calming spell, because this week has been stressful, especially after today.
blue candle - easing anxiety
chamomile - calming
lavender - peace and healing
sage - cleansing and protection
selenite - cleansing
amethyst - protection
rose quartz - love and healing
clear quartz - amplifying the calmness i need
changed up the dish by using my new candle holder so i can avoid further burning my desk. not because i care that it's been marked, that sail has shipped, but because i want to avoid a fire
For when someone is just plain tearing you apart! This is a spell to keep you from shouting out and getting yourself into trouble. It is to keep you calm so if that co worker or customer keeps being a jackass you won't lose your job by screaming at them.
What you will need:
-a pocket or pouch
-an object from your workplace you can write on
-a marker or pen
Start by making a sigil based on a phrase of your intent. I used the phrase "I am staying calm." You may want to draw it out on paper before using it on the finished product.
Draw your sigil on your object and imagine your intent going into the sigil.
Repeat these lines:
"Lord/Lady of East
Lord/Lady of West
Lord/Lady of North
Lord/Lady of South
Please keep anger out of my mouth
Keep me calm and keep me sane
On this and every month and day."
Put your object in your pocket and go about your day.
Pictured: Small cream pouch with a blue anxiety sigil drawn onto it. Green aventurine, chevron amethyst, garnet, sodalite, black tourmaline, a key and a feather.
This pouch was requested by @nagemeikenu. See under the cut for general information about using charm pouches and their components.
Pouch Colour:
Black - Grounding
Blue - Calming
White - Protection
Green - Healing
Crystals:
Amethyst - brings emotions back to centre, calming, helps in identifying the root causes behind one’s negative behaviours, habits and emotional patterns that create imbalance (chevron amethyst repels negativity)
Green aventurine - calms nervousness and quiets roving thoughts, soothes emotional wounds, inspires optimism
Black tourmaline - grounding, purification, cleanses the emotional body of anxiety and negative thoughts, inspires positivity
Rose quartz - dissolves sorrows, worries, fears and resentments, replaces with healing, comfort and inner nourishment
Amazonite - soothes trauma, calms the mind, alleviates worry and fear, directs anger and irritability into positive action, increases self-esteem
Blue lace agate - promotes self-acceptance and confidence, encourages the speaking of one's own truth, overcomes negativity and bitterness of the heart, heals anger, fosters love, lends the courage to start over
Citrine - releases anger and negative feelings, deep-seated fears and destructive tendencies, reduces sensitivity to criticism
Green fluorite - stabilising, dissolves confusion, gently brings suppressed issues to the surface, increases self-confidence, aids reasoning
Black obsidian - grounding, absorbs negativities, particularly aids trauma recovery and lessening compulsive behaviours
Sodalite - helps the identifying and verbalising of feelings, discharges anger and negative thoughts, empowers the release of fears, phobias and guilt
Labradorite - calms an overactive mind, good when weighted down by responsibility, uplifting stone
Garnet - protective, calming, grounding, aids pragmatism, brings courage
Chalcedony - eases self-doubt, brings peace, encourages optimism, calms, eases worry, soothes anxiety
Herbs/Spices:
Chamomile/Lavender - Calming/soothing
Charms:
Broom - Brush away negative influences
Hammer - Drive away malevolent energies
Key - Power, unlocking hidden skills and abilities, locking up unwelcome thoughts
Feather - Flying away from negativity and toxic situations. (Can be incorporated into the cleansing/charging of the pouch if you don’t want to damage it inside the pouch.)
Personal charms - Any which bring you comfort and calm feelings
Sigil:
Anxiety sigil: I am calm, I am safe, I am in control (blue, black)
I cope well with change (black, blue)
I can do this (orange, red, pink, green)
I am enough (pink, red, green)
When I can’t control it, I let it go (black, blue, green)
I am valued (pink, red)
Spell:
Calming Spell - To be recited in the mind or aloud, while holding amethyst, the crystal that best suits your situation, or the entire pouch. Recite each line as you slowly exhale with your eyes closed, use the slow inhale to check the next line if you need to.
Take these thoughts that bother me
Slow the pace, my mind must breathe
Let me think, provide a balm
Slow the pace, leave me calm
Re-energising Spell - When you feel that special brand of drained that sleep isn’t aiding, cast this in bed for a productive following day. You can use one motivating or event-relevant crystal for the whole spell, or use the following recommended crystals. While reciting the first line, hold amethyst to the centre of your forehead. For the second line, run malachite down both arms, or across a problematic area. Take amazonite for the third line and hold it over your heart. For the last line, place each stone, in the same order, under your pillow (or into a pouch to be placed there) as you say each statement.
Heal, heal, the worries in my mind
Heal, heal, this tired flesh of mine
Heal, heal, this weary, wary soul
Let me sleep, help me heal, make me whole.
Ask box is open for suggestions!
Click here for my Use of Original Content Policy. Under the cut for information on the different elements of charm pouches.
About Pouches
Pouches can be made of any material, but natural is better. I prefer to use natural cloth as it is easy to carry around, easy to access and I can feel the energies from the crystals through the material, and smell the herbs. Pouches do not need to be professionally made, you can use a simple drawstring bag that you have made yourself, or even use a handkerchief/cloth square secured with a ribbon. If you cannot source a suitable pouch in the desired colour, the protecting energies of white or the grounding energies of black work well for most situations. It is up to you whether you cleanse your pouch and its contents as a whole or as individual components. Due to the multiple ways I use my crystals, I cleanse and charge them regularly so do not feel the need for a full ritual when putting together a pouch. It is not necessary to use an item from each of the suggested categories, go with what feels right to you.
About Crystals
Choose the number of crystals that feels right for you, and is practical for you to carry around. My magic tends to work in odd numbers, particularly 3, 5 and 7. Black stones tend to need cleansing more frequently as they can get clogged up with the negative energies they have absorbed. Smoke and moonlight are easy and safe ways to cleanse. Sunlight can be used but may discolour some crystals. It’s common advice to cleanse crystals in water/moonwater but this can be risky as many crystals may dissolve, rust, discolour or release toxins. I cleanse all of my crystals by storing them with selenite and charge them under the moon/sun. The list of crystals is not exhaustive, use ones that you have which feel right to you.
About Herbs/Spices
Follow your nose and use herbs that you enjoy the smell of. Whole fresh herbs are highly preferable where available. They will be much more potent and can be added to the pouch as they are. If using dried herbs, you may want a smaller pouch/vial to contain them within your charm pouch, to avoid the mess. Some herbs are better ingested, and many are available in teabag form so could be carried within the pouch that way for their scent and for a cup of tea to pick you up if the occasion arises in a location where herbal teas are unlikely to be available. Ginger can be used to give added potency to any spell.
About Charms
Certain objects have particular meanings, but sometimes the most powerful charms are ones personal to us. I have two items of jewellery that I always wear to connect me to three important people in my life, and a third I wear in times of particular need. A personal charm could remind you of a person, place or time. As long as the memory it evokes matches the energy you want in the pouch, it should complement the magic of the other items. Not all charms need to be inside the pouch, you can wear them as you would normally, but if you want to give them a boost you could put them inside the pouch while you cleanse/charge it.
About Sigils
The sigil can be drawn (preferably in the pouch colour) onto paper, stone, wood etc to be placed inside the pouch, or can be marked onto the pouch itself. When drawing the sigil, think about the affirmation and visualise it already achieved. If using candle magic to charge your pouch, the sigil can be carved onto the candle.
About Spells
Spells do not have to be written down and kept within the pouch. They can be used to charge the pouch, or recited from memory at times of need. If writing it down to serve as a reminder, it is beneficial to write it in the optimum colour for that pouch.
Preferred bathbomb, with a calming scent (for me it was a lavender one)
Preferred bubble bath, also a calming scent (again for me, lavender)
Ritual Candle (at least one, mine was a short, silver taper)
A Bathtub of some sort!
Tea of your favorite kind (I really like lavender and chamomile)
First, rinse your tub a bit, to clean it (or if youre going hardcore on this, actually clean your tub - if using chemicals, do it well in advance and rinse it very well)
Make your tea and enjoy it! (Optional, but i love having a mug of tea while sitting in a warm bath)
Light your candle! I keep mine on the ledge of the tub, but near the tub in general is fine if you are worried about getting hurt or knocking it over.
Run the water to your preferred temp, I like it quite warm. Then add a lazy dollop of the bubble bath (dont go crazy, too many bubbles are overwhelming and not the goal!)
Then I added the bath bomb and let it dissolve completely before getting in.
For an additional (but optional) touch, i had my opalite and rainbow aura quartz on the soap dish - if you use other stones, double check that they wont dissolve. I know for sure that selenite does, as do others.
Now, during this bath, I shaved my legs, cause for me thats relaxing, but I didnt scrub up, in fact my hair didnt get wet much at all. (I did do my nightly face wash, I love it). The idea is to relax, so if it is uncomfortable to bathe without washing, dont stress, just do what makes you calm.
I followed up by air-drying, finishing my bedtime routine and breaking into a new body lotion before going to bed.
Enjoy! If you try this out, let me know how it goes!
this little spell makes a jar of calming energy that can be saved until you (or someone you bequeath it to) needs it! great for when you know you’re going to be dealing with a situation that will cause anxiety or frustration but you have to stay calm during.
ingredients:
🌊 one small jar
🌊 one blue altar candle
🌊 one purple altar candle
🌊 sand, for grounding
🌊 lavender, for calm
🌊 rosemary, for protection
🌊 salt, for banishing + protection
optional:
🌊 splash bath bomb from lush
🌊 blue skies and fluffy white clouds bath bomb from lush
🌊 ocean sounds (i used these)
🌊 incense of your choosing
🌊 aquamarine
🌊 queen of cups tarot card (i used the one from the everyday witch deck, since it used lots of ocean imagery)
preparation:
🌊 take a bath in lukewarm water, using both bath bombs. let their scent (patchouli for grounding, lime + black pepper to invigorate and give you energy to cast) wash over you. meditate and envision the gentle ocean waves that will characterize the jar. i played the ocean sounds during my bath to help better envision the energy i wanted to put in the jar.
🌊 emerge. gather your ingredients and set up in a place where you feel at peace. if you didn’t use them during the bath, turn on the ocean sounds now.
🌊 cleanse all materials, using incense or your preferred cleansing method.
🌊 optional: carve the words you want to emulate into your altar candles. i carved “calm” into the blue and “patience” into the purple.
cast the spell:
🌊 light the candles. set the queen of cups card, if using, below them and place the empty jar on top of her.
🌊 begin filling the jar. it is meant to look like a bit of ocean. begin with a small layer of sand. add lavender as the “water”, filling to about halfway. add a thin layer of rosemary as the “seaweed”. add another layer of lavender, equal to the first. top with a thin layer of sea salt “foam”. focus on the calming aspects of the ocean as you fill the jar.
🌊 leave the unopened jar and allow the candles to burn. if using, add your crystal to the altar at this point to let it soak up the energy. envision the energy of the candles going into the jar.
🌊 when the candles have burned down, blow them out (if you’ve carved words into them, make sure they have completely melted away!). stopper the jar and save for when you need a burst of calming energy. the crystal can be saved and used as a secondary source as well!
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Even if you're still in the broom closet, you can still have witchy drawers! These handmade herbal sachets are the perfect way to keep your drawers fresh and bring all the energies of herbs to your sacred storage spaces. Each small pillow of herbal goodness is handmade, right down to the matching buttons! Intention is everything, and these have been handcrafted to bring you all the wealth the included herbs have to offer.
Lavender is masculine in action and associated with Mercury in Culpeper's Herbal. It is also associated with the element of air and the astrological sign Virgo. Lavender is well-known for its relaxing and calming effects, as well as soothing headaches and migraines, and is a favorite herb for sachets because of it repels moths. It is also useful in spells to sharpen the mind, to encourage or strengthen pure love, and to encourage fertility.
The lavender used in my sachets is gathered from my garden or purchased from reliable sources.
i’m gonna share a little trick i do when i feel overwhelmed, down or scared! it’s somewhat similar to what dumbledore does when his mind if full: take his thoughts and memories and cast ‘em away at something called “pensieve”!
→ you’ll need:
☆ a bowl (preferably glass, for it retains properties better)
☆ salted water
☆a notebook (preferably your book of shadows)
☆ a pen!
→ you might want to meditate for a short bit beforehand. as you feel yourself calmer, you may start writing whats on your mind. writing it brings it to the centre, casts some light on whats really going on! you can write about multiple things, no prob. write your mind out!
→ once you feel youre done, put your pen against your forehead/temple and slowly pull it away, feeling the thought leave your mind, making it lighter and more focused. then put your pen on the water and make a mixting movement, like youre stirring. do it with your thought very clear on your mind, and do it multiple times if you have many troubling thoughts!
ps: this wont make you completely stop thinking about it. it will distance you from the subject, help you see things clearer, make it affect you less! i recommend doing it a couple times, maybe every other day, if youre having a harsh week or something.
i hope this helps someone out! it has definitely helped ME out.
