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**ON PLANTS : SOME PIECES OF ADVICE & LORE FROM FRENCH TRADITIONAL WITCHCRAFT**
These ancient superstitions and beliefs prove the deep respect human beings had for their environment, back to an era when we were aware of the unity of this nature.
HARVEST
- Avoid cutting the plant with a vile metal such as iron. The first mythical reason is that spirits (especially faes) abhor iron, known to repel and hurt them. Use a bronze or copper blade, sometimes even a gold or silver coin to dig up the roots. There also lies a logical, scientific explanation of a remarkable empiric coherence : iron salts quickens the action of the tannins contained in certain plants, significantly altering their components.
- Some plant spirits are not cooperative, so you’ll have to foil their harmful influence. Do not talk to anyone about your intention of picking the plant on your way to reach it, so as not to warn the spirit - thus counteracting any intention to flee it may have.
- Pluck the plant backwards to protect yourself from the spirit’s ire (this is particularly true of poisonous beauties such as foxglove, belladonna, etc.).
- Drawing a circle around the plant, using a wand or a knife, or even the finger, isolates the reaper from the wrath of the spirit while preventing it from escaping its plant host .
- It is expected to explain to the plant the intended use for which it is plucked.
- Pay a small tribute to the spirit of the plant as a salary for the effort you asked from it.
PRAYERS, PLEAS & INVOCATIONS
« Je coupe ta verdeur parce que tu purifies toutes les humeurs qui entraînent l’Homme sur des chemins d’erreur et d’injustice ; par le Verbe vivant qui a fait l’Homme sans le regretter. »
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“I will cut your greenness, so you could purify all the moods that lead Man on the paths of error and injustice; by the living Word who made Man without any regrets.”
(Supposedly from abbess Hildegarde de Bingen, who also advocates to cut the plant with the left hand)
« Ô toi par qui s’endort la nature, toi qui fais fuir le jour et amène la nuit, toi qui nous cache le soleil, qui engendre toutes les herbes et les donne aux humains pour la guérison… Celle qui vous a créée avec vos propriétés salutaires veut bien que je vous cueille. »
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“O thou by whom nature falls asleep, thou who drive away the day and bring about the night, thou who hides the sun, who generates all the herbs and gives them to the humans for healing… She who made thou with all thy salutary properties allows me to pick thou. ”
« Lève-toi, lève-toi, va guérir X… Je sais que tu dors, mais j’ai besoin de toi. »
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“Wake up, wake up, and come to heal X… I know you are asleep, but I need you.”
STORAGE
- Drying a plant makes it lose a large part of its properties. Whenever possible, always favor the use of fresh plants.
- The plants are hanging in a bouquet or spread on a flat surface to dry in open air.
- Plants are stored in glass jars or paper bags once fully dried. Iron boxes and containers are of course prohibited.
- Do not keep your plants more than a year: their power slowly fades then disappears, so you will have to renew the stock every year.
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(Appreciatively sourced and translated from BERTON H., Sorcellerie en Auvergne, Éditions De Borée, 2003. All rights reserved.)
Something to show and ask my sister about…
WITCHES NEED A SECRET SYMBOL FOR SAFE PLACES
So a lot of us are out of the broom closet so to speak, but many of have to be careful of being public because of the views of the communities we live in. What I propose is a symbol we can put on flyers or in shop windows that means “You’re safe here.”
I don’t believe that a pentagram would work because it’s got so much stigma attached and it’s really easily identifiable. Ideally, we can find something that is not tradition specific. I don’t know. I just want us to be able to put feelers out into the community without painting a target on ourselves for intolerant jerk faces, and I want witchlings that are seeking guidance to be able to do so in a safe environment. I mean, how badass would it be to find a little symbol of solidarity in your favorite coffee shop or bookstore??
Reblog with suggestions!
A witches’ foot. It has been used historically like this.
In one of the grimoires I’ve read through, it references this being a secret sign to mark on sacred spaces for the group.
Love it, passing it around. Will be wearing it and hanging it at my house and teashop once I own one.
What to do for the new year as a spiritual person
I thought to make a post on what me and my WHOLE family does when it’s close to the near year. We do this so that we welcome in good luck, abundance and prosperity along with wealth. It’s something that mainly my mom’s side has done for a very long time and good things happen from it (I also called this what to do for the new year as a spiritual person because me and my mom’s side of the family come from a long line of spiritual family members!)
So first off!
Go through your shit Like seriously. Get rid of things you no longer want or need. Like clothes, nick nacks, jewelry etc. Throw things away that is trash!
Organize make things more nice and neat within your room/home. go through things to find out what needs to be taken out, trashed or placed somewhere else.
Clean now with cleaning… You gotta do some serious shit. Make sure the dish washer is always empty and no dishes are in the sink (as best as you can). Your bed is made, your bath room is nice and clean, No piling trash etc. The point is, you have to try and stay clean as much as you can until it’s finally the new year and new month. Also wash your bedding and curtains if you have any.
Cleanse my grandmother would make flour washes to welcome in prosperity and abundance. She (and my mom when she was younger) would even wash the walls too. You can play music, light a candle, burn incense, use sage, holy water, you can even use perfume or colonge to cleanse your place.
Keep it looking spotless until the new year!
Something to note:
Now this is optional but is VERY helpful. My mom told me if you wish you can dedicate your place to who ever you work with. That your home is their’s as well. That you promise to keep it clean as possible in their honor for you know they don’t like dirty things.
You could possibly even ask them to help bring in prosperity and abundance if you promise to keep the place clean in their honor most of the time.
Cleanliness is next to godly-ness
Another thing, My grandmother would always buy new bedding and curtains and other stuff. In with the new and out with the old basically.
Celebrate the new year with your spirit friends, guardians or deities!
Enlightened~
❄️ Winter will bring solace.
🌟 Winter will bring health.
🎄 Winter will bring comfort.
🎁 Winter will bring wealth.
Old as the universe itself
“Oh I love roses! I try growing them myself, but they never get very far.”
“Would you like to know the secret to healthy rose bushes,” I asked, knowing that she would not like the answer.
“Do tell!”
Grin. “Blood.”
The customer paused, waiting for me to say that I was kidding. But I wasn’t so it never came. She became nervous.
And before I could explain that blood meal is a common soil fixer and fertilizer, she put her hands up, spun around and said-
“Bye.”
You want to know the secrets to a beautiful garden? You better be prepared for some weird shit.
Well someone felt like being the ominous witch in the small, mysterious shop today.
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…also, tomatoes like blood too.
My interest in plants extends beyond ‘oh look a pretty flower’ and straight into ‘plants are fucking metal.’
Evidently, you’re supposed to plant garlic in the same places as your roses because the garlic will repel a rose-specific aphid.
So what I’m saying is that between the romantic symbolism of the rose, the bloodmeal in the soil, and the fresh garlic all over the place-
You could really set yourself up for an encounter with some VERY pissed vampires.
Roses really love banana skins, too. Just… stick one in there before you plant a rose bush or spronkle around one that’s already in the ground. They’ll adore you.
Mmm… blood banana.
I made tiny ass Home Depot Petunias blossom like magic that they’re nearly overtaking the trellises.
How did I accomplish this?
Once a week I bury a small amount of leftover meat in the soil.
My morning glories loved the crap out of the charred chicken bones I gave them. They’re already an enthusiastic plant, but the blooms I had this year were extraordinary.
@thebibliosphere Well, if you ever get your allergies under some semblance of more control and want to get on Demon Rose’s good side, I guess
They also like fish too.
For anyone curious about why plants love blood and meat and bone and ash;
When looking at fertilizer, you’ll often see 3 numbers on the package somewhere, arranged like 10-10-10 or 30-5-10.
This is called the NPK ratio. It stands for N - Nitrogen, P - Phosphorus - K - Potassium.
The numbers are ‘Ratio of Nutrients’ - the percentage the product contains by volume, of each element.
NPK, and then some other elements classified as ‘micronutrients’ are what plants need to grow. High Nitrogen encourages fast plant growth, High Potassium encourages big blooms, and Phosphorus helps the plants breathe and store energy for later. Calcium and Magnesum are two of the larger micronutrient needs. Calcium is used to make sturdy cell walls, and Magnesium is is required for photosynthesis.
Blood and Bone and Ash all have fairly slow releases of their nutrients, so it’ll benefit the plant for a long time afterward. Meat is a bit faster release, but generally won’t burn the plants with too much nitrogen. When bone is ground up, it’s 4-12-0 - Plus a bunch of Calcium.
When blood breaks down it offers a lot of Nitrogen. 12-0-0 -
Wood ash breaks down into primarily Potassium. 0-0-5
Meat aka Fish Emulsion (Aka several fish that have been put through a blender) is really high in nitrogen and is fast-release - 5-2-2
Dried Seaweed (like the kind you use for sushi) is loaded with other micro-nutrients that plants love.
Bat guano aka poop is 10-3-1 - Very good for rapid, lush growth.
Pretty much every greenhouse, especially if they’re leaning toward organic, will have blood and meat and bone and ash (and seaweed and animal poop lol) as a staple fertilizers.
Conclusion: Plants are goth af. A vampire who has excess blood, bodies, and bats just laying around will have a VERY lush and healthy garden.
Rwbligging for our garden next year. I mean, I use compost in general but I didn’t know the banana thing, and for how many bananas I eat I could single handedly fertilize both of our gardens.
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Save The Date : 2019.
Full Moon Dates.
🌕 Full moon : Jan 21
🌕 Full moon : Feb 19
🌕 Full moon : Mar 20
🌕 Full moon : Apr 19
🌕 Full moon : May 18
🌕 Full moon : Jun 17
🌕 Full moon : Jul 16
🌕 Full moon : Aug 15
🌕 Full moon : Sep 14
🌕 Full moon : Oct 13
🌕 Full moon : Nov 12
🌕 Full moon : Dec 12
Sabbat Festivals.
🕯 Imbolc - Candlemas : Feb 1
🌸 Ostara - Vernal Equinox : Mar 20
🔥 Beltane - Mid Spring : May 1
☀️ Litha - Summer Solstice : Jun 24
🌾 Lammas - Harvest Festival : Aug 1
🍁 Mabon - Autumnal Equinox : Sep 21
🎃 Samhain - All Hallows’ Eve : Oct 31
❄️ Yule - Winter Solstice : Dec 21
Celestial Signs.
♑️ Capricorn : Dec 22 - Jan 19
♒️ Aquarius : Jan 20 - Feb 18
♓️ Pisces : Feb 19 - Mar 20
♈️ Aries : Mar 21 - Apr 19
♉️ Taurus : Apr 20 - May 20
♊️ Gemini : May 21 - Jun 20
♋️ Cancer : Jun 21 - Jul 22
♌️ Leo : Jul 23 - Aug 22
♍️ Virgo : Aug 23 - Sep 22
♎️ Libra : Sep 23 - Oct 22
♏️ Scorpio : Oct 23 - Nov 21
♐️ Sagittarius: Nov 22 - Dec 21
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The Witches of Tumblr remind me of the Witches of Discworld
(Not just the Lancre witches either)
We’ve all got our own paths, our own talents, our own passions, our own strengths, and our own weaknesses.
Some are Wiccan, Christian, Pagan, Heathen, Satanist, eclectic, kitchen, green, hedge, ceremonial, traditional witches, and many more, and combos, and everything in between.
A majority of us likely work alone, but we come together when we need to, whether it’s to work a powerful spell or to school a troll.
We teach the new witches, and we learn from the more experienced. We are all equal, and we all grow from and respect one another.
Magic on, TumblrDiscworld Witches!
“Witches don’t have head witches. Besides, Granny Weatherwax would never allow that sort of thing.”
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