small but fierce

Autumn. 24. Leo/Virgo. Fae, forest, green witch. British as all get-out. Learning, growing, evolving. Aesthetically messy and typically flighty. Do no harm, but take no sh*t.

[socksandwitchery]

Fun Witchcraft Spell :)

Scream. Just Scream. That’s it. That’s the spell.

[mayaajani]

Altar Box

[lavenderwitches]

prosperity & luck spell jar

the intent of this spell jar is to get you back on your feet and onto a path of prosperity, goodness, and luck!

•basil: success and protection

•chamomile: prosperity, peace, luck

•cinnamon: luck and success

•nutmeg: prosperity and luck

•sea salt: purification and protection

•thyme: luck and strength

•sunflower: energy and strength

•rose: self-love

•lavender: relaxation and peace

[valentinesdaywitch]

🍒Cherry tea spell for healing your heart & self love🍒

🍒What you need:

🍒Cherries- (about a handful, cut in halves)my favorite are black cherries! They’re super sweet and a rich red color, but any kind is fine. For love, self love, and happiness

🌹Rose petals- for love and healing

🌼Chamomile- for love, healing, positivity

🍈Lime juice- a teaspoon will do, for happiness, love, and strength

🍒How to make it:

-brew a tea with the rose petals and chamomile (you don’t need much, the main flavor/ingredient is the cherries)

-add the cherries and lime juice

-while adding the cherries think about positive affirmations, intent, some things you like about yourself, or just calmimg & soothing your heart

-drinking it activates the spell! Enjoy🍒

[withcraftandwitches]

Tips for lazy witches

We all love our witchcraft but sometimes you’re just too tired to do some certain things so here is a list to help make a busy witches life a little easier.

• too exhausted to make a sigil? Go onto sigilscribe.me and it creates a perfect sigil for you all you need to do is charge it!

• if you wear glasses enchant them so when you wear them when your tired they will help your eyes more

• when casting a circle do it metaphorically instead of lying down crystals, stones, salt etc.

• use music lyrics if you are too tired to create a spell

• want to increase or decrease things? Stir tea clockwise (increase) anti-clockwise (decrease)

• enchant your bed on a good energy day so on a low energy day it may help

• make little pre-made ritual and spell kits/bags so when you need to preform something all your measured ingredients and supplies are already there

* Happy enchanting 🖤✨🌙

[gardenpunk420-deactivated202003]

New babies 🌱

[medieval-castle]

Fallen arch (Achurch, Northamptonshire) by Grant Bush 

[pan-witch-bitch]

That time of year where you get a witchy boost and do a load of shit in one go then just flop and do nothing for ageeessss😴😴

[wewantwow-deactivated20140802]

How to color eggs with onion shells.

This must be the most beautiful DIY tutorial I have ever seen. And it so happens to be in style of this weekend. Found on Ulicam, a very nice blog by Ulrika Kestere, photographer and illustrator. For the whole tutorial and lot’s of inspiration, click here.

[dumbbbunnnyy-deactivated2021021]

Crystals for Banishing

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[punnyplants]

How to make succulent babies!

Step 1: Pick leaves Gently twist the leaf near the base, it should snap off the plant cleanly. Good cuttings will be slightly rounded at the ends, and have no ‘open’ wound:

Bad cuttings will not grow, you need to make sure the whole leaf comes off in one go. Bad leaves are jagged, torn, or cut:

Step 2: Lay all cuttings inside on a piece of cloth. I usually put a piece of old scrap material down on my desk and lie all the leaves out in rows. I try not to pile up the leaves, as this tends to promote rot. Do not water at all. AKA no misting the leaves, no watering the leaves, nothing. Everything the baby succulent needs to grow is stored in the mother leaf, watering may rot the leaf before the new plant is big enough to survive on its own! Make sure the leaves aren’t in direct sun, as they will wither before they form new plants. Filtered light from a window is strong enough!

Step 3: Waiting After about 4 weeks you will start to see the first signs of life. The leaf may send out roots first, it may start to grow with no roots. Both are okay! 

Step 4: Planting (Start watering once a week at this stage) After 6-8 weeks the baby succulents will be big enough to plant outside! I do this by placing the leaves on top of loose, sandy soil that has not been compacted. I do not bother burying the leaves, as it tends to do more harm than good (you may snap roots/damage new shoots in the process):

I place all the plants together, they don’t really seem to mind! These is how they look after about 10 weeks:

When the plants are big enough, the mother leaf will shrivel up and start to die off:

TADA! You’ve created baby succulents :)

[shadesofmauve]

I’m sorry, this is a very beautifully illustrated, informative plant post, but every time I read “Make succulent babies” I put the emphasis on the wrong part of the phrase and expect something.. very… different.

[thecreatinewitch]

For the green witches

[vivianthewitch]

You wouldn’t want anyone to know about your sigil! 🌙

From: seraphickalmagick

[macabre-inactive-deactivated201]

Toxic Witchcraft Mentors

So I really try my best to tell new witches and spirit workers not to go the mentor route. That it’s good to make friends and learn from each other or to learn from someone but never to put someone on a pedestal above yourself as your source of knowledge. I do however realize that many new witches/spirit workers will choose to get into their practice this way. So, here are some tips and warning signs when it comes to mentorship.

Never, ever trust your mentor as a end all be all source of knowledge!

No witch no matter how experienced knows everything, they can be wrong or the topic at hand may be very dependent on you and how you personally work, sense, things, etc. If you blindly trust everything your mentor tells you then you will not be able to develop on your own, you will grow completely dependent on your mentors advise, help ,and approval and in some cases this is what the mentor wants. 

If your mentor attempts to discourage you from learning on your own ditch them.

No good mentor/teacher would ever shame you or discourage you from growing on your own, expanding your mind, and forming opinions

If your mentor belittles your experiences and undermines your knowledge ditch them.

Basically they will turn everything you tell them as an excuse to god mode themselves by making you look up to them as more important and eternally more experienced. 

If your mentor refuses to allow you to have your own beliefs and or opinions ditch them

It is in no way healthy for you to allow someone to bully you into fitting their spiritual mold. Your path is your own and no to witches are alike, so do not let someone force you to walk their path rather then your own.

Do not allow your mentor to push you around and change your practice. Examples of this are;

“Oh I talked to *insert deity here* and the don’t want to work with you/ don’t want you worshiping them”

“Oh your spirit companion is actually evil despite all your past experience and I am the only one experienced enough to see the truth.”

“Let me send spirits to you to keep you safe, but they are still my companions not yours and I communicate with them for you”

“You can’t work with this deity because I work with this deity”

“You can’t do that because it’s against my morals/religion”

“You can’t do that because it’s evil dark magic”

Gaslighting

Making you think that your are crazy, stupid, and wrong so that you depend on them and only feel secure if you go to them for help

Berating you when you get information or talk to other witches

this will often turn into them attempting to convince you that the other witch is evil and that you should stay away from them. 

They do things that upset/hurt you in the name of ‘keeping you safe’

Warping your experiences so they fall in line with their own

Basically ‘correcting’ your experiences so that they fall in line with what they want you to believe so that you stay on the path they have chosen for you. For examples 

“That spirit that came to you in your dream was actually sent by me and I know everything about them! “

“Oh that is true but here is what you don’t realize!”

Telling you that they are the chosen one, or a prophet of god in order to keep you in line by fear mongering. 

Attempt to build relationships with your spirit companions as an attempt to steal them from you and control you further

Warning signs for this are

“Your companion visits me so often!”

“Your companion came to me in a dream last night!”

“Can I have an alter for your companion?”

“We should have a joint vessel for your companion so that I can help you keep them safe!”

Do not let your mentor preform magic on you that is supposed to be connected to your aura, your energy, or your soul

Everything that happens to you seems to magically line up with what is going on with them or something that only they can help you with

Mentors, Check Yourself If

You find yourself shooting down all of your students opinions, beliefs, and experiences

You find yourself mocking your students for their so called ‘experiences’ because you obviously know more 

You feel that you are better then your students

You berate them when you find out they are talking to other people and learning on their own

You bully them into thinking that you are the only safe source or knowledge

Mentor’s are teachers and advisers, not gods, not all knowing beings. A mentor is meant to help you learn, adapt, and expand your knowledge and experience not to control you. Please be safe, so many people end up in toxic situations because of a bad mentor. 

[secretdreamlife]

[wiitch-craft]

✯☽  

[shewhospellbinds]

[tanuki-kimono]

Well named Rosefinch bird, looking like cotton candy in the snow, photo by.

[awakenedchaos]

Roadblock Remover Spell

This spell is intended to clear up negative situations or blockages that are in your way that may be stopping your desires from manifesting.

SUPPLIES NEEDED:

One white candle (symbolizes purification, cleansing)

A piece of paper

A pen

Herbs corresponding to cleansing/banishing, such as: ⚬ sage ⚬ sandalwood ⚬ bay leaves ⚬ dragon’s blood ⚬ rosemary ⚬ lavender ⚬ basil ⚬ yarrow ⚬ mugwort ⚬ black or red pepper

STEPS:

🕯 On the piece of paper, write the negative emotions you’ve been feeling. Go into detail about how stuck you’ve been feeling, and how you wish to break free from whatever or whomever has you in it’s web.

🕯 Place the candle on top of your petition.

🕯 Sprinkle the herbs you chose to use on top of the candle. As you are doing so, visualize the purpose of each herb. Feel the doors in your life opening, your desires now coming to you with ease rather than with delay.

🕯 Light the candle, sit in front of it, and meditate on what you wish to happen after this spell. Imagine yourself getting what you want, the blockages melting away like ice on hot pavement.

🕯 Command it to get out of your way. This is your life, you have the power to pick and choose who and what you want in it, so do it. Do this verbally or mentally, whichever you see fit.

🕯 Allow the candle to burn down completely, or, you can leave it on until you feel the blockages were removed. If you choose the second method, you can light this same candle again if you feel the need to ever again.