the sailor's daughter

southern sea witch with a stormy soul (bet you can't say that three times fast) | christopagan | celtic & german roots | university student - history and anthropology | pisces sun | cap moon | taurus rising

[tealeaftarot]

“you can’t hurt me” - a spell to banish abusers

You need:

candle (black or white) and matches/lighter

paper

marker/pen with black ink

Act:

write the full name of the abuser on a piece of paper

surround their name with examples of what they’ve done to hurt you and/or others

say this as you burn the paper with the accusations written on it: “As this paper burns away, so does your ability to hurt others. As it disappears from my life, so do you.”

Dispose of the ashes

[mehrunes-razor]

Banishing Water

I recently had to deal with a malevolent house spirit in my new home (I believe it was a Sluagh), so I used this water to expel it from the area.

Ingredients:

Tap water (it can be any kind of water, but tap is especially good)

Salt 

Black Pepper 

Honey (the honey is meant to keep benevolent spirits safe from the water)

A small branch from the nearest tree to your back door

Directions:

Add the water, salt, pepper, and honey to a container, and stir counterclockwise using the small branch.

Walk through your house with the container of water, and use the branch to brush the walls and doorways (especially the doorways) with the water.

Finish by brushing water on the front door and any other exits besides the back, then exit through the back door and pour the water on the ground in a semicircle.

Done!

Hopefully this was easy to understand. Feel free to change any steps to your own personal ways of doing things. <3

[sapphic-witches]

Binding Jar Spell

As requested by anon. Designed to keep abusers away You’ll need: -jar -sigil of your own design -black salt (banishing) -black candles (banishing) -thread or ribbon -representation (picture, poppet, their full name) of abusers. Light your candles, set your intent. If you work with any deities, don’t be afraid to ask them for help. Say/think about what the abuser has been doing. Take the representation and tie the string around it, binding it completely. Place it in the jar. Fill the jar to the brim with black salt. As your doing this say “The harm you’ve done must end Never dare to come around again No more fists raised in rage No more words spat in hate Stay away Stay away Stay away” Close the jar Write your sigil on the lid Seal and cover said jar with the black candle wax Keep it hidden away in a dark place

[thesilvergrimoire]

Binding Spell

Use this binding spell on a person if they are causing you harm (psychical or mental harm)

Needed: 

A square piece of paper

A black candle

A black pen

Write the name of the person who you are binding on the paper. While visualizing them, draw a witches knot over their name. Fold the paper three times and seal it with the black wax. As the wax drips, say:

“To be protected from you

this magick charm I will do

With these words I bind thee

For you to leave me be

To be protected from your harm

I now seal this charm”

Focus on the person and visualize them as clearly as you can while the wax dries and the candle burns. Keep the paper in a safe place, and if the person starts to bother you again get it out and charge it again.

If you ever wish to release them from your bind, burn the paper.

[seeingstarsindaylight]

To Banish and Bind - Curse Jar for Abusers

✨DISCLAIMER - cursing and dark magic is always a controversial topic. If you do not like to practise or read about such things then feel free to ignore this post altogether HOWEVER - I ask that whatever your personal opinion on the matter, you respect the right of each individual to ply their craft according to their OWN morals and not yours ✨

✨This Spell Jar has a threefold purpose - to Bind, to Banish and, if triggered, to Curse✨The spell is designed to lay a powerful compulsion on the target, making them wary and fearful of approaching you✨If they attempt to do so regardless, the Curse will activate and rebound their ill intentions back onto them, sowing bitterness and misfortune through their life✨

THIS IS NOT A HEX, IT IS A CURSE - such spells are designed to be permenant and difficult to break - think very carefully about laying curses on others and decide if the wrongs they have done you truly warrant such a response from you

Although this is a curse, it is generally intended to give those who have been abused and feel afraid or vulnerable an means of defending themselves and exacting a level of justice against their abusers

Ingredients & Tools

A small glass jar with a cork

A taglock (hair, blood, name on paper, object belonging to the target etc)

Rock salt

Chilli

Lemon juice

Onion

Garlic

Black ink

Pen

A red candle

Black cord/yarn

Any crystals or equipment you require to ward and protect yourself (VERY important)

Preparation

✨Cleanse my work area and create a circular shield to protect yourself and your home whilst you work (you may choose to ward yourself)

✨To bolster an energetic shield, mark out a physical circle using yarn (black for protection and banishment) and seal it with a crystal if you have one (you may also choose to use protective sigils for an additional boost)

✨Light the red candle and wrote the name of the abuser on a small slip of paper, wrapping it around a small object of theirs to create your taglock (ignore this if you are using a different kind of taglock - just the name on the paper will work if you have none of their possessions)

✨Fill the jar in this order, focusing on your intention

Rock salt - for protection

Garlic - for banishment

Chilli - for banishment and suffering

Onion - for banishment and sorrow

✨Coat the taglock in wax from the red candle and add it to the jar - mix it all by shaking the jar

✨ Add the lemon juice (for bitterness and suffering) and a drop of the black ink (to bring darkness to their life) and mix again

✨Cork the jar and seal it with the red wax, then bind it with the black cord and seal with more wax

✨It is up to you what you now do with the jar -hide it, bury it or throw it away - but it is advisable to make sure it won’t be found or broken as this could have unexpected and likely unpleasant results✨

Important!

✨Once you have completed your jar it is ESSENTIAL that you cleanse both yourself and your space to remove the residue left by powerful dark magic✨ Use sage, remove or sigils and cleanse your energy, but it is advisable to perform a more thorough and powerful cleansing than you might for a gentler and more positive spell✨

[il-memento-mori]

Binding Spell--Emotional Wellness

Supplies

Fireproof dish

Clear Quartz

Rhodonite crystal

Pink Salt

Lavender buds and essential oil

Tea light (can be infused with lavender)

Pink thread

Directions

Place the rhodonite crystal in the dish and cover with the pink salt

Pile lavender buds in the middle of the salt and burn to ash. Mix the ash into the salt clockwise, breathing in the aroma.

Place tea light in the middle of the dish and form a grid.

Recite:

“From the salt, I call upon the earth/From the moon, I call upon the water/From this candle, I call upon the fire/From the smoke, I call upon the air.”

Light the candle

Recite:

With the elements, I bind to myself: _______”

As you tie each knot, name an emotional change you want to make in yourself

Place the string around the candle in the salt and mediate on your intent. 

When finished tie the string around your wrist or ankle and dispose of the salt as you see fit. 

Considerations

Time your work with the phases of the moons. Because this is binding magic, aim for a waxing or full moon.

Consider using a sigil and burn it over everything after you finish your recitations and before you extinguish the candle.

[fadingdeerpatrol]

Take a dollar. Write an attainable amount of money that you need on it. Fold it up and put it in your left pocket. Light a green candle and let it burn until it blows out on it’s own. While lighting the candle, say “I have everything I need. The universe provides for me.”

[returntoeden]

manifestation tip: manifesting is kind of like playing a video game, it happens in levels. if you’re manifesting from level one, you’re not going to magically jump to level 50. want to manifest your future spouse? start by manifesting a date. trying to make a six figure income? start by manifesting your first five figure month. start small, move through each level, and then you’ll win the game! ✨ ✨

[inionmairnealach]

hello ok im going to try this again because the third time’s the charm right? I need witchy friends! my inbox is pretty full right now, so im going to be going through that over the next few days!! if you’re also a witch looking for other witch friends, please shoot me a message and let’s chat!! 

[spiritroots]

Spirit Work Terminology

Metawork Terminology Series: [ Energy Work ] [ Astral Work ]

These definitions are not put forward as the only possible meanings, they are simply based on my own experiences and personal definitions. Like my other two posts, there are no citations because these definitions are based on my own experiences and may or may not describe the experiences of others.

BASIC SPIRIT TYPES & CLASSES

Spirit - An organized cluster of energy with at least some level of sentience that has an energy body and in most cases also an astral body. Spirits generally do not inhabit physical bodies unless they are possessing an entity with a physical body, are attached to a vessel, or are reborn as a spirit incarnate.

Vessel - A physical container that helps a spirit manifest on the physical plane.

Spirit incarnate - Any living being with a physical body (usually a human being) whose energy and astral bodies would be classified as a non-human spirit. This most frequently occurs as the result of a non-human spirit being reincarnated as a human, which is how the spirit became incarnated in a physical body.

Spirit species - A variety of spirits who all share many common traits in their general appearance, energy signatures, and other features. Spirits of the same species will generally be able to produce offspring that carry most of the same traits as their parent(s).

Class of spirit species - A broad grouping of many spirit species that are interrelated in terms of their energies and morphological features. They may also possibly share cultural, linguistic, political, regional, and other commonalities.

Deities - A class of spirits who are powerful beyond the scope of most other spirits and who have control over forces in a specific area or the entire universe on a macro scale. (friendly reminder: these are all my personal definitions, not universal ones)

Nature spirits - A very broad class of spirit species that relate to the forces of nature. I consider plant spirits, tree spirits, fae spirits, land spirits, and many elemental spirits to all be types of nature spirits.

Fae (faeries) - The faefolk are a sub-class of nature spirits. The many different fae species have a wide diversity of outward appearances, but they are all distinguishable by the common aspects of their energy signatures that every fae species shares. Fae energy is a specific combination of nature and pure magic energy. Some live on Earth’s physical plane while others reside in any of the many different fae realms across numerous astral planes.

Land spirits - A sub-class of nature spirits who are very closely associated with a certain territory and primarily live to protect that land.

Night spirits - A class of spirit species that are aligned with the nighttime. They are often classed as “demons,” but many are actually just various species of nature spirits. Usually but not always quite dangerous.

Parasite - A class of spirit species who are energy feeders and prey on certain entities as their hosts. Often warded and protected against.

Human spirits (ghosts) - The deceased spirit of a human being. All human spirits are a part of one single spirit species.

Ancestral spirits - A class of spirits who are the ancestors of an entity either from that entity’s current lifetime or across other lives. Typically, the terms “ancestral spirits” and “ancestors” refer to a person’s human ancestors from their current lifetime.

Twin flames - Two entities with energy signatures that are identical, almost identical, or so interrelated in some fashion that they clearly are two halves of a whole. Twin flames being reborn during the same lifetime seems to be rare.

SPIRIT WORK

Metawork - The practice and discipline of the three highly interrelated fields of energy work, spirit work, and astral work.

Spirit work - The practice and discipline of sensing, interacting with, or commanding spirits. A sub-field of metawork. This is not necessarily a type of witchcraft, but can be referred to as witchcraft when spirit work is incorporated into someone’s witchcraft practice. Closely associated with hedge craft. Many other types of magical traditions that are not forms of witchcraft also include spirit work.

Ancestor work - The practice and discipline of working with ancestral spirits. A sub-field of spirit work.

Conjuring - The act of bringing a spirit to a specific location. Conjuring encompasses a wide variety of different methods which can range from voluntary such as using a beacon of energy to request a spirit’s presence to involuntary which magically force a spirit to manifest at the target location.

Banishing - The act of sending a spirit away from a certain area (the opposite of conjuring). Banishing techniques can be voluntary such as communicating or negotiating with a spirit for them to leave or involuntary when magical methods are used to forcefully remove the spirit against their will.

Binding - The act of using magical means to control a spirit’s behavior in some way. Binding is frequently used to ensure that a spirit remains connected to a vessel, but it can also be used to keep a spirit in a general location or prevent them from transgressing certain predetermined rules. It not uncommon for binding to be completely consensual between spirits and spirit workers.

Possession -  When a spirit inhabits and/or takes control over a physical body that is usually controlled and inhabited by someone else. To some, this term implies that a spirit with harmful intentions has forced control over a human being, but in many religions, spirit possession is welcomed and invited. Whether or not being possessed by a spirit is a negative thing usually depends a lot on the specific context and the spirit involved.

Spirit adoption (reverse adoption) - When a spirit wishes to become a spirit companion or live and work with a spirit worker and voluntarily chooses to do so. Adoptions are often facilitated by a spirit adoption center or shop.

SPIRIT ROLES

Spirit spouse - A term usually used to describe a human spirit worker’s spouse who is a spirit or a deity.

Spirit companion - Any spirit and spirit worker who have established some kind of meaningful relationship and who wish to use this term to describe that relationship.

Spirit guardian - A spirit who has taken on the role of protecting something or someone. I typically use this term as a generic way of describing a spirit who spends a lot of time and energy looking after a person or another spirit. It is not uncommon for people to have spirit guardian(s), and sometimes a spirit companion may also wish to act as as a guardian.

Thoughtform - Any spirit who was created by a spirit worker through magical means (whether purposefully or accidentally). “Tulpamancy” comes from the Tibetan word tulpa that relates to practices within Vajrayana Buddhism, so this is not a secular spirit work term that is appropriate for general use.

If any of these definitions resonate with you, feel free to use them but if quoting me or reposting somewhere, please attribute credit back to me. Thanks!

[ed-longshanks]

important psa

[soundlessdragon]

Awh, I always thought they were so pretty and had no idea they could be harmful

[christianmarvel]

Can someone transcribe this? The water is really loud.

[petit-bon-homme]

“Hey everybody! Here we are in the southern Appalachian mountains. We have a pristine Montane stream ecosystem, as you can see all around us here. I thought I’d make an educational video this morning. It involves this practice right here [gestures to rock pile]. As our national parks and national forests fall victim to human pressure, more than ever, this is something we’re seeing more and more of. Hopefully we can make this video go viral. This stream, as you can see around us right here, is a breeding ground for North America’s largest salamander, the Eastern hellbender. They can get up to 2.5-3 feet long. It’s part of our natural heritage in the eastern United States. When people do this right here - what they consider to be art - they’re actually destroying the breeding ground for the Eastern hellbender salamander. The Eastern hellbender will use flat rocks such as these to make nesting sites in these streams. So here’s what I would like everybody to do. If you care about our Montane stream freshwater ecosystems like this one around us here, when you see something like this, this is what I recommend doing: [kicks down rock pile]. Take the rocks, throw them back into the stream. The Eastern hellbender utilizes rocks like this. It actually feels pretty good to do this! [walks to other pile] This is not actually art, okay? This is destruction of our freshwater ecosystems. So I would like to encourage everyone: when you see this [gestures to second rock pile], do this! [kicks pile] I’d like to return our streams to their natural state for the organisms that live here. Thanks, and have a good day.”

[cassiefisherdrake]

PSA from a forest ranger who is instructed to knock these down:

Not only are they harmful for river/stream habits, they can cause hikers to get lost! Cairns are meant to represent the correct path for a trail. We’ve had hikers get lost by following incorrect paths marked by cairns people set up “for fun/art.” Not only do we want hikers to get lost, we want them to stay on the correct path for erosion control and ecosystem protection. Cairn-building “for fun/art” has gained a lot of popularity in recent years, so we keep finding more and more to knock over.

If you want to set up a cairn “for fun/art,” do it in a dry, very rocky area. Don’t take rocks from rivers or streams! But when it’s a bedrock site and there’s lots of rocks sitting around? Sure, fine, whatever. But please please PLEASE knock them down after! Don’t be the reason we have to deploy Search & Rescue for a lost hiker!

[samwisethewitch]

Divination Basics

From the Roman priest reading auguries to interpret the will of the gods to the modern fortune teller reading with a deck of playing cards, divination has been a part of human spirituality for thousands of years. Today, divination is an important part of many witches’ practices, and can be an important tool for self-reflection and analysis.

Merriam-Webster defines divination as, “the art or practice that seeks to foresee or foretell future events or discover hidden knowledge usually by the interpretation of omens or by the aid of supernatural powers.” Divination can be used for many things, not just to predict the future. It can be used to understand the past, identify patterns at work in your present, or as a tool for working through trauma.

In the book You Are Magical, author Tess Whitehurst describes divination as, “a way of bypassing your linear, thinking mind and accessing the current of divine wisdom and your own inner knowing.” As I’ve discussed in a previous post, all of us are receiving psychic information all the time, though many of us don’t realize it. Divination tools like tarot cards or rune stones act as triggers to help kickstart our natural psychic gifts.

Divination relies on the use of our intuition. Intuition is defined my Merriam-Webster as, “the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference.” These are the things you know without needing to be told. Another way of thinking of it is this: your intuition is the way you interpret the information you receive through your psychic senses.

The most important thing to remember when doing divination is that the tool you are using isn’t giving you information — it’s simply helping you to access information you already know. The revelations come from you, not from the cards or whatever other tool you may be using.

When using divination to foresee the future, it’s important to remember that the future is never set in stone. These tools can only show you the most likely outcome based on your current direction.

Beginner-Friendly Divination Tools

These are the divination methods I would recommend for beginners. For one thing, most of these systems are fairly easy to learn and use. For another, these are some of the most popular divination methods among modern witches, so it’s easy to find information about them and/or talk to other practitioners about their experience.

As you’ll see, each divination method has its own strengths and weaknesses, so you may choose to learn several methods that you can combine to get stronger readings. Or you may find that you can get all the information you need from a single method, which is also okay.

Tarot. This is my personal favorite divination method, but it’s also the one with the most misconceptions surrounding it. Tarot cards do not open a portal to the spirit world, and they probably didn’t originate in Ancient Egypt. In fact, evidence suggests that the tarot comes from a medieval Italian card game called Tarocchi, although the modern tarot deck as we know it didn’t come around until the 20th century. Tarot cards are not any more or less supernatural than ordinary playing cards. (Which, incidentally, can also be used for divination.)

Tarot makes use of archetypes, and many readers interpret the cards as a map of an archetypal spiritual journey. For this reason, tarot cards are especially useful for identifying the underlying patterns and hidden influences in any given situation.

Most tarot decks follow the same set of basic symbolism. Unfortunately, this does mean that new readers will need to study the accepted meanings. This isn’t to say that your readings will always match up 100% with the standard meanings of the cards — you may receive intuitive messages that deviate from tradition. Still, it’s helpful to know a little of the history and traditional symbolism behind this powerful divination tool. The good news is that, since most decks use similar symbolism, once you learn the traditional meanings you can successfully read with almost any tarot deck.

I’m planning to post a more in-depth introduction to tarot very soon, but in the meantime, if you want to learn this divination method I recommend starting with the book Tarot For Beginners by Lisa Chamberlain and/or with the website Biddy Tarot.

Oracle Cards. Oracle cards have been rapidly gaining popularity in the witchcraft and New Age communities in the last few years, and it’s easy to see why. One major appeal of oracle cards is how diverse they are — there are countless different oracle decks out there, each with its own theme and symbolism. Another big plus is how beginner-friendly they are; Oracle cards are usually read intuitively, so most decks won’t require you to learn a complex system of symbolism. (Of course, the fact that every oracle deck uses different symbolism can be frustrating for some readers, because they have to learn a new set of symbols for every deck.)

Some readers (myself included) also find that oracle cards usually give more surface level information. Tess Whitehurst says that, “While oracle cards can help us answer the questions ‘What direction should I take?’ and ‘What is the lesson here?’ tarot cards are more suited to helping us answer the questions ‘What is going on?’ and ‘What is the underlying pattern at work here?‘” For this reason, many readers choose to use tarot and oracle cards together to get a more well-rounded look at the situation.

Another common complaint about oracle cards is that many decks are overwhelmingly positive and shy away from dark themes or imagery, which creates an imbalanced reading experience. I think this is best summed up by one Amazon review for the Work Your Light Oracle, which says: “Basically, this is very much a deck for Nice White Ladies™ who like crystals and candles but aren’t ‘super into all that witchy stuff.'”

There ARE oracle decks out there that address darker themes, but many of the most popular decks on the market are overwhelmingly positive. That’s not necessarily a bad thing. Sometimes a little positive encouragement is more helpful than brutal honesty. However, too much focus on the positive can lead you to ignore your problems, which only makes things worse in the long run. For this reason, finding balanced decks is important — if you’re going to use a very shiny happy deck, my advice would be to alternate it with more grounded decks, or with a deck specifically designed for shadow work.

That being said, oracle cards are a great divination tool if you can find a good deck, especially for beginners who are intimidated by more structured systems like tarot and the runes. If you’re interested in working with oracle cards, the best way to start is to find a deck that 1.) you feel a strong attraction to, and 2.) has a good guidebook. (My favorite oracle deck is the Halloween Oracle by Stacey Demarco, which I use for readings all year.)

Runes. The Elder Futhark alphabet is a runic alphabet that originated in ancient Scandinavia around 200 AD. While this was an actual writing system, it also had magical and mythological associations in the cultures that originally used it. While using the runes for divination is a modern practice, it is based on the historical sense of magic surrounding these symbols.

Like tarot, the runes have a traditional set of meanings. However, because there are only twenty-four runes, there aren’t as many meanings to learn as there are with tarot. Some rune sets also contain a blank stone, which has its own special meaning. I have personally found the runes to be a great source of wisdom and insight, although they do tend towards “big picture” messages rather than small details.

However, there is one major stain on the runes’ history; they were studied and used by Nazi occultists before and during World War II. Like many symbols associated with historical Germanic paganism, the runes were appropriated as part of Nazi propaganda — for example, the Sowilo rune was incorporated into the SS logo. This isn’t to say that you can’t reclaim the Elder Futhark alphabet, but I do think it’s important to know the history going in. Because of their association with Nazism, it’s best to avoid wearing or publicly displaying the runes.

There are other ancient alphabets that are used for divination, like the Anglo-Saxon runes or the Irish Ogham, but the Elder Futhark is the most popular.

If you’re interested in learning divination with runes, I recommend the book Pagan Portals: Runes by Kylie Holmes.

Pendulums. Pendulums are interesting because, unlike tarot, oracle cards, and runes, they can be used to answer yes or no questions. For this reason, many readers use pendulums to get clarification on readings they’ve done with other divination methods, but you can also use pendulums on their own.

A pendulum is any small, weighted object hanging from a chain or string. You can buy a pendulum made specifically for divination from a metaphysical shop or an Etsy seller, but you can just as easily use something you already have: a necklace, your housekey, or a small rock or crystal tied to a string.

Pendulums may be the easiest divination method to learn. The only thing you need to do to learn how to interpret a pendulum is ask it what its “yes” and “no” motions look like. To do this, simply hold your pendulum in your hands and focus on your connection to it. Then, let the pendulum hang from its chain or string so it can swing freely. Say or think, “Show me ‘yes’.” Allow the pendulum to swing, and pay attention to its movements. “Yes” is often a forwards-and-backwards swing or a clockwise circle, but your “yes” may look different. (Some witches even notice that different pendulums in their collection have different “yes” and “no” movements!) Once you’ve gotten the pendulum to show you its “yes,” ask it to show you its “no.” For many readers, “no” is a side-to-side swing or a counterclockwise circle, but again, yours may be different.

The biggest downside to pendulums is that because they typically only answer “yes” or “no,” you have to be very specific with your questions. Pendulums aren’t the best tool for general energy readings or open-ended advice. However, that specificity makes them great for validating your gut feelings, interpreting your dreams, identifying a deity or spirit that you think may be reaching out to you, or any other situation that requires a little clarification.

[littlewitchystar]

What to do when you feel a reading is wrong

Hi everyone! I’ve noticed a bit of negativity floating around the divination community. And I wanted to make a quick post addressing it! What happens when you request a tarot/energy/rune/oracle reading (especially a free one) and you feel like the reader got it wrong. That’s ok! It happens! But what’s important is how you respond to this! Most readers like myself ask for feedback so we know what we’re doing right but especially what we are doing wrong! So here’s a little how to guide on how to let a reader know that their reading didn’t meet your expectations without being rude!

1. Say thank you- even if you feel the reading was completely bogus say thanks! The reader used their time and energy to deliver a reading to you. They don’t have to offer these services but they do and you, whether you realize it or not, benefitted from this reading. Even if it’s wrong at least you are now certain what is not going on!

2. Express that you thought the reading wasn’t interpreted correctly in a KIND manner. Saying something like “your reading for me was dead wrong” isn’t helpful and is rude to your reader. Instead begin your feedback in a different way perhaps like “thank you for the reading! I wanted to leave some feedback as not everything you stated resonated with me”.

3. Back up your statement- we ask for feedback/constructive criticism! If you say we’re wrong but don’t say why you feel that way how are we supposed to learn? Readers make mistakes, we’re human! But we can’t learn if you rudely tell us were wrong but won’t support your claim.

4. Acknowledge potential error on your end- Was your question super vague? Is this a question you didn’t want the answer to? It’s possible you’re blocking yourself from accepting the full meaning of the reading. Make sure you analyze that as well.

5. Don’t have an attitude- I know it’s disappointing when you receive a reading that doesn’t resonate. You ask yourself “what the heck is this reader doing, this can’t be right”. You might be angry or upset to hear something negative. Try to keep that to yourself. If you can’t, it’s best not to leave feedback! Diviner are people who work hard at what they do. It can be really discouraging to get overly harsh negative words about our work.

If you express yourself correctly the diviner may be willing to revisit your reading and re-interpret it in light of the new info you provided. Like I said we’re human. I know that if I get info that might change things I give a reinterpretation of the reading. However,the reader may stick to their original reading as they may be picking up on something you can’t quite sense. Sometimes readings take a while to make sense or as mentioned you’re blocked to the message. Meditate on it and decide for yourself if you’re gonna accept this reading or let it go. If you get a negative reading and you don’t like it you don’t need to accept that as your final outcome. The future is malleable and you are in charge of it. Readings are never 100% accurate or set in stone. You can always make the change you are hoping for!

That’s all! I hope this helps! Remember to be kind to your diviners!

[smooth-endo]

Incorporating Magick into Everyday Life ✨

🔮 Greet your deity, deities, household spirits, or the universe every morning

🔮 Incorporate your witchcraft into jewelry. Where rings on certain fingers for different correspondences. Wear gold or silver depending on what you want to attract. Wear symbols of your craft (pentacle, triquetra, cross, Star of David)

🔮 Use color magick when planning your outfits

🔮 Stir your morning coffee or tea clockwise to attract something and counter-clockwise to banish something

🔮 Find time to meditate for at least a couple minutes

🔮 Water any plants you have with moon water (water charged under a full moon) or sun water (water charged in the sun)

🔮 Carry around crystals to bond with them

🔮 Make a travel altar for work or school. You can add things like your favorite crystal, a pendulum, a pentacle charm, salt, symbols for the elements

🔮 Write sigils wherever you go to brighten someone else’s day, to stay focused on your task, for confidence, etc.

🔮 Pull a daily tarot card

🔮 Say a positive mantra every morning

🔮 Add to your book of shadows or grimoire if you have one

🔮 Make you meals into spells. Research the correspondences and use intent and visualization to add magick to your meals

🔮 Talk to your plants, crystals, and tarot deck

🔮 Tend to your garden if you have one

🔮 Take time to ground yourself everyday

[witchysyv-deactivated20210907]

ASTRAL TRAVEL 101

🌟Ghello fellow vessels!🌟

Recently, I got to give a class on Astral Travel and it was one of the best experiences I’ve ever had! I love teaching in itself and I was happy to teach about Astral Travel and the shenanigans that can come with it. I’ve decided to share it here with you all on tumblr as well, as not everyone is in the server.

INDEX

Introduction

Astral Travel vs Astral Projection vs Bilocation

Techniques to go Beyond

The Limits and The Limitless

Protective Barriers

Other measures for self-preservation

Pros & Cons of going Beyond

Questions from the class

Edits

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Witch Tips for Lucid Dreaming

✨ tips on LDing that has shown to work ✨

👁 Go to sleep late so you’ll sleep in later in the day. (i find it best to do this on friday nights and sleep in on my saturday) 👁 Don’t set an alarm to wake up.  👁 Make sure to not have big responsibilities on your mind. (it will just cloud your dreams) 👁 Burn an oil or some incense (i prefer lavender or sandalwood) 👁 Play mood sounds (a melody or the sound of rain) {i suggest the app relaxmelodies} 👁 When going to sleep focus on the smell of the incense or the sound of the rain. fall asleep focusing to one or the other. (I suggest not both) 👁 When you fall asleep and start to go into REM since you didn’t set an alarm you will wake up to the dream you were just having. When you wake don’t move but breathe or listen to that trigger. Now fall back to sleep. With that smell or sound in the back of your dreams you now know you’re dreaming.  👁 I also suggest having a trigger word to pull yourself out of dreams if they turn into nightmares. This can be anything. 

I hope this helps you! Enjoy! 

[moonlit-hedge]

Astral Projection vs Hedge Walking

As promised, this is the post comparing the two in more detail. Before I start, I have to say that this is all from my own experiences. This is not a global response as to what all Hedge Witches, or even any Witches, see as Astral Projection or Hedge Walking.

To give you all a better idea of where I’m coming from, it’s only fair to explain my experiences with the two. I can astral project and hedge walk at will, or on accident. I’ve had these abilities since I can remember, but only in these past couple years have I found the words that describe what I do. But what does this mean? I am naturally gifted, yes, but it’s a double edged sword. I’ll explain more as I share the difference between the two.

Walking the hedge is a form of Astral Projection. Astral Projection, to me, is when your soul leaves your body and can travel around the Earth or in your mind. Walking the hedge, to me, is when your soul can travel to Otherworlds or the spaces between them.

What are Otherworlds? To give you a short answer: Otherworlds are worlds that aren’t Earth. Longer answer: They can be where the dead reside, this can be the spaces between worlds, or entirely different worlds then our own. Your beliefs follow you when you walk the hedge, so if you believe in Heaven, Hell, or any equivalents, those are Otherworlds.

When you walk the hedge, it’s very important to stay aware. Think of it like this: if Spirit Work is dangerous, Hedge Walking is even more so. This is because instead of the Spirits coming to you, you’re going to them. You’re on their turf, playing by their rules. You do not have the same control. This is compounded by the fact that you may not have all of your senses while walking the hedge.

Let’s give you some personal examples. When I go hedge walking, I am almost completely blind. All I have to rely on are my other senses, which means my eyes rely entirely on what energies and auras I can see. Even when I do have full sight, it’s easy to get lost. That’s because you’re a prime target for negative spirits, and they want you to get lost. Remember: this is their home. My soul has gotten lost, unable to return back for long periods of time. I’m talking months of wandering the hedges before I stumble my way back. And while I’m gone, some other soul can slip into my body and take right over. (Please note, this is rare from what I’ve heard, but I want you all to know of the dangers.)

So why Hedge Walk at all? Despite it’s dangers, it’s a beautiful experience and can be quite addicting. I don’t feel right if I don’t go hedge walking at least weekly, personally. I can do oracle readings naturally, though they’re usually vague and hard to interpret on their own (and takes the whole day to recover and figure out what the hedges told me via other means of divination). I can read omens and people easily. My dreams are clairvoyant. I can contact my ancestors, and Deities are easier to get ahold of. But those are my benefits, yours may be different. As I said before, walking the hedge is different for everyone.

Would working with a Deity make Hedge Walking safer/easier? No. Simply because not every spirit in every Otherworld is on good terms with your Deity/Deities. If you choose to follow a Deity, be prepared to be a target for every Spirit who doesn’t like them. You’d be a walking neon sign. In my opinion, that’s why Hedge Witches don’t follow Deities. It’s safer that way.

How do I learn to walk the hedge? The first step is to learn to ground yourself no matter where you are. In traffic, in class, eating lunch, sleeping, everywhere. It’s one of the best ways to not get lost once you learn to walk the hedge. The next step is to meditate a lot and for long periods of time. Once you begin meditating, you also want to start to learn how to lucid dream around the same time frame. Those two will slowly and safely teach you how to detach your body and soul. The next step is to make sure your magickal abilities are up to par. Protection and banishing spells are a must to have down pat, and other magickal abilities such as energy reading and aura reading are a nice bonus in case you don’t have sight in the Otherworlds. But once you feel you’ve gotten all that down pat, work on astral projection. Once you’re fluid enough in general soul wandering, hedge walking should come naturally. All this should take a long time (think years), unless you’re naturally talented.

Keep in mind this is all from my personal experiences and studies! What works for me may not work for you. What issues I have you may not have. Make sure to take your time and learn what all of this means for you, and to consult others when you start questioning various things. And most importantly of all, listen you what your gut instinct says.

Thank you for reading this long post! If you have any questions, comments, concerns, and/or feedback, please feel free to message me. This is an intense subject to cover, so I might have worded things oddly or missed information.

(This was supposed to be posted tomorrow on November 8th after I did a final lookthrough for spelling errors. It posted itself early, so if you find any please let me know.)

(Post created and posted in November 2018.)