This is an online BOS for babywitches, and myself. In this I’ll be expalining it in a way I would’ve wanted it explained when I was starting out. I’m still a baby witch, so I of course don’t have all the answers, but what I do know about, I’ll write here.
This Grimiore/BOS will be divided into Sects, each will have a “page” (post) dedicated to a topic or thing. I may touch base with something on one page but make another page dedicated to that thing specifically later if it hasn’t been written yet.
I’m working on making my digital grimoire using the Notion app! I’ve been using notion for a while for my school work, and now that I’m used to it I want to make a dashboard for my witchy info.
I’ll be including astrology charts, information pages, tarot journals, astronomical calendars, etc!
I don’t want to post my template until I complete it (or at least complete the base for it as a grimiore is never truly complete) but I’ll be progressively posting screenshots of my progress!
These are some of the most important things in witchcraft in my opinion. You may want to skip or opt out, but I assure you it’s worth doing. It’s worth the effort, regardless how much or how little you decide to do.
What is Cleansing? Cleansing is the process of running out or shooing away certain energies or spirits, usually people cleanse to be rid of negative energies/spirits.
What is Protection? Protection is what you do to ensure the positive things from cleansing stay in, and the negative things stay out. We’ll get to that in the next post.
The reason I mention cleansing first is because you wanna cleanse *then* protect. If you have bad energies or spirits in your house, and then protect, you are essentially locking them in. So you wanna cleanse, and then protect.
Ok, now that I know what this cleansing stuff is about, what methods should I use? Incense and herb bundles (DONT USE WHITE SAGE IF YOU ARENT A PART OF THE CULTURE, ITS GROWING ENDANGERED IN AMERICA AND ITS APPROPRIATION IF YOU AREN’T NATIVE AMERICAN!) are what a lot of witches use, but really all it requires is intent* and anything you have on hand. You can use crystals, candles, visualization, music, sound, verbally stating your intentions (i.e. “Let love and light be in abundance here, and negative energies be dispelled.”). Really anything you can think of.
How thorough should I be? It could be an elaborate ritual of your own creation, or it could be simply lighting a candle or drawing a sigil and putting intention into it.
How often? You could cleanse daily or monthly or any time interval you like. Some witches only cleanse when they feel its needed. Some cleanse everyday.
What if I don’t have the fancy stuff? If you’re still very new to the craft you may not have any big candles or any crystals, which is fine, tools are an addition to your craft, and are certainly not mandatory. If you would prefer them, go ahead, but if you cant afford the supplies, they are entirely unnecessary. Like I said before, music, sound, verbally stating your intentions, sigils, a tealight, nearly anything can be used to cleanse. (<— err on the side of common sense, of course)
I’m still confused on how to use some of these materials? I gotcha stranger. I dealt with the same thing when I started, people explaining what to use, but not explaining the how thoroughly enough. But before I can explain that, I need to explain Intention.
*Most witches will probably agree with me here, intention is one of the most used and one of the most important fundamentals. Intention is the power behind a spell. You can compile a bunch of herbs and light some candles for a spell, but it wont be all that much without intention.
intention is the passion, the emotion, or the willpower behind a spell. It’s the meaning or purpose you give to the ingredients in a potion, or what you’re programming a crystal to do. Next is how the hell you apply this intention stuff.
There are a few ways, and once you get a firm grip on the idea of what intention is, you’ll probably find a way that suits you really well. But a few examples are these,
Visualization. Some people find it easy to visualize, others don’t. If using your mind’s eye/imagination isn’t your strongsuit, or if you have Aphantasia, you might wanna skip out on this one. To use this method you could think about positive energy, good vibes, or just happiness or joy. Imagine it as a ball of light, right in the middle of your chest, really feel it. Think about it and what it looks like, what it feels like. Now imagine that little ball of light expanding, clearing out any negative energy around you, expanding until it engulfs your room, or your house, or your space, wherever you want it. You could visualize the negative energy as a dark mist or smoke, or maybe a stormcloud. Let the light push it out of your space, then stabilize when its as big as you need it. Imagine it keeping that size and not budging. Boom, now you’ve cleansed your space, well done! Alternatively, you could visualize using objects. I use a lavender and vanilla scented air freshener spray thing to cleanse. You could use the ball of light technique, but imagine it going into the bottle and mixing with the liquid. Then imagine it cleansing the air as you spray it. Same with incense, sigils, crystals, music or other that you use to cleanse.
Objects. There are a variety of objects you can use to cleanse. You can create sigils for cleansing and write them on paper and put it somewhere, you could put the intention of bringing love and light into your space into a crystal and set it somewhere, you could use an air freshener and verbally state your intent of cleansing. Candles are also good for intention based magick, so if you have tealights or other (preferably white) candles, and you’re allowed to light them in your space, grab them and a lighter. Light your candles and focus on putting your intention into it. You can say it out loud, simply say it in your mind over and over, or just bring it to the forefront of your thoughts and focus on it for this. Feel free to mix and match, there's not exactly many rules here.
Sound/Music. Do you have that one song that just makes you inexplicably happy? Great! You can use that in your craft here. Any song that brings you joy and good vibes, whether it be heavy metal or Soldier, Poet, King, it can be used to cleanse. Just play some of your favorite songs and let yourself feel the joy of listening to them. Let it fill the room and spread its good vibes everywhere it reverberates.
This isn’t everything of course, but by now you should have a decent understanding of what cleansing is and how to do it. Please look for other sources, and support queer/lgbtq and BIPOC witches!! As always I implore you to be like Sherlock and do your research!!
Stay Safe, Sane, and Glamorous, and I will see all you witchy folk in my next post!
grimiore page two is still coming if anybody is still interested. ive come to have less time on my hands now but i will continue this thing cause i know it is important, thanks for the support on this blog so far!!!! i appreciate every reblog and like and follow ive gotten, which i didnt expect to get for a long time. thank you all so much!!!!
