Enchanted Endeavours

Rose | 20 ~my grimoire blog~ ~* DISCLAIMER: I AM IN NO WAY TAKING COMPLETE CREDIT FOR EVERYTHING ON HERE *~

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Herbs *~

Acacia: protection, wealth, and love

Adders Tongue: healing and divination

African Violet: protection and healing

Agar Agar: joy, success, and blessings

Agrimony: banish negativity, and reversing spells

Ague: protection and hex breaking

Alfalfa: money, and prosperity

Allspice: money, luck, and healing

Angelica: protection and removing curses

Anise: ward off evil, happiness, and protection

Basil: Love, exorcism, wealth, and protection

Bay Leaf: protection, good fortune, and purification

Belladonna: healing and protection

Bistort: fertility, Divination, and clairvoyance

Blessed Thistle: purification, protection, and hex breaking

Bluebell: luck, truth, and friendship

Cactus: banishing and protection

Caraway: healing, love, and protection

Catnip: love, beauty, and happiness

Chamomile: love, healing, and peace

Cilantro: protection and peace

Cinnamon: healing, love, and luck

Clove: exorcism, love, money, and protection

Copal: love and purification

Cumin: fidelity, protection, and exorcism

Dill: money, protection, and luck

Dragon’s Blood: protection, purification, and luck

Echinacea: money and spiritwork

Eucalyptus: healing, protection and purification

Frankincense: cleansing and success

Ginger: confidence and prosperity

Goldenseal: healing and money

Hawthorn: fertility

Holly: love and luck

Honeysuckle: success and luck

Jasmine: Divination and wealth

Juniper: banishing and health

Lavender: healing, protection, purification, and peace

Lemon: cleansing

Mandrake: protection and fertility

Marjoram: cleansing

Mint: wealth and protection

Mistletoe: fertility

Motherwort: protection and fertility

Mugwort: fertility and divination

Myrrh: meditation and healing

Nettle: banishing

Nutmeg: luck, protection, and money

Oregano: joy, and strength

Osha Root: protection against evil

Parsley: calms and protects, prosperity

Patchouli: money and love

Peppermint: healing and purification

Rose: love, peace, and happiness

Rosemary: healing, love, and purification

Rowan: protection

Sage: cleansing and purification

Sandalwood: protection, healing, and cleansing

Sea salt: cleansing and protection

Thistle: healing and protection

Thyme: loyalty, and strength

Vertivert: prosperity and luck

Vervain: protection, peace, and healing

Wisteria: psychic opening, and prosperity

Witch Hazel: protection

Wormwood: protection, and summoning

Yarrow: healing, love, and divination

Yucca: protection and purification

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Yule *~

Date: December 20-23 (Winter Solstice)

Summary: This is the Sabbat for celebrating rebirth. Many people celebrate it similarly to Christmas, with gift giving, feasting, and wreath making. People will often kiss a consenting partner under a sprig of mistletoe for good luck.

Associations:

* Red, green, white, and gold

* Mistletoe

* Pinecones

* Antlers

* Bells

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Samhain *~

Date: October 31 - November 1st

Summary: This is the last of the three harvesting Sabbats. It is also the festival of the dead. The veil is at its thinnest at this time. Witches will sometimes hold a big feast during Samhain.

Associations:

* Black, Burgundy, and Orange

* Skulls and bones

* Pumpkins

* Scythe And Death

* Myrrh and patchouli incense

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Mabon *~

Date: September 20-23rd (Autumnal Equinox)

Summary: This is the second of the three harvesting Sabbats. Witches give thanks to the Earth and the harvest. Celebraters will make and drink wine at this time.

Associations:

* Orange, Red, and Brown

* Wine, vines, and grapes

* Apples and pomegranates

* Baskets

* Mid-Autumn vegetables

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Lammas *~

Date: August 1st

Summary: This is the first of the three harvesting Sabbats. There are festivals of grain and bread. People make gingerbread men during this time.

Associations:

* Yellow, orange, and red

* A touch of green and brown

* Grapes or wine

* Corn dolls

* Fall flowers and straw braids

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Litha *~

Date: June 20-23 (Summer Solstice)

Summary: A Sabbat for celebrating the longest day of the year, as well as for mourning the shortening days after. Some Witches burn bonfires or light candles to represent the Sun.

Associations:

* Yellows, oranges, and gold

* Midsummer flowers or herbs

* Acorns

* Sandalwood or Frankincense incense

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Beltane *~

Date: May 1st

Summary: This Sabbat focuses on fertility. Many Pagans choose to conceive children at this time. Beltane festivals are often high energy, with plenty of dancing and bonfires.

Associations:

* Green and bright spring colours

* Chalices

* Honey, oats, and milk

* Antlers or horns

* Pomegranates

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Ostara *~

Date: March 20-23 (Vernal/Spring Equinox)

Summary: This Sabbat celebrates the coming time of fertility and rebirth of the Spring.

Associations:

* Yellow, pale purple, pale green

* Seeds and bulbs

* Eggs or rabbits

* Flowers

* Crystals like aquamarine, rose quartz, and moonstone

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Imbolc *~

Date: February 2nd

Summary: This Sabbat celebrates the return of spring. People make corn dollies and set them in a basket next to a symbol of masculinity. Many Witches will clean out their homes during Imbolc.

Associations:

* White, red, and sometimes green

* Cauldrons or chalices

* Poetry

* Healing herbs

* Candles

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Lunar Phases *~

🌑New Moon

Associations:

New beginnings

Banishment

Divination

🌒Waxing Crescent

Associations:

Hope

Friendship

Success

🌓First Quarter

Associations:

Divination

Strength

Motivation

🌔Waxing Gibbous

Associations:

Motivation

Health

Love

🌕Full Moon

Associations:

Love

Cleansing

Charging

🌖Waning Gibbous

Associations:

Gratitude

Sharing

Tying loose ends

🌗Third Quarter

Associations:

Banishment

Letting go

Breaking habits

🌘Waning Crescent

Associations:

Guidance

Wisdom

Peace

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Colours in Witchcraft *~

Yellow: Concentration, Happiness

Orange: Action, Attraction, Success, Joy, Happiness

Red: Love, Strength, Health, Conflict

Pink: Friendship, Love, Healing

Purple: Wisdom, Psychic Powers, Meditation, Divination

Blue: Peace, Protection, Healing

Green: Luck, Success, Healing, Prosperty, Fertility

Brown: Grounding, Concentration

Black: Banishing, Protection

Grey: Restrained

White: Healing, Purity, Consecration, Divination, Protection, Cleansing

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Elements *~

Air

Direction: North

Associations:

* Wand

* Incense

* Censer

* Feather

Fire

* Direction: East

* Associations:

* Athame

* Candle

* Light

Water

Direction: South

Associations:

* Chalice

* Water

* Cup

* Sea Shell

Earth

Direction: West

Associations:

* Cauldron

* Dirt

* Salt

* Rocks

DISCLAIMER: in case someone tries to say I’m wrong and that athames represent air.

• traditionally they represent fire, the confusion comes from Israel Regardi’s book “Order of the Golden Dawn” in which he mentions an “air dagger”. Many took this as athames (which are daggers traditionally) to represent air.

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Consecration *~

1. How to consecrate an object:

• For this ritual, you'll need a white candle, a cup of water, a small bowl of salt or dirt, and incense.

* Each corresponds to one of the cardinal elements and directions:

- North/Air: incense smoke

- East/Fire: candle

- South/Water: water

- West/Earth: salt or dirt

* Cast a circle

* Light the candle and the incense

* Take the tool or other item you wish to consecrate in your hands, and face North. Pass it through the incense smoke and say:

Powers of the North,
Guardians of Air,
I consecrate this wand of willow (or knife of steel, amulet of crystal, etc)
and charge it with your energies.
I purify it this night, and make this tool sacred.

Repeat facing each direction

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Cleansing*~

Cleansing a room

- just a few ways; not all -

1. Different ways in depth

• Saltwater spray: all you need is a spray bottle, some water (either regular or blessed), and some salt. It's perfect for when you can't have smoke or need to be discreet.

- You literally just spray it around the room.

• Incense: certain incense that's good for cleansing is:

- sage

- Rosemary

- sandalwood (sandalwood is my favourite tbh )

- All you do is just light it, place it on a censer (a censer is an incense holder), and carefully move it around the place you want to cleanse.

• Sage: a bundle of dried sage leaves.

- You simply just light it, snuff it out so it's just smoking and smouldering, and wave it around the room however you please.

3. My method

• Open all the doors/windows

• Physically clean, dust, organise, vacuum, etc.

• Cleanse using sandalwood incense

• Close all the windows and doors

• Spray around the inside perimeter of each room with salt water spray

- I like cleanse my home once a month, preferably the day before the full moon.

Cleansing objects

1. Methods in depth

• Burying it: wrap the object up so it won't get dirty, and bury it in the earth. Make sure you do so in a safe place you'll remember.

• Energy (your own): hold the object in your hands, close your eyes, focus on it, envision white light coming from your hands and into the object, purifying it. Focus on cleansing away all negative energy.

• Herbs: place the object in a bowl or container of herbs for cleansing.

- Good herbs to use would be

• Lavender

• Peppermint

• Rosemary

• Sage

• Salt

• Incense: waft the object through the smoke of certain incense.

- Good incense to use would be

• Lavender

• Peppermint

• Rosemary

• Sage

• Running water: hold the object in your hands under running water. Either that of a stream/creek or even a faucet of your sink. Just be careful not to drop it or use something that should be wet (like a Book of Shadows or Tarot Cards).

• Sage: light the safe, snuff it out so it's just smoking and smouldering, and wave it around the object, rubbing the smoke into the object.

• Salt-Water: either soak or spritz the object with salt-water.

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Casting a Circle*~

1. What is it?

• a Circle is a space marked out by magick practitioners for the purpose of spellwork or rituals

2. Why do we do it?

• To create a sacred place that offers protection from negativity while doing spells or rituals

3. How to do it?

• Start by determining the size of space you need; then either physically mark it or visual the boundaries.

• Mark the points facing each direction with a candle or even a crystal.

• Starting North and moving clockwise, call upon the elements associated with each direction.

- to open the circle, simply use your athame to "cut" a doorway in the circle

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Grounding*~

1. What is it?

• Grounding is the act of mentally (and sometimes physically) synching oneself with the earth or another source of power like the moon, stars, another element, or any other natural source of energy.

- May also be called "Earthing"

2. Why do we do it?

• It allows us to siphon excess (nervous) energy into the Earth while allowing us access to the limitless energy of the Earth.

• It has the effect of settling the mind and body and allowing the practitioner better focus and is considered by many to be a foundational spiritual activity.

• assists in the direction and maintenance of the flow of energy while reducing the stress upon the channel or practitioner.

3. How to do it?

• A common misconception about grounding is that one needs to be in direct contact with the earth in order to do it properly.  Though this may help when you are first beginning to ground yourself, it is not necessary.  The earth works just as well as a concept, once your mind is trained, as it does as a reality.

• Visualise (and begin to feel) roots extending either from your feet or lower body (if you are sitting) into the earth. Let the roots spread through the soil, connecting yourself to the earth, and then begin to pull energy from the earth into yourself, and completing the circuit by allowing some of your energy to seep back down the roots into the earth in return.

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Meditation*~

1. What is it?

• Meditation is a practice where an individual operates or trains the mind or induces a mode of consciousness.

2. Why do we do it?

• To train our minds to focus on a particular thought or state.

• To make ourselves open to channeling energy.

3. How to do it?

• Sit or lie down in a comfortable position (preferably in a quiet place).

• Close your eyes and focus on your breathing. Like, just breathe naturally and focus on the way your body moves when you inhale and exhale.

• Make sure you're relaxed.

• Clear your mind (it'll be pretty hard at first)

• If your mind starts to wander, go back to focusing on your breathing.

~ your goal to start out should be 5-10 minutes a day for the first few days and then gradually increase to 30 minutes ~