alexander

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i havent been online for quite some time, but im feeling motivated to post again! any requests of any wiccan things I should post about?

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Aphrodite help

hey everyone! for the last month or two i have been feeling very connected with Aphrodite, so today I did a small introduction ritual to her with the intent to fget to know her and maybe one day become a devotee. My alter was decked out with red, pink, white and light blue candles, dried flowers, rose incense, sea shells, an apple, a coin and a lipgloss. It was going perfect until the end when i began to say goodbye, my nose started gushing blood intensely out of nowhere. I used her epithet Ourania Aphrodite when referring to her. Had i done something wrong, or is this a good sign? I’ve never had this happen before

[abby-studies-art]

Applying to art school usually requires submitting a portfolio, and while there are many ways to do that, if you are applying online, this step usually involves pictures. And so I am going to pass on my wisdom on how to take professional-looking photos!

There are different tips and tricks for 2D and 3D pieces. Each requires their own specific methods!

Set Up

2D: You will want a light-colored wall, solid, and you will want to make sure that you hang the piece straight, and flush against the wall. This will mean minimal shadows in your picture. Set up your camera on a table, (or if you have one, a tripod) across from you piece and make sure the piece is centered in the shot. 

3D: You want a smooth background transition for 3D pieces. There a large roll out backgrounds you can buy or rent, but they can be expensive. My fix was to hang a black or white sheet (depending on the color of the piece) on the wall and drape it over a table. Then I set up the piece in the middle and tada! Again, set up the camera directly across from the piece.

Lighting

2D: For a good portfolio picture, the goal for 2D pieces is to have no shadows. The easiest way to get this effect is to shoot in a dark room, and put one lamp on either side of the camera, directed at the piece. If this creates shadows, back up the light sources until you no longer have a shadow.

3D: The goal here is the same; no shadow, or one very small shadow below the piece. and in the case of any shiny pieces, no big bright glare spots on the piece. The easiest way to achieve this is to bounce the light around! Have one light source, and if you can, redirect the light to that it bounces off the ceiling before hitting the object. You can do this by either bending the lamp (if it’s a bendy lamp lol) OR literally putting a piece of paper under the lamp. NOTE: if your 3D piece somehow uses shadows as part of the art, it is a-okay to include them!

Ta Da! You did it! these are valuable tricks for any artist; submitting to galleries and exhibitions often requires this kind of photography. You can pay a photographer for these kinds of photos, but it can be incredibly expensive and if you know the basics, it is easy enough to do it yourself! 

(I learned all this stuff from my basic photography class, my teacher taught us how and explained that this is important for artists to know, and I wanted to pass this on to you!)

[skyewilversteanbooks]

Recreational Witchcraft’s Sabbats Masterpost

I thought linking all of these in one post would be very useful for those of us who are stuck for ideas on celebrating the sabbats.  Celebrate Yule

Celebrate Imbolc

Celebrate Ostara

Celebrate Beltane

Celebrate Midsummer

Celebrate Lammas

Celebrate Mabon

Celebrate Samhain

[smudging-sage]

BIG OL WITCHY MASTER LIST

POSTS BY ME ARE ITALICIZED!

This is by no means completed, up-to-date, or the only way you can view or perceive witchcraft. These are just some posts, found on my blog, put together in a list for easier access.

This is also being updated as I go through my archives, and whats on the list as of [Sept 22nd, 2018] is from start - August 2018. This list will be updated as often and as quick as I can possibly manage.

I PREVIOUSLY HAD MY DAILY WITCH TIPS ON HERE, I DELETED THAT SEGMENT.

This isn’t really as organized as I would like it, but I broke it down into categories and alphabetical order such as:

Moon Shit:

2017 Lunar Calendar 

August 2018 Lunar Schedule

Full Moons Of The Year

Lunar Eclipse Dates

Lunar Phases

Magick Of The Moon Phases

Moon Magic 

Moon Magic Grimoire 

Moon Phase Runes

Top Stargazing Events of 2018

Herb Shit:

5 Herbs Every Witch Should Have In Their Garden

Anti-Anxiety Herbs

Big Witchy Guide On Herbs And Flowers

Dangerous Herbs

Gardens  Of The Witches

Herb Masterpost

Herbs For Hexing

Herbs For Protection

Indoor Plants For The Space Conscious Witch

Poisonous Herbs

Reasons Herbs May Not Work

Sacred Herbs Of The Gods 

Top 10 Magical Herbs

Crystal Shit:

Crystals Every Witch Should Have

Gems For Depression

Taking Care Of Your Crystals

Emoji Spells Shit:

Easy Sleep

Spells Shit:

4 Free Spells

A Method To Cleanse And Ward After Unsavory People Leave

Anti-Anxiety Charm

Anti-Anxiety Jar

Bad Habits Tarot Spread

Bad Luck

Bandage Sigils

Banishing Nightmares

Bath For Sunburns

Belladonna’s Spell Page

Celestial Nail Polish Magic

Change Your Luck

Crow Bone Hex

Curse A Bitch

Dreams and Nightmare Protection

Easy Cleansing Ritual

Elemental Ideas

Forest With Me

From My Grimoire

Glamour Enchanted Jewelry

Hail The Glow Cloud

Hex For 2017

Icelandic Staves

Increasing Emotional Tolerance

Lavender Self Love Jar

Love Enhancer

Love / Protection 

Memory Aid

Mermaid’s Breath

New Year Purification Bath

Peppermint Spell

Recharging 

Return To Sender

Ritual For Positive Thoughts 

Ritual Of Gratitude

Self Love And Healing Jar

Seven Useful Powder Spells For Every Occasion

Sew Closed Your Heart

Simple Protection 

Simplicity

Sleep Spells And Sigils

Steps To Strengthen A Romantic Relationship

Stop Nightmares

Using Glitter In Spells

Ward Types and Components

Warmth In Winter

Advice Shit:

10 Common Misconceptions of Baby Witches

10 Daily Witch Things

10 Plants To Survive A Zero Sunlight Bedroom

10 Terms Every New Witch Should Know

26 Activities To Help Your Mind, Body, And Soul

A Collection Of Witch Tips

A Long List Of Ways To Spiritually Protect Yourself

Astral Temple Meditation

Aura / Energy Colors & Meanings

A Secret Witches Guide To Concealing Your Craft

Back To School Magic

Basics Of Kitchen And Cottage Witchcraft

Beginner Masterlist

Beginner Witchcraft 

Being A Witch

Blood Magic

Breaking Astrology Down

Candle Uses & Meanings

Charging/Activating Sigils

Cosmic Witch Masterpost

Daily Witchcraft

Discreet Little Witchy Things

Discreet Witchcraft

Earth Element Correspondents 

Enchanting Items

Everyday Magic Is Easy

Faerie List

Fire Safety

Hearthandhold Reading List 

How I Draw My Sigils

How Runes Work

How To Learn Witchcraft

How To Make Your Own Sigil

How To Use A Sigil Wheel

Imbolc

Incense Uses

Inexpensive/Free Witchcraft

Jarring Tips

Keeping Yourself Protected

Knot, Thread, and Cord Magic

Little Tips For The College Witch

Low Energy Tips

Magic For School/Education

Magical Herb

Modern Polytheism

Modern Witches

Modern Witches

My Advice For Baby Witches 

New Witch Budget Tips

Nik’s Tips For Discreet Witchcraft

Reading Tea Leaves

Rose Water Is My Religion

Salt & Witchcraft

School / Work Grounding

Some Things To Track

So You Want To Talk To Spirits?

Spell Books

Stoner Witch Tips

Succulents

Tarot Cheat Sheet

Tech Witches

The Wiccan’s Glossery

There Comes A Time When You Need To Stop Researching And Just Practice 

Tips For Discreet College Witches

Tips For Writing Incantations 

Types Of Witches

Types Of Witches And Witchcraft

Understanding Concepts In Witchcraft

Urban Witch 101: House and Home

Violets Witchcraft Masterpost

Ways To Start Feeling Again

Water Magic

Witchcraft In The Shadows

Witchcraft PSA

Witch Resources

Witch Tips For City Witches

Witches With Depression

Witchling Endeavors

Witchy Grimiore Ideas

Witchy Podcasts

Witchy Tips

Recipe Shit:

Anti-Nightmare Pouch

Apple Cider Love Bringing

Black Salt

Budget Witch DIY

Calming Sugar Scrub

Charming Lip Balm

Cleansing And Calming Salt

DIY Gemstone Necklace

Drawing Out A Latent Talent Pouch

Drying Out Roses

Infused Water Magic

Milkshake Magic

Moon Spell Cakes

Moon Water

Peaceful Sleep Sachet

Potion For Sleep

Rose Water

Smoothie Potions 

Soothing Dreams Sachet

Communication Shit:

Crystal Hand Of Prosperity

Dead Dash

Earth Witches Reblog…

Hey There

Like/Reblog if you…

Looking To Follow

Money Bear

Money Pentacle

Witchcraft Asks

Witches

Witches reblog if…

Witches Reblog If…

Witchy Asks

Wonderful Weekend

[witchy-kitchen-craft-deactivate]

Celebrating Lughnasadh in the kitchen and at home

August 1st is the first hovers holiday. We celebrate the harvest of corn and wheat. Lughnasadh is known to be The Bread holiday™-

I gathered some videos and recipes about bread and other delicious food that you can bake on this day! I also found activities that can be done inside and at home for those (like myself) who are still isolating!

Youtube videos

🍓 Strawberry and Wine🍷 Tarts, the perfect dessert for Lughnasadh / Lammas - Kitchen witchery https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU4qu2KlWAs

Baking a Brioche for a sabbath on a stormy day // Slow living approach. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uKI1VwDoB8

Lughnasadh Bread Magick 🌾 Lammas Bread Recipe 🍞 Kitchen Witchcraft https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kk0OiPRo3Ok

Braided Bread Recipe || Lughnasadh Recipe || Kitchen Witchery https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7VH8O9nrs8

Lammas recipe | Lughnasadh Honey Lavander Bread & Wild Berry Jam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ubT3i-LQWU

Tumblr recipes

Making Jam https://witchy-kitchen-craft.tumblr.com/post/623437754808827904/strawberry-and-rosemary-jam-for-joy-luck-and

Baking a Brioche https://witchy-kitchen-craft.tumblr.com/post/619474744633360384/baking-a-brioche-on-a-stormy-afternoon-a-slow

Making Fruit Pies https://witchy-kitchen-craft.tumblr.com/post/624711718492340224/strawberry-and-wine-tarts

Lammas/Lughnasadh tea

Lughnasadh Bread Recipe 🍞✨

🍁 Soda Bread for Lughnasadh/Lammas 🍂 https://andreja-luna.tumblr.com/post/176533425247/happy-lughnasadh-everyone-i-hope-everyone-had-a

honey lavender bread https://grimoireprxject.tumblr.com/post/187210413073/honey-lavender-bread

Perfect Bread: https://bloomingnova.tumblr.com/post/183592875156/i-absolutely-love-this-recipe-the-bread-is-soft

Activities that you can do at home

🌿Lammas Activities🌿

Subtle Witch Tips - Lammas / Lughnasadh

Food Correspondance

If you don’t want to follow a recipe but still want to celebrate.

Bread

Corn

Potatoes

Nuts,

Wild Berries

Strawberries

Apple,

Rice,

Squash,

Oats,

Grains,

Elderberry wine,

Ales,

Fruit pies

Also now is the time to work on your abundance spells since we are celebrating the harvest and all the abundant food!

It’s also the time to start thinking tidying up the house, start making preserves and jams in prevision of the darker months to come. In the same spirit, it’s time to finish some big projects to be clear during the darker months.

Deep cleaning your house is always a good idea, get rid of things that you don’t use to make space.

I hope you’ll have fun on this holiday. Let me know what you are planning to do!

[twocds]

emergency commissions

hi! im a young queer artist, and post most of my work on instagram. as of late theres been some issues at my home and after covid, i was out of a job so all my income is from commissions.

the prices range from 5$ cad-10$ cad maximum. i also have a redbubble store where i get 20% of any purchases.

im very desperate and anything helps, even if u cant get a commissions then reblogs help. if you donate less than 5$ ill do a surpirse doodle for you. (dm me with proof). the link for my paypal and redbubble should be below along with examples of my art.

thank you so much for reading this, anything helps❤️

PairOfCds Shop | Redbubble

PairOfCds is an independent artist creating amazing designs for great products such as t-shirts, stickers, posters, and phone cases.

Pay Alexander Parasidis using PayPal.Me

Go to paypal.me/AParasidis123 and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.

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emergency commissions

hi! im a young queer artist, and post most of my work on instagram. as of late theres been some issues at my home and after covid, i was out of a job so all my income is from commissions.

the prices range from 5$ cad-10$ cad maximum. i also have a redbubble store where i get 20% of any purchases.

im very desperate and anything helps, even if u cant get a commissions then reblogs help. if you donate less than 5$ ill do a surpirse doodle for you. (dm me with proof). the link for my paypal and redbubble should be below along with examples of my art.

thank you so much for reading this, anything helps❤️

PairOfCds Shop | Redbubble

PairOfCds is an independent artist creating amazing designs for great products such as t-shirts, stickers, posters, and phone cases.

Pay Alexander Parasidis using PayPal.Me

Go to paypal.me/AParasidis123 and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.

[an-irish-witch]

💕A Survivor's Spell Jar💕

A spell that's a little more specfic today. This is to help the caster deal with the aftermath of a traumatic event such as a death in the family, an assault, etc and to encourage recovery.

Equipment/Ingredients

Cloves - For Love and Protection

Cinnamon (ground or the sticks) - For Personal Power

Rosemary - Acceptance and Healing

Thyme - Driving Away Negativity

Basil - Courage and Strength

Lavender - Peace and Happiness

Pink Himalayan Salt - Personal Empowerment, Healing Emotional Wounds and Dissolving Self-Doubt

A FUNNEL (it'll be messy otherwise, a homemade paper one will do)

A Jar

3 Sigils on 3 seperate pieces of paper (The sigils I used were Protection, Self-Love and Survival, whatever feels right for yourself)

Crystals to add if you want: Rose Quartz (Encourage love, respect, trust and worth within oneself) and/or Agate (For strength and courage; to stabilise emotions)

A Pink/White Candlestick or a bunch of little Pink/White Tealight Candles

Rose Incense (Not necessary but roses are flowers of love and healing, however this can be any scent you love)

Your favourite hot drink (Again, not necessary but it can help comfort wise)

Spell Method

You're going to want to meditate for this one or do whatever it is that you need to do to make yourself as calm as possible. This is important, so that's why it's step one.

Do your pre-spell protection rituals (cast your circle, etc), light your candle(s) and cleanse your equipment and ingredients (I tried something new by using a bell to cleanse my stuff which was cool, but use sage, incense or whatever you feel comfortable with)

First, safely burn the 3 pieces of paper with your chosen sigils on them to activate them. Put the cooled ash into the jar first, as you do chant affirmations to do with your chosen sigils or as I did, an incantation. (I won't be posting the incantation or affirmations I used as personally I think the caster should come up with their own, don't think too hard about them, simple is best)

Add your ingredients, still chanting affirmations/an incantation to do with each ingredients purpose. The order I went about adding them was the cloves and cinnamon, the basil, thyme and rosemary, then the lavender and then the Himalayan salt. If you're adding crystals or sigils drawn on paper, etc, I recommend you add them last. I used the empty stalks left over from harvesting the lavender to fill up the space as I had no opportunity to get crystals but get creative with the jar space you have left.

Close the jar and seal it with wax.

!Remember, if this spell becomes too much for you, stop. Blow out the candles and come back to it or just ditch it altogether. If you are not emotionally sound, it won't be safe or worthwhile. Take care of yourself! Also, DO NOT SUBSTITUTE FOR THERAPY, ETC. IF YOU NEED HELP MAKE SURE YOU GET IT

Use this spell jar as an altar piece in any self-care spells/rituals or even put it somewhere you can see it to give you a boost when you look at it.

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☀️ happy litha/summer solstice ☀️

[noonymoon]

lucky love charm ♡

includes:

an apple blossom (love, healing, peace)

picked by my boyfriend (to make it personal)

pink rose petals (love, lots of joy, positive energy)

crabapple blossom (love, self-acceptance, self-worth)

cinnamon (healing, love, lust, protection, energy boost)

freshly grated nutmeg (health, luck, fidelity, love)

some himalayan salt (healing, cleansing, protection)

ashes of smoke sticks (positive vibes, protection)

one tiny rose quartz (emotional healing, love)

heart-shaped paper (to draw a name sigil on it)

pink or baby pink candle (love, affection, caring)

guideline:

blend together apple and crabapple blossom, rose petals, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and smoke stick ashes (i’ve listed them with “positive vibes” because all my smoke sticks make me different positive vibes, depending on what ashes i’ve used, the certain energy gets transported into my spell)

draw a sigil onto the small heart-shaped paper (if you use a pink pen it could be even more powerful) which you’ve created out of their name. fold the paper once and place it into the bowl in which you have the other ingredients. then burn the paper with your pink candle and stir the ashes of it into your mixture.

fill your mixture into a tiny glass jar, as well as a tiny rose quartz that fits into it and seal it with pink wax! that’s it. what you do while you do your ritual is totally up to you, do whatever feels right to you apart from crafting the jar.

please only use this jar charm for someone with who you are in a comitted relationship ♡ it is for supporting, healing, protecting and amplifying the love that is already there!

pictures here

[losstinspace]

thought i’d share some playlists for the sabbats, find them especially useful when i happen to be busy on those days and can’t do much else.

[twocds]

please suggest some beltane recipes to make for beltane! im prepping my celebrations but i havent found enough recipes...

[twocds]

🍒during beltane, the Maiden Goddess has reached her fullness. the Young Oak King, the Horned God, as the Green Man, falls in love with her and wins her hand in marriage. the handfasting is consumated and the Maiden becomes pregnant.🍒

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🥖🥚🐰💐 happy ostara!🥖🥚🐰💐

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An easy ostara recipe from my book of shadows 🥖 let me know if u use it 💖

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🌷❄️🕯happy imbolc!🕯❄️🌷