🔮Witchy Things🔮

Your local hedge witch sharing witch tips, spells, readings, and more! Blessed be!

[lawlyleia]

5/10: I am telling you right now. No matter the amount of times, I have gone to the Career Services or professors have decided to make resumes an assignment. This template below is fail proof. It looks professional and it gets straight to the point.

You may ask:

But Leia, what if I've worked more than 2 jobs in my life? Well, I have too. I've worked like 15 in the 7 years I've been able to work. Here's what I'll tell you: based on what (school or job) you are applying to, focus on work experience that has similar responsibilities or qualities as the position you're after. If you don't think you have one of those, just put your 2 most recent OR your 2 most diverse.

For SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:

We are no longer putting, hard worker, hands on, goal driven. Instead try: highly organizer, detail oriented, sense of urgency, takes initiative, and/or effective and attentive speaking or listening. Or other synonyms of those qualities.

We've also moved past "Proficient in Microsoft word" now we're saying Proficient in Microsoft Office or stating every program that falls under M.O.

[themodernwitchsblog]

It's helpful.

[vaaltyrs]

Things I Wish I Had Known When I Started Practicing

Chakras are part of closed practices. Find a different theory on energy centres and how they work. I have my own here but there are many more that exist.

Do your research. Question everything. Don’t follow Tumblr posts blindly. Do your research, make sure that research is credible. Some authors out there are shitty (Edred Thorsson for example). Some Etsy shop owners appropriate. Do your research.

Support minority businesses! Support local businesses!

The best basic herbs to have on hand are: sage, rosemary, cinnamon, thyme, lavender, sea salt. 

For the love of the gods, please ward. The first time you ward, you will most likely sleep upwards of 10+ hours because it is draining as hell but WARD. Wards will keep you safe from entities that seek to harm you.

ALWAYS have a good banishing spell and a good return to sender spell on hand if you need it. Here is Part 1 of a good masterpost on protections and warding.

Always be a skeptic. Don’t just believe things blindly. Is a god telling you they’re an actual god? Question them. Do your research on that god. Always question.

DO NOT INGEST ESSENTIAL OILS. They’re meant to be applied topically with a carrier oil. Don’t ingest them.

Some herbs will interact with your medication if you’re on them. If you’re on medication and want to try herbal remedies, talk to your doctor to make sure that your herbal remedy won’t negatively interact with your medication.

Tarot cards don’t need to be gifted or stolen in order to work. That’s a myth. However, if you feel like you’d like your tarot decks to be gifted to you, do that. Whatever you’re comfortable with.

Your first tarot deck doesn’t have to be explicitly Raider Waite Smith. My first deck was a variation on the traditional RWS style and it allowed me to read tarot more intuitively.

There’s no shame in using a tarot guidebook. There’s 78 cards that’s a LOT to memorize. I haven’t memorized them all and I’ve been reading tarot for two years now. Take your time and don’t be embarrassed to read tarot from a guidebook. I do paid tarot readings and still use my guidebooks.

If you’re worried about wasting food as an offering, it’s okay to eat them. I do it. Many others do it. If you’re still wary about eating the food, if you have plant friends, you can just bury the offerings (especially relevant for chthonic worshippers).

The Theoi website is one of the best for information on Hellenism. Every thing written on that website is cited back to an Ancient Greek text, or even several.

PLEASE PRACTICE FIRE SAFETY. If you’re burning an object in a metal bowl, don’t touch the bowl afterwards. You may burn yourself. Have something to put out a fire on hand should something happen. Don’t burn hair. Crack a window so you don’t inhale smoke. Be safe with fire.

Personalize your spells! If you find a spell on tumblr that you wanna try but don’t have an ingredient, go with your instinct and research what it could be replaced with! Tumblr spells are guidelines and you can modify that shit to your heart’s content.

[notoriousbmg]

Not that I have very many followers, but you can ingest essential oils, you just have to make sure they are the right grade. Most oils will specify if they are aromatic, topical, ingestible, or all 3 😁

[vaaltyrs]

NO. STOP SPREADING MISINFORMATION!!!!! Pyramid schemes like Doterra and Young Living WANT YOU TO BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN INGEST EOS BUT YOU CANT!!!! It will POISON you! Ffs

[ofpotionsandpoison-deactivated2]

Please don’t fucking ingest oils. 

[w33d-witch]

Flower Correspondence Masterpost 🌹🌼🌷🌻

***Please note that some flowers are extremely poisonous (even fatal) under certain conditions. Please conduct thorough research and use caution while handling!***

African Daisy - divine enlightenment, energy, healing, psychic powers, protection

African Violet - spirituality, protection, healing

Alyssum - comfort, gentleness, grounding, healing, immunity, peace, staying true to oneself

Apple Blossom - love, fidelity, fertility, marriage, beauty, vanity, wisdom the soul, afterlife, eternity

Azalea - happiness, gaiety, first love, light spirits

Baby Blue Eyes - freedom from past hurt, gentleness, healing the inner child, letting go, relationship healing, trust

Baby’s Breath - purity, love, modesty, beauty, attracts fairies

Begonia - balance, psychic powers

Bird of Paradise - intuition, insight, protection

Black-Eyed Susan - cleansing, releasing, grounding, connecting with the deceased

Bleeding Heart - love, healing, emotional availability

Bluebell - luck, truth, friendship

Buttercup - self-worth, divination, energy, innocence, prosperity, youth

Calla Lily - divine connection, peace, sleep, soothing grief, innocence

Camellia - authenticity, decision making, energy, friendship, confidence, receptivity, prosperity

Carnation - protection, strength, healing, enhances magical powers, and achieves balance

Chamomile - love, healing, reduces stress

Cherry Blossom - divine love, forgiveness, gentleness, innocence, romance

Chrysanthemum - longevity, mental clarity, optimism, protection, solving mysteries, soothing grief

Clover - fidelity, protection, love, money, success, animal protection

Daffodil - love, luck, fertility, harmony, tranquility, peace of mind

Dahlia - elegance, dreams, dignity, eternity, spiritual evolution

Daisy - love, luck, innocence

Dandelion - animal protection, divination, happiness, healing, wishes

Dianthus - love, healing, strength

Evening Primrose - love, desirability, attracts fairies

Forget-Me-Not - clarity, focus, health, love, memory, organization, efficiency, perspective, success

Foxglove - protection, vision, immortality

Freesia - clarity, courage to make changes, healing depression, self-love, transmutation

Gardenia - peace, protection, love, friendship

Geranium - overcomes negative thoughts, protection, happiness

Heather - protection, luck, immortality, memory

Hibiscus - love, lust, divination, dreams, freedom, independence

Hollyhock - memory, healing from the past, remembering past lives, confidence

Honeysuckle - money, success, quick abundance, persuasiveness, confidence, intuition

Hyacinth - peace, dreams, love, luck, abundance, charm, influence

Hydrangea - hex-breaking, love, fidelity, binding

Iris - wisdom, creativity, intuition, purification

Jasmine - divination, innovation, attraction, dreams

Larkspur - protection, health

Lavender - purification, concentration, love, healing, sleep, dreams

Lilac - wisdom, memory, good luck, spiritual aid

Lily- fertility, renewal, rebirth, marriage, happiness, prosperity

Lily of the Nile - authority, confidence, elegance, excellence, intelligence, intuition

Lily of the Valley - soothing, calming, peace, happiness, mental powers

Lotus - love, protection, psychic opening, spiritual growth

Magnolia - fidelity, independence, wonderment

Marigold - respect, admiration, luck

Morning Glory - binding, banishing, attraction

Orange Blossom - prosperity, stability, harmony, peace, love

Orchid - concentration, memory, focus, willpower

Pansy - love, relationships, rain magic

Passion Flower - friendship, prosperity, attraction, strengthen libido

Peony - protection from hexes, luck, prosperity, business success, attracts fairies

Petunia - beauty, joy, domestic bliss, inspiration, new perspective

Periwinkle - love in marriage, mental powers, money, restore memory

Poppy - fertility, prosperity, love, abundance

Primrose - disclosure of secrets, revelation, resolution

Rose - divine love, self-love, friendship, healing, domestic happiness, lasting relationships  

Safflower - aphrodisiac, love, healing, happiness, lust, strength, psychic awareness, wind magic

Senna - love, lust, diplomacy, faithfulness

Snapdragon - protection, exorcism, purification

Strawflower - luck, longevity, protection

Sunflower - energy, protection, power, wisdom, wishes

Sweetpea - irresistibility, femininity, personal power

Tulip - love, desire, happiness, beauty, prosperity

Violet - calms nerves, stimulates creativity, peace, tranquility, protection from all evil, night magic

Water Lily - creativity, healing, purification

Wisteria - raises vibrations, promotes psychic opening, overcomes obstacles, prosperity

Yarrow Flower - healing, divination, love, marriage, courage, confidence

Ylang Ylang - sexual attraction, persuasiveness, peace, love, reduces anxiety and depression, fairy magic

Updated 6/18/2019

[themodernwitchsblog]

A cool way to travel safe and carry your altar!

Credits to norindoeswitchcraft

[citrinebruja]

These herbs were collected from my on campus community garden. I found this fucking awesome branch and screwed some picture hanging hooks onto the back. Simply used some twine to hang them. After a few weeks they were completely dry and I plucked, chopped, and ground them up appropriately and placed them in some awesome jars I found. The book I referenced is “Cunningham’s Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs”. It’s quite comprehensive and includes magical properties along with some interesting history on the plants and some tid bits on different utilization.

[witchwhalien-blog]

It's finally ready...

So, finally, my altar took shape after 2 months of waiting to feel like all the pieces are coming together.

Yesterday I started "harvesting" the herbs I've been drying on my balcony, and with every jar I've filled up, it felt like they were excited to go on my altar's shelf... it really was such a fluttery, hopeful and lovely feeling 😭✨💗

The altar practically came together by itself and by the will of all the things to be part of it. And, just like completing a chapter, a new one opened up right after the completion of my altar: I have found the reason why my practice has been so chaotic until now (not to mention that I've been like this all of my life)... Chaos Magic. Yep, I feel like aknowleging this I can now step further into my practice 😊🙏🌬️🍃🌌🌱🌿🌾

[birchbloom]

💛☀️🦋🌠😌🌠🦋☀️💛

“i do not feel overwhelmed”

like = charge

reblog = cast

[hedgeythings]

Weird Dreams

So a few nights ago I fell asleep like nice and early. A prime 11 pm. I was sleeping fine until my alarm goes off at 3:00am and I’m baffled because I never set my alarm since it’s summer. Let alone for 3 am. So I’m about to get up and shut it off (since it’s across the room) but before I can leave my bed my closet door (next to the alarm clock) swings open and smacks against my main bedroom door. I jump back and just sit there kinda scared on my bed and all I remember after that was like this growling and faded red eyes just kinda staring at me from inside my pitch black closet. Next thing I know I actually wake up sitting up in bed, facing my closet, at exactly 3:33 am with my closet door wide open. Which is normally closed before I go to sleep. Maybe I was sleep walking and like opened my closet? I dunno but what does it all mean 🤔

[emberalis]

I used an ouija board for the first time

and honestly?? It was super awesome. Before using it my friends and I put up a lot of protection, and two out of the four of us were super into witchy shit and knew how to banish pretty well.

We didn’t even use an actual planchette. It was a Celtic knot pendant that my friend had, which slid easily over the board. Honestly expected nothing to happen, and then it started moving. Our fingers kept slipping off when it moved and at one point it was just flying across the board when one of my friends was barely touching it.

The first spirit we met spoke in Spanish, which only one of us knows (and she was the person who was the most scared to use it). It got a little creepy near the end, spelling out “muerte” and “ayúdame” and ended up flying around the board crazily. My two non-witch friends were rightfully so a little frightened, but through my spirit working “career” (i guess??) I’ve dealt with much worse so I was pretty calm during the whole thing.

Eventually we said goodbye, cleansed the space, and that was the that.

The second spirit we talked to was so amazing. She was super nice and kept pointing to the Sun located in the corner of the board to mention when something made her happy. I asked her what she did in her free time and she said “fly.”

I asked her if she could hear me singing all the time because she had lived in the apartment above mine, and she said yes and went to the sun. She then asked me to sing for her, and I said, “what song? Can I sing Michael in the Bathroom from Be More Chill?”

And it immediately went to No and the Night corner of the board, which we all laughed at since our group has a running gag about that song. She wanted to hear a happy song (Michael in the Bathroom isn’t), so I sang one I wrote about my significant other.

At the end my friends asked “are you a fan of llama (me)?” And the planchette circled all around the board, squeezed right past No on the edge of the board, and then whipped around to Yes. By then we were all cracking up, thanked her for being there and for being so pleasant, and said goodbye.

Would I use the ouija board again? Definitely. Not without precautions, of course, but it’s not at all like what Hollywood tells you it is. Sure, you get creepy spirits sometimes, and not-so-nice ones, but if you don’t let it phase you and understand that spirits can lie (and like to mess with us), you should be fine. :)

-Llama

[raeaeline-blog]

Types of Ghostly Encounters

Hello lovely Witches!

I thought it would be interesting to post my thoughts on different types of spiritual encounters and hear what other Witches have experienced. 

I want to focus specifically on the spiritual. Elementals, Fae, and other creatures deserve their own posts. 

1. Echos

Echos are emotional leftovers. They’re an emotional energy stamp left on a place, item, or even person. They can manifest as an image, a smell, a sound, or even a moving scene. A particularly traumatic or emotional event can linger in its entirety. I once lived in a house where I would hear the same domestic fight play out in the kitchen over and over. 

Echos are not sentient. Echos can be left by people who are still living. They are not spirits in the traditional sense that we think of them but they make up the majority of paranormal experiences we encounter. 

2. Departed

Departed are the spirits in the traditional sense. They are the consciousnesses of people who have died. They are sentient and can interact with the living. 

Keep in mind they are people and retain their personalities. The spirit of the old man in your house may be perfectly lovely and kind, and the spirit that inhabits your local swimming pool may be a total bitch. Interact with these spirits the same way you would with the living.

(On a related note: the only danger a Ouija Board presents to you is potentially connecting you with a dick. There are spirits who will lie to you and try to scare you. You always have the power to end the conversation and send them away.)

3. Essence 

An Essence was never human. 

There is some debate within my circle as to whether or not an Essence is a creature akin to a demon or if they are literally the essence of good or evil, a conglomoration of human emotion given sentience. Whether or not they come from nature or human belief.

What I do know is when dealing with an Essence you must be cautious. They are powerful, can manipulate objects in the physical world, and are the main culprits for the worst types of hauntings.  

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No matter the type of encounter you are entitled to protection of self. Do not give attention to loud negative spirits and remember that you can tell anything to go away. 

My favorite line is “you don’t pay rent so get out!”

(If I ever find a spirit who is willing to leave me rent money in the couch cushions I’ll welcome them in with open arms.)

That’s it for today’s post! Let me know what you think and what type of ghostly encounters you’ve had!

[leodrune]

strawberry luck spell

strawberries are well known in magick to bring about good fortune and favourable circumstances. this is a simple spell to call the energy of the strawberry and bring you luck and perhaps help improve the outcome of a situation. best done during a waxing moon. you will need:

♥  a large ripe strawberry (luck, fortune, favor)

♥  a pinch of sugar (getting what you wish for)

♥ a green candle (good luck and fortune)

light the green candle and hold the strawberry in your hand. pluck the leaf from the top and wave it over the flame (so as not to burn it), then place it in front of the candle to rest.

as you hold the strawberry, think about the issue at hand and what you’d like the outcome to be. meditate on that until you feel as though the strawberry has been adequately charged.

sprinkle a bit of sugar onto your tongue and then eat the strawberry. blow out the candle, and carry the strawberry leaf in your pocket to bring good luck with you.

[leodrune]

a sigil to protect you from any dark energy with the potential to hurt you 🌙

[moonchildmorticia]

Candle Color Correspondence 🕯🔮

🕯RED: Binding, Courage, Strength, Lust, Magnetism, Competitiveness, Fertility, Health, Attraction, Protection Magick, Conflict, Dispelling Anger & Hate.

🕯PINK: Emotional Healing, Spiritual Healing, Love, Friendship, Compassion, Protection if Children, Affection.

🕯ORANGE: Luck, Strength, Power, Attracting Luck, Creativity, Success, Professional Growth, Justice, Energy, Happiness, Ambition.

🕯YELLOW: Clairvoyance, Communication, Action, Inspiration, Psychic Power, Memory, Divination, Confidence, Imagination, Wisdom, The Sun.

🕯GREEN: Mother Earth, Balance, Growth, Wealth, Money, Health, Dispelling Envy & Jealously, Dispelling Greed, Beauty, Abundance, Luck, Harmony, Fertility.

🕯BLUE: Communication, Inspiration, Harmony, Occult Wisdom, Forgiveness, Fidelity, Focus, Protection, Truth, Loyalty, Banishing Anger.

🕯PURPLE: 3rd Eye, Psychic Power, Spirituality, Confidence, Success, Divination, Contacting Spirits, Increase of Willpower & Inner Strength, Independence, Spiritual Guidance, Protection.

🕯WHITE: Peace, Truth, Purification, Protection, Spirituality, Positive Outcome, Happiness, Moon Magick, Cleansing, Balance.

WHITE CAN BE USED IN PLACE OF ALL COLORS DURING SPELLS AND RITUALS

🕯BLACK: Binding, Dispelling, Reversing of Spells Hexes and Curses, Destruction of Evil & Negative, Habit Breaking, Grounding & Protecting, Repelling Spells.

🕯BROWN: Friendship & Balance, Intuition, Concentration, Animal & Earth Magick, Healing, Locating lost objects, Blessing of a Home.

🕯INDIGO: Balance restoring, Spell Blocking, Creating Balance, Karma.

🕯GOLD: Divination, Luck, Money, Success, Wealth, Sun Worship

[sylvandreamdesigns]

I’ll be making more Botanical wreaths for Sept. 7pm est. I’ll have a lot of Mabon inspired pieces! www.etsy.com/shop/sylvandreamdesigns

[witch-of-the-dragon-deactivated]

Domestic Garden Witch: When Eggshells Grow

So maybe you’re a college witch with limited space and money, limited to the one window in your dorm. Or, maybe you’re a witch without extensive backyard space who wants to start up a magical garden. Perhaps you’re a kitchen witch who wants the freshest herbs right at her fingertips.

For many witches, having a garden seems to be a bit of a no-brainer. After all, plants and magic go hand-in-hand. Plus, when thinking of a witch, it’s hard not to think of a cottage in the woods with a little vegetable garden out front. Unfortunately for the majority of us, our cottage in the woods is a tiny flat, and our garden out front is a windowsill with limited space.

This is when it comes time to embrace your craftiness and bring your garden indoors! Not only does it place your garden in a convenient location, it also allows you to freshen the air, recycle what would otherwise harm the earth, and embrace your witchy green thumb!

Eggshells for the Garden Witch

The kitchen witch has eggshells piling up on the counter, dried and ready to be ground up for use in protection powders. The garden witch looks at these shells and thinks, “Oh! Fertilizer!”

But if you’re limited in space and have to keep your garden limited to your windowsill, you may find yourself looking at those eggshells and saying “Oh! New pottery!” Not only is creating an eggshell planter a very green practice, but it’s also creative and makes transplanting much easier if you end up having a larger garden later on!

The Container…

Simple enough, you just need mostly intact eggshells. In the picture above, the eggshells are kept in the carton, but I’ve seen eggshells set up decoratively, such as with this picture:

The core of this post is clearly the eggshells, but you can arrange them in whatever way saves space or is aesthetically pleasing!

Carefully fill the emptied eggshell with potting soil. Make an indent in the soil with your finger, and carefully add your seedling before adding a final layer of soil and watering. If you plan on keeping the plants in the eggshells instead of transplanting, you could also carefully poke holes in the bottom of the eggshells so that your plants don’t get over-watered.

How Can I Witch This?

Eggshells alone are extremely protective, and providing your plants with that energy is beneficial. Around Ostara, use died eggshells! Not only will the shells have protective energy, but you’ll be able to use color correspondences and whatever symbols you used for the rite.

Draw symbols or runes of growth, protection, and strength on the shells in order to encourage your plant’s growth!

Bonus points is if you grow protective herbs in the eggshells!

May your harvests always be fruitful! Blessed Be! )O(

[limitedwitch]

People should stop being afraid of crows

They’re sweet, and smart, and just trying to warn you of danger. 🌿