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Something that really annoys me about the general pagan/Wicca community is that every damn resource will have different information.

One website will say the Horned God and the Triple Goddess are actual, individual deities, another one will say they they are just representations of other gods and goddesses.

So I’m quite confused 😑 is it up to how each individual feels? I guess I’ll have to keep reading!

teawitch

Your bumping into soft polytheism vs hard polytheism on that one. In soft polytheism, all gods are facets of the divine male and all goddesses facets of the divine female. Wicca tends to that approach. In hard polytheism, the gods and goddesses are themselves. Hellenics, Heathens, and Kemetics tend to that approach.

Also, if you research outside of the witchcraft books, you’ll discover that the triple goddess, particularly as mother, maiden, crone is a very 20th century concept. And that Hecate wasn’t a crone to the ancient Greeks. She was a maiden.

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Friendly reminder from your neighborhood hag <3

heatherwitch

Hi there! I love your blog. Im an autistic „lazy witch” who is mainly fascinated with crystals and their correspondences and powers. I often see things about charging them with intent, and i have to ask, not being a very verbose person myself, do i have to actually verbalize intent? Or can i visualize it and give it intent with my mind? Sorry if this looks like a silly question, still kinda new to this

I very rarely verbalize intent! My mind and energy are plenty powerful. One of my favorite ways to charge crystals is using a charging board. There’s some simple versions if you look it up, and I’ll link my version below:

https://heatherwitch.tumblr.com/post/177380854390/heatherwitch-crystal-charging-board-in-my

Here’s a simpler version:http://seraphickalmagick.tumblr.com/post/111083322316/this-is-a-charging-board-it-is-a-simple-way-to

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Hello!!! Im a baby witch (about to dive into my first studies tonight, actually) but im hesitant to start because im worried about the bad side of it. I have really bad anxiety and i was wondering, is bad shit a big threat? Im talking like, poltergheists, hauntings, being cursed, pissing off a deity, etc. i was raised to believe even just Speaking about witchcraft would bring bad luck upon you, so im really worried im going to accidentally curse myself or something ))):

Hi! While it’s unlikely that you’ll curse yourself or attract bad things, it’s important that you do enough research to be able to protect yourself when performing witchcraft. I believe that you should always have some level of protection when doing spellwork, and some spells may require more protection than others. Nothing bad will happen *just because you practice witchcraft* but having said that it’s crucial not to meddle with things that seem dangerous or that you don’t have knowledge about. With me for example, I know next to nothing about spiritwork, so I don’t attempt it. But if I researched heavily, started off small and was confident in my ability to stay safe and know what to do if danger should arise, I might attempt it then. The same applies to your craft, whatever that may involve. One of the first things I recommend baby witches research is protection. For yourself, your home and your workspace. I won’t say that witchcraft doesn’t have the potential to be dangerous, because, like with pretty much anything, it can potentially be dangerous if you don’t know what you are doing and you aren’t prepared. So to avoid this - research ways to protect yourself (both mundane things like candle and fire safety, and also things like psychic shielding). Go at your own pace and only do workings you are comfortable with. I don’t mean this to scare anyone - and again, bad things will *not* happen simply because you practice witchcraft - but at the same time I don’t want to sugarcoat it and say that witchcraft can’t possibly have any dangers. Just stay safe and do things within your comfort zone until you have enough knowledge and confidence to try new ventures.

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Witches Ladders

So, today we’re going to talk about a slightly more obscure tool: the witch’s ladder. There’s some debate as to whether or not this was a commonly used tool in older European traditions of witchcraft. In the late 1870’s a witch’s ladder, along with a collection of brooms, was found in the attic of a recently deceased woman in Somerset, sparking suspicions of witchcraft. Unfortunately, it’s not actually known whether or not this object was really used in witchcraft or how widespread the use may have been if it was. More on the history of these tools can be found here.

Now, what is a witch’s ladder? It’s a type of knot talisman made by inserting small objects into a length of cord, traditionally rooster feathers and sometimes small bones were used but you can use locks of hair, teeth, beads, sticks, leaves, seashells or pretty much anything that works for your practice.

Originally, it’s thought that they were used to curse but their uses in modern practices are endless. I’ll be making one to protect my house and create easier communication with the Other Realms.

How to Make a Witches Ladder

Ok, to start us off we need a few supplies. There are three main things that I’m using.

First is the cord, feel free to use whatever material you like. When I’m doing work like this I prefer to use regular old kitchen twine. It’s sturdy and not overly processed. You could use yarn, thread, rope, sinew or ribbon as well though.

The second thing that I’ll be using is a couple of small bones, I’m using six because I like working with multiples of three.

Finally, the feathers. These are brown mourning dove feathers; I’m using these as opposed to another type of feather because they’re good for communicating with Spirit and for fostering awareness.

I would like to mention here that while handy in the craft, collecting bones and feathers that you find can be illegal. Most birds are protected species and regardless of whether you found the feathers or ripped them off of the bird yourself, possessing them is illegal. Be sure to check the laws in your area. This problem can usually be solved by writing a letter to the appropriate wildlife officials asking for permission to pick up specific types of bird feathers for a collection. Once written permission is obtained it only has to be kept with the feathers to avoid any ramifications. Of course, if you’re not going to be waving about rare bird feathers in the town square this is probably unnecessary.

As I said, you can replace bones or feathers with whatever you like. Use Barbie arms if that’s what floats your boat. I usually use nine items in mine and the traditional number would be thirteen but feel free to adjust this to fit your needs.

Another optional material would be a metal ring, you can tie the ladder to this and use that to hang it from a hook on the ceiling or something if you like. I’ll just be using a thumbtack.

As always prep yourself and your workspace however you prefer. Cast a circle, take a ritual bath, light some incense, maybe put on some music. Consecrate your supplies and get to work.

The creation of a witch’s ladder is surprisingly simple and quick. Take your cord and cut three equal lengths. How long you make it is up to you, for example, I like each length to be from the fingertips of my left hand to my heart in length. Tie the ends together, if you are using a metal ring, tie it to the ring; otherwise just an overhand knot on the end does the trick.

Start braiding, for this one I used your typical three-strand braid but you could add and subtract cords and use rope braids, fishtail braids or five strand braids as well. As you braid begin adding in your objects. I don’t do anything special, I just keep braiding as usual while adding my feathers and stuff in between two strands. Here’s a close-up of my ladder partially finished.

I spread mine out semi-evenly along the length of the cord, if you’re a stickler about getting things even then make sure you remember that you’ll lose about a third of the cord length in the process of braiding.

As you add each item to the ladder spend a few moments to state your intention or meditate on the purpose of your spell. I kind of just spend the entire time I’m making the ladder talking to it and telling it what I would like of it. You could also use the traditional nine knot spell if incantations are your thing. I find them too constricting for my practice but for those of you who prefer more ritualized working here it is

“By knot of one, the spell is begun

By knot of two, it cometh true

By knot of three, so mote it be

By knot of four, the open door

By knot of five, it comes alive

By knot of six, the spell is fixed

By knot of seven, it has the power of heaven

By knot of eight, the open gate

By knot of nine, it is mine”

After all of your items are in place you need to finish your cord. You can just tie a knot in it and either trim the excess cord or let it hang there, or you can add something to the end as a sort of weight, bells are a common choice. Feel free to let it charge in the light of the moon or sun if you like.

Once it’s completely done take it and hang it somewhere, I like to have them on my porch but hanging it in your room or kitchen works as well. If the spell is more malicious I’d suggest hiding it away somewhere close to your target instead of hanging it.

Here’s my finished ladder, hanging out on my porch.

A few ideas for uses of these lovely tools:

Warding magic - Use to create a “Do Not Enter” sign for unfriendly energies. The ladder conveys the meaning that those who would harm are unwelcome.

Attraction magic - Use it to attract people, familiars, ideas, mindsets, jobs, circumstances, luck, etc. into your life

Binding the thirteen moons of the year - This is a method used to harness the power of the thirteen full moons of the year, allowing you to perform weather magic and nature magic more easily and opening the doorway to the Other Realms.

Traveling - Ladders can be used as a gate into the Other Realms. An actual “ladder” for your spirit to climb up into various planes

Natural magic - You can use items related to the branch of nature that you work with. For me it’s trees but perhaps you work with the ocean, mountains, forests, animals, insects, and so on.

Wish magic - You can use rolled up slips of paper or pressed leaves and make a ladder with them, writing your wish on each one. As the ladder is slowly destroyed by the elements, your wish comes true.

Divination - I’ll need to make a full post about this if anyone is interested, it’s a tad complicated

Worship - You could use a witches ladder as an offering to a deity, perhaps as a nine day devotional where you tie in an offering every day and ending with hanging it on the last day

Curses - and of course, witches ladders can be used to curse.

As usual, if anyone has any questions or would like me to make a follow up post on anything I’ve mentioned here, let me know!

onewillow

This Autumn, let something die.

A worry, a relationship, a project that has run its course. Let go of anxiety over the future. Let go of guilt.

Let go of other people’s dreams for you. Let go of the fear that happiness or success or love or joyousness somehow isn’t for you.

Let go of feeling unwanted. Go outside, can you feel how deeply your presence is craved here?

Let go of the small and burdensome things. Gifts never opened. Keys without a lock. Broken earrings, old love letters, the ephemera on your fridge.

As David Whyte writes, “Anything or anyone that does not bring you alive is too small for you.” This Autumn, let go of all the clothes you have outgrown.

Let go of comparison.

Let go of doubt.

Let go of the feeling that you are somehow not good enough.

Because every imperfect apple that lays soft in your hands, and every ray of low Autumn sunlight that warms you through woolens will tell you a different story, a much truer story. The story that you are more, much more, than enough. That you bless this world simply by being alive.

laylawolfwind

List of essential oils and kitchen oils toxic to cats. Most of these are quite common so clean up thouroughly after yourself and make sure windows are open! Also avoid burning/diffusing these oils in excess around your furry friends!!

Link: meowlifestyle.com/6-essential-oil-safety-tips-for-cat-owners/

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ALL ESSENTIAL OILS ARE TOXIC TO ALL PETS UNLESS OTHERWISE SAID BY A PROFESSIONAL. That’s a VET not an essential oils salesperson! (Good resource for knowing about kitchen oils tho)

heatherwitch

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Shadow Work

Facing yourself in a mirror and looking deeper than your own skin can be a challenge for some of us.

Confrontation can be an uncomfortable situation, but especially so if you are going toe to toe with your own ego.

I find that a lot of the posts I see on Tumblr focus on positivity.

I’m not here to drag them, though.

After all, working with your shadow self can be an emotionally taxing, and therefore personal practice. It’s no wonder why you may not see much on the topic.

It’s easy to forget our inherent qualities associated with negativity, or negative energy.

Negative energy is not necessarily bad.

Positive and negative energy can be viewed as many different types of dichotomies.

A vessel and the wine that fills it, absence versus presence, yin and yang.

We, as spiritual beings, are representative of both positive and negative energy. We need one to recognize the other.

Show me a witch, or otherwise, that claims to be purely positive and I will show you a liar.

Selfishness, fear, control, vengeance, and jealousy are all very common feelings we experience, but they don’t make you a bad person.

They make you a person.

Shadow Work can be beneficial if you are prepared to own up to the bad decisions you make or have made.

It can also help you release the emotions you have repressed or have felt ashamed of.

There is no shame, however…

in feeling your feels and finding balance through self examination.

You may cry, or feel very angry.

But there is a lesson in every tribulation you face.

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Witchy tip for baby witches from a veteran witch

Don’t worry about the specifics.

You don’t have to worry yourself about what type of witch you are. You don’t have to figure that out right away (or even at all). Just do the magic that feels right to you

You don’t have to worry about casting spells perfectly. Improvise. Be creative. Let the magic flow naturally from you. And if you feel you didn’t succeed the first time, just try again. There’s no pressure to get it all right the first time you try

You don’t have to worry about what gods to follow (if any). Just converse with deities with a relationship that feels natural to you. Just like you would any relationship

You don’t have to stick to one formula or path. Explore your options. Try sigils. Try herbs. Try incense. Try jars (witches love jars). Try candles. Just please make sure you don’t burn down your house. That’s all I ask

You don’t ever stop learning. Keep studying. Keep growing in your path. And keep on bein a bitchin’ witch

witchtips

Ways to Use Crystals

From Crystal Cure

Put them around your home!

Place a protective stone, such as black onyx, hematite, or black obsidian, outside by your front door to prevent negative energies, including burglars, from entering your home.

Place a rose quartz on a table or shelf in a frequently used room, such as a living room, family room, or den, to fill your home with love and harmony.

Decorate with seasonal stone colors.

Put them in your car!

Placing a golden tiger-eye in your car will help to protect you and your car against accidents. Place the stone in a secure place where it will not roll around or get lost. I suggest wrapping it in wire, attaching it to a cord or chain, and then hanging it from the rearview mirror.

Bring them to work!

Place a quartz cluster or purple fluorite cluster next to your computer to help protect you from its electromagnetic field.

Place a smoky quartz on your desk or in your work space to protect yourself against the stress and frustration of your coworkers or clients.

Keep a rose quartz or amethyst with you. When work is stressful, hold it in your hand or rub it with your fingers.

Bring them with you on your next vacation or business trip!

Carry an aquamarine or moonstone with you for protection while traveling.

Clear the air!

To disperse negative energy, use a black or dark stone, such as onyx, obsidian, tourmaline, jet, apache tear, smoky quartz, or hematite. These stones, when placed about a room, home, or other area, work as environmental cleansers that purify the area and protect it from negative energies.

Fight pain!

Lapis, malachite, and bloodstone are good pain relievers. Place them on the affected body part or area of the body until the pain lessens.

Tape a carnelian to your lower abdomen to relieve the pain of menstrual cramps.

For a headache, place an amethyst, amber, or turquoise stone on your forehead, or, if you have multiple stones, place them around your head.

In the case of a migraine, lapis has been used since the time of the ancient Egyptians, if not longer.

Get a good night’s sleep!

Place an azurite, amethyst, or sugilite on your forehead or under your pillow to increase your dreams.

A garnet or amethyst under your pillow will help you to remember your dreams.

A black tourmaline, smoky quartz, or amethyst will chase away any nightmares.

Can’t sleep? Place a rose quartz or amethyst by your bed or under your pillow to combat insomnia.

Get in control of your emotions!

Moonstone, chrysocolla, aventurine, rose quartz, and blue lace agate are all stones that help to balance emotions. You can wear them in jewelry, keep them on your person, or take a bath with them.

Use a rose quartz for emotional healing.

Aquamarine, aventurine, moonstone, rhodonite, and rose quartz are calming stones. Lie down and place one over your heart, or bathe with them, or massage yourself with them.

To relieve stress, worry, fear, and anxiety, use one of the following: aventurine, black tourmaline, black onyx, lapis, sodalite, chrysocolla, rose quartz, citrine, or snowflake obsidian. Use one as a “worry stone”. A worry stone is a stone that you keep with you, and whenever you feel worried, stressed, or anxious, you take it out and rub it with your fingers. You can also wear it in jewelry, bathe with it, or massage with it.

For depression, use amber, smoky quartz or citrine in any of the aforementioned ways.

To help control anger, keep a red garnet, amethyst, snowflake obsidian, or sodalite with you. Take it out, hold it, and rub it whenever you feel the need.

Increase your brain power!

Use citrine, fluorite, lapis, pyrite, or sodalite to stimulate the intellect.

For focusing thoughts and concentration, use citrine, hematite, lapis, black tourmaline, or fluorite.

To bring mental clarity, use sapphire, peridot, or gold (Imperial) topaz.

To increase memory, use citrine, amber, black tourmaline, hematite, or fluorite.

Use amethyst, bloodstone, hematite, or lapis to relieve mental stress.

For help with problem-solving, use green tourmaline, or citrine.

To help with decision-making, use azurite, fluorite, or sodalite.

To use any of these “thinking” stones, wear them as earrings or a pendant, or place them on your desk or workspace.

Spark your creativity!

Carry or wear an amazonite, azurite, carnelian, chrysocolla, or citrine to get your creativity flowing.

Improve your communication skills!

Sodalite, sapphire, aquamarine, blue topaz, and chrysocolla are all great stones for communication. Use them to bring self-confidence when public speaking, to help you to speak up for yourself, to be able to explain things in an easy to understand way, to overcome shyness, to be able to speak more clearly and freely , to be able to express yourself better emotionally, and to improve your relationships by keeping communication lines open. These stones work best when worn as a pendant that hangs close to the throat, but they can also be worn as earrings, or held, or carried in your pocket.

Strengthen your intuition!

To do this, hold a moonstone, chrysocolla, or amazonite to your third eye (brow).

Meditate!

Meditation crystals can be held, placed on the third eye, or placed before you as a visual focal point. These crystals include: clear quartz, amethyst, celestite, apophyllite, charoite, sugilite, azurite, labradorite, and yellow calcite.

To get in touch with your spirituality, use amethyst or charoite.

To gain wisdom, use amethyst, charoite, lapis, sodalite, or sugilite.

To ground yourself (bring yourself back to Earth) after meditating, hold a grounding stone such as, smoky quartz, black obsidian, snowflake obsidian, black onyx, hematite, or jet.

Feel better about yourself!

To increase your self-confidence and feelings of self-worth, use azurite, chrysocolla, aquamarine, ruby, moonstone, or rose quartz.

To raise your self-esteem, use hematite or rose quartz.

To improve your self-image, use moonstone, rose quartz, or pink kunzite.

To learn to love yourself, use rose quartz, rhodochrosite, or pink kunzite.

All of these stones can be held, worn, or carried.

Spread the love!

Rose quartz is THE love stone. Use it to attract love; to increase romance; to strengthen love between friends, lovers, and family members; to make a friendship blossom; to mend a broken heart; and to keep any relationship balanced, peaceful, and loving. No matter what the situation, if it has to do with love, rose quartz is the stone that does it all. But there are, of course, other stones of love.

Here are just a few examples:

To attract love, use magnetite or a tantric twin. A tantric twin (also called a soulmate stone) is a stone in which two crystals, such as clear quartz, amethyst, or citrine, of about the same size are joined together side by side.

To heal the heart, place pink agate, pink kunzite, or pink tourmaline over the heart, or wear as a pendant that hangs close to the heart.

To balance relationships, use peridot or rhodonite.

To increase or enhance loving feelings, use emerald, ruby, garnet, or diamond.

Love stones can be worn, carried, held, or bathed with. Place them throughout a room or home to create a more loving atmosphere. Put one next to your bed to increase romance and intimacy.

Add some spice to your sex life!

Use carnelian, garnet, or red tiger-eye to increase passion, sensuality, and eroticism.

To increase sexual energy and stamina, use carnelian, bloodstone, ruby, red garnet, or pink tourmaline.

Use carnelian to stimulate sexuality.

Use red jasper to prolong sexual pleasure.

Pink tourmaline will release inhibitions.

For lack of libido, use fluorite or red garnet.

Place them next to, on, or around the bed, or wear them as jewelry.

Bring abundance, prosperity, wealth, and success into your life!

For prosperity, place a citrine in the “wealth corner” of your home. This is the corner to the left of and furthest away from the front door. If this is where your bathroom is, do not put the stone in there, otherwise any wealth that you acquire will go right down the toilet!

Wealth comes in many forms other than money and material things. Being surrounded by a loving family can make someone feel wealthy. To bring wealth of any kind, wear or carry green aventurine, peridot, bloodstone, emerald, jade, or pyrite (fool’s gold).

Keep a green aventurine in your wallet or purse to make your money multiply.

Bring good luck!

Wear or carry a green aventurine or golden tiger-eye with you.

Bring a green aventurine with you to the casino. Wear it in a pouch around your neck, keep it in your pocket, or hold it while you are playing.

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how I create my spells

hey everyone! How I create my spells has been a hot topic on this blog recently. Spending time to create my own spells is one of the things that I love most about witchcraft - and I highly recommend giving it a go. So this post is a combination of the process that I use when writing my own spells, and also some random tips which may be useful. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me!

The process:

For me a spell has four main parts: an intent, something which charges the spell and supplies the energy, ingredients/items which transmute the energy to your intent, and a way that your spell is brought together or contained. From this, spells can be made in a limitless amount of ways.

The first thing to do when creating your spell is to determine what the intent is. Write down the intent for your spell and make sure it’s clear and concise.

Once you have your intent, determine what type of spell that you want to create. Examples of these include spell jars, spell sachets, potions, charmed objects or jewellery…

After this, think about ingredients that you own that fit with your intent - these make up the basis of your spell and help to transmute the energy to your intent. Examples of these ingredients are iron nails for protection, bay laurel for wish granting.

The next thing is to work out what way your spell will be charged. Examples of this include crystals, stones, salt, using a wand or athame, asking a deity for help.

Once you have decided these things, you can gather your ingredients and prepare to perform your spell.

Other tips:

Remember to cleanse yourself, your space and your items before you perform your spells. This can be as simple as you like - i.e using a sigil.

You can also use sigils to make your intent clear, or replace the wording of your intent.

You can also ask your deities or spirits to help you with spells, if you work with any. Depending on the theme of your spell, some deities may be more suited than others.

Decide if you want to perform your spell on a specific day of the week, Sabbat or moon phase. Certain times of the year lend themselves to specific intents.

Do research on tumblr, online and from books. See how other people spells are structured and draw inspiration from this.

Ta-da! I hope that this post can be helpful to some of you. Let me know how you get on with creating your own spells!

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brimay

all of my fellow introverts and old souls, please remember that there is no shame in:

not enjoying parties

preferring a relaxed conversation to a big social gathering

not drinking or smoking

thinking a lot

listening instead of talking

not seeing the point in skipping classes

needing time to yourself

arcandemy

Wheel of the Year

General Information

For more go and check my Instagram.

The pagan year begins with Samhain on October 31 and ends with the sundown on October 30. Each holiday is also called sabbat. They are celebrated to honor a given time of the year.

Samhain

Also known as All Hallows’ Eve, Halloween.

Time: October 31 (start of the pagan new year).

Colors: orange, brown, black, gold, white, silver.

Yule

Time: Winter Solstice. December 21.

Colors: green, red, gold, silver, white.

Imbolc

Also known as Candlemas, Brighid’s Day/

Time: around February 2.

Colors: white, pink, yellow, red. PS. Sorry for bad typo in the photo :(

Ostara

Also known as Eostre (‘ehs-truh’) - Goddess of Spring.

Time: Spring Equinox. March 20 (or 21).

Colors: light greens and blues, yellow and pink.

Beltane

Also known as Roodmas, Walpurgisnacht, May Day.

Time: May 1.

Colors: green, blue, pink, white, yellow, purple.

Litha

Also known as Midsummer Night’s Eve.

Time: Summer Solstice. (Approx.) June 21.

Colors: Pale Yellow, Green, Gold, White

Lammas

Also known as Lughnasadh.

Time: August 1 through August 2 (first harvest of the year).

Colors: Yellow, Brown, Orange, Green, Gold.

Mabon

Also known as Alban Elfed, Mean Fomhair.

Time: Autumn Equinox, around September 21.

Colors: Red, brown, orange, gold.

*Edit: Removed pronunciation examples ad there were too many mistakes. Waiting for your examples in the comments!

youresafenow

at the moment, im seeing quite a lot of hate against “lazy witchcraft” and i think i need to clarify some things,

there is a difference between abusing witchcraft because its becoming popular/ for the aesthetic and being a witch who cannot practice as often as they may want

some people cannot afford to have their whole lives taken over at once by witchcraft, especially for students, people with jobs and parents

some people simply do not have enough energy to perform witchcraft every hour of every day, and need to save it to do things like eat and shower

just because you dont spend all of your freetime researching, buying, memorising etc, does not mean you aren’t a witch

sometimes you have to put all of your time and energy into staying alive and living your life, and thats ok

you are still a witch

you are not a bad witch

this doesnt make you any less of a witch

take time for yourself

there are many simple witchy things you can do: make sigils, meditate, perform glamours etc, try some of these!

you are not any less of a witch

thepowerwithin

This world isn’t perfect. People aren’t perfect. You aren’t perfect, and I’m not perfect. Mistakes will happen. Screw ups will be made. But, we have the power of forgiveness. So live. Live without the burden and choose to forgive. Choose to look beyond and love even the imperfections.

Nicole Addison @thepowerwithin

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Celebrate Mabon!

hey everyone! I really want to continue my Celebrate …! series, so even though it’s currently Mabon today I thought I’d still make a Celebrate Mabon! post. Apologies for the delay, but I just moved back to university this week and things have been hectic to say the least! These Celebrate …! posts give a basic overview of each of the Sabbats as they come along. I know quite a few people do this on tumblr, but I hope that my personal take on each of the Sabbats can be helpful and interesting to some of you.

Mabon, or the Autumn Equinox, is the second harvest festival on the wheel of the year. It is celebrated on the Autumn Equinox, around the 21st September in the Northern Hemisphere - or the 21st March in the Southern Hemisphere. The main themes of Mabon are celebrating the harvest, thanks-giving, and noticing the equal and balanced nature of light and dark during this time.

Mabon marks the first day of autumn, and after today the nights will grow longer and colder. It is the seperation point between the two halves of the year. The name Mabon refers to a figure from Welsh mythology and Arthurian legend, Mabon ap Modron. Autumn Equinox was given the name Mabon by Aiden Kelly in 1970.

Because Mabon marks the descent into autumn and colder weather, now is a brilliant time for spells with the themes of self-reflection, thanks-giving, altruism, balancing and grounding.

Simple things to do on Mabon:

Take time to pause and reflect on the year so far, write down what things have gone well, what things were disappointing, and what you can learn from each event

Perform a simple thanks-giving ritual

Think of those who are in need and have less than you, in what ways - practical and spiritual - can you help?

Perform balancing and grounding spells

Perform family focused magic

Decorate your altar or workspace with autumn leaves, conkers and acorns

Cook with warming spices such as cinnamon, as well as apples, pumpkins, squash

The use of red, brown and gold colours

Spending time with family, cooking a family meal

Use of amber, tigers eye, citrine, yellow aventurine

“When autumn gathers, the tree that the leaves sang, reddens dark slowly, then, suddenly free, turns like a key, opening air where they hang.” - Annie Finch

strangesigils

“I Accept Myself”

Meditate with this sigil or draw it (or hang it) in a corner of your mirror to help you accept yourself for the good things and the bad thing. Accept that you have flaws and that’s okay. Accept that you don’t hold the beauty of a deity sometimes or even most times and that’s okay. You are who you are.

Note: This post is not for pedophiles or people who support the oppression, systematic or otherwise, of minority groups. Do not use this post as a means to validate your abuse of others.

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