The Witch is In

Grimm, 38, he/they I've been a witch for 22 years. A place to share my knowledge, experiences and answer any questions! Main Blog: @rubber-duck-obsessed-boi

[stormborn-witch]

Welcome to my witchcraft blog!

My name is Grimm I'm a 35 trans man, and I've been a practicing witch for 20 years.

Even with 20 years of witchcraft I am still learning, growing and changing and am open to questions and helping people do their research when it comes to their own craft.

More about me and my craft

I'm a Scorpio. I work with tarot cards, runes (being taught by my amazing partner who is Norse Pagan), crystals, candles and any flora (flowers, herbs, etc) I've researched and can get my hands on. I look to a few different gods and goddesses for guidance and support in my work (I wouldn't say I worship them). I try to put a little magick in my every day, mundane life.

Non-magick stuff about me

As I said I have a partner who I've been with for 10 years, and we have a kiddo together, hoping to be able to adopt soon too. I also have a service dog. I work too, so I'm not always online to answer questions or chat but I do check in when I can. I make art and write and love spending time with my family, especially outside!

This is a side blog. My main blog is @that-guy-called-vin

Things you'll see here

Personal spells, recipes, and rituals I've created

Personal spells, recipes and rituals kiddo has created (posted with their permission)

My random witchcraft related thoughts

Witchcraft related things kiddo has said or done (posted with their permission)

Reblogs from other witches on Tumblr.

Personal pics I've taken (mostly of nature or things I've gotten, maybe a selfie here and there)

Witch aesthetic stuff (this will come in the form of reblogs most likely)

Answered asks! You got a question? Ask box is open and anon is on.

Book reviews. I love to read and if I've read a witchcraft/spirituality related book I'll let you know what I think about it.

PSAs. These could be witchcraft related or not. These may also come in the form of reblogs more often than not.

Personal art and writing. If it's witchcraft related or has a witch vibe to it, I'll post it here!

Tags I use

#thewitchspeaks - for my own personal thoughts, when I'm answering questions, that sort of thing

#thewitchdoesart -for my art and writing

#witchcraft

#witchintraining - for any posts concerning kiddo

#notwitchcraftrelate

#witchblr

#witch

There will be other tags I use but these will be what you guys see most of the time.

More stuff!

This blog is a safe place for all. So if you're here to start discourse, or be a crappy human being, don't bother sticking around. I'm too old to be playing around with that, it won't be tolerated.

[goblin-witch]

🌈🍄 mushroom rainbow 🍄🌈

[smokingchagga]

WHOOOHOOOOO HELL YESSSS I LOVE YOU ESK I LOVE YOU DISCWORLD I LOVE YOU TERRY PRATCHETT YESSSSSSSS

[detournementsmineurs]

Bumblebee nap time on flowers ^^)

[sapphic-nature-witch]

🔮💖Witchy Aesthetic💖🔮

[witchesversuspatriarchy]

it could help

[thewitcheslace]

[ryan-sometimes]

It confuses me how normalized it is to be so anti human. The fact that two countries voted no to food being a human right. The fact so many people are against universal healthcare. The fact that it’s normal to believe some people don’t deserve housing because they’re poor, addicts, mentally ill, or any combination of the above. I find it so hard to comprehend that humans who have experienced hunger, thirst, cold, and illness would wish these things upon others, or at the very least not care. It frustrates me beyond belief.

These are the exact values we’re taught as children, to believe all humans are equal in worth and needs, and yet at some point you’re expected to grow out of that illusion. You’re expected to accept that this is what life’s like, that the world is unfair, and attempting to fix it makes you weak and childish.

[lurelurk]

YARROW vs QUEEN ANNE’s vs HEMLOCK

This is strictly an informative post showing how to ID the three listed above. I am not responsible if you somehow still make an error, do not ever consume or utilize plants unless you can 100% ID them.

YARROW: 

Achillea millefolium / milfoil, thousandleaf, soldier’s woundwort, bloodwort, nose bleed, devil’s nettle, sanguinary, old-man’s-pepper and stenchgrass.

WARNING:**Yarrow can cause rashes on the skin, induce mensuration, and complicate pregnancy. Extended use can cause light sensitivity***

LOCATION: Yarrow is found worldwide in waste places, along roadsides, in fields, and along railroad tracks. 

Properties and Uses: Antispasmodic, astringent, carminative, cholagogue, diaphoretic, hemostatic. Helps with cramps, gastritis, gallbladder and liver problems, good for internal and external bleeding, good wash for wounds and sores. ((This is excluding decorative/colorful variations)). Making a Yarrow Tincture  |  Finding Yarrow in the Wild | Hemlock vs Yarrow ID

(source for images: https://www.weedinfo.ca/en/weed-index/view/id/ACHMI) Yarrow smells similar to sage, it smells like an herb, it tastes sweet and a little bitter at the same time. 

The flowers are bright in tight clusters and usually pretty flat and focused mostly at the same height. The flowers smell similar to mums in my opinion, but its a very herby smell. 

The leaves are described as feathery or wispy, and tend to be more bottom heavy and thin out and shrink as you move up the plant. 

Stem is SMOOTH and green, as the plant matures it does develop a fine “wool” hair (very different than the ‘barby’ hair of the Queen Anne’s Lace). 

What Yarrow NEVER looks like and is NEVER is:

Queen Anne’s Lace:

(source:https://backyardforager.com/queen-annes-lace/) Notice the straight out hairs all the way up the stem of the plant. Yarrow will not ever have these. 

The flowers are much smaller, much more “floaty” and spacious, and as Queen’s ages it forms into a small cup or nest, yarrow will NEVER do this. 

Yarrow also does not have the small black “drop of blood” in the center.

(source: https://hort.extension.wisc.edu/articles/queen-annes-lace-daucus-carota/)

Also the leaves of Yarrow will NEVER look like this. These leaves look very much like carrot tops, because Queen Anne’s is in the Apiaceae family (with carrots, parsley and surprise, hemlock). 

Ok, so Hemlock. 

While its not always ideal to use this as a defining ID method, Hemlock likes to grow very tall.  It grows 5 to 10 feet (2-3 meters) tall or even taller. Yarrow can get tall too, but not THAT tall. Yarrow sticks around 2 -4 feet for most varieties.

Hemlock is more similar to the above Queen Anne’s so its very likely if you have anything similar to the above it still isn’t yarrow. 

Easy way to tell it’s hemlock? Stems are hairless and also hollow. They also have very specific purplish or blue/red spots, smears, or even stripes on them them, usually most vibrant at the base of the stem. 

(source: https://www.growforagecookferment.com/poison-hemlock/)

The flowers also cluster much differently, though similar to Queen’s. However there is never the black dot in the center, the clusters are much further spread, and they do not make cups or nests as they age.  It also smells like poison, though I would be careful breaking leaves or getting juice on you from the plant as it is obviously toxic and can cause rashes just from contact.  There you go.

Be free, go ID, enjoy.

[sweet-cozy-home]

[stormborn-witch]

My birthday was back in November, but I had picked this book out for myself back then. Now that we are in the New Year I'm going to start reading and working through it.

[fairy-magick]

🕯🔮🥚🎉🎄

[xnoworneverr]

There’s a reason why we feel lonely even though we aren’t alone. It’s because loneliness is not about how many friends we have or how many people are in the room with us. It’s a disconnection from others. Being social doesn’t cure loneliness, loneliness comes when there is not a single person close enough to see past the illusion to who we really are and what we really feel inside.

[maviyenot]

[stormborn-witch]

Finals and Witchcraft

I haven't been around much thanks to my endeavor to go back to college. I am finishing up finals and will have a few weeks of free time to do whatever I damn well please!

That being said, I'm looking at ways I can incorporate witchcraft into my college life so I don't feel like I'm disconnecting from my craft while working on my education. Maybe I'll make a series out of it?

In the meantime, I gotta finish this final paper and then take a nice warm bath to cleanse and relax after a semester of hard work!

[little-witchys-garden]

A real conversation that I had today with a dumb ass:

White English het witch: * makes a generalized statement about witchcraft and who can participate in it based on only English world views, English history and how the English were prosecuted as witches *

Me: hey you should really add indigenous people, Jewish ppl and people of color into this conversation because historically they were also tried as witches. And it was other parts of Europe that were also prosecuted as witches, It wasn’t just white English people.

White cis English witch: no

Me: what do you mean no?

White cis English witch: this is based off my opinion and my experience so they’re not really relevant to this.

Me: but they are because they were also persecuted, I didn’t say that they were persecuted more than white English people...

White English witch: you’re lumping different cultures together and I don’t support that..

Me: excuse me? What do you mean by that???? do you think giving people that England oppressed a voice in this conversation when they were prosecuted more than the English were is lumping cultures together......

White English witch: I’m just gonna stay in my lane because again they’re not relevant to this conversation.

Me:

[coinandcandle]

Is it ok to throw offerings in the trash can after a while? 😭

It depends on who you ask, honestly.

For me, if it's not going to harm the environment I will likely bury it. However, if it would harm the environment or if it is something I don't have a safe way of disposing of otherwise, I will throw it away. I typically say something out loud when I do, though, like "this offering has served its purpose and me throwing it away is not representative of any ill will or disrespect."

[stormborn-witch]

I do something similar. I live in an apartment building and don't have anywhere to bury things like food, so I really have no choice but to toss it in the trash.

I also like to make my intention clear by stating that I am tossing it into the trash to eventually return to the earth via landfill. Or something along those lines.