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Just a quick heads up about the lunar eclipse happening on the 27th, if you didn’t know Western Hemisphere folk won’t actually be able to see it, buuuut there is a live stream scheduled and you can find it here: https://youtu.be/6VnsWsW9ZKI
Wandlore: Magical Properties of Trees
Alder - PRESERVING - (water) oracular magic, seership, dreamwork, preservation, concealment, bridging worlds
Apple - SINGING - (air) protection, blessing, calling, sending, opening doorways to other worlds, love, inspiration, enchantment
Ash - JOURNEYING - (earth, water) calling, direction of art and craft, moving toward a goal, healing, crossing bridges to other worlds
Beech - LEARNING - (fire) solar and positive magic, the enhancement of creativity, learning, the search for information, books, languages Birch - BEGINNING - (water) purification, discipline, spells of youth and fresh starts, creativity, procreation, birth, renewal and rebirth Blackthorn and Plum - BLOCKING - (earth) protection, faerie magic, overcoming creative barriers, persistence, patience, divining of precious metals Cedar - CLEANSING - (air) enchantment, clearing negativity, dedication of sacred space, poetry, smithcraft, healing Cherry - DESIRING - (fire) protection, conflict, sex, attraction, assertiveness, aggression, love, confidence, daring, union of opposites, root chakra, healing of injuries from conflict or loss Chestnut - PRODUCING - (water) fertility, feminine powers, motherhood, the sea, protection of waters, reflection, introspection, meditation, abundance, nurturance, cleansing, relationships, especially mother and child Ebony - DOMINATING - (earth) leadership, domination, penetrating to the core of any problem, control, sexual assertion, aggression, concealing, revealing, healing dark diseases, dragon energy, seduction Elder - REGENERATING - (earth) enchantment, healing, protection, regeneration, wealth, long life, nurturing Elm - CONTAINING - (earth) healing, fertility, growth, rebirth, destiny, wisdom, metamorphosis, endurance Hawthorn - GUARDING - (air) fertility, rebirth, renewal union, wildness, human being as animal, detects magic, counter-jinxes, warding, sending
Hazel - UNDERSTANDING - (air) female autonomy, feminine power, magic of wisdom, beauty, charm, love, navigation, summoning, attraction, creativity
Holly - PENETRATING - (fire) protection, work against evil spirits, poisons, angry elementals, and lightning; averting fear, allowing courage to emerge, dream magic and eternal life, success in business or endeavor, hunting or quests Juniper - TRANSFORMING - (earth) transformation, transition, crossing to other worlds, cloaking, revealing, letting go, yin power, shadow, meditation, seduction, binding, geas, fate Lilac - IMAGINING - (air) magic of union, attraction, cultivation of creative bliss, intellectual pursuits, imagination, information, mental power, creation of harmony, travel, illusion, detection, writing
Linden - ATTRACTING - (air) creation, transmutation, illumination, love, attraction, binding, obligation, healing wounds, enhancement of beauty, peace
Maple - CHANGING - (earth, fire) control, finding, binding, transformation, creation, ambition, passion, revolution, rebirth, poetry, beauty, harvest, healing, abundance
Oak - OPENING - (fire) leadership, wise rule, personal sovereignty, authority, power, protection, sealing or opening doors, endurance, invocation of wisdom, fertility, abundance
Poplar - FEELING - (water) emotions, feelings, sensitivity, intuition, empathy, dance, instincts
Redwood - ASPRIING - (fire) striving upward, travel to higher spheres, drawing down power from heaven to earth, religious seeking, discipline, mystical union, wild animals, wisdom
Rowan - QUICKENING - (earth) unites fire and earth elements, bridges worlds, astral vision, protection, warding off evil spirits, averts storms and lightning (sudden disaster and struggle), brings peace, growth, fertility, rebirth; supports women’s autonomy, poetry, metalwork, geomancy, work with ley lines
Spruce, also Fir and Pine - TURNING - (water) battling evil, astral flight, cleansing, purification, creation, potion-making, witches brooms, transformation, shape shifting, wisdom
Walnut - ILLUMINATING - (air, fire) wind and weather magic, expansion, vortices, enhancement of the powers of breath, spells to conjure or avert lightning, hurricanes, or cyclones; teleportation, astral travel, knowledge, wisdom
Willow - WEAVING - (water) dowsing, divination, seership, rain-making, funerary rites, love, easing childbirth, fertility, healing, glamour, bewitchment, concealment, secrecy, germination, herb-magic, potion-making, melody and combination Yew - REMEMBERING - (air, earth) death, grieving, travel between worlds, ancestors, trance, seership, divination, healing, transformation, knowledge, eloquence, persuasion, mediumism, necromancy
Sources and further reading: Wandlore: The Art of Craft the Ultimate Magical Tool by Alferian Gwydion MacLir The Witch’s Wand: The Craft, Lore, and Magick of Wands & Staffs by Alferian Gwydion MacLir
Herbal Tea Magic 🍃✨
there are plenty of ways to work to work a little magic into your day without doing a full on ritual, and your daily (hourly?) tea is one of them! here’s just a couple of suggestions with herbal correspondences.
mint - for exorcism, healing, love, lust, protection, and wealth
peppermint - for healing, love, psychic abilities, and purification.
spearmint - for healing and love.
ginger - for beauty, love, power, success, and wealth.
fennel - for healing, protection, and purification.
licorice - for fidelity, love, and lust.
cinnamon - for divination, fortune, healing, power, prosperity, protection, psychic abilities, spirituality, wealth, and wisdom.
nettle - for exorcism, healing, lust, and protection.
vanilla - for happiness, love, and lust.
anise - for, lust, protection, sleep, blessings, youth.
lemon balm - for healing, compassion, endings, fertility, happiness, healing, love, mental, psychic, success,and youth.
rosemary - for exorcism, healing, love, lust, protection, and purification.
sage - for protection, cleansing, and wisdom.
thyme - for courage, healing, love, psychic abilities, and purification.
there are various blends or herbals teas, as well as with fruits and flowers, though often herbs can be steeped by themselves. what is known as chai tea, is traditional black tea mixed with cardamom, cinnamon and black pepper.
floral tea magic ✨ fruit tea magic ✨ general tea magic
☕ coffee magic ☕
(reposting bc i deleted the original post, whoops)
a compiled list of easy correspondences for witchcraft on the run! or, to start your mornings with a simple potion, ingredients/flavors you can add to your coffee to have a magic start to your day
🌾 sugar
love and attraction, positive attention
🍼 cream
nurturing, prosperity, and protection
🍬 caramel
love, kindness, domestic works
🍃 cinnamon
divination, fortune, healing, power, prosperity, protection, psychic abilities, spirituality, wealth, and wisdom.
🌰 almonds
prosperity, wealth, and wisdom
🎃 pumpkins
banishment, divination, healing, prosperity, and protection
🍇 blueberry
protection
🍫 chocolate
love, lust, health, prosperity and money
🌾 vanilla
happiness, love, and lust
🌰 hazelnut
fertility, protection against evil, creativity, intuition, and psychic abilities
🍇 raspberry
love and protection
🌛🌕Full Moons of the Year🌕🌜
the full moons of the year have a variety of names and were originally used to track the seasons and year, often used by farmers for planting/harvesting reference. each full moon may have various different names, the names used are the most common ones currently.
🐺 WOLF MOON - full moon of january. influences spells that strengthen and renew you, self care, prosperity and healing spells, as well as spirit work.
❄️️ SNOW MOON - full moon of february. influences family related magic, domestic magic, spells that benefit others, and psychic abilities
🐛 WORM MOON - full moon of march. influences preparation, planning, and time-intensive rituals, prosperity and healing magic, and tech witchcraft
🌸 PINK MOON - full moon of april. influences spells that encourage growth, green witchcraft, potential, new beginnings, and working on relationships.
💐 FLOWER MOON - full moon of may. influences commitments, strengthend foundations, green/herbal witchcraft, spirituality and working with spirits.
🍓 STRAWBERRY MOON - full moon of june. influences love spells, friendship spells, magic that instigates changes and introspection, and travel magic.
🌩️ THUNDER MOON - full moon of july. influences grounding and cleansing, magic that works with higher powers, and storm/rain witchcraft.
🐟 STURGEON MOON - full moon of august. influences magic that gives back to others, magic that deals with emotionality, sea, river, and water witchcraft.
🍎 HARVEST MOON - full moon of september. influences kitchen witchcraft completion, harvesting collecting debts, some interpret to be cursing.
🏹 HUNTER’S MOON - full moon of october. influences money, home, and protection spells, the search for guides and spirit work, astral traveling.
🐀 BEAVER MOON - full moon of november. influences home and hearth, and preparation for the winter, cosmic/celestial witchcraft, astrology, revealings
❄️️ COLD MOON - full moon of december. influences protection spells, self care spells, renewal and prosperity spells, ending and casting curses.
🌛 BLUE MOON - happens usually 1-2 times a year. it is the second full moon in one month because the 12 full moons do not divide evenly over the year, the month it happens in changes. for magic that encourages wisdom, healing, logic, and studying,
Visualization Exercises
Simple Visualization Exercises by visardistofelphame
Simple Visualization Exercises by gardenofthequeen
Having Trouble Visualizing? by witchantheia
Sensing Energy Exercise by thedruidsteaparty
Energy Balls and Programming Energy by snwitch
Energy Manipulation: Aura Shaping by stsathyre
Energy Work: Energy Ball by ofcloudsandstars
Energy Work - Energy Cannonball by windvexer via paganprescott
Energy Work: Introduction to Fields Exercise by altarsmoke
The Fluffy Pillar and the Spheres by windvexer via nightshadeandroses
Energy Practice by happydizy
Visualization Exercise: Energy Trees by sigil-seer
Maneuvering Around Negativity: a Visualization Exercise by saltwaterwitchery
Building Galaxies by crankywarlock
Psi Ball Exercise by dovewithscales
Visualization by rowan-witch
Things to Research as a Beginner Witch
• The history of witchcraft • Famous witches, if you’d like • Types of witches • Types of magick (white magick, chaos magick, etc) • Types of spells (curses, hexes, etc) • Types of divination (tarot, scrying, etc) • Talismans vs Sigils (and what each are) • Seals • Maybe some alphabets if that’s your thing • Some witchy symbols • Deities (For pagan witches) • Let it spread from there!
Candomble festival on the beach
Location: Salvador, Brazil
Photographer: Anne Menke
🌊•child of yemoja, covered or not•🌊
🔥Kawo kabiesi oooo🔥
☀️🔮✨Putting things in one place: PathLessPagan Masterpost
About me/My musings
Morning meditation with Aset/Isis
Prosperity chant for the New Moon in Sagittarius
Lakshmi approaches…
Labels…
Aphrodite Melainis Reflection: on the pain in love and perverted beauty
Dating Advice from a Diviner
Practice without purpose is hollow
Pulling clarification cards…
Confession: the term “baby witch” irks the shit outta me…
Shadow work musings or Mercury Retrograde ~ August 2016
Do your spells work?
Birthday confession
Confession: witch “typing”
I have a thing for scorpions…
I am a living spell…
Thanking my ancestors…
New Moon in Scorpio Purge
Contemplating Diasporic Cultural Exchange in Healing Methods
Rose quartz dream magick reflection
Crystal Pouches
Angel Communication Crystal Pouch
Celestial Witch Crystal Pouch
New Moon in Pisces Dream Crystal Pouch
Spells/Curses
“Golden Opportunity” Spell Jar Update
New Moon in Sagittarius “Golden Opportunity Spell Jar for Prosperity
Banishment Ritual
Fire Spell to Release Low Vibration Energies (Emotions)
New Moon in Aries Love/Attraction spell
Love/Attraction Spell Update and Reflection
New Moon in Leo New Job Spell Bottle
“Begin Again” Spell to Reconnect
Scorpion Self-Shedding Spell
Birthday Blessings ritual
Seven Scorpions of Isis Curse
Soul Mate Spell Bottle
Feeding my Soul Mate Spell Bottle
Soul Mate Spell Bottle 1 Month Update
Working with Mars
Soul Mate Spell Bottle Update: a month and a half
New Moon in Scorpio Self-Shedding Experience
Altars
Devotional bowl for Aphrodite
New addition to Aphrodite devotion
New Kemetic Shrine for Aset and others
Oshun meditation
Yemoja altar
New Moon altar for Yemoja and Aset/Isis
Birthday altar ~ 2015
Summer solstice altar for Oshun
Summer altar for my mothers ~ 2015
Esu, King of the crossroads
My Aesthetics/Collages
Rudimentary Lakshmi aesthetic
Aphrodite aesthetic
My patron planet, Pluto aesthetic
Lion totem personal aesthetic
Crystal Aura & Angel Communication Collage
Bee Magick/Bee Witch personal aesthetic
Orisha aesthetics:
Yemoja Oshun Sango Ogun Oya Obatala
Kemetic aesthetics:
Serqet Isis
Updated 12/9/16
Thanking my ancestors for their blessings like...
Exactly! This is why I love Mulan!
The POWER of the African Spirits is boundless, and continues to help those of African ancestry!
Orisha Rulers of the Zodiac
An Orisha is a spirit that reflects one of the manifestations of God. Being four hundred and one of them in total, each playing a role within the Yoruba pantheon, twelve of them can be equated to the twelve signs of the Zodiac along with their respective houses. The following is a brief summary of each Zodiac House along with the Orisha that is associated with it.
The first house of the Zodiac is the home of the Ascendant, and symbolises the acting self and how your personality appears to others. The ruling planet of this house is Mars, which is also the Roman God of war, making Ogun the warrior god the Orisha equivalent. Like Aries, Ogun possesses assertive and aggressive characteristics, and is the patron deity of soldiers, police officers, surgeons, railroad workers, welders, body builders, or anyone employed to work with iron and steel. Like the blacksmith who molds his creations to perfection, the first house deals with molding the inner and outward Self and realizing your highest potential. Taurus is the ruling sign of the second house, which is said to be the house of possessions. This should not only be understood as material possessions but also as traits and characteristics that we value about ourselves. The ruling planet Venus is also the Roman goddess of love, whose Orisha equivalent is Oshun. Oshun is the goddess of fresh water (as opposed to the salty, ocean waters of the goddess Yemoja), sensuality, prosperity, love, and fertility. Oshun is presented as a beautiful young woman who is widely loved for providing protection and needs for the poor and healing the sick. The third house is ruled by the cosmic twins Ibeji, the Orisha equivalent of Gemini. This house deals with communication and the way you think and operate mentally. An emphasis is put on siblings within this house which is properly represented by the twins, along with short journeys and writings. Ibeji also represents duality and balance; the yin and the yang found within all life. Though presented as twins, Ibeji is actually one Orisha. To the Yoruba people, twins are considered sacred and are said to be one soul inhabiting two bodies, linked together by destiny for life. The fourth house of the Zodiac is ruled by Cancer and deals with issues surrounding the home life. Cancer is known for being maternal, protective, nurturing, and instinctive, qualities shared by the Orisha Yemoja, the goddess of the ocean and mother of all the Orisha. She is the patron spirit of women, especially pregnant women, whose name is a contraction of the Yoruba words “Yeye omo eja” which means “Mother whose children are like fish”, representing the vastness of her motherhood. Her ebb and flow of the tides of the ocean are a result of the moon which is the ruling “planet” of the fourth house. The fifth house of the Zodiac is the house of creativity and pleasure, ruled by the sign Leo. This house deals with gaining pleasure through acts of creation, artistically and even procreation i.e. the creation of offspring. The Sun, the ruling “planet” of the fifth house, is a symbol of creative energy, illumination, and knowledge, all of which the Orisha of wisdom, knowledge, and divination Orunmila reflects. It is Orunmila’s duty to record the destiny of individuals at the moment the breath of life is given to them by Yoruba creator Olodumare, who creates because it brings Them pleasure to do so. The Orisha Eshu is the ruler of the sixth house, the equivalent to the sign Virgo. Health, work, and service are central to the sixth house, which is ruled by the planet Mercury, the messenger of the gods within the Roman pantheon. Eshu is the Orisha that stands at the crossroads between the physical world and the spirit world, whose duty is to be the intermediary between man and the Orisha. Therefore, when one wishes to call upon the Orisha, he or she first gets permission from Eshu. This is symbolic of clearing and preparing the mind to receive whatever message the Orisha have for you. Oba is the Orisha of marriage and personal transformation, making her fit to be the ruler of the seventh house, the house of partnership. Oba was the first wife of Shango who tended to his castle and everything that he requested, making her the ideal wife before being tricked by her sister Oya into trying to ensnare Shango with witchcraft. After this betrayal she fled to the cemetery in which she went through a transformational journey into her true power. This house is about expediating our life’s purpose through partnerships, whether that partnership be marriage, business relations, contracts, and/or treaties. Through these partnerships we learn a great deal about ourselves, transforming and enhancing our lives, making them fuller and bringing us balance on the scales of Libra. Oya, the goddess of winds and storms, is the equivalent to Scorpio and is the ruler of the eighth house which is the house of transformation, regeneration, death, sex, and rebirth. She is the powerful force in nature that can change the face of the Earth, embodying the tornadoes and twisters that uproot trees and houses with her destructive winds. This powerful Orisha is also responsible for carrying the spirits of the newly departed to the spirit world. The ninth house is the house of philosophy and is ruled by the philosopher Sagittarius and the planet Jupiter, the king of the gods within the Roman pantheon. Obatala, the father of all the Orisha, would therefore be the Orisha ruler of this house. Obatala is said to be the Orisha of purity and was sent by the Supreme Being Olodumare at the beginning of time to form the Earth along with construct the bodies of humans. Obatala completed his construction of the bodies he created by adding heads to them, therefore becoming known as the owner of heads. The head is symbolic of intelligence, higher education, and deeper understanding, all which the ninth house represents. The tenth house is the house of public life and social status, being ruled by Capricorn and the planet Saturn. The aspects within this house deal with how you manifest your individual role within society and your work place, along with the energies and challenges you’ll face meeting your career goals. The Yoruba associate the planet Saturn with Babalú-Ayé, the Orisha of disease and healing. Also known as the “Wrath of the supreme god”, Babalú-Ayé’s job is to punish individuals for their transgressions, but also to heal epidemics like small pox. The house of friends and membership, the eleventh house of the Zodiac is ruled by the planet Uranus and the sign Aquarius. Aquarius is associated with rapid social change, upheaval, and rebellion, traits that all reflect Shango, the warrior Orisha of thunder, lightning, and fire. Once a living king on Earth, Shango is known for working miracles after his death, elevating him to the status of Orisha. Shango is also the brother of Babalú-Ayé, the Orisha ruler of the tenth house. The work in society represented within the tenth house is expressed through the individual in the activities associated with the eleventh house, the planets and energies indicating how group associations and friendships will operate in your life. The twelfth house of the Zodiac is ruled by Pisces whose Orisha equivalent is Olokun, the god of the ocean floor. This house is associated with self undoing and confinement, which is reflected in Olokun being chained to the ocean floor by seven chains. As this house deals with the unconscious and things beyond the physical plane, Olokun’s aspects are expressed within the astral, the subconscious, and altered states of consciousness that is experienced during meditation, initiation, and spirit possession. Deep and mysterious is this house of the Zodiac, just like the bottom of the ocean; an old Yoruba proverb says that nobody knows what lies on the ocean floor. Olokun is said to be the owner of the Mysteries, and sparks within our being the genius that activates our super subconscious. Peace, Love, & Balance
The DRUMS Facilitate the calling of the spirits!
⚡ How to Charge Objects ⚡
⚡ In witchcraft we talk about energy a lot, especially in the context of “charging” objects, or filling them with energy, whether personal or external, as the moving force behind magic and spells.
⚡ Old energy becomes stagnant and bleh. Kinda like old food in the fridge. You gotta clean that out of it, so it doesn’t make the new good you put in “stink” too. So cleanse first before you charge!
⚡ Think of it like batteries! Things lose their charges, and then they kinda feel useless. So you gotta plug it back in to its metaphysical roots.
⚡ there are many ways to charge objects: ⚡
moonlight
sea water
moon water
sunlight
fire
wind
soil
planetary influence
electricity
and many more! almost anything you can come up with
⚡ You can even charge one object with another, like charging a coffee cup with a crystal before breakfast. The magical energy stored in the crystal will transfer to the coffee, and then you have charmed and charged your drink!
⚡ When new energy is introduced to an object with correspondences, and it sits in there, it takes on those new properties of itself and
Regular water (no corres) + sunlight = sun water, water that has taken on the magical properties of the sun.
Amethyst (healing) + moonlight = boosts the existing healing properties of the amethyst, and has moons magical properties too
⚡ You can charge almost any object, with anything that has an energy.
Title: The Suns Strength
Afro/Black Witch Moodboard.
