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Credit to @gotowhatsanapocalae for kickstarting the idea

Also inspired by @saltwaterwitchery‘s spell To Turn A Heart Cold

Dedicated to all the witches and lgbtqia+ this upcoming Holiday season. To all the broom closeted witches, to all those who can’t come out to their families. Who have to endure misgendering, bigotry, and hate in a season that should be filled with love and hope. To those who must distance themselves emotionally to protect themselves. May your hearts be protected, may you be safe this holiday season, and always remember we are out there and we love you. (they/them pronouns for this little witch, please)

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Saltwater Witchery's, 30 Days of Witchcraft

This is a challenge set by @saltwaterwitchery. You can find the challenge post here.

Day 3: Out of the Book

I have a few grimoires, some dedicated to certain topics, some not. These pages are from my Divination and Spirit Work grimoire.

I am working on this one currently more so than the others as this sort of magick has become a focus for me - that and Necromancy. This grimoire in particular is my favourite as I have spent more time on the actual appearance, which makes for pleasant and easy reading.

In here, there are several long entries on types of divination and how to perform them, my experiences with those that I have tried, and other writings along those lines. There are also spells, rituals, sigils and other writings that divulge ways to make divination and spirit work easier, and make you a better practitioner of these branches of magick.

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Saltwaterwitchery’s 30 Days of Witchcraft Day 3: Out of the Book Though the suggested prompt was actually for grimoire pictures, I don’t really keep one (outside of this blog), I decided to post one of the first books I read when I was getting into magic. The Mentalist’s Handbook really helped me with astral travel, visualization techniques, and grounding. The illustrations are absolutely beautiful and unique! My only complaint is that it gets a little too specific with identifying spiritual beings, because not everyone has the same perspective of the non-coporeal. But I would still recommend it to anyone looking for a book to help start or continue their journey through the aether!

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Saltwater Witchery’s, 30 Days of Witchcraft

This is a challenge set by @saltwaterwitchery. You can find the challenge post here.

Day 2: Sticks or stones?

I guess this topic is asking what tools we use, perhaps? Or is it asking what we prefer? I do not know. It is 5am and clarity is a thing of the distant past to me now. When it comes down to it, I use sticks and stones and have no preference for one over the other, for sticks may have different properties and uses than stones.

Stones and crystals are somewhat more aesthetically pleasing, which often draws me to them (my best friend is adamant that all witches are part Magpie), but that doesn’t mean that sticks cannot be pretty too.

Incidentally, some of the most powerful known channelling tools are sticks of wood taken from a Hawthorn or Elder trees. No embellishments, just a stick. That doesn’t mean you can’t embellish your would-be wand. Go for it! Stick sigils and staves on there; carve intricate patterns into it and attach crystals and bone and feather.

Use the gifts given to you by nature to make your wand yours, and make it powerful.

In truth, nature is my thing. I use things that are of nature mostly. My thing is nature. My thing is neither stick nor stone - my thing is sticks and stones.

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Saltwaterwitchery's 30 Days of Witchcraft Day 9: Divination I have used water to scry for several years now (before I even knew what it was to scry), but recently I've started using tarot cards. More specifically, I've been using the Galaxy Tarot app. It's super useful because not only is it on my phone, but it's also full of traditional and unique spreads, and it has in depth definitions and characteristics for each card of the Rider-Waite-Smith deck. I'll probably invest in my own physical deck before long (I want Slow Holler so bad), but in the meantime this is a great resource.

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Salt Water Witchery's, 30 Days of Witchcraft

This is a challenge set by @saltwaterwitchery. You can find the challenge post here.

Day 4: Last Dream

I wish that I could tell you that my last dream was a mystical and prophetic dream that foretold of my fortune or my doom, but,… actually,… I can remember last night’s dream, and I dreamt of The Crow.

Yesterday, my best friend came to my house bearing gifts from a trip to Greece, and to indulge in a delicious, grotesquely large Chinese takeaway. After we had eaten the meal, myself, my sister, my Ma and best friend all sat around talking about Nine Inch Nails and the 40 Years of Men’s Goth Style video. A little later as we were scrolling through the movie channels on Sky I started screaming, for I had seen The Crow playing on the Sci-fi/Horror channel and immediately put the film on. What a spectactularly amazing coincidence.

When I eventually went to bed at sometime around 4am, I dreamt of The Crow; I dreamt that I had been a long time friend of Eric Draven and his fianceé, and saw him in a cemetery on the night he came back.

I was mad at him for leaving, and told him repeatedly that “if I’m honest your band wasn’t that great anyway” and he laughed it off, told me to stop being grumpy, and told me to check in on Sarah every now and then. We talked for a while in the cemetery and out of nowhere I seemed to have conjured up a red and blue Slushie that I ravenously consumed. Eric called me a “syrup vampire”, and I told him his face paint was “artistically lacking”.

I woke up from that dream happy because I love The Crow and Brandon Lee, but also sad, for the very same reasons.

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Saltwaterwitchery’s 30 Days of Witchcraft Day 1: my magical face

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Saltwaterwitchery’s 30 days of Witchcraft Day 12: Worship I’m pretty open to honoring all of the gods in all of their pantheons, but my heart is drawn to the Hellenic gods. Lately I’ve been feeling a deep connection to Demeter, and thus I’ve been growing succulents & keeping a devotional object (rose quartz & fake flower in a vintage tin) on my altar. She seems to like them, because my real flowers have been thriving & I have had abundance in my life.