Son of Loki

Cas He/Him. Mainly a Lokean blog. I work with all of Their Spawn. I also with with Na Morrigan, Bastet, Apollon. and Dionysus. Pro responsable cursing. TERFS can get fucked they aren't welcome here. 

[ulfheoinn-screaming-well]

I spent some time today cleaning a local forest as an act of devotation / worship and while doing so i realized that i don't actually see a lot of advice on how to litter pick responsibly in heathen / pagan spaces just the advice to litter pick.

So here's my advice

- check if there's legislation around litter picking in your area [yes sometimes that's a thing] especially if you're planning to do more then just a trash bag a go or doing this as a group!

- make sure there's a place to dispose of the trash you picked up before you start!

- set a rule to yourself to not touch anything duiring litter picking with your hands get a litter picker or some really good gloves [if using gloves don't touch yourself w those]

- duiring litter picking i adhear to the idea that there is only trash and nature there is no shiny things you want to take home even if thst thing you found is really cool.

- fruit cores, fruit peels ect that do not appear naturally in the area you're cleaning are considered trash as well.

-i like to stick to places where i know a lot of people come and go, major paths the enterence of a park ect litter picking for me is spent inna different part of nature then when i go into nature for my own walks. I want to prevent the trash that gets discarded here from finding it's way further into the forest where it will be harder to clean later.

- stick to it! Stick to it in the same area and slowly expand that area it took me 20 minutes to fill up my first trash bag now it takes me over an hour in that same area!

Yes i'm aware most of this is probably considered common sense by a lot of people , but i want to see it be spoken about more so here i am screaming into the well

If you litter pick too tell me the weirdest thing you've found!! Mine's a Pikachu wallet stuffed with kitkat wrappers that all fell out when i grabbed it :')

[queerly-lokean]

I looked at my digital altar for Bastet and I just felt warm and the feeling of a cat purring and it was just such a feeling of love

[libercoven]

“For a truly natural (and magical) clock and weather chart, keep an eye on the dandelions in your yard. They almost always open at 5a.m. and close at 8 p.m. If dandelion blossoms close during the day, expect rain to fall.”

Amy Jirsa, Herbal Goddess: Discover the Amazing Spirit of 12 Healing Herbs with Teas, Potions, Salves, Food, Yoga, and More

[lofijazz]

Witch Tip: write someone's name on a balloon full of water and leave it outside in freezing weather to "freeze" them as a minor hex that lasts about as long as the balloon and its contents is still frozen. Afterwards they're free.

[obiethewitchboy]

Simple Stormcalling

     Stormcalling is a very old category of weather magic which is used with the intent of creating, summoning and controlling storms. There are many methods for carrying out this act, but one of the simplest forms of Stormcalling is to simply whistle. One long whistled note imitates the sound of the wind itself, and the witch can visualize the blowing winds and coming storms while producing the sound in order to enact their will on the weather. 

     Some witches will also use the same method, but gently blow air from their mouths instead, which may be useful in situations where you may want to summon the wind or call a storm but would draw unwanted attention by whistling aloud. You can experiment with the tone and harshness of the note, perhaps using higher, sharper notes to manipulate harsher winds and storms. Varying tones can be used to demonstrate changes in the wind as well, starting loud and harsh and becoming soft and low in order to slow the wind and calm the weather.

[sassyllamaspirit]

Yes, witch weather. I love that description, it's perfect.

[starthereligious]

Ways to call a storm

Hi there! I've been calling storms for pretty much my entire life, sometimes subconsciously, sometimes consciously. There's not a lot of variety in posts about calling a storm, so I decided to gather all of my methods in one post.

Some things to note:

- As storm witches, we are still bound by the laws of science. Read up on the actual scientific process of the water cycle, types of clouds, etc. The best results come when you know what you are trying to do, and the type of cloud that corresponds to the storm you want.

- Speaking of clouds, the more clouds there are in the sky, the easier a storm-calling will be. I have never been able to call a storm from a clear sky, and if you have, then teach me your ways. In storm magick, you seek to speed up the water cycle in order to bring rain quicker.

- Storm magick is intrinsically tied to water and sea magic. More on that below.

This brings us to method 1-- interaction.

Method one is best for when you don't need a storm-- use it to practice on a cloudy day. This method is like a meditation. Depending on your practice, you may prefer complete silence, or gentle music, the traditional meditation position of crossed legs and hands on your knees or something different-- it's up to you. I've practiced this in classes before, so it doesn't really matter. In this method, focus on the actual process of what is happening to the clouds. Based on what you know about storms, what cloud do you want to form? Try to form that shape. Feel the clouds get heavier and heavier, closer and closer to the ground, until they're too heavy; and they let go of the water. Rain.

This method is the least effective, in my experience, but the most important to practice. With practice of this method comes more understanding of how your interactions with the sky work.

Method 2-- manifestation

Method two is very loose and depends on your favorite manifestation methods. In my experience, I repeat things over and over again in my head and try to experience the emotions of the storm. When I was forced onto the swim team by my parents, I used this method in the car to try to call a storm so it would get rained out. It always made a storm-- without fail. I was even able to call rain from cirrus with it. My parents ended up taking me off the team because my mom is aware I do magick.

Method 3-- petition

When I was a kid, I used to speak directly to the weather, as if it were an imaginary friend. I still don't know if I was making these interactions up or if I was speaking to an actual spirit, but I called her (quite creatively) Weather. When I needed something, I would say "Hey Weather, I really don't want to do yardwork today. Can you hold off on raining until xyz time so that it lasts longer and I won't have to?" I would either hear (or imagine, I don't know) a response, like "Yes, if you could help me move that cloud over than we'll be okay." This was the beginnings of my practice. Sometimes I was joined by an entity (or imaginary friend, still don't know) called Wind, except Wind couldn't speak. They were just kind of... there, and would help Weather move the clouds. (Side note, I had really awful allergies and was allergic to everything in my backyard, which is why I never wanted to do yardwork. Someone please tell me if I was contacted by deities as a child, because I still have had no interactions with deities after growing up.)

Additionally --

- While doing method 1, I sometimes get a cup or small container of water to touch to help ground me and remember what I'm doing. If that helps you, do that!

- Don't be discouraged if you don't get it right away. Storm magick is hard, and doesn't work right away. It will take a lot of practice. I still have trouble, and I've been practicing my entire life.

- Mix and match your methods! Remember, this is just my practice-- yours may be completely different.

Have fun!

[divinedaughter333]

“witchcraft is so overwhelming and complex, i don’t know where to start”

witchcraft can be whispering to a cup of warm nettle tea to take your cold away. it doesn’t have to be hard.

[rainyandromantic-blog]

♡~easy rain spell i tried today~♡

i love rain. today, I put some dirt from my backyard, some salt (for earth, and protection, so nothing dangerous happens), and some cayenne, ( for passion in the storm) in a jar with water. i also added a little metal thumbtack, ( i have a magnet on my alter, and wanted to attract rain to me.)

i then sat in the shower with it and concentrated on rain. What would my neighborhood look like in rain, etc.

No results yet, but I am seeing some nice dark clouds... 🤞🤞🤞

[witchblrgrimoire]

To Call A Storm To A Remote Location

Prepare for the purpose a map.

Best if it’s hand-traced from an accurate map, but an image of an accurate map can be printed on paper if necessary.

Ensure the map is sufficiently large and detailed to encompass the entirety of the area to which you wish to call storms, and if possible (not required) print or draw the map on paper prepared first by smoking it with incense or better yet, the smoke of an herb(s) appropriate to your denominations methods for bringing rain. Broom has been used, as have ferns. If this method is chosen ensure adequate ventilation, this is best performed outside.

Once a map is prepared, lay it out and directly above it place a dish of water (rainwater or forgewater is best but not necessary) and have either a feather, a pendulum, or an aspergillum ready. To bring more vicious storms thorns may be burnt to ash, with which the water may be adulterated, to force heavier rain, the ashes of the chosen herbs may be used instead.

Call forth whatever spirits your denomination demands and communicate to them your intent. I use this:

“Tis not a map I wish to wet;

But the lands it holds instead;

And thus where tears of water fall;

let there, instead, great storms be called”

Repeat this as you enter trance, and stir the prepared water until it sighs with power.

Use your selected implement to collect water, droplet by droplet, and ever chanting, wet the map thoroughly in the places storms are to gather until the work. This method is simple, and adaptable to most forms of storm calling work. 

[harvestmoss]

🚗 A Witch's Car

Hang a safe travels, protection, or swift travels amulets in the car.

After every car wash and vacuum, sprinkle protection powder/black salt underneath the car mats.

When your car is dirty, draw sigils on it with your finger on the dirt and grime.

Draw sigils after every car with a cloth as you wipe the water off.

Feathers in the glove compartment or door pockets for swift travels.

Anoint seatbelts with travles, protection, and success oils.

I'd avoid oil on the steering wheels and pedals as you can slip.

For long travels, brush your car outside with mugwort, especially the wheels.

Hag stones in your left car door to receive protection and luck.

Bath in feverfew (or spray some on you) before a long journey. Keep feverfew in the car too. It prevents paranoia of accidents, at least it eases my mind.

General lucky amulets, like four leaf clover, should be kept in the car.

Deities of travels and swiftness could have a small dedicated altar in your glove compartment. It can be the whole compartment or just a pocket altar kept in there.

Have an Eight of Wands Tarot card on you as you travel for speed and progress.

Prevent accidents by having wormwood in the car.

Obtain a small car toy or carve one yourself. Obtain something of your real car, be it dirt that's been there for months, mat shavings, etc. Combine your real car piece with your toy car. Anything you anoint this toy car with, will happen to your car. Useful for when it's at the mechanic and you can dress the toy car in healing oils.

Music in the car to scare malevolant spirits away.

Sunglasses in the car is a good idea for those bright days, especially after it has rained. Enchant them with clearer sight.

Success oil on your driver's license.

Sigil or protection powder on your car keys.

Glamour spells on the sun visor mirror.

[breelandwalker]

Hey Bree,

I still consider myself a baby witch, and am sometimes hesitant to start spells because of perfectionist syndrome.

Anyway.

I’m looking to make a charm or something (bottle?) to ward against flooding. I was thinking of including a sponge, but wondering what else you might add or what I would do with it/put it once done? Oh, and done during a waning moon probably.

Any input would be appreciated - TIA!

Ooo, this is one I haven't encountered before! Time for a little creative witchy thinking.

In witchcraft, I find that it is often helpful to look to the mundane world for ideas on how to create a magical item to solve a physical problem. This can range from aligning medicinal herbs with a particular complaint for a healing spell to creative use of office supplies for work-related matters.

In this case, how do we prepare for or guard against flooding without magic being involved? Rain gardens, drainage ditches, and sandbags are high on the list for homeowners in flood-prone areas.

So for your witch bottle, why not incorporate these elements? Native grasses and water-absorbing plants from your area might be a good place to start. You should be able to find these growing wild. Google the species in your vicinity and match pictures or use a plant identifying app to find them. A small amount clipped and dried should be sufficient. Roots would be ideal if you can get them, but don't do digging up your neighbor's garden. A bit of dirt from your yard mixed with sand or small gravel can represent a drainage ditch and the ubiquitous sandbags to round things out.

The waning moon is definitely a good time to prepare the charm, or failing that, a time of day when the local tide is receding, if you live near a large body of water. Corking the bottle with a bit of hard dry sponge might be a nice touch as well. Just make sure it's not going to get wet and molder the contents inside.

And of course, make sure you prepare your home and property as best you can to divert or drain excess water well ahead of time, so that when heavy rains do inevitably arrive, you stand a better chance of not getting swamped. Mundane action plus magical amplification equals the greatest possible chance of success

Naturally, this won't guarantee that your property will be free of floods, but it might help reduce the probability of high water or at least of severe damage.

As to the perfectionism problem, I hear you. I think we've all been there, and the proliferation of aesthetic posts and videos with beautifully-arranged altars and fancy tools and garb doesn't help matters. The thing about witchcraft is that most of it is neither pretty nor perfect. As my podcast senpai @traegorn is wont to say, witchcraft is done with a brick in the hand and dirt under the nails. At some point, you're going to have to get messy.

The other part of this is that your craft is not going to look or sound or feel like anyone else's because the core element of your craft is YOU, and your journey is entirely unique. Don't worry about making your spell presentable for social media. It doesn't need to be shared or aesthetically approvable. It just has to work for you.

And if it doesn't work, that doesn't mean you're a failure. It just means that you have an experience to learn from and an opportunity to do better next time. And that, dear poppet, is how we learn.

Hope this helps!

[moonblovegood]

Shitty witchy tips (or kinda)

This is probably the most random and shitty witchblr post you’ll ever see but I just felt like writing it all down and sharing some thoughts and tips about how simple and cheap witchcraft can be. So here it goes:

- First of all, fuck aesthetics. Nah, I’m kidding. If the aesthetics is important for you and makes you feel well then you should definitely work on it. What I actually mean is that you don’t need that perfect grimoire, that stunning altar, 10.000 crystals and shit to acknowledge yourself as being a witch. Also, not having money to buy any of that crap is totally okay. You’re still a witch. Don’t underestimate yourself based on materialistic parameters. Also, don’t think you’re futile if you DID buy all that crap, make a good use of it, you deserve it. The amount of material you have doesn’t define how good as a witch you can be.

- Stretch out. Yup. It’s really that simple. I don’t know about you but I really feel my body functions better and my energy flows spontaneously when I stretch myself out. HOWEVER, I’m still a fucking lazy witch, so I chose ONE yoga pose that actually made me feel stretched out and I do it everyday. You can choose whatever makes you feel more comfortable in your body and do it whenever you feel the need (feeling rusty, with energy stuck somewhere on your body etc).

- Light a candle. I fucking love candles. I mostly light them for no specific reason but you can also light one or more for your deity (or deities) if you work with any, it’s a simple and sweet way to show them love and thought respectfully. A single, cheap candle of any color is enough. True magick comes from within so you don’t really have to read the color correspondences every goddamn time you light a candle. In fact…

- STOP WORRYING TOO MUCH ABOUT CORRESPONDENCES!!! I mean, corresponding colors, herbs and shit can be an incredible boost for your spell if you’re casting any and if you would like to reinforce your intent, you can definitely check out the correspondences for every item you’ll use. But damn, stop obsessing over this. The most important thing is how you feel, how you can channel your energy and how clear your intent is. Focus on that first.

- Burn some incense. No, you don’t have to be casting a spell to light and burn that shit. You might just be there kinda feeling like you want to smell some cinnamon today. Then go and do it, bitch. Burn it. Smell it. Enjoy it. The fact that you’re giving yourself that pleasure is already a boost for your energies (isn’t that what magick is about?!). Stop saving your incenses for special occasions, treating yourself is special enough.

- Talk to your plants, if you’re a green witch. Tell them about your day. Ground and ask them about theirs. How are they feeling? Tell them how you feel. Treat them with some rain water, moon water, crystals. Name them if you feel that it will bond you even more. Let them know who you truly are: are you the clumsy witch that totally forgot to water them when you should have? apologize. Are you a busy witch that stays out all day? let them know you’re leaving. Show them respect, love and care and they’ll give it back to you.

- Experiment the Elements. Okay, this is a nice one. Do you even realize the presence of the Elements on your routine? Take some time to experience them while you’re aware. Feel the rain. Watch the fire. Feel the wind blowing. Step barefoot on the soil. There are so many things you can do and some will feel more empowering to you. Value those ones. Repeat them next week. Find where your bond with nature is stronger and explore that when practicing witchcraft.

- Go study you bitch. Studying is never enough. You’ll never know everything about witchcraft and the more you know, the more spontaneously magickal practice should come to you (OF COURSE practice is essential too). I can’t stop obsessing about studying the craft. Find out what exactly you are doing, why you are doing it, who did it before you and what can possibly influence what you’re doing. Books might be harder to find if you’re secretly a witch but the internet is full of knowledge and people with more experience than you (it’s also full of shit, be aware).

- Be grateful, I mean it. If you’re eating raw broccoli or if you’re eating mcdonalds, there is always energy there. It took energy for that to exist, it didn’t come from nowhere. The Elements are always present and you should not shame on people who don’t eat healthy as if their food is worthless. Be grateful that you get to eat and stop being a bitch feeling that you’re better because you ate that raw salad shit and the other witch (or non-witch) ate pizza. Whether it’s raw or processed, it’s food. Be grateful and actually thank the Universe for what you got.

Okay so this is basically what I got to say right now and if I feel like it I might add something later. I really hope these shitty tips can show how easy it is to practice the craft and how cheap it can be if you want to. I want to say I just sat down and wrote this and idk if it makes any sense and I probably forgot so much stuff that could go in there. But what I wanted to say is stop focusing on the material shit. True magick comes from within.

(Also, I’m sorry for any mistakes I might have committed. I’m learning as much as you and I might just change my mind in the process.)

[queen-swagzilla]

Spell to encourage rain (especially for wildfires):

Step one: fill your altar bowl (or a cup) halfway with water.

Step two: put it outside, where the sky can see it.

Step three (optional based on how you practice): Ring a bell, cast a circle, etc. But get the universe’s attention.

Step four: yell “I DID HALF THE WORK, NOW IT’S YOUR TURN” as loudly as you can at the sky

[breelandwalker]

Do you have a good spell to summon rain?

The forecast has been teasing rain for weeks but keeps underdelivering.

Tbh, it's the same where I am. I've been tempted to go out into the yard with a broom and a bucket. There's an old folk magic spell that calls for flinging water from a bucket over your yard with the bristles of a broom and yelling up at the clouds, "SEE? IT'S NOT HARD!"

(Not the literal incantation, but a rough translation from the original language. It's been a long time since I read the source where I got the idea, but I feel like it was Italian or Polish maybe? Not sure. If I find it later, I'll update the post.)

There are storm systems nearby, they're just not passing over my area. What I'm probably going to do if it doesn't rain by this evening is take my jar of storm water from the June moon and scatter it over my yard with one of my asperging bundles, then call up to the clouds, "Okay, your turn!"

Weather magic is one of the few areas where my witchcraft actually intersects with my paganism since two of my patrons are storm gods. I've also been beseeching Lugh and Thor all morning like, "Come on guys, it's gonna be the perfect night for a friendly joust, let's throw some spears and hammers and shake the rain loose of the clouds, how bout it?" I'll probably be putting out some whiskey as an offering / gentle bribe when I get home too.

That reminds me, I keep meaning to lay down a permanent working / summoning circle in my backyard. I should really get around to that but it's just been too hot for yardwork lately.

[systlin]

If anyone is interested, I have a near foolproof spell for rain.

Get a load of clean wet laundry

Hang it outside on the line to dry

That's it actually. In extreme cases if necessary you can also wash your car and/or set up the grill for outdoor cooking.

[gargelyfloof118]

My favorite spell for rain is to:

Fill a medium to large pot with water

Go outside with the filled pot

Yeet the water into the air so that it sprays across the ground

Look at the sky with frustration and yell, "LOOK! ITS NOT THAT HARD!!"

[cloudselkie]

If you're interested in weather witchcraft and magic, this book is your best friend, hands down:

No, it's not a "witchy" book, but I can't recommend it highly enough. It will teach you the basics of reading the weather around you at any given moment and help you learn to identify patterns that forecast what is to come - all without the help of a radar or fancy weather gadgets. This can help inform your practice and ritual timing. I have it in digital, audio, and now physical forms because it's really just THAT good.

[commonplace-book-magics]

This is a wonderful book! Not all useful information has to be “witchy” in nature.