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WITCHY ART CHALLENGE ✨ Day 2 ~ Altar ✨

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my altar ♡

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Submitted by  the-eternal-annoyance

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Went to the cutest market in the hills yesterday and picked up these beauties 💎🌸🌿

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Beltane May first.

40 days after Ostara nature is thriving. Flowers are sprouting and animals begin the to procreate. As Samhain stands for death, Beltane stands for life. Beltane is also the celebration of love and fire.

🔥Element: Fire

🔥Colours: Green, pink, blue, yellow, red,brown, white.

🔥Flowers, trees and plants: Almond tree, ash tree, genisteae, watercress, clover, dittany of crete, elder, foxglove, honeysuckle, rowan, sorrel, hawthorn, ivy, lilies of valleys, marigold, meadowsweet, mugwort, woodruff, angelica, hyacinth, daisy, lilac, primrose, rose, St John’s wort, yarrow, patchouli.

🔥Food, drinks and herbs: Mint, thyme, milk, products containing milk, breads, grains, oats, cherries, strawberries, wine, salads, oysters, spices, spicy food, mushrooms.

🔥Associations: Maypole, ribbons, beads, flowers, flower chains, eggs, fire.

🔥Stones/crystals: Emerald, malachite,amber, sapphire, rose quartz, orange carnelian, green agate.

🔥Animals: Swallow, dove, swan, cat, lynx, panther, stag.

🔥Activities: Making fire, jumping fires, drinking and eating, doing things you love.

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💐🌺A Happy and Blessed Beltane to those who celebrate! 🌺💐

May your friends be close and your hearth warm ❤️

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🌻 fae offerings for beltane 🌻

if you’re like me and completely forget about beltane the day before and need to do something easy, fae offerings are a good option!

time: best performed at beltane, but you can leave a fae offering anytime!

gather: milk, honey, dried lavender, thyme, daisies, other flower heads of your choice

🌿  find a shallow bowl / dish and fill it with milk

🌿  stir in some honey

🌿  add dried lavender, thyme and any other herbs you like

🌿  make a daisy chain long enough to surround your offering (this will also protect the offering from evil spirits and pesky cats)

🌿  add some flower heads that are seasonal to beltane. i used dandelions and violets!

🌿  if you like, you could add some coins or other shiny objects that attract the fae

note: as i was setting this offering up, i heard the gentle tinkling of a wind chime. this usually is a sign of nearby fae, so i took this as a good omen! if you experience this as well lmk 🌙

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Witch Tip: Spell Contracts 📝

As much as I adore the elegantly written spells that rhyme and sound like they came straight out of an ancient book of shadows, I personally find that both creating and preforming spells like these is very energetically exhausting. That’s why I usually like to create what I call a “spell contract” instead. Not only is it far easier, but it’s straight to the point, and much more specific imo.

To create the spell contract, I usually just grab a small piece of paper and pen to make a list with the four following categories:

- The “spell type” (ex. glamour, love spell, money spell).

- The “spell creator(s)”, I just write my full name down in this category unless I am casting with someone else, in which case their name would be included as well.

- The “target(s)” of the spell, obviously this is who the spell will be effecting.

- The “terms & conditions” of the spell, which is basically just a detailed description of what you want the spell to do. You could even make subcategories within the terms & conditions if the spell is rather complex. I also include in this category how the contract is activated and deactivated (if the spell is not meant to be permanent).

And finally after signing my signature at the end and properly charging the spell, I’ll fold up the contract and either add it inside a spell jar, burn it, bury it, etc. as a means of activating the contract according to it’s intended purpose. Most often however, I add the contract to a spell jar then burn it if/when I decide I no longer want it to be effective.

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Happy bealtaine everyone

-mod Nightbird

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An essential guide to the most popular oils

These oils can be used for treatment such as scars, stretch marks, eczema…etc., as a natural fragrance and as a base for your DIY beauty projects

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How To Stop Using Your Own Energy To Fuel Your Witchcraft

Do you ever feel like you have to wait to be in just the right state to do magic?

Maybe you’ve been told you shouldn’t do magic when you’re sick.

Or maybe you’ve just found that spells tend to flop when you’re tired or sad.

THE PROBLEM IS, FOR MANY OF US THIS CAN MAKE UP THE MAJORITY OF OUR LIVES!

From illnesses to working multiple jobs, raising kids or mental health struggles, life is messy and you just can’t maintain that optimal magic working state all the time.

This can be SO FRUSTRATING but today I’ve got a solution for you!

Now, sadly I can’t fix the parts of your life that drain you or wear you down. As much as I would love to have the ultimate answer to how to have that pinterest perfect life I am in the same boat as everyone else.

What I can do is show you how to work magic anyway.

You have to stop relying on your own energy. I know it sounds a little nuts, energy is literally what magic runs on and now I want you to just remove it from the equation?! What?

I promise I haven’t lost it and YES, that’s exactly what I want! Or at least I want you to make energy way less of a key player in your magic.

I want you to never have to worry about whether or not you have enough energy to work magic ever again.

This is all explained in detail, including energy work and getting past all of the things that are stopping your from practicing your craft, in my new program Old World Witchcraft.

You achieve this by using other sources of energy to fuel your work.

Pulling energy from other sources is a way to fuel spells when you’re low on energy yourself or you’re working on something very big that needs more than you can safely offer.

Basically what you’re doing is finding an alternative source of energy and channeling the energy you take from it into your work in much the same way you would channel your own energy into it. Instead of being the source of energy in this case you’re simply a conduit, connecting power source to magic and allowing the entire framework to run without needing your input, only your direction.

The first step in this process is finding a good source.

This source can be anything;

Plants

Animals

Crystals

People

The earth

The moon

etc.

It’s important to take into consideration that if you’re pulling from a living source you must ask permission first. It’s usually easiest to choose a source that you’re comfortable with, if you don’t work with plants much using plant energy in your magic is going to feel clunky and unwieldy, stick to what’s familiar.

Once you’ve found a source it’s time to connect your energy to it. If you’ve ever grounded and connected your energy to the earth it’s much the same. Take a deep breath, close your eyes and feel for the energy of your source. Visualize your energy and the sources energy connecting and mingling together.

Begin gently pulling the energy from your source into yourself, it might feel a little odd to do this so be careful during this process. Often pulling too much energy into yourself can cause some unpleasant symptoms such as lightheadedness, nausea, and giddiness. For this reason I suggest you have whatever you’re channeling the energy into at the ready so you can immediately pass the energy from the source, through yourself and into your spell.

You do NOT want to use yourself as a holding bay for that energy any more than you absolutely must.

It can take a bit of practice to get this technique down well enough to be used in spell work. I would suggest starting with training exercises to get comfortable before trying to use it for any big spell work.

As an example, you could try pulling energy from a plant or the earth and passing it into a stone or crystal and then back again. As you get more comfortable you can work up to transferring different energies and in greater quantities.

This technique can be used in a variety of ways, obviously, as I suggested, it’s good for adding a little extra power to your spells but it could also be used to store energy for later spells in crystals or tools. You could use it to heal yourself by channeling the energy into your own body where there are deficiencies causing pain or illness. You could even do this in reverse to deactivate a spell (it’s suggested that you not deactivate a spell by channeling into a living being, the earth is best in this case).

It’s always a good idea to thank whatever has leant its energy to you, fertilizing or watering a plant, cleansing a crystal, picking up litter for the earth, whatever you can manage to show your thanks and be respectful.

After using this technique it is always advised to finish by grounding yourself. Moving large amounts of energy can pull your own energy out of balance leaving you with too much or too little or even leaving residue of whatever you were moving stuck to your own energy. Plugging into the earth and allowing your energy to equalize and come back to a balanced state will prevent any negative side effects.

Do you have a better grasp on how to outsource your energy needs? I’d love to hear about it in the comments!

And if you want to know more about how to become a witch and work magic the smart way, go check out my program Old World Witchcraft!

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Very informative

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Cutest. Thing. Ever.

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A D O R A B L E

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Resources for Jar / Bottle Magic, Part 02

Updated: November 9th, 2016

General

[Bottle and Jar Magic]

[How to Bottle a Spell]

[Sealing Bottles with Wax]

[So You’ve Made a Spell Jar….Now What?]

[Witchcraft 101 - “Witch Jars”]

Spells and Magic

Money and Prosperity

[Fireborn Money Spell Jar]

[Hands-Off! Money Saving Spell Bottle]

[Hard Times: Prosperity Bottle Charm]

[Meowth’s Pay Day ~ A Pokémon Spell] (tw: gif)

[Mint and Copper Money Spell Jar]

[Money Drawing Bottle]

[Money/Financial Prosperity Charm]

[Money Jar]

[Money Jar]

[Not-So-Pretty Prosperity Spell]

[Prosperity & Success Jar]

[Prosperity Bottle]

[Prosperity Bottle] (tw: sigil)

[Prosperity Bottle]

[Prosperity Jar]

[Prosperity Spell Bottle]

[Prosperity Spell Bottle]

[A Spell for Prosperity]

[A Spell Jar for Prosperity]

[Straw Into Gold - A Spell to Bring Wealth]

[Swimming In a Sea of Green Spell]

Motivation and Productivity

[“Do the Thing” Bottle]

[“Get Shit Done” Bottle]

[“I Can Do This!” Motivation Bottle]

[Motivation Spell] (an ask)

[Motivation Spell for a Friend]

[Motivation Spell for Studying]

[Motivation Star Jar]

[Personal Productivity Spell]

[Spell Jar for Motivation and Relief of Depression]

Multipurpose & Miscellaneous

[Best Summer Ever! Jar Spell] (tw: gif)

[Full Moon Reflection Jar Spell]

[The Galaxies, Space Spell]

[Hercules Cluster Jar Spell]

[Inner Strength Jar] (an ask)

[Jar of Cuddles]

[The Jar of Fucks]

[“Letting Go” Jar]

[Metum Draconis]

[New Year Spell Jar]

[On-the-Go Bottle Spell]

[Positivity Jar]

[Reflect Negativity Spell]

[“Releasing Fear of the Unknown” Spell Bottle]

[Rosary Jar Spell]

[A Saturn Charm for Self-Discipline]

[A Sea Witch’s Intuition Jar Spell]

[Sensory Bottles for Magic]

[Sharpen Your Claws Spell]

[Spell for Clarity of Mind & Communication]

[Stronger Meditation and Spiritual Connection Spell Jar]

Nightmares

[Anti-Nightmare Pouch]

[Getting Rid of Nightmares Jar] (an ask)

[Nightmare Jar]

[“No More Nightmares” Jar]

Peace and Calming

[A Calming Emotional-Protection Bottle]

[Peace and Mental Strength Spell Jar]

[Peace and Protection Spell Bottle]

[Spell Bottle for a Calm Body & Mind]

Protection and Safety

[Aggressive Protection Jar]

[Black Hole Decoy]

[Blood Magic–Protection Jar] (tw: blood magic)

[Diversion Jar]

[Dragon Protection Jar]

[“Evil Eye” Protection Jar]

[Method for Protection From Undesired Spirits or People]

[The Portable Barricade]

[Protection and Happiness Jar Spell] (tw: sigil)

[Protection and Return to Sender Jar]

[Protection Bottle]

[Protection Bottle Charm]

[Protection Bottles]

[Protection from Negative Energies] (tw: blood magic)

[Protection from Negative Energy]

[Protection Jar]

[Protection Jar]

[Protection Spell Jar]

[Protection Witch Bottle]

[Protective Storm Ward]

[Quick Protection Ward]

[Sea Witch’s Bottle]

[Sea Witch’s Protection Bottle]

[Simple Home Protection Jar Spell]

[Simple Protection Jar for your Book of Shadows, Spell Book or Diary]

[Spell Jar: “Can You Not”]

[Spell to Keep Your Home and Family Safe]

[Spell to Ward Your Person from Harm]

[Stay the Fuck Away From Me Protection Jar]

[Stormy Protection Spell]

[Tiny Protection Jar]

[Tough as a Nail, Sharp as a Thorn Protection Spell]

[“You Stop That!” Protection Jar]

Sabbats

[Harmony Jar Spell]

[Samhain Jar]

[Tiny Mabon Spell Jar]

Self Empowerment

[Empowerment Spell Bottle]

[“Give Me My Wings” Self Empowerment Spell Jar] (tw: gif)

Self Love

[I Am Radiant]

[Replace Pain with Acceptance and Self Love]

[Self-Love & Protection Spell Bottle]

[Self-Love Motivation Jar]

[A Self-Love Jar]

[Self-Love Jar]

[Self Love Spell Bottle]

[“Self Love” Spell Jar]

[Self-Love Spell Jar with Protection and Luck]

[A Spell to Alleviate Self Hatred]

Sleep

[For Restful Sleep] (one of multiple spells in this post)

[Restful Sleep Jar and Ritual]

Spell and Curse Breaking

[Curse-Reverse]

[The Red Flower - For Removing Enchantment]

Transformation and Changes

[‘New Beginnings’ Spell Jar]

[“New Beginnings” Spell Jar] (tw: gif)

[Self-Transformation Jar]

Travel

[Safe Travel Bottle]

[Travel Protection Bottle Charm]

Wisdom

[Glitter Bottle of Wisdom]

Wishing

[Full Moon Wish Spell] (an ask)

[Jar & Candle Wish Spell]

[Jar of Wishes]

[Sea Witch’s New Year’s ‘Wish’ Jar]

[Simple Wish Spell]

[A Two-For-One Moon Wish Jar]

Witch Bottles

[Making a Witch Bottle (Protection Charm)]

[Witch Bottle] (tw: blood magic)

[Witch Bottle]

[Witch Bottle for Protection]

[Witch Bottles]

[Part 01] [Part 02]

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Today’s Prisma Visions reading April 7-2017: The Devil, The Tower, and II of Wands

If you think the world will be handed to you on a silver platter, then you are living in a fool’s dream. The devil card represents the false realities that we choose to live in. It may not be a conscious choice, but not looking deeper below the surface to realize what is and what isn’t, is just as bad. Sometimes it’s just easier to pretend that everything is going to be OK, that there isn’t destruction right around the corner. If you don’t acknowledge the truth of your current situation, then you do yourself a disservice by not being able to mentally and emotionally prepare for the day to come. Come to terms with the fact that we won’t always have perfect days, or times without a blight marring the horizon. Instead, embrace the pain and suffering that we all experience and put it towards something good. Sometimes pain is the spark of creativity that creates beautiful works of art, or stories that resonate throughout time. True emotion is such a rare thing to share, or come across, that when you have an opportunity to take something raw an untapped like grief or the pain that you may be going through, it’s an opportunity for you to channel it into something bigger than yourself. You can get through it, and will be stronger because it’s another thing you didn’t think you’d overcome.

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I want this deck

-mod Nightbird

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Someone: “Could you stop being so dramatic for once in your life”

Me:

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I'm in tears

-Mod Nightbird