Estrilune The Witch

🕸🔮32 Year Old Married Witchy Lady🔮🕸

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~Spell Kits~

-$15 USD for boxes of sleep or financial spell kits

-$20 USD for custom boxes

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EstrilunesCottage - Etsy

Shop Mysterious, magical, and crafty! by EstrilunesCottage located in Princeton, Illinois.

One of my favorite listings on my etsy are the Spell Kits I created for some friends who wanted to do their own spells with out having to buy large quantities of items and with out me doing it for them. Now they are available for purchase AND customization! Don't see any kits you want? Leave a personalized message when you purchase on etsy for what kind of spell you need and I will curate one for you.

Comes with herbs, crystals, empty vial to mix it in, white tea light candle, and instructions on the lid. Everything is labeled too!

[elminx]

Witch Tip: You Should Be Doing Protection Magick!!!!

I want to think that this goes without saying but of my coven only 2/5 practice reliable and consistent protection magick.  And here’s the thing about protection magick: you want to have the protection in place BEFORE you have a problem.  There are many forms of protection: personal protection like amulets or shielding, house wards, car charms, witch bottles, charms for others you care about or your pets - I highly suggest researching them all and deciding on a couple that work for you.   Let’s talk about some of the basics of these categories:

Personal Protection: It’s good to know a couple of versions of personal protection - some already made up that you can wear when you need them (enchanted jewelry or stones are a good example of this) and some that are wards that you can place on yourself at a moment’s notice.   I personally have three pieces of enchanted jewelry that I use for protection: a tree of life necklace that is all-around protection, a basalt bracelet (yes, like the ones used for oil diffusing) that I use to filter out specific energies when the needs arise because basalt is THE earth filter, and a labradorite ring that is enchanted for empath protection.   I always wear some combination of the three when I leave the house and often wear the bracelet while I am awake. You should also know how to ward on a moment’s notice.  This takes practice. I’m not of the mindset that being warded to the Nth degree is healthy all of the time - for one thing, it can keep helpful spirits away if you are overprotected. But you want to be able to get the bad shit out immediately and with force when necessary.  My go-to ward is simple I chant “Goddess within and without, make a circle all about, bring love in, keep evil out” as I imagine myself surrounded by light until I feel that the ward is complete.  I got this chant from the book Be a Goddess : A Guide to Magical Celtic Spells for Self-Healing, Prosperity and Great Sex by Francesca De Grandis.   Though I don’t follow her version of the craft per se, that mantra has stuck with me for nearly 20 years and works perfectly. Depending on what type of magick that you perform, I’d also suggest creating a witch protection bottle for yourself.  This can pull negative energy away from you and capture it in the bottle.  There’s tons of info online about making with bottles, feel free to Google it, the info is very good. House Protection:  Second only to personal protection, home protection is a must is you use magick at all and especially if you perform magick in your home.   You should really try to stay on top of cleansing and protecting your home - it is one of the most useful skills that you can develop as a witch.  As your power as a witch grows, all sorts of things will be attracted to you.  You want to be in control of what can and cannot come into your space. There are many ways to protect your home.  You can make a witch bottle for your home (this can be combined with your witch bottle for yourself or separate, see above).   You can set physical (enchanted stones like selenite or black tourmaline) or metaphysical (energy) wards around the places of entrance into your home.   You can create spirit traps and hide them under a welcome mat.   You can ward with pure energy, magical protective symbols that have meaning for you, or spells. I have more protection on my apartment than I carry on my person because my spirits are VERY protective of me and most negative energy sent my way bounces and effects the things around me rather than me directly.  This sucks because I don’t want my partner or pets to fall ill because I got the evil eye. In no particular order, I always have an active Fiery Wall of Protection cast around my apartment that I reinforce every three months, I have multiple magick protection talismans hung around the apartment, I make a new witch’s bottle for my place every year in January, I have spirit traps and herb wards outside both doors to my place, and my plants familiars live on a protection altar.  If you want more info on any of these things, feel free to ask and I can clarify in more detail. Car Protection/Protection While Travelling: I am planning a post about this in particular sometime soon so I won’t go into a ton of detail but traveling is one of the physically most dangerous things that a witch does on a regular basis. If you own your own vehicle, I highly suggest enchanting a charm (either a gemstone like selenite or another object of your choosing) with protection for your vehicle against both accident and theft.   If you use public transportation, enchant an object that you carry with you when you got out.  It could be a stone that you carry with you in the pocket of your coat or in your wallet.  It could be a sigil that you put inside your shoes (I really love this one personally). If you’re traveling traveling (like on an airplane or a long trip) you can write protective sigils on your body before your trip that way no matter what happens (getting separated from your luggage for instance) it’s still there. Empath Protection - This is technically a subset of Personal Protection and I know that I mentioned it above but I wanted to elaborate.  Since most people drawn to witchcraft have strong psychic abilities many are also natural psychic empaths.  Even witches who don’t start out feeling like they are strong psychic empaths sometimes develop that ability as their prowess grows. My personal experience has been that really serious spiritual upgrades often come with intense uncontrollable empathic oversensitivity that can make you feel like you have gone insane.   This may be a short term thing or it may never go away (though I promise the feeling will lessen with time and empath practice).  In this scenario, you NEED empath protection.  You need a way to filter out other people’s emotions so that you know what emotions are yours and you don’t lose yourself. As I stated above, I have found basalt to be an extremely good stone for empath protection.   It’s not one that I’ve seen talked about much - I really just intuitively stumbled upon it as an option after I visited Iceland.  In Iceland, they encourage you to buy a reusable bottle and drink the tap water because they have the cleanest water in the world because the water gets filtered through all of the layers of volcanic rock (aka basalt).   I started wondering - if basalt is so good at filtering water, can it filter out emotions, too?   The answer is yes, resoundingly yes.   I wear a basalt beaded bracelet and when I feel like I need immediate emotional protection, I instruct the bracelet to filter for me.  This is as easy as “Please filter out the mad feelings that Roslin is directing at me, dear basalt.” Note: I use a basalt bracelet for this purpose rather than my basalt necklace because I feel like this only works for me when the basalt is physically touching my skin and often my clothing gets in the way of skin contact with a necklace but never with a bracelet. I also have a labradorite ring that I have permanently enchanted to provide empath protection that I wear every single time that I leave my house.  I’ll perhaps share more about this process sometime if people are interested.  It has been a godsend. Evil Eye Protection: Though also a form of personal protection, I want to get down into the nitty-gritty of this, too.   The evil eye exists and even nonmagical people can cast it.  Energy is energy, after all.    Sooner or later somebody is going to be jealous of you or pissed off at you - whether a co-worker who wanted the promotion that you got or somebody who has road rage on the highway.  Protect yourself from that energy.    I wear an evil eye talisman that I’ve enchanted and I protect all images that I post online from the evil eye as well by added an “invisible” sigil to them.  I can give a tutorial on how to do this if people are interested in this, too.

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Grounding Theory and Application

Recently I was asked by wrecklessheartofg0ld and devinaswitchyhaven to describe my personal method of grounding because I don’t use the ‘growing roots’ method that I see a lot of people using. The way I describe my method would be more along the lines of ‘equalising myself’ and ‘connecting to the web’.

The reason I describe my method of grounding in this way is because, for me, grounding is a lot like equalising the pressure when you go scuba diving.  And you do this by ‘connecting to the web’ and letting yourself ‘equalise the pressure’ you feel from spellcasting or energy work.

If my analogy doesn’t make sense at the moment I promise I’ll go into greater detail later but first I should probably explain what grounding is and why you should do it for the people who have never come across the term.

Alright. So the term Grounding actually comes from the process of electrical grounding in which an object is allowed to discharge (get rid of its excess charge). If an object is negatively charged, grounding lets excess electrons to flow from the object into the earth, and if an object is positively charged, electrons flow from the earth into the object.

Within the magical community, this process of electrical grounding has been applied to create the witchy equivalent (though really it’s almost the same process and it’s called the same name).

This is based on the theory that magic is a form of energy and when a witch casts spells or practices energy work, it’s likely that they’ll end up with either too much or not enough personal energy. For a witch this can be an extremely uncomfortable experience especially if you are close to either side of the spectrum (i.e. very little personal energy or way too much personal energy).

Unfortunately there are also physical symptoms which usually accompany being unequalised such as headaches, migraines, uncomfortable buzzing sensations under the skin, nausea, vomiting, pain, irritability, insomnia and exhaustion. The symptoms are typically worse the further out of alignment you are.

Grounding also helps people who practice astral travel, dreamwork, journeying, and hedge hopping with reconnecting with ‘reality’ and feeling like you’re ‘in the now’ and present in the world.

Overall, grounding serves two purposes:

It stabilises and equalises your personal energy

It reconnects you with the earth and it’s systems (what I like to call ‘the web’) and helps you focus on reality and being ‘in the now’

In a perfect world, witches would learn how to ground before attempting to perform any magic or energy work, but unfortunately I see a lot of witches jump straight into casting spells without thinking of what it can to them.  Grounding really is an essential skill for any witch who wants to keep practicing witchcraft without horrible side effects.

So while there are many grounding techniques available, this one is my personal method. If this method does not work for you I would recommend looking at the classic ‘growing roots’ method.  

Connecting to the Web

Everything has its own energy/frequency/vibration/magic. Whatever you want to call it – everything has it. To ground effectively you need to be able to connect to this mass of energy and equalise your own personal energy.

For me, I visualise all of this energy as an intricately interwoven web (like a spider’s web or the internet); a mass of connections each transmitting their own energy and connecting to the whole. This is why I call it connecting to the web. Because for me, it is a web.

I developed this method of grounding because I found that I didn’t always have the time to sit down on the ground outside and sometimes it’s not appropriate (for example: At work or in the middle of class. Really whenever you feel that you need to equalise the pressure of either too much energy or not enough).

1)      First you have to visualise your own energy. You can do this sitting down, standing up, listening to a lecture, watching tv, sitting at your computer – ANYWHERE. You can close your eyes if that helps you however if you close your eyes for a long time in a public place this will become quite noticeable. The more you practice the faster you will be.

2)      Then you need to visualise ‘the web’. You won’t see all of it. You should be able to see the energy of the world around you and how it connects to each other. You won’t see the whole web. Maybe if you were out in space you could, but down here on earth you can only see the bits around you.

3)      You’re already connected to the web. That’s the best part. As a living, breathing organism which has its own personal energy; you are already connected. You just needed to be able to see it so you can get yourself back into alignment again. You should see a little tendril of energy coming from you and connecting to the web. You need to reinforce that connection.

I’m not gonna lie; grounding is hundred times easier if you can stand barefoot on the ground or sit outside with your palms resting on the ground. However, like I said earlier, that’s not always an option.

4)      Now for the equalising process. Like with scuba diving, I found the best way to equalise the pressure from either too much energy or not enough is to breathe. I know this may sound ridiculously simple – but it works. Take deep breaths and as you breathe in, draw in energy from the web. As you breathe out, send out your own energy to mingle with the web.

5)      It may take a few repetitions but you should feel settled once you finish. That buzzing under your skin will be gone and you will feel lighter and refreshed.

And that’s my method. Now I know some people recommend grounding every month or every week but really you should ground every day. I know that may seem like way too much work, but it really isn’t. The more you ground the faster and better you’ll be at it, so if you do it every day it becomes second nature. The second you start to feel off or out of alignment – equalise.

I hope this helps!

- Marci

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Worshiping Pan (An extremely brief starter kit)

Overview

Pan is the Greek god of the wild, shepherds, flocks, rustic music, and rustic prophecy. He’s often seen as the border between civilization and the untamed wild, depicted as a satyr/faun with horns and goat legs. Companion to nymphs and a member of Dionysos’s entourage, many people worship him for his connection hunting, strong sexuality, madness (letting one’s wild side take over,) and undomesticated nature.

Ways to Connect

Spend time outside, particularly in areas where the nature is unkempt. 

Spend time with farm animals, especially ones that can’t be fully domesticated (there’s a reason he’s so strongly associated with goats.)

Dance like nobody is looking 

Ecstatic experiences, like parties and other places you can really let loose

Rustic music, especially with flutes

Help the planet, clean up litter

Offerings and reading Pan’s mythos

Altar Decor Ideas

Pressed plants

Goat and sheep iconography

Furs, antlers, and other animal items (ethically sourced is preferable, of course. If they’re hunted see if it was for meat and if every part of the animal is used, if possible.)

Pan pipes 

Pictures of landscapes and nature

Other Notes

The Roman version of Pan is Faunus. While they are very similar there are some differences between them, especially in their depiction. 

His name is where the word “panic” comes from, using noise to cause chaos against troops in battle or freaking out travelers in his area. 

Pan is the son of Hermes and a nymph. Sometimes this nymph has a name, other times not. 

A really traditional way of worshiping him involves night-long parties, a lot of dance, and knowing he’s shown up to the party when someone gets “possessed.” 

UPG (Unverified Personal Gnosis)

While he can be very serious and even frightening, his normal face-to-face vibe during prayer is more like a weird friendly uncle. 

Due to so many myths of him losing love interests or comforting others who have lost love, I consider him to be a god of heartache as well, willing to help those who are hurting. 

I associate him with patchouli and pine. 

I also associate him with the That’s Not a Deer up in the mountains near here. 

If you would like to see this kind of post with other deities, let me know!

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Full moon - January 10

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🌊 Sea Witch Resources 🌊

🌊 a sea witch’s spell ingredients - common ingredients for hte sea witch

🌊 sea water replacement - recipe for making sea water at home

🌊 sea grounding - quick guide for grounding in sea water

🌊 sea charging - a guide for using seawater to charge energies

sea witchcraft spells 🌊 

jolly sailor bold - for drawing in a lover, or draw one back from leaving

soft shores bath spell -  for peace and tranquility in one’s life and energy

ariel singing glamour -  a glamour to help your singing voice be like a mermaid’s

mermaid’s breath -  a spell for the ability to survive in emotional or situational circumstances a bit out of your depth or comfort zone

what the water gave me - pop culture spell to relieve burdens of the mind

lapis water binding spell - to bind someone to a place they cannot escape

celestial bath spell - to bring in new, calm energies

a touch, a tempest -  for power in your hands, and enhance control of one’s life

sea foam latte -  bath spell and coffee scrub for motivation and clarity

come hell or highwater -  spell to prepare you for difficult times ahead, and give you the power to rise.

mermaid work  🌊

how to contact a mermaid - a basic guide

different types of mermaids - a short overview

various powers of mermaids

offerings for mermaids

mermaid tips - a few scattered tips

sea witch altar ideas

  🌊 part 1 🌊  part 2

an ongoing guide …………last updated 3/28/2017

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Gardens of the Witches

Already starting to plan this years garden so I thought I should do a post on Witch Gardens

Moonlight Garden

A garden that blooms in the moonlight, a great place to perform night time rituals, meditations, or to just take a midnight stroll. A garden that is full of magick even after the sun sets. 

Plants to add in your moonlight garden:

Moonflower: (Ipomoea alba) A nocturnal relative of the morning glory. Has fragrant flowers that open at dusk and close by dawn.    

Evening Primrose: (Oenothera biennis) Has beautiful, scented flowers that bloom only at dusk. 

Night Flox: (Zaluzianskya capensis) A sweetly fragranced flower that only unfurls its pinwheeled shaped flowers after dusk. 

Four O’Clock: (Mirabilis jalapa) Its scented flowers bloom at around 4:00pm (hence its name) and do not close up until morning. 

Queen of the Night: (Epiphyllum oxypetalum) A species of cactus whose flowers only open at night. Attracts moths and bats!!!

Night Blooming Jessamine: (Cestrum nocturnum) Strong, sweet scented star shaped flowers that only bloom at night. Attracts moths and bats!!! All parts are toxic, do not ingest!

Angel’s Trumpet: (Brugmansia) Produces a strong scent on warm summer evenings. All parts are toxic, do not ingest!

Evening Stock: (Matthiola longipetala) Produces lots of small blossoms that produce a perfume described as a mix of vanilla, rose, spice, and cloves only after the sun sets.

Ever-Flowering Gladiolus: (Gladiolus tristis) Release a strong almond fragrance after dusk.  

Lilac: (Syringa vulgaris) Although has a perfume during the day, it is said to be a lot stronger after dark. 

Flowering Tobacco: (Nicotiana) Open in the late afternoon and have a fragrance that smells of jasmine. All parts are toxic if ingested!

Summer Snapdragon: (Angelonia angustifolia) Preferably in white, to reflect the moonlight. Has a scent apple-scented foliage. 

Silvermound: (Artemisia schmidtiana) Has thick foliage that will shimmer under the moonlight.

Jack Frost: (Brunnera macrophylla) Hdeart shaped leaves of silver and green, perfect to add more highlights of silver to your moon lit garden. 

Any plant that blooms after dark or has white, lavender, pale pink, pale yellow on it is a perfect addition to your moonlight garden. 

Things to add:

Stepping stones that have the phases of the moon.

Fairy lights

A place to sit

Candles

A small fountain to sing along with the insects and birds of the night

String charms and bells on tree branches for a soft jingling every time a gentle breeze passes. 

Herb Garden

For witches who need a more practical garden for uses of healing, tea crafting, drying, and growing plants used in their practices.

Plants to add to your herb garden:

Anise: Helps to ward of the evil eye, find happiness, and stimulates psychic abilities. 

Basil: Use for anything pertaining with love, exorcism, wealth, sympathy, and protection. Dispels confusion, fears & weakness. Drives off hostile spirits.

Bergamont: Corresponds with money and prosperity. Provides with protection from evil and illness, improves memory, stops interference, and promotes restful sleep.

Borage: Corresponds with courage and psychic powers. 

Cat Nip: Is sacred to the Goddess Bast. Brings forth beauty, happiness, good luck, and good spirits.

Chamomile: Corresponds with love, healing, and sleep. Is known to reduce stress.

Chervil: Brings a sense of the higher self, placing you in touch with your divine, immortal spirit.

Coriander: Corresponds with love, health, immortality, and protection.

Dill: Corresponds with money, protection, luck and lust. 

Lemon Balm: Corresponds with love, success, healing, and psychic/spiritual development. 

Marjoram: Used to cleanse, purify, and to dispel negative energy.  

Mint: Promotes energy, communication and vitality.

Oregano: Corresponds with joy, strength, vitality, and added energy 

Parsley: Calms and protects the home.

Rosemary: Protects, cleanses, purifies, and aids memory. 

Sage: Used for self purification and dealing with grief and loss.

Thyme: Attracts loyalty, affection, and the good opinion of others.

Things to add:

A place to dry herbs

A place to compost any herb scraps

Rocks

A place to leave offerings before you harvest

Bee Garden

Make yourself a sanctuary to watch bees frolic and thrive

Plants to add to your bee garden:

Bee balm

Lavender

Crocus

Snow Drop

Wildflowers/Any native species

Catmint

Borage

Anise hyssop

Heliotrope

Sunflower

Oregano

Yarrow

Coneflower

Black eyed susan

Asters

Goldenrod

Foxglove

Marigold

Pansies

Sweet peas

Nasturtiums

Things to add:

Bee houses

Bee waterers/bee baths

Bee feeders

A place for offerings to the bees

Some other ideas for your garden:

Hummingbird garden

Medicinal garden

A garden whose plants and decorations represent/correspond with your practice.

Butterfly Garden

Faerie Garden 

The options are endless! I hope this gives you some ideas for this years garden.

Happy planting!

==Moonlight Academy==

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Amen.

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This is the Baby Money Yoda, reblog in the next 60 seconds of seeing this to receive a blessing from our green bean prince.

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🌿Witchy plant of the day: Garlic

🌿Known for its medicinal uses to combat the common cold and flu symptoms.

🌿Helpful in high doses to help with hypertension.

🌿Low in calories and rich in vitamins C, B6 and manganese.

Some witchy applications for garlic include:

🔮 Improving agility, courage and endurance when worn or eaten.

🔮 If trying to attract money, place it next to silver and wrap it in cloth or in a satchel.

🔮Burn powdered garlic to break spells and curses.

🔮 If you believe evil spirits abound, bite into it to send them away.

🔮 Hanging ir above your doorway will keep evil away and protect against the evil eye, curses and the like.

[returntoeden]

🤑🌹 manifesting $$$ 🌹🤑

hello loves! many of you requested that I share some of my top manifestation tips and that is exactly what I am going to do today! this is my exact process for when I want to generate money into my life. whether it’s $20, $200, or $2,000, this process has always rewarded me. this is going to be a longer post so grab a snack bby! as always, feel free to reblog with your own money tips! 

✨ change your money mindset!

now, this is something that takes consistent effort to build but , the sooner you start, the better. many of us go through our lives with limiting beliefs about money. these beliefs are detrimental to our ability to manifest money and generate a stable income. 

✨ negative money beliefs/thoughts: 

money is hard to make.

only a select few are blessed with the ability to generate wealth. 

money is stressful as fuck. 

“money doesn’t grow on trees!”

“I’m broke.”

“I’m awful at saving money, it just blows out of my pockets.”

✨ positive money beliefs:

making money gets to be easy, fun, and fulfilling.

we live in an abundant universe with infinite possibility!

money is energy, energy is eternal. there is more than enough money to go around. 

I am abundant and deserving of wealth.

money is sacred, therefor I spend my money consciously and wisely. 

if you want to generate more money, this is where you gotta start!

✨  find your ‘WHY’  

think of the universe as a loving parent! if you were to go up to your parents and say “hey, can I have $5,000?” they would probably look at you like you’re crazy, right? BUT if you went up to them and said, “hey, I would really love to invest in my business. I have two year plan created and know exactly how this business could impact people, I just need your support getting started”. they would be much more likely to hop on board!

✨ be clear about why you want to manifest this money! take out a pen and paper, write down the amount you’re trying to manifest, and then write exactly why you desire this amount.

the universe responds to clarity!

it doesn’t matter if your why is simple. it doesn’t have to be super meaningful. if your “why” is that you want to go to a concert for the experience, that is perfectly fine! 

just be clear!

common “why’s”

more freedom and less stress

the chance the experience life to it’s fullest

to support your entrepreneurial endeavors

to invest in your personal growth

to support your family

✨ list ways for money to manifest

one of the biggest road blocks of manifesting money, especially when we’re manifesting larger amounts, is the fact that we have no idea where it’s going to come from. this creates a lot of doubt and worry. as we know, doubt is a manifestation killer. when you create a list of alllll the ways you could possibly manifest this money, it suddenly becomes more reasonable and less stressful. money has a magical way of finding us! this list will open up those doors.

 a sudden raise, a gift from a relative, selling old clothes, manifesting a new job, offering your creative services for extra money, a generous donor, getting randomly invited to be a part of a scientific study and earning the EXACT amount you wanted to manifest (this one happened to me!)

 there are so many ways money can unexpectedly find you! don’t cross anything off! 

✨ get in the energy of abundance

one of the things I do is make a playlist with songs that make me feel wealthy, glamorous, and rich af (even when my wallet is running low!). it’s important to feel as if you’re already a millionaire. how would you feel about money? how would you feel about spending money? how would you dress? how would you think? how would you treat others?

ways to get into a luxurious, abundant mindset:

give yourself a face mask or a bubble bath

go to your favorite store and do some window shopping. try on clothes and get excited about buying them in the future!

listen to music that inspires you to feel rich af 

wear a lot of gold jewelry and accessories

visualize yourself living your richest life!

✨ mantras and more mantras! 

I absolutely adore working with the goddess Lakshmi. there is a mantra I have been using for years and it is designed to honor her. in return, she has blessed me with endless abundance in times of need. the exact video I use is linked below. I highly recommend you do some research on Lakshmi and get to know her energy!

lakshmi mantra

✨ crystal meditation

meditating with citrine absolutely changed my life! I used to meditate with citrine every morning before going to work. anytime I missed a day, my earnings would be much less! the first time I tried this, I had so many clients come in that I wasn’t able to take a lunch break haha. the process is simple: hold onto your chosen crystal while you meditate on your intention. here are some of my favorite crystals for manifesting money: 

citrine

pyrite

aventurine

jade

and tiger’s eye

✨ show gratitude 

love, appreciate, and honor the money that is already in your bank account! gratitude is like an extra shot of espresso for your manifestations. it magnifies the energy like crazy!

✨ turn your wallet into an altar

make a money altar out of your wallet! it’s insanely simple and has mesmerizing results. you can get as creative or as simple as you would like. in my wallet, I have the Queen of Pentacles tarot card, a small citrine point, a piece of aventurine, and a $20 bill with a sigil written on it. the intention is to turn your wallet into something sacred!

draw sigils inside it

put an oracle or tarot card in there

anoint the outside with oil

hide some crystals in the pockets

put some money attracting herbs in one of the zippers (I love basil!)

keep a some ‘enchanted’ money in there

you can get super creative with this one!

one rule I make for my ‘wallet altar’ is to keep a minimum amount of money in there. I have one $20 that I never use. instead, I keep it in there as an energetic reminder that I am always abundant and always supported. 

 these are all of my tips for manifesting money quickly and efficiently! reblog with your own money rituals and manifestations!  🌹✨🌙🌿🌍🤑🌹✨🌞🍀💫☁️🌹

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this is amazing information! thank you courtney for blessing the timeline once again 🙏🏻 you are appreciated

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Hypothetical routine(s) and stuff for a baby witch to do

So a lot of people I think are feeling that once you become a witch you need to do lots of things, but they aren’t terribly sure what it is they are ‘supposed’ to do. Here are just a few little ideas for things you could do, if you wanted to.

During creative free time:

Write affirmations or prayers

You could write them for daily use (like a morning affirmation), one for each day of the week, one for phases of the moon, or different ones to encourage or bind emotions or help you get through tough days.

Doodle sigils for use during a later time

Be creative and have fun, as you are not ‘required’ to use any sigil you have made. 

Think about what kind of energy (elemental, herbal, animal, planetary, etc) you thin would best be used to charge each sigil

Create lists of magical ideas you would like to explore or write spells for

Don’t worry about whether something is ‘real’ enough or will work or not.

Make a list of tools you would like and tools you already have

Draw or write about your perfect ideal tools and what you expect them to do for you

Include herbs, stones, crafts, natural finds, and anything else you like

Create an inventory of things around you, in your home, or that you can easily find, for use in your craft

Write what your current beliefs are

Contemplate your current belief system and morals, and how you think magic works.

Make a list of the most important things you want to learn more about or explore

Write down your current talents and abilities and try to think of ways they can be used magically

Build altars

Draw ideas or create digital altars if you do not have the physical space

Be inspired and create them spontaneously or spend your time and research all the elements.

Try writing a spell - it doesn’t matter if you know a ‘right’ or ‘correct’ way. Just give it a try and see what you come up with!

During research time:

Research what sort of plants are local to your area and discover what their uses are

Look up the medicinal and magical uses of herbs and plants you have in the house and on your property

See if you can discover what sorts of special crystals or stones are near your area or mined close by

Take your lists of magical items you want and research their uses, both modern and historical

Try to discover not only what an item is used for, but why, and how it became associated with those actions.

Research what kind of religions and magical traditions have historically been practiced in your area

Look up lore and mythology for your geographic location

Find what sorts of helpful books are at your library, whether they be related to religion, psychology, meteorology, mythology, history, gardening, herbalism, cooking, magical traditions, or anything else pertaining to your magical education.

Find a popular pagan or magical author and research them to understand the context behind their writings and get an idea of what others think of them

Create your own reading list of library books to keep you occupied

Research closed religions/closed magical systems so you can understand what is not available for you to use, and to gain valuable information on other magical cultures.

During practice time:

Choose 2-3 energetic exercises such as these:

How to send energy to other people

Energetic Check

Distance Charging

Texting Predictions

Energy Ball

Energy Cannonball

Witch’s Guide to Programing

Witch’s Guide to Grounding

Witch’s Guide to Centering

Witch’s Guide to Shielding (Shielding Masterpost)

Witch’s Guide to Charging

Work on a couple of exercises until you feel really comfortable with them and are satisfied that you now have that skill. Then try practicing others.

Spend 50-70% of the time figuring out how to make the exercise personal to you and comfortable for you

Spend 10-20% of the time learning how to focus and get in the necessary headspace to do energy work

Write (if you want) and/or perform simple candle, knot, paper, (whatever) spells as need arises

Try spells for bringing peace and calmness in to your space, giving yourself good luck, protecting against certain dangers, causing small events to happen, or binding harmful actions done against you

Identify unique needs you face in your everyday life and try to manage and control them with energy work

During upkeep time:

Cleanse your personal spaces

Learn floor washes and keep the recipes and ingredients handy

Discover what cleansings and purifications will work for your situation

Personally cleanse

Take a cleansing shower or bath with special ingredients or using the powers of elemental energies

Do healing/balancing meditations or spells

Clean your altars and tools, keep your spaces tidy

Leave offerings to any spirits you work with

Weed your gardens, check on your plants or pets

Update your grimoire or journals

Include personal experiences, new successes, or things that you have learned

After waking up for the day:

Repeat appropriate prayers or affirmations

Spend time in meditation

You can try to clear your mind, magically make way for the day ahead, or do a guided meditation for preparedness or any other purpose

Draw a tarot or oracle card for the day

Use any magical oils or soaps as part of your waking routine

Including glamoring magic as you get ready for the day is a good way to practice

State your goals for the day with magical intent

Magically plan for free time you need during the day so it will be sure to be open for you

During snacks and meals:

Enchant food by adding in herbs or spices with a little energy and a magical command

Enchant drinks by stirring, adding energy, and a command

Give small offerings to spirits you work with by leaving a little food left over on your plate

Magically affirm that the food will bring you energy

Before going to bed for the day:

Repeat prayers or affirmations

Spend time in meditation

If you meditate when you get up and when you go to bed, try a sunrise or sunset meditation, or complementary meditations 

Identify what successes you have had that day

Push away or transform any negative energies send to you that day

Add additional protective shields for sleeping

That was all I could think of. Add more if you think of some!

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Common sense when it comes to magic

When I started getting in to witchcraft I had zero common sense about it. 

I thought the rules were very different than “real life”.

I thought that because magic was so mystical and special, that nothing I had done before was relevant. All the common sense I had was left at the doorstep, because the world of magic was different than the mundane world. 

I believed candle wouldn’t burn my house down because it was a magical candle. 

No matter what I did, I wanted it to be as divorced from real life as possible. Special magical clothing. Special magical food. If anything was magical, in my mind it didn’t follow the rules of “real life”. 

If I made anything magical, I believed it would just suddenly go my way. There was no reason for it, except that I was doing my very best to escape the real world.

I thought could walk deep in to the wilderness, and no harm would come to me, because I was a magical person. I was not the smartest cookie.

“The rules don’t apply in this new lifestyle” is a dangerous mindset that I believe many people adopt. I think it is valuable and helpful to occasionally swing around and say, “quick reminder that everything is the same and things that hurt you before will hurt you now.”

Especially because on Tumblr, there are many young folks who literally do not have the brain capacity to fully understand the consequences of their actions. In a room full of teenage witches there is nothing wrong with giving common sense reminders. 

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Witches be like:

plants good! live plant? good! a baby! must care for! dead plant? useful! important! candles? great! warm! rocks? smooth! shiny! random feather or leaf I found while walking? amazing! a gift!

And honestly? This is my fav mindset