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Citric Grounding Potion

I’m sharing one of my most essential brews, because I have only just considered that is may be a great starting potion for baby witches. In my very humble opinion, of course. I shared it with a baby witch a few days ago and realized more people could use this one, because it’s simple, the ingredients are easy to come across, and it’s good for when you’re only just learning to ground yourself, as well as for more experiences witches (I brew this potion still)

Remember: Grounding requires both relaxation AND determination - which is why citrics can nourish your energy enough to accomplish focus and strength.

Ingredients:

orange slices or juice (energy, strength)

lemon slices or juice (cleansing, awareness)

chamomile in any form (peace, relaxation)

mint (psychic sensitivity, clears mind, focus, cleansing)

cardamom (relaxation, clears the mind)

dandelion (psychic abilities)

clove (clears the mind, grounding, protection)

chestnut (grounding, intuition, focusing energy)

If you cannot find clove in any form, make sure you do have chestnut, and vice versa. These are the two main ingredients for grounding work.

Instructions:

Brew chamomile tea, stirring clockwise.

Infuse with orange and lemon for a few minutes. If working with slices, remove them after a while so that they don’t bitter the potion nor take over the whole brew.

Add mint, cardamom and dandelion - slowly, and focusing on the purpose of each ingredient for this potion as you stir clockwise.

Add clove and chestnut last, manifesting your intent as best as you can. Say to yourself as you stir: this brew will ground me. It will give me peace and focus and strength.

Drink it in a quiet environment, sitting on the floor and focusing on the grounding your potion is providing. Breathe calmly, concentrating on your every breath.

Hope this helps you before any spell work or meditation!

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Sleep-inducing milk tea

Boil milk and add:

Lavender ♡ peacefulness, deep sleep

White rose ♡ calm, anti-stress

Chamomille ♡ relaxation, healing

Thyme (just a teaspoon! it ain't sweet!) ♡ soothing, peace of mind, healing

Vanilla extract for sweetening

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Womb-healing potion for painful periods

I’ve always had a bad relationship with my uterus and my period cramps are a fine depiction of it. As I try to love my womb, understand it and heal it, I still experience horrible periods, and I know a lot of us do. So I have perfected my own potion to not simply cast a spell but try and perpetually heal my uterus and our connection, one period at a time.

It should heal symptoms such as:

Cramps

Headaches

Foul mood (sadness, melancholy, anger, despair)

Lack of energy

Ingredients:

Cinnamon: happiness and healing.

Thyme: healing herb, health, courage, strength; banishes melancholy, negative vibrations, feelings of despair and hopelesness.

Ginger: natural anti-inflammatory, gets rid of cramps by relieving pressure

Lavender (in any form you may find): relaxation, peaceful dreams, purification, love; banishes, stress and headaches.

Cardamom: femenine energy, Venus, water signs (emotions), relaxes body, clears the mind and relieves indigestion.

Add to:

Boiling milk for nightime (sweet, calming and sleep-inducing. I add some vanilla extract for extra sweetness)

Boiling black tea for daytime (femenine energy, vitalizing, improves mood and activity, banishes negativity)

In order to prepare it with intent, feel your pain and visualize it fading away as you stirr clockwise, then communicate with the potion (you don’t need to be vocal) asking for healing, as you stirr counter-clockwise. I personally find myself begging very openly to ease my pain and grant my womb some peace.

Let it sit and then strain.

I recommend preparing it the moment before you drink it, instead of stocking it away for later, but it depends on how you feel your own intent. I also added dry white roses to the one in the pictures.

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Packing like a witch: travelling tips

I'm going on a month-long trip and felt like moving around Europe with no stable location and no way to pass my herbs through airport security might be a setback to my craft. So I came up with tips and packing tricks to not lose contact with my abilities and practices.

In your plane hand luggage, the airport might give you some trouble with liquids, oils and candles. Not to mention matches are 100% forbidden, so everything of that sort that you want to bring to your trip, put it in your suitcase.

Herbs are not an option, BUT you can sneak some by adding it to a small burning candle, once it's liquified the herbs will be part of the wax! Lighting the candle in your hotel room can manifest the intent of that herb.

Take your grimoire and tarot cards with you everywhere. You can study your craft on the plane, on buses, free times, etc.

Try and only bring small crystals with you to reduce your luggage.

Whenever you stop at a restaurant/coffee shop order herbal tea according to your magickal needs and ask if it's possible to pour it yourself. Sometimes they'll give you the tea separate to a hot water jar, and in that case, pour and stir the water while manifesting your intent.

Black tea is a perfect choice for it can give you energy, strength, a sense of stability and can banish unknown negative energies.

Follow the moon phases, it's a way to always connect with your spirituality and craft, no matter where you are.

If meditation isn't an option because it's crowded, try shutting yourself out with earphones and witchy or meditation music.

In the picture: I'm taking my tarot cards and crystals in a cloth bag, in my hand luggage (a backpack) along with my grimoire. On a different cloth bag that's going in my suitcase, I'm taking a small white candle to replace every other color for potential spells, a peace spray for my family's overall energy, matches, a shell that I enchanted with luck, some eclipse water for psychic abilities, lavender oil and a candle I snuck dry rosemary in.

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Protection jar

It's worked for me and I wanted to share with you a recipe with easy-to-find herbs!

Fill a small jar with:

Marjoram

Mint leaves

Bay leaves

Black tourmaline

Place it in the space you want protected and circle it with sage.

The placement depends on what you want to protect:

If it's your house you want protected, place it near the front door. The tourmaline shall protect your home and loved ones from uninvited energies or people.

If it is a room that needs to be protected from external energies, place it near a window.

If it is yourself, place it by your bed, as close to your pillow as possible. It should work better by a lit blue candle, as it will protect your spirit and mind. (If it's someone else, same placement by their bed)

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Lucky charms

Stock your rocks and shells together for lucky charm spells. Bathe them in salt if you didn't find them in ocean water.

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Heyy i know you posted the witchy travel tips a long time ago but i wanted to ask if they were any helpful when you actually traveled? maybe there was something that didnt work out or theres something to add to it after your experience? Im going away for 3 weeks and need some SERIOUS help with practicing my craft

Hi!

there were definitely setbacks on my craft. Like how no one tells you how difficult it is to connect or ground yourself when you’re exhausted. And to craft when sharing a room is a BIG setback.

But besides that, I think I regret not taking time to do more readings. tarot cards are the perfect craft onto which you can concentrate your magic and when you’re on the go and practically unable to do any spells, the cards should be your best friends.

also wherever you’re going check if you’re seeing the moon differently (the sight is the other way around in different hemispheres), it’s definitely confusing and does the exact opposite from grounding yourself.

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hi!! im trying to start practicing witchcraft and i would love to know if you read up on anything that really helped you get into it and if you could possibly link it? thank you :)

Hi :)

Personally I would start by watching insightful videos or reading blogs about it, as a starter before buying any books. Harmony Nice has a series on wiccan practices if you’re into that.

As to books, I mostly read things in spanish since it’s my native language :/ but I can recommend Wicca, orion plain and simple and Harmony’s book Wicca: a modern guide to witchcraft and magick

Hope that helps!