My Little Page of ☽Shadows☾

Hello! I'm Mimmu, 23-year-old Finnish witch. I practice Wicca and Finnish native faith. This is my personal page, where I gather everything related to my faith and also things I'm interested in and which might be helpful for me in the future.

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A Simple Witch and Her Bell...

The use of bells in one's craft are as varied as individual practitioners are. While it will be up to you to find if the hand bell is a useful tool in your workings, the following can serve as examples of specific ways in which I have implemented them into my practice:

On occasion I have used small, light sounding bells to cleanse spaces prior to ritual workings. A simple tinkling of the bell paired with smoke cleansing and a simple banishing can leave a room feeling clean and uplifted in a rather short span of time. This is especially useful if you just need to spruce up the house or you don't have the time or resources to do a large scale cleansing.

Conversely, my favourite use of bells has to be in realm of curses. One of my most successful curses, in which I burrowed the thought of me deep in the target's mind and called them to think of me any time I chimed a particular bell. The loud, solitary chime of the bell was left to ring uninterrupted as I performed the rest of the working to evoke the seed I planted.

I also use bells in some of my spirit evocations. Calling forth a spirit with the standard greeting punctuated by the chiming of a bell can help to call the spirit directly to you. I've found this is particularly helpful for newer spirits, as they follow the chiming with relative ease.

A poignant use of a bell, particularly a bell of deep intonation, is to close out a ritual or banish a spirit. The final chimes of the bell mimic that of the funeral chimes, tolling out the final moments of the rite.

In ecstatic rituals, bells can be placed on the body to aid during dance and other rhythmic movement. I have used anklets covered in tiny bells to accentuate my movement during offerings of ecstatic dance. I have also braided bells in my hair during ecstatic rites regarding love and fertility.

Many of you are already familiar with wind chimes and the calm they invoke with their melody. Using bells and other chiming objects to catch the wind can be used to scare off bad spirits and safeguard your home. They can also be charmed to attract positivity.

Bells, like any other host of tools, are only as useful as the practitioner wielding them. For some they make a worthy addition to an altar space and for others they simply sit and gather dust. Like any other matter in the occult, do your research and get creative!

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✨Dream Symbols✨🌌

A’s:⭐⭐⭐

Abundance - desire for independence

Accident - something unplanned

Actor//Actress - desire for recognition

Adultery - guilt

Airplane (Transportation)

Altar - self sacrifice

Anchor - stability. Sometimes a desire for a permanent home

Anniffil - the feminine aspect of the individual. Guide to the inner world. Receptive, prospective, and nurturing.

Animal - defends on your feelings for the particular animal. A helpful animal normally represents the instinctive self.

Animus - the masculine aspect of the individual. Uncompromising conviction. Force.

Apple - desire

Arrow - pleasure, festivity

Auction - promise of abundance

Automobile (Transportation)

B’s: ⭐⭐⭐

Baby: Crying - frustrated plans, Laughing - plans fulfilled, Sleeping - waiting period, patience

Balloon - frustration

Basement - a place of refuge or retreat

Battle - inner conflict

Bells - fulfillment of plans, joy

Bicycle (Transportation) - hard work will bring plans to fruition

Birds - usually transcendence from one being to another

Birth - transition to new phase or new aspect of self

Bridge - overcoming difficulties, a change

Broom - the ability to sweep or clean up

Bull - animal nature, stubborness

Burial - end of a phase, time to take a new direction

C’s:⭐⭐⭐

Candle - constancy

Cane//Crutch - the need for support

Capital (City//Town) - the center

Castle - ambition

Cave - a place of retreat or refuge, a need for time to think and meditate

Circle - totality, perfection, infinity

Cities - gatherings of consciousness

Climbing - the self mastery process, rising consciousness

Clock - the passage of time, the need to take action

Clothes - attitude, personality

Coffin (Burial)

Cradle - potential for advancement

Crossing a River - a fundamental change of attitude

Crying - emotion, usually a sad event

Crystal - union of matter and spirit

Curtains - concealment, adornment

Colors🌈🌈🌈

Red - strength, health, vigor, sexual love, danger, charity

Orange - encouragement, adaptation, stimulation, attraction, plenty kindness

Yellow - persuasion, charm, confidence, jealousy, joy, comfort

Green - finance, fertility, luck, energy, charity, growth

Blue - tranquility, understanding, patience, health, truth, devotion, sincerity

Indigo - changeability, impulsiveness, depression, ambition, dignity

Violet - tension, power, sadness, piety, sentimentality

D’s:⭐⭐⭐

Darkness - the spirit world, the subconscious, turning inward

Death - the end of something, opportunity for new beginnings

Dog - loyalty, laziness, anger

E’s:⭐⭐⭐

Eating - need for new interests, stimulation

Evening - descending into the subconscious world

Eye - perception, self-examination

F’s:⭐⭐⭐

Falling - failing to live to expectations

Fish - transcendence from one state of being to another

Fire - anger, purification, abundance of energy

Flowers - contentment, pleasure

Flying (Transportation)

G’s:⭐⭐⭐

Girl - immature feminine aspect

Glass - perception, being able to see (sometimes in the future)

Graduation - initiation, completing a phase

H’s:⭐⭐⭐

Hair - thought, grey or silver hair indicates wise thought

Hammer - power to drive forward

Helpful Animal - the instinctive self

Highway - the path, the way ahead

Horse: White Horse - symbol of life, prosperity; Black Horse - change of fortunes; Wild Horse - uncontrolled instinctive urges; Winged Horse - transcendence from one state of being to another

House: The symbol of personality and conscious interest from the spiritual view. The particular room represents particular interest >> Bathroom - cleansing, elimination of the undesired; Basement - place of refuge, retreat, concealment; Bedroom - place of rest and recovery; Dining Room - place of sustenance, refortification; Kitchen - a place to prepare the sustenancen; Living Room - place of socializing

I’s: ⭐⭐⭐

Ice - coldness of character, frigidity, rigidity

Illness - boredom, delay

Individual Self - the “real” you, the inner you, the all-wise, all-powerful spiritual self

J’s:⭐⭐⭐

Jail - confinement, frustration, inability to act

Journey (Transportation)

Judge //Jury - your conscience

K’s:⭐⭐⭐

Key - the answer to a problem

Kiss - satisfaction, completion

L’s:⭐⭐⭐

Ladder - ability to climb (note the length of the ladder)

Left (as in side of direction) - the subconscious side, sometimes the wrong side of direction, the logical side, the scientific side

Light - hope

Lines: Broken lines - represents the feminine aspect; Solid lines - the masculine aspect

Lizard - transcendence

Lock - frustration, security

M’s:⭐⭐⭐

Man//Male - animus, the masculine aspect, the age indicates the maturity or lack of it in the individual

Mask - falsehood, deception, concealment

Mirror - need to reconsider

Mother - heaven, comfort

N’s:⭐⭐⭐

Nakedness - real, true, without false attitudes, exposed, natural

Night - greatest strength of the super-consciousness

Noon - the greatest clarity of consciousness

Numbers 💯💯💯

Even Number - signify balance and harmony

Odd Number - signify imbalance and discord

The beginning, the source, the ego

Duality, the male and female, positive and negative

Father, mother, and child; past, present, and future

The material universe, consciousness, reality, and law, physical power, initiative, religion and spiritual evolution

It represents materialism, expansion, change, understanding, and change

The number of cooperation and balance. It represents interaction between the material and the spiritual, mental and physical. It signifies psychism, peace

Completion, old age, endurance, evolution and wisdom. The seven stages of spiritual transformation

The number of dissolution and separation. The law of cyclic evolution and invention

Rebirth and reformation. Intuition, travel, karma

0. The circle, infinity, the universe

O’s:⭐⭐⭐

Ocean - opportunity, spirituality

Owl - wisdom, need for further evaluation

P’s:⭐⭐⭐

Pearl - joy; Broken string of pearls - misunderstanding

Pirate - suspicion

Pyramid - thirst for knowledge, seeking

R’s:⭐⭐⭐

Railroad - a set path to follow

Rainbow - great happiness, opportunity

Reading - learning, gaining in knowledge, perceiving

Riding (Transportation)

Right - the consciousness, correctness, the artistic side

Ring - completion, loyalty

River - spirituality, a boundary

Rocket (Transportation)

Rocks - the unchanging self

Rodents - transcendence or a less-than-nice person, distrust, betrayal

Roller Skates (Transportation)

Roses (Flowers)

Ruins - failure of plans

S’s:⭐⭐⭐

Sacrifice - overcoming pride

School - a need to learn

Scissors - distrust

Sea (Ocean)

Self-image - the inner or spiritual self

Shadow - the subconscious, insubstantiality

Ship (Transportation)

Skeleton - the basics, the root of a problem

Snake - spiritual wisdom, transcendence into a state of wisdom

Snake-bites - infusion of wisdom

Soldiers - force, power, regeneration

Spade - cutting, tough work lies ahead

Sunrise - clearing of consciousness, awakening

Sunset - need to protect assets

Swan - beauty, comfort, satisfaction

Sword - conflict

T’s:⭐⭐⭐

Table - support, a platform for presentation

Telescope - need to get closer to a subject

Thief - loss or fear of loss, insecurity

Thunder - anger

Touching - healing. On rare occasions it may mean a curse. Can be comfort, security. The manner of touch and your feeling about it is important

Trains (Transportation)

Transcendence - achieving full realization of the individual self

Transformation (Transcendence)

Transportation - spiritual advancement. The more efficient the mode, the more effective and rapid is the advancement

Tree - the life principle, psychic growth and development, progress

Tunnel - hiding, being afraid

Turning - changing or developing. Turning in a circle represents lack of progress

Twins - ego and alter ego

U’s & V’s:⭐⭐⭐

Umbrella - shelter

Veil - insecurity

Volcano - emotions

W’s:⭐⭐⭐

Wall - frustration, inability

Water - spirituality, emotion

Wedding - culmination of plans, happiness, success

Witch - supernatural ability, wisdom

Wreath - self pity

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My Daily Witchy Routine ✨📓🧘🏻‍♀️🌜

So during Quarantine I’ve found it rather hard to keep motivated, like doing chores, my work and even my spirituality/craft.

I’ve decided to change how I’m doing things, and have come up with a daily routine, which may help some of you and I’d like to share it ☺️✨

1. Write a list of things you need to do in the day 📝

✍🏻Writing a list of the things you need to do daily really helps me keep on top of things, I enjoy ticking them off after completing them as there is a feeling of accomplishment when you finish a task.

2. Wake up at reasonable time and actually get dressed ⏰ 👚

Waking up late sometimes is needed, but right now getting up late is becoming a bad habit, I’ve started getting up around 9am and I get dressed in the clothes I would usually go about my day in. Just wearing comfy/bed clothes is great but not all the time, I felt demotivated and felt like I wanted to go back to sleep 😴 so make sure to get dressed.

3. Do something relaxing 😌

Relax, it was something that I was NOT doing, but I realise now that stressing at a time like this is not a good thing to be doing, and yes I know that sometimes you can’t help it but try and fill your day with relaxing but rewarding activities such as -

Yoga 🧘🏼‍♂️

Meditation 🧘🏻‍♀️

Playing a game 🎮

Listening to your favourite music 🎶

Watching a film 🍿

Going for a walk (government approved of course!!)

Having a bath 🛀

Reading 📖

Writing ✍🏻

Arts and crafts 🖼

4. Remember to eat at the right times!! 🥗🍜🍝🥘

Try and eat 3 meals a day, I know the concept of time is hard right now but eat breakfast, lunch and dinner as usual, I would skip meals, and feel awful for it afterwards, so stay as healthy as you can 🥞🥪

5. Stay hydrated!!

Drink water !!! H20!!💧stay hydrated by drinking at least a few glasses of water a day, some tea and whatever else you may fancy. I’ve started drinking more water and I find it has helped me feel more refreshed and awake, coffee is great but don’t over do it ☕️💧

6. Do a daily tarot card reading

Pulling just a daily card, every morning is a great way to connect with your decks and to continue learning about tarot. Also seeing what the outlook of your day will be is useful to know✨🔮

7. Clean and cleanse your space ✨

Remember to keep your environment as clean and de-cluttered as possible, and also cleansing your space with incense, sage, rosemary, or a cleansing spray. A clean environment really does help you get motivated. 🧹 🧼

8. Don’t be hard on yourself ☺️

Don’t beat yourself up over how you are feeling or how you choose to cope during this strange time, it’s okay to feel sad or demotivated sometimes, but you should never be hard on yourself for your emotions - we are all human, it’s okay ❤️😌

I hope this helps in some way, stay strong everyone❤️☺️✨

[thewitchystuff]

Wheel of the Year : LITHA

The Summer Solstice is the most powerful day of the year for the sun energies and as our first potion of the Wheel of the Year, “Litha Potion” is perfect to enjoy these hot days even if some of us aren’t that comfortable with heat.  Instructions:

Light the candle every time you make a step of the process to concentrate the fire energy into every ingredient.

Mix the almond gum powder with 2 cups of water in a container, cover it and let it set for 24 hours.

Put the lemon and mint in a large jar.

Pour over enough boiling water to cover the lemon.

Add enough honey  to make it sweet enough.

Let it cool.

Strain the liquid into a glass.

Get your almond gum and strain out the excess liquid.

Add this to a lemonade, and stir.

Refrigerate and add some crushed ice, and then its ready to be served!

[thewitchystuff]

Tea for the soul 

Witchy Tip: This tea works in the night and remember to use moon water for better results  ♡  On a personal note, I always try this when I´m feeling sad   ♡

[thewitchystuff]

To clean a room from bad vibes, there´s always different methods but I like to use a simple and more personal one.

 First, gather dried herbs. It´s more special if it´s your favourite, since its your room. Mint, Eucalyptus, Rosemary , Lavender Buds, you choose. 

Then, you have to burn them on a old frying pan or the herbs alone if you like, just be sure to turn out the fire quickly, the point is to leave the aromatic smoke. 

Pass the herbs around each corner of the room while thinking of positive energy, of things that make you happy and give you peace of mind. 

Lastly, once you are finished, open the windows and place the ashes and remains in a garden or the natural soil. It´s preferable to thanks the earth for letting you use the herbs to clean your place. .ﾟ☆ﾟ. - Bo

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WITCHY QUESTION OF THE DAY: Do you keep a Book of Shadows? What does it look like? Is it a big leather tome, or a simple notebook?

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Common Desk Supplies in Witchcraft

📎 Paper clips - Paper clips are made of steel, which is mostly iron, so it can be used as a substitute for iron or iron shavings. Cut one up and put it in a protection powder. Or, you can bend it into a shape (like a sigil) for a simple window protection spell. Paper clips are known for their elasticity and tension, making them great for change spells, friendship spells, or even curses. They can also connect certain things, or make chains. On a practical note, paper clips can be bent into mini candle holders.

💌 Tape - Tape can obviously be used for bindings. It can also be used for invisibility spells or glamors, if you cover a certain word or object with tape. Using tape on a poppet may help protection or healing, but only for a little while.

✏️ Pencils/Pens - These uses change based on color. However, all of them can be used as wands, or to amplify a spell. You may bless or enhance a pen by washing it with a soap or tea, or cleansing it in incense smoke.

📑  Staples - Also made of steel, staples can be used for wards and bindings. Any spell involving pain can include staples. When you staple, you instill pain; when you remove a staple, you heal. They can also connect certain things, and are good for knowledge or love spells. 

📌  Thumbtacks - These are great for protection jars, banishing spirits and, of course, curses. To see through certain situations, you may use a thumbtack to poke through a paper or bag, representing clarity. However, be aware that clarity obtained this way may not come pleasantly.

📝 Sticky notes - Sticky notes have more flexibility than regular paper, in that you can attach them. Use sticky notes for sigils on the go, or stick several sheets of sticky notes together in order to represent layers. If you would like to expand your knowledge, reveal a secret, or even divine, you can write on the top sticky note with a colored pen that matches the intent. Then place a drop of essential oil or moon water on the top note, and see what shapes it forms in the bottom notes.

✒️ Highlighters - Highlighters can be used similarly to pens. They also add extra light and glow to a design, which amplifies a spell’s power.

🔗 Rubber bands - You’ve probably used rubber bands before to wrap up baggies and such. In magic, they can represent tension, flexibility, binding, or releasing emotions. Stretch a rubber band between two poppets (or other symbols of people, like apples) to represent tension between two persons. In the same way, you can also use rubber bands for love, passion and lust spells.

✉️  Envelopes - Envelopes represent anything that encompasses, compresses, or confuses a person. Open envelops or write inside of them for inner clarity. Seal the envelope for anything you want to forget, trap, or hide. You can also use envelopes to hold herbs as a discreet form of witchcraft.

❌ Erasers - Obviously, erasers can help banish or hide things. They also work for invisibility spells, and release a ton of energy through friction. You may want to consider writing a sigil on an eraser, and then erasing it until the sigil wears off. 

✂️ Scissors - Scissors can act as a magical knife for those who do not yet have one. Scissors can disconnect and cut off regrets, guilt, persons or memories. Scissors can also be used to carve into candles.

📏 Rulers - If you’re into number magic, a ruler is the tool for you. Imagine drawing a symbol in the exact dimensions of a number that corresponds to your intent! 

Feel free to add! .+(´^ω^`)+.

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Mother Witch Aesthetic ; requested by @mamagizzy

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all your gods are teenage girls:  circe, a goddess of magic and witchcraft

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                                                Cosmic Witch

Also that blue triangular sandstone necklace is something you can buy!

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Photos from my adventures today 🌿 Willow Oak Flower and Herb Farm

Instagram: Call_Me_Bishop

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🌱 Alternatives to Lavender 🍃

Love: • Roses • Oranges • Coriander • Basil • Thyme Fertility: • Corn • Sweet Basil • Alder • Saffron • Apples Visionary: • Cinnamon • Cloves • Sweet Basil • Ash • Apples Protection: • Ash • Blackberries • Birch • Coriander • Thyme Peace: • Coriander • Fig • Purple Loosestrife (or any Loosestrife) • Marigold • Olives • Violets Crystal Alternatives: Love: Rose Quartz, Carnelian, Garnet, Lepidolite, Sunstone Fertility: Carnelian, Amethyst, Milky Quartz, Moonstone, Moss Agate Visionary: Clear Quartz, Aqua Aura, Amethyst, Fluorite, Tourmaline Quartz Protection: Tourmaline Quartz, Iron, Silver, Jet, Black Onyx Peace: Blue Lace Agate, Sugilite, Kunzite, Rose Quartz, Purpurite

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My favorite herb

[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.

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Tools of the Craft

You do not need all the items on this list to practice Witchcraft, & owning a chest full of fancy equipment does not make any Witch more skilled than the other. You do not need a ton of money to be a Witch,(you think the witches of old were having exotic herbs & fancy minerals delivered to their doorsteps? Think again!)  but  I know it can always be a lil confusing when a ritual calls for something you’ve never heard of! So I’ve put together a list of Tools that are commonly used in Witchcraft to (hopefully) give you a better understanding. :)

Altar

An Altar is used as a Witches Sacred space. Objects of devotion to one’s craft, & magickal tools are placed here. The Altar represents the Witch & their practice. Refer to this post I made for more about them. 

Athame

 Although somewhat sinister in appearance, the Athame is not used for sacrifices of human flesh or anything of the sort, in fact, the Athame is not used to cut anything on the Physical plane, but rather used as a tool in ritual to visually carve exits/entries to magick circles, as well as commanding & directing energy. Both the Athame & Wand serve much the same purpose & are interchangeable. Athames may be fashioned by hand or purchased, while some Witches prefer swords. No matter your preference, the instrument should be rather blunt, as they are not used for cutting any physical thing. Despite the true purpose of the Athame, it will still be classed as a weapon by authorities & the general public, so it’s best to keep this one out of the public eye. 

Besom

A classic, the Witches Broom. Although these are usually portrayed underneath a Witch, soaring through the night sky, this is not so, at least, not quite. The Besom is a tool used by the Witch for purposes of Astral Travel. The Besom is also a tool of spiritual protection, hung on front & back entrances to the home, or kept near the Altar. It is also a common feature at many Pagan ceremonies & handfastings. The tool is also used as a means of cleansing an area of negative energy in which sweeping motions are made without the Besom physically touching the floor. You can purchase a Besom or make one yourself. Many decide to name their Besom, as to the Witch, the Besom is much like an inanimate familiar, & may also be used as a vessel to temporarily house a particular spirit or entity. If you’re interested in making your own, check out this page. 

Bolline

The Bolline is a tool used for cutting things in the physical realm. It is often curved with a White handle, but is also sometimes portrayed as a short handled knife, similar to the Athame. The Witch uses the Bolline to harvest herbs & plants, as well as wood for making wands, also good for inscribing candles, cutting chord, & other such purposes. Some Kitchen Witches also use a Bolline to prepare food for special occasions. The Bolline should only be used for Magickal workings, no whipping out the Bolline to open some sturdy packaging, your Magickal tools are special & should be reserved for Magick practice only.

Book of Shadows

A Book of Shadows is used to store spells, rituals, & various other Craft related information & personal findings. It is like sacred diary for a Witches magickal life. They may be purchased, or handmade. Refer to this post for more about them, including potential things to include in your own Book of Shadows. 

Candles

Candles are a very common feature in Witchcraft, especially Ceremonial Magick, & work in close association with color Magick. Many Witches that work with the element of fire & understand that different colors stimulate different emotions, or energies will use Candles. Candles can be used in Ritual or small Magickal workings for various purposes. Learning color correspondences in Magick will help one to become more confident in using Candles as a Magickal tool, & there are many different books on the market today on Candle Magick, that will often list many of these color correspondences too.                                                                    

Cauldron

The Cauldron is a symbolic Magickal tool of transformation. Combinations of herbs, oils, Crystal infused waters & more are combined & often boiled in these, usually in preparation for remedies, or ritual. 

Chalice

Chalices are used in dedication & initiation ceremonies, holiday/Sabbat rituals to honour the Gods/Goddesses, & certain spells. Usually long stemmed & made of almost any food safe material. Symbolic of emotion, & fertility. In Craft rituals, the Chalice represents the female, & the Athame, the male. When the Athame is lowered into the Chalice it symbolizes the divine union of the Goddess & God.                                           

Crystals

Crystals are a much loved companion to many Witches. Crystals contain, absorb, & transmit energies, & as the manipulation of energy is the way in which Magick is manifested you’ll find Crystals are quite a common feature in the Craft. Crystals can be used in Minor magicks & set up into specific vibrational patterns called Crystal Grids. They come in the form of Tumbled Stones,(pictured above) double/single terminated Crystals, Clusters, Geodes, Crystal Spheres, Pendulums, Pyramids, raw & carved pieces, & more. Like Herbs, each Crystal contains unique properties that can benefit us. There are many books on the market today that explain individual Crystals & how they can be used, such as ‘Love is in the Earth, A kaleidoscope of Crystals’ By Melody. I would also recommend Katrina Raphaell’s book, ‘Crystal Enlightenment’ It’s an excellent reference for any lover of Crystals, especially beginners. Feel free to check out my Crystals page for more on these little beauties. 

Herbs

Herbs are a key ingredient for many Witches & are very commonly used in the Craft. As many Witches learn to work with nature, they discover that a variety of herbs & plants contain medicinal properties that can benefit us both physically & spiritually. For example, Valerian may be taken internally to aid in sleep, & Rosemary can be used as an incense for spiritual protection.  Herbs can be harvested fresh or purchased, you can even construct a herb garden or grow them in pots. There are countless varieties of herbs & flora, & some can be extremely toxic so it’s important to do plenty of research when working with them.  Scott Cunningham’s ‘Encyclopedia of Magickal Herbs’  is an excellent reference to herbs & how they are used in the Craft. Herbs are often converted into a powder form using a Mortar & Pestle to use in rituals & remedies. Refer to my page on Herbs for more about Plants/Herbs & how you can use them in your Craft.  

Incense 

Those that work with herbs & understand their unique medicinal properties, will most likely work with Incense as well. You can make incense yourself or buy them from stores/online. They are available in sticks, cones, spiral/coils, oils & powders. Like Herbs, the ingredients in your Incense determine the effect they will have when left to burn in an area. For example a combination of Rosemary & Sage(not White Sage as it is currently endangered) will help to cleanse an area of negative energy. Different Incenses serve different purposes & the more you expand your knowledge on the Herbs that go in them, the more you will come to understand what Incense you need for a particular purpose. A popular use for Incense in Witchcraft is Smoke Cleansing & Incense is often left to smoulder to prepare sacred space before a magickal working or Ritual. Not only is Incense great for bringing about a certain energy to the room, most of them smell delicious too!

Mortar & Pestle

The Mortar & Pestle is used to combine fresh or dried herbs & flora, usually in preparation for remedies, or to make Incense. A variety of these are on the market today, including marble, ceramic & wooden ones. I prefer to avoid the use of wooden Mortar & Pestles as wood absorbs anything you put in it, this means that any future herbs you use will pick up the energies of the ones before it, this also makes the tool difficult to clean, cleanse & consecrate before use in a Magickal Working or Ritual, which is very important. 

Oils

Oils such as herbal salves & essential oils are added to topical remedies & to Ritual baths. There are some edible varieties that may be consumed internally, but most essential oils are for topical use only, they are highly concentrated & will make you quite sick if consumed so always be sure to double check, or ask if unsure. 

Pendulum

The Pendulum is usually made from natural Crystal & is used as a Divination tool, as a means of discovering near future events, or often as a spiritual guide for many of life’s obstacles. The Pendulum is held upright, sometimes directly above the centre of a pentagram/pentacle or altar tile. Questions are asked on topics that concern or interest the individual & the Pendulum may begin to sway in either direction, or in small continuous circles. The motions of the Pendulum reveal the answer. For more on reading a Pendulum, check out this article. 

Scrying Bowls & Mirrors

Another Divination companion, this mysterious looking tool is used in a process called ‘scrying’ in which one gazes into the object, in an attempt to visually foresee past, current, & future events. The Mirrors & bowls are a deep black, symbolizing mystery, & untold wisdom. Obsidian Crystal Spheres can also be used for scrying & are known as revealers of truth in all things. Caution is advised with Scrying & especially when working with Obsidian as this is a very powerful stone/tool & not everyone can handle the truths it can reveal. 

Tarot/Oracle Cards

Tarot & Oracle decks are a Divination tool used to foresee near future events, & to give universal guidance on various problems we face in life. Many decks come with a manual on how to read the cards, so it’s possible for anyone to become confident readers of the Tarot with patience, & practice. 

Wand

The Wand is used to direct energy. It is used in Ritual to project energy to a certain place, thing, person or dimension. They can be purchased or made. I prefer to make my own. When making a Wand, try to harvest wood from trees native to your area, this helps tune the energies of the wand with the land around you, important for any Magick work. Receive blessing from the Tree before taking from it, I usually do this by leaving a strand of my hair either around a twig or buried at the base. Learn of the Tree your Wand is derived, & it’s Magickal properties, this will help to personalize the tool & aid ones understanding in working with it. From there, decorate the wand however you see fit, with twine, Crystals, dried herbs & more. 

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