[moonlitawakening]

Meditation is literally my new favorite thing to do before bed. After a successful session, both my mind and body are so relaxed I’m able to get to sleep easier and feel refreshed the next day.

[mysticalwxtch]

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[witchinamondernworld]

A witch starter kit

These are things you should keep on hand if you’re new to witchcraft. These items are the most versatile and useful things you can get.

A deck of cards - This can be a tarot deck or a normal playing card deck. Cards are good for divination, manifesting, and communication with the higher powers of this world.

Salt- Salt is versatile and can be used for protection most commonly.

Paper- Paper and a pen is by far my biggest recommendation for a practitioner who can’t afford/find many of other items. It can be used to make sigils, petitions, or any other forms of manifesting very easily. If you’re on a budget, go to your local discount store and buy white paper or a journal, preferably blank, and a pen, preferably black.

White candles -white candles can be used for any spell work or any intent, as long as you make the intent clear.

[stygiantarot]

Safety 101 in Witchcraft

(Lesson originally taught at @alexandriarchives on June 17th, 2019)

For the sake of this lesson, I shall be using the term “working” to denote whatever witchy activity is being attempted! It can be secular, theistic, simple, complex, etc!

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Mundane

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❌ Privacy 🚫

In my opinion, the first and foremost safety tip is having the proper level of privacy for a working. This means the level of privacy you need to feel safe and secure, the timing and and space you need to lay out your tools and ingredients. It encompasses whether you are “in the woods” (or broom closet) or if you’re known to your loved ones (that you live with at least). Even if your housemates are aware, there is still a certain level of privacy that encourages safety.

I also start with this one because it goes hand-in-hand with the next three. You need a safe amount of privacy to have a good surface for your tools and ingredients, and for your own mental health (including the self care of grounding before and after). Think about whether you’d like to take a bath or shower beforehand to help the grounding/cleansing process. It’s a personal preference, but it’s something to keep in mind with the timing aspect of your privacy.

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🎴 Surfaces/Tools 🕯

Think about what kind of working you are trying to complete. Does it involve water? Fire? Make sure to use an appropriate surface for that, as well as have things arranged in such a way that they aren’t damaged. Don’t put your Tarot cards right next to your large bowl of water or your candle flame!

Sometimes accidents happen. Have a fire plan ready if you are using any in case a small candle flame catches on something flammable and becomes larger. Additionally, have a similar plan for sharp implements that you use. For example, have a first aid kit nearby if you’re using a sharp objects just in case something happens during your working. Especially good for if you’re working with blood magic.

Though this is the mundane section of the lesson, things in witchcraft often overlap so also keep in mind the spiritual safety of your surfaces and tools. This is a more personal distinction so I don’t have specifics to lay out for every one of you. For example, things like spirit vessels or Tarot cards with certain personalities that may not want to be nearby during certain workings. Also keep your notes and grimoire safe from splatters or flame as much as you can! (A touch can give it character though 😉)

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🐚 Ingredients 🌿

Please do not use any ingredients that you don’t have confidence of their interactions. This goes doubly for anything consumed or put on your skin, but it’s still important with anything you burn or with touch tools that you will later touch. Don’t forget this applies to crystals as well as plants and spices! Think about alternative ways to use an ingredient that you aren’t sure of being safe to consume or burn- submerge it, bury it? But also keep in mind what is safe to bury outside if you plan on that. There’s no shame in using your trashcan as a symbolic burying for a working that isn’t safe for nature.

Certain incenses and essential oils are bad for your pet friends AND/OR your children. Do some rudimentary research on what is safe for the other inhabitants of your home and do NOT apply an essential oil to your skin without a carrier oil. Take a moment to spot test it on a small patch of skin near some soap and water too before using it ritually/magically.

A Note on Crystals:

Certain crystals are toxic. There’s typically good lists of what’s toxic and what isn’t but the general rule of thumb is that malachite, cinnabar/cinnabarite, and galena. While malachite is fine tumbled, it’s really not good for you raw (it is made up of 57% copper). And don’t put crystals in your body cavities (like your vagina, anus, mouth, etc). Certain crystals also interact funkily with certain elements, like sunlight, water, salt, etc. Just do your research before using them in your work.

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🌡 Physical and Mental Health 🏥

Beyond the space, tool, and ingredient safety concerns, your own self is absolutely a vital component to a workings. Therefore, so is your physical and mental health. Try to consider what state you are in as diplomatically as you can- pushing yourself can have longterm trouble in later workings and it’s important to be gentle with yourself.

But it doesn’t automatically mean you have to cancel your working. Often you can re-tailor it to account for your current state. Do a simpler one, one in a different location so you can sit or lay down more easily, alter the ingredients and steps so you can do it in the bath. Witchcraft is what you make of it!

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Magical

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⛰ Grounding/Cleansing 🚿

Grounding is a series of steps you do to center and care for yourself prior to and after a working. I couple it with cleansing because there are many types of grounding that include a cleansing aspect/step. There are many methods of grounding and there will be a whole other class on that so I won’t go into too much detail. Just remember that it does need to be done afterwards as well to reconnect yourself with the world at large after the intensity of a working- even a simple one can wobble you, so to speak!

Also keep in mind that there are many methods of grounding; don’t feel like you need to do the same as others have said worked for them. Showers/baths, a snack, touching the ground, listening to music, playing a video game, petting an animal- these are all valid! The only general rule I encourage for everyone is to drink some water or other simple refreshment afterwards (no alcohol).

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🛡Warding/Shielding ⚔️

Warding is an energy working that creates a protective layer around a location. Shielding is the same but is mobile, ideally for a person (like the practitioner themselves!).

It is extremely important to have the basics down of this before doing workings just to be safe. It’s likely they won’t be needed in any direct way until you do more intense workings, but they will maintain your space and build on themselves so that you are blind-sighted.

Shielding yourself is most easily done with an anchor- a piece of jewelry or pocket sized item that you have the shield tied to. That way you don’t have to actively focus on it all day when you can just wear/have the anchor. The first time you tie it to the anchor you will need to carefully craft it bit-by-bit. It is commonly done by visualizing (like building a wall, net, bubble, etc.) or can be alternatively done with another sense. You could do it in a tactile fashion by sculpting it, drawing it, creating it in a video game and setting the anchor on the craft to tie it. You could use music or scents as well. The primary goal is the careful, deliberate building of the energy and then directing it to its purpose. Take your time, don’t rush. Repair and recharge your shield anchor at least once a month, or more often if you notice its effect diminishing. Recharge either with your own energy or you can use other sources like the sun, moon, crystals, the earth, sigils, etc!

Wards are very similar, they just encompass a location and are stationary. Often this is the practitioner’s home. You can have physical anchors (many people like crystals, witches bottles, or potted plants) or you can tie the ward to the home/property itself. Don’t forget to repair and recharge these as well!

You also want to recharge your wards and shields at least once a month, more if you feel that it’s necessary.

Wards have different purposes: defensive/energy purposes and offensive/entitiy purposes. They have the double effect of containing your energy and your workings from leaking out and protecting any other unintentional energy leaking into you. Think like a backyard pool where you don’t want the water going all over your yard- you want it to stay in the pool. Offensive is more deliberate protection for if a specific entity or energy that is trying to get in. It’s the fence that keeps the neighbour from using the pool when you don’t want them to. It’s more actionable protection.

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👻 Spirit Safety 👻

If you intend to do any spirit work with communication, inviting, seeking, etc., it’s important to add onto the warding and shielding the ability to banish. If your desired location for this working is in your own home, a comprehensive House Rules prepared for any spirits you allow into your wards is also recommended.

House rules are a (generally written) list of agreements for the protection of yourself and all your housemates (human or pets). Think of them almost like understood guest rules when you have someone come over. Yes, you don’t necessarily present them to your guest upon their entrance but that is because we live in a common society with an understanding of what is polite. The spirits you are dealing with do not. It is not considered rude in the spirit community to ask them to agree to a set of house rules.

For spirits that pre-existed in your home: establish that this is your home and you want to respect them but there are still rules that they need to follow. Show them your house rules. If they don’t agree to them, banish them.

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[moonlitawakening]

Hi!

I’m new to witchcraft and am looking for blogs to follow that are really informative and will help me down this path. I’m also always looking for new friends if anyone wants to talk. ✨ This is a side blog, I follow as drowsyblueotter. 💙

[moonlitawakening]

I’ve started meditating, and with every day that goes by the easier it gets. I’ve even noticed after a calming session I’m able to get to sleep easier.

[the-aries-witch-blog]

The Aries Witch ♈ found a great lists of herbs and their uses whilst stumbling;

HERBS AND THIER MAGICAL USES      Acicia - Protection, Psychic Powers    Adam & Eve Roots - Love, Happiness.    Adders Tongue - Healing    African Violet - Spirituality, Protection    Agaric - Fertility    Agrimony - Protection, Sleep    Ague Root - Protection    Alfalfa - Prosperity, Anti-hunger, Money    Alkanet - Purification, Prosperity    Allspice - Money, Luck, Healing    Almond - Money, Prosperity, Wisdom    Aloe - Protection, Luck    Aloes, Wood - Love, Spirituality    Althea - Protection, Psychic Powers    Alyssum - Protection, Moderating Anger    Amaranth - Healing, Protection, Invisibility    Anemone - Health, Protection, Healing    Angelica - Exorcism, Protection, Healing, Visions    Apple - Love,Healing, Garden Magic, Immortality    Apricot - Love    Arabic Gum - Purify negativity and evil    Arbutus - Exorcism, Protection    Asafoetida - Exorcism, Purification, Protection    Ash - Protection, Prosperity, Sea Rituals, Health    Aspen - Eloquence, Anti-Theft    Aster - Love    Avens - Exorcism, Purification,Love    Avocado - Love,Lust,Beauty    Bachelor's Buttons - Love    Balm, Lemon - Love,Success, Healing    Balm of Gilead - Love,Manifestations,Protection,Healing    Bamboo - Protection, Luck, Hex-Breaking, Wishes    Banana - Fertility, Potency, Prosperity    Banyan - Luck    Barley - Love, Healing, Protection    Basil - Love, Exorcism, Wealth, Flying, Protection    Bay - Protection, Psychic Powers, Healing, Purification, Strength    Bean - Protection, Exorcism, Wart Charming, Reconciliations, Potency,           Love    Bedstraw/Fragrant - Love    Beech - Wishes    Beet - love    Belladonna - astral projection *DEADLY POISON!!    Benzoin - Purification, Prosperity    Bergamot, Orange - Money    Be-Still - Luck    Betony/wood - Protection,Purification,Love    Birch - Protection, Exorcism, Purification    Bistort - Psychic Powers, Fertility    Bittersweet - Protection, Healing    Blackberry - Healing, Money, Protection    Bladderwrack - Protection, Sea Spells, Wind Spells, Money, Psychic Powers    Bleeding Heart - Love    Bloodroot - Love, Protection, Purification    Bluebell - Luck, Truth    Blueberry - Protection    Blue Flag - Money    Bodhi - Fertility, Protection, WIsdom, Meditation    Boneset - Protection, Exorcism    Borage - Courage, Psychic Powers    Bracken - Healing, Rune Magic, Prophetic Dreams    Brazil Nut - Love    Briony - Image Magic, Money, Protection    Bromeliad - Protection, Money    Broom - Purification, Protection, Wind Spells, Divination    Buchu - Psychic Powers, Prophetic Dreams    Buckthorn - Protection, Exorcism, Wishes, Legal Matters    Buckwheat - Money, Protection    Burdock - Protection, Healing    Cabbage - Luck    Cactus - Protection, Chastity    Calamus - Luck, Healing, Money, Protection    Camellia -Riches    Camphor - Chastity, Health, Divination    Caper - Potency, Lust, Luck    Carawy - Protection, Lust, Health, Anti-theft, Mental Powers    Cardamon - Lust, Love    Carnation - Protection, Strength, Healing    Carob - Protection, Health    Carrot - Fertility, Lust    Cascara Sagrada - Legal Matters, Money, Protection,    Cashew - Money    Castor - Protection    Catnip - Cat Magic, Love, Beauty, Happiness    Cattail - Lust    Cedar - Healing, Purification, Money, Protection    Celandine - Protection, Escape, Happiness, Legal Matters    Celery - Mental Powers, Lust, Psychic Powers    Centaury - Snake Removing    Chamomile - Money, Sleep, Love, Purification    Cherry - Love, divination    Chestnut - Love    Chickweed - Fertility, Love    Chicory - Removing Obstacles, Invisibility, favors, Frigidity    Chili pepper - Fidelity, hex Breaking, Love    China Berry - Luck    Chrysanthemum - Protection    Cinchona - Luck, Protection    Cinnamon - Spirituality, Success, Healing, Power, Psychic Powers, Lust               Protection, Love    Cinquefoil - Money, Protection, Prophetic Dreams, Sleep    Citron - Psychic Powers, Healing    Cloth of Gold - Understand animal languages    Clove - Protection, Exorcism, Love, Money    Clover - Protection, Money, Love, fidelity, Exorcism, Success    Club Moss - Protection, Power    Coconut - Purification, Protection, Chastity    Cohosh,Black - love, courage,protection,potency    Coltsfoot - Love,Visions    Columbine - Courage,Love    Comfrey - Safety during travel, Money    Copal - Love, Purification    Coriander - Love,Health, Healing    Corn - protection,luck, divination    Cotton - Luck,Healing,Protection,Rain,Fishing Magic    Cowslip - Healing,Youth,Treasure Finding    Crocus - Love, Visions    Cubeb - Love    Cuckoo-flower - Fertility,Lover    Cucumber - Chastity,Healing,Fertility    Cumin - Protection,Fidelity, Exorcism    Curry - Protection    Cyclamen - fertility,Protection,Happiness, Lust    Cypress - Longevity, Healing, Comfort,Protection    Daffodil - Love,Fertility, Luck    Daisy - Lust,Luck    Damiana - Lust, Love, Visions    Dandelion - Divination,Wishes,Calling Spirits    Datura - Hex Breaking,Sleep,Protection    Deerstongue - Lust, Psychic Powers    Devils Bit - Exorcism, Love, Protection, Lust    Devils Shoestring - Protection, Gambling, Luck, Power, Employment    Dill - Protection, Money, Lust,Luck    Dittany of Crete - Manifestations, Astral Projection    Dock - Healing,Fertility, Money    Dodder - Love,Divination,Knot Magic    Dogbane - Love    Dogwood - Wishes, Protection    Dragons Blood - Love,Protection,Exorcism,Potency    Dulse - Lust, Harmony    Dutchmans Breeches - Love    Ebony - Protection, Power    Echinacea - Strengthening Spells    Edelweiss - Invisibility, Bullet-Proofing    Elder - Exorcism,Protection,Healing,Prosperity,Sleep    Elecampane - Love,Protection,Psychic Powers    Elm - Love    Endive - Lust,Love    Eryngo - Travelers Luck, Peace, Lust, Love    Eucalyptus - Healing,Protection    Euphorbia - Purification, Protection    Eyebright - Mental Powers, Psychic Power    Fennel - Protection, Healing, Purification    Fenugreek - Money    Fern - Rain Making, Protection,Luck,Riches,Eternal Youth, Health,           Exorcism    Feverfew - Protection    Fig - Divination,Fertility, Love    Figwort - Health,Protection    Flax - Money, Protection,Beauty,Psychic Powers, Healing    Fleabane - Exorcism, Protection, Chastity    Foxglove - Protection    Frankincense - Protection, Exorcism, Spirituality    Fumitory - Money, Exorcism    Fuzzy Weed - Love,Hunting    Galangal - Protection, Lust, Health, Money, Psychic Powers, Hex               breaking    Gardenia - Love, Peace, Healing, Spirituality    Garlic - Protection, Healing, Exorcism, Lust, Anti-Theft    Gentian - Love, Power    Geranium - Fertility, Health, Love, Protection    Ginger - Love, Money, Success, Power    Ginseng - Love, Wishes, Healing, Beauty, Protection, Lust    Goats Rue - Healing, Health    Goldenrod - Money, Divination    Golden Seal - Healing, Money    Gorse - Protection, Money    Gotu Kola - Meditation    Gourd - Protection    Grain - Protection    Grains of Paradise - Lust, Luck, Love, Money, Wishes    Grape - Fertility, Garden Magic, Mental Powers,Money    Grass - Psychic Powers, Protection    Ground Ivy - Divination    Groundsel - Health, Healing    Hawthorn - Fertility, Chastity, Fishing Magic, Happiness    Hazel - Luck, Fertility, Anti-Lightning,  Protection, Wishes    Heather - Protection, Rain Making, Luck    Heliotrope - Exorcism, Prophetic dreams, Healing, Wealth, Invisbility    Hellebore,Black - Protection *POISON*    Hemlock - Destroy sexual drives *POISON*    Hemp - Healing, Love, Vision, Meditation    Henbane - POISON Not used    Henna - Healing    Hibiscus - Lust,Love, Divination    Hickory - Legal Matters    High John the Conquerer - Money, Love, Success, Happiness    Holly - Protection, Anti-Lightning, Luck, Dream Magic    Honesty - Money, Repelling Monsters    Honeysuckle - Money, Psychic Powers, Protection    Hops - Healing, Sleep    Horehound - Protection, Mental Powers, Exorcism, Healing    Horse Chestnut - Money, Healing    Horseradish - Purification, Exorcism    Horsetail - Snake Charming, Fertility    Houndstongue - Tying dogs tongues    Houseleek - Luck,Protection, Love    Huckleberry - Luck, Protection, Dream Magic, Hex Breaking    Hyacinth - Love, Protection, Happiness    Hydrangea - Hex Breaking    Hyssop - Purification, Protection    Indian Paint Brush - Love    Iris - Purification, Wisdom    Irish Moss - Money, Luck, Protection    Ivy - Protection, Healing    Jasmine - Love, Money, Prophetic Dreams    Jobs Tears - Healing, Wishes, Luck    Joe-pye weed - Love, Respect    Juniper - Protection, Anti-theft, Love, Exorcism, Health    kava-Kave - Visions, Protection, luck    knotweed - Binding, Health    Ladys mantle - Love    Ladys slipper - Protection    Larch - Protection, Anti theft    Larkspur - Health, Protection    Lavendar - Love, Protection, Sleep, Chastity, Longevity, Purification,    Happiness, Peace    Leek - Love, Protection, Exorcism    Lemon - Longevity, Purification, Love, Friendship    Lemongrass - Repel snakes, Lust, Psychic powers    Lemon Verbena - Purification, Love    Lettuce - Chastity, Protection, Love, Divination, Sleep    Licorice - Love,Lust, Fidelity    Life Everlasting - longevity, Health, Healing    Lilac - Exorcism, Protection    Lily - Protection, Breaking Love spells    Lily of the Valley - Mental Powers, Happiness    Lime - Healing,Love,Protection    Linden - Protection, Immortality, Luck, Love, Sleep    Liquidamber - Protection    Liverwort - Protection    Liverwort - Love    Looestrife - Peace,Protection    Lotus - Protection, Lock-Opening    Lovage - Love    Love Seed - Love,Friendship    Lucky Hand - Employment, Luck, Protection, Money, Travel    Mace - Psychic Powers, Mental Powers    Maguey - Lust    Magnolia - Fidelity    Mahogany,mountain - Anti-Lightning    Maidenhair - Beauty, Love    Male Fern - Luck, Love    Mallow - Love, Protection, Exorcism    Mandrake - Protection,Love, Money, Fertility, Health    Maple - Love, Longevity, Money    Marigold - Protection, Prophetic Dreams, Legal Matters, Psychic Powers    Marjoram - Protection, love, Happiness, Health, Money    Master Wort - Strength, Courage, Protection    Mastic - Psychic Powers, Manifestations, Lust    May Apple - Money    Meadow Rue - DIvination    Meadowsweet - Love, Divination, Peace, Happiness    Mesquite - Healing    Mimosa - Protection, Love, Prophetic Dreams, Purification    Mint - Money,Love,Lust,Healing, Exorcism,Travel, Protection    Mistletoe - Protection, Love, Hunting, Fertility, Health, Exorcism    Molukka - Protection    Moonwort - Money, Love    Moss - Luck,Money    Mugwort - Strength, Psychic Powers, Protection, Prophetic Dreams,              Healing, Astral Projection    Mulberry - Protection, Strength    Mullein - Courage, Protection, Health, Love,Divination, Exorcism    Mustard - Fertility, Protection, Mental Powers    Myrrh - Protection, Exorcism, Healing, Spirituality    Myrtle - Love, Fertility, Youth, Peace, Money    Nettle - Exorcism, Protection, Healing, Lust    Norfolk Island Pine - Protection, anti hunger    Nuts - Fertility,prosperity, love, luck    Oak - Protection, Health, Money, Healing, Potency, Fertility, Luck    Oats - Money    Olive - Healing, Peace, Fertility, Potency, Protection, Lust    Onion - Protection,Exorcism, Healing, Money, Prophetic Dreams, Lust    Orange - Love, Divination, Luck, Money    Orchid - Love    Oregon Grape - Money, Prosperity    Orris - Love, Protection, Divination    Palm,Date - Fertility, Potency    Pansy - Love,Rain Magic, Love, Divination    Papaya - Love, Protection    Papyrus - protection    Parosela - hunting    Parsley - Love, Protection, Purification    Passion Flower - Peace,Sleep, Friendship    Patchouly - Money, Fertility, Lust    Pea - Money,Love    Peach - Love, Exorcism, Longevity,. Fertility, Wishes    Pear - Lust, Love    Pecan - Money, Employment    Pennyroyal - Strength, Protection, Peace    Peony - Protection, Exorcism    Pepper - Protection,Exorcism    Peppermint - Purification, Sleep, Love, Healing, Psychic Powers    Pepper Tree - Purification, Healing, Protection    Periwinkle - Love, Lust, Mental Powers, Money, Protection    Persimmon - Changing Sex, healing, luck    Plot Weed - Protection    Pimento - Love    Pimpernel - Protection,Health    Pine - Healing, Fertility, Protection, Exorcism, Money    Pineapple - Luck, Money, Chastity    Pipsissewa - Money, Spirit Calling    Pistachio - Breaking Love Spells    Plantain - Healing, Protection, Strength,Snake Repelling    Plum - Healing    Plumeria - Love    Poke - Courage, Hex Breaking    Pomegranate - Divination, Luck, Wishes, Wealth, Fertility    Poplar - Money, Flying    Poppy - Fertility,Love, Sleep, Money,Luck, Invisibility    Potato - Image Magic, Healing    Prickly Ash - Love    Primrose - Protection, Love    Purslane - Sleep, Love, Luck, Protection, Happiness    Quassia - Love    Quince - Protection,Love,Happiness    Radish - Protection, Lust    Ragweed - Courage    Ragwort - Protection    Raspberry - Protection, Love    Rattlesnake Root - Protection,Money    Rhubarb - Protection, Fidelity    Rice - Protection, Rain, Fertility, Money    Roots - Protection, Power, Divination    Rose - Love, Psychic Powers, Healing, Love, Divination, Luck,           Protection    Rosemary - Protection, Love, Lust, Mental Powers, Exorcism,               Purification, Healing,Sleep, Youth    Rowan - Psychic Powers,Healing, Protection,Power, Success    Rue - Healing,Health, Mental Powers, Exorcism, Love    Rye - Love, Fidelity    Saffron - Love, Healing,Happiness, Wind Raising, Lust, Strength,              Psychic Powers.    Sage - Immortality, Longevity, Wisdom, Protection, Wishes    Sagebrush - Purification, Exorcism    St.Johns Wort - Health, Power,Protection,Strength, Love, Divination,                    Happiness    Sandalwood - Protection, Healing, Exorcism, Spirituality    Sarsaparilla - Love, Money    Sassafras - Health, Money    Savory/Summer - Mental Powers    Scullcap - Love, Fidelity, Peace    Senna - Love    Sesame - Money. Lust    Shallot - Purification    Skunk Cabbage - Legal Matters    Slippery Elm - Halts Gossip    Sloe - Exorcism, Protection    Snakeroot - Luck Money    Snakeroot/black - Love,Lust,Money    Snapdragon - Protection    Solomons Seal - Protection,Exorcism    Sorrel Wood - Healing,Health    Southern Wood - Love,Lust,Protection    Spanish Moss - Protection    Spearmint - Healing,Love,Mental Powers    SpiderWort - Love    Spikenard - Love    Squill - Money,Protection,Hex Breaking    Star/anise - Psychic Powers, Luck    Stillengia - Psychic Powers    Straw - Luck,Image Magic    Strawberry - Love,Luck    Sugar Cane - Love,Lust    Sumbul - Love,Luck,Health,Psychic Powers    Sunflower - Fertility,Wishes,Health,Wisdom    Sweetgrass - Calling Spirits    Sweetpea - Friendship,Chastity,Courage,Strength    Tamarind - Love    Tamarisk - Exorcism,Protection    Tansy - Health,Longevity    Tea - Riches,Courage,Strength    Thistle - Strength,Protection,Hex Breaking,Healing    Thistle/holy - Purification,Hex Breaking    Thistle/milk - Snake enraging    Thyme - health,Healing,Sleep,Psychic Powers,Love,Purification,Courage    Ti - Protection,Healing    Toadflax - Protection,Hex Breaking    Toadstool - Rain Making    Tobacco - Healing,Purification    Turmeric - Purification    Turnip - Protection,Ending Relationships    Uva Ursa - Psychic Workings    Valerian - Love,Sleep,Purification,Protection    Vanilla - Love,Lust,Mental Powers    Venus Flytrap - Protection,Love    Vervain - Love, Protection, Purification, Peace, Money, Youth,              Chastity, Sleep,Healing    Vetch/Giant - Fidelity    Vetivert - Love, Hex Breaking, Luck, Money, Anti-Theft    Violet - Protection, Luck, Love, Lust, Wishes, Peace, Healing    Wahoo - Hex-breaking, Courage, Success    Walnut - Health, Mental Powers, Infertility, Wishes    Wax Plant - Protection    Wheat - Fertility, Money    Willow - Love, divination, Protection, Healing    Wintergreen - Protection, Healing, Hex Breaking    Winters Bark - Success    WItch Grass - Happiness, Lust,love, Exorcism    Witch Hazel - Protection, Chastity    Wolfs Bane - Protection, Invisibility    Wood Rose - Luck    Woodruff - Victory, Protection, Money    Wormwood - Psychic Powers, Protection, Love, Calling Spirits    Yarrow - Courage, Love, Psychic Powers, Exorcism    Yellow Evening Primrose - Hunting    Yerba Mate - Fidelity, Love, Lust    Yerba Santa - Beauty, Healing, Psychic Powers, Protection    Yew - Raising the Dead    Yohimbe - Love,Lust    Yucca - Transmutation, Protection, Purification

[witchycrystal777]

Herb Magic: Rose Colors and Magic

Burgundy - a deeper, darker, more tempestuous love

Celadon Green - prosperity, fertility, and good luck

Coral - charm and affection

Hot Pink - announces passion, daring, and verve

Ivory - romance and a steadfast, mature love

Orange - vitality, passion, enthusiasm, and energy

Pale Pink - gratitude, appreciation, romance, a dreamy first love; use to invoke a warm fuzzy feeling

Purple - power, passion, and the enchantment of fairies 

Red - true love, lust, and romance 

Red and White - creativity, unity, and solidarity 

Yellow - friendship, joy, happiness, good health, communication, and the power of the sun 

White - peace, love, marriage, moon magic, new beginning

Sources:  Herb Magic for Beginners: Down-to-Earth Enchantments by Ellen Dugan Rose Color Meanings

[wiccanartistry]

50 Simple Charms

Basil at the door, windows, or scattered in the home will increase money.

Lay thorny branches on your doorstep to keep evil from your dwelling.

Eat a pinch of Thyme before bed, and you will have sweet dreams.

Place chips of Cedar wood in a box with some coins to draw money to you.

Carry an Anemone Flower with you to ward against illness.

Hang a bit of Seaweed in the kitchen to ward evil spirits.

Keep a jar of Alfalfa in your cupboards to ensure the prosperity of your house.

Burn Allspice as an incense to draw money or luck to you, as well as speed healing.

Cut an Apple in half, and give one half to your love to ensure a prosperous relationship.

Carry an Avocado pit with you to let your inner beauty shine outwardly. Avocado is also an aphrodisiac.

Strawberries are an aphrodisiac.

Place a piece of cotton in your sugar bowl to draw good luck to your house.

Celery is an aphrodisiac.

Place Almonds in your pocket when you need to find something.

Scatter Chili Peppers around your house to break a curse.

Carrying a packet of strawberry leaves will help ease the pains of pregnancy.

Scatter some sugar to purify a room.

Throw rice into the air to make rain.

Carry a potato in your pocket or purse all winter to ward against colds.

Eat five almonds before consuming alcohol, to lighten the effects of intoxication.

Place a pine branch above your bed to keep illness away.

Chew celery seeds to help you concentrate.

Carry of chunk of dry pineapple in a bag to draw luck to you.

Ask an orange a yes or no question before you eat it, then count the seeds: if the seeds are an even number, the answer is no. If an odd number, yes.

Eat olives to ensure fertility.

Toss Oats out your back door to ensure that your garden or crop will be bountiful.

Eat mustard seed to ensure fertility.

Place Lilacs around your house to rid yourself of unwanted spirits.

Eat Lettuce to drive lustful thoughts from your mind.

Rub a Lettuce leaf over your forehead to help you sleep.

Add Lemon juice to your bathwater for purification.

Eat grapes to increase psychic powers.

Carry a blade of grass to increase your psychic powers.

Smell Dill to get rid of hiccups.

If you place a Dill sachet over your door, those who wish you ill can not enter your home.

Place cotton on an aching tooth, and the pain will ease.

Burn cotton to cause rain.

Place pepper inside a piece of cotton and sew it shut to make a charm to bring back a lost love.

Carry a small onion to protect against venomous animals.

Eat grapes to increase fertility.

Place a sliced onion in the room of an ill person do draw out the sickness.

Place an onion underneath your pillow to have prophetic dreams.

Place morning glory seeds under your bed to cure nightmares.

Walk through the branches of a maple tree to ensure that you will have a long life.

Mix salt and pepper together and scatter it around your house to dispel evil.

Smell Lavender to help you sleep.  (Lavender makes me fall asleep so fast).

Hang a pea pod containing nine peas above the door to draw your future mate to you.

Eat a peach to assist in making a tough decision.

Carry peach wood to lengthen your lifespan.

Carry a walnut to strengthen your heart muscle.

[scorpioenergiez-deactivated2021]

What the moon phases and transits mean🌙⭐

New moon: it’s time to set new intentions of what you want to accomplish. new ideas will be forming and coming to a head. listen to your intuition and get going!

Waxing crescent: it’s a time of curiosity and high energy. new possibilities are coming your way, get excited about them and use this spike in energy to take those new opportunities and risks

First quarter: it’s time to take action and build that momentum to make your dreams and ideas happen. develop your plans and ideas and take your time and strike when you’re ready

Waxing gibbous: it’s time to refine and make improvements on your actions. reflect on your past achievements and actions and how you got there. make those adjustments and improvements and keep going

Full moon: celebrate everything you’ve accomplished and all you’ve done thus far. let yourself breathe and relax, take this time to find joy in who you are. it’s a powerful, healing time

Waning gibbous: reflect on your actions and use them to help others. teach others how to be successful and how to help one another. reach out to your loved ones

Third quarter: release your inner struggles and issues, release the tension that’s been building. find what you need to let go. meditate on what you’ve learned. let go and create new energy

Waning crescent: a period of rest, relaxation, and restoration. quiet your inner monologue and chaotic thoughts so you can hear your intuition better

Aries moon: it’s time to initiate and take action. start those new projects and ideas and make those decisions. be a leader, not a follower

Taurus moon: self care will be huge during this time! take care of yourself and your body, take stock of your money, and add beauty and joy into your life

Gemini moon: learn something new. let your creativity and curioistity flow. let yourself write, think, and communicate/socialize

Cancer moon: have family/home time. take time for yourself to recharge yourself and your emotions. reflect on your emotions. cook your favorite comfort foods

Leo moon: be creative and have fun! enjoy your playful or flirty side, let yourself be the center of attention. dance, sing, draw, create, play games

Virgo moon: organize and add structure. take care of the details in your life or in your home, work, and relationships. be of service to others and let others help you

Libra moon: add balance to your routines and environment. clean, organize, make your space beautiful and aesthetically pleasing. communicate in your relationships and show your appreciation

Scorpio moon: reflect and forgive yourself and others. dive into your passions and learn something new about them. tune into your sexuality or deep, inner thoughts

Sagittarius moon: a great time to travel or try something new. be generous with your money, love, and time. seek your inspiration and have fun

Capricorn moon: work on your projects you’ve been putting off. add structure and systems to your life, organize yourself. dedicate yourself to your goals and accomplish what you need to. motivate yourself

Aquarius moon: connect with your friends or community. tap into your weird or quirky side, let your inner weirdo come out. stand up for yourself and others. think about the future

Pisces moon: meditate and pay close attention to your dreams. use and develop your intuition. reflect on what you’ve done and what you want to do

[blessed-aine]

🌿Lavender Tea Infusion🌿

Lavender is one of my favorite herbs to use and grow, as it has many uses and is very fragrant. It’s a hardy perennial that falls under the house of Mercury, and usually has protective, clarifying, and even cleansing energies. 

Lavender is most often used to calm ones nerves, or headaches from stress and fatigue. A lesser known use is that it can also be made into a diluted wash to be used for acne or skincare as well!

🌿To make the infusion, I used dried Lavender buds from a local Asian market, where it is sold to be put into tea. Per the instructions, you must rinse the buds and then soak them in water for around 30 minutes. 

🌿For my own brew, I used ½ ounce of Lavender buds and once they had been soaking, I steeped them for 15 minutes in 1 pint of hot water. Feel free to add honey or other sweeteners to taste! The infusion comes out pleasantly fragrant and not too strong. 

*Please make sure that when making herbal teas that you know where your herbs are coming from! Some may not be edible due to pesticides or other circumstances, so make sure that you do research before consuming them.

**Also, please be aware that using too strong of an infusion or using concentrated oil of Lavender can cause headaches, skin irritation, constipation, or an increased appetite. The herb also may interact with any sedatives that you may be taking.

✨ Enjoy, and blessed be! ✨

[celestictarot]

Lovely recipe ,3

[astralwitchling-blog]

cleansing crystals

full moon: on the night of a full moon, leave your crystals outside to soak up the moonlight, the crystals will still receive the energy even if it’s cloudy or raining! (but make sure the crystals can safely be in contact with water!!)

sunlight: leave your crystals out to bathe in the sun for a few hours (Amegreen, Amethyst, Ametrine,  Aquamarine,  Celestite, Citrine, Fluorite,  Kunzite, Opal,Rose Quartz, Smoky Quartz, Spirit Quartz, Super Seven, Topaz, and Turquoise should not be left out in the sun!!)

sage/incense: waft the smoke over the crystals, or hold the crystals in the smoke, let the smoke reach every side of the crystal

water: let your crystals soak in a nice cool water bath, or place them under running water, visualise the water cleaning out any negative energy (Calcite, Desert Rose, Halite, Hematite, Lodestone, Malachite, Satin Spar, and Selenite should not be placed in water!!)

earth: bury your crystals in the soil for a few hours and the earth will soak up negative energies (again, be cautious about rain!)

sound: place your crystals in front of speakers and play your favourite music!! the vibrations from sound waves will pass through the crystals and reset their vibrations to their original state

flower petals: bury your crystals in a bowl of flower petals, choose a flower that has extra healing properties to help your crystals

visualisation: hold your crystal in your hand and envision a white light surrounding it, then see a white beam pass through the crystal, taking the negative energy away

[hekatesoasis]

CIRCLE CASTING 101

A magickal circle is an energetic construct that you build or envision around yourself before working magick, doing a ritual, some like to cast a circle before meditating or reading tarots. For a solitary practitioner the circle is typically 5-6 ft in diameter, but the size expands based on the size of the group. It can be defined physically, energetically, or both.

Circles provide protection and serves as a container for your personal energy as well as the energy you conjure.

Please remember that this is just what i personally like to do when casting a circle, but that there are many methods.

Preparation for circle casting

1. Determine how much space you will need.

2. Cleanse your area. Vacuum, sweep, throw away any trash in the area.

3.Make sure you have everything you need for your ritual! Theres nothing more frustrating than having your circle casted and realizing you’ve forgotten an herb or any supplies you need for the work you’re about to do.

4. Purify your area. Light purifying incense, sage, sprinkle salt and holy 💧. Most importantly, Visualize the negative energy dispersing. If you don’t focus & visualize, your physical actions will have little effect. Visualization is hands down one of the most important things in any and all magickal workings!

5. Now its time to cast your circle!

Visualize protective energy coming from within you and direct it towards your casting arm. Focus it through a casting tool (Athame, wand, or ✋)  and visualize a beam of energy coming from it and settling on the ground. Trace your circle with this energy, 3 times in a clockwise direction. Once for protection, once for focus, and once for power.

Call the 4 quarters

Face North and say “I call to the North, to the element of Earth. Grant me (us if not practicing alone) your endurance, your strength.”                                  Sprinkle salt onto your altar or crumble soil into a bowl on your altar.

Face East and say “I call to the East, to the element of Air. Grant me your creativity and your intuition.”                                                                             Light incense, wave a fan,or drop feathers onto your altar.

Face south and say “I call to the South, to the element of Fire. Grant me your passion and your energy.”                                                                                 Light candles.

Face west and say “I call to the West, to the element of Water. Grant me your empathy and your emotion.”                                                                              Pour blessed/storm/moon/natural water into a bowl or into your chalice.

Now would be the time to call on any deities you’d wish to work with. You can call any Goddess or Angel by personalizing this to them. I typically do not personally work with deities, but if you were to want to, Call to them similar to how the Elements are called. Ex. “I call to Gaia, Mother Goddess, Spirit of Earth.” and then place an offering symbolizing them, so for Gaia you might place  grain on your altar as an offering.

If not solitary, now would be the time to invite others to the circle. The group leader typically invites others in by a series of phrases, although i know every coven has their own method fine tuned for themselves, This is just the method i’ve seen used and am familiar with.                                                                    Group leader:”Children of the Goddess, I now invite you to enter our circle.” Each member will be asked “How do you enter this circle?” The response should be “In perfect love and perfect trust.”

Now its time to raise energy. This is the most important part of this process. It is so important because when you open your circle at the end of spellwork, You release all of your energy you have filled with intent out into the universe to go manifest whatever it may be you have called to. You want as much energy as possible to be released carrying your intent!

Here are a few ways! There is no wrong way to do this part, and there are SO MANY ways. You can fine tune this all to you. Remember that this is your ritual, and you want your energy fully behind everything you are doing. This is all customizable, most of all the energy raising.

-Witches Rune Chant

“Darksome night and shining Moon,

East, then South, then West, then North,

Hearken to the witches’ rune;

Here i come to call thee forth.

Earth and Water, Air and Fire.

Wand and pentacle and sword,

Work ye unto my desire,

Hearken ye into my word.

Cords and censer, scourge and knife,

Power of the witches blade waken all ye unto life,

Come ye as the charm is made.

Queen of Heaven, Queen of Hell, Lend your power unto my spell,

and work my will by magic rite.

By all the power of Land and Sea, By all the might of Moon and Sun,

As I do will, So mote it be;

Chant the spell, and be it done.

Eko, Eko Azarak

Eko, Eko Zamilak

Eko, Eko Karnayna

Eko, Eko Aradia”

-Meditating to raise energy. Visualize energy building and building by visualizing warm, yellow light fill your body until its expanding out of your body and filling the dome above your circle. visualize it filling with energy until you are content.

-Music or Drumming, Dancing and Chanting.

Once you reach your desired energy level, it is time to get into whatever spellwork or ritual you desire to preform!

After your spellwork, its time for Cakes and Ale. I like to make little spirit cakes and have some red wine after a ritual. Expelling all of that energy from your body is draining, and you should take your time to enjoy this part of the ritual. Set a cake and some wine aside for the entities who have lent you their energy as thanks. Cakes can be anything, from saltine crackers to cupcakes. Ale can be water. Anything that works for you is ok. For my cakes, i bake a shortbread and mix whatever ingredients i want into the dough. This way, I can craft them with the intent for whatever ritual i may be doing.

ONCE YOU FINISH YOUR WORK SAY GOODBYE TO THE ELEMENTS AND THANK THEM FOR THE POWER THEY BROUGHT. ALWAYS SAY GOODBYE AND THANK ANY DEITIES CALLED ON. 

HERE IS HOW I DO IT:

-Farewell to Goddess. ex. “I thank you, Gaia, for gracing me with your glory. Farewell and Merry met.”

-Farewell to Quarters (Counterclockwise). 

“My thanks to the element of Water, Your compassion was a gift. Farewell & Blessed be.” Now cover your dish of water or pour it out, Physically say goodbye as well.

“My thanks to the element of Fire, Your fierceness was a gift. Farewell & Blessed be.” Douse your candle. 

“My thanks to the element of Air, Your wisdom was a gift. Farewell & Blessed be.” Douse incense/flip fan/turn over feather.

“My thanks to the element of Earth, Your protection was a gift. Farewell & Blessed be.” Cover earth with a cloth, or return it to ground.

I like to walk the circle the opposite way of its casting three times, and voila!

Keep in mind that this is just my method! There are many methods and this is just one of them.

I hope this is helpful to you! 

-Love and light, @lapiscat

[moonlitawakening]

There’s so much to learn, and don’t get me wrong it’s all a little overwhelming but I know that with time I’ll be able to find myself on the right path. ✨