Magic Grows In The Garden Of Akiva

Akiva. 17. Jewitch. He/Him

[gardenofakiva]

Stop Bothering Me

A spell to kindly make someone leave you alone.

What you’ll need

2 representative items. One that represents you and one that represents the person you want to stop bothering you.

1 piece of twine

1 pair of scissors

Directions

1. connect the items via the twine 2. weaken the twine in the center with scissors so that you are able to pull it in half 3. say, “I’m busy, I’m tired, you’re nice but I can’t. I kindly separate us with this twine’s enchant.” 4. visualize the twine as your connection to the person. pull the twine apart.

Now go get some rest!!!!! That person won’t bother you anymore!!!!!

Magic grows in the Garden of Akiva~

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[thegildedraven]

just weather witch things™

+ “I stood outside for 15 minutes just staring at the sky.”

+ rushing to get the jars out every time it rains

+ knowing just a little too much about clouds

+ taking the deepest inhale of the air before a storm and getting The Stare™ from everyone else

+ “dancing in the rain is not socially acceptable?”

+ yelling at the sky

+ “weather forecast says it’s going to rain though” “not if I can help it”

+ weather forecasts are both your best friend and your worst enemy

+ accidentally flooding half the country

+ staying in and lying down and staring out the window at the rain

+ “good weather huh?” “yeah thanks”

+ the bass of your heartbeat syncing with the thunder and that good rumbly feeling in you

[skepticaloccultist]

A Folk Witch Library

Hidden like Viking gold under the landscape there is a rich body of nearly lost folkwitch tradition hiding in plain sight on the internet. Particularly in the 18th and 19th century antiquarians, folklorists and ethnologists documented the rural and occasionally urban folk beliefs of practically all of the UK and much of Europe. Organizations like the Folklore Society, founded in 1878, were created to help catalog and publish this body of collected ethnological data. A vast repository of a spectrum of witch and cunning craft practices.

Below are a list of links to various sources on the internet. The non Abramhamic roots of British folk traditions date from an era of Celtic settlers, and thus much of the spirit tradition concerns beings we now collectively call “fairies”, though their origins and nature differ greatly.

Books Available Online for free:

Folklore Society/Folk-Lore Journal:

Over 100 publications made by the Folk-Lore Society can be found on Archive.org. Unfortunately these are mostly unsorted, although they represent a massive amount of folkwitch information. Particularly in the realm of curses, hexes, salves, second sight, and boundary magic.

I will be launching a separate blog dedicated to delving into the contents of the Folklore Society’s publications in the next few weeks. In the meantime - Happy digging: Link to archive of FOLKLORE JOURNAL

Books whose content focuses on first-hand accounts of folk traditions, alpha by author. (* denotes particularly important titles)

Richard Blakeborough - Wit, Character, Folklore and Customs of the North Riding of Yorkshire (1898)

J G Campbell - Witchcraft & Second Sight in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland (1902) - Superstitions of the Highlands & Islands of Scotland, Collected entirely from Oral Sources (1900)*

Edward Clodd - Tom Tit Tot - an essay on savage philosophy in folk-tale (1898)

Oswald Cockayne - Leechdoms, Wortcunning, and Starcraft of Early England (1864)

Thomas Crofton Croker - Fairies Tales and Legends of the South of Ireland (1834)*

John Graham Dalyell - The Darker Superstitions of Scotland (1834)*

Walter Evans-Wentz - The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries (1911)

Richard Folkard - Plant Lore, Legends and Lyrics (1892)

W. Gregor - Notes on the Folklore of the North East of Scotland (1881)

Lady Gregory - Visions and Beliefs in the West of Ireland (1920)*

William Henderson - Notes on the Folk-Lore of the Northern Counties of England and the Borders (1866)*

Thomas Keightley - The Fairy Mythology (1828)

Robert Kirk - The Secret Commonwealth (1893, written 1691)*

Fiona Macleod (William Sharp) - Where the Forest Murmurs (Nature Essays) 1906

James Napier - Folk Lore - Superstitious Beliefs in the West of Scotland within this Century (1879)*

Sir Walter Scot - Letters on Witchcraft and Demonology (1884) - The Existence of Evil Spirits Proved (1843)

Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe - A Historical Account of the belief in Witchcraft in Scotland (1884)

Wirt Sikes - British Goblins Welsh Folklore fairy mythology legends and traditions (1880)

Eve Simpson - Folklore in Lowland Scotland (1908)

Benjamin Thorpe -Northern Mythology, Comprising the Principal Popular Traditions and Superstitions of Scandinavia, North Germany, and the Netherlands Volume 1 Volume 2 Volume 3

Lady Wilde - Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions of Ireland * Volume 1 Volume 2 Volume 3

Thomas Wilkie - Old Rites, Ceremonies, and Customs of the Inhabitants of the Southern Counties of Scotland (1916) (History Of The Berwickshire Naturalists’ Club Vol 23 1916-18, pages 50-145)

Suggested books that are unfortunately in copyright or otherwise not currently available online:

(Links to goodreads and worldcat.org)

Katharine Briggs - The Anatomy of Puck (1959)* - Pale Hecate’s Team (1962)* - Fairies in English Tradition and Literature (1967)

Thomas Davidson - Rowan Tree and Red Thread (1949)

George Ewart Evans - The Pattern Under the Plow (1971)* - Ask the Fellow Who Cuts the Hay (1965) - The Crooked Scythe

Harold Hansen - The Witch’s Garden (1978)

DA Mac Manus -The Middle Kingdom (1959)*

Emma Wilby - Cunning Folk and Familiar Spirits: Shamanistic Visionary Traditions in Early Modern British Witchcraft and Magic (2005)* - The Visions of Isobel Gowdie: Magic, Witchcraft and Dark Shamanism in Seventeenth-Century Scotland (2010)

C. L. Zalewski - Herbs in Magic and Alchemy: Techniques From Ancient Herbal Lore (1990)

Misc Short articles:

Frederika Bain - The Binding of the Fairies: Four Spells (2012)

Thomas Forbes - Witch’s Milk and Witches’ Marks (link to pdf)* (Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine, XXII 1950)

Fae Honeybell - Cunning Folk and Wizards In Early Modern England (2010) (link to pdf)

Canon J. A. Macculloch - The Mingling of Fairy and Witch Beliefs in Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Scotland (Folk-Lore/Volume 32/1921)

[galdrastafir-by-raevedis]

FJÓLDÖYSTAVE will cause someone to slowly curse themselves as they spread lies.

The curse of the Fjóldöystave will cause the target to experience an increasing sense of “being dead inside”, growing in intensity every time a lie or false rumour is spread by the person.

The staves themselves are to be painted onto a piece of parchment or paper with ink mixed from charcoal and spit. The parchment is then folded up and wrapped in black cloth. Once this is done, the staves are to be hidden inside, or if not possible; simply near the home of your target.

The purpose of this is not to stop the lies from being spread, but rather cause the target to start even more lies and rumours. As this escalates, the lies will also become gradually more and more incredible, to the point where others will start to realise the obvious falseness and cause the web of lies to collapse in on itself, taking the target’s ego and all credibility with it.

FFFF

[science-and-sigils]

Energy Work Exercises (Intermediate Side of Beginner-Intermediate)

Notes on the Energy Work Exercises posts: I’d like to note that for most of these, two of my spirit friends are the ones directing me in the exercises. They tell me what to do in the exercise but not how to do it: that part is up to me. Everyone is a little different, and it’s something one has to figure out on their own. My spirits are also the ones telling me what to categorize as beginner vs. intermediate vs. advanced, etc.  If you haven’t seen it yet, please check out the Energy Work PSAs post and if you are just starting out, the Energy Work Starter Resources page!

Energy Retraction Create an energy ball, and go through the exercises you choose to do with it. Now, retract the energy back into yourself. If you are unable, do not let the energy ball run around. Raw energy, even without the intent to cause harm, isn’t safe to have loose. If you cannot retract it, ground it, cleanse it away, or somehow dissipate it. 

Handless Energy Ball Make an energy ball. Do not use your hands. Just. Make it.  When you manage to make one, hold it together for as long as you can. This one carries the same warning as above; raw energy running around is not safe. If the energy ball decides it has a proverbial mind of its own and wanders off while remaining intact, call it back to you; use your hands if you need to. If you cannot get it under control, find a way to dissipate it. 

Other posts in my Energy Work Series: Energy Work Starter Resources | Practicing Your Energy Work | Energy Work Exercises (Beginner Side of Beginner-Intermediate) | Energy Work Exercises (Intermediate) | Energy Work PSAs 

[breelandwalker]

The Great Courses on Audible

Greetings, witchings and fellow bookwyrms!

If you’re anything like me, you’ve got a lifelong love of learning, a To-Be-Read list as long as your leg, and precious little time to do anything about it. There just aren’t enough hours in the day or enough mental spoons to devote to all the reading and studying that we’d like to do.

If you’re already joining me in lamentation, then I have some good news.

The Great Courses is a collection of audio and video college-level courses, as taught by university professors and subject matter experts. All of the courses are available via stream or download, and most of them are available for way less than the cost of a single college credit. You can sign up for a monthly subscription and stream through the website, or you can buy individual courses via Amazon and Audible.

I first heard about The Great Courses from the Lore podcast, and I just got around to checking out their offerings on Audible. There is SO MUCH to choose from! There are courses for practically any subject you might want to try, from history to religion and philosophy to literature to arts and sciences. Here’s a small selection of things I just added to my Wish List that you might find interesting:

The Terror of History: Mystics, Heretics, and Witches in the Western Tradition

The Fall of the Pagans and the Origins of Medieval Christianity

Cultural Literacy for Religion: Everything the Well-Educated Person Should Know

Medieval Heroines in History and Legend

The Celtic World

Reason & Faith: Philosophy in the Middle Ages

Plant Science: An Introduction to Botany

These are just a fraction of the courses on offer. I can’t wait to dive into The Terror of History on my lunch break tomorrow! If you’re a history buff or looking for research materials or if you’re just a curious person, give The Great Courses a try.

Happy Learning!

[breelandwalker]

If you’re looking to add to your audio library, I’ve got good news! Audible is running a sale through Mother’s Day weekend. Everything is 50-70% off! If you’ve been waiting to pick up a new title or check out an informational course, now’s the time!

And remember, if you decide you don’t like something you’ve purchased, you can return it for a site credit and pick something else, no questions asked.

I’ve found some new titles you might want to check out, too!

The Royal Art of Poison: Filthy Palaces, Fatal Cosmetics, Deadly Medicine, and Murder Most Foul

Behind the Palace Doors: Five Centuries of Sex, Adventure, Vice, Treachery, and Folly from Royal Britain

The History of Witchcraft by Lois Martin (a basic overview

The World of Lore books (Monstrous Creatures, Wicked Mortals, and Dreadful Places)

The Fairyland Books by Catherynne M. Valente (if you love The Wizard of Oz, the Narnia books, or Coraline, give this a try!)

Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman (along with loads of her other works)

Second Hand Curses by Drew Halek (a delightful tongue-in-cheek romp though the word of your favorite fairytales)

Happy Listening!

[music--witch-deactivated2026070]

Hi! So, I'm an aspiring Jew by Choice and I really like the religion so far, but there's a part of me that still feels very at home with witchy things. If I wanted to combine the two, are there any blogs/sites I should visit to learn more?

I’m so so thrilled to hear from another Jewish witch!

First, look online at semitic neopaganism. It’s a fancy term, I know. But it helped me a lot. I don’t have too too much but the one thing I can give you is my view on the combination of Judaism and witchcraft. I hope this helps.

Before I begin, I will clarify: THIS IS ONLY MY THOUGHTS. It is not something anyone else is required to believe or agree with me. I grew up reformed and non-religious, so I probably spew blasphemy out my mouth on the daily. I never want to make anyone uncomfortable, especially where religion and witchcraft is concerned.

As a green witch, and I’m sure as any witch in general, I believe in a shared energy that is passed between every living being. And what I love about witchcraft is there are so many amazing people that worship so many different Gods from so many different pantheons. I know many people who identify with many different pantheons at once! And that’s freaking amazing! So, what connects them all together? It’s something I have thought about.

To me (and once again, I am speaking only for me, everyone is allowed to think otherwise) these Gods ARE this Source Energy. They’re facets of us and the natural and supernatural world around us, as creators and guides. And Jewish Witches give the entirety of this source energy a name: Adonai. He is one with everything.

If I pray to someone who isn’t Adonai, I’m still praying to, and with, this energy.

I hope that helps? I have a very complicated view on witchcraft as someone who is technically a semitic neopagan. If you want to talk further I am ALWAYS down. Cheers friend!!

[gardenofakiva]

YES! Pantheism 5ever.

[writhe]

HERE ON THIS BLOG WE GIVE A FUCK!! APATHY FEEDS THE MACHINE! WE ARE ALL ABOUT LOVING AND CARING DEEPLY FOR HUMANITY HERE!

[thepowerwithin]

To whoever is reading this…

Positive vibrations have just been sent to you. They are now travelling into your eyes, through your brain, and towards the very core of your being. As they move through you, they cleanse everything left in their path. Everything is left pure.

You are now refreshed.

[esoteriqueer]

i’ve written before about how uncomfortable it is being Jewish in most witchcraft/magic/occult spaces, but right now i’m feeling it particularly acutely as i try to navigate this queer & trans witchy renaissance we seem to be having (which is, i think, a direct response to the terror & loss of control we all feel in 2017 - magic has always been about resistance & survival to me & a lot of other people)

i’m tired. i’m scared a lot of the time. i want community & inspiration to help keep me going, so i reach for something like a zine that bills itself as an inclusive mix of queer & trans voices on witchcraft, resistance, activism - because it’s a group of marginalized folks, i (maybe foolishly) have this expectation of seeing myself in it, or of the editors being conscious of the many forms of cultural appropriation that happen in these spaces & working to educate about them

but what i’m finding, over and over, is two things: the first is that despite the fact that we exist in greater numbers than i’d ever have expected, there are no Jewish voices in any of the witchcraft-focused publications (indie or otherwise) i’ve ever encountered. the second thing, that cultural appropriation of Judaism & other forms of pervasive anti-semitism DO exist in these publications, just makes the lack of Jewish perspectives more glaring

so in the interest of being direct, here are a few things the queer & trans witchcraft community (i’d like to ask the ENTIRE witchcraft community, but i am speaking to people with whom i share something right now) can do & think about to help:

include us. if you didn’t think that any Jewish folks were involved in witchy communities, ask yourself why! is it because you thought Judaism was a religion only? or incompatible with ideas about magic? Judaism is an ethnicity & a culture - or more truthfully, a group of ethnicities & cultures - with long & complex histories of magic, mysticism & folklore. some of it is considered traditionally “kosher” & some of it isn’t! our relationships to that are individual, fascinating, & worth being shared!

stop throwing around the words “Abrahamic” & “Judeo-Christian” - especially when you want to talk about cultural values or historical oppression. 9 times out of 10, you just mean Christianity. yes, we share some text, but we have VERY different relationships to it. plus, if you’re talking specifically about the persecution of people believed to be witches, that’s the history of Jews being murdered by Christians. honestly just do us a favor & remove “Judeo-Christian” from your vocabulary, there’s almost no context where it’s an accurate description of anything.

educate yourself about appropriation. i should never have to see someone mention “practicing Kabbalah” in a zine that includes no Jewish people. our mysticism is connected to our culture, our history, our faith - not only do you have no business taking it, what could it possibly mean to you without its context? 

understand that anti-semitism runs deeper than current appropriation - if you engage at all with any Western occultist or “ceremonial magic” literature or practice, you need to learn its history. what does it mean that the 15th century grimoire you’re drawing inspiration from contains Hebrew & calls itself Solomonic, but has no actual connection to Jewish people? what does it mean that the person who created the most iconic image of Baphomet, something beloved by a lot of queer & trans witches for being androgynous, gave himself a fake Hebrew name? i’m not asking you to throw all of these concepts & traditions out entirely - i have something of a love/hate relationship with ceremonial occultism myself, i collect vintage & antique things related to it & some of it is really interesting - but please at the very least educate yourself about it. specifically, educate yourself about how medieval Jews were treated while non-Jewish occultists were incorporating (often misunderstood or mangled) Jewish mysticism, language & folk practices into their frameworks. 

if you’ve stayed with me this far, i appreciate it - i know this post is long & that confronting this stuff can be difficult, but i urge you to do some reading & listening before you push back. i’m writing this because i want to see things change - i want to see communities where people connect meaningfully to their own heritages & participate in actual cultural exchange & learning based in equity & mutual support. 

i’m speaking to my own experience, but all of this goes for ANY marginalized culture/tradition being “drawn from” in witchcraft communities without actually including members of said culture. 

many of us got involved in witchy things because we felt locked out of mainstream religious practice due to a mix of oppressions - let’s not replicate that in our own spaces.

[deathhippie-deactivated20210220]

🔮 This blog supports male witches 🔮

Witchcraft isn’t just for women, or a women only space. Men are surely welcome to call themselves witches, if they so choose.

[ravenhexxx]

Male WITCHES !!!!! Represent…

[shaditianmagic]

Y’all

Who here in the Witchblr community was negatively affected by the blood moon a couple days ago? My anxiety has skyrocketed since the blood moon, and it sucks

[appleglimmer-during-moonlight]

Spell to Calm The Waves

Purpose: Spell to ease tensions in friendships/relationships. Requires: ° a big bowl (preferably glass) filled with water ° picture of you and your friend ° blue food colouring [peace, forgiveness, patience, removing bad vibrations] ° 1 brown candle [friendship, to make relationships solid] or white [all purposes] ° cloves (the number of cloves should equal the number of your friendship in years) [friendship, release negative forces] ° a needle ° 1 crystal (lapis lazuli [friendship, honesty] < I was informed that lapis lazuli would dissolve in water, so if you use it, please protect it with a waterproof warpping!, rose quartz [helps all kinds of relationships/friendship, forgiveness], turquoise [friendship, clarity], tourmaline [friendship, peace] or quartz [all purposes]) ° incense (honeysuckle [friendship, happiness], sweet pea [friendship, courage], angelica [harmony, insight and understanding], chamomile [harmony, peace, calm] or sandalwood [all purposes])

Point in time: ° weekday: Sunday [friendship, social aspect], Friday [friendship, harmony] or Monday [emotions, peace, insight] ° moon phase: waning moon [banishing negative energy] or waxing moon [relationships]

Procedure: 1. Evoke the magical circle. 2. Ignite the incense. Close your eyes and take a few deep breaths. Enjoy the pleasant smell and meditate a few minutes to prepare if you like. 3. Take the needle and the candle and carve your name and your friends name into the candle. 4. Light the candle and let the soothing light fill you with positive feelings that will help you to open your mind to your intenion. 5. Lay down your picture in front of you and place the glass bowl above it. 6. Pour the food colouring into the water (not too much because you should still be able to see the photo!). 7. Put the crystal into the bowl. Watch it sink to the ground. 8. Stir the water up (use your hands). Say:

“Tension sneaked between us. Rules our minds. But shall not ruin us! Years of precious friendship/relationship overweigh. Give us peace, balance and harmony. Don’t let us forget, but let us learn from our mistakes. Help us to get strong again. This is my will, so mote it be.”

9. Take the cloves and let them drop into the water, one by one. While you do that, think about the happiest memories you created together and recall the way you felt in those moments. 10. Reverse the circle. 11. Let the incense burn down by itself. 12. Let the candle burn as long as you are able to supervise it. Then, douse the candle. 13. Light the candle the following days until it burned down completely.

[You don’t need to follow each step exactly. Do what feels natural to you, so your energy may flow constantly. Own Spell]

But be aware of the following: Communication is the most important thing in any kind of relationship. This spell will help you to reconnect and ease the tension. But it cannot heal something that is broken. Many friendships/relationships are meant to last forever, but sometimes they are not. It is very hard to acknowledge to oneself that it might be over, especially when you used to be very close. But times will heal and the right people will always be in your life. Spell request

[bewitchedbynight]

**Find My Kind** Spell

Here is a simple spell I thought I’d share for attracting like-minded people and luring towards yourself more genuine friends/friendships.

Quick Tip: A cup of Chamomile or Mint tea would be quite nice to start, finish or to drink throughout this spell, as chamomile is good for abundance and mint attracts prosperity.

Ingredients:

Basil  - crushed, powdered, plain, whatever!

Rose or Clear Quartz (alternative = silver coin)

Vanilla Essence or Oil

Lavender -  sprigs or powdered, doesn’t matter.

A Candle  - white is great. so is orange or brown.

A Pen  -  green, orange or red would be best.

An Envelope

A Piece of Paper

Method:

1. Keep the quartz in your possession throughout the spell - in a pocket or next to the candle is fine.

2. Dab the vanilla essence in the four corners of your piece of paper.

3. Draw 3 circles/suns on the piece of paper with your pen, interlocking with each other like in this picture:

– write your full name in the middle section outlined here in red. 4. If you want, you can write on the other side of the paper the qualities you want the people you attract to have. A similar sense of humour, loyalty, any particular appreciations/hobbies etc.

5. Fold up the piece of paper and put it in an envelope along with the basil and lavender.

6. Pass the envelope through the flame of the candle as many times as you wish (if in a circular manner, aim it to be clockwise) and repeat this mantra:

I call upon my people Listen to my voice The blood that runs through all our veins Will now give us no choice

Now is the time For us to be bound To attract like to like and within each other Our light shall be found

I call my kin Come to my side Let our minds intermingle Let our lives intertwine

– Repeat the last phrase as much as you like. 3 or 9 times would work quite well, but it’s up to you.

7. You may decide to burn the envelope - if this is what you choose, then wrap the ashes in a lettuce leaf and bury it in a flourishing garden or at the base of a big, old tree. If you do not want to burn the envelope, kiss it and bury it in your garden, close to your front door or at the roots of a large tree.

8. Keep the quartz on or around you when going to meet new people, or if you’re feeling in the mood to meet new people. If you don’t want to wear it on your person then keeping it in the bedroom or near the phone or computer should be fine as well.

Good times to perform this spell: Waxing Moon or Midday

~ BewitchedByNight

[sick-sad-mage]

⋆✩Attract a Friend✩⋆

 ⋆ Items Needed ⋆

- A small plushie of any kind (suggestively one that can be carried around with no problem) 

- A small amethyst stone/fragment

- Lavender, catnip, and rosemary

- A pink string

- A needle

⋆ Procedure ⋆

1. Find an area that you feel most comfortable and relaxed in. Make sure to bring your supplies with you!

2. Grab the small plushie, and make a small incision in it. Place the amethyst, lavender, catnip, and rosemary within the plushie. 

3. Put the pink string through the needle, and begin to sew the opening shut. With each stitch you make, think about the things you would want to do with your friend (i.e. read together, watch TV).

4. After the opening is closed shut, bring the plushie to your heart and visualize yourself meeting your friend, whether it be in person or through the internet. 

5. Carry it around with you! You can put your small plushie in your bag, your car, etc. 

✩ Kudos! ✩

[tarigrove-blog]

can you give me a step by step description on how to put your "intent" into a spell or thing or whatever? I'm not really understanding the concept thank you in advance :) xx.

Hello anon!  Thanks for the question, and for your patience ^_^

Basically, your intent is your magickal desire.  When it comes to magick, your ‘intent’ is describing your intentions in casting that spell - do you want to heal?  To harm?  To dream of something?  Whatever your motives are, that is your intent.

The most basic way to add your intent to a spell is to mentally focus on, or to verbalize your intent while conducting the spell.  If your mind is on that desire, then your energies will naturally become infused with it.  After thinking of or speaking your intent would come feeling it.  

Ideally, ‘feeling’ your intent (as an emotion, vibe, energy, or any other sensation) will eventually come naturally to you, if it doesn’t already.  However, don’t worry if this never happens for you - it really all depends, and it isn’t entirely necessary if it’s not something that happens for you.

There are a few other techniques that you can use here:

Emotional connection to your intent. In my experience, a strong emotional connection to your magickal desires can have a powerful affect on the manifestation of those desires.  

Visualization.  Imagining your intent as an actual aura that is entering your spell is a great method for this (and is technically, in my opinion, a great method for energy work as well).  Even further than that, mentally imagining the desired outcome of your magick is a wonderful way of adding your intent to a spell, because not only is it introducing your desires and intent to the magick, but it also helps to lay out a sort of ‘intent map’ for the spell, letting it know exactly what you want it to do at all times.

The proper ingredients.  Everything that witches use have certain associations, properties, and correspondences.  By finding an ingredient that matches your intent, you can make your desires very, very clear.  

Using music as a magick aid.  Songs can help you to both feel your intent, as well as to state it very clearly by singing relevant lyrics.  Even if you just have the right song playing in the background while you cast a spell that’s otherwise unrelated to the music, it can still act as a guidance aid ^_^

As for a step-by-step process, it may be a little basic, but this here is a compressed version of what I do:

1.  Focus on what I want from this spell

2.  Focus on the associated emotions for those desires.

3.  Visualize my intent infusing or embedding itself into the magick that I release (which I often visualize as an actual release).

And …well, this may just be a weird thing that I do, but in the moment when I’m trying to gather my intent into a thing that I can create an energy from, I actually hold my breath (or barely breathe) and slightly tense all of my muscles for a second or two.  It’s not even a conscious thing that I do, and I rarely notice that I’m doing it unless it goes on for longer than a few seconds.  I do the same thing when casting out actual magick, as well.  

I’m not saying that you should try to do that, because remember, I’m not trying to do it.  What that is is me getting so momentarily focused on feeling my intent and desires, that everything else gets blipped out for a second.  

Again, I may be the only one like that, I’m not even sure - and either way, I feel emotions strongly, so I have an advantage over some in that regard; but I do know it meshes with what I know of the chaos magick theory’s definition of gnosis, and it always seems beneficial so…I wanted to add that here, for what that’s worth! lol

I hope this helps a little bit, anon ^_^  Adding your intent to a spell is a skill that you will develop more and more as you go along, don’t worry <3  And if one method doesn’t work, try another!  All witchcraft takes a bit of experimenting sometimes ^_^  Good luck with your witchy studies! <3

[gardenofakiva]

Wax candles can be messy and inconvenient, today I’m going to teach you how to make oil candles like this one! It’s super easy!

There are a couple things you’ll need:

A jar

100% cotton wick cord (here is the kind I used)

Oil (I like to use olive oil and canola oil because they’re odorless and smoke free, but you can use any oil that’s safe to burn.)

A nail and a hammer, or a screw and a drill

Begin by making a small hole that’s sizable enough to fit your cord. If you oversize it, super a piece of cork over the hole and use a needle to push the your wick through.

Now fill your jar about 1/3 of the way full with oil. Soak the wick completely.

Pull your wick through the hole.

Trim your wick so it’s a normal length.

Now you can fix your candle however you like and use it in your spells! Please make sure that whatever herbs and powders are being used can be burned. Also keep in mind that whatever essential oils you use will be diffused into it’s environment, so be cautious with how much you use. Depending on what color your oil is, you may be able to add pigment as well.

Magic grows in the Garden of Akiva~

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