how wild it was to let it be

Sun: Taurus • Moon: Leo • Rising: Cancer Demisexual • Genderfluid • Wiccan

[vividvega]

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[witcheshaven]

[red-realities]

Me: why do I feel so sad right now

My brain: you're a human being with emotions and a lot of stuff going on in your life, on top of that you have a known history with depression which means sometimes you have moods that don't necessarily reflect your situation, and you've just got to be patient through the times when your contentment lies fallow

Me: no that doesn't sound right

My brain: oh shit then maybe we should buy like ten dollars worth of candy

Me: that seems right, that feels right, I'm glad we had this talk

[bitterblackbitch]

“I dont care what your gender is”

I care about your gender and I respect it.

“I dont care if you’re black yellow green pink”

I recognize your race, and your ethnicity, and I respect them to my fullest capability

[maaarine]

The Huffington Post: “60 Stunning Photos Of Women Protesting Around The World”

[red-realities]

We are not afraid. We will not back down. We will be heard. We will be seen. We will be respected.

[floralwaterwitch]

Shannon falls, British Columbia 🌲

[stolenfootprints]

“He led us to a table made out of a living tree, surrounded by carved benches. A handful of walnuts sat on the table and occasionally a squirrel would dart out of the tree, snatch one, and skitter off, to sit above us, chattering.

It was as if the whole place was enchanted. I looked at the stone rabbits peeking out from underneath the benches and the stone birds frolicking in the trees and knew that I was in the presence of a great artist.”

-Tender at the Bone by Ruth Reichl

[stolenfootprints]

GIVEAWAY!!!! I am doing a giveaway over on my instagram alittlewireandstone if any of you would like to enter to win this bundle!!

[agent-fluff-agent-wrinkle]

Punk doin’ punk things.

[themanicnami]

Intent and Spell Writing

What is Intent in witchcraft?

Simply put intent is what result you wish to get from your spell or ritual. It is the energy you will be using to get results. Intent is extremely important for any spell. What do you wish to happen when you cast it? Do you wish to improve your studying or do you wish to banish something negative from your life? That is intent. It is the end goal. 

Examples of Intent:

Banishment: keeping away negativity and negative energies

Beauty: for looking, expressing and feeling lovely and attractive

Binding: prevent harm, avoid danger, stop someone from performing a particular act; restriction

Business/Career: for success in one’s career, job hunting

Calming: relieve stress

Catalyst: stimulating a spell

Charge: store energy into something

Chasity: celibacy, innocence

Confidence: courage, self assurance and empowerment

Creativity: expression, imagination and improving artistic skills

Communication: improving communications and understandings with friends, family, spouses, etc; communicating with other forces

Cleanse: removing unclean energies and presences from self, objects or areas

Curse: bring negative energy into something or into someone’s life

Desire: gaining what one has strong feelings of want for or seeking to be wanted by others

Divination: clairvoyance, gaining insight

Discourage: prevent something from occurring

Dreams: bring dreams, relates to the dream realm

Emotional: spells focused on certain emotions

Encouragement: supporting and influencing something to happen

Exorcism: expelling evil spirits

Fertility: for conception

Fidelity: loyalty and faithfulness

Friendship: bonding and connections

Fortune: good luck

Forgotten: leave memories behind

Frugality: saving money

Glamour: illusions and perception

Generosity: kindness and good will

Happiness: joy and merriment

Healing: recovery and repair

Inspiration: gaining ideas and drive

Invisibility: going unnoticed, stealth

Judgment: improving decision making and choices

Longevity: increasing length/duration of things

Love: Romance

Lust: Libido and sex drive

Memory: remembrance

Motivation: determination

Patience: tolerance

Peace: tranquility

Prosperity: well-being

Protection: guarding, safety and warding

Psychic: improving any psychic ability or connection

Purification: purifying an object or space

Guidance: spiritual, mental, supernatural guidance, advice and bonds

Severing: cutting ties from others

Spirituality: for belief

Strength: brawn, endurance; physical, emotional, mental and spiritual

Truth: honesty with self and others

Wealth: increasing money and physical possessions

Wisdom: decisions, intelligence, learning

Wish: gaining things and desires

I have my intent now what?

Well you have just taken your first step to spell writing. Now that you have your intent, your goal, you can can start researching. What relates and corresponds to your intent and what ingredients do you have available? Some things you could research:

Gemstones

Herbs and flowers

Types of Water (spring, rain, ocean, etc)

Colors

Candles

Oils

Incense

Animal Symbolism

Time of Day

Planets and Cosmic Bodies

Fruits

Vegetables

Metals

Emotional, Psychic and Physical Energies

Classic Witches Tools (besom, wands, etc)

Divination Tools (pendulums, tarot cards, scrying mirrors, etc)

Mythology and Mythical Creatures

Once you have researched and found the ingredients and objects you wish to use, even if you decide to only use your own energy and voice that is fine. You don’t absolutely need to use anything specific. It is your spell and your intent, choose what you feel will work best for you.

How are you going to use these things you have researched and obtained? This will require more research on your part, witchcraft requires a lot of research. Some ideas:

Bath mix/salts

Tea and infusions (if ingredients are safe to ingest)

Gem Elixir (research to ensure your gemstone(s) is safe to use in water or safe methods to make it without submerging the gemstone)

Jar or Bottle Spell

Sigil Spell

Burning

Shredding/Cutting

Burying

Spoken

Painted/drawn

Crafted or Molded

The possibilities are truly endless. All I can say you have just taken your first steps for writing a spell! Once you have decided your intent and the process you wish to use, it is time to begin trials. Everything takes practice. It may not work at first but that is alright. Take notes and observe results. Just be safe with what you are doing. Happy Spell Writing!

[catthekitchenwitch]

Mama Cat’s “Evil Eye” Protection Jar

Mama Cat hangs this little jar in her window for an extra boost of safety. Super easy to make and very cute to boot.

Needed:

a small, seal-able jar

puffy paint (fabric paint) in white, black, and blue (or any color you like)

herbs that you use for protection (Mama Cat used arnica flowers, argimony, thyme, penny royal, juniper berries, and a few others)

sigils you use for protection

How To:

Carefully create you eye on the outside of the jar in any way you wish. The blue eye is traditional but you can use any color that feels safe to you. Let this dry before you continue. If you would like to paint on any sigils, now would be the time.

If you would like to open a circle, call to someone, ect, do this now.

After the paint is dry, layer in your herbs or mix them all together. If you would like to bless the jar, do this step now. If you would like to use incense to bless or purify you could use sandalwood, patchouli, dragons blood, or sage. 

Keep this jar on a window sill, on a high shelf, or hanging in a window. Keep the eye turned outward so it can watch out for evil and bad vibes that could come your way.

[skygenders]

How Do I Explain To My Cat That Stepping On My Boobs Hurts 

[floralwaterwitch]

My gorgeous apophyllite cluster 🕊✨

[craigslits]

[michellepsychologist]

[folklifestyle]

[ghosttcryptids]

Witchy Tips and Tricks I’ve Learned Throughout The Years...

Meditating during long car journeys helps clear your mind, pass the time and totally counts as practicing.

If you like plants, collect plants. If you like crystals, collect crystals. Collect things that makes your soul sing!

Charity shops are brilliant. You can always find something you need in there.

Salt, salt, salt. I love it and you should at least consider having it in your witchy cabinet as it is brilliant for protection.

You don’t need all the tools the books say you need unless you feel they’ll help.

Stock up on as many black candles as you can during the Halloween season or wait until they’re on the discount aisle.

Love is a powerful tool, don’t abuse it. The love you have for someone or something can help make any spell stronger.

Wicca is the religion, Witchcraft is the practice. You don’t have to be Wiccan to practice Witchcraft, You don’t have to practice Witchcraft if you’re Wiccan.

If you’re having difficulty with magic and witchcraft, Labradorite can help significantly.

Be careful around incense and smoke if your an asthmatic witch! Goodness knows how many time my lungs have almost quit on me during cleansing. You don’t have to use it.

Stir a bit of cinnamon into your morning tea to help bring good fortune throughout the day.

Respect all living things, including plants and insects.

If you’re having trouble visualising your magic and will, try taking inspiration from fantasy media, such as Skyrim or Harry Potter, and visualise the magic from those.

If you relate a song to a spell or ritual, put it on and sing along to it!

A small rose quartz under your pillow will help ease nightmares.

Sometimes a digital grimoire is better and easier to write than a physical one.

If your life is getting difficult to manage, take a break from witchcraft if it helps.

Craft stores are a great place for mini bottles and jars.

You don’t need to be part of a coven to be a valid witch.

Anyone of any gender can be a witch.

Don’t rely solely on a healing spell or potion to help with an illness, visit your doctor too.

Share your knowledge to people who are willing to learn.