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ATTENTION ALL OF TUMBLR!
THIS IS AN URGENT MESSAGE.
IN 2014, IN SCHAUMBURG , ILLINOIS, USA
THERE
WILL
BE
A
TUMBLR CONVENTION!!!
THESE ARE THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE THAT ARE MAKING IT HAPPEN
SIGNAL BOOST THIS GUYS
I WANNA SEE EVERYONE THERE!!
this post eminates incredibly demonic energy
This is like finding a stray journal page in a ruined city that talks of some grand festival and the date of the entry is the day before the city was destroyed
End of Year Meme
First things first, did you have a good year?
How old did you turn this year?
Do you feel your age?
Did your appearance change in anyway?
Post your favorite selfie.
If you traveled, where did you go?
Which fashion trends did you love?
Which fashion trends did you hate?
What was your favorite article of clothing this year? Post a pic if possible?
What song sums up this year for you?
What album came out and has been on heavy rotation since then?
What was your favorite movie of the year?
Did an actor/actress catch your attention for the first time this year?
Favorite new TV show?
Which new ship/fandom has taken over a lot of your time, attention, and tears?
What food did you try for the first time?
Did you make any big permanent changes this year?
What was one nice thing you did for someone else?
What was one nice thing you did for yourself?
Did you develop a new obsession?
Did you vote?
Did you move?
Did you get a job?
Did you get a pet?
Do you regret not doing anything?
Do you regret doing something?
Have you done anything that scared you?
Did anyone/thing make you so mad it stayed with you for days?
Did you lose anyone close to you?
Did you fall in love?
Did you fall out of love?
Did you start a new relationship?
Did you go through a break up?
Did you have to cut ties to someone?
Who was important to you this year but wasn’t important last year?
Who wasn’t as important to you this year as they were last year?
If you could have a do over on one thing you did, would you take it?
What was the best moment of the year for you?
What was the worst?
Did anything happen that you were sure would change you as a person but it really didn’t?
Did anything happen to you that you were sure wouldn’t change you as a person but it did?
What are you most proud of accomplishing?
What have you learned about yourself this year that you didn’t know in the years prior?
Did your opinion of anyone change for the better?
Did your opinion of anyone change for worse?
If you make resolutions, did you complete them this year?
If you make resolutions, what will your resolutions be for the coming year?
If you could go on an adventure during the remaining days of the year, where would you go and what would you do? Who would you go this?
What do you wish for others for the coming year?
What do you wish for yourself?
This month is such a good time to let go of that which does not serve you. What are you clinging onto? What has become toxic? Release what's haunting you and notice those old spaces being filled with love and abundance 👻🎃🧡
Witch Tips 24
Holy shit it’s been over a year since I posted one of these but it’s because I kept setting myself up for failure by putting way too high of expectations on myself to crank out 10 new and unique and helpful tips everytime I got 100 new followers except first it was 10 and then it was 50 and holy shit I got so stressed about these so I’ve just been writing them down as I’ve thought of them instead and now here we are, please be gentle.
Hello here are tips
1. Use transfer paper and a hair dryer to decorate candles.
Maybe you’re doing a spell for someone & you want to put a picture of that person on the candle. This can be a way to help you better visualize the effects of the spell on the person the spell is for. Or maybe you need a picture on the candle for some other reason. Maybe you want to put pictures of coins on it for a money spell. Or hearts for a love spell. Simply print out whatever you want on transfer paper, cut it out & place the image face-down on the candle. Then, you’ll want to get your hairdryer and a piece of tissue paper (I highly suggest the tissue paper is the same color as the candle, otherwise you risk getting that color onto the candle. Which can also be fine, but if it’s not what you want…) use the blow dryer on a low-warm setting to melt the photo onto the candle side. Remove the tissue paper and there you have it! A picture printed onto a candle.
2. You can incorporate witchcraft into ANYTHING… even brushing your teeth.
I recently got this fucking delicious toothpaste from Trader Joe’s. I’m one of those people who sometimes struggles to brush my teeth twice a day because I hate the taste of toothpaste. So I got a super unconventional toothpaste flavor instead, “fennel, propolis, & Myrrh. And about a week after using it, it struck me -holy shit these ingredients have meaning behind them. Most obviously, myrrh is associated with wisdom and meditation. And fennel has been used in magic for centuries! Even if you use regular mint toothpaste, that ingredient has power behind it! Obviously this goes more so for natural toothpastes but I’m sure you can find a way to enchant other varieties as well! Use the ingredients already infused into your toothpaste for enchantments & glamours!
3. Actually study your grimoire.
If I sound at all harsh by saying this, it’s only because I’m being harsh with myself too. Study your grimoire. Don’t just write everything down & then expect to have it all perfectly memorized & be a master in everything you research. Reread it. Rework it. Learn.
4. Feel drawn to be a sea witch but you don’t live by the ocean? Get a saltwater aquarium!
First off, I’m not saying that it’s a flawless solution. Being a witch of the sea is more than just using salty fish water in your craft. HOWEVER, with that out of the way, there’s no way that a salt water aquarium will harm your craft as a sea witch. Think of it like a houseplant for a green witch. Sure, living in the forest would be better but it’s still something special to be able to bring a little piece of your craft into your home.
5. Personal taglocks make a spell more powerful, but exercise caution when using them.
Undoubtedly, using a taglock (such as a strand of hair) can better connect you to the spells you’re performing, but they’re not always wise to use. I only use them in extremely personal spells and crafts. Things that no one except for me can have access to. I would never suggest using a taglock on something that you wish to give another person (especially another witch) such as a spell bottle or sachet. Even if you’re best friends. Even if you’re siblings. Even if you’re MARRIED. You never know when a relationship can turn south or what someone is capable of when they’re extremely angry with you. Don’t risk it.
6. Be respectful of the deities that you don’t worship or work with
I don’t work with deities. Shocker, I know. I have my own belief system when it comes to higher powers that I won’t get into on Tumblr, probably ever. But I do believe in showing respect to all things, both living, dead, & otherwise specified. If a deity approaches you who you’re not interested in working with, please remain kind & respectful with in declination. You’re allowed to say no to anyone and everyone.
7. Just because someone is more experienced doesn’t necessarily mean they’re always right.
Without naming names or being too specific, there was a witch I followed on Tumblr for a long time. They were much older than me and had been a witch for like 20+ years. I followed everything they said as fact. But slowly, over time I started to learn more and realized I didn’t always agree with them. They were SO negative. If they heard basically anything new that younger witches were coming up with, they’d have a whole 10 paragraph post about how “stupid and wrong and ridiculous and fake” these new witches were. There was not an ounce of open mindedness with this person. And because of that, I started to feel really bad about myself and my craft. Things they said would stick with me and I’d feel so shitty about it. Well fuck. That. More experience means absolutely nothing if the person is unwilling to learn or expand their minds beyond their previous knowledge. Anyone can learn and anyone can teach. Age means nothing. Surround yourself with open minded people.
8. Put full moon water into your humidifier to charge your space.
This is an idea that only just occurred to me while I was setting up my crystals & jar of water to charge under the full blue moon on Samhain. I always turn my glowing humidifier on at night while I sleep. As I watched the mist begin to arise out the top I thought to myself, ‘if I’m charging that water (the glass jar on my altar) for the full moon, why not this water too?’ So now, I just add a little splash of full moon water into my humidifier water whenever I’m performing rituals or doing spell work. This way, the full moon water can charge my entire bedroom with the power of the full moon as I work.
Speaking of…
9. You can charge water under more moon phases than just full.
I don’t know if that wording was weird or not so I’m sorry if it doesn’t make sense. My point is, I always see people talking about moon water as if it’s only full moon water. The moon holds power in every phase she goes through. Adding to the above tip, you can put new moon water into your humidifier to cleanse your space. Waxing moon water to help you plan and focus. And waning moon water to assist during a banishment spell. Hell yeah dude, all phase of the moon are useful and powerful!
10. Incense matches are a great alternative to full incense sticks
I love burning incense, but sometimes it can really overwhelm the area, especially because my house is small & I dont want to expose my cat to it. Incense matches are literally matches that are covered in incense powder. They burn for just a few minutes & produce a steady stream of smoke for spells. They come in a bunch of different scents. I buy them locally for 30 matches for $1.05USD but you can probably find them cheaper online. Still be sure to keep them away from pets & those who are smoke-sensitive.
Thank you so much for reading, follow me for more #10tips, search my blog for the previous 230 tips, & have a magical day.
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SIGILS
A sigil is a type of symbol used in magick. The term has usually referred to a type of pictorial signature of a deity or spirit. In modern usage, especially in the context of chaos magic, sigil refers to a symbolic representation of the practitioner's desired outcome.
basically a form of art in a way in which inscribed or painted symbols are considered to have magical powers
I personally don't fully burn them to activate them ; I just burn the edges but sometimes I burn the whole thing so yeah lol.
you can always get more creative ;3
Witchy Weather
These are periods of intense energy ,all spells cast during them will be empowered by them, and may be more effective
Thunder and lightening
Power, manifestation, cursing and protection
Rain
Purification, Cleansing, healing compassion and realese
Snow storm
Balance, Stillness, transformation ,purification and letting go
Heavy Winds
Travel ,study, intellect , breaking bad habits
Cloudy
Sigils, curse lifting
Solar /lunar eclipse
Banishing and destruction
Sunlight
Courage, protection, strength ,energy
Shooting stars
Power, magical boost , wishes
Mist
Invisibility, stasis, mysticism, shielding
From moon take care everyone and be healthy and happy
I would say be careful if you are trying something new then do it in sunlight then no the other weather caz there are possibilities that if you are not align with your energies it may backfire.
How to Set Intentions
Always in witchcraft there is going to be a spell or ritual that asks you to set your intentions in order to reach the goal desired. We always hear “set your intentions”, but we never get to hear how to set your intentions. Here, I’m going to give you a step by step guide on how to set your intentions for rituals, spells and anything else that requires your focus.
1. Write down your primary ideas for what you want your intention to be about
Example: I want to be rich, I want to be able to buy things without worry of money, I want to have more tangible assets
2. Analyze your ideas for common themes. What is the main goal you are trying to reach?
Example: Money, Abundance, Wealth
3. Use the themes found to identify your intention. Always be as precise as possible.
Example: I will have an abundance of money, I will have excess cash to live comfortably
4. Write your intention on a specific piece of paper with as few words as possible, but be very specific.
These simple steps will allow you to understand how to set your intentions in an exact manner which will strengthen any spell or ritual you plan on doing. I hope this helped. Thank you for reading!
⛧ Sun Water
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i made sun water this morning and i wanted to share my recipe with you
☼ Uses
- Protection, physical healing, happiness, truth, clairvoyance, courage, strength, prosperity, luck, self-love, cleansing, confidence, leadership, growth, comfort, fertility, and creativity
☼ Things you’ll need
- a clear container for your water
- a window that at least gets a few hours of sunlight a day
- water
- black, yellow, and orange wax [optional]
- sun corresponding herbs, lemon peels, orange peels, marigolds, chamomile, cinnamon, or sunflowers [optional]
☼ Directions
- First cleanse your container, you can do this with incense, crystals, or any personal way you cleanse items.
Next fill the container with your water, I usually use distilled but any kind works.
After that you can say a small incantation or bless your water, this is a good area to do something special to you to give it your own intention.
Once that’s done I cap my container, and seal it with the wax I listed above, and once the wax covers the lid I press the herbs into the wax surrounding the lid. [note that this is completely optional and just a personal choice that I do, you can always put your own twist or keep the recipe the same, remember to do what feels right for you.]
And of course after that you let it sit in the sun! Anywhere works as long as it gets sunlight for a few hours. Some of the best times are Sunrise, 9am, 12pm, and 3pm.
After that you’re done, I usually just sit mine on my altar and before I use it I charge it with some crystals that have sunny energy like sunstone, orange calcite, citrine, tigers eye, goldstone, or carnelian. [please don’t put these stones in the water]
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Warding
Warding is the method of casting a shield or barrier to defend and protect a space, person, portal, or item or to deflect potential negative energies and dangers. This is a remarkably important intention to consider and practice,
Methods & Mannerisms:
General:
Adding protective symbols, shapes, or colors into your wardrobe or space.
Smoldering incense, bundles, herbal blends, or (legally) blowing smoke.
Incorporating a protective sigil, rune, or symbol onto one’s space or body.
Using Magickal sprays, mists, and humidifiers with diluted essential oils.
Making or purchasing a protective sachet to place or carry around.
Enchanting crystals and amulets to wear or store at home.
Personal:
Writing or tracing protective sigils, runes, or symbols on oneself.
Magickal topicals, salves, tinctures, lotions, and diluted essential oils.
Enchanting something you can wear such as a veil, article of clothing, piece of jewelry, or tattoo.
Enchanting and carrying a poppet, or another item that is symbolic to represents oneself with shield like intentions.
Casting a bathing or shower ritual; running water is considered very sacred and will protect as well as cleanse your soul of others energies.
Spatial:
Using the power of smoke by of an incent, plant bundle, or loose incense blend around your residence.
Closing all forms of Scrying divination by covering them or inscribing them with sigils, protective runes, or symbols.
Growing, hanging, or burning protective or repelling plants throughout your space whether it be outside, or on a windowsill.
Enchanting your crystals, salts, herbs, potions with defensive wards to carry or place throughout your dwelling.
Incorporating holy, moon, rain, rain, stream, salt, or sea water into your home, you can do this by positioning bottles of such in each corner of a home, or use them to inscribe onto walls, doors, and mirrors.
✨Soft witchy words🌼:
Nefelibata - a cloud walker, A creative person who lives in the clouds of their own imagination or dreams.
Lotus eater - a person who lives a dreamy life of ease, indifferent to the busy world.
Burble - to speak in a excited manner.
Floromancy - divination using flowers.
Floresta - woodland, greenwood, dell, glen, forest a dense collection of trees.
Hederate - to decorate with ivy.
Bumble Bee bliss - joyful and care free.
Tryst - a secret meeting between people who are romantically in love.
Honey hearted - extremely sweet/kind hearted.
Aita - a garden
Bluebell hearted - good natured and hyper empathetic to a fault.
Wonderment - a puzzle or curiosity
Mouse heart - shy and easily scared.
Vim - lively or energetic spirit/enthusiasm.
Kindliness - friendliness evidence by a kindly or helpful disposition.
Wanderlust - a strong desire for adventure.
Bonhomie - good natured cheerful friendliness; geniality.
Resplendent - shining brilliantly, characterized by a glowing splendor.
Rosarium - a garden specifically for roses.
Florentis - blooming/in bloom, flowering; flourishing, prosperous; flowery, bright/shining.
Lambent - glowing with soft radiance.
Woolgathering - indulgence in aimless thought or dreamy imagination.
Moonstruck - dreamily romantic or bemused.
Stardusted - naive romantic qualities.
Peach hearted - extremely sweet/soft hearted and extremely emotionally sensitive.
Forget-me-dots - someone who's innocently/harmlessly forgetful and naive.
Daisydew - a innocent person.
Honey hymns - a beautiful voice.
Twitterpated - extremely love struck.
Redamancy - the act of loving one who loves you, fully that loves you back.
Phosphenese - the colors or " stars " you see when you rub your eyes.
Strawberry mooned - deeply in entranced by another person.
Balter - to dance aimlessly without grace or skill but usually for enjoyment.
Sun speckled - having kind and warm natured qualities.
A norse runework starter pack!
Because runework is basically at the core of my craft, I use it all the time and I’m already more than familiar with it. Runework is super easy to incorporate into everyday life and it’s got a wide range of use so I truly recommend. It feels safe and reliable, and I don’t need to put a lot of time or focus on them. Now let’s get down to business to defeat the Huns.
Their story real quick:
So in His endless search for knowledge, Odin the Allfather hung Himself and was pierced by His own spear in order to be alone with Himself. He accepted no bread and no mead until He found the truth He’d been looking for. And He did: through the darkness of His own mind, Odin saw the runes and reached for them. It was told they were so powerful He could bring a man back from the dead using them.
The basics:
The runic alphabet, otherwise called Futhark. Because I’m a history nerd I try to use the “elder futhark” as much as possible, though there’s a new one going around that’s really popular too.
The more complicated stuff:
Vegvisir (you’ll often find it depicted inside a rune circle like the second pic, especially on jewelry and pendants): Vegvisir is first and foremost a compass, and its name translated from Icelandic quite literally means “that which shows the way”. Historians speculate that its shape might be derived from old sailing wayfinders in Scandinavia, thus its association with the compass. It’s supposed to guide one’s way through the storm, according to a line in the Huld manuscript. (x, y)
Aegishjalmur (Helm of Awe): Protection, protection, protection! That’s what it’s about. All of its branches are considered to be “guarding” the center, thus making it a major protection rune. Once you get the gist of it, it’s super easy to draw and useful. If you’re a fan of dragons like me, perhaps you know Fafnir’s invicibility was drawn from this rune, as stated in the Fáfnismál: The Helm of Awe | I wore before the sons of men | In defense of my treasure; | Amongst all, I alone was strong, | I thought to myself, | For I found no power a match for my own. (x, y)
Aight quick presentation for other complex runes:
Now; How do I use runes? Where do I put them?
Draw them anywhere and everywere. I wouldn’t recommend painting a ten-feet inguz on the closest police station but there’s still tons of places where runes can be useful. I draw them inside my wrists and close to pulse points, as way of “pumping” them into my system, so to speak. I write them down to focus my intent during rituals, choosing the one/s I need most atm. In a similar way, I envision them during meditation to clarify my intent. I also use them to decorate altars or devotional art. If you’re a norse pagan like me, maybe look up what runes your main deities are associated with! Quick rundown:
Odin is usually othala or ansuz
I often see Freyja associated with fehu, but that’s also the case for most of the Aesir
Tyr with teiwaz
Thor with thurisaz or uruz; etc…
What about bind runes?
By definition and according to historical speculation, bind runes are futhark runes which were merged into a single glyph (sometimes by carving them all on a single straight line, like oghams). They were super rare back in the viking age but they’ve become popular in the last few years.
People create them according to their needs. This aspect makes bind runes extremely versatile and personal because you can set really specific intents for them. They’re not exactly like sigils, though: when it comes to sigils, feeling and instinct usually guide people’s creation process. As for futhark bind runes, they’re made using existing glyphs from this specific alphabet. Here’s a bunch of bind runes that have been going around, just to give you guys a few ideas of what they can look like:
OKAYYY that’s all for me, time to sleep
Perfection can be a cage 🧶
I guess I was too worried about trapping my soul on a subconscious level lmao (joking, this is my first time making a scarf. Hopefully the next one will actually be good to donate to the homeless)
✩ OCTOBER AFFIRMATIONS ✩
October will be filled with progress.
October will be filled with necessary endings.
October will be filled with new, open doors.
October will be filled with cultivated space to heal.
October will be filled with deeper connection in your relationships.
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🕯️ Masterpost 🕯️
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Spirituality: Red Flags
🌬️ Things Toxic Spiritualists Say
🌬️ Things Toxic Spiritualists Say 2.0
Reminders
🕯️ Deities are not a requirement
🕯️ Friendly Reminders II
🕯️ You are deserving of love and happiness
🕯️ Your experience is valid
🕯️ You are allowed to say no
🕯️ People aren't judging you (overthinking)
🕯️ "communication is key" applies to deities too
🕯️ You're not a bad devotee
🕯️ No one knows where the giant primordial norse cow went
🕯️ Take care of your human vessel
🕯️ Your Gods love you for who you are - flaws and all.
Deity Prayers/Poems/Moodboards
✨ A Prayer For Loki
✨ Hail Thor
✨ Hail Loki
✨ Hail Odin
Worshipping
🌻 Different ways of worshipping the Gods
Resources
🔮 Different kinds of personal books
🔮 What it means to be a witch (for me)
🔮 Moon Phases And Their Meaning
🔮 Last Quarter Moon Magic
🔮 Small Things To Contact Spirits About
🔮 Spell Record Worksheet (how to keep track of your spells)
🔮 Transitions between the Wheel
🔮 So you've lost connection with a God.
🔮 Crystals - Uses and Properties
🔮 Masterpost on how to move out and live on your own
🔮 Simple explanation of different Clair-Senses
🔮 Things that made me stop wanting to die that require no effort whatsoever
🔮 Why I personally (!) advise against deity work when it comes to beginner witches
🔮 Manifesting vs working your ass off
🔮 Nordic Holidays
🔮 Protective Spell Ingredients
Cute Animals
🦊 A baby otter in the water
🦊 A black cat that brings good luck
🦊 Calling cats in different languages
I do not chase.
I attract.
The positive that is due me, is already manifesting.
The negative that infects me, is already leaving me.
The positive embraces me.
The negative deflects from me.
This be my will, so mote it be.
The best crystals for... Part 1 🤍
Part 2
Part 3
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