Softly Divine

~Just a witch trying to find her way~ 18/ Bisexual/No witch type

[vevelan]

You Are Suffering For Hurting Me And Are Reminded Of The Pain You Cause

A request! This hex sigil can be incorporated in spells against an abuser or someone who has deeply hurt you. It will remind them frequently of the pain they have caused and haunt them.

*remember to cleanse yourself and your space after hexing. Protect yourself.

[hall--o--ween]

🎃🍂👻 47 Days 👻🍂🎃

[themori-witch]

“Sephora will start selling entry-level witch kits in October.”

All right witches, listen up.

Sephora is to begin selling a “witch kit” next month featuring a tarot deck, fragrances, a sage bundle, and a rose quartz crystal for $42.

I think it’s wonderful that witchcraft is making a resurgence, but what I don’t think is wonderful, is that a huge corporation like Sephora is trying to tap into this market.

Why don’t I like it?

Because Sephora has their fingers in enough pies and generates over $4 billion in revenue per year.

Because witchcraft produce and supplies should be provided by people with knowledge on the practise(s) and who care enough to make sure their products are ethical, of a high quality, and non-appropriative.

Because Sephora will be stealing business from actual witchcraft and occult centric shops who likely don’t make huge sums of money anyway due to the niche nature of the market.

Because Sephora doesn’t need the fucking money!

So, I urge you to share this post and refrain from purchasing this “entry-level” witch kit (and any future witchcraft related product) from Sephora. Instead, support small, witch-owned businesses. We need you and we’ve got your backs.

Here is a list of shops owned by witches. Check it out!

[kitchenwitchupinthisbitch]

Go to Sephora for make up if that’s your thing, but for witchcraft?! Nah. Sorry. Support local witches and esoteric shops if you can.

[pleiadic-magic-deactivated20220]

i hope i never run out of things to learn

[sosuperawesome]

Dresses, Tops and Pants, by Elven Forest on Etsy

See our ‘dresses’ tag

[indigobluerose]

These look magical and yet practical and comfy.

[whylimewhyanything]

I never knew I needed a dress with a hood until now.

[noseforahtwo]

[luminatress]

Crystals for the Signs

Aries: carnelian to increase confidence and energy, bloodstone for courage and determination, hematite for protection and strength, diamond to help with passion and endurance

Taurus: rose quartz for sensuality and romance, tiger’s eye for grounding, practicality, and protection, emerald for loyalty and materialism, tourmaline for manifesting wealth and proper values

Gemini: celestite or blue lace agate to improve communication and self-expression, citrine for optimism and fun, opal for adaptation and change, any form of agate to improve observation and analysis

Cancer: moonstone to enhance intuition and imagination, petalite to decrease moodiness and sensitivity, rose quartz for love, empathy, and healing, ocean jasper for relaxation and comfort Leo: sunstone for self-confidence and pride, amber for bravery and positivity, rhodochrosite to channel into compassion and loyalty, ruby to maintain a healthy ego and heart, tiger’s eye for leadership and encouragement

Virgo: spirit quartz for grounding and spiritual growth, moss agate to increase productivity and maintain a healthy well-being, howlite to decrease anxiety and restlessness, peridot to alleviate critical behaviors against themselves and others

Libra: opal to increase self-love and appeal, jade for balance and diplomacy, yellow aventurine to help make decisions and remain logical, topaz for creativity and kindness

Scorpio: obsidian for protection, citrine for magnetism and charm, malachite for overcoming transformations and change, apache tears for power and manifestation

Sagittarius: turquoise for honesty and understanding, sodalite for self-discovery and trust, lapis lazuli to enhance intuition, clarity, and morality, blue goldstone to combat over-indulgence 

Capricorn: jet to protect and provide structure, smokey quartz for grounding and getting organized, garnet for strength and ambition, ruby to take accountability and remain disciplined in troubling times

Aquarius: amethyst to enhance the intuition, labradorite for manifesting ideas and getting creative, aquamarine to influence cooperation, abalone shell for compassion and humanitarianism

Pisces: angelite for spirituality and connecting to the higher self, fluorite to balance fantasy with reality, sugilite to protect vulnerable emotions, chalcedony to provide peace and healing

[grimoires-galore]

The 5 Elements

So, today I’ve decided to dedicate myself to making a post about the 5 elements. I know many of you may be trying to find information on how to work with the elements, and I know some of you probably didn’t even know about the 5th one. So, here you go, lovelies!

Earth

Colors used to represent it:

- Brown

- Black

- Green

- If you are doing a certain season or environment you can substitute in other colors as well, for example white in winter or the Arctic to represent snow-covered ground.

When should you work with Earth?

- Grounding rituals

- Growth spells

- Protection spells

- Working with your subconscious/deep thoughts

- Abundance/harvest spells

- Life and death spells

- I don’t know if this is common, but I personally associate Earth and menstrual magic.

How can you work with Earth?

- Even though crystals have their own individual properties and associations, all crystals and stones can trace back to Earth, making them great for connecting with it.

- The Suit of Pentacles (tarot card)

- The direction North

- The numbers 4 or 8

- Some great herbs and fauna to work with include but are not limited to: bistort, briony, cinquefoil, fern, honeysuckle, jasmine, mandrake, pennyroyal, and sage.

- Cypress, red elm, and pine trees

Air

Colors used to represent it:

- Yellow

- White

When should you work with Air?

- If you are working with ghosts or faeries, Air is very useful.

- If you are trying to implement change and create new beginnings.

- If you are trying to work with Fire and Water simultaneously for a spell or ritual, air acts as a great buffer/bridge.

- General prayer and worship. (If you are worshiping a specific deity, I highly recommend you look up what element they’re associated with. However, Air represents power that we cannot see or capture, so general spiritual beliefs tend to be represented by Air.)

- Spells that are very secretive, as Air represents whispers.

- Sending out a message.

- I personally associate it with general divination, clairvoyance, and past lives however there is also an importance to using other elements when it comes to these sorts of practices.

How can you work with Air?

- Focus on your breathing while doing a spell or ritual.

- The direction East

- The Suit of Swords (tarot cards)

- Wind, although direction matters. East wind = power, South wind = potential, West wind = relationships, North wind = working through struggles.

- Using vocals or music in a spell or ritual.

- The numbers 1 and 8.

- Some herbs and fauna to use to represent Air include but are not limited to: anise, Irish broom, caraway seeds, comfrey, eucalyptus, lavender, meadowsweet, mint, nutmeg, thyme, and wormwood.

- Acacia, elder (technically a bush but it has wood), and hazel trees

Fire

Colors used to represent it:

- Red

- Yellow

- Orange

- Blue and white can be used to represent stronger flames.

When should you work with Fire?

- Personal strength spells

- Manifesting

- Passionate and physical love spells

- Motivation spells and rituals

- Creativity spells

How can you work with Fire?

- Use candles and candle magic

- Burn incenses and herbs

- The Suit of Wands and the Tower and Devil Major Arcana (tarot cards)

- The direction South

- The numbers 3 and 11

- I find that making sigils and then tearing them to pieces activates them with Fire’s energy when I can’t burn them.

- Some herbs and fauna used to represent Fire include but are not limited to: anemone, angelica, basil, betony, cacti, cinnamon, clove, coriander, dill, dragon’s blood, frankincense, garlic, holly, juniper, marigold, onion, peonies, pepper, rosemary, rue, saffron, thistle, tobacco, vanilla, and walnut.

- Oak and rowan trees

- Many flavors and spices correlate to Fire (ex. garlic, cinnamon, and vanilla) meaning that a lot of kitchen magic can be used, especially baked/warm goods as an oven is yet another way to connect with Fire.

Water

Colors used to represent it:

- Blue

- Aqua

- Turquoise

- Grey

- White

When should you work with Water?

- Love and compassion spells - can be romantic, familial, or platonic.

- Spells to help adjust to change

- Looking into ourselves and others.

- Creating a community - whether it be a coven or strengthening ties with friends and family.

How do you work with Water?

- Water divination - I’ll probably make a post delving into this subject sometime.

- Doing spells according to the phases of the moon - I’ll probably make a post on this sometime, too.

- The Suit of Cups and the Moon and Lovers Major Arcana (tarot cards)

- The direction West

- The numbers 2 and 22

- Dissolving sigils

- Making potions

- Some herbs and other fauna often associated with Water include but are not limited to: apple, burdock, chamomile, cucumber, gardenia, geranium, ivy, lettuce (don’t use this one for romantic love spells, it’s an anaphrodisiac), myrrh, myrtle, orange, pansy, periwinkle, poppy, rose, tonka beans, valerian, violet, and yarrow.

- Ash and willow trees.

Aether or Spirit

So, this is going to be done slightly different from the others, as Aether (as I prefer to call it) isn’t a physical element unlike the others. I want to say that many people determine Aether differently depending on their beliefs, these are just mine.

So, what is Aether?

Aether is the energy surround us, the energy we call “magic”. Our realm is one of many, and unlike some others ours is a material world. As we stopped looking to the stars for answers and began to look at our own resources we lost sight of Aether. Yes, we did amazing things, and I as a STEM major do agree that these things are wonderful and beautiful. However, the beauty of Aether is something that outshines any of man’s achievements. It reminds me of the awe I get from the sheer force of nature: untameable. However, just because we cannot tame it does not mean we cannot use it and connect with it. This element is the core of witchcraft, religion, and spiritual belief.

I see Aether in many different forms, personally. I think of it as electricity, dark matter, gravity, plasma, forces we know exist but we cannot see. I also see it as the unknown, that which we cannot see so we decide it does not exist.

How can we connect to and use Aether if we can’t see it?

- Meditation: Your average stationary meditation can help you feel the energy around you whereas movement meditation can help you feel the energy move through you.

- When looking for symbols to represent Aether, spirals - never ending circles extending outwards - are the most common symbols. I personally find that circles themselves are great representations of Aether, as they are infinite.

- The colors black and white as well as the rainbow. Since Aether is all-encompassing, it’s hard to pin it down to just one color. Since black is a paint mixture of all colors, white is the light mixture of all colors, and the rainbow is simply all colors these are what is often used to represent Aether. On a personal level I feel like Aether generally connects to the color purple, as purple represents magic as a whole.

- The Major Arcana (tarot cards)

- Although Aether is all encompassing, it is often specifically addressed in communicating with spirits and entities from other realms, arcane magic, energy manipulation, illusion spells and rituals, and reaching beyond our physical limitations.

- The number 1 is often used to describe Aether, as it is a starting point for everything.

Well, I hoped you guys liked this! If you have any suggestions for new posts or want to request a post based off of this (like water divination and phases of the moon) you can leave a comment on this (the comment system or reblogging it and leaving a comment) or send me a message and I’ll make sure to make a post!

Remember I love each and every one of you and I hope you have an amazing day!!!!

[thoodleoo]

do y’all ever wonder if the greeks made up dionysus as an excuse to get absolutely fucking wasted

[thoodleoo]

some ancient greek dude: dude elektra you got so blasted this weekend that you nearly tore some guy limb from limb and passed out naked in the woods

elektra, about to invent the mystery cult of dionysus and also maenads: oh, haven’t you heard?

[witchyfishyfun]

What most people think being a witch means: heavy robes and chanting in another language

What it really means: I sleep with rocks and that random yet special acorn

[tysmiha-witchnotes]

My awesome smoky quartz from @bekkathyst!!

[thebibliosphere]

Y’all really gonna make me bring back the essential oil discourse over whether or not you can ingest essential oils? Really? Really?

Short answer: no, essential oils are not safe to ingest in any way shape or form. They are for atmospheric diffusing or for topical application via the correct dilution methods via the use of a carrier oil. Water cannot dilute an essential oil. It’s basic chemistry.

Long answer: food extracts and tinctures are not the same thing as essential oils, and no, it doesn’t matter if they’re organic or not. “Therapeutic grade” and “food grade” are non regulated terms used by essential oil companies to sell more products, and are not recognized by health governing bodies, including reputable aromatherapy and holistic schools.

I say this as both a patient and practitioner of holistic therapies with nothing to gain or lose from telling you this. I have no motive other than your well being and that of the people around you. As I have stated, many, many times I merely wish you to be safe. (warning, link contains mention of child death.)

If you reblog this post with some variation of “okay but some oils are safe to ingest”, I am sorry, but you are misinformed. And I suggest you read Essential Oil Safety: A Guide for Health Care Professionals by Robert Tisserand and Rodney Young, as your education on the subject has been remiss, and I would hate for your to accidentally harm yourself or someone else through good intentions.

A good holistic practitioner does not reject science. Nor do they advocate for the rejection of conventional medicine. It is not your place to replace the doctor. It is your place to support the person through needing care. Remember that.

[unexpectedawesome]

I always wonder what kind of uninformed nonsense you must be seeing to feel the need to make these PSAs.

[thebibliosphere]

It’s usually people seeing my old posts, deciding to come into my inbox and yell at me because they drink essential oils and they’re fine, so I must be a big pharma plant to discredit their lord and master doTerra/young living.

Cause y'know, that seems more plausible than the idea that they might be wrong.

[bekkathyst]

BEKKATHYST SUMMER 2018 GIVEAWAY

~This giveaway is in no way affiliated with Tumblr.~

Please read thoroughly before entering!

Hello lovely Tumblr folk! It’s that time again- I have a giveaway for you all. We really want to give back to you guys after all the support you’ve shown during a dificult time for us. THANK YOU! 

All these items came from my shop.

What you get:

$50 credit that can be applied to anything in my shop.

soapstone mortar and pestle

double pointed rose quartz wand

ammonite fossil

rough smoky citrine

amethyst cluster

amethyst cluster with calcite

elestial amethyst

labradorite freeform

river tumbled malachite

amethyst moon carving

fluorite octahedron

petrified wood slice

2 pieces of rough black tourmaline

tumbled stones

AND MORE! 

This has a retail value of $225 in addition to the $50 shop credit!

Rules:

You must be 16 or older. (If under 18 you MUST have parent’s permission)

You don’t have to live in the US to join!

You must be following me, so you can get updates if anything about the giveaway changes.

Please check out my shop and if you’re interested, you can sign up for my email newsletter here. (Totally not necessary or required, it’s just an option!)

DO NOT tag this post as giveaway. That will risk the notes getting messed up, and this will be ruined for everyone.

Reblog this post to enter. Likes count, too. No giveaway or spam blogs. If you reblog on a side blog, let me know in the tags what the name of your blog is that you’re following me with.

Please don’t spam people with reblogs- limit 2 reblogs per blog per day.  

Each entry will be assigned a number and the winner will be chosen by a random number generator.

The giveaway ends Saturday, August 25th at 6 pm Pacific time.

The winner will be messaged and must respond with their full name and address within 24 hours, or a new winner will be chosen.

Please respect me and my rules, and have fun!

[iricrescentiris]

✨💫🌙LUCID DREAMING TIPS BY A WITCH/PSYCHOLOGY STUDENT🌙💫✨

On becoming lucid:

💫keep a dream journal. This one is at least 80% of what’s going to get you to achieve lucid dreams. Record every dream you have when you wake up, and read over all your dreams at the end of each week. Find patterns, know your dreams inside out.

💫reality checks. Ask yourself throughout the day “am I dreaming?” Find something that taps you into reality, maybe one of your tattoos or a piece of jewelry you wear daily. Ask yourself if you’re dreaming, check if it’s there, then assess that you are awake. Eventually you will do this in your dreams, and you will become lucid.

💫meditation. This will increase your attention and focus and help you better tap into your subconscious. You will also achieve deeper sleep, which means better, longer R.E.M. Cycles.

💫wake yourself up. If you can’t remember your dreams, or you’ve been trying these tips for longer than a month with no success, you may need to interrupt your R.E.M. cycle. Set an alarm for the middle of the night or early in the morning. Just make sure you’ve been sleeping for at least 4 hrs before the alarm goes off. Record your dream when you wake up. It will be clearer in your mind because you will not have passed your R.E.M. cycle. Immediately go back to sleep. Try to visualize a scene as you fall back to sleep. Imagine yourself dreaming. You will be more likely to become lucid after a R.E.M. interruption.

Witchcraft for lucidity:

🌙mugwort(ingested through tea or used in spells)

🌙chamomile

🌙amethyst

🌙lavender

🌙rosemary

On staying lucid:

✨calm down. When you become lucid, your subconscious self will probably start freaking out a bit. Try your best to calm yourself. Breath. Say to yourself “I am safe. I am in control of this dream,” until your anxieties leave you.

✨spin. If you feel yourself waking up as soon as you become lucid(very common), try to spin your body around. Twirl in a circle or jump really high. Do some erratic movement and it will ground you in the dream.

Sweet dreams! 🌙💫✨

[feytouched]

at that point in the semester where i’m dunking actual poppets of myself in coffee while i study 🕯✨🌑✨🕯heads up for all my witches still dealing with exams, tonight’s new moon is perfect for academic luck/success spells!

[foggy-student-witch-deactivated]

Can we collectively destroy the idea that gritty witchcraft and pretty aesthetics are mutually exclusive. Just cause the colour pink or pastels exist in someones craft doesnt mean they can’t study Solomonic texts or have a solid base in protection and offense, work with their shadow etc.

This idea is heavily mysogynistic and presumptuous.

I get Witchblr and misinformed kids have us defensive but can we just not. ok

[uranoxymoron]

I immediately think of @orriculum and her kawaii-badassness.

(ETA: I didn’t even realize I had reblogged this from her until after. I herped when I should have derped.)

[orriculum]

lmao @uranoxymoron you give me too much credit, i’m all pink and glitter

though, it’s so funny. this exact same conversation keeps happening in the romance-novel community, that respected and “good” literature is only the dark gloomy stuff that women die in, that anything light-hearted, indulgent in pretty things are vapid purely because they focus on women’s happiness (as a broad marketing demographic obv)

it must be some sort of irony if someone should make a lot of talk about witchcraft specifically empowering women and continue to devalue femininity 

[living-in-wander-deactivated201]

Divination 101

Divination is defined as “the practice of seeking knowledge of the future or the unknown by supernatural means.” There are so many forms of divination it’s nearly impossible to number them all and still unlikely for me to list off every kind. I will, however, list some very common ones and explain further on divination as a whole.

1) Divination Isn’t Always Right

Here’s something I see that is usually forgotten in the divination community. Divination…isn’t always right. There are key elements to respecting a reading and one of them is accepting the fact that the future can and WILL change depending on your decisions.Divination is often expected to tell the future as it will be no matter what. No matter what form of divination you practice, this rule stays consistent. 

2) If a Reading is 100% Wrong, It May Be Your Energy

This isn’t anything new to users of divination. If you’re doing a reading for yourself and it’s nothing like what you’d imagine, it may be the energy you’re putting into it. A divination reading picks up on the energy that you’re experiencing at that exact moment, so if you have an extreme emotion (anger, fear, sadness, etc.), it’s going to make the reading biased based on those feelings. However, there is another chance that it may just be the fact that it’s not happening yet…but may happen soon. Readings aren’t really “100% wrong” unless you won’t accept that truth based on your feelings. 

3) Thank Your Tools, Even if The Outcome Hurt You

I don’t see this enough. If you use a tool of divination, you should always thank it. Divination tools don’t set out to harm the users, and deliver the truth the best way they can. It’s up to you to respond, but even if your feelings are hurt, you should still thank them. If you’re worried about this, politely ask your tools to deliver the message in the most kind way possible. No matter what the outcome should be of the reading, the tools did their job as you asked, it’s only polite to thank them. 

4) Different Types of Divination

Arithmancy - Divination using numbers

Astrology - Divination using positions of the planets, stars, and the moon

Autography - Divination through spirit-guided writting

Bibliomancy - Divination through (typically religious) book passages

Cartomancy - Divination using cards

Cybermancy - Divination through technology

Hydromancy - Divination interpreting water 

Lithomancy - Divination through the use of crystals 

Oracle - Divination using communication with spirits or gods

Radiesthesia - Divination using an item like a pendulum 

Scrying - Divination through visions using a reflective surface

Tasseography - Divination through interpretation of tea leaves

Zoomancy - Divination through the behavior of animals

Obviously I left out a LOT of different forms of divination, so feel free to explore and endure the depths of the internet. Be careful, and don’t do anything crazy like sacrificing animals or humans…it is the modern world. Make sure anything and everything you attempt is in a purified space and is secure. 

That’s all!

I hope that helps a lot of people because when I first began doing divination, I was really confused! Remember that there is no wrong way to practice divination and that your practice is your own. Not someone else’s! If you like this post, I post them every week (or try to). That being said, consider checking out my YouTube Channel where I post spiritual videos, storytimes, and much more!