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Spending the evening with the Wildwood Tarot, learning, meditating, delving deeper.
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Geomancy is a traditional Western way of divination based on intuitive contact with the subtle energies of the earth.
-John Michael Greer
2017: Week 12 | Mar. 19 - Mar. 25
“Those who don’t know how to make love make war.” -The Patience Stone
I’ve been experiencing spontaneous surges of color lately - they come over me in dreams, meditation, or during the transient moments I rest my eyes. In fact, many of my dreams have been purely colorful rather than conceptual; it’s been interesting. Anyway, I tend to feel stuck on these “color visions” until I paint with them, which has inspired me to work with some pretty funky color schemes that I wouldn’t normally feel inclined to use. This one was more or less premeditated, but evolved intuitively. I knew I wanted to include a tribute to Aries season, but I wasn’t feeling the fiery shades typically associated with the fire signs, and so I ended up with this rich burgundy color. Then, somehow, the golden rod transpired; it seemed like a strange addition, but I couldn’t resist including it. These definitely aren’t colors I would think to pair, but it all came together pretty well in my opinion.
Black Salt
Black Salt is used for cursing, protection, banishing, cleansing, breaking spells or hexes, and repelling negative energy. Black salt is made by combining either activated charcoal or ashes from burned herbs or incense with sea salt.
Using activated charcoal will actually make your salt a dark black color, whereas using ashes will turn it into a lighter grey color.
Depending on what you plan to use black salt for, you can add different types of ash or other ingredients that correspond with your intent.
Ashes from various herbs and incenses for black salt:
Basil - banishing, protection, spell-breaking
Cedarwood - cleansing, protection
Cypress - protection
Dragon’s blood - cleansing, protection, cursing, banishing
Frankincense - cleansing, protection, spell-breaking
Mullein - protection (especially for acts of magick involving spirit work)
Rosemary - cleansing, banishing
Rue - banishing, cursing, protection, spell-breaking
Sage - cleansing, protection, banishing
Sandalwood - cleansing, protection
Thyme - cleansing, banishing
Tobacco - banishing, cursing
Valerian - protection
Wormwood - cursing, protection, spell-breaking
Other ingredients you can add to black salt:
Black pepper - cleansing, banishing, cursing, protection
Cayenne pepper - banishing, cursing, protection
Chili powder - banishing, cursing, spell-breaking
Garlic salt - banishing, cleansing, spell-breaking
Iron shavings (like from the bottom of your cauldron or a cast-iron pot or pan) - protection
Nutmeg - protection, spell-breaking
Onion salt - banishing, spell-breaking
Making black salt:
Combine the ingredients and grind together using a mortar and pestle, coffee grinder, or herb grinder
Using black salt:
Add to spell jars or sachets
Sprinkle in areas around your home to create a barrier
Create a circle of protection before performing spells
Keep a container of black salt under your bed or pillow to prevent nightmares or bad dreams
Add to a jar to create a Negativity Trap
If using skin-safe components and ingredients, make a facial scrub or mask for cleansing
Anoint objects with black salt
Add to a container of War Water (especially if your black salt contains iron shavings)
Sprinkle a small amount on a neighbor’s lawn to make them want to move
Add some to a hollow pendant and wear to deflect negativity
Sprinkle on items that hold bad or negative memories to cleanse them
Add a line of black salt in front of doorways and windows to keep out negative energy and spirits or entities
Add a pinch to homemade floor washes for cleansing
Use to symbolize the waning, new, and dark moon; or Saturn and Pluto
Bought myself a 2" binder to keep notes in. I was finding myself restricted by bound notebooks for just notes, so I think I'll keep more finished writings in bound books and random notes in the binder. Here's a list of books I want to read.
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⚫ Norse Traditions ⚫ Ocean/Sea/Lake Witchcraft ⚫ Witchcraft ⚫ Norse Gods ⚫ LGBT+ Paganism ⚫ LGBT+ esp in Norse Paganism ⚫ Heathenry ⚫ The norse gods (Njordr, Loki, Freyja, Idunn and Odin specifically) ⚫ Mermaids ⚫ Seidr ⚫ Astral projection ⚫ Nordic History ⚫ Nonbinary witchcraft/ paganism ⚫ Modern Norse paganism ⚫ You work with any of these gods: Njordr, Loki, Freyja, Idunn or Odin
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What’s in my Grimoire(?) (P.1)
I dont consider myself as a witch, but I am absolutely fascinated with these things that’s why I delve into it as deep and fun as I can. These pages are whats currently done or semi-done in the book. I checked the meaning of a grimoire and I feel like it doesnt fully embody what’s currently inside this book and what I plan to put inside this book. However, somehow it’s kind of relevant to a grimoire, I suppose. I dont know, we’ll see. All of whats written are not mine, I just diligently research about the things I want to learn and put them inside the notebook.
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Witch Tips for City Witches
City Witch Tips for all of my fellow witches stuck in apartments, dorms or other city areas.
If you can’t burn incense you can make your own sprayable incense by mixing alcohol (usually vodka or rubbing) with essential oils and a bit of oil, spray in the air to act like incense
If you are unable to go outside for whatever reason to get rain water (in my case just no where to collect it safely), fill a jar or glass with regular water and keep it near a cracked window to charge it with the wind, sound and scent of the rain outside. Same goes for storm water
Trapped in city and unable to get ocean water? Sea salt mixed with rain/storm water can be an excellent substitute
To continue on with water substitutes, if you can’t collect snow crushed ice from your fridge will suffice
Low key warding/protection you can use: spray moon water, salt water or sprayable incense about your apartment or dorm, place sigils under doormats, furniture, inside cupboards, etc; place crystals about hidden or out in the open, sweep and dust out the door or towards windows
If you need melted wax to seal a jar or for any other magical purpose, but can’t burn candles, by a wax melter and melt that wax and imagine the light from the burner acting like a flame (plus they are rather cheap, I got mine for 25 bucks)
Need stars in your craft but too much light pollution? Glow in the dark stars on your ceiling or wall can work just as well for visualization. Print out pictures of your favorite constellations or planets and place them up on your walls or on your altar. Live video feed of the night sky can also be easily found on the internet
Bath magic is amazing for low-key ‘in the woods’ witches. Use teas, milk, oils, herbs, bath bombs, bubble baths, salts, etc that relate to your intent. It is also a good place to meditate if you have roommates or family around that would disturb you otherwise
If you do for whatever reason need to burn a candle, birthday candles are small, melt fast, and don’t create a lot of smoke or smokey scent
Sigils are another great low-key form of magic. To boost them up, use color magic related to the color you draw them in, write them using quills made of feathers related to your intent, use colored paper, rub a drop of essential oil on them, charge them with crystals or in your windowsill
You don’t have to burn sigils to activate them, which is hardly an option when you are in a dorm or apartment. Other options are: Shredding them, erasing them, soaking them in a bath or shower, using body heat or your own pulse, etc
Miss having the outdoors and plants around? Windowsill gardens can really help. Small plants you can consider keeping in your windowsill or counter-tops: succulents, cacti, bamboo, lemongrass, basic, rosemary, mint, rosemary, mosses, aloe, snake plant, pothos (and other vines), carrots, beets, shallots, lettuce, spinach, garlic, chives, parsley, oregano, thyme, and marigold
Open your window to let the wind and air from outside to help energize you and clear out negative energies inside
Fun places to put sigils: under furniture, carved into soap, onto shampoo/conditioner bottles, on your make up, inside phone cases, in shoes, under bandages, sewn into pillow cases and blankets, behind pictures in frames, underside of nail polish, carved into wax squares for your wax melter, keys and keychains, behind mirrors or in medicine cabinets, on bookmarks, on or in binders and pencil cases, on medicine bottles, and water bottles/travel mugs
Easy to make and dispose of poppets: carrot sticks (one of my personal favorites), apples or other fruit, clothe, paper, popsicle sticks, paper towels/napkins, toilet paper rolls, eggs, celery stocks, and cotton balls
The internet is an amazing thing. Need some sounds to help you focus or meditate? Easily look up the sounds of rain, storms, wind, ocean waves, jungles, forests, etc
Christmas lights are fun and great way to use discrete witchcraft. Select ones in the colors you wish for them to bring ie green for growth, yellow for inspiration, white for protection, purple for psychic abilities, etc.
Some everyday things you can use for discrete witchcraft that don’t cost much at all or that you most likely already have: water, table salt, black pepper, paper, crayons/pencils/pens/markers, vinegar, milk, tea, highlighters, make up and beauty supplies, shampoo and conditioner, rubber bands, paperclips, thumbtacks, computer/phone/tablet, music/music player, playing cards, dice, air freshener, perfumes, toothpaste, rice, flour, sugar, honey, and all kitchen herbs and seasonings.
Can’t afford gemstones or crystals on college budget? Crackle and dyed quartz you can find super cheap at craftstores and online. I bought a whole bag for 4 bucks. Use them based on their colors and shapes. Can’t afford that but still want to use rocks in your craft? Find some rocks you like outside, again use their colors and shapes to determine their correspondences. Want to use them for a specific purpose? Paint sigils on them in the color that corresponds with what you want! Charge them in your windowsill or with your own energy and intent. There you go!
Pocket mirrors are cheap, easy to carry around and great for glamours and on the go magic.
Seriously though, glamour spells are going to be a good option for you. use your make up, skin products, hair care products, brushes/combs, perfume, mirrors, toothbrush/toothepaste and intent. Good to do while you are getting ready for your day
Dream magic is another friend of the city witch! Use crystals, sigils, herbs, etc near your bed before you go to sleep, drink some chamomile, get yourself a dream journal (mine is literally a notebook with construction paper on it), keep it and a pen near you. In the morning write down your dreams, your thoughts, how you feel (tired, refreshed, groggy, etc), and interpret them.
Can’t afford tarot cards? Print out some, you can usually find them online and they won’t last as long as a real deck but it is a good temporary solution. Want a Ouija board but can’t keep one or need it to be easily hidden? Print one out, draw on one on paper or cardboard, fold it up and store it once you are done. Want a pendulum but can’t afford one? Use your favorite necklace, bracelet or keychain!
Tea and coffee magic is great, make your own tea blends with the herbs you like. Or just buy simple green or black tea and add sugar, milk, etc depending on your intentions
As I said before, crock pot magic. The Modern Cauldron: brew and cook all day with it, fill your apartment with the scent of the herbs and food to fill it with the energies they correspond with and you get a delicious meal to come home to! Most dorms allow them. Rice cookers also work well.
Can’t afford fresh food? Have to survive on ramen, canned soup, and microwaved meals? That is okay! They even correspond with things! Tomato soup for love, beauty and passion. Beef ramen noodles for strength, courage and longevity. Microwave mac n cheese for beauty and feminity. Look at their ingredients and what they correspond with. Sure its not as glamorous as a making a huge made by scratch traditional meal but its kitchen magic none the less. Stir it with your intent while you cook. It isn’t fancy but it works just as well!
Use a notebook or binder for a nice grimoire, decorate it as much as you want on the inside. Print out pictures of nature, animals, planets, stars, places, crystals, etc that you cant’ access/afford and use them in your craft. Spell books and grimoires are powerful tools
Don’t have a wand? Use a wooden spoon. Tie a colored string or ribbon to it to correspond with what energy you want it to have and move and flick it as you would a wand.
Knitting, crocheting, and knot magic is very apartment friendly. As well as sewing and embroidering plus it is super calming.
Glitter, sequins, and beads are great in witchcraft! Use their colors to determine their correspondences. Put them in spell jars, sachets, bottles, etc. Glitter tip: if you spill any don’t fret, get some packing tape, wrap it around your hand with the sticky part outwards and dab at that glitter spill. You will literally pick up all of the glitter in seconds!
Enchant and charge your pots, pans, skillets, and other cookware to make every meal magical
Make moonwater in your windowsills. Use it for cleansing, beauty, divination, clarity, protection and purification
Take walks. Even if it is a city there is still nature about. Pigeons flying about, potted flowers outside of stores, grass growing in front lawns, etc. Enjoy yourself, even if it is not some wild, vast forest you can still connect with your local nature.
Pick up litter or garbage you see outside, being in the city we all see it. The natural world around you will appreciate you helping out. Bring a bag with you when you take your walks or travel and fill it with wrappers you see on the ground.
I hope this was helpful to all of my fellow city and dorm witches!
I love this. Not all of us live in the deep woods, and having a bunch of ideas in one place is really helpful. :)
100 Tips for the Secret Witch!
Use a shoe box to hide your more obvious items.
Keep herbs stored in ziploc bags to easily conceal them.
Take up “rock collecting”.
Candles and incense because they “smell good!”
Use an Altoids tin as an altar.
Buy crystal jewelry.
Use perfume to cleanse.
Essential oils can be used in place of most herbs and are less obvious.
Get into cooking, buying herbs is justified then. Plus, kitchen magic!
Use old makeup/perfume/mason jars for spell jars.
You can use almost any necklace as a pendulum.
Use spice jars for tiny spell bottles.
Put an altar in a spare drawer.
Playing cards can be used in place of tarot cards and are very common.
There are a lot of virtual apps geared towards witches that are easily hidden.
You can put sigils, tiny crystals, among other things in lockets to hide them but be able to wear them.
Farmer’s almanacs are just as good as the witch geared ones if you add some information to them, and they are more mundane.
Acorn caps make good biodegradable offering cups.
Get into crafts! You can make some really cool witch stuff that can also just be taken as “artsy”.
Taking a few pinches from your parent’s kitchen cabinets is never a bad idea . Unless caught.
Store things in big, boring looking books.
Seashells and rocks with natural holes make great windchime elements.
You can say your bos/grimoire is a dream journal, which are fairly common and not suspicious.
Draw sigils on with lotion or washable marker.
A tea bag in your clothing drawer can help imbue clothing with the attributes of the tea you use.
Draw sigils on the bottom of your shoes.
Make a virtual altar instead of a physical one.
Always remember to clear that browsing history!
Draw small sigils on your nails then cover them with nailpolish.
Pretty much everything at a craft store can be used for witchcraft. Except maybe the older people who shop there.
You can buy really really small jars online and make them traveling spell jars.
You can enchant jewelry to keep spells close to you.
You can make friendship bracelets/lanyards with colors corresponding to your intent.
Enchanting something you wear daily like glasses or shoes with a ward is something that could be done if one doesn’t wear jewelry.
If you’re into sewing/cross-stitching: incorporate secret sigils into the design.
You can grow plant ingredients under the guise of eating healthier.
Buy soap/shampoo etc with scents to match different intents.
Pencil cases are inconspicuous!
You can use birthday candles instead of actual candles.
Obtaining scented candles a covert way of having colored candles… and if you want scentless you can just say you like the aesthetic but not the smell.
Bath salts can have magical intent and be just as effective as a for bath.
Doodling is a great way to cover up sigils in a notebook.
Grow plants. Collect rainwater. Say rainwater is for plants. Cackle to self.
Make a private discord server for taking to deities.
Threads that hang off of clothing or coats are good for thread magic so long as you don’t have to do a ton with them.
Cleaning and cleansing go hand in hand.
Virtual or sketched altar.
Usually the isle that carries Ethnic food carries SUPER cheap herbs.
All astrology is just you getting really into horoscopes.
If you want a more accurate birth chart, ask your parents for your time of birth. Say it’s out of curiosity.
Weird witch stuff lying around? You like the aesthetic from Charmed.
Sigils don’t have to be considered witchcraft. Say they’re like a good luck charm.
Make your own jewelry, beads, gems,threads, color correlation, etc.
Pinterest boards are great for various things. Dedicating things to deities, saving spells, etc.
Stuffed animals as representations of deities.
Thread magic = sewing and crocheting.
Side blogs on Tumblr are similar to pinterest boards!
Sigils on the bottom of hair spray cans for glamours.
Nail Polish = color correlation.
Quote: “My room smells weird so that’s why I’m burning like 100 candles and some incense”. Works every time.
You can make your own tarot cards with inconspicuous symbols and photos on them, say they’re drawings.
Fairy lights in your room because they “look cool”.
Put your bos in something that looks like a school notebook.
Leave offerings outside if safe. Bury them! But don’t bury things that are bad for the enviroment!!!
If you want to use a ouija board, there are quite a few virtual ones.
Any herbs you can get be purely for tea and nothing else.
If someone catches you meditating, tell them it’s for relaxation.
Draw sigils on the top of your ceiling fan. The fan will charge them while on! - Not recommended you do with a permanent marker!
Draw a sigil on the charger base of your electronic devices.
Charge your makeup/hair products/perfume/cologne up with whatever you’d like.
Lemon water makes a great cleansing spray and is usually not suspicious.
Sigils inside your phone case!
Enchant your jewelry or watches.
Draw a sigil with a white crayon on paper.
Put a pouch of herbs in your clothing drawers, if someone finds them, say it’s to decrease bad smells.
Incorporate magic into art.
Write poetry to your deities.
Study herb pouch and gemstones in your backpack.
Oils and herb pillow for your glasses case to encourage clear vision.
Make your own paper and use flowers/seeds/etc to create a design.
Sticky notes for sigils inside a school locker.
Correlate your clothing to your intent that day.
Sigils on a hair ribbon or enchanted ribbon.
Put your intent into your food and drinks.
Learn to make your own tea.
Keep a penny in your pocket for luck.
Google drive vs physical bos if you’re worried about your parents seeing it
Slowly start buying candles and bam you wont be questioned because they are just candles!
Craft store stars painted with black-light paint placed on your ceiling in constellation arrangements.
Drink fruit infused water/tea.
Carry salt in old film bottles or similar cases to help cleanse your purse or bag.
Salt packets are free at fast food places.
Enchant your bank account/wallet/piggy bank/etc so that it charges your money!
Use travel size medicine bottles to hold random mini witch things: twig, pebbles, sand, salt, etc.
Draw elemental items to encourage their energies around you.
Leave sticky notes with magical symbols on your desk or in your locker to generate positive energy for the next school day overnight.
Terrariums and shadowboxes have always been popular, make it your altar or invitation to the fae.
Fairy gardens have been a thing for a long, long time. They’re not suspicious and very good for attracting the fae!
Enchant counter bowls of fruit or breads so that the food decays slower.
Remember that no matter what, whether you can openly practice or not, that you are just as valid of a witch!
Tips for stealth witchery. Some of us can't or don't want to practice openly, and this is okay. Never feel bad about how "out" you are.
03.12.17 // It took me all Saturday to make, but it is finally done! ^-^ A handmade binder cover for my book of shadows. I decided to stick with a “mori-kei” style, rather than the traditional “witchy” look. As a finishing touch, I embroidered on a dandelion in hopes that my wishes come true and that my knowledge takes flight.
Such a beautiful idea. I love the hand stitching ❤️
I love foldouts, and this was my first attempt! I quite like how it turned out.
I love tarot and am always trying to learn more, so I created a sort of summary of the cards and glued an envelope from a set of Christmas cards I got some years ago in to hold notecards with spreads illustrated on them. I love how it turned out.
I use several different journals to keep witchy notes in, but this was the one that convinced me that dot grid was the way to go instead of lines. I love how clean and versatile it is. It's decorated with washi tape and Faber Castel brush pens. I was working on a collection of luck and success spells at the time.
Reblog if you practice witchcraft or tarot.
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A few pages from my grimoire
What a lovely grimoire