Mint, Sage

MUGWORT - Wormwood

N

NIGHTSHADE* - Tobacco

NUTMEG - Mace, Cinnamon

O

OAKMOSS - Patchouli

ORANGE - Tangerine Peel

ORANGE FLOWERS - Orange Peel

P

PATCHOULI - Oak moss

PEPPERMINT - Spearmint

PEPPERWORT - Rue, Grains of Paradise, Black Pepper

PINE - Juniper

PINE RESIN - Frankincense. Copal

R

RED SANDALWOOD - Sandalwood mixed with a pinch of Dragon’s Blood

ROSE - Yarrow

ROSE GERANIUM - Rose

RUE - Rosemary mixed with a pinch of Black Pepper

S

SAFFRON - Orange Peel

SANDALWOOD - Cedar

SARSPARILLA - Sassafras

SASSAFRASS - Sarsaparilla

SPEARMINT - Peppermint

SULFER* - Tobacco, Club Moss, Asafetida

T

THYME - Rosemary

TOBACCO - Bay

TONKA BEAN* - Deer tongue*, Woodruff, Vanilla Bean

TREFOIL - Cinquefoil

V

VALERIAN - Asafetida

VANILLA - Woodruff, Deer tongue, Tonka Bean

VETIVERT - Calamus*

W

WOLFSBANE* - Tobacco

WOOD ALOE - Sandalwood sprinkled with Ambergris Oil

WOODRUFF - Deer tongue, Vanilla

WORMWOOD* - Mugwort

Y

YARROW - Rose

YEW* - Tobacco

Essential Oils

Keep reading

[breelandwalker]

Also keep in mind that for many basic spells, you can substitute plants with the same (or similar) magical properties, or use one of the Big Five - Basil, Bay Leaf Rosemary, Sage, and Thyme. These herbs cover just about all the categories, either by themselves or in combination, and make good go-to substitute for substances that are either hard to find or just plain not in the budget.

Throw in things like Parsley, Ginger Root, Rose Petals, Lavender, Cinnamon, and dried Orange and Lemon Peels, and you’ve got yourself a pretty decent starter kit.

When all else fails, raid the spice aisle and see what you come up with! :)

[saliechelon255]

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[witchcraftings]

You are a witch. You warp the very energy that makes up the universe. You dig chunks of sharp crystal from the earth with bare hands and wear them as trinkets. You rip herbs from the dirt and use them to spice the air. You collect glass and bones and storm water and daggers.

Maybe you’re a different sort of witch. Maybe you write music like a siren’s song, sung to the stars, manipulating them until they shine the way you wish. Maybe you delve deep into code and weave quiet, meticulous charms into the very bones of the cyber world, feeling the flow of waves and wifi like others do the wind and the ways of the cosmos. Maybe you collect eldritch creatures, spirits, fae, and deities like others do stamps, frightened because you’re smart, unceasing because you’re brave, and know you’re much scarier than anything you welcome over your threshold.

Maybe you slip blessings into food. Maybe you slip curses under doorsteps. Maybe you draw symbols on your arms. Maybe you write incantations to be heard only by crickets, wicked, whispered nocturnes.

Whatever you do, however you do it, you are a witch. You are a warrior by default. Your strength is as innate to you as breathing. The only thing you must fear is what will happen when someone pushes you too far.

[paintheism]

Witch Tip:

Sigil everything. Plant pots for growth, bowls and cups for weight loss, jars for money and fortune, shoes to keep your feet from hurting. You can sigil practically anything, whether it’s carving it into the material, or just scribbling something in pencil to erase it later. Sigil your school notes for memory retention, paint one onto your temple for headaches and then wash it away. They are your best portable, powerful method of enchantment. Take advantage of that.

[thisisawitchgang]

You can also put sigils on flower pots to power up the herbs you’re planting! Put a calm sigil on lavender or a healing sigil on rosemary to give them extra strength.

[kitchenwitchn]

PSA

You don’t need to feel obligated to believe in things that other witches seem to.

You don’t have to like or understand parts of witchcraft that other people have dedicated their lives to.

There are people who believe in spirits and not fairies, divination but not crystals, magic but not god-like dieties.

As long as you keep an open mind and respect people that believe in what you don’t, you are a witch and there is nothing wrong with you.

None of the beliefs you may come across are objectively more strange than any other religion, and you wouldn’t call them crazy.

THIS HAS BEEN A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT.

[mingdliu-deactivated20210422]

You are the smell of wet grass, the scent of coffee brewing in the morning, and as simple as raindrops on a sunny day. You are a new favourite dress, waking up late on Sunday afternoon, and the feeling of running your fingers through a new haircut.

Ming D. Liu, May 16th, 2016 (via mingdliu)