Just Secular Witch Things

Feel free to ask about anything! Pendulum asks are always open

[witch-craft-ing]

me, a witch having a bad mental health day: *shoves a bunch of different crystals in my pockets* rocks pls

[shintowitch]

🔔 BELLS IN WITCHCRAFT 🔔

Bells might just be the earliest form of superstitious practise that I remember. My baba attached three sakura-patterned suzu bells on my schoolbag as a kid, purportedly for good luck and protection from evil spirits – and Japan is far from the only place to have associated bells and bellringing with mystic practise. They’ve been used worldwide to ward off evil and carry messages – and in a more metaphysical sense, sound is the movement of energy through substance. Sounds have the potential to work powerful magic.

Here are some of the ways I’ve found utilising bells to be helpful to my craft. While I’m more likely to use traditional suzu type bells, your own background, path and culture will likely have its own types of bells – and as ever, bells can be ornate antiques or they can be a bottle cap in a tin can, as long as they’re used with intent.

GETTING STARTED

🔔 As with so much of the craft, if you’re new to the witching bell, it’s a matter of exploration and experimentation. Get a “feel” for what works for you and the specific bell you’re using.

🔔 It’s good practise to ensure that the bell itself is cleansed, warded and protected – you don’t want anything nasty tapping into that power. All witching tools can do as much harm as good, intentional or accidental.

🔔 A good way to begin incorporating bells into your craft is infuse them into any typical ritual that you’re comfortable with, or even just a prayer or moment of contemplation at your altar if you have one.

🔔 Give the bell a soft ring while focusing on the energy it’ll ripple and move, try to track the movements it creates and what it touches. The tone it’s sending out.  The most primal and versatile use of the bell – and what many of the below come down to – is simply another manner of physically channelling energy, giving it shape and direction.

PROTECTION

🔔 “Passive” bells such as windchimes or small bells attached to belongings you don’t want disturbed are a starting point. They will scare off some forms of spirit all by themselves, especially if appropriately blessed, charmed or enchanted. Or cursed.

🔔 Gently tolling can draw energy into a ward or circle you are forming and enforce its protective properties, or for a simple cleanse, letting the sound travel to every corner of the area you are protecting. It’s a little more “cutting” than a smoke or incense cleansing, which I view as more “gentle” forms of cleansing. Both have their uses.

🔔 Harder tolling is, in my opinion, one of the most powerful ways in which to enforce a banishing – however, it’s best to you know what you’re doing with the bell before you go bashing it about.

DISCERNMENT

🔔 Bells can have quite the effect on your perception and awareness. Ringing and then stopping, listening to the silence left in its wake, can bring you new perceptions or make things you’d previously missed obvious. Let it attune your mind and senses to something new, whether that’s in your thoughts or something with a little more presence. Visualise travelling with the sound, taking heed of the energies it touches and disturbs. Take note of the echoes – you’ll learn what they mean with experience.

🔔 A set of windchimes can let you know if something is passing through or if there’s some unusual energy afoot – and, yes, it may also just be letting you know that it’s a particularly breezy day, but that’s witchcraft for you.

CONJURING

🔔 This can be as simple as calling good energies to witching tools, spell jars, tarot decks, crystals, altars and shrines, your favourite teddy bar, anything at all.

🔔 With spirit work, it can truly help to magnify your “calling”. This can range from gently bringing your latest offering to the attention of your friendly neighbourhood house spirit – all the way to trying to catch the attention of something more. Be mindful, however. As I said, I consider bells pretty powerful tools and a call that’s too loud is not good spirit work practise for the spirit worker’s own sake. It can really help coax something out of hiding if you’re gentle with it, though.

COMMUNING

🔔 Some use bells to mark the beginning and end of a ritual, and I’ve read that in Wiccan practise an altar bell can be used to invoke the Goddess, although as a non-Wiccan, I’ll welcome corrections on that if I’m wrong.

🔔 In my experience, very simple forms of communication via bell work a lot better than anything too complex – “come here” and “stay away” have already been covered, and other than that they can serve as greetings or signals of a start or end of some practise or ritual, the opening or closing of a door, etc.

🔔 They can also serve as a warning or a litmus test regarding spirits, a signalling of your presence and awareness, lack of fear, or willingness to defend – but be prepared to deal with whatever responses these garner.

BINDING

🔔 Bindings are where you most often see that famous (clockwise) circular motion of the bell, embodying the meaning of the spell. This can be a simple binding to seal a spell or charm or enchantment, or a spirit-binding.

🔔 Personally, spirit-binding is something I do as little as possible simply due to my beliefs holding the autonomy of spirits in very high regard. However, sometimes situations arise that call for it, and I’m aware that not all bindings are unwilling. Far from it – and some spirits are dangerous when unbound.

🔔 As an animist (believing that all things, including inanimate objects, contain a spirit of their own), I consider gently nudging a spirit back into its physical form a sort of semi-binding, and that can be useful.

I’ll leave you all with a note that I am an urban apartment-dwelling witch through and through, so I understand that we can’t all be jangling away at all hours. I myself have a glass windchime in my front window that makes a distinct but muted sound when disturbed by passers-through, and highly recommend wooden ones also. I also only use my small and relatively quiet suzu bell for my crafting – one given to me by my baba herself.

Feel free to add any of your own findings, and happy tolling.

[justsecularwitchthings-blog]

My non-witchy boyfriend got me a purple fluorite point necklace for my birthday! He looked up the correspondences and everything ❤

[hack3rwitch]

Crystal Safety

Source: Healing Crystals Love

These crystals will fade in the sunlight:

Amethyst

Rose Quartz, Aquamarine

Smoky Quartz

Kunzite

Hiddenite

Spodumene

Fluorite

These crystals will dissolve in water:

Halite

Sulfates: Borates, Calcite, Gypsum

Lapis Lazuli

Turquoise

Ivory

Pyrite: degrades when stored at high humidity. (Place silica drying gel in the container to absorb moisture)

When In doubt, most crystals are water soluble if:

End in “ite”

Moh’s Hardness less than 6

Scratches easily with a steel knife

These crystals will dissolve in acid solutions (such as acetone & vinegar):

Calcite

Gypsum

Limestone

Marble

Amber (acetone: contained in most nail polish remover)

These crystals will produce POISONOUS gasses when HEATED:

Cinnabar

Realgar

Stibnite

Wash your hands after handling them and do not eat while working with them.

These crystals ARE TOXIC to INGEST:

Minerals and metals containing:

Aluminum

Arsenic

Barium

Cadmium

Copper

Lead

Mercury

Zinc

These Crystals will get damaged by Salt:

Any raw, rough stone.  Any stone with hardness under 7.  If you are not sure, use another method.

Amber

Angelite

Azurite

ALL Calcites

Dioptase

Imperial Topaz

Fire Opal

Kyanite

Kunzite

Malachite

Moonstone

Opal

Red Coral

Selenite

Turquoise

DO NOT make Gem Elixirs, Gem Waters, or Massage Oils & DO NOT Ingest, Consume, or Put in Your Mouth:

Adamite – zinc, copper

Amazonite – copper

Amber – toxic dust, fumes, possible ingestive toxicity

Angelite – lead, sulphur

Aragonite-

Atacamite – copper

Auricalcite – zinc and copper

Azurite – copper

Boji-stones/Kansas Pop Rocks (may contain sulphur)

Bronchantite – copper

Cerrusite – sulphur, molybdenum

Chalcantite (aka “blue shit”) – copper

Chalcopyrite (Peacock Stone, Peacock Ore) – copper and sulphur

Chrysacolla (Chrysocolla) – copper

Cinnabar – mercury

Cobaltocalcite (Pink Cobalt Calcite) – cobalt

Conicalcite – copper

Copper – copper

Coral – organic, may contain bacteria as well as pollutants from toxic materials in the water it forms in

Cuprite – copper

Diopside – copper

Dioptase – copper

Eliat Stone – copper

Emerald – aluminum

Garnet – aluminum

Gem Silica – copper

Galena/ Galenite – lead

Garnierite (Genthite, Falcondoite) – nickel

Hiddenite – aluminum

Iolite – aluminum

Kansas Pop Rocks – may contain sulphur

Kunzite – aluminum

Kyanite – aluminum

Labradorite – aluminum

Lapis Lazuli – may contain copper, sulphur

Marcasite (Markasite) – sulphur

Magnetite (Lodestone) – iron in large quantities

Malachite – copper

Meteorite – may contain many toxic substances

Mohawkite – copper, arsenic

Moldavite – aluminum

Molybdenum – molybdenum

Moonstone – may contain aluminum or other toxic substances

Mother of Pearl – organic, may contain bacteria as well as pollutants from toxic materials in the water it forms in

Opal – toxic dust for inhalation

Pearl – organic, may contain bacteria as well as pollutants from toxic materials in the water it forms in

Psiomelane – barium

Pyrite (Fool’s Gold) – sulphur

Quartz (Do Not Inhale Dust) – toxic dust for inhalation

Realgar – sulfur, arsenic

Rhodocrosite (Rhodochrosite) – lead

Ruby – aluminum

Sapphire – aluminum

Sodalite – aluminum

Spinel – may contain aluminum, zinc

Stibnite – lead, antimony

Smithsonite (Galmei, Zinc spar)- zinc, may contain copper

Sulphur – sulphur

Tiger’s Eye

Topaz

Tourmaline, Watermelon – aluminum

Turquoise – copper

Uranium – radioactive mineral

Vanadanite – lead

Variscite – aluminum

Wulfenite – lead, molybdenum

[sigilseer]

Sigil Sun Tea

Like tea? Like sigils? Try this, maybe! 

Just throw some tea bags or loose tea into a jar, glass or other container. Top the container with some wax paper, foil, or a jar lid and draw a sigil on it for whatever you want to imbue yourself with that day. Let it sit in the sun for a while to steep, charge, and infuse the tea with your sigil’s intent. Drink to activate. If you want to be fancy, you can align the type of tea with the intent and/or charge with relevant stones, spell bottles, or other objects set up around it.

[seraphickalmagick]

An infographic on creating sigils with a codebook! The basic idea is having a set of sigil ‘components’ that you can use in tandem with each other to create sigils unique to you that can be completed quickly and easily. 

Your ‘codebook’ can be written out in a literal book, or saved as a file on your computer or phone, even memorised if that’s what works best for you! This method is all about your personal preferences and ideas.

[cutecrystalbitch]

Herby herbs.

[littleharleythings-blog]

i’m not a traditional witch

[constantly-disheveled]

Literally me

[badpsychicadvice]

my name is Moon and wen its nite and alle the stars are shyning brite and wen mye body is nyce and fool they fly abowt. my wytches rule.

[hyrulehobbit]

Witch Self Care is doing 6 shots of moon-blessed vodka and snorting an entire salt circle before getting into a fight with the moon’s reflection in a puddle and losing.

[orriculum]

💗 Valentine’s Day Spells 💗

💖 for feeling beautiful 💖

glow like the moon - to reclaim youth and past beauty

glamour to attract comments - to help get comments on a selfie

rabbit heart - pop culture spell for courage and confidence

venus transformation - sailor moon spell to feel beautiful and powerful

sailor moon glamour -  a glamour to feel confident and beautiful, even when nervous and self-conscious

💕 for confessing 💕

charlotte’s entrance glamour - spell to make an entrance

seductive words - lipstick to make your words more persuasive

no light no light - to help you confess when you don’t know the words

howl love spell - to strengthen yourself before a confession

clear speaking glamour -  a spell to aid with speaking clearly

contact spell - to get that someone to text you first

see my feelings spell - a spell to help someone realize your feelings

💘 love spells 💘

cosmic love spell - pop culture spell to lead you to your soulmate

simple love attraction spell - to attract general love and romance

amortenia tea - pop culture tea spell to bring or strengthen love

show me your love - to help your signif show their affections for you

buried and decaying, we plant new seeds - to build new bonds over the breaking pieces

sweeten your feelings - simple jar spell to sweeten a bond

over the moon - full moon spell to bring love

the smoulder - glamour to spark “love at first sight”

greg and rose romance - to aid unconventional couples

rose quartz altruistic love spell -  a spell to encourage unconditional love

lust spell -  a spell to increase lust in oneself or a consenting individual

💞 for past loves 💞

what kind of man - spell to help get away from a bad relationship

nostalgia spell - to resurface old, fond memories in someone else

alexandrite separating spell -  to separate toxicity from a person, whether it is a toxic situation, person, or behavior.

rekindling spell - for relationships that have lost their “spark”

curse for a player -  a curse from scorned lovers to the one breaking hearts, to give them difficulty finding anyone to be with romantically/sexually

breezeblocks curse -  to affect someone you resent for leaving

🖤 for unwanted approaches: 🖤

anti-lust spell -  a spell to lower lust in oneself or a consenting individual

unwanted lover spell - to repel unwanted lovers

moon tiara magic -   spell to protect against people ragging on you

possession vigor potion -  a potion that distracts your enemies from you, and brings their ill-attention to one another instead

💔 for broken hearts 💔

steven universe shielding spell - pop culture spell to protect your feelings

alice tear jar spell - a  jar spell to help keep you afloat in your sadness

lover to lover - for a fresh start and reassurance

bubble your feelings - to hide away feelings that are causing you harm

arms of the ocean - pop culture spell to comfort and give you strength

hurricane drunk - pop culture spell to turn pain into invincibility

rose quartz healing tears - simple ritual to heal emotions

“nuka-cola” potion -  a frosty potion recipe for emotional healing

elixir of the wounded heart -  a potion made to soothe an injured heart

[naturallyasher-deactivated20170]

Kitchen Witch Ingredients Master Post

Enjoy, witch-fam!

Wealth & Prosperity Salt, Almonds, Banana, Beans, Cabbage, Cinnamon, Ginger, Lettuce, Spinach, Pumpkin, Onion, Pasta, Pomegranate, Potato, Rice, Strawberry, Tomato, Basil, Clove, Orange, Cacao, Poppy Seeds, Parsley

Love Apple, Avocado, Cherries, Chamomile, Cinnamon, Ginger, Lemon, Lettuce, Thyme, Pasta, Strawberry, Sugar, Tomato, Basil, Orange, Poppy Seeds, Rosemary, Parsley

Fertility Apple, Banana, Carrot, Egg, Poppy Seeds

Protection Salt, Black Pepper, Bay, Rosemary, Broccoli, Beans, Parsley, Carrot, Cabbage, Cinnamon, Coconut, Garlic, Lettuce, Soy, Onion, Pasta, Potato, Rice, Tomato, Basil, Clove

Healing Bay, Carrot, Chamomile, Cinnamon, Garlic, Ginger, Lemon, Pumpkin, Onion, Potato, Salt, Tomato, Mint, Cacao, Rosemary, Cilantro

Wisdom & Insight Almonds, Apple, Beans, Sage

Sexuality & Lust Avocado, Beans, Carrot, Celery, Cinnamon, Ginger, Sugar, Cacao, Vanilla, Parsley

Purification Salt, Black Pepper, Bay, Coconut, Garlic, Lemon, Thyme, Onion, Rosemary, Sage

Divination Beans, Cherries, Egg, Lettuce, Clove, Orange

Luck & Good Fortune Salt, Bay, Cabbage, Ginger, Pomegranate, Potato, Strawberry, Basil, Orange, Poppy Seeds

Psychic Power & Ability Bay, Celery, Cinnamon, Garlic, Thyme, Soy, Mushrooms

Positivity & Happiness Cherries, Coffee, Basil, Rosemary

Peace & Harmony Chamomile, Celery, Lettuce, Cilantro

Mental Stimulus & Clarity Celery, Basil, Clove, Lemongrass, Mint, Rosemary, Sage, Vanilla

[stsathyre]

Tiny, Rambly Rant

This can’t be said enough:

Eliminate mundane causes before turning to the supernatural.

And I can understand how that would seem counter-intuitive, but let me explain you a thing …

When one takes up the craft they often feel like a whole brand new world opens up to them. Everything changes, and nothing will ever be the same, and we sometimes take this new attitude and apply it to everything. Everything becomes magical and everything has an underlying magical aura.

This is something a decent craft teacher will stop with a newspaper to the nose. *smack*

When we flip the perception, and look at everything with mundane suspicion, we are actually less likely to miss the woo. By eliminating all of the mundane causes for a thing, you also eliminate that pesky doubt you keep hearing me grumble about. You are more sure about what you’re dealing with, and can act accordingly.

For example:

I wear hematite to help with my social anxiety. They’re really energy sensitive. It is said that when they’re overwhelmed they shatter.

They are also pretty fragile and if you smack it against everything, of course, it’ll shatter.

So, when a ring breaks off my hand and I know that I’ve just been literally running into shit for the last couple of weeks. I know that it’s because gravity plays favorites, and I’ve accidentally put too much force on it.

But when a necklace that has just been sitting on my bedside table, protecting the homestead goes kaboom without being knocked around, dropped or otherwise provoked, then I know something is up.

Saturating your world with a perceived magical-ness, weakens your senses. It desensitizes you to what is out there. I recommend picking up a deliberate, goal oriented practice as opposed to a wild, come-what-may, practice. Trust me, if you’re open, the fuckery will come to you, you don’t have to go looking for it.

No, really though. Go see a doctor if you feel physically weird. Go see a mental health professional if your brain feels off. Eliminate the non-magical causes, first, and then start to investigate the supernatural.

I hope that ramble makes sense.

-St.

[ravenmagill-deactivated20251029]

Everything right here? Especially applicable to mediumship.

I’ve seen flashes of light, but I’ve also seen reflections of light from something shiny.

You might be clairaudient…but check that the radio isn’t on in the other room.

This world is magical and mundane - your discernment is important.

[stsathyre]

^^^ Important addition is important.

[trialless]

Real witchcraft is

how the fuck ever it is folk out there are taking pictures of their all-black outfit on their phones and managing to show clear lines and hues

Pls initiate me in to THAT tradition

[badpsychicadvice]

WITCHY WEALTH TIP: CLEAR QUARTZ

Use clear quartz for WEALTH:

Start arguments with other witches over whether clear quartz can be used as a substitute for any other crystal!

While they are distracted, steal their stuff.

[thewitchystuff]

✧˖° GEMINI ZODIAC POTION ˖°✧     *:･ﾟ✧ ANXIETY FREE ✧･ﾟ*:

This potion is for when you feel anxious, to dispel the bad energy around you, to make you focus on the present, to calm you down, to break the habit, to clear your mind and let you go forward ✧

More potions of the other signs here!!

*This is a special zodiac potion for gemini but anyone can use it.

[wrathfulclam]

I am a Gemini and I need this.

[irisedwhisperer]

Basic ideas for kitchen witchery

These are not recipes, but ideas - what meal could serve what purpose. They are simple, so you either should have your own recipes for them, or find them on the internet easy enough. 

Happy cooking!

BANISHING

chili (cayenne pepper, black pepper, chili - generally spicy things)

lemon-infused water (lemon is a repellant, and water is uncrossable for some entities)

sugarfree coffee with cinnamon (coffee and cinnamon are both banishing ingredients)

curry (cayenne pepper, black pepper, chili - generally spicy things)

PROTECTION

caprese salad (basil, tomatoes)

margarita pizza (basil, tomatoes)

apple pie (apples)

corn-on-a-cob (corn)

mint tea (mint)

herb soup (rosemary, basil, mint, thyme, bay leaf…)

HEALING

apple pie (apples)

golden milk (milk and turmeric)

elderflower tea (elderflower)

mint tea (mint)

onion syrup (onion and honey)

chamomile tea (chamomile)

lemon-infused water (lemon)

ginger tea (ginger)

nettle soup (nettle)

pumpkin soup (pumpkin)

pumpkin cookies or bread (pumpkin)

curry (turmeric, garlic, onion)

LUCK

cinnamon rolls (cinnamon)

orange juice (orange)

chamomile tea (chamomile)

corn-on-a-cob (corn)

pineapple juice (pineapple)

poppyseed buns or bread (poppy)

HAPPINESS

orange juice (orange)

honeyed tea (honey)

mint tea (mint)

lemon-infused water (lemon)

vanilla-flavoured ice cream (vanilla)

sunflower seed buns or bread (sunflower)

sugar cookies (sugar)

PEACE

lemon balm tea (lemon balm)

lavender-infused water (lavender)

cucumber-infused water (cucumber)

vanilla-flavoured ice cream (vanilla)

PROSPERITY

milk with honey (milk and honey)

apple pie (apple)

pumpkin soup (pumpkin)

pumpkin cookies or bread (pumpkin)

chocolate chip cookies (chocolate) 

sandwich - any (bread)

fried rice (rice)

curry (rice)

fries (potatoes)

[morganasnape]

Yyyeeeessssss