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angel food cake with strawberry filling

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a fantasy

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*doing a tarot card reading* uh oh… this guy has a sword… better watch out for that…

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Circle Casting 101

Whether you’re practising Wicca, secular witchcraft or any other type of path, circle casting is often a process that many deem vital information. 

Why cast a circle? Circles can be cast for a number of reasons.

Linking together the energy of a group of people for a specific purpose

Creating a sacred space for deity worship and ritual

Making a safe space where no malevolent energy can pass through

Drawing, containing and banishing the energy of something unsavory 

Amplifying and focusing your own energy

Do I have to?

Nope. I think this is one of the biggest misconceptions about circles. There’s a lot of reasons why it is a good idea, but it’s down to personal preference. Some people don’t like the formality of it.

What is the right way to cast a circle?

Bluntly put, there is no right way. There are multiple different ways you can create a circle and I will list a few of them here, but it is really up to you.

Why does it matter which way I move around? (Clockwise and Counterclockwise)

It’s a generic and popular belief that clockwise motion is about creation, working towards something, manifestation and positivity. Counterclockwise is considered the action of unmaking things, deconstructing them and sometimes negative energy. As with anything, it’s down to your personal preference.

Preparation

Cleanse yourself. Pre ritual bath, smoke cleanse or any other method. If you’re casting a circle, you don’t want any lingering energy on your person interfering. This also gets you in the mood to do magical workings. You can use oils and herbs that relate to the intentions of what you are about to do, if you would like to. You might want to spend a few minutes in meditation afterwards and then ground and centre yourself if you feel like it would help.

Gather your tools. Depending on the method you are going with, these will be different. Essentially everything you need while you will be doing your working. Most people believe that stepping outside of your circle when it has been cast will break it.  You don’t want to be in the middle of casting a circle and realise you’ve left your lighter on the other side of it. This is also a good time to go over your game plan. Double check your notes and run through the circle process in your mind to see if you are forgetting anything.

Cleanse the area. Again, for the same reasons you cleanse yourself. I find it best to walk around where the perimeter of the circle will be when I cast it. You’ll typically want to do this right before you start the actual casting, and can say a small poem or dedication while doing it if you would like to.

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🌊 Sea Grounding 🌊

a quick guide on grounding with the sea or ocean for you beach bums

sea grounding:

🌊 prepare yourself with appropriate sunblock measures!

🌊 (to the best of your ability) stand barefooted on the beach where the waves can reach and recede from you

🌊 visualize:

every wave over your feet pulls you closer to the center of the earth, burying you.

you are becoming part of the earth.

push your old energies out, let the sand exfoliate them from you

the water that washes over you brings new, fresh energy. it soaks into you with the cold and the wet

🌊 when you are ready, step away from the water gently. you are not severing the ties harshly, only letting them fall away, the way the tide releases you

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Limited Witchcraft Masterpost

So you live in a place that limits your uses of things typically associated with spell casting. Maybe you’re in a dorm, an apartment with indoor sprinklers or are simply not in a place where you can practice openly. Don’t worry, we got your back.

Cleansing Alternatives to Smoke & Open Flames:

Moon Water/Blessed Water/Storm Water Cleansing

Moonlight/Sunlight Cleansing

Salt Cleansing

Burial/Earth Cleansing

Salt Jar Cleansing

Cleansing Mist

Heatless Ritual Fragrance Alternatives:

Potpourri Sachets

No burn Reed Diffuser incense

Essential Oil Sprays

Alternative Representations of Fire:

Fire Salts

Fire Sigil

Fire Oil

Fire Associations

Cheap & Easy Herbal Magic:

Kitchen Cursing

Grocery Store Alternatives

Household cooking herbs & spices and their correspondences

Discreet Altar Options:

Pocket Altars

Travel Altars

Bath Altars

E-Shrines

Hidden Altars

Discreet Practices:

Bath Magic 

Technopaganism

Secret Witchcraft

Sigil Magic

Textile Magic

Kitchen Witchcraft 

Tea Magic

Beauty Magic

No-Cost Divination Methods:

Free Online Tarot Deck

Free Tarot Goddess Online Tarot Deck

Free Llewellyn Online Tarot Deck

Free digital Ouija Board

Fire or Water Scrying

Free Apps:

Witchy Apps for Android

Witchy Apps for Apple

Material Substitution Lists:

In a pinch substitutions list

Bonus Substitutions

Herbal Substitutes List

Budgeted Witchcraft:

Tips & Tricks for Frugal Witches

Moonstone Beginning’s Frugal Pagan Resource

A Witch in a Pinch (Blog)

Budget Witch (Blog)

Witchcraft on a Budget

Being a Witch on a Budget

Budget Witchcraft (Site)

Accumulating Witch Stuff on a Budget

Ways to Practice Witchcraft with Little or No Money

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Modern Witches Daily - “Anyone can be a Witch”.

Here is the new page of the comic! There are some of my characters here, random ones too and others, inspired by your requests ♥

“Anyone can be a witch” is a very important theme! To me, everyone can do and be whatever they want! And, in that case, anyone can be a witch, any girl or boy, trans or non-binary person, old, young, Indian, Asian, black people or people from any country, any disabled and sick people, anyone and everyone can be a witch! Because I think this quote sums everything up, “Witches don’t look like anything, Witches are, Witches do.” ✨🌿🌘🔮

Lots of love to all the witches of this world ✧*:･ﾟ🌍

[avaelizabetha]

List of incenses correspondences, by use

Anointing: frankincense, jasmine, lavender, rose, vervain, orange Balance: cypress, jasmine, sandalwood, sweetgrass Banishing/Releasing: clove, cypress, mugwort, sage, lemon/lime Binding: cypress, dragon’s blood, rowan, vertivert Blessing: copal, frankincense, rosemary, sweetgrass Changes: bayberry, dragon’s blood, lilac, patchouli, woodruff Cleansing: cedar, frankincense, pine, sage, sandal Courage: cinnamon, dragon’s blood, patchouli, rosemary Creativity: dragon’s blood, lavender, orange, rosemary, savory, tangerine Cursing: bayberry, close, dragon’s blood, myrrh Divination: bay, copal, lilac, mugwort, myrrh, sage Goals: acacia, bay, cedar, cinnamon, dragon’s blood, orange, sandalwood Happiness/Peace: jasmine, lavender, orange, rose, vervain, sandalwood Inspiration/Wisdom: acacia, copal, frankincense, oak moss, pine, sage Love: cinquefoil, jasmine, lavender, mugwort, orange, rose Luck: bay, bayberry, jasmine, patchouli, sandalwood, violet Meditation: acacia, copal, cypress, cedar, frankincense, jasmine, sage Power/Strength: dragon’s blood, frankincense, patchouli, verbena Protection/Defense: bayberry, dragon’s blood, rosemary, woodruff Visions: basil, bay, copal, frankincense, mugwort, sage Willpower: bay, cedar, patchouli, rosemary, sage, woodruff

(source: Grimoire for the Green Witch - Ann Moura, 2003)

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My favorite incense is vanilla.

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