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[the-welsh-witch]

So, I'm going to be updating my website (The Welsh Witches BoS) with a page on Closed Practices, since I myself have obviously experienced accidentally buying and using closed practice items, and I feel - unless you know the right places to look - Tumblr and Social Media is a very easy place to fall into that trap.

I wanna be able to encourage healthy research and a vigour to learn, AND respect other's practices at the same time, so this masterlist will be as researched as I can, and is why I'm making This post!

To you who see this post, what Closed Practices do you know of/ practice (If you're of that demographic)/ would you like on a masterlist?

Let me know!

[witchesversuspatriarchy]

[yars]

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[the-welsh-witch]

[the-welsh-witch]

Nine People I'd Like To Know Better (tag)

Thanks @raining-tulips for tagging me!!

Last Song: Riot - Three Days Grace

Favourite Colour: I really like reds, oranges, and greens!

Last Movie/TV Show: I've recently been watching Taskmaster UK with my boyfriend, and I really love it!!

Sweet/Spicy/Savoury: Sweet and Salty babeyyy!

Relationship Status: dating

Last thing I Googled: 'How tall is Richard Osman?', and 'Paris Catacombs People Living'

Current Obsession: Honestly...patterns....

Tagging fellow journalers, but also other tumblr favorites:

@teawitch @snapdragonsandwhiptails @leowitching @skaianbruja

[the-welsh-witch]

I may be absolutely exhausted and burnt out from art, witchcraft, any hobbies thereof, and struggling for time. HOWEVER. I do always have time to burn a lil ghost candle covered in cinnamon as an offering if anything IS still about. :D

[the-welsh-witch]

he do be burnin' tho

[the-welsh-witch]

I may be absolutely exhausted and burnt out from art, witchcraft, any hobbies thereof, and struggling for time. HOWEVER. I do always have time to burn a lil ghost candle covered in cinnamon as an offering if anything IS still about. :D

[kaijuno]

People always gloss over how mentally damaging it can be to work in retail. I fucking hate that whenever I say “I could never work in retail again” someone has to reply “You snowflake millennials can’t take a starter job because you have to INTERACT with other people” No. Fuck you. I’ve worked as a planetarium host. I’ve worked as a public speaker. I’ve worked as a tutor and as a student teacher. I can work with people. I can work with crowds. Retail was fucking different. Retail was being treated as a subhuman. Retail was being treated so poorly that you have anxiety attacks before work. Having to work retail was a factor in my last suicide attempt. If I hear you say one fucking word about retail workers playing the victim I will personally break every bone in your body. Fuck You.

[dynamicsymmetry]

The holidays are coming up. Retail workers are going to be spiraling into a nightmare beyond human comprehension. If you’ve worked retail, you know this. If you haven’t, be aware of it. Please be kind to every retail worker you come across. Please be patient and understanding. It is misery out there.

[raining-tulips]

I've got a theory about doorways. Doorways are liminal spaces, right?

Ever since I got a cat three years ago, I started leaving my bedroom door cracked so he can get in and out at night. It was when I started doing this that I began to catch wisps of movement and shadow in the corner of my eye through the door. Most the time I told myself my eyes were playing tricks on me - but at the same time, I just knew that there was a man in the hall, or just outside the door. I'd just hear it in my head. "There's a man there."

I saw this wispy shadow last night, and then again in the on-suite bathroom (also left cracked so kitty can use the litterbox). Again, I just knew it was "the man."

So I did some tarot readings this morning/afternoon about this "man" and I started to realize...if doors are liminal spaces, if some view them as portals...it almost feels like they are like hag-stones. Legend says if you look through the hole in a had stone, you can see the fae realm. I think my cracked bedroom door is no different; I can see into the spiritual realm.

Maybe I've hit nothing groundbreaking and just stated the obvious. Maybe this is an experience that's unique to me, or only a few. Either way, it feels like a tool I can use again when I want or need.

[the-welsh-witch]

I used to get that a LOT tbf, though as a rule I never leave my door open when I sleep (Too much Dr. Who trauma lol). But especially at night and late evenings, I would see glimpses of things in my doorways (Probably doesn't help the deities I work with and the path I follow is Celtic/Welsh, which emphasises Fae and their shenanigans.

The two biggest experiences I've had like this are;

First, sometime towards the beginning of the month, I hadn't re-warded my house, and could feel more spiritual energy seeping in that wasn't exactly 'nice'. There was one specific night that I knew as clear as the sky is blue there was someone looking through the keyhole of my bedroom door. A keyholee that you could see the bed that I was in from. This was fully at like 3/4 am, and I had to sit up and whisper 'Looking through the keyhole is not very respectful of you, is it?' before it fucked off (The rules in my house is that you can come in as long as you're respectful).

Second, when and my boyfriend went on holiday to a UK woods thing, I was dumb and brought basically no protection besides Amethyst/Rose Quartz, and my deity necklaces (His family don't know so I'm basically in the closet about it) The FIRST NIGHT I had a weird feeling all day, like someone was watching me, like there were loads of people there, and once we went to bed, it got SO bad. I'm clairaudience, and I heard SO much. It started by 'hearing' knocking in my head, like someone knocking on a door to be let in, and I could 'feel' someone talking outside, eventually heard someone say my name. Once I finally nearly fell asleep, I heard extremely clearly 'Can you hear me from your end' in a woman's voice. I have only heard direct communication from Rhiannon ONCE befor, when I nearly died in a bike accident, but I heard her again, extremely strong, saying 'DO NOT SAY YES'. I've never woken up quicker, sat bolt upright, and said out loud 'I do not want to communicate. Leave me Alone.'

All that happened because I had my window open.

So you're definitely right, cracked windows and doors are some fuckey shit.

[tiredwitchplant]

Everything You Need to Know About Crystals: Tiger's Eye

Tiger's Eye (The Stone of the Sun)

Color: Golden Yellow with Brown

Hardiness: 7

Rarity: Easy to Obtain

Type: Metamorphic

Chakra Association: Sacral, Solar-Plexus, Third Eye

Deities: Ra, Sekhmet, Durga

Astrological Signs: Capricorn, Leo

Element: Earth, Fire

Planet: Sun

Origin: India, Myanmar, South Africa, USA, Mexico

Powers: The Sun, Protection, Abundance, Luck, Pride, and Justice

Crystals It Works Well With: Cat’s Eye, Chalcedony, Topaz

How It is Created: Tiger’s Eye is basically a quartz but they formed in such an unusual way that the fibers of the mineral called crocidolite are laid down in parallel bands within the structure. This creates its silk like appearance and its “cat’s eye”.

History: Tombs in the ancient city of Ur in Mesopotamia (now Iraq) dating back to 2500 BCE have yielded gold sets with agates, like tiger’s eye and carnelian. The tiger’s eye was very popular due to the belief that it harnessed the power of the earth and the sun. This is why it is associated with the god of the sun, Ra and why Egyptians considered it a very valuable gem. Roman soldiers believed that the tiger’s eye was a symbol of bravery and would ride with pieces of tiger’s eye on them in order to encourage bravery during battles.

What It Can Do:

Shields the energy field or aura from negativity

Clears tension and mental blocks from the solar plexus

Can soothe, calm, and restore one’s body and mind

Banish the evil eye and curses

Attracts money while curbing impulsive spending

Used to detect liars and deceptions

Can increase confidence and pride

Placing it on your third eye can help enhance psychic abilities and balance your lower chakras

Helps unlock and unleash your true desires

Alleviates depression and lifts moods

Reduces crabbing and addictive behavior

How To Get the Best Out of Tiger’s Eye: Wear it in bracelet or amulet form.

How to Cleanse and Charge:

To cleanse: Lay it on a windowsill where the sun shines the most or bury it in your garden where the sun shines the most

To charge: You can also charge it on the windowsill with the sun. The sun really gives it a great charge, especially if one of the deities you work with is a sun god.

Crystal Grid:

Abundance (Spiral)

Base for the grid, such as wood, slate, fossilized wood, or golden card or cloth

Citrine

Goldstone

Green Aventurine

Herkimer Diamond

Jade

Moss Agate

Ruby

Tiger’s Eye

Topaz

If you’re laying a preparatory “cleansing” spiral, start at the topmost point and lay crystals alternately, with the points pointing out from the center.

Place the Goldstone in the center as the keystone.

If laying an abundance grid, begin by placing the Goldstone in the center, stating that your intention is for it to bring abundance into your life.

Lay a spiral of alternated crystals, pointing down and inward, until you reach the Goldstone.

Add a grounding stone if appropriate.

When the grid is no longer required, dismantle it.

Sources

[the-welsh-witch]

Mama's Boy by Dominic Fike fills me with a sort of unhinged rage only a few other songs can do. Not that anything the song does is bad (It's actually a really good song, I can tell why it's so popular), but when that drop at the end hits, the murderous rage that came with every major slight that has ever befallen me is brought up, and it's an odd feeling. I could scream to that song and it would feel apt.

[witches-kat-deactivated20231211]

Samhain Altar Ideas

Correspondences for October 31st 🎃

☆ crystals - obsidian, carnelian, onyx, tourmaline, smoky quartz

☆ photos and/or belongings of passed loved ones or ancestors

☆ candles - black, white, orange, purple

☆ food - pumpkins, squash, turnips, corn, pomegranates, apples, cider, wine

☆ foraged - fallen leaves, chrysanthemums, marigolds, acorns, black feathers

☆ incense - calendula, cinnamon, sage, rosemary, clove, mugwort

☆ imagery - skulls, cats, bats

☆ deities - cerridwen, demeter, persephone, lilith, anubis, hecate, morrigan, odin, osiris

[the-welsh-witch]

Pros of being very Vibe Sensitive and able to Sense Entities: Really handy when trying to find things, can sense someone Astral Walking in my house easily, REALLY good intuition, helpful in talking to Deities and Entities.

Cons of being very Vibe Sensitive and able to sense Entities: Sometimes I say 'Someone's stood behind you' to the wrong friend and scare the shit out of them :/

[the-welsh-witch]

ALSO Cons of being Very Vibe Sensitive: Getting asked 'Can you hear me on your end?' and being VERY contactable when you go on holiday and don't have protection. Also getting lots of spirit vibes to the point I had to cut off ALL connection for that week

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Today it is a Practice day which unfortunately, in my practice, means I need to clean this house. 😩

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[the-welsh-witch]

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[ancientsstudies]

Chiesa del Gesù by ichmiles.

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Online Grimoires

A quick list of free grimoires you can use and access online: If you want your grimoire added, message me with a link 

Book of Shadows

Cornell Witchcraft Collection

Dark Books

Exemplore

Free Occult Books

Grandpa’s Learn Stuff

Herbal Grimoire

Hermetics

Luna’s Grimoire

Magickal Connections

Museum of Witchcraft

Pagan Lore

The Book of Shadows

The Magick Cabinet

Sacred-Magick

The Witch’s Master Gimoire

Ultimate Encyclopedia of Spells

Violet Witchcraft

Witchcraft Archive

Witchology

World of Wicca - directed more towards Wicca beliefs but can still be used 

[the-welsh-witch]

I'm unsure if it counts, but I am collating an online BoS about specifically my own Witchcraft experiences and learnings, so if you're interested in learning about my practices: Look Here

It is HEAVILY a Work In Progress, so I apologise if some parts are incorrect/ not filled out yet, however, I regularly update it, so let me know if you have any notes/ ideas/ comments!