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Common Kitchen Herbs 🌱

Not every witch has access to metaphysical shops that sell specialty herbs, or herbs you can’t find in your local grocery store, so here is a list of common herbs and spices that you can easily access, or that you may already have!

Aside from obtaining these herbs and spices individually, look for bottles of poultry or beef seasoning, and other seasoning blends (Cajun, Italian, etc.) - they usually contain a variety of these herbs in one convenient container.

Allspice - prosperity, luck, healing, energy

Anise Seed - protection, happiness, enhanced psychic ability, cleansing, warding off nightmares and disturbing dreams

Basil - love, banishing, wealth, success, sympathy, protection; dispelling confusion, fears, and weakness

Bay Leaf - wishes, protection, good fortune, success, purification, strength, healing, inducing prophetic dreams, enhanced psychic ability

Black Pepper - protection, banishing, cursing

Chamomile - peace, relaxation, restful sleep, love, healing, luck, prosperity, removing curses or negating spells

Chili Powder - love, fidelity, cursing, removing curses or negating spells

Cinnamon - success, healing, protection, power, love, luck, strength, prosperity

Cloves - protection, love, prosperity, banishing, friendship, stopping gossip

Cumin - love, fidelity, protection, banishing, preventing theft

Dill - prosperity, protection, luck, lust

Fennel - strength, vitality, sexual virility; prevents curses and wards off negative energy

Garlic Powder & Garlic Salt - healing, protection, banishing, cleansing, purification

Ginger - sensuality, sexuality, personal confidence, prosperity, success, health, protection, new experiences and adventures

Mace - concentration, focus, self-discipline, studying

Marjoram - cleansing, purification, dispelling negative energy, protection, love, wealth, revealing the truth through dreams, overcoming sadness and grief

Mustard Seed - courage, endurance, preventing physical injury, luck, success

Nutmeg - prosperity, luck, protection, intellect, removing curses

Onion Powder & Onion Salt - prosperity, stability, endurance, protection, breaking bad habits, cleansing

Oregano - happiness, strength, energy, vitality

Paprika - energy

Red Pepper - energy, banishing, cursing

Rosemary - healing, love, lust, improved memory, dispelling negative energy, cleansing, warding off nightmares

Sage - cleansing, purification, wisdom, healing, dispelling negative energy, wishes, overcoming grief and loss

Sea Salt - cleansing, purification, banishing, protection

Sesame Seed - prosperity, lust, passion

Tarragon - healing, compassion

Thyme - loyalty, affection, strength, courage, banishing, cleansing, healing, luck, prosperity, restful sleep, warding off nightmares

Turmeric - cleansing, purification

Common spice brands include:

McCormick

Mrs. Dash

Lawry’s

Old Bay

hiddenhearthwitch

📓College Witch Tips📓

I’ve gotten a lot of asks for college witch tips and small living space witchy advice. I wasn’t practicing while I lived in the dorms but I did start practicing(in secret) while I was rooming in a studio apartment my sophmore year of uni so I figure it’s sort of similar. Anyways, I hope this helps someone out there ~ 🧡

🕯️So, no candles, I totally get that and it’s a fucking bummer. You can always get fake candles though! There’s such a wide variety of picking between pillar sizes, tea lights, or you could even get ones where you pick the color so you can use it for any spell.

On another note, have you tried string lights? It doesn’t matter if they’re fairy lights, Christmas lights, or bulb strands. I had a specific set of white strands that went around my part of the room and whenever I want to do a spell/feel magical/etc. I would turn them on ~ bonus you can get fake ivy and flower garlands at the Dollar Store to braid with them and it’s suuuper cute.

💧Water magic is a pretty sneaky go to! No one is ever going to be suspicious of water. You could leave a water bottle out near your window “on accident” for Full Moon water! There’s two big areas I think of so let’s break it down!

Bath magic! Everyone has to shower at some point. Without anything else, pure hot water is wonderful for a pure cleanse of your energy, mind, and body. @beau-witchery has a wonderful post on shower magic you can find here. You can also bring some of your crystals or something you want to charge into the bathroom with you(assuming you have private shower stalls) and let the steam from your shower charge them! You can even sprinkle some salt on the shower floor to help you release negativity and feel charged.

Water bottle magic! This is super universal tbh and I use it for so many things. You can put crystals in your water bottle to charge your water with whatever you need. Red jasper for strength and vitality, quartz for charging and cleanings, amethyst for magic and protection, rose quartz for beauty and love, etc. There are a lot of water soluble crystals so please do proper research first. I would inherently recommend not using anything under a hardness of seven, so do your research!! You can also put in fresh herbs or slices to fruit to enchant it with corresponding properties or to boost your energy.

📚Speaking of research, it’s a fundamental part of magic and college! Use your university library! They’ll definitely have books on the alchemy of plants, gemstones, and I’ve been able to find a few on magic at each uni I’ve visited so give it a look. You can also check out your local library and check to see if your library has an online database for e-check outs. The Akron Public Library has a huge database for online books, PDFs, and articles to “check out” and read online. See if your library or one in your county does as well - it’s typically the main library.

♌Sigil/stave magic, I know this is probably the most recommended thing for college witches but they’re honestly so helpful. You can design your own sigils/staves or use one that other witches have created. Here’s a link to a tumblr tag for college/student based sigils.

Now what to do with the sigils? Well, this is up to you. You could stitch or draw a “sigil to stay safe” on the inside of your backpack, draw a motivation/focus sigil inside your notebooks/binders, draw a good grade/”I’ll do well on tests” sigil on your pencil pouch or draw it on the side of your pencil! There’s so manyyy things you can do, just be creative and don’t feel obligated to do it one way just because someone else is.

🌱Plants may not seem like your first choice since you live in a dorm but there’s a lot of small, low maintenance plants out there. You just need to know where to look. Keeping a plant in your room can help keep you grounded, feeling closer to your craft if your nature/plant based, and generally help keep the energy and air pure. You can also keep plants around for their metaphysical properties ~

Here is an online database to find local plant nurseries. I always suggest going through a nursery vs. a home or grocery store because the workers actually know how to upkeep the soil, when to water them, feed them, repot them, etc. plus I find they tend to have less root mold or disease when coming from a nursery. Some suggestions for small and low maintenance witchy plants would be: lucky bamboo, air plants(specifically Tillandsia maxima, Tillandsia bulbosa, Tillandsia ionantha, and Tillandsia chiapensis), small breed cacti and snake plants.

🔮Crystals don’t always have to be a giant slab of quartz on an altar. We’ve already talked about how you can use them in your water but you can also, carry small tumbled ones in your pencil pouch, wear them as jewelry, put them in your planters if you have plants, and so much more! You’re not limited to the “traditional” use of crystals. Think outside of the box! If you want to labradorite to keep you safe on campus make a key chain to hang on your bookbag or something like that! Some of my favorite crystals in uni were amethyst(memory), clear quartz(knowledge, cleansing), rose quartz(self love), labradorite(magic/protection), and sunstone(joy, knowledge).

☕Drink magic kind of ties in with water bottle magic but it’s more varied! Drink coffee or black/green tea in the morning to start your day off with grounding. When making your coffee or tea draw a sigil on top with your spoon before stirring. If you’re using honey draw it on the bottom of the mug first. Stir counterclockwise to bring in positivity. Use the properties of your tea, coffee, or creamer in your morning magic.

✨Enchanting would work with just about anything. You could enchant your backpack to keep your grounded, your pencils to keep you motivated, your doorway to ward off negativity, etc. If it’s an actual item you’re enchanting I used to do in secret by using water. For example, I enchanted my favorite sweater to help me feel motivated confident by using the machine cycle as a way to cleanse it + instill positive energy and the dry cycle as a way to infusion act and warmth. I mumbled some words about motivation and stuff when loading the clothing in. You could also use warm water to “clean” a water bottle, gemstone bracelet, set of earrings, etc. as a way to enchant something.

🎮You don’t need an altar to be a witch! I don’t know where this misconception came from but honestly fuck it. If you would like an altar anyways and can’t have one out in the open you can set one up inside one of your drawers, a shoe box, or even a jewelry box. You can make small portable one’s with Altoid tins or other small boxes like match boxes! If you’re tech friendly and want too, you can say fuck it to all of the above and just make an online altar via a tumblr blog, pinterest board, etc.

Bonus: do you like vidya gamez? You can do a lot with altars to both deities and for witchcraft in video games. You can build an altar in Minecraft or the Sims. You can build homes dedicated to your craft and gods in Skyrim, Stardew Valley, Animal Crossing, etc. be creative!

💖The rest of these suggestions are small things anyone can do to feel more connected to their craft or “witchy”. It can be really hard to feel connected to your craft or like a witch at all when you don’t have time or energy because of school, work, depression, etc. So these are just some of my favorite low effort suggestions.

Meditate in bed for five to ten minutes before getting up!

Put cute witchy stickers or washi tape in your agenda, notebooks, etc. use colors and symbols to correspond with your intention

Go for a walk! It can be around campus, your local graveyard, tbh you could just use your walk to class as a chance to feel connected to nature and refresh your energy.

Witchy!! Playlists!! Seriously, get jammin’.

Star a grimoire or bos! It can be a word doc, tumblr blog, or an actual notebook. Whatever works best for you. ✨

Meditate! In the shower, on the way to class, when you wake up, when you’re making breakfast, whenever. Find a few minutes a day when you’re by yourself and focus on calming your thoughts.

Use ambient videos on youtube to help ground you and feel more connected to your craft. Basic ambiance w/moving video links: Forest w/waterfall, Woodland, Night, Ocean, Rain & fireplace, Nighttime train ride, Sunrise, Wheat field, River, Campfire, Swamp, Snow

Wear colors that correspond with your magical needs.

Hide your pendulum as your necklace or just use your favorite necklace as a pendulum!

Look on amazon, clearance racks, and thrift stores for tapestries and blankets to hang up that make you feel witchy!

Wear scented oils ~ different intentions for different days

Pls love yourself and remember I’m sending you so much love

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My cat in front of the altar: "Meowmeowmeow"

Me: "What is she doing?"

Husband: "She is casting a spell for treats." *hands cat treats* "Oh look, it worked."

#witchblr #witch #funnymoments #cat owning witch

what-is-infinite

Ima need white people and eurocentric witches to stop tagging their shit with Bruja. Brujeria and Santeria and Voodoo is not Eurocentric . Witchcraft is not Brujeria. Witchcraft is not Voodoo or Hoodoo. Witchcraft is not Santeria. Many things may be common but it is not the same. There’s a completely different culture behind Brujeria, Santeria, Voodoo, and Witchcraft. Respect it. ♥️

what-is-infinite

Tips for my closeted witches!

When I was a teenager and beginning to practice I felt I had to keep my practicing a secret. Its ok!!

Here are some tips to ease your craft. Not all may work for you. Just remember, tools, herbs, candles and crystals just help you channel your energy and the energy in the universe. You can cast spells without them.

☆ Make Moon Water by taking a classic water bottle (Aquafina, Dasani, whatever) that you can buy at the store and charging it on your windowsill. Then mark it so you know thats your moon water and not your night time hydration water.

☆ You dont need a fancy altar. Your altar can be the floor, a cardboard box, whatever you can manage. There are really gorgeous altars, but dont feel like a bad witch because you dont have one.

☆ To my baby witches that live at home. I am sure your parents have a great spice cabinet (mine did) and probably wont notice if you take a bit here and there. Ground herbs are just as good as dried whole herbs.

☆ Need candles, but either

1) Dont want to attract attention with multiple colored candles

2) Cant burn things

~~~I have a few solutions~~~

• Tealight candles and a sharpie can be a colored candle.

• Crayons can burn as well. And dollar store crayons come in great colors.

• If you can't burn anything, get the battery powered fake tealight candles. I dont have mine anymore or I would show. Then tissue paper wrapped around the candle will give you what you need.

☆ Technology is great! You can keep a Book of Shadows on a USB or Google Drive now! (This was not something that existed for me) Apps on your phone now exist for herb correspondence and the like, its a beautiful thing.

☆ Sharpies in multiple colors are a life saver. Writing your intentions or runes in a corresponding color during a spell can help.

~~Thats probably enough for now, I will have more later.~~

#witchblr #witch #witchcraft #witches #closeted witches #witch tips

madisonsaferillustration

As the winter months are clearly here to stay, I’ve been trying to incorporate rose more into my daily life. Rose can act as an anti-depressant, astringent, anti-inflammatory, the list goes on. This wonderful recipe from The Herbal Academy is a wonderful way to incorporate rose into daily life to enjoy all of the benefits of this plant. Link for the post is in my bio- I recommend giving it a read as there’s plenty more information on the history of rose, lore, and other properties this lovely plant possesses.

* I recommend using dried rose petals this time of year as the fresh cut roses that are store bought are often pumped with pesticides and are not intended to be digested

crowcorewitch

I posted something similar on my main a while ago and no one cared, sooo I’ll try here

I want more witches and pagans on my dash! please like/reblog this so I can follow you!

edit: please only interact if the main focus of your blog is witchcraft or paganism

keep in mind that I am an adult, a trans man, and not wiccan. no terfs, no nazis.

I follow from @anhonestcriminal

wiccagarden

you’ve probably seen this said a thousand times but friendly reminder: DONT! CAST! SALT! CIRCLES! IN! THE! SOIL!! it soaks up all the water in the dirt and hurts the plants!!!!!! find an alternative!!!

themori-witch

Cascarilla (eggshell powder) is a good alternative to salt for circle casting, plus eggshell is actually good for soil and plants.

lady-of-flowers

I agree for the most part, but I want to clarify that it would simply just be egg shell powder. cascarillia and eggshell powder are two different things. at it’s root, cascarilla is made of eggshell powder, but it is also combined with a lot of other things like oil, florida water and making it is a ritual (usually involved with saying bible verses and chants) and the use of it is closed to those who are not part of santeria (and hoodoo i believe–i need to check). there are common misconceptions that everyone can use/make cascarilla powder and that it’s eggshell powder but it is completely different and is very connected to santeria.

just wanted to clarify!

themori-witch

Thank you @lady-of-flowers!

I’ve only ever seen eggshell powder in it’s base form - just the shell powder - called Cascarilla so I had no idea. My fault for not having a proper look, so thanks!

ladycoren

Reblogging with this new info.

wiccagarden

themori-witch

Cascarilla (eggshell powder) is a good alternative to salt for circle casting, plus eggshell is actually good for soil and plants.

Who is Coren?

Hi! It me!

I am an old practitioner. I practiced for over 10 years as a solitary practitioner. I briefly joined a coven, but did not agree with their gatekeeping and choices.

I quit when I got married to my ex-husband as he convinced me my practice was wrong. He was a big new-age practitioner and was convinced he was a god.

After 6 years without practicing, a divorce, remarriage, and two children I have decided to begin again and teach my family the craft.

I know a lot, I know cost effective, private, and creative ways to practice, however, I am a bit rusty. I love teaching baby witches, and sharing things that work for me.

I personally worship Persephone as she is the emodiment of the cycle of life to me. She is rebirth, beauty, the growing season into the cycle of death as the Queen of the Underworld.

I am non-binary, and a parent. So I will happily give advice to any witches who want to introduce their children to the craft as well.

So, I am pretty new to Witchblr and I am excited to contribute. Please be patient as I am an old lady and not super familiar with the way tumblr works.

#witch #witchcraft #witchblr #who am i?#wicca #wiccan #spells #greetings

ofwoodandbone

Just a reminder.

I keep getting a lot of asks and messages saying things like “These spells sound like superstition or folk beliefs.” and I’d like to just cover that for a moment. That’s because they are. Witchcraft is a skill rooted in superstition and folklore. Folklore is the recorded beliefs of the people at any given time. For traditional witches, they mainly base their craft around folklore from the European and American (there’s a tiny bit of a difference) Early Modern Period, but many go beyond that as well. That folklore gives us key insight as to what witches and cunning folk would have been doing and how they would have been practicing. I actually would encourage using folklore rather than witchcraft books to learn the ways. You would be carving the meaning from those stories and using it in your own practice, finding your own definitions, fashioning your own techniques. Really think about these things. I’ll give you an example. Blue Jays are, in the Southern states, thought to go to Hell on Fridays, bringing sticks and other things down to the Devil. So if you wanted a little assistance on your spirit flight down to the Roots of the World Tree, what spirit do you think would be useful? You might take a page out of the old books and fly on the back of a blue jay spirit right down to whatever Nether world you’re looking to explore. Obtaining a blue jay spirit is another post for another time, but there’s the point. Even things as little as “Roses are for love” is folklore. It’s an association made a long time ago and kept up until this point in history.

mountainmystic13

This! Every bit of this!

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Domestic Garden Witch: When Eggshells Grow

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

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

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

Eggshells for the Garden Witch

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

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

The Container…

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

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

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

How Can I Witch This?

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

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

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

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

jekul-the-wandering

There’s so many of these posts, but like many others that post this, my dash is deceased.

So reblog if you post about:

Random Witch Things

Chaos Magic

Green Witchcraft

Witchy Herbs

The Fae

Runes and/or Sigils

Norse Paganism/Heathenry

Craft Names

And reblog if you’re:

A Witchling/Baby Witch

LGBT+ Witch

A Witchy POC

A Male Witch

A Closeted Witch

A cool, refreshing witchy soda

One of my favorite things to do is make a simple syrup with honey and herbs. Its a great way to create a nice refreshing drink with some powerful punch behind it

First, and you can make a lot of the honey syrup and use it little by little. Be sure to store in the fridge in a jar or bottle for up to two weeks.

To make the Honey Syrup:

• 1 cup of honey

• 1/2 cup of water

~~ Boil together in a saucepan for a few minutes letting it reduce~~

Then mix a tablespoon of your syrup with some yummy seltzer.

☆I love this recipe because you can infuse your herbs into the honey syrup and add blended fruit or fruit juice to suit your needs

Such as:

Lavendar and blueberries for a calming, healing tonic

Pomegranate and sage for a divination recharge

☆Add what you need and enjoy!!

~be sure to charge your herbs and honey for best results

#kitchenwitch #witchcraft #witch #wicca #wiccan #witchblr #potions

transloveletter

I wanna make a masterlist of lgbt+ witches on tumblr

so reblog this if you are a witch and are lgbt+ pls!

alsoi wanna follow all of you

cynthia-the-teenage-bitch

important note: I’m merely a beginner

transloveletter

witches of all skill levels are welcome, even people who are just starting to learn and are not sure if they want to call themselves a ‘witch’ yet DO not worry friend, i am a beginner as well :D

herenyathehopeful-blog

Bisexual witch here with an ace homie @the-laughing-hobbit

hiddenhearthwitch

Queer, genderfluid witch 🏳️‍🌈

ladycoren

Genderqueer pan witch.

khangi

SMUDGING IS NOT SMOKE CLEANSING

smudging is a native traditional ceremony and is not equivalent to smoke cleansing!!!!

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