Love Lils Witchcraft

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[l0velils]

Welcome

Hello! My name is Lily, I’m 18, and I use she/her pronouns. I’m new to Witchcraft and am super overwhelmed with all the info so I thought I’d help out fellow baby witches who want to learn about the craft.

Any racism, sexism, homophobia, things like that won’t be tolerated :)

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[crazycatsiren]

This witch is pro science, pro modern medicine, pro technology, while believing in herbalism, traditional medicine, and alternative healing.

FDA approved first, everything else supplemental, mundane before magic.

[l0velils]

I made my first spell jar last night! I added rosemary, pink salt, cinnamon stick, a bay leaf, some obsidian and clear quartz chips. I used an old essential oil bottle and dipped the top in a candle I had lit. On the top I carved a sigil on the top that I made with the affirmation ‘I am lucky and protected’.

More in depth of my ingredients-

Rosemary- Protection

Pink salt- Abundance

Cinnamon stick- Positive energy and success

Bay leaf- Goal focus and victory

Obsidian- Protection

Clear quartz- Seal intentions

[l0velils]

Please stay safe. Find someone you can talk to my heart goes out to everyone just remember nothing happens yet. 🩷🩷

[creature-wizard]

"I'm in a bad place and need to get out, what can I do?"

I figured I'd make a post with all the resources/tips I've collected to help people get out of shitty situations so far, since it's easier than linking to a bunch of posts each time.

Seek out appropriate resources. This can include support groups (online or offline), helplines, and the like.

If you're in the US, you can call 211 to help you find resources.

Crisis Text Line offers services to the US, Ireland, Canada, and the UK.

RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) is a US service offers a lot of information for sexual abuse survivors.

The Trevor Lifeline is a service for queer youth in the US.

If you're a minor, you may wish to read How To Escape Abusive Parents: A Guide For Minors.

If you're an adult, you may wish to read How To Escape Abusive Parents: A Guide For Adults.

You might also Duckduckgo something like "resources for people in abuse" or "abuse resources help" or "domestic violence survivors resources".

Ask people for help in finding resources. If you can't find anything on your own, there are other people who know where to direct you. It might take awhile to find what you're looking for, but keep asking.

A WORD OF CAUTION: there are many predatory spiritual groups and conspiracy theorists out there who prey on abuse survivors and mentally ill people. You will often see these people claiming that channeling or hypnosis can help you remember past life memories or repressed traumatic memories. This is nonsense and quackery.

Relevant posts of mine:

Hypnosis is unreliable for memory recovery, and this is one way we know.

False past life memories among the starseed movement

Here’s the trouble with hypnotic regression…

If you're on a website that claims to support cult survivors and you see any of these names in the citations (and make sure you check the citations!), leave immediately - all of these people are far right conspiracy theorists. (Unfortunately, many people today are unwittingly perpetuating the BS of Fritz Springmeier in particular. See this and this for more info on that.)

Change who and what you surround yourself with. Start associating with different people/groups as much as you can. Get hobbies to fill your time. Unfollow blogs that reinforce the beliefs you're trying to get away from, and follow blogs that provide a healthier alternative.

You might follow blogs like:

A Kind Place

Trauma Survivors Helping Trauma Survivors

Compassionate Reminders

Trauma Survivors Activities

Reasons For Hope

Bluest Fluff

If you're trying to rebuild your worldview without conspiratorial/culty elements, go take a look at my Resources page.

Remember that your first job is looking after yourself. You don't owe the group. You aren't responsible for the group, or for anyone in it. It might feel that way, but it's vitally important to acknowledge when you're unqualified or suffering burnout. You might feel like bad things will happen if you leave, but that's a fear, not a fact.

You also don't have to justify your departure to the group. You can just leave. If you feel that you must give a reason, you can offer something as simple as "I need to take some time to focus on my mental health" or "I'm really busy lately and don't have time to spend here." If they throw a fit over this, that's honestly just more proof that you need to get out.

If any practices the group taught you actually helped, you can keep doing them. If doing affirmations helped you, keep doing affirmations. If listening to so-called healing frequencies actually made you feel better, you don't have to stop listening to them. If you were practicing something like the Law of Assumption, you can carry on with a lot of that under a psychological model rather than Neville Goddard's wacky metaphysical model. (See this video for an example.) If it genuinely helps you and doesn't hurt anyone else, by all means, keep doing it.

Get some critical thinking skills. In order to keep yourself from falling into another bad group, it's important to develop your critical thinking skills.

Learn to apply the Five W's (who, what, when, where, and why) when encountering any information.

Learn common logical fallacies.

Learn the difference between fact, opinion, belief, and prejudice.

Don't equate emotional reactions with some kind of innate or higher moral guidance.

Ask yourself if you're "thinking for yourself" or being led to believe you're thinking for yourself.

Know what emotional manipulation tactics look like.

Watch out for these behaviors in any new group you join.

Yes, there are ways to confirm the age of an old text without having the original text itself.

Learn how propaganda works.

Watch out for these red flags in spiritual groups.

And watch out for this red flag.

Understand that belief doesn't have to be binary.

So yeah, hopefully this'll give folks some actionable advice. I can't promise it's going to help each and every person out there, but hopefully it'll give a lot of you something that will help.

[ad-caelestia]

crystals for beginners 💎

this is a list of crystals that are commonly known, generally easy to obtain, and are versatile with multiple uses.

agate - protection, good luck, balance, strength, inspiration

amethyst - calming, emotional stability, balance, inner strength, protection from psychic attacks

aventurine - happiness, peace, healing, prosperity

calcite - amplifies energy, cleansing, reduce stress, calming, emotional healing, memory

carnelian - creativity, manifestation, luck, protection

citrine - creativity, motivation; doesn't need to be cleansed

clear quartz - a power stone used to provide extra energy and can be used to charge other items; healing, protection, power, banishing, charging

fluorite - stability, peace and calm, impartial reasoning, responsibility, concentration, meditation, protection from psychic attacks, self love

hematite - grounding, deflecting negative energy

jasper - protection, relaxation, tranquility

jet - eases grief, protection, banishing

kyanite - cleansing other stones, tranquility, removing energy blockages, channeling energy; doesn't need to be cleansed

labradorite - attract success, dreams, reduce stress and anxiety, spiritual connection, transformation, clarity, peace

milky quartz - luck, calming, soothing, meditation, cleansing

obsidian - grounding, negating and transmuting negative energy

onyx - self-control, decision making, conquer challenges, intuition, recognition of personal strengths, grounding, and protection

rose quartz - self-love, calming, romantic love, and friendship

selenite - mental clarity, removing energy blockages, cleansing and charging other crystals; doesn't need to be cleansed

smoky quartz - grounding, banishing, cleansing, removing emotional blockages

tiger’s eye - self-discipline, practicality, protection, grounding, peace, clarity, intelligence, intuition, financial stability, calmness

cleansing and charging crystals - if you’re not sure if you can place your crystals in water, salt, or direct sunlight because it might damage the stone, use moonlight or starlight instead. you can also place your crystals in a dry bath of herbs and flowers, or pass them through incense smoke.

© 2024 𝚊𝚍-𝚌𝚊𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚊

[l0velils]

Just a tiny post about how you can be more eco friendly/sustainable as a witch. This is my current hyperfixation so expect more.

You don’t need to buy a million spell jars. Use things you already have! I use gel eyeliner so it comes in a little dish thing and I plan of using that. I also have a oil diffuser so I’ll use the essential oil bottles.

Go to antique stores for jars and such. I honestly love the aesthetic of mismatched pretty jars. Like look! You can also paint them or add labels for uniformity.

[l0velils]

Research (WIP)

Everything I’ve been using to research

History

Please remember that most of witchcraft has been viewed as evil and harmful throughout history even if that wasn’t true

Witchcraft - Wikipedia

Witches were perceived as evil beings by early Christians in Europe, inspiring the iconic Halloween figure.

Wicca

Crystals

The apps Rock Identifier and A Guide to Crystals are great.

[battythewitch]

Does anyone have recs for where to get crystal chips (tumbled or rough) from?

I got some over a decade ago from a couple of etsy sellers (long gone now) but it was only I think 3 kinds (I think they were selling off stuff they weren't using iirc).

I'd like to get a few more, but I'm out of the loop for ethical sources to order anything from, but especially crystals (and there are no nearby gem shows or small shops to go to).

[l0velils]

Crystals

I have worked with crystals a lot before so here’s the basics. The most important thing to remember is please make sure they are ethically sourced. Etsy or even your local lake is a great place to start. If you aren’t sure just contact the owner. Any place that charges more than a few dollars for a basic tumbled crystal is probably a scam: you can find better. Just remember that this doesn’t need to be expensive and you don’t even have to use crystals.

Cleansing

Cleansing should be done when getting a new crystal or when setting a new intention. It helps the negative energy release. There are many ways to cleans-

Sound (bells/cleansing music)

Incense smoke

Selenite crystals

Moonlight

Sunlight (only for some, it may fade)

Water (also only for some)

It all depends on personal preference and what you have available. I like to visualize the negative energy releasing as I do it.

Charging

Charging is giving your crystals back their energy. This can be done using moon/sunlight, putting them in dirt or around plants, or by using your own energy.

Activating/Setting Intentions

A crystal is activated as you set your intention. The best way to do this is look up what properties the crystal helps and go from there. I hold the crystal in my hand and repeatedly say a “I have/am” statement. It’s important to say your intention as if you already have it.

Basic Types

The app “A Guide to Crystals” has a high list of crystals and their attributes. Also “Rock Identifier” is amazing for figuring out what you have.

Please let me know if there’s any false information, I hope this helps!

[witchcraftandmayhem]

This is a way for people new to my page to find things easier! I make a lot of witchcraft posts for baby witches but also like to repost a variety of unrelated things. So if you're here for some witchcraft 101 try out these links below!

These are in order top to bottom. You don't have to but I Suggest you start from the top if you are new to witchcraft.

Things I wish I learned

Mistreatment of Romani culture

Cultural appropriation

Not a post I made but it's very important

Fire safety

Witchcraft on a budget

Supplies That Can Be Found in Nature

LED Candles Work!

What it means to be a witch

You can be a witch and..

Not everything is ancient

What is magic?

Impactful Magic

Baneful magic

What's a wand?

How to create spells

A spell for the new year

Dandelions are magical

Ways I use Lavender

Ways I Use Tea

Making an altar/ritual space

An altar with no deity

Different ways to use divination

Smoke Cleansing Alternatives

Make your craft your own

The truth about crystals

Greed and capitalism in witchcraft

[l0velils]

This is just an amazing place to start with basic info

[l0velils]

Hello everyone! I have finally started to look into witchcraft and was wondering if anyone had any tips for me. I’m opens to anything like where to buy things, specific things to research, books, etc.