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[honeysucklebramble]

Healing Candle Spell

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Ingredients:

Pink Himalayan Salt - Protection, Promote Healing

Birch Leaves - Deep Healing

Thyme - Purification, Rejuvination

Orange Peel - Vitality

Thistle - Purification

Clove - Exorcise Illness

Lavender - Spiritual and Mental Healing and Protection

Rose - Healing, Comfort

Peppermint - Banish Illness

Selenite - Purify and Charge for an everlasting spell

White Candle - Healing

Steps:

Dress your candle in your desired oils, sigils and symbols. I recommend Frankincense or Lemongrass Oil.

Draw your circle and place your candle in the center.

Within the circle, add the other ingredients with the desired intent behind them.

Place your selenite at the base of the candle, preferably in the North direction.

Light your candle and say the magick words.

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[sarahbeareee]

Mabon Ritual

Date: September 21, 2025

Theme: Balance, gratitude, harvest, preparation, and guidance

Supplies

Herbs & Oils: rosemary, sage, lavender, eucalyptus, peppermint, sweet orange, rose oil with rose petals, peony/bergamot, Beltane oil mix

Crystals: amethyst, clear quartz, moonstone, carnelian bracelet, black stone bracelets, light blue bracelet

Candles: black, white

Other: salt, incense, gourds, fresh mint, green onion clippings, garden items, clarifying spray

Tarot deck (any deck you prefer)

1. Prepare & Cleanse Space (5-10 min)

Purify your space with sage or incense.

Sprinkle salt around the area for protection.

Arrange crystals, herbs, gourds, oils, and tarot deck on your altar.

2. Cast the Circle (3-5 min)

Stand in the center with a clear quartz.

Visualize a sphere of white light extending outward.

Walk clockwise, saying:

“I cast this circle of protection,

Safe, sacred, and whole,

Only love and light may enter.”

3. Call the Four Corners / Elements (5 min)

Face each cardinal direction and invoke the associated element:

East / Air: incense or peppermint

“Guardians of the East, element of Air,

Bring clarity, insight, and inspiration here.”

South / Fire: black or white candle, carnelian

“Guardians of the South, element of Fire,

Ignite passion, courage, and transformation.”

West / Water: small bowl of water or lavender

“Guardians of the West, element of Water,

Bring healing, intuition, and emotion.”

North / Earth: salt, rosemary, or gourd

“Guardians of the North, element of Earth,

Bring grounding, stability, and abundance.”

Stand in the center and feel the energies connecting you to all directions.

4. Centering & Grounding (3-5 min)

Sit comfortably, wearing your bracelets.

Hold Amethyst or Moonstone, take deep breaths, and visualize roots growing into the Earth.

Optional: mist lightly with clarifying spray.

5. Candle & Herb/Oil Placement (5 min)

Light the black candle (release, protection) and white candle (clarity, balance).

Place herbs around the candles: lavender (peace), rosemary (protection), peppermint (clarity), sweet orange (joy).

Say aloud:

“I honor the balance of light and dark,

I release what no longer serves me,

I welcome clarity, gratitude, and abundance.”

6. Tarot Draw (5 min)

Focus on your intention:

“What guidance do I need for the coming months?”

Shuffle the deck and draw a single card.

Place the card on your altar and reflect on its message.

Optional: journal your thoughts, insights, or guidance.

7. Gratitude & Harvest (5-10 min)

Hold gourds, mint, or green onion clippings.

Reflect on personal harvest—achievements, lessons, growth, love.

Speak aloud:

> “I give thanks for the abundance in my life,

For growth, lessons, love, and nourishment.”

Optional: anoint hands or altar objects with rose oil or peony/bergamot oil.

8. Release & Letting Go (5 min)

Focus on the black candle and visualize releasing anything that no longer serves you.

Affirm:

> “I release what no longer serves me, making space for clarity, balance, and growth.”

9. Balance & Intention (5 min)

Focus on the white candle and crystals to invite clarity, peace, and balance.

Hold Clear Quartz or Moonstone and say:

> “I step into the darker months with balance, clarity, and self-care.

I nurture my body, mind, and spirit.”

10. Closing & Integration (5 min)

Thank the elements and guardians of the four corners.

Walk counter-clockwise to release the circle, visualizing the protective sphere dissolving.

Blow out candles in reverse order (white first, then black).

Sit quietly to integrate the energies and reflect on your tarot card guidance.

Made a ritual with the items I had in the house it uses a blue crystal bracelet that I'm not sure what it is xD

[sarahbeareee]

Ease anxiety and promote good sleep

I have done some spell jars/cleansing sprays that have helped me (:

- In the Spell Jar: Rosemary, Salt, Lavender, Chamomile, Bay Leaf, Star Anise, Melted wax sealed the top with: Pink and Silver wax(Optional rose quartz or amethyst)

- In the Spray: 10 drops Lemon grass, 10 drops Eucalyptus, 10 drops Frankincense oil, 3oz water (or moon water), and 1oz Witch hazel

After making these I left them in the moonlight for 2-3 days before starting to use them. The Spell Jar is on my window sill by my pillows/head and the spray on my alter.

For me every night I spray down my bed before I get in imagining a calming layer of energy soaking into my bed - and cleaning out any bad energy. If before bed I am super anxious that the two others aren't enough to ease it I get out a journal and free write till i simply can't write anything more - gotta let that energy out of it's coming from me. Sometimes it helps me to sound cleanse the room with some claps or a bell ring and thank my space/house/bed. And if multiple nights of anxeity and bad sleep I do a deep cleaning/cleanse of the house itself with smudging, salting the doors, etc.

I also have a routine where I make golden milk with melatonin in it before I sleep - I add in 1 scoop of the powder, 1 tbsp of honey, and mix/warm it with a milk frother. Its incredibly soothing and comforting to me and my body has learned that drink means its time to wind down. The ingredients in golden milk probably have some witchy properties too!

Heres the brand I like: https://a.co/d/8Pk2oPH

[kinschi]

Taking their werewolf girlfriend out for a walk

[redstonedust]

i grew up in a family of left leaning hippies (thank god) but i can't stop thinking about the one holiday dinner party where my teenage cousin said something about immigrant hotels and needing to stop the boats and there was like. a pause at the table until our grandpa, a very mild mannered man, just went "now where the fuck did you hear that?" Incredible aura. ive never heard that man swear before or since but man did he pick a perfect time for it.

[eagans]

it comes and goes in waves

[enchantedbook]

'A Centaur playing with his Son' by Otto Bache, (1839 - 1927).

[p0pp3t]

‘The Centaur Playing With Her Child’ by Otto Soltau (1885-1915)

[homosexualslug]

beautiful conversations happening on twitter

[sarahbeareee]

Finding clarity, lost items, and abundance with the help of the house spirit

Ingredients

- 1 incense stick: Sandalwood, Patchouli or Frankincense

- Milk and honey

- One candle that is white gold or green

- Pen and Paper (optional)

- Jar

- Herbs: Rosemary peppermint, basil and cinnamon

- A coin and or dollar bill

Instructions

1. Prepare your space and ingredients. Take your incense and light it. Reflect on the properties and benefits of said incense as you do. Set out a small container with a little bit of honey and milk inside of it.

2. Recite this "Dear spirit of the home, I thank you for guiding and protecting this space. I bring an offering of milk and honey as a token of respect. Please protect and guide me aswell helping me find what's lost.

3. After you say this light your candle and reflect on the colors meanings and importance as well.

4. Recite this " With this candlelight I release mental clutter and embrace clarity. My mind is clear and my path is illuminated. My mind is clear and my path is illuminated. My mind is clear and my path is illuminated."

5. Watch the candle flicker picturing your stress, chaos and uncertainty melting away with the candle wax. Sit and meditate until the candle has melted down to about halfway.

(Optional) If you're struggling to sit through this moment, you can also grab a piece of paper and pen for this and start writing down every thought that comes into your head.

6. Now take your jar and recite this as you place each item into said jar "Rosemary for clarity. Peppermint for focus. Basil for wealth and cinnamon for success in finding what's lost"

7. Next take the gold coin or dollar and put it into the jar as well. After you've added these all in, pick up the candle and melt a little bit of the wax on on top of it all and or sealing the jar.

8. Pick up the jar and run it over the incense stick imagining the smoke cleansing it and after you do that, take a minute to to picture money and clarity flowing into your life as a green light and also picture the house Spirit watching.

9. "With the blessing of the house Spirit - money flow and abundance grow with harm to none. Prosperity is mine. May this jar be a reminder of my clear path and abundance to help me find what I seek and what I need the most."

10. Place the jar and offering in the central most lived in space. (After a day toss the milk/honey outside along the edge of the house/apartment)

[essence-of-wicca]

Notice: This blog is meant as a collection of informational essays I have written. As such, it will not update with new posts, although existing posts may be edited in the future. Notices of major edits will be posted to @sova-witch

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Introduction & Contents

Very many books and websites about Wicca put a lot of emphasis on spells and other practical applications, on the Witchcraft aspects. While those components are valid and important, sometimes that emphasis creates too much of a surface level aesthetic of being a Witch, and the spiritual basis gets overshadowed. This all occurs with the ever-present reminder that Wicca and Witchcraft are not the same thing, while simultaneously removing the distinction by focusing on the Witchcraft, and still labeling it Wicca. 

It is my aim with this project to bring the focus back around to Wicca as a religion of substance, rather than the aesthetic. It’s also meant to be informational, and provide perhaps a middle-of-the-road perspective on Wicca; I don’t believe one must be Initiated into any Tradition to be considered and accepted as a Wiccan, but I do believe there are things that are and are not part of Wicca, just like any other religion. That being said though, my focus is on what is, rather than what isn’t; I’m not interested in throwing shade at anyone else for their practices, choices, or preferences.

I am an Initiated Wiccan (2nd Degree Gardnerian), and an hereditary Witch. I was taught Wicca from a young age (mid-1980s) by my parents, and actively pursued Initiation beginning at about 16 (I’m now over 40). As such, honestly, I haven’t read extensively on Wicca, as I already had what I considered to be more than the basics. I do have a few reading recommendations, however, which I will share at the end of this series.

Everything I've written is solely my opinion, coming from my own experiences, thoughts, and interactions. I do not speak for anyone but myself, not even other Wiccans. Additionally, I will be talking about Wicca in general, and not the specific (Oathbound) Tradition I was Initiated into. Anything I seem to be stating as fact should be viewed as generally accepted, though keep in mind that opinions and practices will always vary, depending on who you talk to. Some of this information assumes a general knowledge of Wicca and Paganism more broadly, but if anything seems confusing or unclear, please don't be afraid to ask questions, either in comments or DMs.

I greatly appreciate your interest in my writings. Blessed Be.

Contents

Each title in this list has its own post. Simply keep scrolling to read in this order. After the 101 Series, I have included ritual scripts I have written as well.

Wicca 101

Definition

Categories

History

Ethics

Theism

Magick

Death

Celebrations

Elements

Roles

Tools

Names

Ritual

Recommended Reading

Scripts

1. Intro

2. Self-Blessing

3. Circle Opening:

Creating Sacred Space

Casting and Cleansing

Personal Consecrations

Esbat Deity Invocations

Sabbat Deity Invocations

Quarter Calls

4. Esbat:

Invocation

Drawing Down the Moon

Moonpool Meditation

5. Sabbats:

Samhain

Yule

Imbolc

Vernalia

Beltane (Supplement) (Appendix)

Midsummer

Lammas

Autumnus

Drawing Down the Sun

Sunmeadow Meditation

6. Cakes and Wine

7. Circle Closing

Credits

[sarahbeareee]

I did a reading for September to set the tone and help me find some clarity and it was very on the nose. After a of a month or two of unemployment it looks like there's a chance at two really good job opportunities. One is still in the first stage of interviewing and the other is at an art test stage 2 interviews in - I'm trying not to get too excited but both are really exciting in different ways. One is a AAA studio I would need to relocate for and the other is a Japan based studio I would need to work the night shift for.

I am newer to reading tarot so if anyone wants to take a shot at interpreting these aswell I would be very grateful and happy!!

[homunculus-argument]

Shitty parents will guilt their kids about how much they have to suffer to put a roof over their head, like having kids was the only reason they had to grudgingly give up on a lifelong dream of being homeless.

[homunculus-argument]

Going to therapy and unfucking the issues you got passed down as generational trauma and then not having kids is kind of amusingly petty in a vaguely spiritual way I can't say that I entirely believe in.

"What you heal in yourself, you heal in your bloodline :)" no bitch this is for me, not all of y'all. I'm getting my own ducks in a row and getting my head screwed back on right because I'm the one that gets to be happy. I'm not cleaning up several generations' accumulated messes in order to make things nice for the next one, this shitass bloodline ends with me. Y'all don't deserve to be anyone else's ancestors.

[homunculus-argument]

Getting blacklisted from trading with local fae because you've been paying for their favours with stuff like childhood dreams and the memory of your mother's smile, trading their goods for what would have otherwise been absurdly highball prices, but then they found out that the things you've given them in return are worthless because they mean nothing to you. After going no-contact with your family you just wanted to get fucking rid of all of the things that are attached to them, and if you could, you'd give your memories of them away for free on craiglist.

[eearth-deactivated20180601]

Not everything works out the first time. That’s okay. Growth means attempting new challenges, many of which we will fall short of. We can see it as failing, or we can see it as practice. We can retreat into ourselves, or we can take what we’ve learned and move forward. Failure or practice. It all comes down to how you look at things. Your mindset is your destiny. It’s all up to you.

[homunculus-argument]

Nothing slapped my shit back into place like someone pointing out that the "genius gifted child with so much potential who got burnout and mental illness" is just the nerd equivalent to the jock "could have been a pro at sportsball if it wasn't for the injury".

[sarahbeareee]

Mabon Celebration

Equinox Plans

- Harvest Meal Potluck

- Mabon Ritual (Gratitude and Candles)

- Cleaning/Grounding Spray

- (optional) Mabon Tarot Spread

Side note: I will be running a simmer pot, and will provide Pomegranates and Apples for us to make fresh juice with using my cast iron manual juicer.

Potluck items (claim one)

- Autumn Veggie Bake

- Protein

- Grains? corn, rice, quinoa

- Autumn Dessert

- Oils:

- Sandalwood Oil or Cedar oil

- Sage Oil or Pine Oil

- Once above are all claimed bring whatever u want

(Feel free to adjust it and do any recipe u want these are just themed guidelines so we hit the major food groups)

Notes: I am making custom gratitude ritual where you sit in a circle each person holding a small ritual candle. There is a black candle and a white candle that are on opposite sides and starting with the black candle we light it and that candle lights the next person in the circle. That person then says something they're grateful for and lights the person next to them. It goes around until we get back to the First candle. After that we sit for a little bit meditating - as the candle gets low we think on what we wish to manifest in the coming months and blow out our candles.

- I still needa make a blurb/speech part detailing in things like: The importance of Mabon, honoring the balance of light/dark and maybe find a deity to invoke for this? Idk if I need to also draw a circle and honor the corners aswell (I haven't made many rituals before)