The Wiccan Witchling

★ Free Readings: Open ★ This blog is about my path both as Witch and Wiccan. Maybe an online Grimoire or Book Of Shadows if you find it helpful // From São Paulo, Brazil // ko-fi: thewiccanwitchling/ // Shop: WiccanMoonchildShop on Etsy & Facebook// Instagram: moonwitchling //

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Honoring Hel

Want to honor Hel? These are ways I personally honor Hel. Please add to the list if you have other ideas on how to honor Hel.

🖤Visit a graveyard or cemetery.

🖤Veil your hair for her.

🖤Decorate your altar with animal fur, animal bones, skulls, horns, grave rubbings, skeletons, skeletal hands, dried roses, black shrouds, black mirror, black and white candles, plantain leaves, rue, wormwood, yarrow, yew, black roses, the runes Ehwaz, Isa, or Hagalaz. It is not uncommon for a Hel altar to be an ancestor harrow as well, with pictures of, and offerings to one’s own beloved dead.

🖤Make a cup of black tea.

🖤Learn about burial types, tombstone symbols, graveyard tendings, and assorted death related topics. Dedicate this to her.

🖤Make a “bring love, peace, and protection to the dead” sigil for Hel.

🖤Make a moodboard in honor of Hel.

🖤Sing a song dedicated to Hel.

🖤Dedicate your outfit to her, dress in black and white.

🖤Living life to it’s fullest is important to Hel. She doesn’t like you to live a half-life dreading death, so taking care of yourself mentally and physically are devotion acts.

🖤Place black roses on your altar as an offering.

🖤Go apple picking.

🖤Walk through an apple orchard in honor of Hel’s apple orchard.

🖤Pour her a glass of wine and tell her this represents the blood of our ancestral dead.

🖤Thank her for keeping your ancestors for you.  

🖤Never miss a funeral, always pay your respects to the dead.

🖤Bless Hellheim.

🖤Use the runes Ehwaz, Hagalaz, and Isa in your craft or altar.

🖤Dedicate your time walking through snow covered forests.

🖤Honor Hel on Saturday, Saturday is Hel’s day.

🖤Pray to her.

🖤Offer her your own blood, Hel will also accept your pain and sorrow.

🖤Plant beech, elder, elm, ivy, juniper, mullein, willow, yew, blackthorn, jasmine, evergreens, any white flower, or an apple tree in honor of her.

🖤Create artwork for her.

🖤Light incense or candles like myrrh, storax, appleblossom, or rose.

🖤Write a poem about her.

🖤Create an online shrine of her.

🖤Set up an altar dedicated to her.

🖤Practice silence and solitude.

🖤Dedicate a piece of black agate, jet, lead, obsidian, cook agate, moonstone, quartz crystal, hematite, or onyx to her.

🖤Leave offerings to her of an apple, anything with apples, tea, good wine, meat, bread, soup, meals that your ancestors would have liked, chocolate, or coffee beans. Any food offering left on her altar must be left until it is rotted and/or desiccated.

🖤Use divination to talk to the dead.

🖤Place black rose petals in your bath, light some black candles, and soak in your warm bath.

🖤Bring patience and understanding into all areas of your life.

🖤Offer sincere aid to the dying, the recently bereaved, the mentally ill, the chronically ill, and the socially outcast.

🖤Work in a soup kitchen (Hel feeds the vast underclass who would die a “straw death”).

🖤Work to alleviate proverty, work on, and expunge your own delusions.

🖤Leave anything that represents an owl, raven, dog, or wolf.

🖤Take a look at your life and figure out any changes you need to make.

🖤Dedicate dark magick to her.

🖤Dedicate revenge magick to her.

🖤Call upon Hel for spirit communication.

🖤Call upon her for ancestor worship.

🖤Call upon her when working with astral travel.

🖤Dedicate your protection spells to her.

🖤Ask for her guidance when in need.

🖤If your in need of seeking answers ask for her help.

🖤Leave a drop of your blood in freshly fallen snow as an offering (this also works for Skadi).

🖤Use snow water and graveyard dirt in your practice or altar.

🖤Practice crystal ball scrying.

🖤Leave offerings or say devotional prayers under the new/dark moon.

🖤Have a glass of apple cider, apple tea, or spiced teas like chai in honor of her.

🖤If you feel anxious, depressed, or insecure give those feelings to her as an offering. Focus on healing after.

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Devotions to Hel

These are ways that I personally devote my energy, thoughts and actions to the goddess Hel. I am sure there are hundreds of other ways to honor her, but these are just what works the best for me and my craft. 

✧ Leave offerings of fruit, dried flowers, small bones and darker crystals like oynx and black spinel.

✧ Visit local cemeteries, paying respect to those that have past and experiencing the peace and beauty of life becoming full circle.

✧ Decorate the home with bones, dried roses and wolves. Wear dark jewelry, or jewelry with wolves and skulls. 

✧ Spend time confronting the fear of death, and meditate on the idea that death and the concept of dying are not scary, but rather a natural process of life.

✧ Dedicate time and effort to helping those who are less fortunate by volunteering at different shelters, soup kitchens or other non-profits.

✧ Talk to her! Although she is the “goddess of death” she is not evil or mean-spirited. She is the protector of the dead, and a very empathetic deity. 

[putamagic]

Offerings for the Goddess: Hekate

These offering ideas can of course be changed depending on what you have available to you, what you can make and what you connect with but these are just a few of the items I find work best for me when I give offerings to the goddess of crossroads, witchcraft and so much more!

items labeled with * are things I find are extremely well received

Edibles

Breads 

Cakes - lit with candles especially 

Pomegranates *

Wines

Honey

Cinnamon

Garlic 

Onion

Milk - I prefer warmed milk but I’m not aware if She has a preference 

Chocolates - I usually offer dark chocolates 

Non-Edibles

Roses

Lavender 

Poppy seeds

Dandelions 

Blood - I’m only listening this because it’s worked wildly well for me but DO NOT ATTEMPT if you do/have struggled with self harm of any kind or are easily made ill due to the sight of blood. Hekate understand you cannot give Her your essence and she values your mental health and well being more than anything you could ever give her!!! she will love and protect you reguardless!!

Incense

Frankincense *

Lavender *

Jasmine *

Citrus - especially orange 

Dragons Blood

Others

keys *

Candles 

Tea Lights 

Bones 

Fires - i.e. bonfires *

Oil lamps 

Lavender *

Crow/Raven/Owl Feathers - only feathers naturally fallen off 

Statues of Her and Her sacred animals *

Poetry, literature, and music you heavily associate with Her **

[thewiccanwitchling]

English | Português

Trying to remember how long I’m absent from here. How long I don’t do PSA’s anymore.

But I do recall saying that I wanted to open my own online store. And I did, and the links will be available at the end of the post. And as it’s very clear from my own tumblr, it’s a witchy store. Crafts, own designs, materials, herbs, crystals, will be doing readings, pretty much the witchy world as my experience permits.

I’ll also share some of my works and trying to make an Etsy Store. Digital and Physical products, bare with me! Because I’m from Brazil.

My line of work is crafting devotional jewelry.

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Faz um tempo em que não posto nada aqui, nem experiências e nem nada.

Mas me recordo de ter dito que ia abrir uma loja, e abri.

Por ser brasileira, tenho site e vitrine na Shopee. Gostaria muito de manter uma loja na Etsy, para produtos digitais também.

Enfim, vou mostrar um pouco do meu trabalho com algumas fotos. Designs próprios, artesanato, material, ervas, leituras, um catálogo bruxo extenso, modéstia à parte.

A especialidade do meu trabalho são acessórios devocionais, pagãos.

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Links:

Site: https://www.wiccanmoonchildshop.com.br/

Shopee (Brazil): shopee.com.br/wiccanmoonchildshop

Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/pt/shop/WiccanMoonchildShop

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Social:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wiccanmoonchildshop?igsh=OG1wcm1nNGJnNnNi&utm_source=qr

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wiccanmoonchildshop?_t=8mM1SjBez7F&_r=1

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[will-o-the-witch]

Candle Magic Beyond Colors

A lot of people talk about color correspondences with candles, but a candle's potential in magic runs way deeper than that! Here's a list of things I don't see people mention as much:

Loading a Candle

Carve out a small hole in the bottom of the candle and stuff it with herbs, a name, whatever else you want to "fill" the candle with.

Carvings

Etch sigils, symbols, names, and other things into the candle before burning! (I like the idea of writing my problems/worries onto the candle then watching as they burn and melt away.)

Dressing a Candle

Much like loading a candle, mix your herbs in an oil or have a pre-made magical oil ready to cover your candle in before lighting.

Reversals

Chop off the top of the candle, flip it upside down, and carve a new wick out of the bottom (now top.) This is a good way to inverse its symbolism!

Shape of Candle/Container

Not all candles are little cylenders. Candles shaped like pyramids, spheres, hearts, skulls, or animals can all have those correspondences taken into account as well.

Life of the Flame

Some candles are meant to only burn for a short period of time then be blown out. (Like birthday candles.) Others are meant to burn continuously over multiple days (like yahrzeit candles or seven-day candles.) Others can be lit or extinguished as you please. Which one makes the most sense for your goals?

Burning or Beacon?

A candle flame is a light in the darkness, drawing things near. It's also literal fire which can burn away whatever it touches. Which one is your candle trying to do, burn out something undesired or serve as a beacon for what you DO desire? Plan accordingly.

Read the Wax

Always a classic, you can read the shapes made from the wax once the spell is complete to get a gage of how things went/are going. Followup information is always good and can tell you a lot!!

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Greek vs. Egyptian Names of the Netjer

Something slightly surprising you'll find is that the most common names of the Netjer you see in Kemetic circles (Osiris, Anubis, Isis, Thoth, etc.) are NOT their Egyptian names. They are, in fact, the Greekification of their original names. The reason this happened is because Greece and Egypt were quite close in terms of politics and geography. So much so that syncretism, the combination of multiple deities between the two, is quite a big topic.

But today's topic isn't on syncretism. Rather, we're here to talk about what the original names of the Egyptian deities are, and the exact meanings. Today, I'll be covering the more well-known deities whose Egyptian and Greek names are widely different.

Anubis

Perhaps the most well-known of the Netjer after Ra. Anubis is the jackal-headed god of death, mummification, the afterlife, cemeteries, and tombs. His Greek name is Anubis, although his Egyptian name is written as Inpu or Anpu, which means "to decay".

Horus

Another well-known Netjer, Horus is the god of the sky and kingship. Depicted with a falcon head, Horus is often syncretized with Apollo of the Greek myth. Horus's Egyptian name is written as Heru, which means "falcon", "the distant one", or "he who is above".

Isis

Despite being a beautiful name, the name of Isis has very negative connotations in the 21st century. Isis is the wife of Osiris, king of the underworld. Her Egyptian name is often written as Aset, the meanings of which are somewhat ambiguous, but is often said to mean "throne".

Thoth

The ibis-headed god of wisdom, the moon, writing, science, magic, and art. His Egyptian name is spelled multiple different ways, including but not limited to Djehuty, Jehuti, Zehuti, and Tehuti. Despite these spellings, the meaning of the name stays the same: "he who is like an ibis".

Osiris

The god of the dead and the underworld. Osiris's Egyptian name is Wasir, and it means "the mighty one".

Set

The god with the head of an unknown animal, Set rules over chaos, but not in the same way as a/p/e/p. He also rules over deserts and storms. His Egyptian name is Sutekh, and the meaning of it is obscure.

[death-witch-envy]

What are your thoughts on graveyard dirt (not from any specific grave, just in the general yard itself; I so happened to collect it under a yew tree) that is also crossroads dirt? The cemetary I visited was right at the side of a 4 way intersection, not a gate or sign to be seen. It wasnt even on the map! I feel like it would be doubly potent & versatile because it's 2 liminal spaces in 1, but I could be wrong.

I see what you mean about those being two liminal spaces in one, that makes sense. I think those areas are combined but separate, if that makes sense?

Crossroads and graveyards are both "power spots" of spirit activity, but in folklore, they feature different spirits. The dead have been known to wander crossroads, and many were included during funeral processions (also called corpse roads). There are a few of Welsh and Scottish divination methods for crossroads where people would go there and hear the voices of the dead. Crossroads also relate to Hecate, specifically, and some sources said that Hermes would travel there too.

In Denmark, the British Isles, Scotland, Greece, and many other places, crossroads were not just for ghosts. They also featured fairies, witches, demons, and the Devil. As for graveyards, some say that other spirits inhabit that area too, while others say it's just the dead.

So basically, you're walking from one power spot to another power spot. But I don't doubt that one area's power bled into the other's. Although, in my opinion, crossroads dirt is not a perfect substitute for graveyard dirt, so you made the right decision collecting it under a yew tree.

Also ~ well done finding that cemetery! I've found cemeteries that aren't on the map, and it feels like finding a secret treasure!

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Branches of Spirit work

Spirit work is a broaaad term and there’s been many disputes about it so I decided to organize a list. If there’s a specific branch of spirit work that isn’t on the list, please do message me and some info on it! or correct me if I got some parts wrong!

RELIGIOUS: Working with an entity or figure associated with a specific religion. This can include the worship of a deity depending on the person.  Some examples include the Abrahamic God, Joan of Arc, Greek Gods, etc. 

SPIRIT COMPANIONSHIP: Working with spirits bought from a companion store, usually binded to a vessel. Great for beginners because the vessels make it easier for the human companion to connect to their energy.  This is NOT slavery nor is the spirit forced into it. It’s all consent. 

ANIMAL: Works with animals, living or dead. This could be for reconnecting to a once living being, deep appreciation for all animals and/or animal deities. Some examples are dogs, cats, birds, wolves, etc. 

POP CULTURE: Works with living entities from a fictional realm coming from a book, movie, anime, etc. They are conversed as energy being put into the idea of them, creating their own realm and able to access. 

ARS GOETIA DEMONS: Where the whole, demon summoning archetype came from. Works one or more of the 72 demons from the grimoire, Lesser Key of Solomon. Some may or may not consider this “Hell”. 

ANGELS: Works or worships angelic spirits. They are often described with large feathery wings or halos. Often works underneath God(or similarly) but does not have to be Abrahamic or religiously tied. Examples are Shinigami(death angels), Fallen. 

VAMPIRES: Works with vampires, usually Psy or Sanguine. Psy vampires feed off the energy of humans to sustain life while Sanguine vampires are the ‘dracula’ archetype. They do not need blood but some offer raw meat as an offering but does feed off the human when eating meat. 

FAE: Works or communicates with faes (also fay, fae; from faery, faerie, “realm of the fays”). Fae is a type of mythical being or legendary creature in European folklore, a form of spirit, often described as metaphysical, supernatural or preternatural. Usually known as an umbrella term that covers many species. 

DRAGONS: Works with dragons. Period. Usually known as a legendary creature,  typically scaled or fire-spewing; with serpentine, reptilian and avian traits, that features in the myths of many cultures. European and Chinese dragons are the most commonly known. 

ELF: Works with an elf or a community of elves. Elves are mythical creature of various origins that is usually regarded as a good being that helps to make trees and nature good. Described to a taller human with long, pointy ears. Also considered very beautiful creatures. 

ANCESTRAL: Works with spirits/those who have passed within their bloodline. Some may even work outside their bloodline with respect and permission from the ghost/human spirit. 

CULTURAL: Works with spirits within their own culture or tied to their religion. Example of cultural spirits are yokai, Japanese demons. 

HELL: Works with demons or spirits with relations to Hell. May or may not have relations to Goetia demons, depending on the individual spirit. Spirits may include hellhounds, lowborn demons, hellcats, etc.

DEATH: Works with the dead aka ghosts, those who have passed recently or awhile ago, helps the dead move on/guide them to dead. Also called a psychopomp. 

MEDIUMSHIP: While they do work with ghosts, they have more purposes than helping the dead move on. Some functions include relying a message to the living, helping reconnect loose ends, etc. Thank you to @pathlesspagan! 

GUIDES/GUARDIANS: Works with their guardians/guides in this life. This may be a guardian angel, a spirit that has been with them for a long period of time or someone they trust to protect them or to guide them through a path.

ELEMENTAL: Works with spirits of the 4 elements: Water, Earth, Air, and Fire. It does not limit to those four but can also extend to celestial, storm, void, corruption, poison, etc elements. 

SUN: Works with spirits that works, worships, receives and/or contains energy from the sun. 

MOON:  Works with spirits that works, worships, receives and/or contains energy from the moon.

SHIFTERS/WERE: Works with spirits who have more than one form such as their ‘human’ form and ‘animal’ form but does not limit to those two and can have more than two forms. Examples include werewolf, werecat, werebird, kitsune.

Updated: 06/09/2016

[diioonysus]

irish mythology | gods & goddesses | the morrigan

→ The Morrigan was the goddess that is associated with war & fate, especially with foretelling doom, death, or victory in battle. She incites warriors to battle, can help bring about victory for enemies, encourages warriors to do brave deeds and strikes fear into enemies’ hearts.

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May Asclepius, Apollo and Hygeia Bless you with good health today

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Where do you see the gods?

Aphrodite: The love songs that run through your head, pretty people smiling at you, all the I love you’s, learning to care for yourself, dismissing the people who put you down.

Apollo: Laying in the sun shining through your windows, happy and loud music, fast conversations, caring for others, seeing yourself recover, the feeling of your heart glowing when someone compliments you.

Ares: Protests, angry youth marching through the streets fighting for what’s right, the feeling of pure fire in your soul when you see something unjust.

Artemis: Misty days, deep dialogues with strangers, lying on the ground staring at the stars, girls protecting girls, being enough for yourself.

Athena: Peacemaking, calming arguments with a firm tone, teaching young children how to be better people than the last generation.

Demeter: Laying in the grass, the feeling of wanting to run off and start a farm so you can live off the land, watching the bees bumble around the flowers.

Dionysus: Partying with friends, the feeling that thrums through your veins when you’re at a concert, being yourself even when others detest you.

Hephaistos: He Creating something with your own hands, campfires, strength, and warmth of true family.

Hera: Stonefaced, the feeling of power when you see your plan go perfectly, silver hair, confidence filling your body, debating on something you are right about.

Hermes: Traveling with friends and family, the urge to run away and explore the world, collecting mementos from everywhere you go, meeting new people, laughing so hard you can’t breathe.

Hestia: Fighting for the ones you love, baking fresh bread, the feeling of dried dirt on your skin, overgrown gardens, hugging your mother.

Hades: Seeing crows in the trees and understanding that they comprehend so much more than you know, meeting a new child, waving at babies everywhere you go, the feeling of clarity when someone passes away after a long and content life.

[idemandmorewine]

Devotional Acts Don’t Have to be High Maintenance

Many gods will be perfectly pleased with easier, less high maintenance forms of devotion. The gods I worship are, for the most part, more focused on the intent behind the offering than the offering itself. This is especially good for disabled or mentally ill patrons who might not be able to do every sort of devotional act. Some low-energy devotional acts:

eating food associated with the god

giving some of that food to the god by placing it outside (make sure it’s safe for animals to eat too)

dressing in clothing that reflects the god

decorating with animals/figures representative of the god

reblogging/blogging pictures associated with their symbols

reblogging and reflecting on prayers/hymms

starting a devotional blog

‘inviting’ your god to do certain asks — like watch a show that makes you think of them

draw them pictures

write them songs, poems, or stories

read a passage from a book out loud to them

tell them good morning and good night

do simple research online, like looking up pictures of the god

[oracleofapollo]

Low Key Offerings

Here are offerings to the gods without looking like offerings to the gods

Books: Great for Athena, but can be offered to other gods as well. I offered "The Art of War" to Ares once.

Drawings: Of the gods or of anything else. If drawn for them they work

Poems/Written works: Poems, stories, songs. They all can be written or typed and printed and set on the alter or other area dedicated to the gods

Jewelry: Any kind. They just look like you set jewelry down

Keepsake Box: I did this as a offering box and also as an offering to Artemis when I was younger

Coins: Good for Charon, Hermes, and Hades

Flowers: Everyone loves flowers and they just look like decor

Statues/Figurines: It's art. As long as you aren't overly decorating them or putting other offerings at their feet no one will think "Hey now that there's an offering"

Stuffed animals: My kids do this. Recently a stuffed owl was offered to Athena

Sea Shells: You can just put them in a pretty box or jar.

[justjoshingjeez]

The gang’s all here.

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Inspired by the statue “apollo crowning himself”

[apollos-reign]

Another moodboard for Apollo ☀️🎼

[thewitchjournal-deactivated2021]

I spend much of my time reassuring baby Hellenic Pagans about this:

Our gods are not wrathful. They will not be angered by small mistakes. You poured a libation wrong? Or didn’t do a ritual you intended because life got in the way? They aren’t angry with you. They will not punish you. 

They aren’t with you in order to take from you. They give to us unconditionally, and in return we give thanks because we are thankful. Not because we are afraid.

In my own experience, the gods will not be angered unless you act in a purposeful malicious or disrespectful way. You would really need to do something terrible for them to be angry with you.

We are human. We make mistakes. All you can do is have good intentions, and to continue learning. They love you for trying, even when you don’t do so perfectly. Try your best. Treat yourself and others with love, and you’re all set.