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“Welcome home, daughter of the sea.”

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07.19.2022

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Magical Water Properties

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a few of my current favorite gems 🐍༄✧･ﾟ

rainbow obsidian ⋅ serpentine ⋅ chaorite ⋅ lilac jade ⋅ black obsidian

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Happy Spring! 🌷🕊🌱

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Wednesday Vibes 🌙

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Sous le brouillard

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Ocean mourning

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“This is the sound that I choose to make, now

This is the sound that I choose to make

A rounded tool's end

No longer suitable for carving faces

Swinging down

Through the air

Like a branch

Through the air

Until my basic human bones

Are like a hammer

Like a hammer on a semi-precious stone…”

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🕯️Celebrating Winter Solstice🕯️

This is the way my partner and I have chosen to celebrate the winter solstice and the days of darkness that occur before the sun's path across the sky moves northward again on the 25th.

I thought I would share in case anyone finds this helpful in guiding their own celebration for this time of year.

🕯️In the weeks before:

-decorate a solstice tree with sun and light themed ornaments. If you wrote your intentions last year (see below) begin reflecting on these.

🕯️21st (winter solstice):

-set up altar (other posts share helpful information on how to do this, so I won't go into that here)

-place candles around home to use later that night. Use only candles for light once night falls

-hold a solstice feast and give thanks for everything good that came to you this year. If your intentions from last year manifested, give thanks for this.

🕯️22nd-23rd:

-reflect on things to let go of. Write down everything to release and let go of onto tiny scraps of paper. Continue to write down every hurt, every perceived injustice, all judgments against self or others, no matter how big or small it may seem. Put these in a jar as you write them for these two days.

🕯️24th:

-burn the yule log. One by one toss in your scraps of paper to let these things go. Visualize these dark things burning and becoming the light.

-If you have your intentions from last year (see below) reflect on what manifested, and what still remains to be done, then toss this in too to give yourself a clean slate.

-once the log finishes burning, sit down and write your intention(s) for the upcoming year on a piece of paper. Fold this paper, seal it with wax, then hang it on your solstice tree. Pack this paper away with your solstice decorations when putting them away for next year. Next solstice you can reflect on the past year's solstice intentions when unpacking decorations and setting up your tree.

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Some recent photos from my workings 🖤

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Lavender and what to do with it!

So I have an awful lot of lavender to harvest and part way through I realised I’m not too sure what to do with it all. So I took to some researching online and have a few ideas;

Lavender wreaths for above beds (originally was going to be just a dried bunch but these are gorgeous) one for home, uni and other family members who want them (maybe two for uni...)

Lavender crown. Just because.

Lavender wands one for actual magic and others for keeping clothes/shoes smelling good.

Bed spell sachets (for family and a few friends. (I need to work out a good spell))

Any extra will either be stored as bunches and/or several airtight jars of the flower heads!

These will then slowly get used up in bath spells/other spell works as a focus or an ingredient

Anyone got any other ideas??

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Witches Morning Routine

Ideas for a cozy witchy morning! Perfect for secretive witches ✨

Open your windows/curtains and say goodmorning to the sun or admire it and the earth

Write down any dreams you had if you wish to interpret them

Hold any of your crystals, tarot cards, etc to make them feel loved and to get any wonderful energy

If you have a safe space you may pull a tarot card or meditate

Close your eyes in front of a bookshelf, grab a book and open to a random page. Without looking, slide your finger to any spot on the page and read the sentence. Ponder the sentence and apply it to yourself (simple method of divination)

Read your horoscope for the day (there is plenty of apps and websites)

Water any plants or feed any animals in the house and give them some love

Go for a walk if time allows, clear your mind and breathe in fresh, clean energy to uplift you

Light a candle, using any colour/scent that will suit your day

If you drink coffee, add a dash of cinnamon to it or the grinds

If you drink tea, stir it clockwise to promote or counter clockwise to banish

Make breakfast and add special spices to it for certain things

Worship/leave an offering to a deity or perhaps earth itself

If you wear makeup, draw sigils with the foundation or wear a certain colour of lipstick/eyeshadow for its properties

Remind yourself that you are beautiful, and a badass witch ❤️

** I always accept spell requests **